IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 7

A moment of silence for the fallen Hawkeyes. . . . .

So that loss dropped Iowa by 117 marbles (the largest move of the week) and six positions to #7, moving them behind both Michigan St and Michigan in the Big 10. The Big 10 looks pretty incredible, with four teams in the top 10. The Big 12 then has three, SEC two, ACC one, and none from the PAC 12.  In fact, the PAC 12 only has four teams in the top 25 and all of them are clustered together in the 20s.

Anyway, the Iowa loss also puts Georgia pretty free and clear at the top, with an 87 marble lead of the #2 Sooners. Georgia is on a bye next week, but Oklahoma plays Kansas and can only take 15 marbles if they win (Kansas would take 90). Michigan St is also on a bye, so that leaves Oklahoma St as the only team likely to make a move in a playoff position. They are at Iowa St and could take 49 marbles with a win (or lose 81). 

I have again included the rankings with the older initialization at the very bottom of this post.

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

RANKINGS USING THE NEW INITIAL MARBLE COUNT SYSTEM:

	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles	Change
1	Georgia	7	0	SEC	539	+1, +75
2	Oklahoma	7	0	B12	452	+1, +37
3	Mich. St.	7	0	B10	410	+2, +28
4	OK St.	6	0	B12	406	+4, +56
5	Michigan	6	0	B10	404	-1, 0
6	Wake Forest	6	0	ACC	358	+1, 0
7	Iowa	6	1	B10	351	-6, -117
8	Alabama	6	1	SEC	335	+4, +53
9	Ohio State	5	1	B10	315	0, 0
10	Baylor	6	1	B12	311	+5, +51
11	Notre Dame	5	1	IND	307	0, 0
12	Cincinnati	6	0	AAC	301	+1, +21
13	Kentucky	6	1	SEC	300	-7, -75
14	Ole Miss	5	1	SEC	300	+3, +48
15	Purdue	4	2	B10	289	+29, +117
16	NC State	5	1	ACC	282	+7, +56
17	Pittsburgh	5	1	ACC	279	+4, +38
18	Penn State	5	1	B10	273	-4, 0
19	Texas A&M	5	2	SEC	268	+3, +29
20	UTSA	7	0	USA	263	-2, +14
21	Oregon	5	1	PAC	261	-2, +14
22	Utah	4	2	PAC	248	+18, +62
23	Arizona St.	5	2	PAC	247	-13, -62
24	UCLA	5	2	PAC	245	+6, +32
25	SMU	6	0	AAC	243	-5, 0
26	Auburn	5	2	SEC	239	+12, +53
27	Virginia	5	2	ACC	239	+4, +26
28	SD St.	6	0	MWC	237	-1, +19
29	Clemson	4	2	ACC	236	+5, +30
30	Minnesota	4	2	B10	236	-2, +21
31	Coast. Caro.	6	0	SUN	218	-5, 0
32	Air Force	6	1	MWC	211	+16, +46
33	Oregon St.	4	2	PAC	208	0, 0
34	BYU	5	2	IND	202	-18, -51
35	Wash. St.	4	3	PAC	202	+16, +41
36	Nevada	5	1	MWC	198	+7, +22
37	Iowa State	4	2	B12	195	+21, +42
38	Fresno St.	5	2	MWC	190	+17, +35
39	Texas Tech	5	2	B12	188	+7, +19
40	UL Lafayette	5	1	SUN	187	+13, +29
41	N. Carolina	4	3	ACC	182	+9, +21
42	Maryland	4	2	B10	177	0, 0
43	W. Michigan	5	2	MID	175	+13, +21
44	Ball State	4	3	MID	173	+19, +29
45	LSU	4	3	SEC	171	+20, +37
46	BC	4	2	ACC	168	-22, -56
