IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 9

As predicted, ND and Clemson both won their games and the order of the top 6 doesn't change. Texas lost another though, so they lost 78 marbles and dropped to 13th.

USF also lost, leaving us with only 4 undefeated teams. UCF was on a bye this week so they gained no marbles, but climbed 4 spots, thanks to teams above them (USC, Stanford, Wisconsin, NC St, etc) losing and falling farther down the list.  Of the other three undefeateds, Alabama plays at LSU this week. This will be the first big test Bama has really had this year, and arguably the biggest playoff-determining game of the season thus far.  The respective potential marble winnings are 103 to 91.  So if Bama wins, they'd be at 556 total, but that may not be enough to lock up first place yet.  ND is on  the road at NW with the potential to take 60 marbles (or lose 105), which would be sufficient to keep them ahead of Alabama for now. Clemson is home against Louisville and will likely only be getting 9 marbles. 

Other big games around the league: Penn St. at Michigan (102 vs 58 marble take potential), Georgia at Kentucky (86 vs 77 marbles), Cal at Washington St (93 vs 43 marbles), Oklahoma at Texas Tech (51 vs 68 marbles), and West Virginia at Texas (79 vs 63 marbles).

How has UTEP still not won a game?

If you find any mistakes or have any comments please let me know on Twitter (@NateEMiller). The Commish, I'm sure, would also love to discuss (@IowaHawkBlog).
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. I calculate that UCF has played the easiest schedule of any team all year so far, and S. Carolina has played the hardest.


RankTeamWLConfMarbles
1Notre Dame 8 0 IND 525
2Clemson 8 0 ACC 500
3Alabama 8 0 SEC 453
4LSU 7 1 SEC 410
5Michigan 7 1 B10 409
6Ohio State 7 1 B10 402
7Georgia 7 1 SEC 384
8Wash. St. 7 1 PAC 371
9Kentucky 7 1 SEC 344
10Oklahoma 7 1 B12 340
11Utah 6 2 PAC 319
12W. Virginia 6 1 B12 317
13Texas 6 2 B12 314
14Virginia 6 2 ACC 314
15Iowa State 4 3 B12 297
16Florida 6 2 SEC 295
17Penn State 6 2 B10 288
18Iowa 6 2 B10 267
19BC 6 2 ACC 257
20Mich. St. 5 3 B10 250
21Wash. 6 3 PAC 248
22Syracuse 6 2 ACC 246
23Purdue 4 4 B10 241
24Northwestern 5 3 B10 238
25UCF 7 0 AAC 228
26Texas A&M 5 3 SEC 227
27Miss. St. 5 3 SEC 222
28NC State 5 2 ACC 220
29Houston 7 1 AAC 214
30California 5 3 PAC 213
31Oklahoma St. 5 3 B12 212
32Oregon 5 3 PAC 202
33Texas Tech 5 3 B12 202
34Fresno St. 7 1 MWC 201
35Army 6 2 IND 200
36UAB 7 1 USA 192
37S. Florida 7 1 AAC 188
38Utah State 7 1 MWC 188
39Temple 5 3 AAC 185
40Virginia Tech 4 3 ACC 185
41Maryland 5 3 B10 184
42Cincinnati 7 1 AAC 183
43Wisconsin 5 3 B10 183
44Buffalo 7 1 MID 182
45Georgia So. 7 1 SUN 182
46Auburn 5 3 SEC 178
47S. Carolina 4 3 SEC 177
48Miami (FL) 5 3 ACC 175
49USC 4 4 PAC 175
50Stanford 5 3 PAC 175
51Arizona St. 4 4 PAC 171
52Duke 5 3 ACC 171
53Pittsburgh 4 4 ACC 171
54San Diego St. 6 2 MWC 164
55Georgia Tech 4 4 ACC 160
56N. Illinois 5 3 MID 158
57Colorado 5 3 PAC 154
58Arizona 4 5 PAC 152
59Boise State 6 2 MWC 151
60Troy 6 2 SUN 150
61LA Tech 6 2 USA 149
62Ole Miss 5 3 SEC 136
63BYU 4 4 IND 133
64Nevada 5 4 MWC 130
65North Texas 7 2 USA 130
66App. St. 5 2 SUN 125
67Florida Int. 6 2 USA 119
68Baylor 4 4 B12 118
69Florida St. 4 4 ACC 117
70Minnesota 4 4 B10 115
71Marshall 5 2 USA 114
72Mid. Tenn. 5 3 USA 113
73Liberty 4 3 IND 111
74Missouri 4 4 SEC 99
75Wake Forest 4 4 ACC 98
76Kansas 3 5 B12 97
77Oregon St. 2 6 PAC 95
78UCLA 2 6 PAC 94
79Coastal Caro. 5 3 SUN 92
80Kansas St. 3 5 B12 89
81Tennessee 3 5 SEC 88
82W. Michigan 6 3 MID 88
83Indiana 4 5 B10 85
84Ohio 5 3 MID 82
85Toledo 4 4 MID 81
86Vanderbilt 4 5 SEC 81
87Akron 4 3 MID 79
88UL Monroe 4 4 SUN 78
89TCU 3 5 B12 77
90UL Lafayette 4 4 SUN 75
91Hawaii 6 4 MWC 73
92Illinois 3 5 B10 73
93Charlotte 4 4 USA 67
94Nebraska 2 6 B10 67
95Miami (OH) 3 5 MID 66
96Arkansas St. 4 4 SUN 65
97E. Mich. 4 5 MID 62
98N. Carolina 1 6 ACC 62
99Memphis 4 4 AAC 58
100S. Miss. 3 4 USA 54
101Colorado St. 3 6 MWC 52
102SMU 3 5 AAC 52
103Tulane 3 5 AAC 52
104E. Carolina 2 5 AAC 48
105Florida Atl. 3 5 USA 48
106Air Force 3 5 MWC 47
107Louisville 2 6 ACC 46
108UTSA 3 5 USA 46
109Wyoming 3 6 MWC 45
110New Mexico 3 5 MWC 42
111Old Dominion 2 7 USA 42
112Arkansas 2 7 SEC 37
113UMASS 3 6 MID 36
114Rutgers 1 7 B10 35
115NM St. 2 7 IND 32
116Ball State 3 6 MID 30
117Georgia St. 2 6 SUN 30
118Texas State 2 6 SUN 30
119Navy 2 6 AAC 29
120S. Alabama 2 6 SUN 29
121UNLV 2 6 MWC 27
122San Jose St. 1 7 MWC 23
123W. Kentucky 1 7 USA 21
124Kent State 1 7 MID 19
125Bowling Grn 1 7 MID 18
126Connecticut 1 7 AAC 17
127Tulsa 1 7 AAC 16
128C. Mich. 1 8 MID 14
129Rice 1 8 USA 14
130UTEP 0 8 USA 13

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