Photo: Isaiah Hole
Right now, Michigan football fans are lamenting a blowout loss to No. 3 Texas and the Wolverines are the butt of many jokes — despite Notre Dame having lost to a MAC team while Penn State and Oregon also struggled mightily with lesser teams in Week 2.
But are the Wolverines really that bad? Is Texas that good? What about the rest of the Big Ten? And who is really dominating college football at the moment?
ESPN has yet to release its weekly power rankings, but resident advanced analytics guru Bill Connelly released his updated SP+ ranking after Week 2 (subscription required) and it turns out that the maize and blue may not be quite as bad as everyone is acting.
With that in mind, here is what advanced analytics has as the top 25.
25. Georgia Bulldogs
Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 32.8
Offense rank: 3
Defense rank: 5
Adam Cairns-The Columbus Dispatch
Rating: 30.9
Offense rank: 13
Defense rank: 2
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 30.4
Offense rank: 5
Defense rank: 7
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Rating: 29.4
Offense rank: 2
Defense rank: 10
21. Ole Miss Rebels
Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 28.7
Offense rank: 1
Defense rank: 11
20. Tennessee Volunteers
Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 24.2
Offense rank: 9
Defense rank: 13
Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 24.1
Offense rank: 8
Defense rank: 13
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 22.0
Offense rank: 19
Defense rank: 6
17. Oregon Ducks
Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 21.3
Offense rank: 7
Defense rank: 32
Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 19.8
Offense rank: 11
Defense rank: 27
15. Utah Utes
Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 18.3
Offense rank: 34
Defense rank: 9
14. USC Trojans
Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports
Rating: 17.2
Offense rank: 4
Defense rank: 67
13. Michigan Wolverines
Photo: Isaiah Hole
Rating: 16.9
Offense rank: 67
Defense rank: 3
12. Louisville Cardinals
Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images
Rating: 16.9
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Author : Wolverines Wire
Publish date : 2024-09-08 20:14:23
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