IowaHawkBlog's Marble Game through Week 13

EDIT: I had the numbers wrong for the potential marble gains for the P5 conference championships! That's what I get for doing this on many days of tiny amounts of sleep. It's fixed now.

Sorry I'm a few hours late, I just walked into my house from being gone since last Sunday.  I managed to catch a few games this weekend, but not nearly what I would have if I was at home.  

Anyway, Michigan won the biggest game of the season so far and jumped to 1st, bumping Washington to a very close 2nd even though they also won.  Because Ohio State dropped out of the top 4, Texas slides into the 4th spot.  That would be a pretty great playoff right there I think, but we'll see how conference championships go.  I can't imagine the committee would give a slot to Texas if FSU wins the ACC, so we're likely looking at a Michigan, UGA, UW, FSU playoff, but the order may be interesting.

Conference Championship Marble Implications:
 - Michigan vs Iowa (81 vs 145 marble gain potential)
 - Washington vs Oregon (108 vs 143)
 - Georgia vs Alabama (109 vs 136)
 - Texas vs Oklahoma St (70 vs 118)
 - Florida St vs Louisville (69 vs 115)

So, Washington definitely could pass Michigan for the #1 spot even if both win. FSU can't pass Texas in these rankings if both win.  Obviously if any of the favorites in the top 4 loses, the door is then open for all kinds of other results, like Oregon or Alabama jumping into the top 4.


