All of the non-power five teams have wrapped up the first week of the college football season, and with that there is a new Underdogs Poll to reflect all of the action in Week 1. Since Week 1 is really a crap shoot, because we all really know nothing about college football based on some of the results from this week.
In the overall poll there was a lot of movement, including BYU moving up four spots to No. 1 after the convincing 35-10 over UConn. There are four new teams who entered the poll with the big leapers being UTSA and Western Kentucky moving into the top 10 after not being ranked the week prior. Somehow Temple got a first-place vote after throttling Vanderbilt.
The biggest faller was Boise State who fell from No. 2 to 10 after a fourth quarter collapse against Ole Miss.
Before we get to the complete poll, here is how our staff members voted:
Matt K:
1. Marshall
2. BYU
3. East Carolina
4. Utah State
5. Boise State
6. Northern Illinois
7. Navy
8. Bowling Green
9. Colorado State
10. Cincinnati
11. Louisiana-Lafayette
12. Houston
13. Central Florida
14. Toledo
15. Texas-San Antonio
Chris Hondros:
1. Temple
2. BYU
3. Western Kentucky
4. UTSA
5. Colorado State
6. Marshall
7. NIU
8. UL Lafayette
9. San Diego State
10. East Carolina
11. Tulsa
12. Ohio
13. Akron
14. Wyoming
15. San Jose State
Jeremy Mauss:
1. BYU
2. Cincinnati
3. UTSA
4. Marshall
5. Colorado State
6. Central Florida
7. San Diego State
8. East Carolina
9. Boise State
10. Louisiana-Lafayette
11. Western Kentucky
12. Louisiana-Monroe
13. UTEP
14. Northern Illinois
15. Navy
Here is the complete poll:
RANK | TEAM | POINTS | PREVIOUS |
---|---|---|---|
1 | BYU (6) | 254 | 5 |
2 | Marshall (9) | 236 | 1 |
3 | Cincinnati (2) | 194 | 4 |
4 | UCF | 184 | 3 |
5 | ECU (1) | 178 | 12 |
6 | Louisiana-Lafayette | 153 | 8 |
7 | Northern Illinois | 129 | 10 |
8 | UTSA | 120 | NR |
9 | Western Kentucky | 115 | NR |
10 | Boise State | 112 | 2 |
11 | Colorado State | 78 | NR |
12 | Navy | 72 | 13 |
13 | Toledo | 69 | 15 |
14 | San Diego State | 60 | 14 |
15 | Temple (1) | 57 | NR |
DROPPED OUT: Houston, Bowling Green, Utah State, Fresno State | OTHERS RECEIVING VOTES: Utah State (44), Tulsa (26), Fresno State (23), Houston (18), Ball State (17), Arkansas State (15), Nevada (13), Louisiana-Monroe (13), Bowling Green (12), UTEP (10), San Jose State (7), Middle Tennessee (6), Ohio (5), Rice (4), Akron (3), Memphis (3), Georgia Southern (2), UAB (2), Wyoming (2). |