Sunday, September 7, 2014

Week 2 Rankings

Your Top 25:


Rk
Δ
Team
Pts
1
+2
Auburn
64.4

Auburn cruised to a 59-13 victory over San Jose State, holding the Spartans to 65 rushing yards. Coupled with last week's decisive victory over Arkansas, this is enough to vault the Tigers to #1.

2
+6
Texas A&M
53.3

The Aggies followed up last week's statement win over South Carolina with a 73-3 manhandling of FCS Lamar.

3
+13
BYU
53.2

BYU started off slow, then scored four straight touchdowns in the third quarter, in an impressive 41-7 win over the Texas Longhorns, earning them the #3 spot this week.

4
0
Georgia
52.9

The Bulldogs stay put following a bye week.

5
-3
Baylor
52.9

Baylor handled Northwestern State, winning 70-6, but the Bears took a hit to their strength of schedule following SMU's 37-point loss to North Texas.

6
+4
Pittsburgh
50.7
7
+17
Oklahoma
50.5
8
+3
Oregon
50.5
9
-4
Arizona
50.5
10
-3
Alabama
50.4
11
+6
Notre Dame
49.4
12
-3
USC
49.0
13
0
LSU
47.4
14
+7
Ole Miss
46.8
15
0
Northern Illinois
45.2
16
+4
Louisville
45.0
17
+8
Arizona State
43.1
18
+12
Utah
42.3
19
-1
UCLA
42.1
20
+6
Mississippi State
41.1
21
+14
Missouri
40.6
22
0
Tennessee
40.5
23
+26
Virginia Tech
40.4
24
+34
Florida
38.8
25
-24
Florida State
37.1

See the full rankings here.

Teams falling out of the Top 25: (#31) Nebraska, (#36) Ohio State, (#49) Michigan State, (#55) Texas

Teams worse than the average FCS team: Eastern Michigan is the only team with this dubious distinction this week after the Eagles got chomped by the Florida Gators, losing 65-0 in Gainesville.

Largest improvement in rank: +67 Georgia Southern was ranked #114 after losing by 1 to NC State in Week 1. In Week 2, the Eagles destroyed Savannah State, winning 83-9 and posting 599 rushing yards in the process, boosting them to #47.

Largest drop in rank: -42 Louisiana-Lafayette lost to a Louisiana Tech squad that was trampled by Oklahoma in Week 1.

Most consistent team: TCU

Most inconsistent team: Georgia Southern

Conference Rankings

Conference
Average
SEC
41.50
Pac-12
34.75
ACC
31.12
Big 12
27.12
Big Ten
26.48
Mountain West
17.58
American
17.26
Conference USA
17.24
Sun Belt
15.13
MAC
13.58

Games to watch next week:

#22 Tennessee at #7 Oklahoma (8:00 PM ET, ABC)
Line: Oklahoma by 19

#19 UCLA vs. #55 Texas (8:00 PM ET, Fox)
Line: UCLA by 9

#12 USC at #59 Boston College (8:00 PM ET, ESPN)
Line: USC by 17.5

#4 Georgia at #51 South Carolina (3:30 PM ET, CBS)
Line: Georgia by 25.5

#41 Minnesota at #54 TCU (4:00 PM ET, Fox Sports 1)
Line: TCU by 3

#61 West Virginia at #38 Maryland (Noon ET, BTN)
Line: Maryland by 1.5

Upset watch:


  • #47 Georgia Southern at #26 Georgia Tech (Noon ET, ESPN 3) Line: Georgia Southern by 3
  • #34 Navy at #33 Texas State (8:00 PM ET, ESPNEWS) Line: Navy by 7

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