IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 8

In one of the biggest climbs in rank I remember ever seeing, Virginia gained 59 places this week with their 108 marble road win over UNCNorth Carolina dropped only 10 places as a result, keeping them at 12th, but that's one fewer undefeated team fighting for the top.  Penn State also got knocked from that list, but still holds on to 13th place.

There is still a total of nine undefeated teams in FBS, including James Madison, Liberty, and Air Force, all of which are making great runs up the table.


TeamWLConfMarblesChange
1Ohio State 7 0 B10 510 +2,+80
2Wash. 7 0 PAC 469 -1,+10
3Florida St. 7 0 ACC 449 +3,+49
4Michigan 8 0 B10 446 0,+20
5Oklahoma 7 0 B12 446 0,+23
6Alabama 7 1 SEC 409 +4,+55
7Georgia 7 0 SEC 388 +1,0
8Utah 6 1 PAC 375 +10,+81
9Texas 6 1 B12 363 +5,+42
10Oregon St. 6 1 PAC 348 +1,0
11Louisville 6 1 ACC 328 +1,0
12N. Carolina 6 1 ACC 323 -10,-108
13Penn State 6 1 B10 318 -6,-80
14LSU 6 2 SEC 315 +2,+12
15Missouri 7 1 SEC 314 +2,+19
16Oregon 6 1 PAC 313 +4,+39
17Oklahoma St. 5 2 B12 306 +5,+55
18Notre Dame 6 2 IND 305 -3,0
19Ole Miss 6 1 SEC 303 +2,+33
20Iowa 6 2 B10 271 -11,-91
21JMU 7 0 SUN 271 +4,+30
22Wisconsin 5 2 B10 257 +10,+38
23Kansas St. 5 2 B12 256 +8,+36
24Liberty 7 0 USA 245 +3,+9
25USC 6 2 PAC 241 -12,-81
26UCLA 5 2 PAC 241 +10,+31
27Minnesota 4 3 B10 235 +31,+91
28Rutgers 6 2 B10 235 +5,+21
29Air Force 7 0 MWC 232 +5,+20
30Kansas 5 2 B12 226 -2,0
31Florida 5 2 SEC 224 -2,0
32BYU 5 2 B12 223 +6,+24
33Tennessee 5 2 SEC 222 -14,-55
34Miami (FL) 5 2 ACC 219 +13,+48
35Toledo 7 1 MID 214 +20,+61
36Fresno St. 6 1 MWC 209 +1,0
37Georgia St. 6 1 SUN 200 +13,+32
38Duke 5 2 ACC 196 -15,-49
39Clemson 4 3 ACC 192 -13,-48
40UNLV 6 1 MWC 190 +6,+18
41Arizona 4 3 PAC 189 -1,0
42Maryland 5 2 B10 189 -1,0
43Kentucky 5 2 SEC 187 -1,0
44Iowa State 4 3 B12 186 -1,0
45Nebraska 4 3 B10 185 +8,+28
46Tulane 6 1 AAC 185 +5,+17
47Miami (OH) 6 2 MID 181 -23,-61
48BC 4 3 ACC 175 +21,+53
49Troy 5 2 SUN 173 -4,0
50Wyoming 5 2 MWC 170 -2,0
51Texas A&M 4 3 SEC 167 +1,0
52Virginia 2 5 ACC 166 +59,+108
53W. Virginia 4 3 B12 166 -23,-55
54Georgia Tech 3 4 ACC 157 -19,-53
55Wake Forest 4 3 ACC 157 +12,+31
56Wash. St. 4 3 PAC 154 -17,-39
57Colorado 4 3 PAC 152 -1,0
58Ohio 6 2 MID 150 +3,+9
59TCU 4 4 B12 144 -15,-36
60Syracuse 4 3 ACC 142 -1,0
61NC State 4 3 ACC 141 -1,0
62Jacksonville St. 6 2 USA 139 +12,+23
63Texas State 5 2 SUN 136 0,0
64Miss. St. 4 3 SEC 135 +7,+16
65UTSA 4 3 USA 133 +15,+26
66Virginia Tech 3 4 ACC 132 -1,0
67SMU 5 2 AAC 128 +6,+11
68Houston 3 4 B12 127 -19,-42
69Georgia So. 5 2 SUN 125 +7,+11
70N. Illinois 4 4 MID 123 +11,+17
