This was an amazing weekend of college football. So amazing that it took me a full day to start processing everything. So we’re going to jump right into the conference weekly wrapups, beginning with the leagues I didn’t get to last week. We’ll go with the MAC first.
What we learned this week:
Toledo is pretty good. They got out to a blazing start and never let Colorado back in the game. Defense is a question mark though- 90 points in 2 games.
So is Central Michigan. Their long-distance road game in Arizona was a disappointment, but they bounced back big with a win at Michigan State.
The jury is still out on Buffalo. Pitt is probably better than any of their MAC competition, especially in the East. But they got shelled pretty bad at home regardless. Next week’s road game against UCF will let us know where they stand with comparable non-BCS programs.
The worst three teams in America right now are in the bottom of the MAC. Temple had the week off to recover from their Villanova loss, Miami got blown off the blue field in a shutout, and Ball State followed up their loss to North Texas with a loss to 1-AA New Hampshire.
Nobody expects the MAC to go 5-2 against BCS competition in a weekend- but the bottom half of the league has got to quit losing to 1-AA teams, or the MAC will never win the respect that teams like CMU, Toledo, or Bowling Green deserve.
Next Week in the MAC
Temple goes to Penn State (look out), Toledo “hosts” Ohio State in Cleveland, Eastern Michigan heads to The Big House, Ball State looks for its first win at Army, Northern Illinois on the road at Purdue, Ohio hosts 1-AA Cal Poly, Indiana comes to Akron (could be this week’s upset special), 1-AA Alcorn State arrives at Central Michigan, Buffalo travels to Orlando for UCF, Bowling Green down to Marshall, Iowa State comes to Kent State, and conference play opens with Miami playing at Western Michigan.
MAC Power Ratings
These are tough to do in a conference this big, no 2-0 teams, and little or no mutual opponents. Still, we press on:
- Toledo
- Bowling Green
- Central Michigan
- Northern Illinois
- Ohio
- Buffalo
- Akron
- Western Michigan
- Kent State
- Eastern Michigan
- Temple
- Ball State
- Miami
More weekly wrapups today and tomorrow, hopefully, and Players of the Week should drop today too. Stay tuned.
Very well summed up. Just as an FYI though, Toledo and OSU play in Cleveland, not Cincy.
You mean I spent all that time trying to spell Cincy right for nothing? Thanks for the heads up, fixed it.