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| Rank | Team | +/- | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Northern Illinois | 2 | Chandler Who? With Ohio losing, Toledo struggling, and NIU demolishing Western Michigan it's hard not to put the Huskies as number one after this week |
| 2 | Kent | 2 | Ohio Who? Kent not only benefited form Ohio winning but they took out the number 15 team in the nation, on the road. |
| 3 | Toledo | -2 | Yes the weather was cruddy but if oyu have a guy run for 200 yards you should not be playing Buffalo as close as you did. |
| 4 | Ohio | -2 | This is going to be a bitter pill for the Bobcat faithful to swallow. They will lose their ranking, and behind Kent in the East, and it was at the hands of Miami! |
| 5 | Bowling Green | 1 | Congratulations on pasting Eastern Michigan and Getting Bowl eligible! It's fair to say Clawsons Job is safe for another season or two. |
| 6 | Ball State | -1 | Army Certainly gave the Cards all they could handle but with the win they hit six and will almost certainly be bowling. |
| 7 | Miami | 1 | They toughed out a game that they certainly could have lost, and put themselves on track for six, maybe seven wins. |
| 8 | Western Mighigan | -1 | Before they started to turn the Ball over they held Lynch in check and held the lead. Now they need to win out against Buffalo, CMU, and EMU to even qualify for a Bowl |
| 9 | Central Michigan | 0 | UMass and EMU give them a shot at five wins but it's hard to know if WMU or Miami will provide the sixth. |
| 10 | Eastern Michigan | 0 | Aside from the Army game EMU has not scored more than 16 since opening week.Next week they will face an angry Ohio. |
| 11 | Buffalo | 1 | Toledo did everything they could to keep Buffalo in the game but for some reason UB gave up on the run in the second half… psst That’s all you can do Buffalo |
| 12 | Akron | -1 | It's still ok to be high on Akron's future, but for now it seems they are crashing back to earth. |
| 13 | Umass | 0 | Hard draw for a first year FBS team to play anyone from the SEC, even Vandy. They still have 8-1 NIU on their schedule. After that they have there three worst opponents of the year |