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.

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