47	Texas	4	3	B12	168	-22, -56
48	Stanford	3	4	PAC	165	-13, -41
49	N. Illinois	5	2	MID	164	+11, +15
50	GA Tech	3	3	ACC	161	-1, 0
51	Arkansas	4	3	SEC	160	-22, -53
52	UTEP	6	1	USA	159	+10, +14
53	Wisconsin	3	3	B10	159	+16, +32
54	Miss. St.	3	3	SEC	158	-22, -53
55	Florida St.	2	4	ACC	157	-1, 0
56	Houston	5	1	AAC	153	+1, 0
57	Florida	4	3	SEC	150	-20, -37
58	TCU	3	3	B12	149	-19, -37
59	Tennessee	4	3	SEC	143	-23, -48
60	Boise State	3	4	MWC	137	-19, -46
61	Liberty	5	2	IND	137	-16, -34
62	S. Carolina	4	3	SEC	131	+13, +16
63	NW	3	3	B10	130	+20, +25
64	Army	4	2	IND	128	-12, -32
65	USC	3	3	PAC	128	+2, 0
66	UAB	5	2	USA	125	+8, +8
67	Charlotte	4	2	USA	124	+4, 0
68	Kansas St.	3	3	B12	124	-21, -42
69	Louisville	3	3	ACC	124	+3, 0
70	App. St.	4	2	SUN	117	-9, -29
71	Utah State	4	2	MWC	115	+11, +9
72	VA Tech	3	3	ACC	112	-13, -38
73	UL Monroe	3	3	SUN	104	+32, +34
74	S. Alabama	4	2	SUN	104	+13, +10
75	W. Virginia	2	4	B12	104	+11, 0
76	Wyoming	4	2	MWC	103	-12, -35
77	Duke	3	4	ACC	102	-11, -26
78	Colorado St.	3	3	MWC	101	+12, +12
79	Memphis	4	3	AAC	101	+10, +10
80	Troy	4	3	SUN	101	+17, +22
81	Rutgers	3	4	B10	100	-11, -25
82	C. Mich.	4	3	MID	99	+11, +13
83	Wash.	2	4	PAC	96	-15, -32
84	Temple	3	3	AAC	94	+4, 0
85	Hawaii	3	4	MWC	90	-7, -22
86	Syracuse	3	4	ACC	88	-13, -30
87	Tulsa	3	4	AAC	88	+15, +12
88	E. Carolina	3	3	AAC	87	+3, 0
89	Colorado	2	4	PAC	86	+11, +10
90	Georgia St.	2	4	SUN	86	+4, 0
91	Nebraska	3	5	B10	86	-11, -21
92	UCF	3	3	AAC	86	-11, -21
93	E. Mich.	4	3	MID	85	-17, -29
94	Illinois	2	5	B10	85	+1, 0
95	Missouri	3	4	SEC	85	-18, -29
96	Kent State	3	4	MID	83	-12, -21
97	Miami (FL)	2	4	ACC	83	-12, -21
98	Indiana	2	4	B10	82	-19, -28
99	Marshall	4	3	USA	79	+10, +11
100	Florida Atl.	3	3	USA	78	-2, 0
101	Miami (OH)	3	4	MID	73	+10, +14
102	Texas State	2	4	SUN	65	-10, -22
103	Vanderbilt	2	5	SEC	64	-7, -16
104	Bowling Gr	2	5	MID	60	-1, -15
105	Buffalo	3	4	MID	59	+9, +9
106	California	1	5	PAC	58	-2, -14
107	Kansas	1	5	B12	58	-8, -19
108	Mid. Tenn.	2	4	USA	57	+4, 0
109	SJ St.	3	4	MWC	57	-8, -19
110	Rice	2	4	USA	55	-4, -14
111	Akron	2	5	MID	54	-4, -14
112	LA Tech	2	4	USA	54	-4, -14
113	Toledo	3	4	MID	54	-3, -13
114	W. Kentucky	2	4	USA	52	+6, +9
115	Arizona	0	6	PAC	41	-2, -10
116	Georgia So.	2	5	SUN	40	-1, -10
117	UMASS	1	5	IND	39	+5, 0
118	Navy	1	5	AAC	39	-2, -10
119	UNM	2	5	MWC	35	-2, -12
120	Ohio	1	6	MID	34	-1, -9
121	S. Florida	1	5	AAC	34	-3, -12
122	Tulane	1	5	AAC	34	+2, 0
123	Arkansas St.	1	5	SUN	31	+3, 0
124	North Texas	1	5	USA	31	-3, -11
125	Florida Int.	1	5	USA	28	+3, 0
126	NM St.	1	6	IND	27	+3, 0
127	Old Dom	1	6	USA	25	-4, -9
128	UNLV	0	6	MWC	25	-3, -9
129	S. Miss.	1	6	USA	23	-2, -8
130	Connecticut	1	7	AAC	22	0, 0

Average rank of all opponents played per team:

Kansas St.	43.0
Texas	43.4
Illinois	45.0
Boise State	45.9
Miss. St.	46.5
Miami (FL)	46.7
Indiana	47.5
Wisconsin	47.5
Arkansas	47.6
Stanford	48.4
:	:
:	:
Houston	101.2
San Diego St.	103.7
S. Alabama	103.7
Charlotte	104.2
C. Mich.	104.3
UTSA	109.1
Coastal Caro.	109.3
Marshall	109.4
SMU	110.7
UTEP	114.9

Average rank of all teams per conference:

SEC	43.4
B10	43.5
B12	44.7
ACC	49.1
PAC	55.3
IND	68.8
MWC	71.7
SUN	79.9
AAC	84.5
MID	88.4
USA	96.6

Average rank of all opponents played per conference:

B10	61.4
PAC	62.4
B12	63.1
SEC	63.4
ACC	66.8
IND	75.0
MWC	77.9
MID	81.1
AAC	81.6
SUN	87.7
USA	88.5

WITH THE OLD INITIAL MARBLE COUNTS (200 and 100)

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles	Change
1	Georgia	7	0	SEC	543	0, +77
2	Oklahoma	7	0	B12	445	+1, +37
3	Oklahoma St.	6	0	B12	411	+5, +56
4	Mich. St.	7	0	B10	407	+2, +28
5	Michigan	6	0	B10	396	-1, 0
6	Wake Forest	6	0	ACC	370	+1, 0
7	Iowa	6	1	B10	346	-5, -115
8	Alabama	6	1	SEC	344	+4, +54
9	Baylor	6	1	B12	318	+7, +55
10	Notre Dame	5	1	IND	318	-1, 0
11	Ohio State	5	1	B10	309	0, 0
12	Kentucky	6	1	SEC	308	-7, -77
13	Ole Miss	5	1	SEC	308	+4, +49
14	Cincinnati	6	0	AAC	288	+1, +19
15	Pittsburgh	5	1	ACC	286	+3, +39
16	NC State	5	1	ACC	284	+6, +56
17	Purdue	4	2	B10	284	+27, +115
18	Penn State	5	1	B10	274	-4, 0
19	Texas A&M	5	2	SEC	271	+1, +29
20	Oregon	5	1	PAC	258	-1, +14
21	Utah	4	2	PAC	256	+16, +62
22	UTSA	7	0	USA	252	-1, +12
23	Arizona St.	5	2	PAC	250	-13, -62
24	Virginia	5	2	ACC	245	+2, +26
25	UCLA	5	2	PAC	244	+4, +32
26	Auburn	5	2	SEC	242	+13, +54
27	Clemson	4	2	ACC	238	+4, +30
28	Minnesota	4	2	B10	232	+2, +21
29	SMU	6	0	AAC	224	-5, 0
30	BYU	5	2	IND	222	-17, -55
31	San Diego St.	6	0	MWC	215	+4, +17
32	Oregon St.	4	2	PAC	207	0, 0
33	Wash. St.	4	3	PAC	207	+14, +41
34	Air Force	6	1	MWC	206	+16, +46
35	Coastal Caro.	6	0	SUN	199	-1, 0
36	Iowa State	4	2	B12	192	+18, +41
37	Texas Tech	5	2	B12	192	+6, +19
38	N. Carolina	4	3	ACC	187	+8, +21
39	LSU	4	3	SEC	176	+18, +38
40	Nevada	5	1	MWC	176	+11, +19
41	Maryland	4	2	B10	174	+1, 0
42	Fresno St.	5	2	MWC	169	+17, +33
43	UL Lafayette	5	1	SUN	169	+12, +27
44	BC	4	2	ACC	168	-21, -56
45	Georgia Tech	3	3	ACC	166	0, 0
46	Texas	4	3	B12	166	-21, -56
47	Stanford	3	4	PAC	162	-14, -41
48	Arkansas	4	3	SEC	161	-21, -54
49	Florida St.	2	4	ACC	161	0, 0
50	Miss. St.	3	3	SEC	161	-22, -54
51	W. Michigan	5	2	MID	157	+5, +17
52	Wisconsin	3	3	B10	157	+13, +27
53	Ball State	4	3	MID	153	+14, +25
