IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 11

The top 4 stay the same, but Georgia moved up one slot to take the 3rd position. Michigan gained the most marbles (92) this week with their win of Penn State, who fell to 22nd. Washington's close win over Utah puts them in a position to take the #1 spot next week (see below).

All 7 undefeated teams won again, so no changes there. JMU and Liberty both continue to rise, but they really don't have enough good games left to breach the conversation.  Can a G5 team make the top 4 in this era of college football?

Some of the big matchups coming in Week 12: Washington at Oregon St. (82 vs 123 marble gain potential), Georgia at Tennessee (56 v 114), and Utah at Arizona (84 vs 47).  Even if Ohio State wins at home against Minnesota they may loose the #1 slot.  They would get 30 marbles for that win, and if Washington wins at Oregon State thus getting 82 marbles, Washington will take over the #1 spot.

TeamWLConfMarblesChange
1Ohio State 10 0 B10 651 0,+18
2Wash. 10 0 PAC 617 0,+59
3Georgia 10 0 SEC 566 +1,+70
4Florida St. 10 0 ACC 553 -1,+40
5Michigan 10 0 B10 552 +2,+92
6Alabama 9 1 SEC 514 -1,+42
7Texas 9 1 B12 493 -1,+29
8Oregon 9 1 PAC 461 0,+40
9Louisville 9 1 ACC 419 0,+20
10Iowa 8 2 B10 343 +7,+35
11Arizona 7 3 PAC 336 +4,+23
12JMU 10 0 SUN 336 +2,+6
13Oklahoma 8 2 B12 331 +6,+45
14Oregon St. 8 2 PAC 329 +2,+20
15Oklahoma St. 7 3 B12 312 -5,-78
16Missouri 8 2 SEC 306 +11,+55
17N. Carolina 8 2 ACC 294 +7,+36
18Liberty 10 0 USA 287 +3,+12
19LSU 7 3 SEC 279 +7,+27
20Ole Miss 8 2 SEC 279 -7,-70
21Kansas 7 3 B12 277 -10,-92
22Penn State 8 2 B10 276 -10,-92
23Clemson 6 4 ACC 271 +10,+51
24Notre Dame 7 3 IND 264 -1,0
25NC State 7 3 ACC 253 +3,+24
26Kansas St. 7 3 B12 238 +4,+13
27Toledo 9 1 MID 238 +2,+10
28Utah 7 3 PAC 236 -10,-59
29Troy 8 2 SUN 231 +2,+6
30Tulane 9 1 AAC 227 +5,+8
31Miami (OH) 8 2 MID 224 +3,+5
32Tennessee 7 3 SEC 222 -12,-55
33Texas Tech 5 5 B12 215 +32,+92
34Fresno St. 8 2 MWC 214 -12,-53
35Georgia Tech 5 5 ACC 204 -10,-51
36Iowa State 6 4 B12 198 +12,+36
37Illinois 5 5 B10 193 +7,+18
38UNLV 8 2 MWC 193 +8,+29
39Virginia Tech 5 5 ACC 182 +22,+54
40Coastal Caro. 7 3 SUN 181 +10,+27
41W. Virginia 6 4 B12 180 -9,-45
42SMU 8 2 AAC 170 +5,+7
43UTSA 7 3 USA 164 +9,+13
44UCLA 6 4 PAC 163 -8,-54
45Miami (FL) 6 4 ACC 162 -7,-40
46Texas A&M 6 4 SEC 162 +9,+16
47Memphis 8 2 AAC 161 +6,+11
48Auburn 6 4 SEC 160 +9,+24
49BC 6 4 ACC 160 -12,-54
50USC 7 4 PAC 159 -11,-40
51UCF 5 5 B12 159 +38,+78
52Maryland 6 4 B10 154 +17,+41
53NW 5 5 B10 151 +17,+39
54Air Force 8 2 MWC 150 -14,-37
55Minnesota 5 5 B10 148 -14,-37
56NM St. 8 3 USA 147 +6,+20
57Duke 6 4 ACC 145 -15,-36
58Rutgers 6 4 B10 141 -15,-35
59Ohio 7 3 MID 126 +12,+14
60San Jose St. 5 5 MWC 126 +33,+53
61Kentucky 6 4 SEC 125 -16,-42
62Bowling Grn 6 4 MID 124 +5,+5
63Jacksonville St. 7 3 USA 124 +1,0
