IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 8

OK St lost and gave 81 marbles to Iowa St, the biggest marble move of the week. That also leaves us with only 5 undefeated P5 teams.  Georgia stayed at #1 through their bye, as I explained that they would last week.  But their marble lead shrunk by 15 to 72 marbles thanks to the win by Oklahoma.

The biggest upset, and biggest rank move of the week goes to Illinois, whose win over Penn St moved them 42 spots.  Among the G5s, Coastal Carolina lost to App. St, leaving 4 undefeated G5 teams, with Cincy still the best at 15th overall.

Big matchups this coming week include: Michigan at Mich St (103 vs 86 marble gain potential for wins, respectively), Iowa at Wisconsin (58 vs 70), Penn St at Ohio St (84 vs 41), and Ole Miss at Auburn (60 vs 67).  Georgia can only gain 38 marbles if they beat Florida (or lose 108) and Oklahoma can only gain 28 if they beat Texas Tech (or lose 117). 

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:

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles	Change
1	Georgia	7	0	SEC	539	0, 0
2	Oklahoma	8	0	B12	467	0, +15
3	Michigan	7	0	B10	430	+2, +26
4	Mich. St.	7	0	B10	410	-1, 0
5	Wake Forest	7	0	ACC	390	+1, +32
6	Alabama	7	1	SEC	364	+2, +29
7	Iowa	6	1	B10	351	0, 0
8	Ohio State	6	1	B10	336	+1, +21
9	Ole Miss	6	1	SEC	334	+5, +34
10	Notre Dame	6	1	IND	333	+1, +26
11	Pittsburgh	6	1	ACC	326	+6, +47
12	Oklahoma St.	6	1	B12	325	-8, -81
13	Oregon	6	1	PAC	322	+8, +61
14	Baylor	6	1	B12	311	-4, 0
15	Cincinnati	7	0	AAC	311	-3, +10
16	Kentucky	6	1	SEC	300	-3, 0
17	Texas A&M	6	2	SEC	294	+2, +26
18	San Diego St.	7	0	MWC	290	+10, +53
19	UTSA	8	0	USA	277	+1, +14
20	Iowa State	5	2	B12	276	+17, +81
21	Minnesota	5	2	B10	271	+9, +35
22	Virginia	6	2	ACC	271	+5, +32
23	Oregon St.	5	2	PAC	258	+10, +50
24	BYU	6	2	IND	253	+10, +51
25	SMU	7	0	AAC	250	0, +7
26	Arizona St.	5	2	PAC	247	-3, 0
27	Auburn	5	2	SEC	239	-1, 0
28	Wisconsin	4	3	B10	231	+25, +72
29	Fresno St.	6	2	MWC	230	+9, +40
30	NC State	5	2	ACC	226	-14, -56
31	Purdue	4	3	B10	217	-16, -72
32	Penn State	5	2	B10	205	-14, -68
33	Utah	4	3	PAC	198	-11, -50
34	UL Lafayette	6	1	SUN	195	+6, +8
35	Clemson	4	3	ACC	189	-6, -47
36	N. Illinois	6	2	MID	189	+13, +25
37	UCLA	5	3	PAC	184	-13, -61
38	N. Carolina	4	3	ACC	182	+3, 0
39	Coastal Caro.	6	1	SUN	174	-8, -44
40	Miss. St.	4	3	SEC	174	+14, +16
41	Kansas St.	4	3	B12	171	+27, +47
42	Houston	6	1	AAC	170	+14, +17
43	Texas	4	3	B12	168	+4, 0
44	Florida St.	3	4	ACC	165	+11, +8
45	Stanford	3	4	PAC	165	+3, 0
46	App. St.	5	2	SUN	161	+24, +44
47	Arkansas	5	3	SEC	160	+4, 0
48	UTEP	6	1	USA	159	+4, 0
49	Air Force	6	2	MWC	158	-17, -53
