79 U Toledo
81 WMU
97 Ohio U
104 Miami U
115 U Buffalo
121 CMU
124 U Mass
127 EMU
130 BGSU
131 Ball St
132 Kent St
135 Akron
138 Sac St

(10-25-2026 06:24 AM)Boca Rocket Wrote:  79 U Toledo
81 WMU
97 Ohio U
104 Miami U
115 U Buffalo
121 CMU
124 U Mass
127 EMU
130 BGSU
131 Ball St
132 Kent St
135 Akron
138 Sac St

I have had my own systems for 35 years. Power rankings have enough data that preseason bias is gone and it is just math at this point and most of them work similarly so not surprisingly what I get is similar. The last number is points above or below FBS average. Maybe the glaring thing is the gap by which Sacramento State is last there.

75 WMU -3
81 Toledo -4
89 Ohio -5
108 Buffalo -10
109 Miami -10
111 CMU -11
122 UMass -15
124 EMU -15
127 BGSU -17
129 Ball St -18
129 Kent St -18
137 Akron -24
138 Sac St -33

Sagarin predictor tiers:

Tier 1: WMU 64.60 & Toledo 64.27, so a coin toss on a neutral field

Tier 2: OhioU at 60.34 and MiamiU at 58.64, so a field goal or more behind the first tier, within two points of each other on a neutral field.

Tier 3: CMU 54.85, Buffalo 54.12, EMU 53.31, CMU a point and a half ahead of EMU with Buffalo squeezed between the two.

Tier 4: Bowling Green 50.45, UMass 49.93. Kent State 49.26, Ball State 49.08, so Ball State within a point and a half of Bowling Green, with us and UMass squeezed in between.

Tier 5. Akron 45.56, a coin toss at home to Tier 4, a TD or more behind on the road, and even worse further up the ladder.

Tier 6: Sac State 37.34, so even at home would be expected to lose by more than a FG to Akron.