Last Week
1. Eastern Michigan
2. Toledo
3. Western Michigan
4. Kent St
5. Miami
6. Buffalo
7. Central Michigan
8. Northern Illinois
9. Ohio
10. Ball St
11. Bowling Green St
12. Akron
This Week
1. Toledo
2. Eastern Michigan
3. Western Michigan
4. Central Michigan
5. Kent St
6. Miami
7. Ball St
8. Ohio
9. Buffalo
10. Northern Illinois
11. Bowling Green St
12. Akron
----Rockets clear front-runner. May get upset, but unlikely to lose 2
----Chippewas win tells us more about them then the Eagles; Chippewas are real deal, but Eagles still tough. Broncos hold tie-breaker over Chippewas, tho....for now.
----Golden Flashes thru Bulls hard to sort. Need more games to separate them. Bulls need a MAC win, something the others have. Cardinals with nice win over a struggling Huskies.
----Falcons and Zips still bad
I think Kent State is ranked too high, but except for Toledo and WMU no one in the conference is all that hot. Buffalo getting beat by Miami and CMU taking EMU to the woodshed were two games where you thought the opposite would happen.
EMU proved they are still...EMU
Western is good
Ball St vs Toledo in 2 weeks will be a big one
I’m going to stop picking Buffalo because they never come through
Ohio will win the East and probably get clobbered in the MACC
Ohio is not impressive. They looked like a much better team last season. The East overall looks very mediocre
NIU is in complete disarray. We are undisciplined and commit a ton of penalties. I think we've had a player ejected in all 5 games.
We had two turnovers and 110 yards of penalties in the 3rd quarter and just completely fell apart.
As wide open as the MAC’s ever been. This is the year a OHIO or EMU needs to capitalize on and break through with a championship. Probably not going to find an easier year.
(10-05-2019 07:18 PM)epasnoopy Wrote: [ -> ]I think Kent State is ranked too high, but except for Toledo and WMU no one in the conference is all that hot. Buffalo getting beat by Miami and CMU taking EMU to the woodshed were two games where you thought the opposite would happen.
We're still tied at the top of the Eastern Division standings, 1-0 in the conference ... indeed, equal overall record with the Bricks, at 2-3.
The budget games are over, time to climb to 500 next week.
MINE:
1. Toledo
2. Eastern Michigan
2. Western Michigan
4. Central Michigan
4. Miami-OH
4. Ball State
7. Kent State
7. Ohio
7. Buffalo
7. Northern Illinois
11. Bowling Green
13. Akron
(10-06-2019 06:49 PM)toddjnsn Wrote: [ -> ]MINE:
1. Toledo
2. Eastern Michigan
2. Western Michigan
4. Central Michigan
4. Miami-OH
4. Ball State
7. Kent State
7. Ohio
7. Buffalo
7. Northern Illinois
11. Bowling Green
13. Akron
Central just beat Eastern, by a lot. I'd put Eastern lower than CMU.
And I'd like to dispute our ranking.
But I can't.
Trending up: Toledo, BSU, CMU
Trending down: NIU, EMU, BGSU
Trending even: WMU, Ohio, Akron, Kent, Miami, UB
---CLASS A---
TOLEDO
---CONTENDER OR BOWL TEAM---
WMU
OHIO
BALL STATE
CMU
MIAMI
UB
---ROUGH WEEK, NOT OUT OF MACCContention---
NIU
EMU
KENT
---EXTRA BAD---
BGSU
AKRON
(10-05-2019 09:56 PM)zrb2 Wrote: [ -> ]Ohio is not impressive. They looked like a much better team last season. The East overall looks very mediocre
at least our kicker can hit extra point attempts!
Myerberg (USA Today) has the MAC as follows:
33. Toledo
75. WMU
86. CMU
88. EMU
90. Ohio
94. Buffalo
104. Ball State
107. Miami
109. NIU
122. Kent State
126. BGSU
130. Akron
Can't say I disagree with him, at this point.
P.S. NIU guys, don't look too closely at his rankings. Trust me on this.
Toledo
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Miami-OH
Ball State
Kent State
Ohio
Buffalo
Northern Illinois
Bowling Green
Akron
(10-07-2019 12:26 PM)CMichFan Wrote: [ -> ]Myerberg (USA Today) has the MAC as follows:
33. Toledo
75. WMU
86. CMU
88. EMU
90. Ohio
94. Buffalo
104. Ball State
107. Miami
109. NIU
122. Kent State
126. BGSU
130. Akron
Can't say I disagree with him, at this point.
P.S. NIU guys, don't look too closely at his rankings. Trust me on this.
I can't really disagree with it. If we stop shooting ourselves in the foot repeatedly every game we might be able to score more than 20 points a game and then we could beat some teams. Until then...
KSU #4 SOS.
There is no team in the MAC that would have a better record than 1-3 KSU has if they played KSU's schedule.
SAGARIN RANKINGS thru Oct. 6.
61 Toledo 70.88
74 WMU 67.68
91 Ohio 63.13
92 Miami 63.07
101 Buffalo 59.90
103 CMU 59.42
104 KSU 59.30
106 EMU 58.73
117 Ball St. 57.52
119 NIU 57.40
177 BG 43.69
196 Akron. 39.74
(10-06-2019 07:32 PM)NIU007 Wrote: [ -> ] (10-06-2019 06:49 PM)toddjnsn Wrote: [ -> ]MINE:
1. Toledo
2. Eastern Michigan
2. Western Michigan
4. Central Michigan
4. Miami-OH
4. Ball State
7. Kent State
7. Ohio
7. Buffalo
7. Northern Illinois
11. Bowling Green
13. Akron
Central just beat Eastern, by a lot. I'd put Eastern lower than CMU.
Seriously, his Western bias is on full display. Not that these rankings matter all that much, but who the hell puts a team behind the team they just waxed by 26?
(10-07-2019 12:52 PM)axeme Wrote: [ -> ]KSU #4 SOS.
There is no team in the MAC that would have a better record than 1-3 KSU has if they played KSU's schedule.
Absolutely. Same applies to Miami to a lesser degree, I think maybe Toledo or another team or two would be capable of beating UC, but no chance against Iowa and OSU. Pity that you guys have to do the football version of the Charlie Coles death marches every year.
Phil Steele said before the season that the MAC East would come down to who won the Miami-Ohio game on November 6th, heavily contingent on what Miami's QB situation looked like. Still early on but it might be shaping up like that, though Gabbert thus far has been much better than I think most Miami fans were hoping given how we had no snaps among our quarterbacks coming into this season.
Definitely think Miami can climb a lot, schedule has been brutal!
Also people are putting EMU over CMU because EMU has the better overall record.
BTW, Bowl Projections:
CBS SPORTS:
Ohio, Toledo, Buffalo, Northern Illinois, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan all making it
ESPN
Ohio, Toledo, Central Michigan, Western Michigan, Eastern Michigan all making it
Could easily see Miami and/or Ball St knocking out a couple of these teams.