IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 8

Ohio State lost! We had pegged OSU as likely to take over the #1 spot this week but I guess the Boilermakers had other plans. So the Buckeyes drop to 6th in this ranking while LSU and Michigan leapfrog up to the 4 and 5 spots with their wins.

With the losses by Ohio State, NC State, and Cincy, three more undefeateds went down, so we're down to five. Obviously the three big ones are at the top, then UCF and USF both climbed a few more spots as they continue to try and work their way out of their preseason deficit and into some respect.

Arkansas and Nebraska both pulled off victories this week, giving them both their first wins against FBS opponents and helping them out of the "worst P5 team" tie they were in. That title now sits with Rutgers, who with 35 marbles and only one win over Texas St in week 1, are now sitting in 117th place. Congrats Rutgers!

Alabama is on a bye this next week so they can't gain anything marble-wise. Clemson and Notre Dame are both on the road against FSU and Navy, respectively, with the potential to gain 39 and 9 marbles, respectively.  So that won't be enough for Clemson to take the lead. If Clemson or ND loses, they'd lose 92 and 104 marbles, respectively. Other big games of note next week:  Florida at Georgia (78 vs 74 marbles), Iowa at Penn St (55 vs 67 marbles), Texas at Oklahoma St (34 vs 78 marble capture potential), WSU at Stanford (59 vs 62 marbles)

As always, let me or the Commish know if you see any mistakes or have any comments (@NateEMiller and @IowaHawkBlog). Thanks for following along. If anyone is interested in checking out the ranking system I've been running for about 8 years as well, I'd love to discuss it with you also. You can find the latest numbers here.

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles
1	Notre Dame	7	0	IND	518
2	Clemson	7	0	ACC	461
3	Alabama	8	0	SEC	453
4	LSU	7	1	SEC	410
5	Michigan	7	1	B10	409
6	Ohio State	7	1	B10	402
7	Texas	6	1	B12	392
8	Florida	6	1	SEC	369
9	Iowa	6	1	B10	334
10	Oklahoma	6	1	B12	318
11	Wash. St.	6	1	PAC	312
12	Kentucky	6	1	SEC	311
13	Georgia	6	1	SEC	310
14	Wash.	6	2	PAC	310
15	Purdue	4	3	B10	301
16	Virginia	5	2	ACC	298
17	Utah	5	2	PAC	288
18	W. Virginia	5	1	B12	288
19	Texas A&M	5	2	SEC	284
20	NC State	5	1	ACC	275
21	Oregon	5	2	PAC	252
22	Texas Tech	5	2	B12	252
23	Iowa State	3	3	B12	247
24	Virginia Tech	4	2	ACC	247
25	S. Florida	7	0	AAC	235
26	USC	4	3	PAC	234
27	Stanford	5	2	PAC	234
28	Wisconsin	5	2	B10	229
29	UCF	7	0	AAC	228
30	Penn State	5	2	B10	221
31	Miami (FL)	5	2	ACC	219
32	Duke	5	2	ACC	214
33	BC	5	2	ACC	213
34	Colorado	5	2	PAC	206
35	San Diego St.	6	1	MWC	205
36	Northwestern	4	3	B10	192
37	Syracuse	5	2	ACC	191
38	Mich. St.	4	3	B10	190
39	UAB	6	1	USA	187
40	Temple	5	3	AAC	185
41	Fresno St.	6	1	MWC	183
42	Buffalo	7	1	MID	182
43	Army	5	2	IND	179
44	Auburn	5	3	SEC	178
45	BYU	4	3	IND	178
46	Utah State	6	1	MWC	178
47	Houston	6	1	AAC	167
48	Cincinnati	6	1	AAC	166
49	Maryland	4	3	B10	166
50	Miss. St.	4	3	SEC	165
51	App. St.	5	1	SUN	156
52	Florida St.	4	3	ACC	156
53	S. Carolina	3	3	SEC	155
54	California	4	3	PAC	151
55	Georgia So.	6	1	SUN	151
56	Baylor	4	3	B12	147
57	Troy	5	2	SUN	140
58	Ole Miss	5	3	SEC	136
59	Boise State	5	2	MWC	135
60	Oklahoma St.	4	3	B12	134
61	LA Tech	5	2	USA	133
62	Missouri	4	3	SEC	132
63	Pittsburgh	3	4	ACC	128
64	North Texas	6	2	USA	127
65	UCLA	2	5	PAC	125
66	W. Michigan	6	2	MID	118
67	Marshall	5	2	USA	114
68	N. Illinois	4	3	MID	113
69	Arizona St.	3	4	PAC	112
70	Florida Int.	5	2	USA	112
71	Kansas St.	3	4	B12	111
72	Liberty	4	3	IND	111
73	Tennessee	3	4	SEC	110
74	Indiana	4	4	B10	106
75	Arizona	3	5	PAC	102
76	Mid. Tenn.	4	3	USA	99
77	Georgia Tech	3	4	ACC	98
78	TCU	3	4	B12	96
79	Minnesota	3	4	B10	94
80	Hawaii	6	3	MWC	91
81	Illinois	3	4	B10	91
82	Nevada	4	4	MWC	89
83	E. Mich.	4	4	MID	83
84	Coastal Caro.	4	3	SUN	82
85	Wake Forest	3	4	ACC	82
86	Arkansas St.	4	3	SUN	81
87	Kansas	2	5	B12	78
88	UL Monroe	4	4	SUN	78
89	N. Carolina	1	5	ACC	78
90	Akron	3	3	MID	76
91	Ohio	4	3	MID	74
92	Colorado St.	3	5	MWC	70
93	SMU	3	4	AAC	69
94	Vanderbilt	3	5	SEC	69
95	S. Miss.	3	3	USA	68
96	Nebraska	1	6	B10	67
97	Miami (OH)	3	5	MID	66
98	Florida Atl.	3	4	USA	64
99	Air Force	3	4	MWC	63
100	Louisville	2	5	ACC	62
101	UL Lafayette	3	4	SUN	59
102	Memphis	4	4	AAC	58
103	Old Dominion	2	6	USA	56
104	Charlotte	3	4	USA	53
105	New Mexico	3	4	MWC	52
106	Toledo	3	4	MID	51
107	Arkansas	2	6	SEC	49
108	E. Carolina	2	5	AAC	48
109	UTSA	3	5	USA	46
110	Tulane	2	5	AAC	46
111	Oregon St.	1	6	PAC	43
112	Georgia St.	2	5	SUN	40
113	NM St.	2	6	IND	40
114	S. Alabama	2	5	SUN	39
115	Ball State	3	5	MID	38
116	Navy	2	5	AAC	36
117	Rutgers	1	7	B10	35
118	UNLV	2	5	MWC	34
119	UMASS	2	6	MID	30
120	W. Kentucky	1	6	USA	28
121	Wyoming	2	6	MWC	27
122	Connecticut	1	6	AAC	23
123	Texas State	1	6	SUN	22
124	Tulsa	1	6	AAC	22
125	Kent State	1	7	MID	19
126	Bowling Grn	1	7	MID	18
127	UTEP	0	7	USA	18
128	C. Mich.	1	7	MID	17
129	Rice	1	7	USA	17
130	San Jose St.	0	7	MWC	16