Week 2 Rankings

Alright, what've we got? Tulsa takes over the top ranking from Wake Forest, based on two convincing road victories. At the bottom of the 2-0 crowd, as they should be, is Arkansas who eeked out victories against I-AA Western Illinois and LA-Monroe. A good mix of conferences at the top of the rankings.

Home field advantage is really high so far this season (105 for 134, 78%), but that's just because a lot of teams are playing weak, I-AA opponents at home. It'll settle down once we get into conference play and the top teams start going on the road.

Week 2 Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	CUSA	Tulsa	65.34	2	0	100.0%	-252.91	8	13	38.1%	04
2	ACC	Wake Forest	63.37	2	0	100.0%	38.82	13	10	56.5%	-01
3	MtnWest	Utah	62.75	2	0	100.0%	-187.99	10	13	43.5%	07
4	Pac10	California	62.20	2	0	100.0%	43.80	12	10	54.5%	26
5	Big12	Texas	62.01	2	0	100.0%	361.51	19	5	79.2%	27
6	Big10	Minnesota	61.68	2	0	100.0%	139.70	15	7	68.2%	31
7	SEC	Vanderbilt	60.35	2	0	100.0%	247.73	16	7	69.6%	-03
8	CUSA	Rice	59.82	2	0	100.0%	-102.23	10	13	43.5%	18
9	Big10	Northwestern	59.76	2	0	100.0%	39.89	13	8	61.9%	19
10	SunBelt	Arkansas State	59.73	2	0	100.0%	-259.88	7	14	33.3%	-07
11	SEC	Kentucky	58.53	2	0	100.0%	131.57	15	7	68.2%	-03
12	Big10	Wisconsin	57.81	2	0	100.0%	257.04	17	5	77.3%	12
13	MtnWest	Air Force	57.81	2	0	100.0%	-147.04	11	12	47.8%	46
14	Big12	Nebraska	57.04	2	0	100.0%	357.18	18	4	81.8%	09
15	ACC	Georgia Tech	56.96	2	0	100.0%	-101.98	11	8	57.9%	41
16	BigEast	South Florida	56.89	2	0	100.0%	-160.89	10	12	45.5%	53
17	BigEast	Connecticut	56.88	2	0	100.0%	-151.30	10	11	47.6%	52
18	Big12	Texas Tech	56.83	2	0	100.0%	117.14	16	6	72.7%	31
19	MtnWest	TCU	56.51	2	0	100.0%	-14.92	13	10	56.5%	-14
20	Big12	Kansas	55.90	2	0	100.0%	368.06	19	3	86.4%	12
21	MtnWest	Brigham Young	55.56	2	0	100.0%	-149.58	10	12	45.5%	38
22	SEC	Florida	55.39	2	0	100.0%	139.23	14	6	70.0%	-03
23	CUSA	East Carolina	55.24	2	0	100.0%	-237.35	8	15	34.8%	13
24	SEC	Alabama	54.93	2	0	100.0%	239.83	15	6	71.4%	-10
25	SEC	Auburn	54.86	2	0	100.0%	59.73	13	8	61.9%	06
26	Pac10	Arizona	54.71	2	0	100.0%	-41.33	10	11	47.6%	-06
27	Big12	Oklahoma State	54.32	2	0	100.0%	217.77	16	5	76.2%	-14
28	Big12	Missouri	53.19	2	0	100.0%	261.30	18	5	78.3%	-06
29	Pac10	Oregon	52.44	2	0	100.0%	49.39	11	9	55.0%	-03
30	Big10	Indiana	51.93	2	0	100.0%	252.09	17	5	77.3%	11
31	Big12	Colorado	51.62	2	0	100.0%	280.54	18	5	78.3%	-14
32	Pac10	Arizona State	51.33	2	0	100.0%	11.76	12	9	57.1%	20
33	Big12	Oklahoma	51.28	2	0	100.0%	224.95	17	6	73.9%	16
34	SEC	Georgia	51.27	2	0	100.0%	291.60	17	4	81.0%	13
35	MAC	Ball State	50.96	2	0	100.0%	-245.83	8	14	36.4%	31
36	Big12	Kansas State	50.25	2	0	100.0%	184.22	16	6	72.7%	-04
37	Big10	Iowa	49.99	2	0	100.0%	201.88	16	6	72.7%	16
38	Big10	Penn State	49.90	2	0	100.0%	16.19	13	9	59.1%	15
39	Big12	Iowa State	49.86	2	0	100.0%	210.30	17	6	73.9%	10
40	Big10	Ohio State	49.63	2	0	100.0%	166.82	14	6	70.0%	13
41	SEC	Arkansas	49.30	2	0	100.0%	227.83	16	6	72.7%	01
42	Pac10	USC	34.62	1	0	100.0%	141.43	14	8	63.6%	-40
43	SunBelt	Troy	33.99	1	0	100.0%	-78.20	10	10	50.0%	-34
44	WAC	Fresno State	33.35	1	0	100.0%	-22.06	9	9	50.0%	-39
45	Pac10	UCLA	26.18	1	0	100.0%	146.36	13	8	61.9%	-05
46	Indy	Notre Dame	25.43	1	0	100.0%	-120.51	9	12	42.9%	27
47	ACC	Florida State	24.28	1	0	100.0%	12.70	14	8	63.6%	26
48	Big10	Purdue	24.28	1	0	100.0%	294.84	18	4	81.8%	25
49	SEC	LSU	23.60	1	0	100.0%	119.03	14	7	66.7%	-02
50	ACC	North Carolina	23.59	1	0	100.0%	-28.00	12	9	57.1%	-05
51	WAC	Boise State	22.81	1	0	100.0%	-108.99	10	11	47.6%	13
52	MAC	Akron	7.38	1	1	50.0%	-178.00	9	14	39.1%	48
53	SEC	South Carolina	2.49	1	1	50.0%	138.30	14	6	70.0%	-39
54	Big10	Michigan State	2.48	1	1	50.0%	422.11	19	3	86.4%	25
55	WAC	Louisiana Tech	1.86	1	1	50.0%	-139.91	9	10	47.4%	-39
56	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	1.27	1	1	50.0%	-35.43	10	12	45.5%	38
