Power Rankings 10/15/24

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Before I present my Power Rankings, this week continues those maddening mid-week games. Here is my pick for tonight's games.

Tuesday, October 15

Troy @ South Alabama- The Trojans lead the series 9-3, winning the last 6, including the last 4 played in Mobile. The Jaguars are on a 2-game losing streak, and at just 2-4 overall, desperately need some wins. Troy has also lost 2 straight, but have lost their last 6 FBS contests, with their only win this season over an FCS team. South Bama wins, but it'll be close.

Kennesaw State @ Middle Tennessee- The Owls had an off week last week, but they are still winless. This is one of 2 remaining chances to not go winless in their 1st FBS season, as the Blue Raiders are only 1-5 with a win over an FCS team (KSU lost to their FCS opponent). I'm tempted to go with the Owls, but I think MTSU wins late at home.

La Tech @ New Mexico State- The Bulldogs lead this series 8-5, winning 6 of the last 7, but the Aggies won 27-24 last year. 3 of NMSU's 5 wins came between 1967 and 1995. La Tech has played pretty well this season so far, with all 3 losses by 10 points or less (a combined 20 points), and they are 1-1 in CUSA. The Aggies have only a win over an FCS team. LT wins.

Power Rankings

I had a lot of movement in the PR again this week, as we are starting to see some wins and losses pile up. I expect the rankings to be pretty volatile the rest of the way as the point differentials are not as large as they were at the start of the season.

The preseason points are long gone, so that means the rankings are based solely on the results of this season.

Usually, I talk about what has changed, and who has moved the most, but I've been so busy just trying to keep up with stats and predictions that I just haven't been able to put the time in to add a narrative. I hope you'll forgive me. 

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

Rank	Team	Previous
1	Texas	1
2	BYU	5
3	Miami, Fl	2
4	Indiana	4
5	Oregon	9
6	Tennessee	7
7	Ohio State	3
8	Alabama	8
9	Penn State	10
10	Iowa State	12
11	Pittsburgh	11
12	Ole Miss	6
13	Clemson	14
14	Notre Dame	17
15	Georgia	13
16	LSU	24
17	Army	19
18	UNLV	15
19	Texas A&M	16
20	Arkansas	18
21	Navy	20
22	Vanderbilt	29
23	Boise State	23
24	SMU	21
25	Kansas State	33
26	Washington State	28
27	James Madison	35
28	Tulane	22
29	Louisville	31
30	Arizona State	43
31	Georgia Tech	36
32	Nebraska	27
33	ULM	41
34	Illinois	26
35	USC	34
36	Boston College	37
37	Iowa	47
38	Syracuse	45
39	Memphis	49
40	Sam Houston	39
41	Missouri	54
42	Virginia	30
43	Wisconsin	69
44	Minnesota	46
45	Duke	44
46	Oklahoma	25
47	California	48
48	Kentucky	40
49	Colorado	42
50	Utah	38
51	Texas Tech	51
52	North Texas	53
53	South Carolina	52
54	Northern Illinois	62
55	Liberty	55
56	Louisiana	59
57	Michigan	58
58	Cincinnati	64
59	UConn	63
60	WKU	68
61	Rutgers	32
62	West Virginia	60
63	Florida	66
64	Northwestern	82
65	San Jose State	50
66	Washington	56
67	Arizona	67
68	Texas State	81
69	Nevada	85
70	Oregon State	65
71	Georgia Southern	83
72	Michigan State	72
73	Oklahoma State	74
74	Buffalo	95
75	Virginia Tech	76
76	Toledo	61
77	Baylor	78
78	Fresno State	71
79	East Carolina	80
80	Jacksonville State	97
81	Coastal Carolina	70
82	Eastern Michigan	57
83	Ohio	88
84	TCU	84
85	Auburn	86
86	North Carolina	79
87	South Alabama	87
88	Marshall	73
89	Houston	89
90	UCF	77
91	Charlotte	92
92	Colorado State	104
93	Miami, OH	112
94	Maryland	75
95	USF	91
96	NC State	98
97	San Diego State	100
98	Bowling Green	93
99	Western Michigan	103
100	Stanford	94
101	ODU	107
102	Arkansas State	90
103	Wake Forest	96
104	Kansas	102
105	La Tech	110
106	Central Michigan	99
107	Mississippi State	106
108	Hawai'i	101
109	New Mexico	116
110	UCLA	111
111	FAU	109
112	FIU	108
113	FSU	114
114	Georgia State	105
115	Appalachian State	113
116	Tulsa	117
117	Purdue	120
118	Utah State	118
119	Temple	122
120	Southern Miss	119
121	UTSA	115
122	Rice	124
123	Wyoming	121
124	Ball State	132
125	Troy	131
126	UAB	126
127	Middle Tennessee	123
128	UTEP	127
129	UMass	125
130	Akron	129
131	Air Force	128
132	Kennesaw State	133
133	New Mexico State	130
134	Kent State	134

I will update these rankings each week throughout the season.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!