College Football Rankings - 2 Sep

There were several surprises in week one, from Texas A&M winning big at South Carolina with a freshman quarterback to Alabama struggling to hold off West Virginia, but most teams played opponents from the FCS, which makes it tough to really gauge how good they are. This week's rankings still rely heavily on last season's results, but that will decrease over the next month. Here are this week's full rankings:

				Record		Proj		SOS
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Curr	Overall
1	1	Oregon	-31.268			11	2		22
2	4	Auburn	-30			10	2		15
3	17	Brigham Young	-28.785			11	1		64
4	5	UCLA	-28.189			10	2		1
5	16	USC	-27.889			10	3		12
6	3	Florida State	-27.496			12	1		70
7	65	Texas A&M	-27.47			11	2		47
8	19	Ohio State	-26.801			11	2		41
9	2	Baylor	-26.518			11	1		75
10	27	Ole Miss	-26.046			10	2		8
11	8	Stanford	-25.706			9	3		2
12	42	Nebraska	-25.657			12	1		81
13	28	Tennessee	-23.837			10	2		46
14	40	Pittsburgh	-23.568			11	2		62
15	79	UTSA	-23.437			11	2		101
16	44	Memphis	-23.33			10	2		68
17	6	Michigan State	-22.488			9	3		35
18	20	Georgia	-22.308			11	2		72
19	34	Oklahoma State	-21.496			8	4		25
20	41	Louisville	-21.489			11	1		87
21	70	Western Kentucky	-21.01			11	2		79
22	21	Maryland	-20.168			10	2		37
23	22	Utah	-18.456			7	5		9
24	7	Alabama	-18.357			8	4		20
25	9	Arizona State	-17.598			8	4		16
26	85	Texas State	-17.272			11	1		126
27	67	Rutgers	-17.182			8	4		18
28	14	Mississippi State	-16.573			8	4		44
29	26	Kansas State	-15.097			8	4		40
30	46	Virginia	-14.981			6	6		5
31	63	Northern Illinois	-14.912			12	1		124
32	10	North Carolina	-14.82			8	4		33
33	25	Texas	-14.107			7	5		19
34	30	Duke	-14.024			9	3		95
35	47	East Carolina	-13.957			10	2		91
36	33	Louisiana-Lafayette	-13.538			10	2		116
37	76	Temple	-12.322			9	3		78
38	71	Arizona	-12.278			6	6		10
39	53	Michigan	-11.749			7	5		29
40	54	Oklahoma	-11.651			8	4		45
41	56	Arkansas	-11.209			6	6		6
42	89	Middle Tennessee	-10.418			8	4		88
43	60	Akron	-10.322			10	3		119
44	38	TCU	-9.7656			8	4		57
45	18	Miami (FL)	-8.6974			5	7		7
46	45	Army	-8.6699			9	3		99
47	84	West Virginia	-8.357			6	6		24
48	68	Colorado State	-8.3184			11	2		114
49	78	California	-7.3985			5	7		4
50	55	Florida	-6.6786			6	5		67
51	43	Penn State	-6.2828			6	6		38
52	35	Virginia Tech	-6.2458			6	6		39
53	91	Kentucky	-5.5599			6	6		56
54	13	Washington State	-5.4739			4	8		3
55	87	LSU	-5.4326			6	6		23
56	37	Navy	-4.5927			6	6		31
57	83	Notre Dame	-4.5271			5	7		13
58	11	Iowa	-4.4435			8	4		76
59	31	Missouri	-4.4125			6	6		42
60	66	UCF	-4.2828			7	5		84
61	36	Marshall	-4.255			9	3		118
62	24	Oregon State	-4.1274			5	7		14
63	29	Boise State	-4.0459			7	5		58
64	61	Cincinnati	-3.5719			7	5		54
65	58	Clemson	-3.5162			7	5		85
66	39	Washington	-2.4523			6	7		32
67	52	Minnesota	-1.9999			6	6		49
68	32	Wisconsin	-1.4326			6	6		69
69	49	Georgia Tech	-0.8903			5	7		43
70	72	South Alabama	0.16593			8	4		112
71	96	Toledo	0.67909			9	3		123
72	92	San Jose State	1.059			7	5		86
73	57	Connecticut	1.42368			6	6		55
74	15	South Carolina	1.73778			4	8		17
