College Football Rankings - 8 Sep

Most of the top teams had impressive victories over the weekend, highlighted by #1 Oregon's comeback victory over Michigan State and BYU's huge road win over Texas. A couple other top teams, notably UCLA and Florida State, were less impressive in barely beating very inferior competition, leading to a drop in the rankings for each. Here are my full rankings after week 2:

				Record		Proj		SOS
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	Curr	Overall
1	3	Brigham Young	-33.94	2	0	12	0		62
2	7	Texas A&M	-33.397	2	0	11	2		26
3	2	Auburn	-33.343	2	0	10	2		2
4	1	Oregon	-31.793	2	0	12	1		34
5	5	USC	-28.743	2	0	11	2		14
6	9	Baylor	-28.05	2	0	11	1		85
7	18	Georgia	-26.492	1	0	10	3		28
8	26	Texas State	-25.837	1	0	12	0		126
9	10	Ole Miss	-25.563	2	0	9	3		5
10	50	Florida	-25.405	1	0	9	2		45
11	16	Memphis	-24.427	1	1	10	2		86
12	24	Alabama	-24.388	2	0	8	4		6
13	4	UCLA	-24.096	2	0	9	3		1
14	41	Arkansas	-23.419	1	1	8	4		3
15	11	Stanford	-20.473	1	1	7	5		7
16	20	Louisville	-19.817	2	0	11	2		75
17	17	Michigan State	-19.562	1	1	10	3		77
18	25	Arizona State	-19.458	2	0	9	3		25
19	65	Clemson	-18.866	1	1	10	2		88
20	40	Oklahoma	-18.674	2	0	10	2		47
21	23	Utah	-18.582	2	0	8	4		15
22	47	West Virginia	-17.266	1	1	8	4		33
23	52	Virginia Tech	-16.154	2	0	10	3		57
24	55	LSU	-15.219	2	0	7	5		11
25	6	Florida State	-14.962	2	0	9	3		51
26	13	Tennessee	-14.246	2	0	7	5		18
27	8	Ohio State	-14.217	1	1	9	3		42
28	31	Northern Illinois	-13.868	2	0	12	1		123
29	14	Pittsburgh	-13.719	2	0	10	2		70
30	15	UTSA	-12.694	1	1	10	3		101
31	57	Notre Dame	-11.291	2	0	7	5		29
32	35	East Carolina	-11.004	1	1	9	3		100
33	38	Arizona	-10.908	2	0	7	5		13
34	51	Penn State	-10.841	2	0	9	3		59
35	22	Maryland	-10.823	2	0	8	4		50
36	30	Virginia	-10.629	1	1	6	6		12
37	98	Georgia Southern	-10.589	1	1	9	3		115
38	45	Miami (FL)	-9.8087	1	1	7	5		22
39	49	California	-9.6882	2	0	6	6		10
40	29	Kansas State	-9.3589	2	0	7	5		36
41	63	Boise State	-9.1031	1	1	9	3		60
42	59	Missouri	-8.842	2	0	7	5		24
43	74	South Carolina	-8.2469	1	1	6	6		4
44	19	Oklahoma State	-7.9627	1	1	6	6		32
45	34	Duke	-7.9349	2	0	9	3		102
46	61	Marshall	-7.5093	2	0	11	2		124
47	12	Nebraska	-7.3589	2	0	9	4		89
48	75	Houston	-7.0606	1	1	8	4		98
49	56	Navy	-7.0149	1	1	7	5		46
50	21	Western Kentucky	-6.9685	1	1	8	4		67
51	68	Wisconsin	-6.8633	1	1	8	4		84
52	28	Mississippi State	-6.8309	2	0	5	7		20
53	44	TCU	-6.6059	1	0	8	4		64
54	60	UCF	-6.5064	0	1	7	5		87
55	42	Middle Tennessee	-6.364	1	1	7	5		81
56	101	Louisiana Tech	-6.3324	1	1	8	4		74
57	33	Texas	-5.6486	1	1	6	6		17
58	78	San Diego State	-5.443	1	1	9	4		109
59	32	North Carolina	-5.2009	2	0	6	6		19
60	48	Colorado State	-4.7121	1	1	10	3		122
61	43	Akron	-4.411	1	1	8	4		119
62	76	Bowling Green	-4.3239	1	1	9	4		116
63	37	Temple	-4.2464	1	1	7	5		76
64	27	Rutgers	-3.8484	2	0	6	6		41
65	64	Cincinnati	-3.5719	0	0	7	5		71
66	69	Georgia Tech	-3.2954	2	0	5	7		23
67	62	Oregon State	-2.4984	2	0	5	7		16
68	39	Michigan	-1.8499	1	1	5	7		31
69	67	Minnesota	-1.5516	2	0	7	5		73
70	114	Appalachian State	-1.5126	1	1	9	3		127
71	89	Nevada	-1.496	2	0	7	5		63
72	70	South Alabama	-1.4074	1	0	7	5		93
73	54	Washington State	-1.2936	0	2	3	9		8
74	90	Ball State	-0.5941	1	1	8	4		118
