Figured I would wait til midweek to pump out the power rankings so that everyone aside from Eastern would get another game under their belts. Yes, a week disappeared in there somewhere, just shut up. Tuesday and Wednesday night confirmed what we already suspected in preseason - Ohio and Temple are probably the two best in the east, and NIU and Toledo are probably tops in the west, pimples and all.
Rank | Rank (Pv) | Team | Record | What We Learned |
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1 | 2 | (6-3) | The defense is still a miserable wreck, but boy was that a fun game to watch. Now they get a break before they mow down Bowling Green | |
2 | 6 | (6-3) | A solid win on the shoulders of Lavon Brazill and Donte Harden to become the MAC East leaders. Lets see if they can make it last. | |
3 | 4 | (5-3) | I bet these boys are really excited about facing that Ball State run "defense" this weekend. | |
4 | 1 | (5-4) | WOW. I will say it one more time - they racked up 584 yards of offense and 60 points and could not win. Not even remotely acceptable. | |
5 | 8 | (5-4) | Western came out on top in a shootout, which is nice for a win now but isn't sustainable in the long run. Whatever happened to that shutdown defense from earlier this season? | |
6 | 3 | (5-4) | They continue to fluctuate between just good enough to win and just good enough to lose. How awesome…ly frustrating. | |
7 | 5 | (5-4) | Probably should have won that game last night, but they also appear to have found the right quarterback going forward. Welcome to (probably) the Chris Coyer era. | |
8 | 7 | (4-5) | And the slide continues to continue. I appreciate Kent's defense is good, but 20 points to the worst offense in all of FBS? Yikes. | |
9 | 11 | (3-5) | How-do to POTW runner-up Zac Dysert and his destruction of Buffalo's (admittedly destructible) pass defense. Short week turnaround tonight, but they get Akron at home. | |
10 | 9 | (3-6) | Once again Central Michigan was truly impressive on offense and defense. For a half. Fortunately it was Akron, so one half of good football was just enough to win. They won't be so lucky against Kent. | |
11 | 13 | (2-6) | I told you their defense was good enough to win this game. I just didn't think their offense was also good enough. | |
12 | 10 | (2-6) | They get a bye week to marinate over a thoroughly embarrassing performance in their loss to Miami | |
13 | 12 | (1-7) | An impressive comeback and a little bit of life shown by Jawon Chisolm and the offense. Hope they don't struggle too much in a short week on the road. |
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