TeamWLConfMarblesChange
1Michigan 12 0 B10 727 +3,+136
2Wash. 12 0 PAC 717 -1,+18
3Georgia 12 0 SEC 678 0,+56
4Texas 11 1 B12 592 +2,+49
5Florida St. 12 0 ACC 575 0,+22
6Ohio State 11 1 B10 545 -4,-136
7Alabama 11 1 SEC 544 0,+30
8Oregon 11 1 PAC 538 0,+49
9Iowa 10 2 B10 406 +2,+24
10Arizona 9 3 PAC 404 0,+21
11Oklahoma 10 2 B12 377 +1,+19
12Clemson 8 4 ACC 361 +2,+31
13Oklahoma St. 9 3 B12 352 0,+16
14Missouri 10 2 SEC 347 +1,+20
15NC State 9 3 ACC 346 +3,+47
16Louisville 10 2 ACC 345 -7,-115
17LSU 9 3 SEC 329 +2,+32
18Penn State 10 2 B10 326 -1,+22
19Ole Miss 10 2 SEC 302 +2,+19
20Liberty 12 0 USA 301 0,+7
21Notre Dame 9 3 IND 293 +1,+15
22JMU 11 1 SUN 288 +2,+36
23Toledo 11 1 MID 287 0,+18
24Tulane 11 1 AAC 276 +4,+36
25Troy 10 2 SUN 257 +2,+11
26Miami (OH) 10 2 MID 249 +4,+17
27Kansas St. 8 4 B12 230 -11,-77
28Iowa State 7 5 B12 225 +18,+77
29SMU 10 2 AAC 223 +4,+13
30Kansas 8 4 B12 222 +4,+14
31App. St. 8 4 SUN 215 +5,+16
32Kentucky 7 5 SEC 215 +38,+115
33NM St. 10 3 USA 213 +6,+26
34NW 7 5 B10 209 +7,+39
35W. Virginia 8 4 B12 205 +2,+11
36Utah 8 4 PAC 200 +2,+11
37Oregon St. 8 4 PAC 198 -12,-49
38Texas Tech 6 6 B12 198 -12,-49
39San Jose St. 7 5 MWC 190 +14,+58
40N. Carolina 8 4 ACC 188 -11,-47
41UNLV 9 3 MWC 173 -10,-58
42Tennessee 8 4 SEC 170 0,+4
43Wisconsin 7 5 B10 169 +6,+30
44Georgia Tech 6 6 ACC 168 -12,-56
45Virginia Tech 6 6 ACC 163 +6,+27
46Miami (FL) 7 5 ACC 153 +13,+32
47UCLA 7 5 PAC 152 -12,-51
48Ohio 9 3 MID 148 0,+4
49California 6 6 PAC 145 +25,+51
50Maryland 7 5 B10 143 +14,+28
51UTSA 8 4 USA 143 -11,-36
52UCF 6 6 B12 141 +4,+14
53Wyoming 8 4 MWC 141 -1,+7
54Army 5 6 IND 136 -4,0
55Duke 7 5 ACC 134 +8,+18
56Texas A&M 7 5 SEC 130 -13,-32
57Fresno St. 8 4 MWC 128 -13,-32
58Memphis 9 3 AAC 128 0,+7
59Boise State 7 5 MWC 127 +9,+22
60USC 7 5 PAC 119 +1,0
61Illinois 5 7 B10 115 -16,-39
62Coastal Caro. 7 5 SUN 109 -15,-36
63Bowling Grn 7 5 MID 108 +12,+15
64Texas State 7 5 SUN 107 +17,+21
65Jacksonville St. 8 4 USA 102 -10,-26
66BC 6 6 ACC 96 -12,-32
67S. Carolina 5 7 SEC 93 -10,-31
68N. Illinois 6 6 MID 91 +10,+3
69Syracuse 6 6 ACC 91 +15,+11
70Air Force 8 4 MWC 90 -4,-22
71Auburn 6 6 SEC 90 -11,-30
72Minnesota 5 7 B10 88 -10,-30
73ODU 6 6 SUN 87 +17,+14
74Marshall 6 6 SUN 86 +21,+19
75Purdue 4 8 B10 85 +14,+10
76Rutgers 6 6 B10 85 -11,-28
77S. Alabama 6 6 SUN 84 -8,-21
78Virginia 3 9 ACC 82 -11,-27
79TCU 5 7 B12 78 -7,-19
80Arkansas St. 6 6 SUN 76 -7,-19
81Hawaii 5 8 MWC 74 +17,+11
82Nebraska 5 7 B10 73 -11,-24
83Utah State 6 6 MWC 73 +27,+21
84W. Kentucky 7 5 USA 73 +12,+8
85Pittsburgh 3 9 ACC 72 -9,-18
86Wash. St. 5 7 PAC 70 -7,-18
87Rice 6 6 USA 68 +15,+8
88Mich. St. 4 8 B10 66 -11,-22
89S. Florida 6 6 AAC 65 +14,+5
90Florida 5 7 SEC 64 -10,-22
91BYU 5 7 B12 63 -6,-16
92Georgia So. 6 6 SUN 63 -6,-16
93UL Lafayette 6 6 SUN 63 +8,+3
94Arizona St. 3 9 PAC 62 -12,-21
95New Mexico 4 8 MWC 62 -12,-21
96Arkansas 4 8 SEC 58 -9,-20
97Georgia St. 6 6 SUN 58 -6,-14
98Houston 4 8 B12 56 -5,-14
99Miss. St. 5 7 SEC 56 -11,-19
100San Diego St. 4 8 MWC 56 +26,+32
101C. Mich. 5 7 MID 53 -9,-18
102E. Mich. 6 6 MID 52 +10,+8
103Navy 5 6 AAC 51 -6,-13
104Ball State 4 8 MID 50 -10,-17
105North Texas 5 7 USA 48 +11,+10
106Stanford 3 9 PAC 46 -7,-15
107W. Michigan 4 8 MID 46 -7,-15
108Colorado St. 5 7 MWC 45 -4,-11
109Wake Forest 4 8 ACC 45 -4,-11
110Colorado 4 8 PAC 43 -3,-11
111Indiana 3 9 B10 42 -3,-10
112UAB 4 8 USA 42 -3,-10
113Cincinnati 3 9 B12 40 -7,-14
114Mid. Tenn. 4 8 USA 36 -3,-9
115Baylor 3 9 B12 32 -2,-11
116Connecticut 3 9 IND 32 +8,+7
117Florida Atl. 4 8 USA 31 -2,-8
118S. Miss. 3 9 SUN 31 -4,-11
119Tulsa 4 8 AAC 30 +8,+6
120Sam Houston 3 9 USA 27 +9,+9
121Buffalo 3 9 MID 24 -4,-8
122Florida Int. 4 8 USA 22 -4,-8
123UMASS 3 9 IND 21 -4,-7
124Charlotte 3 9 USA 20 -1,-5
125Temple 3 9 AAC 20 -5,-7
126UTEP 3 9 USA 20 -5,-7
127E. Carolina 2 10 AAC 19 -2,-6
128Nevada 2 10 MWC 19 -6,-7
129Vanderbilt 2 10 SEC 18 -1,-4
130LA Tech 3 9 USA 16 +1,0
131Akron 2 10 MID 13 -1,-4
132UL Monroe 2 10 SUN 12 0,-3
133Kent State 1 11 MID 7 0,-3


Average rank of all opponents played per team:
Virginia 47.9
Purdue 49.2
Arizona St. 51.0
Miami (FL) 51.4
Kansas St. 52.5
Minnesota 52.8
Stanford 53.8
USC 54.2
Georgia Tech 54.6
Mich. St. 55.2
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S. Florida 93.2
Tulane 93.7
Ohio 94.1
Florida Int. 95.3
Miami (OH) 95.5
N. Illinois 95.8
Liberty 97.8
E. Mich. 98.5
NM St. 98.8
SMU 100.2


Average rank of all teams per conference:
ACC 48.9
B10 51.9
B12 52.4
SEC 53.0
PAC 53.8
SUN 74.3
MWC 76.2
IND 78.5
AAC 84.3
MID 85.6
USA 94.0


Average rank of all opponents played per conference:
ACC 59.2
B12 60.1
B10 60.5
PAC 63.1
SEC 64.9
IND 72.3
MWC 77.9
SUN 77.9
MID 85.3
AAC 87.8
USA 87.8

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