64Nebraska 5 5 B10 121 -15,-41
65Wyoming 6 4 MWC 118 -11,-29
66App. St. 6 4 SUN 115 +20,+30
67Wisconsin 5 5 B10 115 -16,-39
68Arizona St. 3 7 PAC 111 +34,+54
69Texas State 6 4 SUN 108 -11,-27
70Florida 5 5 SEC 107 -11,-27
71BYU 5 5 B12 106 -15,-36
72Georgia So. 6 4 SUN 106 -12,-26
73Army 4 6 IND 100 +1,0
74Syracuse 5 5 ACC 100 +13,+15
75S. Carolina 4 6 SEC 99 +5,+6
76Houston 4 6 B12 94 -13,-31
77Purdue 3 7 B10 94 +26,+37
78Georgia St. 6 4 SUN 90 -12,-30
79C. Mich. 5 5 MID 89 -7,-22
80S. Alabama 5 5 SUN 88 +15,+18
81Boise State 5 5 MWC 87 +10,+7
82TCU 4 6 B12 86 -14,-29
83Marshall 5 5 SUN 84 +17,+26
84Stanford 3 7 PAC 81 -11,-20
85Virginia 2 8 ACC 80 -9,-20
86Hawaii 4 7 MWC 79 +28,+37
87W. Michigan 4 6 MID 76 +20,+22
88UL Lafayette 5 5 SUN 75 -13,-25
89S. Florida 5 5 AAC 75 +8,+9
90California 4 6 PAC 74 +14,+18
91Wash. St. 4 6 PAC 74 -10,-18
92Arkansas St. 5 5 SUN 73 -10,-18
93N. Illinois 4 6 MID 73 -16,-25
94Arkansas 3 7 SEC 70 -16,-24
95Indiana 3 7 B10 70 -11,-18
96Mich. St. 3 7 B10 70 -11,-18
97Utah State 5 5 MWC 70 +2,+8
98Wake Forest 4 6 ACC 70 -19,-24
99Cincinnati 3 7 B12 68 +19,+31
100Colorado 4 6 PAC 68 -17,-23
101Miss. St. 4 6 SEC 65 -13,-16
102Ball State 3 7 MID 64 +15,+25
103W. Kentucky 5 5 USA 61 -13,-20
104Navy 4 5 AAC 58 +6,+11
105Pittsburgh 2 8 ACC 58 -13,-15
106Baylor 3 7 B12 54 -10,-13
107Florida Atl. 4 6 USA 52 -13,-18
108S. Miss. 3 7 SUN 52 +20,+25
109Rice 4 6 USA 51 -11,-13
110Colorado St. 4 6 MWC 50 +2,+7
111ODU 4 6 SUN 46 -10,-12
112UAB 3 7 USA 45 -7,-11
113Buffalo 3 7 MID 40 -7,-14
114E. Mich. 4 6 MID 40 -6,-10
115Florida Int. 4 6 USA 38 -6,-9
116Mid. Tenn. 3 7 USA 38 +9,+9
117UMASS 3 7 IND 35 +5,0
118Charlotte 3 7 USA 34 -7,-11
119Temple 3 7 AAC 34 -6,-9
120UTEP 3 7 USA 34 +3,0
121Nevada 2 8 MWC 32 -6,-8
122Tulsa 3 7 AAC 32 -6,-8
123E. Carolina 2 8 AAC 31 +10,+18
124North Texas 3 7 USA 30 -5,-7
125San Diego St. 3 7 MWC 30 -5,-7
126New Mexico 3 7 MWC 29 -5,-7
127Connecticut 1 9 IND 25 -3,-6
128Sam Houston 2 8 USA 22 +4,+7
129Vanderbilt 2 9 SEC 22 -3,-6
130Akron 2 8 MID 21 -1,-5
131LA Tech 3 8 USA 20 -4,-7
132UL Monroe 2 8 SUN 19 -2,-6
133Kent State 1 9 MID 13 -2,-5


Average rank of all opponents played per team:
Purdue 38.6
Virginia 41.0
Mich. St. 46.0
Duke 51.4
Indiana 51.5
Kansas 51.8
Miami (FL) 51.9
Oklahoma 52.6
Colorado 53.5
Pittsburgh 53.9
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UL Lafayette 95.2
Jacksonville St. 96.3
S. Florida 96.8
C. Mich. 97.3
Tulane 97.9
Air Force 98.2
Liberty 99.8
Florida Int. 101.7
SMU 107.5
NM St. 108.5


Average rank of all teams per conference:
ACC 47.5
B12 48.4
PAC 49.2
B10 49.4
SEC 51.4
SUN 75.7
MWC 83.1
AAC 84.5
IND 85.3
MID 85.8
USA 97.5


Average rank of all opponents played per conference:
B12 59.7
B10 59.9
ACC 60.1
PAC 62.7
SEC 64.6
IND 69.0
SUN 80.6
MWC 82.1
MID 85.1
USA 88.1
AAC 90.4

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