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FBS Week 10

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MarshallWell, no surprises this week. #1 Marshall, facing the 13th easiest schedule, continues to rack up points. #2 Auburn and #3 Mississippi State control the SEC; even Bama sits below them at #10. #14 Florida State continues to somehow win games, and I don’t think that’ll stop anytime soon.

I continue to be pleasantly surprised at #11 Georgia Southern. Even though their schedule doesn’t really allow us to see what they’re capable of, they are far exceeding expectations.

  1. Marshall
  2. Auburn
  3. Mississippi State
  4. Baylor
  5. Ohio State
  6. more…

The chart below shows the rankings of every team through the season, with every #1 team highlighted.

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FBS Week 8

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Marshall finally breaks the Power-5 “barrier” and claims the top spot. Interesting Marshallnote: Marshall is also the de facto MAC champion. The Herd’s got a tiny bit more defense than #8 Baylor or #10 TCU. Live by offense, die by offense.

The Egg Bowl is going to be the best game of the year, everyone’s pretty much assumed that. But the worst game of the year is going to be (so far) #128 SMU and #120 Connecticut. And UConn will win, and it won’t be close.

Everything else is standard notes. SEC is the best conference, Sun Belt is the worst (#21 Georgia Southern remains the far-and-away favorite).

  1. Marshall
  2. Mississippi State
  3. Ole Miss
  4. Ohio State
  5. Georgia
  6. more…

The chart below shows the rankings of every team through the season, with every #1 team highlighted.

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FBS Week 7

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Baylor is back in the top spot, as is their wont. #4 Mississippi State is obviously the big story this week with a win over #9 Auburn.

#21 Georgia Southern is a bit of a shocker this year. Straight out of FCS and already dominating teams. Obviously, the competition is a bit weak, but the two P5 losses on their schedule (#73 NC State and #32 Ga Tech) are by a combined 5 points. That’s impressive. They’ll continue to steamroll through the #9 Sun Belt.

  1. Baylor
  2. Marshall
  3. TCU
  4. Mississippi State
  5. Ole Miss
  6. more…

The chart below shows the rankings of every team through the season, with every #1 team highlighted.

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FBS Lines, Week 1

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It’s back! After a long, boring summer of not-football, good old pigskin is back in business.

These lines are calculated from last year’s results (fresh results are not available until Week 3). Only divisional games (2013 I-A) considered, but don’t be surprised if North Dakota State tops Iowa State. At this time, home advantage is not accounted for in the spread.

I’m going to take this opportunity to file Baylor’s O/U (71) in the not-surprising category, along with UCLA’s nearly 30-point favorite over Virginia.

Home Away Home spread O/U
Tulsa Tulane 7.0 42
Washington St Rutgers -3.5 61
South Carolina Texas A&M -1.5 40
ULM Wake Forest -2.5 27
Mississippi Boise St 3.0 44
Vanderbilt Temple -11.5 51
W Kentucky Bowling Green 18.5 34
Colorado Colorado St 14.5 64
Connecticut BYU 11.5 42
Houston UT San Antonio -15.0 52
Arizona UNLV -3.0 50
UCF Penn St -10.0 54
Florida Idaho -12.5 29
Kent Ohio 7.0 44
Massachusetts Boston College 23.0 45
Miami OH Marshall 30.5 48
Purdue W Michigan -9.0 35
Georgia Clemson -2.0 58
Navy Ohio St 18.0 63
Virginia UCLA 28.5 46
Nebraska FL Atlantic -4.0 46
Northwestern California -15.0 55
Oklahoma Louisiana Tech -22.5 45
Texas North Texas 6.5 39
UAB Troy -1.0 44
Oklahoma St Florida St 24.5 50
New Mexico UTEP -9.0 66
Alabama West Virginia -19.5 43
USC Fresno St -3.0 58
Notre Dame Rice -0.5 48
Auburn Arkansas -12.0 35
Mississippi St Southern Miss -26.0 48
Hawaii Washington 11.0 47
LSU Wisconsin 2.5 44
Baylor SMU -16.5 71
Tennessee Utah St 5.5 36
Louisville Miami FL -17.0 42