71Pittsburgh 2 5 ACC 123 -17,-31
72Baylor 3 4 B12 120 +13,+21
73S. Alabama 4 3 SUN 118 +5,+6
74Coastal Caro. 4 3 SUN 116 +12,+19
75Memphis 5 2 AAC 116 +9,+13
76Rice 4 3 USA 114 +14,+23
77Illinois 3 5 B10 113 -20,-38
78NW 3 4 B10 111 -16,-28
79Bowling Grn 4 4 MID 109 +3,+5
80NM St. 5 3 USA 109 +8,+13
81Auburn 3 4 SEC 100 -17,-33
82ODU 4 3 SUN 97 +17,+16
83UL Lafayette 4 3 SUN 95 -17,-32
84California 3 4 PAC 94 +5,0
85Texas Tech 3 5 B12 94 -13,-24
86Stanford 2 5 PAC 93 -18,-31
87W. Kentucky 4 3 USA 93 -12,-23
88UCF 3 4 B12 91 -11,-23
89Marshall 4 3 SUN 90 -19,-30
90Purdue 2 5 B10 89 +3,0
91C. Mich. 4 4 MID 86 -12,-21
92S. Florida 4 4 AAC 83 +14,+17
93S. Carolina 2 5 SEC 78 -6,-19
94Florida Atl. 3 4 USA 77 -11,-26
95Colorado St. 3 4 MWC 72 -3,-18
96Buffalo 3 5 MID 68 +14,+8
97Tulsa 3 4 AAC 68 -6,-23
98E. Mich. 4 4 MID 67 -3,-17
99North Texas 3 4 USA 67 -3,-17
100App. St. 3 4 SUN 66 -3,-16
101Boise State 3 4 MWC 66 +3,0
102Cincinnati 2 5 B12 63 -8,-21
103Florida Int. 4 4 USA 63 +9,+7
104San Jose St. 3 5 MWC 63 +11,+12
105Indiana 2 5 B10 61 -7,-21
106New Mexico 3 4 MWC 60 +12,+10
107Mich. St. 2 5 B10 59 -7,-20
108Navy 3 4 AAC 59 -7,-20
109Arkansas St. 3 4 SUN 55 -7,-19
110San Diego St. 3 5 MWC 50 -7,-17
111Arkansas 2 6 SEC 49 -4,-16
112Army 2 5 IND 49 -4,-12
113Ball State 2 6 MID 49 +16,+21
114Connecticut 1 6 IND 49 -9,-17
115Utah State 3 5 MWC 49 -6,-12
116Vanderbilt 2 6 SEC 46 +4,0
117LA Tech 3 5 USA 45 +5,0
118Charlotte 2 5 USA 42 +7,+8
119UL Monroe 2 5 SUN 42 -6,-11
120Nevada 1 6 MWC 42 +12,+17
121Arizona St. 1 6 PAC 40 -4,-10
122UTEP 2 6 USA 40 -8,-13
123Hawaii 2 6 MWC 38 -4,-10
124UAB 2 6 USA 38 -8,-13
125W. Michigan 2 6 MID 37 -4,-9
126Mid. Tenn. 2 6 USA 36 -3,-9
127Temple 2 6 AAC 31 -3,-11
128S. Miss. 1 6 SUN 26 -2,-6
129E. Carolina 1 6 AAC 23 -2,-8
130UMASS 1 7 IND 23 +3,0
131Akron 1 7 MID 22 -1,-5
132Kent State 1 7 MID 22 -4,-8
133Sam Houston 0 7 USA 20 -2,-7


Average rank of all opponents played per team:
Purdue 40.3
S. Carolina 42.3
Texas 43.9
Mich. St. 45.9
Illinois 46.4
Minnesota 48.6
Wash. St. 49.1
Indiana 50.1
Virginia 50.1
Arizona St. 50.7
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Jacksonville St. 99.8
Toledo 100.0
Georgia 100.6
UNLV 102.0
North Texas 102.7
Florida Int. 102.9
Texas State 103.0
Air Force 107.7
Fresno St. 108.9
NM St. 109.4


Average rank of all teams per conference:
ACC 43.1
PAC 44.3
B10 47.1
SEC 48.9
B12 49.1
SUN 78.3
MWC 85.8
MID 89.6
AAC 92.6
IND 93.5
USA 95.3


Average rank of all opponents played per conference:
B10 61.2
ACC 63.3
B12 65.3
PAC 65.4
SEC 68.1
IND 68.5
SUN 84.1
MWC 85.4
MID 86.7
AAC 86.8
USA 87.3

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