Power Rankings 11/19/24
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Personal Note: I apologize for not getting my TWIF Notes published yesterday, but I have decided to end that particular blog, as it simply takes up too much of my time. If any of you liked it, or if it was your favorite, I apologize. I hope you understand. I am also considering making this my last year of doing this blog in-season as a regular feature, and I'm still undecided on my whether I will continue my preseason team and conference previews. Moving back into full time teaching has put a strain on my time.
Before I present my Power Rankings, this week continues those maddening mid-week games. But I think this is the last of them! Here are my picks for tonight's games.
Tuesday, November 19
Akron @ Kent State- The Zips lead the series 36-28-2, winning 31-27 last year, but the Golden Flashes have won 4 of the last 5, and 5 of the last 7 played in Kent (since 2010), including the last 2. These are 2 of the worst teams in the FBS (see my rankings below), but Akron at least has had an FBS win each of the last 2 years. KSU has lost their last 20 FBS games, and their last 19 games overall. At some point, that streak will have to end, as all streaks do, but I'm doubtful it will end this year. Zips win a close one between 2 terrible teams in the worst game of the week.
Western Michigan @ Central Michigan- The Broncos lead the series 53-40-2, winning the last 2, and 10 of the last 13, including the last 6 played in Mt. Pleasant. In fact, CMU's last win at home in this series was in 2010. The Chippewas are 3-7/1-5, losers of 5 in a row, the last 3 by double digits each.WMU is 5-5/4-2, looking to secure a bowl bid, and hoping to stay in the MAC title race, but they've lost their last 2 games. Broncos win.
Northern Illinois @ Miami, OH- The Redhawks lead the series 11-9, winning the last 3 (since 2018), and also owning a victory in the 2010 MAC CG. Both teams are 6-4 overall, but Miami is 5-1 in the MAC, and very close to securing a berth in the MAC CG. The Huskies are only 3-3 in the conference, but they have wins over BGSU and WMU, and their victory over Notre Dame in week 2 proves they can beat just about any team, but they have been maddeningly inconsistent, with losses to Buffalo and Ball State. NIU could pull the upset, but I'm going with the Redhawks at home.
Power Rankings
As we get into the last few weeks of the season, there is still a lot of movement, but teams are pretty much settled into "brackets" of 30 teams or so, and most movement is within those brackets instead of between them.
I'm going to continue to show you how the CFP bracket would be set up if the committee were using my Power Rankings. For the purposes of this exercise, I'll use the highest ranking conference member as its champion. Please realize this is based on where they are now, not where I expect them to finish. This will change a lot over the next few weeks.
#8 Alabama would host #9 Georgia, with the winner moving on to play #1 Oregon
#5 Indiana would host #12 Boise State, with the winner taking on #4 Tulane
#6 Notre Dame would host #11 Penn State for the privilege of playing #3 Miami
#7 Ohio State would host #10 Ole Miss, with the winner facing Texas
This bracket has 4 SEC teams, 4 from the Big Ten, and 1 team each from the ACC, AAC, MWC, and Notre Dame. Notice that in this iteration, the Big XII would be left out.
The 1st 5 teams out would be SMU, Clemson, Tennessee, South Carolina, and BYU.
Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!
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