75	12	Houston	1.77156			6	6		83
76	23	Bowling Green	1.78194			8	4		110
77	51	Utah State	1.95482			7	6		90
78	93	San Diego State	2.07077			7	6		105
79	95	Air Force	3.67265			7	5		108
80	98	Hawaii	3.7559			7	6		107
81	97	Arkansas State	4.69092			7	5		98
82	59	Northwestern	4.80971			4	8		50
83	110	UTEP	5.3623			7	5		96
84	50	Texas Tech	5.40408			4	8		36
85	126	UAB	5.58773			7	5		104
86	69	Colorado	5.68163			3	9		11
87	75	Fresno State	5.9024			6	6		77
88	82	Indiana	5.97904			3	9		21
89	62	Nevada	6.43548			5	7		66
90	88	Ball State	6.52881			6	6		102
91	48	Syracuse	8.10076			4	8		48
92	121	Boston College	9.85455			4	8		60
93	77	Purdue	10.5957			4	8		80
94	74	Central Michigan	11.1571			6	6		122
95	104	North Texas	11.6849			6	6		117
96	120	Southern Methodist	13.2739			2	10		28
97	102	Illinois	13.8918			2	10		27
98	111	Georgia Southern	13.984			6	6		127
99	124	Ohio	14.1037			5	7		106
100	114	Western Michigan	14.3875			4	8		109
101	94	Louisiana Tech	15.1408			3	9		61
102	106	Buffalo	15.3453			6	6		120
103	117	Miami (OH)	15.9533			4	8		103
104	112	Old Dominion	16.04			5	7		121
105	125	Tulsa	16.3467			3	9		51
106	73	Florida Atlantic	17.1343			3	9		53
107	103	South Florida	17.4159			3	9		73
108	81	New Mexico	17.5705			3	9		89
109	80	Tulane	18.1385			1	11		34
110	101	North Carolina State	18.1922			4	8		92
111	107	Louisiana-Monroe	18.2262			4	8		97
112	109	Kansas	18.9447			2	10		26
113	113	Wake Forest	20.018			2	10		59
114	108	Appalachian State	21.0424			5	7		128
115	128	New Mexico State	21.1681			4	8		125
116	64	Iowa State	21.1715			1	11		30
117	99	Rice	21.2647			2	10		74
118	118	Wyoming	21.4792			2	10		65
119	86	Kent State	22.3119			2	10		71
120	119	Eastern Michigan	22.5408			3	9		94
121	90	Vanderbilt	22.8862			2	10		52
122	116	Florida International	24.8752			2	10		93
123	122	Georgia State	26.7937			3	9		100
124	127	Southern Miss	27.2187			2	10		82
125	105	UNLV	27.5141			1	12		63
126	123	Idaho	29.8678			2	9		115
127	115	Massachusetts	38.0628			0	12		113
128	100	Troy	38.3795			1	11		111

The game was not expected to be close, but the way BYU manhandled the UConn Huskies on the road gave them a huge boost, especially with so many of the higher-ranked teams struggling. They head to Austin this weekend to take on the Longhorns in their toughest remaining contest, so this one is a must-win for the Cougars to merit any playoff consideration.

USC blew away last season's MWC champs, the Fresno State Bulldogs, in a rematch of last season's bowl game, and their margin of victory increased by 2 touchdowns, so maybe all the hype around this season's Trojans is warranted, though they do have one of the toughest schedules among the top teams, so they can't just coast like some teams.

Ohio State opened the season on the road against the best team a service academy has put together in a long time, and they did it right after losing QB Braxton Miller to a season-ending injury, but the Buckeyes turned up the heat in the fourth quarter and pulled away from Navy and open with a win, which has calmed the fears somewhat in Columbus.