IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 2, 2021

As David mentioned on Twitter this week, the results don't really converge to anything intuitive and useful until about week 5, but I decided to go ahead and start putting out what we have.  With so few games played, there are a lot of ties, and one good win has a tendency to dominate all other variables.  So don't read too much into this, it'll likely change a lot in the next couple weeks.

In the mean time, I'd appreciate if readers would check over their teams and make sure I have the right marble count.  The Commish has posted the rules on Twitter, and with only two games played it should be pretty easy to figure out what your team should have.  I just want to be sure I'm not missing anything already; neutral site games and losses to FCS teams and such are easy to mess up.

If you find any mistakes, please message me on Twitter (@NateEMiller). As always, if you have questions, feel free to inquire with me or the Commish, David Burge (@IowaHawkBlog).

UPDATE (9/18/21): It was pointed out to me that I had missed the Louisville vs Ole Miss game from week 1, which made me realize I had also missed the ND vs FSU game from that same weekend.  So those are added in now.

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles	Change
1	Iowa	2	0	B10	290	+8, +50
2	Oregon	2	0	PAC	287	+15, +63
3	BYU	2	0	IND	280	+4, +40
4	Rutgers	2	0	B10	276	+24, +56
5	Pittsburgh	2	0	ACC	275	+22, +55
6	Notre Dame	2	0	IND	270	-3, +20
7	Penn State	2	0	B10	270	-2, +20
8	Arkansas	2	0	SEC	264	+10, +44
9	Kentucky	2	0	SEC	264	+12, +44
10	Miss. St.	2	0	SEC	264	+13, +44
11	Georgia	2	0	SEC	260	-3, +20
12	Texas A&M	2	0	SEC	260	+19, +40
13	UCLA	2	0	PAC	260	-12, 0
14	Virginia Tech	2	0	ACC	260	0, +20
15	Purdue	2	0	B10	255	-2, +15
16	Mich. St.	2	0	B10	250	-14, 0
17	Michigan	2	0	B10	250	+5, +30
18	Alabama	2	0	SEC	240	-12, 0
19	Florida	2	0	SEC	240	+1, +20
20	Kansas St.	2	0	B12	240	-10, 0
21	Maryland	2	0	B10	240	-10, 0
22	Ole Miss	2	0	SEC	240	-10, 0
23	Virginia	2	0	ACC	236	+21, +36
24	TCU	2	0	B12	230	+18, +30
25	Baylor	2	0	B12	225	-10, 0
26	Auburn	2	0	SEC	220	-7, 0
27	BC	2	0	ACC	220	+9, +20
28	Oklahoma	2	0	B12	220	-2, 0
29	S. Carolina	2	0	SEC	220	+12, +20
30	Texas Tech	2	0	B12	220	+3, 0
31	Wake Forest	2	0	ACC	220	+3, 0
32	Arizona St.	2	0	PAC	215	+3, +15
33	Oklahoma St.	2	0	B12	215	+7, +15
34	Stanford	1	1	PAC	215	+22, +55
35	Ohio State	1	1	B10	187	-31, -63
36	Miami (FL)	1	1	ACC	184	+16, +24
37	Nebraska	2	1	B10	180	+16, +20
38	Missouri	1	1	SEC	176	-14, -44
39	NC State	1	1	ACC	176	-14, -44
40	Oregon St.	1	1	PAC	176	+15, +16
41	Texas	1	1	B12	176	-9, -44
42	N. Carolina	1	1	ACC	175	+12, +15
43	Wisconsin	1	1	B10	170	+27, +20
44	Syracuse	1	1	ACC	169	-28, -56
45	Vanderbilt	1	1	SEC	169	+22, +19
46	Minnesota	1	1	B10	166	+16, +16
47	USC	1	1	PAC	165	-18, -55
48	Tennessee	1	1	SEC	165	-18, -55
49	Clemson	1	1	ACC	160	-2, 0
50	Colorado	1	1	PAC	160	-13, -40
51	Duke	1	1	ACC	160	-3, 0
52	Indiana	1	1	B10	160	-3, 0
53	Kansas	1	1	B12	160	-14, -40
54	Louisville	1	1	ACC	160	-4, 0
55	LSU	1	1	SEC	160	-4, 0
56	UTSA	2	0	USA	160	+1, 0
