NCAA 13 MAC Ratings: Nick Harwell Is The Best MAC Player, Toledo The Top Team

Well, that settles it. EA Sports made it so, QED. It shocked me a bit when I saw that in the freshest ratings of NCAA Football 13, the Miami wideout was given the top rating for a MAC player. I thought maybe Carder or Dysert would've gotten this, but nope. Here's the top nine — and I stopped at nine because there was a boatload tied for 10th:

1. Miami WR Nick Harwell (92)
2. Buffalo RB Branden Oliver (90)
3. WMU QB Alex Carder (88)
T-4. Toledo LB Dan Molls (87)
T-4. OHIO QB Tyler Tettleton (87)
T-6. Toledo K Jeremiah Detmer (86)
T-6. Miami QB Zac Dysert (86)
T-6. Ball State LB Travis Freeman (86)
T-6. CMU QB Ryan Radcliff (86)

I don't own a PlayStation or Xbox so I can't tell you much about the game — although it appears you can play as mascots (as demonstrated by this video featuring a Zippy/Rocky slugfest). I just love looking at the ratings because they're so detailed and occasionally a bit off, especially factoring in who may and may not be on a football roster.

For bonus flavor, I ranked the top five players on each team (some have more than five if the fifth player was tied):

Jawon Chisholm, HB #44 (81)
A.J. Fox, P #17 (80) — the is one problem I've found so far. No, not that the punter is the second-highest ranked player on Akron. You see, Fox he was dismissed from the team in May. Whoopsy!
Adam Bice, C #65 (79)
Troy Gilmer, ROLB #5 (75)
Devonte Morgan, FS #26 (73)

BALL STATE

Travis Freeman, MLB #8 (86)
Keith Wenning, QB #10 (85)
Scott Kovanda, P #18 (83)
Jahwan Edwards, HB #38 (82)
Kitt O'Brien, LG #79 (82)

BOWLING GREEN

Dwayne Woods, MLB #5 (85)
Anthon Samuel, HB #6 (82)
Chris Jones, DT #91 (82)
Matt Schilz, QB #7 (81)
Brian Schmiedebusch, P #95 (81) — THUNDERPUNT0RZZZ!!!

BUFFALO

Branden Oliver, HB #32 (90)
Patrick Clarke, K #45 (84)
Khalil Mack, LOLB #46 (80) — I don't like to quibble about ratings. But Khalil freaking Mack is only an 80?
Alex Neutz, WR #19 (79)
Steven Means, LE #40 (76)

CENTRAL MICHIGAN

Ryan Radcliff, QB #8 (86)
Jake Olson, LT #73 (81)
Cody Wilson, WR #11 (81)
Jahleel Addae, SS #4 (80)
Mike Repovz, LG #67 (78)
David Harman, K #96 (78)
Titus Davis, WR #84 (78)

EASTERN MICHIGAN

Alex Gillett, QB #8 (83)
Justin Cudworth, ROLB #47 (83)
Korey Neal, LT #68 (82)
Javonti Greene, HB #32 (82)
Andrew Sorgatz, C #72 (81)

KENT STATE

Luke Batton, MLB #30 (84)
Roosevelt Nix, DT #5 (83)
Brian Winters, LT #66 (81)
Jake Dooley, RE #51 (79)
Freddy Cortez, K #45 (77)
Kent Cleveland, RT #65 (77) — He's played on this team for five years, and in my third year on the blog I am now realizing that Kent State football has a player named Kent Cleveland.

MIAMI

Nick Harwell, WR #8 (92)
Zac Dysert, QB #4 (86)
Dayonne Nunley, CB #3 (84)
Brad Bednar, LT #72 (81)
Andy Cruse, WR #15 (81)

NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Jimmie Ward, ROLB #15 (84)
Logan Pegram, LG #70 (83)
Mathew Sims, K #99 (83)
Rashaan Melvin, CB #11 (83)
Jordan Lynch, QB #6 (81) — No pressure, buddy.

OHIO

Tyler Tettleton, QB #4 (87)
Matt Weller, K #49 (83) — You still have eligibility left?
Alphonso Lewis, LOLB #46 (83)
Eric Herman, RG #77 (83)
Gerald Moore, FS #13 (82)
Skyler Allen, C #65 (82)

TOLEDO

Dan Molls, MLB #32 (87)
Jeremiah Detmer, K #85 (86)
Robert Bell, ROLB #38 (85)
Terrance Owens, QB #2 (85)
David Fluellen, HB #22 (83)

UMASS

Perry McIntyre, MLB #44 (77)
Jeff Strait, P #41 (76) — At least this second-best player who is a punter is still on the team. Good luck, buddy!
Nick Speller, LT #72 (74)
Quinton Sales, C #51 (71)
Darren Thellen, SS #27 (71)

WESTERN MICHIGAN

Alex Carder, QB #14 (88)
Lewis Toler, CB #24 (83)
Dann O'Neill, RT #68 (83)
Tyler VanTubbergen, QB #2 (82) — So, WMU's backup is rated higher than all quarterbacks on six other MAC teams.
Kevin Galeher, C #62 (81)

Oh, and you want whole team ratings? Sure.

Toledo — 83
OHIO — 81
Miami, NIU — 79
EMU, WMU — 77
BGSU — 75
Ball State, CMU — 73
Kent State, Buffalo — 71
Akron, UMass — 63

How good is and 83? By comparison, other 83s include Kentucky, Ole Miss, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Illinois, UConn, Duke and Iowa State. The 63 is the third-worst rating to Memphis (61) and Florida Atlantic (60).