50	Louisville	4	3	ACC	158	+19, +34
51	Nevada	5	2	MWC	158	-15, -40
52	Illinois	3	5	B10	153	+42, +68
53	Wash. St.	4	4	PAC	151	-18, -51
54	Florida	4	3	SEC	150	+3, 0
55	Liberty	6	2	IND	145	+6, +8
56	Maryland	4	3	B10	142	-14, -35
57	Texas Tech	5	3	B12	141	-18, -47
58	W. Virginia	3	4	B12	141	+17, +37
59	W. Michigan	5	3	MID	140	-16, -35
60	Miami (FL)	3	4	ACC	139	+37, +56
61	Boise State	3	4	MWC	137	-1, 0
62	LSU	4	4	SEC	137	-17, -34
63	Utah State	5	2	MWC	135	+8, +20
64	BC	4	3	ACC	134	-18, -34
65	Ball State	4	4	MID	130	-21, -43
66	Georgia Tech	3	4	ACC	129	-16, -32
67	UL Monroe	4	3	SUN	125	+6, +21
68	Miami (OH)	4	4	MID	116	+33, +43
69	Syracuse	4	4	ACC	116	+17, +28
70	Tennessee	4	4	SEC	114	-11, -29
71	TCU	3	4	B12	112	-13, -37
72	Florida Atl.	4	3	USA	109	+28, +31
73	UCF	4	3	AAC	106	+19, +20
74	Wash.	3	4	PAC	106	+9, +10
75	S. Carolina	4	4	SEC	105	-13, -26
76	Northwestern	3	4	B10	104	-13, -26
77	Duke	3	4	ACC	102	0, 0
78	USC	3	4	PAC	102	-13, -26
79	Troy	4	3	SUN	101	+1, 0
80	E. Mich.	5	3	MID	100	+13, +15
81	Rutgers	3	4	B10	100	0, 0
82	Georgia St.	3	4	SUN	99	+8, +13
83	Army	4	3	IND	96	-19, -32
84	Hawaii	4	4	MWC	95	+1, +5
85	UAB	5	3	USA	94	-19, -31
86	Charlotte	4	3	USA	93	-19, -31
87	Kent State	4	4	MID	92	+9, +9
88	Toledo	4	4	MID	89	+25, +35
89	Tulsa	3	4	AAC	88	-2, 0
90	Nebraska	3	5	B10	86	+1, 0
91	Rice	3	4	USA	86	+19, +31
92	Missouri	3	4	SEC	85	+3, 0
93	Virginia Tech	3	4	ACC	84	-21, -28
94	S. Alabama	4	3	SUN	83	-20, -21
95	Colorado St.	3	4	MWC	81	-17, -20
96	Memphis	4	4	AAC	81	-17, -20
97	Marshall	4	3	USA	79	+2, 0
98	Wyoming	4	3	MWC	77	-22, -26
99	California	2	5	PAC	75	+7, +17
100	Temple	3	4	AAC	75	-16, -19
101	C. Mich.	4	4	MID	74	-19, -25
102	Buffalo	4	4	MID	73	+3, +14
103	E. Carolina	3	4	AAC	70	-15, -17
104	Colorado	2	5	PAC	69	-15, -17
105	Mid. Tenn.	3	4	USA	63	+3, +6
106	San Jose St.	4	4	MWC	63	+3, +6
107	Indiana	2	5	B10	61	-9, -21
108	New Mexico	3	5	MWC	61	+11, +26
109	W. Kentucky	3	4	USA	59	+5, +7
110	S. Florida	2	5	AAC	53	+11, +19
111	Texas State	2	5	SUN	52	-9, -13
112	Vanderbilt	2	6	SEC	48	-9, -16
113	Bowling Grn	2	6	MID	45	-9, -15
114	Kansas	1	6	B12	43	-7, -15
115	Akron	2	6	MID	40	-4, -14
116	Georgia So.	2	5	SUN	40	0, 0
117	LA Tech	2	5	USA	40	-5, -14
118	Arizona	0	7	PAC	31	-3, -10
119	UMASS	1	6	IND	31	-2, -8
120	Navy	1	6	AAC	29	-2, -10
121	Tulane	1	6	AAC	27	+1, -7
122	Ohio	1	7	MID	25	-2, -9
123	Old Dominion	1	6	USA	25	+4, 0
124	Arkansas St.	1	6	SUN	23	-1, -8
125	North Texas	1	6	USA	23	-1, -8
126	S. Miss.	1	6	USA	23	+3, 0
127	NM St.	1	7	IND	22	-1, -5
128	Florida Int.	1	6	USA	21	-3, -7
129	UNLV	0	7	MWC	19	-1, -6
130	Connecticut	1	8	AAC	16	0, -6

Average rank of all opponents played per team:

