Every Ranking this week is a concept within Classical Mechanics:
| Rank | Team | Concept | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | Power | Power is the rate at which work is performed or energy is converted. Jerry Kill's rate of work is one bowl per year. |
| 2 | Temple | Mass | A body's mass also determines how its affected by a gravitational field. Temples Mass these past two years may draw it into The Big East's orbit |
| 3 | Ohio | Momentum | momentum is the product of the mass and velocity of an object. Ohio's chances of winning the MAC East have been growing every week. |
| 4 | Toledo | Oscillation | Oscillation is a system which, when displaced from its equilibrium position, experiences a restoring force. Toledo has been up and down all year. |
| 5 | Miami | Acceleration | Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity over time. Coach Haywood has taken Miami from zero to Bowl in just his second season. |
| 6 | Kent State | Space | Space is the a three-dimensional in which objects and events occur. Doug Martin has to wonder how much space he has left at Kent. |
| 7 | Western Michigan | Conservation | Conservation law states that some property of an isolated system does not change. Bill Cubit is hoping a run will conserve his job. |
| 8 | Central Michigan | Wave | A wave is a disturbance that travels through space and time. Central Michigan's collapse this season, and in the 3rd quarter today qualifies as a disturbance. |
| 9 | Bowling Green | Length | Length is to the longest physical dimension of an object. Bowling Green has lost by only a hairs breadth four times this year. |
| 10 | Ball State | Work | Work is the amount of energy used by a force through a distance. Ball State is miles away from 2008, but they are showing some energy and force |
| 11 | Eastern Michigan | Time | Time is a one-dimensional quantity used to sequence events, it's also what coach English is going to need a lot of to turn things around. |
| 12 | Akron | Torque | Torque is the tendency of a force to rotate an object about an axis. Akron has been going in circles all season. |
| 13 | Buffalo | Gravity | Gravity is the mutual force of attraction between two bodies, in this case Buffalo and the Bottom of the MAC. |