College Football Rankings - 13 Sep

Another week is now complete in college football, and it was another week filled with FBS teams playing FCS cupcakes, with another 25 games played against the lower division in addition to the 46 in week one. Fortunately, there will be very few of these the rest of the way, outside of the SEC's famous November cupcake week. The top 5 remained the same, just in a different order, but there are a few new entries in the top 10. Here are my full rankings after 2 weeks:

				Rec		ProjRec
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	1	Ohio State	-34.318	2	0	12	0	17
2	3	Ole Miss	-28.287	2	0	11	1	119
3	4	Oklahoma	-25.533	2	0	11	1	23
4	5	LSU	-25.053	1	0	10	1	1
5	2	USC	-23.847	2	0	11	1	103
6	16	Georgia Tech	-23.5	2	0	10	2	122
7	10	TCU	-22.793	2	0	11	1	61
8	39	Toledo	-22.611	1	0	11	0	4
9	7	California	-21.634	2	0	11	1	94
10	12	Mississippi State	-19.727	1	1	9	3	6
11	25	Alabama	-19.595	2	0	9	3	22
12	6	Florida State	-18.942	2	0	10	2	49
13	13	Tennessee	-18.7	1	1	9	3	12
14	22	Georgia	-17.757	2	0	10	2	38
15	23	Clemson	-17.335	2	0	10	2	87
16	8	Texas A&M	-17.002	2	0	9	3	79
17	19	Illinois	-14.15	2	0	9	3	117
18	18	Notre Dame	-13.311	2	0	8	4	37
19	15	Memphis	-13.031	2	0	9	3	120
20	26	Duke	-12.794	2	0	9	3	114
21	33	UCLA	-12.578	2	0	9	3	62
22	35	Temple	-11.247	2	0	11	1	28
23	11	Arkansas	-11.091	1	1	6	6	48
24	89	Boston College	-10.332	2	0	8	4	126
25	9	West Virginia	-9.9011	2	0	9	3	102
26	24	Louisiana Tech	-9.6137	1	1	9	3	67
27	43	Miami (FL)	-9.4249	2	0	7	5	95
28	20	Michigan State	-9.232	2	0	9	3	39
29	21	Baylor	-9.2112	2	0	9	3	110
30	31	Brigham Young	-8.991	2	0	10	2	21
31	45	Air Force	-8.9182	2	0	9	3	108
32	32	Minnesota	-8.8416	1	1	8	4	5
33	14	Virginia Tech	-8.6992	1	1	7	5	34
34	30	Northwestern	-7.9379	2	0	8	4	83
35	41	Stanford	-6.5921	1	1	7	5	31
36	55	Nebraska	-6.523	1	1	7	5	65
37	78	Wisconsin	-6.0929	1	1	8	4	55
38	58	Washington	-5.0299	1	1	8	4	78
39	49	Western Kentucky	-4.7306	2	0	10	2	24
40	29	Middle Tennessee	-4.7189	1	1	8	4	40
41	36	Colorado State	-4.4586	1	1	9	3	80
42	28	Appalachian State	-3.463	1	1	10	2	46
43	47	Michigan	-3.0149	1	1	7	5	51
44	44	North Carolina State	-2.9419	2	0	8	4	113
45	64	Kansas State	-2.9394	2	0	7	5	105
46	50	South Florida	-2.9134	1	1	8	4	41
47	82	Colorado	-2.8422	1	1	8	5	57
48	83	Bowling Green	-2.7276	1	1	8	4	14
49	66	Hawaii	-2.6542	1	1	9	4	2
50	17	Florida	-2.5947	2	0	6	6	112
51	38	Oregon	-2.444	1	1	7	5	59
52	54	Syracuse	-2.084	2	0	6	6	100
53	69	Southern Miss	-1.9847	1	1	8	4	58
54	48	Navy	-1.9199	1	0	8	4	127
55	34	Cincinnati	-0.9804	1	1	7	5	73
56	74	Penn State	-0.2805	1	1	6	6	20
57	94	Tulsa	0.09437	2	0	8	4	45
58	42	Utah	0.15167	2	0	7	5	63
59	57	Missouri	0.20617	2	0	6	6	96
60	27	New Mexico	0.2421	1	1	8	4	91
61	68	Kentucky	0.24295	2	0	8	4	36
62	67	Boise State	0.46817	1	1	7	5	15
63	90	Texas Tech	0.63459	2	0	6	6	125
64	60	North Carolina	1.1025	1	1	5	7	89
65	71	Arizona	1.23261	2	0	7	5	92
66	53	San Diego State	1.82264	1	1	8	4	35
67	70	Houston	1.88401	2	0	9	3	90
68	81	Ohio	2.04592	2	0	9	3	75
69	73	Virginia	2.92972	0	2	4	8	7
70	51	South Carolina	3.00117	1	1	4	8	33
71	37	Rutgers	3.13496	1	1	6	6	116
72	56	Buffalo	3.70833	1	1	9	3	74
73	46	Rice	5.06436	1	1	7	5	86
74	79	Vanderbilt	5.2682	0	2	3	9	16
75	108	Louisiana-Monroe	5.37603	1	1	7	6	44
76	61	Marshall	5.83258	1	1	7	5	43
77	72	Wake Forest	5.9837	1	1	4	8	72