57	Utah	1	1	PAC	160	-14, -40
58	W. Virginia	1	1	B12	160	0, 0
59	San Diego St.	2	0	MWC	155	+20, +40
60	Georgia Tech	1	1	ACC	150	+1, 0
61	Iowa State	1	1	B12	150	-23, -50
62	Nevada	2	0	MWC	150	+1, 0
63	Northwestern	1	1	B10	150	+2, 0
64	Utah State	2	0	MWC	150	+2, 0
65	Wash. St.	1	1	PAC	150	+4, 0
66	Army	2	0	IND	145	+6, +20
67	Illinois	1	2	B10	144	-22, -36
68	Charlotte	2	0	USA	140	+3, 0
69	Coastal Caro.	2	0	SUN	140	+15, +40
70	S. Alabama	2	0	SUN	140	+7, +20
71	Wyoming	2	0	MWC	138	+27, +38
72	Liberty	2	0	IND	125	+16, +25
73	Marshall	2	0	USA	125	0, 0
74	Memphis	2	0	AAC	125	+15, +25
75	Arizona	0	2	PAC	120	-29, -40
76	California	0	2	PAC	120	-17, -30
77	Cincinnati	2	0	AAC	120	-1, 0
78	SMU	2	0	AAC	120	+15, +20
79	UCF	2	0	AAC	120	-1, 0
80	Wash.	0	2	PAC	120	-12, -30
81	Air Force	2	0	MWC	119	-1, +19
82	Florida St.	0	2	ACC	112	-22, -38
83	New Mexico	2	0	MWC	112	+8, +12
84	N. Illinois	1	1	MID	112	-20, -38
85	Boise State	1	1	MWC	105	+16, +25
86	Florida Atl.	1	1	USA	100	+19, +20
87	Houston	1	1	AAC	100	+20, +20
88	Temple	1	1	AAC	100	+31, +20
89	UTEP	2	1	USA	100	-15, -25
90	Texas State	1	1	SUN	100	+36, +25
91	App. St.	1	1	SUN	96	-16, -24
92	Fresno St.	2	1	MWC	96	+7, 0
93	Ball State	1	1	MID	80	-11, -20
94	Buffalo	1	1	MID	80	-11, -20
95	C. Mich.	1	1	MID	80	+8, 0
96	E. Mich.	1	1	MID	80	-11, -20
97	Georgia So.	1	1	SUN	80	-10, -20
98	Kent State	1	1	MID	80	+10, 0
99	LA Tech	1	1	USA	80	+10, 0
100	UL Lafayette	1	1	SUN	80	+10, 0
101	UL Monroe	0	1	SUN	80	+10, 0
102	Mid. Tenn.	1	1	USA	80	-12, -20
103	North Texas	1	1	USA	80	-11, -20
104	Old Dominion	1	1	USA	80	+10, 0
105	San Jose St.	1	1	MWC	80	+11, 0
106	S. Miss.	1	1	USA	80	+12, 0
107	Toledo	1	1	MID	80	-13, -20
108	Tulane	1	1	AAC	80	+12, 0
109	UAB	1	1	USA	80	-13, -20
110	W. Kentucky	1	1	USA	80	-13, -20
111	W. Michigan	1	1	MID	80	+10, 0
112	Arkansas St.	1	1	SUN	75	-31, -25
113	Florida Int.	1	1	USA	75	-27, -25
114	Troy	1	1	SUN	75	-19, -25
115	Hawaii	1	2	MWC	64	-9, -16
116	Miami (OH)	0	2	MID	64	-3, -16
117	Akron	0	2	MID	60	-17, -20
118	Bowling Grn	0	2	MID	60	-16, -20
119	E. Carolina	0	2	AAC	60	-15, -20
120	Georgia St.	0	2	SUN	60	+3, -15
121	UMASS	0	2	MID	60	-9, -20
122	Rice	0	2	USA	60	-7, -20
123	S. Florida	0	2	AAC	60	-6, -20
124	Tulsa	0	2	AAC	60	+3, -15
125	UNLV	0	2	MWC	60	+3, -15
126	Colorado St.	0	2	MWC	56	-4, -19
127	Navy	0	2	AAC	56	-3, -19
128	Ohio	0	2	MID	56	-3, -19
129	NM St.	0	3	IND	48	+1, -12
130	Connecticut	0	3	AAC	45	-1, -15

Average rank of all opponents played per team:

UL Monroe	9.0
UMASS	16.0
Ohio State	24.0
S. Florida	29.0
Arizona	31.0
Stanford	33.5
Illinois	38.7
California	43.0
Rice	47.5
Wisconsin	51.5
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Cincinnati	123.5
Auburn	124.0
S. Carolina	125.0
BC	126.0
Oklahoma St.	127.5
Arizona St.	128.0
Vanderbilt	128.5
Air Force	129.0
Marshall	129.0
New Mexico	130.0

Average rank of all teams per conference:

SEC	25.0
B10	30.3
B12	37.3
ACC	39.8
PAC	47.6
IND	55.2
MWC	89.0
USA	95.7
SUN	96.4
AAC	101.2
MID	106.0

Average rank of all opponents played per conference:

MID	68.1
PAC	69.0
B10	70.6
SUN	81.2
ACC	84.0
AAC	84.4
SEC	86.9
USA	89.2
B12	94.9
IND	95.0
MWC	96.8