Purdue	38.7
Miami (FL)	39.6
Wisconsin	41.6
Indiana	43.7
Texas	44.9
Kansas St.	45.4
Illinois	45.5
Boise State	45.7
Kansas	48.6
Nebraska	48.9
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:	:
UL Lafayette	96.6
Troy	97.3
Liberty	98.0
S. Alabama	99.7
Coastal Caro.	100.4
Houston	101.7
UTSA	103.8
Marshall	107.6
UTEP	113.3
SMU	113.6

Average rank of all teams per conference:

B10	42.6
B12	43.2
SEC	44.9
ACC	47.4
PAC	58.6
IND	69.7
MWC	74.3
SUN	79.2
AAC	85.3
MID	86.3
USA	95.1

Average rank of all opponents played per conference:

B10	58.0
B12	60.9
PAC	63.0
ACC	64.2
SEC	64.5
IND	70.8
MWC	77.8
AAC	82.4
MID	82.6
SUN	86.1
USA	88.4

WITH THE OLD INITIAL MARBLE COUNTS (200 and 100)

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	Marbles	Change
1	Georgia	7	0	SEC	543	0, 0
2	Oklahoma	8	0	B12	460	0, +15
3	Michigan	7	0	B10	422	+2, +26
4	Mich. St.	7	0	B10	407	0, 0
5	Wake Forest	7	0	ACC	397	+1, +27
6	Alabama	7	1	SEC	373	+2, +29
7	Iowa	6	1	B10	346	0, 0
8	Notre Dame	6	1	IND	344	+2, +26
9	Ole Miss	6	1	SEC	343	+4, +35
10	Pittsburgh	6	1	ACC	334	+5, +48
11	Ohio State	6	1	B10	330	0, +21
12	Oklahoma St.	6	1	B12	329	-9, -82
13	Oregon	6	1	PAC	319	+7, +61
14	Baylor	6	1	B12	318	-5, 0
15	Kentucky	6	1	SEC	308	-3, 0
16	Cincinnati	7	0	AAC	298	-2, +10
17	Texas A&M	6	2	SEC	298	+2, +27
18	Virginia	6	2	ACC	278	+6, +33
19	BYU	6	2	IND	274	+11, +52
20	Iowa State	5	2	B12	274	+16, +82
21	Minnesota	5	2	B10	267	+7, +35
22	San Diego St.	7	0	MWC	267	+9, +52
23	UTSA	8	0	USA	264	-1, +12
24	Oregon St.	5	2	PAC	258	+8, +51
25	Arizona St.	5	2	PAC	250	-2, 0
26	Auburn	5	2	SEC	242	0, 0
27	SMU	7	0	AAC	230	+2, +6
28	Wisconsin	4	3	B10	228	+24, +71
29	NC State	5	2	ACC	227	-13, -57
30	Purdue	4	3	B10	213	-13, -71
31	Penn State	5	2	B10	205	-13, -69
32	Utah	4	3	PAC	205	-11, -51
33	Fresno St.	6	2	MWC	204	+9, +35
34	Clemson	4	3	ACC	190	-7, -48
35	N. Carolina	4	3	ACC	187	+3, 0
36	UCLA	5	3	PAC	183	-11, -61
37	Miss. St.	4	3	SEC	177	+13, +16
38	UL Lafayette	6	1	SUN	176	+5, +7
39	Kansas St.	4	3	B12	169	+27, +48
40	N. Illinois	6	2	MID	168	+18, +22
41	Florida St.	3	4	ACC	167	+8, +6
42	Texas	4	3	B12	166	+4, 0
43	Stanford	3	4	PAC	162	+4, 0
44	Arkansas	5	3	SEC	161	+4, 0
45	Coastal Caro.	6	1	SUN	159	-10, -40
46	Louisville	4	3	ACC	158	+19, +34
47	Wash. St.	4	4	PAC	155	-14, -52
48	Air Force	6	2	MWC	154	-14, -52
49	Florida	4	3	SEC	152	+5, 0
50	Houston	6	1	AAC	152	+10, +16
51	Illinois	3	5	B10	152	+38, +69
52	UTEP	6	1	USA	150	+4, 0
53	App. St.	5	2	SUN	146	+19, +40