57	MAC	Bowling Green	1.10	1	1	50.0%	-179.57	8	14	36.4%	-46
58	MAC	Western Michigan	0.97	1	1	50.0%	-143.84	10	12	45.5%	35
59	SEC	Mississippi	0.71	1	1	50.0%	180.28	15	6	71.4%	-41
60	CUSA	Southern Miss	0.60	1	1	50.0%	29.36	12	10	54.5%	-25
61	WAC	New Mexico State	0.00	0	0	0.0%	-157.51	9	11	45.0%	12
62	MtnWest	UNLV	-0.39	1	1	50.0%	128.67	15	9	62.5%	-33
63	MtnWest	Colorado State	-0.54	1	1	50.0%	103.80	15	8	65.2%	29
64	Big12	Texas A&M	-0.75	1	1	50.0%	280.35	18	6	75.0%	48
65	Pac10	Stanford	-0.88	1	1	50.0%	189.71	14	7	66.7%	-27
66	Big10	Illinois	-0.99	1	1	50.0%	269.80	18	5	78.3%	15
67	WAC	Hawaii	-1.02	1	1	50.0%	-173.53	9	12	42.9%	22
68	ACC	Clemson	-1.03	1	1	50.0%	-32.58	13	8	61.9%	18
69	ACC	Virginia Tech	-1.64	1	1	50.0%	81.72	14	7	66.7%	16
70	Indy	Western Kentucky	-1.87	1	1	50.0%	-100.61	12	10	54.5%	32
71	CUSA	SMU	-2.17	1	1	50.0%	-23.30	12	10	54.5%	35
72	ACC	NC State	-2.20	1	1	50.0%	100.96	14	7	66.7%	14
73	WAC	Idaho	-2.56	1	1	50.0%	-147.48	9	11	45.0%	26
74	Indy	Navy	-2.75	1	1	50.0%	-86.29	11	10	52.4%	-31
75	WAC	San Jose State	-2.92	1	1	50.0%	-118.09	9	10	47.4%	-31
76	SEC	Mississippi State	-2.94	1	1	50.0%	227.78	16	5	76.2%	08
77	CUSA	Marshall	-2.96	1	1	50.0%	0.28	13	10	56.5%	-16
78	ACC	Miami (FL)	-3.00	1	1	50.0%	92.27	14	7	66.7%	-22
79	BigEast	West Virginia	-3.02	1	1	50.0%	60.42	14	8	63.6%	-10
80	CUSA	Houston	-3.04	1	1	50.0%	36.20	13	9	59.1%	-19
81	MAC	Temple	-3.07	1	1	50.0%	-147.76	10	14	41.7%	-69
82	MAC	Buffalo	-3.42	1	1	50.0%	-262.88	8	16	33.3%	-61
83	MAC	Central Michigan	-3.89	1	1	50.0%	-94.58	11	11	50.0%	-17
84	BigEast	Cincinnati	-4.06	1	1	50.0%	-140.18	12	13	48.0%	-15
85	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-4.22	1	1	50.0%	-206.28	9	13	40.9%	-19
86	ACC	Maryland	-5.74	1	1	50.0%	44.20	13	8	61.9%	-41
87	SunBelt	Middle TN State	-5.84	1	1	50.0%	-52.09	10	12	45.5%	26
88	Big10	Michigan	-5.86	1	1	50.0%	305.28	16	5	76.2%	20
89	ACC	Boston College	-6.13	1	1	50.0%	46.80	12	7	63.2%	-64
90	BigEast	Pittsburgh	-6.87	1	1	50.0%	77.16	13	9	59.1%	24
91	BigEast	Louisville	-7.46	1	1	50.0%	-50.08	12	10	54.5%	19
92	MtnWest	Wyoming	-7.68	1	1	50.0%	-51.78	11	10	52.4%	-53
93	Big12	Baylor	-8.18	1	1	50.0%	344.56	19	4	82.6%	22
94	CUSA	Central Florida	-8.39	1	1	50.0%	-119.90	11	12	47.8%	-33
95	ACC	Duke	-8.67	1	1	50.0%	143.12	15	7	68.2%	-39
96	ACC	Virginia	-8.81	1	1	50.0%	169.54	15	6	71.4%	15
97	WAC	Nevada	-9.12	1	1	50.0%	4.09	11	8	57.9%	-33
98	CUSA	Tulane	-26.16	0	1	0.0%	-56.07	11	12	47.8%	-25
99	SEC	Tennessee	-26.18	0	1	0.0%	242.22	16	7	69.6%	-16
100	MAC	Toledo	-26.53	0	1	0.0%	-28.94	11	12	47.8%	-27
101	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-27.82	0	1	0.0%	-140.27	9	14	39.1%	03
102	BigEast	Rutgers	-33.50	0	1	0.0%	-60.83	11	9	55.0%	14
103	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-51.00	0	2	0.0%	-40.17	10	9	52.6%	-13
104	MAC	Northern Illinois	-51.16	0	2	0.0%	-167.93	9	12	42.9%	-24
105	SunBelt	FL International	-51.35	0	2	0.0%	87.29	12	9	57.1%	-11
106	MAC	Ohio	-54.23	0	2	0.0%	-87.99	11	11	50.0%	-24
107	Pac10	Oregon State	-54.49	0	2	0.0%	275.93	16	6	72.7%	-10
108	WAC	Utah State	-55.07	0	2	0.0%	212.76	14	6	70.0%	-10
109	MAC	Kent State	-56.41	0	2	0.0%	-168.89	9	12	42.9%	-06
110	SunBelt	North Texas	-57.42	0	2	0.0%	156.11	13	8	61.9%	-16
111	Pac10	Washington State	-57.62	0	2	0.0%	141.11	15	7	68.2%	-20
112	CUSA	Memphis	-58.65	0	2	0.0%	-2.48	12	9	57.1%	-24
113	Pac10	Washington	-58.67	0	2	0.0%	300.75	16	5	76.2%	-07
114	BigEast	Syracuse	-58.91	0	2	0.0%	102.97	14	7	66.7%	-13
115	CUSA	UAB	-60.01	0	2	0.0%	-71.86	10	10	50.0%	01
116	MAC	Miami (OH)	-60.92	0	2	0.0%	-193.19	9	13	40.9%	-07
117	CUSA	UTEP	-63.10	0	2	0.0%	172.01	13	7	65.0%	-12
118	MtnWest	San Diego State	-65.39	0	2	0.0%	137.15	15	7	68.2%	02
119	MtnWest	New Mexico	-67.34	0	2	0.0%	277.93	16	6	72.7%	-03
120	Indy	Army	-77.04	0	2	0.0%	13.44	12	9	57.1%	-01

