Bronco'14
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Post Week Power Rankings
Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Toledo
Miami
Buffalo
Kent St
Ball St
Bowling Green St
Akron
Ohio
NIU beat P5, hasn't played FCS yet
WMU beat P5, shutout FCS. (Ugh, I feel like every year I rank them high OOC only to be disappointed later in the season.)
EMU easier schedule but I'm not gonna punish them for W's
CMU & Toledo have played P5's well
Miami thru Akron bunch of 2 loss teams. I'll put MU at the top b/c of the tough schedule, expect them to climb as schedule gets better. Next 5 I just sort of slotted based on pre-season expectations
OU 3 L's
Last Week:
Northern Illinois
Toledo
Central Michigan
Buffalo
Kent St
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Ball St
Miami
Bowling Green St
Akron
Ohio
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09-22-2021 08:30 PM |
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ColinApocalypse
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
This is your brain on drugs, kids.
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09-22-2021 09:35 PM |
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ilovegymnast
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
I have no words for that ranking so I'll just sit here and be baffled.
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09-22-2021 09:55 PM |
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Bronco'14
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
What can I say? The West looks decent, but overall hard to rank.
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09-22-2021 10:06 PM |
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toddjnsn
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
Quote:Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Toledo
Miami
Buffalo
Kent St
Ball St
Bowling Green St
Akron
Ohio
NIU beat P5, hasn't played FCS yet
WMU beat P5, shutout FCS. (Ugh, I feel like every year I rank them high OOC only to be disappointed later in the season.)
EMU easier schedule but I'm not gonna punish them for W's
CMU & Toledo have played P5's well
Miami thru Akron bunch of 2 loss teams. I'll put MU at the top b/c of the tough schedule, expect them to climb as schedule gets better. Next 5 I just sort of slotted based on pre-season expectations
OU 3 L's
I wouldn't place NIU high because and only because they ended up beating GA-Tech. Not knocking the Huskies but NIU historically, good or bad, can somehow pull stuff out of their "pocket" and beat a P5. Which is great, but not necessarily a marker for how good their season will be -- and in this case not, as it was due to turnover city and "on paper" beside that GA-Tech did more than very good. That said, NIU shows potential explosiveness as shown in the Wyoming game 2nd half. And ran just fine against Michigan, but somehow couldn't put up any real points outside the early FG.
And I'm not saying this as some WMU homer. I have my critiques of WMU and am not thinking they're some dominator by any stretch. But it's just that the MAC isn't doing so hot. AND, most importantly rankings right now, don't mean much. But here's mine:
TEAM GB
WMU ---
Buffalo 0.5
NIU 1
CMU 1
Miami 1.5
Toledo 1.5
EMU 2.5
Kent St 2.5
Ball St 3.5
BGSU 4.5
Akron 4.5
Ohio 4.5
(This post was last modified: 09-22-2021 10:33 PM by toddjnsn.)
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09-22-2021 10:32 PM |
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Nick from Ohio
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
How about this approach..
Tier 1:
WMU
Buffalo
CMU
Toledo
Tier 2:
NIU
Miami
Kent State
Ball State
Tier 3:
EMU
Ohio
Tier-less:
BGSU
Akron
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09-23-2021 09:27 AM |
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GRBRONCO
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
FEI ratings, surprised to see NIU so low.
65. WMU
69. Buffalo
84. Toledo
86. Miami
92. EMU
93. Ball St
95. CMU
98. Kent St
103. Ohio
105. NIU
127. BG
129. Akron
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09-23-2021 10:54 AM |
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BruceMcF
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
(09-23-2021 09:27 AM)Nick from Ohio Wrote: Tier-less:
BGSU
Akron
Or, equivalently, "Only Tears"
(This post was last modified: 09-23-2021 11:38 AM by BruceMcF.)
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epasnoopy
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
(09-22-2021 08:30 PM)Bronco14 Wrote: Northern Illinois
Western Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Central Michigan
Toledo
Miami
Buffalo
Kent St
Ball St
Bowling Green St
Akron
Ohio
I don't see any real problem with that.
I would rank WMU 1st and NIU 2nd. No one else in the MAC has beat anyone of consequence except for NIU and WMU. WMU has two wins (even if their 2nd win is FCS). Maybe rank NIU and WMU as 1a and 1b if WMU loses to SJSU this weekend and we beat our FCS opponent.
EMU has a FBS win over a very bad UMass and a FCS win over a small FCS so they should be 3rd. Everyone else in the MAC only has an FCS win or no wins at all.
I definitely could see Ball State finishing last in the West based on how they've played thus far. Unless Ball State suddenly becomes a good team again they somehow have regressed despite returning 20 starters on offense and defense. How is that possible?!? Or was their success last season more of a product of them winning close games and playing a MAC-only schedule?
How the heck does Toledo lose at home to 0-2 Colorado St?!? Not just lose, but somehow be uncompetitive against a winless team too.
I really have no clue what to make of the MAC East. Seems like BGSU could go from worst to first in that division. I could see Buffalo and Kent State winning the East too. Akron and Ohio are most certainly fighting for the bottom of that division.
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Schadenfreude
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
(09-23-2021 11:38 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (09-23-2021 09:27 AM)Nick from Ohio Wrote: Tier-less:
BGSU
Akron
Or, equivalently, "Only Tears"
The Falcons are turning a corner. We may win a couple of MAC games.
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BruceMcF
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RE: Post Week Power Rankings
(09-24-2021 09:01 PM)Schadenfreude Wrote: (09-23-2021 11:38 AM)BruceMcF Wrote: (09-23-2021 09:27 AM)Nick from Ohio Wrote: Tier-less:
BGSU
Akron
Or, equivalently, "Only Tears"
The Falcons are turning a corner. We may win a couple of MAC games.
IIUC, this new fangled "divisional" scheduling means you do play Ohio and Akron this year, with can be pencilled in at this point as winnable games ... one unsurprisingly, the other unusually.
Edit: Sure, the Falcons can beat a Big Ten team, but we will have to wait for the conference games to see if they have really turned the corner. Maybe the "All Tears Tier" ends up being Akron and Ohio.
(This post was last modified: 09-25-2021 02:29 PM by BruceMcF.)
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