Power Rankings 10/8/24

Welcome Back!

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

Tuesday, October 8

FIU @ Liberty- The Flames have won both prior meetings, 36-34 in Lynchburg in 2020, and 38-6 last year in Miami. The Panthers have been inconsistent this year, beating CMU and La Tech, but losing to FAU (by 18) and to an FCS team. They've been held to 20 points or less 3 times, which is bad news when facing Liberty. LU has held all 3 opponents to 24 points or less, and have scored at least 28 in each (FIU has allowed 31+ in 3 games). Oh, and the Flames have been off for the last 2 weeks due to their game at App State being canceled because of Hurricane Helene. Liberty wins easily.

Power Rankings

I had a lot of movement in the PR this week, as we are starting to see some wins and losses pile up. 

Last week, I eliminated my preseason points, so that has greatly affected these rankings. 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 this week, I think I'm just going to present them to you and let you marvel (or curse) at my results. Be prepared to be shocked, but realize there are a lot of games still to be played, and my goal is to be correct at the end of the season, not necessarily right now.

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

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