In the conference race, the Big 12, Big 10, and SEC have put a lot of distance between themselves and the rest of the field. The Big 12 & Big 10 jump to #1 & #2 after going 12-0 & 11-0 this weekend. (And I don't want to hear anything about ugly wins or bad losses - the SEC has them too. Yes, the Big 10 should be concerned, but they've gotten the job done up to this point.) The Sun Belt and MAC bring up the bottom.

As far as parity goes, it's not showing itself much between the tiers so far this season. I-AA teams have won just 2 of 55 games against I-A, the two wins coming against San Diego State and Army, easily the worst of the bowl subdivision. The non-BCS conferences are only 10 of 47 (21%) against the BCS conferences, and they dropped off this week - week 1 they went 6 of 20, while week 2 they went just 4 of 27.

Week 2 Conference Rankings
Rank	Avg Points	Conference	non-conf W	non-conf L	non-conf W%	non-conf oPts	non-conf oW	non-conf oL	non-conf oW%
1	44.45	Big12	22	2	91.7%	-981.18	13	30	30.2%
2	36.42	Big10	18	3	85.7%	-780.05	12	25	32.4%
3	31.86	SEC	17	3	85.0%	-663.70	11	22	33.3%
4	10.98	Pac10	7	3	70.0%	-54.48	9	8	52.9%
5	10.92	ACC	13	7	65.0%	-806.35	13	16	44.8%
6	10.14	MtnWest	8	4	66.7%	-529.17	6	12	33.3%
7	-0.01	BigEast	8	7	53.3%	-285.11	14	11	56.0%
8	-1.41	WAC	7	7	50.0%	-261.99	14	10	58.3%
9	-3.62	CUSA	8	9	47.1%	-155.56	17	12	58.6%
10	-12.31	SunBelt	4	8	33.3%	223.91	17	6	73.9%
11	-15.65	MAC	8	15	34.8%	-3.31	27	17	61.4%