Your Top 25:
The Falcons' ability to fly was not enough against Ohio State.
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Rk
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Δ
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Team
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Pts
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1
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+2
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Ohio State
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61.6
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Bowling Green may have scored the first points of the game, but after that, the Buckeyes had no problem with the Falcons, beating last year's MAC champion 77-10.
2
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-1
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Alabama
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58.7
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Bama embarrassed USC at Jerryworld, vanquishing the Trojans 52-6.
3
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+8
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Michigan
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49.7
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The Wolverines lived up to the preseason hype, topping Hawaii 63-3. It took the Rainbow Warriors most of the first half before seeing positive yardage.
4
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+16
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Georgia Southern
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48.5
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Georgia Southern shut out FCS Savannah State and out-rushed the Tigers by 386 yards.
5
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-3
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Clemson
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46.9
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Clemson looked vulnerable against Auburn, only beating a team that went 7-6 last year by six points and only after a couple Hail Mary's went unanswered.
6
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+6
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Houston
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45.3
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7
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-1
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Baylor
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45.3
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8
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+64
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Miami (FL)
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45.1
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9
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+7
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Florida State
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44.9
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10
|
-5
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Navy
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42.8
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11
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+4
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Boise State
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41.5
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12
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+20
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Louisville
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41.0
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13
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+23
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Georgia
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40.9
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14
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+17
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Toledo
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40.8
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15
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+3
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Washington
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40.5
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16
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-8
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Stanford
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40.4
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17
|
+9
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Wisconsin
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40.1
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18
|
-5
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Tennessee
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39.7
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19
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+29
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Duke
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39.3
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20
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+21
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Nebraska
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38.7
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21
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+4
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Georgia Tech
|
38.6
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22
|
+48
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Illinois
|
38.4
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23
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+5
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West Virginia
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37.7
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24
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+33
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Utah State
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37.5
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25
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-4
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Arkansas
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35.8
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Teams falling out of the Top 25:
(28) Air Force only beat FCS Abilene Christian 37-21.
(39) Oregon also underwhelmed, with a 53-28 victory over UC Davis. (The Math expected a 60-point win.)
(52) Utah underperformed too, beating Southern Utah 24-0 in a game the Math expected the Utes to win by 62.
(54) Michigan State only beat Furman 28-13, which is even less impressive when you realize that Furman is an FCS school that went 4-7 last year and not, in fact, one of the X-Men.
(55) Oklahoma lost to Houston 33-23 in a game that included a kick six (as made famous by the 2013 Iron Bowl).
(57) LSU was upset by Wisconsin at Lambeau Field, losing the defensive matchup 16-14.
(67) Notre Dame lost to Texas in entertaining fashion: The Longhorns scored a touchdown to take the lead with 3:29 left in the fourth quarter, but the point-after was blocked and returned for a defensive 2-point conversion to tie the game. Two overtimes later, Texas responded to Notre Dame's field goal with a touchdown to win 50-47.
(72) North Carolina ceded a safety on an ill-advised pass within their own end zone, ceded 10 points after that, and ceded 222 yards to RB Nick Chubb in a 33-24 loss to Georgia.
(78) USC was spanked by Alabama, ending the Trojans' traditional preseason hype a little earlier than usual.
Team worse than the average FCS team:
(128) Charlotte gave up 56 points to Louisville in the first half before the game mercifully ended at 70-14.
(129) North Texas are well on their way to repeating last year's 1-11 season after losing 34-21 to SMU.
Largest improvement in rank: +64 Miami
(FL) obliterated Florida A&M 70-3 under new head coach and Georgia exile Mark Richt.
Largest drop in rank: -59 The Virginia Cavaliers must be arachnophobes, losing 37-20 to the Richmond Spiders under new head coach Bronco Mendenhall, a totally not made-up name.
Conference Rankings
Conference
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Average
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Big Ten
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33.80
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ACC
|
32.15
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SEC
|
29.62
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Big XII
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28.92
|
Pac-12
|
26.48
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American
|
26.43
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Mountain West
|
22.95
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MAC
|
21.14
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Sun Belt
|
18.09
|
C-USA
|
16.90
|
TWO MORE THINGS
SEC Down
Excluding Alabama's 52-6 victory over USC, SEC teams struggled in their season openers. On average, the remaining eleven teams with non-conference opponents lost by a fraction of a point. Georgia and Texas A&M got it done against UNC and UCLA, respectively, while Auburn and Ole Miss had respectable losses to Clemson and Florida State. But after that? LSU lost to Wisconsin, and Mizzou lost to West Virginia. Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida managed unconvincing victories over Group of Five teams; Mississippi State and Kentucky couldn't even manage that.
Excluding Alabama's 52-6 victory over USC, SEC teams struggled in their season openers. On average, the remaining eleven teams with non-conference opponents lost by a fraction of a point. Georgia and Texas A&M got it done against UNC and UCLA, respectively, while Auburn and Ole Miss had respectable losses to Clemson and Florida State. But after that? LSU lost to Wisconsin, and Mizzou lost to West Virginia. Tennessee, Arkansas, and Florida managed unconvincing victories over Group of Five teams; Mississippi State and Kentucky couldn't even manage that.
Wildcats 0-8
As u/squirrelwatch pointed out, Week One was a bad time to be a Wildcat: Kansas State lost to Stanford. Arizona lost to BYU. Northwestern lost to Western Michigan. Kentucky lost to Southern Miss. Even the Wildcats of the FCS weren't spared as Abilene Christian, New Hampshire, Villanova, and Weber State all fell to FBS opponents in Week 1.
As u/squirrelwatch pointed out, Week One was a bad time to be a Wildcat: Kansas State lost to Stanford. Arizona lost to BYU. Northwestern lost to Western Michigan. Kentucky lost to Southern Miss. Even the Wildcats of the FCS weren't spared as Abilene Christian, New Hampshire, Villanova, and Weber State all fell to FBS opponents in Week 1.
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