54	Texas Tech	5	3	B12	144	-17, -48
55	LSU	4	4	SEC	141	-16, -35
56	Nevada	5	2	MWC	141	-16, -35
57	W. Virginia	3	4	B12	140	+17, +38
58	Boise State	3	4	MWC	139	+1, 0
59	Maryland	4	3	B10	139	-18, -35
60	Miami (FL)	3	4	ACC	139	+30, +57
61	BC	4	3	ACC	134	-17, -34
62	Georgia Tech	3	4	ACC	133	-17, -33
63	Liberty	6	2	IND	131	+1, +7
64	Utah State	5	2	MWC	126	+6, +18
65	W. Michigan	5	3	MID	126	-14, -31
66	Tennessee	4	4	SEC	118	-9, -29
67	Syracuse	4	4	ACC	117	+16, +29
68	Ball State	4	4	MID	115	-15, -38
69	TCU	3	4	B12	112	-14, -38
70	UL Monroe	4	3	SUN	109	+11, +19
71	S. Carolina	4	4	SEC	107	-10, -27
72	USC	3	4	PAC	106	-10, -26
73	Wash.	3	4	PAC	106	+5, +11
74	Miami (OH)	4	4	MID	103	+27, +38
75	Duke	3	4	ACC	102	-2, 0
76	Northwestern	3	4	B10	102	-13, -26
77	Florida Atl.	4	3	USA	100	+21, +28
78	Rutgers	3	4	B10	99	-3, 0
79	UCF	4	3	AAC	97	+15, +19
80	Troy	4	3	SUN	93	0, 0
81	E. Mich.	5	3	MID	90	+14, +14
82	Virginia Tech	3	4	ACC	88	-15, -29
83	Missouri	3	4	SEC	87	+1, 0
84	Nebraska	3	5	B10	85	+2, 0
85	Georgia St.	3	4	SUN	84	+14, +12
86	UAB	5	3	USA	84	-18, -28
87	Charlotte	4	3	USA	82	-18, -28
88	Toledo	4	4	MID	82	+21, +31
89	Army	4	3	IND	80	-18, -27
90	Hawaii	4	4	MWC	80	+7, +5
91	Marshall	4	3	USA	78	+2, 0
92	Memphis	4	4	AAC	76	-15, -19
93	Tulsa	3	4	AAC	76	+3, 0
94	California	2	5	PAC	75	+10, +17
95	Kent State	4	4	MID	74	+5, +7
96	Rice	3	4	USA	74	+17, +28
97	S. Alabama	4	3	SUN	74	-18, -19
98	Wyoming	4	3	MWC	73	-22, -24
99	Colorado St.	3	4	MWC	71	-17, -18
100	Colorado	2	5	PAC	66	-12, -17
101	Temple	3	4	AAC	66	-10, -16
102	Buffalo	4	4	MID	65	+5, +12
103	E. Carolina	3	4	AAC	65	-11, -16
104	C. Mich.	4	4	MID	64	-19, -22
105	Indiana	2	5	B10	63	-18, -21
106	Mid. Tenn.	3	4	USA	58	+2, +5
107	New Mexico	3	5	MWC	56	+11, +24
108	San Jose St.	4	4	MWC	56	+2, +6
109	W. Kentucky	3	4	USA	51	+5, +7
110	Texas State	2	5	SUN	49	-7, -12
111	Vanderbilt	2	6	SEC	48	-9, -16
112	S. Florida	2	5	AAC	44	+12, +16
113	Kansas	1	6	B12	43	-8, -15
114	Bowling Grn	2	6	MID	40	-8, -14
115	Georgia So.	2	5	SUN	37	+2, 0
116	Akron	2	6	MID	35	-5, -12
117	LA Tech	2	5	USA	34	-5, -12
118	Arizona	0	7	PAC	32	-3, -11
119	Navy	1	6	AAC	28	-3, -10
120	UMASS	1	6	IND	25	-1, -6
121	Ohio	1	7	MID	22	-1, -7
122	Old Dominion	1	6	USA	22	+5, 0
123	Tulane	1	6	AAC	22	+2, -6
124	Arkansas St.	1	6	SUN	21	-3, -7
125	Florida Int.	1	6	USA	21	-3, -7
126	North Texas	1	6	USA	21	-3, -7
127	S. Miss.	1	6	USA	21	+2, 0
128	NM St.	1	7	IND	18	-2, -5
129	UNLV	0	7	MWC	16	-1, -6
130	Connecticut	1	8	AAC	13	0, -5