IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 10

That was a fun weekend of college football. So many great games with similar marble implications. Just look at how many teams either gained or lost about 40-65 marbles. All 3 of the top 3 won their matchups and stayed in the same spots as a result. Michigan, however, even though they won, gained only 14 marbles from Purdue and slid 3 spots, and out of the top 4.

One more undefeated team went down; Air Force lost to Army in a wild upset. That leaves 7 undefeated with both JMU and Liberty continuing to climb. Liberty is home against ODU next week, so they can only gain 12 marbles, while JMU is home against UConn and can only gain 6. 

Some of the big matchups next week include: 
- Michigan at Penn State with 92 marbles on the line for the winner,
- Washington hosting Utah giving the Utes the opportunity to take over 100 marbles and really mess with the PAC-12, and
- Georgia hosting Ole Miss in what is probably the bulldogs' biggest test of the season.


TeamWLConfMarblesChange
1Ohio State 9 0 B10 633 0,+59
2Wash. 9 0 PAC 558 0,+66
3Florida St. 9 0 ACC 513 0,+25
4Georgia 9 0 SEC 496 +1,+63
5Alabama 8 1 SEC 472 +1,+63
6Texas 8 1 B12 464 +1,+56
7Michigan 9 0 B10 460 -3,+14
8Oregon 8 1 PAC 421 0,+14
9Louisville 8 1 ACC 399 0,+32
10Oklahoma St. 7 2 B12 390 +3,+71
11Kansas 7 2 B12 369 +3,+54
12Penn State 8 1 B10 368 0,+38
13Ole Miss 8 1 SEC 349 +4,+37
14JMU 9 0 SUN 330 +4,+40
15Arizona 6 3 PAC 313 +12,+54
16Oregon St. 7 2 PAC 309 +5,+31
17Iowa 7 2 B10 308 +5,+37
18Utah 7 2 PAC 295 +2,+14
19Oklahoma 7 2 B12 286 -9,-71
20Tennessee 7 2 SEC 277 +4,+8
21Liberty 9 0 USA 275 +4,+7
22Fresno St. 8 1 MWC 267 +9,+20
23Notre Dame 7 3 IND 264 -12,-66
24N. Carolina 7 2 ACC 258 +4,0
25Georgia Tech 5 4 ACC 255 +9,+33
26LSU 6 3 SEC 252 -11,-63
27Missouri 7 2 SEC 251 -11,-63
28NC State 6 3 ACC 229 +18,+50
29Toledo 8 1 MID 228 +8,+14
30Kansas St. 6 3 B12 225 -11,-56
31Troy 7 2 SUN 225 +8,+18
32W. Virginia 6 3 B12 225 +10,+36
33Clemson 5 4 ACC 220 +20,+66
34Miami (OH) 7 2 MID 219 +1,0
35Tulane 8 1 AAC 219 +3,+5
36UCLA 6 3 PAC 217 -13,-54
37BC 6 3 ACC 214 +6,+29
38Miami (FL) 6 3 ACC 202 -9,-50
39USC 7 3 PAC 199 -13,-66
40Air Force 8 1 MWC 187 -10,-63
41Minnesota 5 4 B10 185 -9,-62
42Duke 6 3 ACC 181 +9,+24
43Rutgers 6 3 B10 176 -10,-59
44Illinois 4 5 B10 175 +29,+62
45Kentucky 6 3 SEC 167 +14,+27
46UNLV 7 2 MWC 164 +8,+12
47SMU 7 2 AAC 163 +11,+21
48Iowa State 5 4 B12 162 -12,-54
49Nebraska 5 4 B10 162 -9,-41
50Coastal Caro. 6 3 SUN 154 +12,+20
51Wisconsin 5 4 B10 154 -10,-39
52UTSA 6 3 USA 151 +8,+13
53Memphis 7 2 AAC 150 +10,+17
54Wyoming 6 3 MWC 147 +7,+11
55Texas A&M 5 4 SEC 146 -11,-37
56BYU 5 4 B12 142 -9,-36
57Auburn 5 4 SEC 136 +8,+9
58Texas State 6 3 SUN 135 +20,+33
59Florida 5 4 SEC 134 -14,-45
60Georgia So. 6 3 SUN 132 -12,-33
61Virginia Tech 4 5 ACC 128 -11,-32
62NM St. 7 3 USA 127 +8,+7
