Week 7 Recap: Welcome to Football

Your Top 25:

Rk	Δ	Team	Pts
1	0	Baylor	74.1

The Bears had little trouble topping West Virginia. QB Seth Russell threw for 380 yards and five touchdowns (and rushed for one more), 199 of those yards and three of those touchdown passes went to WR Corey Coleman, and Baylor keeps its point-a-minute offense and #1 spot.

2

+1

Clemson

69.8

Clemson beat Boston College 34-17 to stay unbeaten. QB Deshaun Watson passed for 420 yards, but the Eagles got ten points off his two interceptions.

3

+1

Utah

69.0

The Utes recovered from a couple special teams mistakes and piled on 20 points in the fourth quarter to win against Arizona State. QB Travis Wilson threw for 297 yards, and RB Devontae Booker somehow ran for more yards than both teams combined.

4

+2

LSU

67.4

LSU breaks into the top five after defeating Quality Opponent™ Florida. RB Leonard Fournette ran for 180 yards and two TDs, and the kicker, Trent Domingue, got to score the game-winning touchdown on a fake field goal.

5

0

Florida State

65.6

The Seminoles also remain unbeaten after a 41-21 victory over Louisville. Florida State's two-headed offense with QB Everett Golson passing for 372 yards and RB Dalvin Cook rushing for another 163 was assisted by two, third-quarter turnovers by the Cardinals.

6	+1	Alabama	65.2
7	+5	Ohio State	63.4
8	+2	Notre Dame	60.9
9	+14	Iowa	60.1
10	+7	Memphis	59.8
11	0	Houston	59.8
12	-4	TCU	58.4
13	+13	Michigan State	58.2
14	-12	Michigan	57.0
15	+4	Stanford	56.8
16	+12	Oklahoma	55.4
17	+1	Navy	55.0
18	-4	Toledo	54.8
19	-3	Duke	53.8
20	+9	Appalachian State	53.7
21	-6	Florida	51.0
22	0	Oklahoma State	50.9
23	-14	Boise State	50.1
24	+6	Georgia Southern	49.6
25	-1	Temple	48.8

See full rankings here.

Teams falling out of the Top 25:

• (28) Ole Miss
• (29) Texas A&M
• (36) Northwestern
• (38) UCLA

Team worse than the average FCS team: North Texas did not turn things around this week against Conference USA frontrunner WKU as the Mean Green lost by 27.

Largest improvement in rank: +30 Western Michigan put up 430 rushing yards in a 49-14 victory of Ohio.

Largest drop in rank: -26 Ohio looked like one of the better MAC teams before being upset by the Broncos.

Conference Rankings

Conference	Average
SEC	39.43
Pac-12	38.45
ACC	38.43
Big Ten	38.41
Big 12	38.06
American	31.65
Mountain West	23.69
MAC	22.32
Sun Belt	18.18
Conference USA	17.95