75	53	Kentucky	0.26278	2	0	5	7		37
76	81	Arkansas State	0.97266	1	1	7	5		104
77	58	Iowa	2.11161	2	0	7	5		91
78	85	UAB	2.11649	1	1	6	6		96
79	94	Central Michigan	2.27358	2	0	9	3		128
80	82	Northwestern	3.29001	0	2	4	8		55
81	77	Utah State	3.48968	1	1	7	6		94
82	72	San Jose State	3.81359	1	1	5	7		69
83	87	Fresno State	4.10821	0	2	6	6		72
84	66	Washington	4.53108	2	0	5	8		35
85	46	Army	4.65817	1	0	7	5		108
86	95	North Texas	5.09274	1	1	7	5		117
87	80	Hawaii	5.30358	0	2	6	7		111
88	97	Illinois	6.16995	2	0	5	7		49
89	73	Connecticut	6.37672	1	1	5	7		61
90	84	Texas Tech	6.37896	2	0	4	8		30
91	36	Louisiana-Lafayette	6.49071	1	1	6	6		97
92	92	Boston College	7.22612	1	1	4	8		52
93	83	UTEP	7.37282	1	1	5	7		103
94	71	Toledo	7.46221	1	1	6	6		114
95	88	Indiana	8.00929	1	0	3	9		43
96	86	Colorado	9.32663	1	1	2	10		9
97	79	Air Force	9.64988	1	1	5	7		110
98	107	South Florida	9.98209	1	1	4	8		80
99	102	Buffalo	10.2322	1	1	6	6		125
100	110	North Carolina State	11.2139	2	0	5	7		83
101	122	Florida International	13.1379	1	1	3	9		99
102	116	Iowa State	14.0234	0	2	1	11		44
103	106	Florida Atlantic	14.5257	0	2	3	9		66
104	100	Western Michigan	14.904	0	1	4	8		112
105	108	New Mexico	15.2611	0	2	3	9		90
106	99	Ohio	15.9589	1	1	4	8		107
107	93	Purdue	15.9659	1	1	3	9		79
108	113	Wake Forest	16.3048	1	1	3	9		65
109	117	Rice	16.6795	0	1	3	9		56
110	118	Wyoming	17.5729	2	0	4	8		68
111	91	Syracuse	17.7673	1	0	2	10		39
112	109	Tulane	17.9793	0	2	1	11		48
113	119	Kent State	17.9998	0	2	2	10		92
114	104	Old Dominion	18.0247	1	1	4	8		121
115	112	Kansas	18.9872	1	0	2	10		27
116	111	Louisiana-Monroe	19.8189	2	0	3	9		58
117	115	New Mexico State	20.1502	2	0	4	8		113
118	103	Miami (OH)	21.1927	0	2	2	10		106
119	121	Vanderbilt	21.4251	0	2	2	10		40
120	96	Southern Methodist	22.0953	0	2	1	11		21
121	126	Idaho	23.0585	0	1	2	9		95
122	128	Troy	23.2942	0	2	3	9		105
123	125	UNLV	24.6661	1	1	2	11		53
124	124	Southern Miss	25.6151	1	1	1	11		54
125	105	Tulsa	26.1851	1	1	2	10		38
126	127	Massachusetts	26.2175	0	2	2	10		120
127	123	Georgia State	29.999	1	1	1	11		82
128	120	Eastern Michigan	30.4218	1	1	2	10		78

BYU took over the top spot after blowing out the Texas Longhorns in Austin, taking over in the 3rd quarter with 4 touchdowns, 3 by QB Taysom Hill on the ground, bringing back bad memories of last season's loss in Provo. BYU is only #25 in the AP poll, but they opened the season with 2 road games, and won both convincingly, so odds are that the Cougars will finish this season undefeated, and could cause some controversy in year 1 of the playoff era.

Texas A&M followed up their week 1 drubbing of the Gamecocks with a 73-3 blowout of Lamar, their FCS foe for this season. While the cupcake games don't tell you much about a team in a blowout, several teams have struggled against the lower division, so the Aggies made sure there was no question as to their superiority in this one.

Florida finally opened the season on Saturday, a week later than expected, and took it out on Eastern Michigan, who fell to last place in the FBS following the 65-0 drubbing at the Gators' hands. Coming off their worst season in memory, Florida needed a big win to regain confidence for a new start.