54	Florida	4	3	SEC	152	-16, -38
55	TCU	3	3	B12	150	-15, -37
56	UTEP	6	1	USA	150	+2, +12
57	Tennessee	4	3	SEC	147	-21, -49
58	N. Illinois	5	2	MID	146	+5, +13
59	Boise State	3	4	MWC	139	-18, -46
60	Houston	5	1	AAC	136	0, 0
61	S. Carolina	4	3	SEC	134	+11, +16
62	USC	3	3	PAC	132	+2, 0
63	Northwestern	3	3	B10	128	+17, +25
64	Liberty	5	2	IND	124	-11, -31
65	Louisville	3	3	ACC	124	+5, 0
66	Kansas St.	3	3	B12	121	-18, -41
67	Virginia Tech	3	3	ACC	117	-15, -39
68	UAB	5	2	USA	112	+10, +7
69	Charlotte	4	2	USA	110	+7, 0
70	Utah State	4	2	MWC	108	+13, +7
71	Army	4	2	IND	107	-10, -27
72	App. St.	4	2	SUN	106	-10, -27
73	Duke	3	4	ACC	102	-5, -26
74	W. Virginia	2	4	B12	102	+7, 0
75	Rutgers	3	4	B10	99	-4, -25
76	Wyoming	4	2	MWC	97	-10, -33
77	Memphis	4	3	AAC	95	+9, +10
78	Wash.	2	4	PAC	95	-9, -32
79	S. Alabama	4	2	SUN	93	+9, +9
80	Troy	4	3	SUN	93	+17, +20
81	UL Monroe	3	3	SUN	90	+27, +31
82	Colorado St.	3	3	MWC	89	+12, +11
83	Syracuse	3	4	ACC	88	-10, -30
84	Missouri	3	4	SEC	87	-10, -29
85	C. Mich.	4	3	MID	86	+11, +13
86	Nebraska	3	5	B10	85	-9, -21
87	Indiana	2	4	B10	84	-12, -28
88	Colorado	2	4	PAC	83	+11, +11
89	Illinois	2	5	B10	83	0, 0
90	Miami (FL)	2	4	ACC	82	-11, -21
91	Temple	3	3	AAC	82	-1, 0
92	E. Carolina	3	3	AAC	81	-1, 0
93	Marshall	4	3	USA	78	+9, +10
94	UCF	3	3	AAC	78	-10, -19
95	E. Mich.	4	3	MID	76	-13, -25
96	Tulsa	3	4	AAC	76	+9, +10
97	Hawaii	3	4	MWC	75	-12, -19
98	Florida Atl.	3	3	USA	72	+2, 0
99	Georgia St.	2	4	SUN	72	+2, 0
100	Kent State	3	4	MID	67	-13, -17
101	Miami (OH)	3	4	MID	65	+11, +12
102	Vanderbilt	2	5	SEC	64	-9, -16
103	Texas State	2	4	SUN	61	-11, -20
104	California	1	5	PAC	58	-6, -14
105	Kansas	1	5	B12	58	-10, -19
106	Bowling Grn	2	5	MID	54	-3, -13
107	Buffalo	3	4	MID	53	+8, +7
108	Mid. Tenn.	2	4	USA	53	+5, 0
109	Toledo	3	4	MID	51	-3, -13
110	San Jose St.	3	4	MWC	50	-6, -17
111	Akron	2	5	MID	47	-4, -12
112	LA Tech	2	4	USA	46	-3, -12
113	Rice	2	4	USA	46	-3, -12
114	W. Kentucky	2	4	USA	44	+7, +8
115	Arizona	0	6	PAC	43	-4, -11
116	Navy	1	5	AAC	38	-2, -10
117	Georgia So.	2	5	SUN	37	-1, -9
118	New Mexico	2	5	MWC	32	-1, -11
119	UMASS	1	5	IND	31	+3, 0
120	Ohio	1	6	MID	29	0, -7
121	Arkansas St.	1	5	SUN	28	+4, 0
122	Florida Int.	1	5	USA	28	+4, 0
123	North Texas	1	5	USA	28	-5, -10
124	S. Florida	1	5	AAC	28	-5, -10
125	Tulane	1	5	AAC	28	+3, 0
126	NM St.	1	6	IND	23	+3, 0
127	Old Dominion	1	6	USA	22	-4, -8
128	UNLV	0	6	MWC	22	-4, -7
129	S. Miss.	1	6	USA	21	-2, -7
130	Connecticut	1	7	AAC	18	0, 0