Sunday, October 19, 2014

Week 8 Rankings

Your Top 25:

Rk
Δ
Team
Pts
1
0
Mississippi State
76.1

The Bulldogs remain at #1 following a bye week.

2
+1
Ole Miss
72.5

Ole Miss rises to #2 after making it look easy against Tennessee. The Rebs won 34-3 after the defense forced four turnovers and held the Vols to zero rushing yards.

3
+3
Alabama
71.2

The Crimson Tide came out swinging on Saturday, crushing Texas A&M 59-0 while posting 602 total yards in a balanced offensive attack, keeping Bama in the mix for the leadership of the SEC West.

4
-2
Auburn
70.2

Auburn had a bye week but fell to #4 after being leapfrogged by Ole Miss and Bama.

5
0
Georgia
65.1

Georgia rounds out an all-SEC Top Five after a 45-32 win over Arkansas. The Dawg defense forced four Razorback turnovers, while RB Nick Chubb ran for 202 yards and two touchdowns.

6
+1
Marshall
62.3
7
+3
Michigan State
58.3
8
+4
Ohio State
56.8
9
+2
Nebraska
56.6
10
-6
Baylor
53.0
11
+4
Oregon
51.9
12
+1
TCU
50.8
13
-4
Notre Dame
50.1
14
+3
LSU
50.0
15
+7
Kansas State
49.3
16
-8
Oklahoma
49.2
17
+1
Florida State
48.9
18
+3
Utah
47.8
19
-3
Georgia Southern
47.3
20
+4
Clemson
46.9
21
+2
Louisville
45.8
22
+5
UCLA
45.3
23
+9
USC
43.7
24
+9
Arizona
43.0
25
+1
Wisconsin
42.5

Teams falling out of the Top 25:

  • (#29) Georgia Tech (lost at UNC 48-43)
  • (#32) Texas A&M (lost at Alabama 59-0)
  • (#33) Boston College (lost vs. Clemson 17-13)
  • (#35) Arkansas (lost vs. Georgia 45-32)
Team worse than the average FCS team: SMU fell to 0-6 after a 41-3 loss to Cincinnati. The Mustangs are dead last in the FBS in both points scored and points allowed and are third to last in rushing yards per game.

Largest improvement in rank: +17 Appalachian State bounced back from an OT loss to FCS Liberty last week by running over the Troy Trojans in Troy, winning 53-14.

Largest drop in rank: -18 Florida and Texas A&M both fall 18 spots after getting embarrassed by Missouri and Alabama, respectively.

Conference Rankings

Conference
Average
SEC
46.65
Pac-12
35.05
ACC
34.22
Big Ten
34.17
Big 12
33.25
Conference USA
22.33
Mountain West
22.18
American
19.21
Sun Belt
17.30
MAC
15.03

Games to watch next week:

(#2) Ole Miss at (#14) LSU (7:15 PM EDT, ESPN) LSU has struggled so far this year in an SEC West division stacked with talent. And though LSU's losses to Mississippi State and Auburn are likely enough to take them out of the running of the SEC Championship Game, the Tigers can still play spoilers to Ole Miss next week, especially if the Rebs are thinking about the following week's game against Auburn.
Line: Ole Miss by 9.5

(#23) USC at (#18) Utah (10:00 PM EDT, TBA) Oy vey, what a season in the Pac-12. No team remains undefeated, and nothing goes according to prediction (except that Colorado will lose). USC has won games against Stanford and Arizona that they were supposed to lose and has lost games against Arizona State and Boston College that they were supposed to win. Meanwhile, Utah squeaked by UCLA, lost to Wazzou, and needed two overtimes to top Oregon State. The upshot is that both the Trojans and the Utes have one loss in conference, and anybody (except Colorado) can still win the Pac-12 South. Hopefully, this week will clarify things. Probably not, though.
Line: Utah by 3.5

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