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Odds and Ends 9/30/26

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Welcome Back! Today I'll talk mostly about the out of conference results so far. I'll also continue the lists of undefeated and winless teams, as well as those with a win, but no FBS wins. Interconference results This year, I am using a chart, which should more clearly highlight how each conference is doing. It will be organized by their overall OOC record. Unfortunately, you may need to scroll to see the last few columns. Conference Overall Pct Rank vs FBS Pct Rank vs P4 Pct Rank vs G6 Pct Rank SEC 36-2 .947 1 28-2 .933 1 10-2 .833 1 18-0 1.000 1 Big 12 37-8 .822 2 21-8 .724 2 5-7 .417 3 16-1 .941 4 Big Ten 40-11 .784 3 28-11 .718 3 4-10 .286 5 24-1 .960 3 ACC 31-9 .775 4 17-9 .654 5 6-9 .400 4 11-0 1.000 2 Independents 6-2 .750 5 5-2 .714 4 3-1 .750 2 2-1 .667 5 American 24-20 .545 6 14-19 .424 6 1-11 .083 6 13-8 .619 7 Sun Belt 26-25 .510 7 13-24 .351 7 0-14 .000 11 13-10 .565 8 MWC 14-16 .467 8 8-15 .348 8 0-7 .000 9 8-8 .500 9 Pac 12 14-17 .452 9 8-16 .333 9 0-12 .000 10 8...
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Power Rankings 9/29/26

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Welcome Back! I have to admit it; I wasn't sure how my new formula would work, since I deemphasized the amount of points my preseason bonus was worth. It seemed to work pretty well for these 1st 4 games, as teams moved more, but not too much. In the past, teams didn't move much at all, even if they won or lost a big game, because the preseason points exerted an oversized influence. So this year I reduced that influence, and it seems to have worked well.  I also expected the large movement that has happened previously after removing the preseason points to be less than in the past. Boy, was I wrong! So many teams moved 10 or more places that it would take me an hour to type all the team names in this document. 32 of the top 47 moved up or down at least 10 places, so I just stopped figuring the rest out. I'll leave that to you. But here is what I can say without fear of contradiction: UMass does not belong at #22, and I sure don't expect them to stay there. However, up to...
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TWIF Notes 9/28/26

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Welcome Back! What another fantastic weekend of games! With intra-conference play beginning in earnest, there are a few more surprises, and games tend to be more competitive. That also makes predicting the winners more difficult (check back on how I did on Thursday. In the news that I know all of you are waiting for breathlessly, I have now seen 97 of the 138 FBS teams (or 70%) either live or on TV. When I say"seen" that means I have watched that team for at least one offensive and one defensive possession. I have seen all of the SEC teams, 15 of 18 in the Big Ten, 15 of 17 in the ACC, 11 of 16 in the Big 12, 1 of 2 Independents, 11 of 14 in the American Conference, all of the Pac 12, 5 of 10 in the Mountain West, only 6 of 14 in the Sun Belt, 8 of 13 in the MAC, and only 3 of 10 in CUSA. My goal is to wath every teams at least once, but that's difficult because: 1) I don't have ESPN+ or Unlimited, or whatever they call it, which means I can't watch games on CW an...
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