Remaining Undefeated and Winless Teams (after week 3)
Note: I added a list of winless teams for this week. Will add 1 loss team list within next couple of weeks.
Teams with first loss week 3: 22
Indiana
Virginia Tech
Central Michigan
Maryland
Louisville
Wyoming
Kansas
Texas Tech
Iowa
Georgia
South Alabama
Minnesota
Illinois
Army
Louisiana-Monroe
Kentucky
Rutgers
New Mexico State
USC
Tennessee
Texas State
Nevada
Percent of Last Week's Undefeated Teams with 1st loss:
Week 1: 31.00% (40 of 129)
Week 2: 36.36% (32 of 88)
Week 3: 39.29% (22 of 56)
Week 3 Thoughts:
-It’s kind of odd to still see the weekly percentage of 1st loss teams increasing. Last year it decreased for 4 weeks before we saw a rise.
-A lot of action relating to the Group of 5 CFP bowl slot. This could well end up going to a team with losses, but an undefeated team will certainly have a leg up. We started this week with 10 Group of Five teams undefeated, including at least one from all 5 conferences. We are now down to 3 teams and with the Mountain West and Sunbelt off the list. The remaining teams are Marshall (Conference USA), Cincinnati (American), and Northern Illinois (MAC).
-Based on this list so far (which admittedly tells only a little, contains a small sample size, and includes more in-division games in the east), the SEC West definitely seems stronger than east. There are 6 undefeated teams in the west and 2 in the east.
-For the 2nd week in a row, a top ranked undefeated team played a team expected to finish in the mid-range of the ACC and lost (last week Ohio State to Virginia Tech, this week USC to Boston College).
-You’ll see the winless team list added this week. There is one team from one of the power 5 conferences and it is Northwestern who seems to have been cursed since Gameday visited Chicago last year.
-Another bad overall week for the Big Ten. Only Nebraska and Penn State remain undefeated and both have shown major vulnerabilities.
Week 4 Thoughts:
-We have 4 undefeated teams playing each other next week. They are Auburn @ Kansas on Thursday, Florida @ Alabama, Mississippi State @ LSU, and California @ Arizona. We also have one other game between ranked teams as #22 Clemson play at undefeated #1 Florida State.
-We have Northern Illinois playing at Arkansas in their final non-conference game. We have Miami (OH) playing at undefeated Cincinnati. We have undefeated Marshall playing at Akron.
-Other games involving undefeated (several with potential for upsets): We have undefeated Nebraska traveling to Miami (FL). Undefeated Georgia Tech visits Virginia Tech. Iowa plays @ undefeated Pitt. Maryland plays @ undefeated Syracuse. (Side note: The Big Ten really needs some out of conference wins here). Undefeated North Carolina plays at East Carolina. Undefeated Utah plays at Michigan. Oklahoma plays at West Virginia. Tulane @ undefeated Duke. Undefeated Texas A&M @ SMU. Virginia @ undefeated BYU. Indiana @ undefeated Missouri. UMass @ undefeated Penn State. Presbyterian @ undefeated North Carolina State. Georgia State @ undefeated Washington. Undefeated Oregon @ Washington State. San Diego State @ undefeated Oregon State.
Remaining Undefeated Teams: ACC: 7, American Athletic: 1, Big 12: 4, Big Ten: 2, Conference USA: 1, MAC: 1, Mountain West: 0, PAC-12: 8, SEC: 8, Sun Belt: 0, independents: 2, total: 34
Florida State
North Carolina State
Duke
Georgia Tech
North Carolina
Baylor
Kansas State
Oklahoma
TCU
Cincinnati
Pittsburg
Syracuse
Nebraska
Penn State
Marshall
Northern Illinois
California
Oregon
Oregon State
Washington
Arizona
Arizona State
UCLA
Utah
Florida
Missouri
Alabama
Auburn
LSU
Mississippi State
Ole Miss
Texas A&M
Brigham Young
Notre Dame
Remaining Winless Teams: (American: 2, Big Ten: 1, Conference USA: 1, MAC: 3, Mountain West: 2, Sunbelt: 2
Southern Methodist
Central Florida
Northwestern
Rice
Massachusetts
Miami (OH)
Kent State
Fresno State
New Mexico
Idaho
Troy
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