78	86	Pittsburgh	6.22796	2	0	5	7	97
79	80	Louisiana-Lafayette	6.62409	1	1	7	5	77
80	65	Oklahoma State	6.72322	2	0	6	6	104
81	103	Texas	6.93461	1	1	4	8	19
82	104	Georgia Southern	7.74085	1	1	7	5	30
83	101	Texas State	8.92989	1	1	7	5	42
84	59	Louisville	9.43279	0	2	3	9	53
85	102	Iowa	9.61532	2	0	6	6	106
86	92	Northern Illinois	9.75714	2	0	7	5	118
87	76	San Jose State	9.82911	1	1	6	6	60
88	52	Arizona State	10.1183	1	1	3	9	54
89	85	Purdue	10.7256	1	1	3	9	85
90	40	Auburn	11.618	2	0	4	8	98
91	87	UCF	11.7482	0	2	4	8	32
92	62	Florida International	11.8614	1	1	6	6	52
93	113	East Carolina	12.4896	1	1	4	8	71
94	91	Florida Atlantic	13.1967	0	2	4	8	18
95	75	Western Michigan	13.2866	0	2	5	7	27
96	99	Arkansas State	13.686	0	2	5	7	8
97	84	Akron	14.1772	0	2	6	6	11
98	106	Charlotte	14.3218	2	0	5	7	111
99	77	Maryland	14.5878	1	1	3	9	88
100	109	Troy	14.6995	1	1	5	7	69
101	112	Utah State	16.0026	1	1	5	7	76
102	114	Washington State	16.4345	1	1	3	9	82
103	115	Indiana	16.7328	2	0	4	8	109
104	105	Ball State	16.9144	1	1	5	7	47
105	96	Oregon State	17.8494	1	1	2	10	68
106	124	Kent State	18.4595	1	1	4	8	50
107	110	Central Michigan	18.4925	1	1	4	8	101
108	88	UTSA	18.793	0	2	3	9	26
109	98	UNLV	19.58	0	2	4	8	25
110	95	Iowa State	19.9677	1	1	2	10	107
111	111	Fresno State	20.1573	1	1	3	9	29
112	119	Old Dominion	21.0057	2	0	4	8	115
113	120	Southern Methodist	22.6593	1	1	3	9	81
114	107	Nevada	22.9244	1	1	3	9	93
115	100	South Alabama	23.1879	1	1	3	9	64
116	118	Georgia State	23.1893	1	1	3	9	99
117	63	Massachusetts	23.884	0	1	3	9	13
118	122	Idaho	25.1399	0	2	2	10	9
119	116	Tulane	26.1965	0	2	3	9	3
120	128	Eastern Michigan	26.4127	1	1	4	8	124
121	93	UTEP	27.6185	0	2	3	9	10
122	125	Kansas	31.3306	0	2	0	12	70
123	97	North Texas	32.1037	0	1	1	11	84
124	123	Connecticut	32.4194	2	0	2	10	128
125	121	New Mexico State	32.4674	0	2	1	11	56
126	117	Miami (OH)	33.7007	1	1	2	10	66
127	127	Army	34.6402	0	2	1	11	121
128	126	Wyoming	47.0542	0	2	0	12	123

Georgia Tech is now in the top 10, even though they haven't played a real team yet. They beat FCS foe Alcorn State by 63, then took out Tulane, one of the worst in FBS, by 55. Although it's tough to say how they'll play against a real team with only that data, we do know for sure that they have a strong offense, and they just might surprise some people when they go to South Bend to face Notre Dame this weekend.

Toledo's first game of the season was cancelled due to weather, so they opened the season yesterday against Arkansas, one of my preseason favorites, and the Rockets played really tough against the Razorbacks, holding on for a 16-12 victory, which gives them a great chance at an undefeated season and a chance at a New Year's bowl berth. We can't tell yet if Arkansas was overrated or Toledo was better than expected, but at least one of these teams is not who we thought they were.

Mississippi State moved into the top 10 even after losing last night, but the Bulldogs weren't bad in their loss to LSU. They fell behind early, trailing 21-6 midway through the third quarter, then battled back, scoring 2 touchdowns in the 4th quarter to get within 2 points, but a failed two-point conversion kept them from tying the game, and a missed last-second field goal kept them from winning. Even without the win, playing that well against LSU is never a bad thing.