Week Two Mountain West Power Poll

Just sayin…

gives AF more credit for LOSING to Minnesota than Utah gets for BEATING SJSU. Seems. . . wrong.

I did the math myself and here’s what I got:

BYU: 7 (1.000 average composite score)
TCU: 14 (2.000 average composite score)
Utah: 22 (3.143 average composite score)
AF: 30 (4.286 average composite score)
UNLV: 33 (4.714 average composite score)
CSU: 43 (6.143 average composite score)
UW: 51 (7.286 average composite score)
SDSU: 52 (7.429 average composite score)
UNM: 63 (9.000 average composite score)

Notice that the closest gaps are between UW and SDSU (1 vote) and between AF and UNLV (3 votes). The largest are between SDSU and UNM (11) and between UNLV and CSU (10). It appears that we have a clear top 3 (BYU, TCU, Utah), then a middle 2 (AF, UNLV), then a lower 3 (CSU, UW, SDSU), then a complete loser (UNM). CSU is it’s own animal, with 10 points above it and 8 below it, so maybe they’re their own group as well, but I don’t know what to call it (“clearly 6th place” doesn’t really roll off the tongue).

Yes, I put them there. Before you scold me let me explain. I think we would all agree that TCU, BYU, Utah are the top tier teams and if one gets through undefeted they are off to a BCS Bowl. The next tier of AF, CSU, UNLV are the ones fighting for best bowl available. Well as the only ones at 2-0 CSU has a advantage. Non-BCS bowls look at conference place and win amount for their slotting. You could argue that CSU has a 1 game lead on AF and UNLV for that next best bowl game. I am also in the belief that a win is a win and a loss a loss. I bet you could ask UNLV or AF and they would take a win over Weber State over a loss to anyone.