63Houston 4 5 B12 125 +14,+23
64Jacksonville St. 7 3 USA 124 -12,-31
65Texas Tech 4 5 B12 123 +16,+29
66Georgia St. 6 3 SUN 120 -17,-40
67Bowling Grn 5 4 MID 119 +8,+10
68TCU 4 5 B12 115 -11,-29
69Maryland 5 4 B10 113 -14,-38
70NW 4 5 B10 112 -14,-37
71Ohio 6 3 MID 112 +3,0
72C. Mich. 5 4 MID 111 +13,+25
73Stanford 3 6 PAC 101 +22,+31
74Army 3 6 IND 100 +46,+63
75UL Lafayette 5 4 SUN 100 -9,-25
76Virginia 2 7 ACC 100 -12,-33
77N. Illinois 4 5 MID 98 -10,-25
78Arkansas 3 6 SEC 94 +32,+45
79Wake Forest 4 5 ACC 94 -8,-24
80S. Carolina 3 6 SEC 93 +20,+31
81Wash. St. 4 5 PAC 92 -13,-31
82Arkansas St. 5 4 SUN 91 +17,+25
83Colorado 4 5 PAC 91 -14,-31
84Indiana 3 6 B10 88 +28,+39
85Mich. St. 3 6 B10 88 +31,+41
86App. St. 5 4 SUN 85 +5,+14
87Syracuse 4 5 ACC 85 -15,-29
88Miss. St. 4 5 SEC 81 -12,-27
89UCF 4 5 B12 81 +9,+13
90W. Kentucky 5 4 USA 81 +6,+11
91Boise State 4 5 MWC 80 -12,-20
92Pittsburgh 2 7 ACC 73 -12,-25
93San Jose St. 4 5 MWC 73 -4,0
94Florida Atl. 4 5 USA 70 -11,-18
95S. Alabama 4 5 SUN 70 -11,-18
96Baylor 3 6 B12 67 -14,-23
97S. Florida 4 5 AAC 66 -10,-17
98Rice 4 5 USA 64 -12,-21
99Utah State 4 5 MWC 62 +14,+13
100Marshall 4 5 SUN 58 -10,-14
101ODU 4 5 SUN 58 -13,-20
102Arizona St. 2 7 PAC 57 -10,-14
103Purdue 2 7 B10 57 -10,-14
104California 3 6 PAC 56 -10,-14
105UAB 3 6 USA 56 +14,+18
106Buffalo 3 6 MID 54 -9,-14
107W. Michigan 3 6 MID 54 -2,0
108E. Mich. 4 5 MID 50 -1,0
109Florida Int. 4 5 USA 47 +6,0
110Navy 3 5 AAC 47 -9,-12
111Charlotte 3 6 USA 45 +14,+14
112Colorado St. 3 6 MWC 43 -10,-11
113Temple 3 6 AAC 43 +14,+12
114Hawaii 3 7 MWC 42 +14,+14
115Nevada 2 7 MWC 40 -12,-14
116Tulsa 3 6 AAC 40 -12,-14
117Ball State 2 7 MID 39 -6,-10
118Cincinnati 2 7 B12 37 -12,-13
119North Texas 3 6 USA 37 -11,-13
120San Diego St. 3 6 MWC 37 -11,-13
121New Mexico 3 6 MWC 36 -7,-12
122UMASS 3 7 IND 35 +1,0
123UTEP 3 7 USA 34 -6,-11
124Connecticut 1 8 IND 31 -6,-8
125Mid. Tenn. 2 7 USA 29 -3,-7
126Vanderbilt 2 8 SEC 28 -5,-9
127LA Tech 3 7 USA 27 -3,-7
128S. Miss. 2 7 SUN 27 +3,+6
129Akron 2 7 MID 26 0,+4
130UL Monroe 2 7 SUN 25 -4,-6
131Kent State 1 8 MID 18 -1,-4
132Sam Houston 1 8 USA 15 +1,0
133E. Carolina 1 8 AAC 13 -1,-5


Average rank of all opponents played per team:
Purdue 37.7
Virginia 43.2
Texas 48.0
Mich. St. 48.2
Indiana 50.6
Illinois 51.0
S. Carolina 52.8
Georgia Tech 53.0
LSU 53.2
Minnesota 53.2
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C. Mich. 97.1
UNLV 97.1
Jacksonville St. 97.2
Fresno St. 97.2
Tulane 97.6
Liberty 98.0
Florida Int. 100.7
SMU 102.1
Air Force 103.1
NM St. 112.8


Average rank of all teams per conference:
ACC 45.3
PAC 48.1
B10 48.3
SEC 48.8
B12 50.8
SUN 76.9
MWC 85.6
IND 85.8
MID 87.3
AAC 88.0
USA 95.5


Average rank of all opponents played per conference:
B10 59.9
ACC 60.9
B12 62.3
PAC 63.7
SEC 64.9
IND 66.7
SUN 81.7
MWC 84.5
MID 85.3
USA 87.7
AAC 88.0

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