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Opponent Ranking and Review - Week 10

Akron over Kent State had the affect of moving Ohio up while moving Buffalo back as people can again wonder who has Buffalo beat? You want to know who Buffalo has beaten? Buffalo has beaten every team they've played that isn't currently BCS top 10. That's who Buffalo has beaten.

Timothy T. Ludwig-USA TODAY Spor


The Rankings

FBS Schools Only (Billingsly, Colley, Anderson & Hester):
Average UB Rank: 63 (-2)
Average MAC Rank: 83
Average Opponent Rank: 81
Average Opponent Faced: 85 (-1)
Average Opponent Yet to be Played: 76 (+1)

MAC Standings:

MAC Rank Division Rank Team National Rank
#1 West #1 Northern Illinois #17 (-3)
#2 West #2 Ball State #35 (-2)
#3 West #3 Toledo #50 (+4)
#4 East #1 Ohio #57 (+1)
#5 East #2 Buffalo #63 (-2)
#6 East # 3 Bowling Green #72 (-2)
#7 West #4 Central Mich #99 (-2)
#8 (+1) East #4 (+1) Akron #100 (+10)
#9 (-1) East #5 (-1) Kent State #109 (-9)
#10 West #5 Eastern Mich #115 (-1)
#11 West #6 Western Mich #119 (-1)
#12 East #6 UMass #120 (+1)
#13 East #7 Miami #124

UB's NEW YORK Rank: #2
Average Syracuse Rank: 59 (+8)
Average New York Bulls Rank: 63 (-2)
Average Army Rank: 106 (-4)

The Road to a Bowl: Eligible!
Winnable games (teams ranked below or within 20 of UB): 10 (Stony Brook, UConn, EMU, WMU, UMass, Kent, Toledo, Ohio, Miami, BGSU)
Winnable games record: (6-0)

Team A&H Billingsly CM Avg
Buffalo 57 (-1) 78 (+1) 54 (-7) 63 (-2)
Ohio State 4 3 2 3
Baylor 8 11 9 9
Stony Brook n/a n/a n/a n/a
UConn 122 114 121 119
EMU 114 117 113 115
WMU 117 123 116 119
UMass 118 124 118 120
Kent St 111 105 110 109
Toledo 55 50 45 50
Ohio 59 (-1) 62 (-1) 49 (+7) 57
Miami 125 121 125 124
BGSU 80 63 74 72

All D-1 Rankings (Massey, Sagarin & Wolfe):
Average UB Rank: 63 (-2)
Average MAC Rank: 113 (-1)
Average Opponent Rank: 119 (-3)
Average Opponent Faced: 128 (-5)
Average Opponent Yet to be Played: 102

MAC Standings:

MAC Rank Division Rank Team National Rank
#1 West #1 Northern Illinois #33 (+3)
#2 West #2 Ball State #49 (-4)
#3 West #3 Toledo #51 (-1)
#4 East #1 Buffalo #63 (-2)
#5 (+1) East #2 (+1) Ohio #70 (+4)
#6 (-1) East #3 (-1) Bowling Green #76 (-3)
#7 West #4 Central Mich #120 (-4)
#8 (+1) East #4 (+1) Akron #122 (+8)
#9 (-1) East #5 (-1) Kent State #138 (-12)
#10 West #5 Eastern Mich #178 (-5)
#11 West #6 Western Mich #180 (-5)
#12 East #6 UMass #186 (-2)
#13 East #7 Miami #208 (+2)

NEW YORK Rank:

NY Rank Team National Rank
#1 New York Bulls #63 (-2)
#2 Syracuse #68 (+5)
#3 Fordham #109 (-9)
#4 Army #137  (-14)
#5 Stony Brook #159 (-11)
#6 Cornell #224 (-2)
#7 Albany #227 (-3)

The Road to a Bowl: Attained
Winnable games (teams ranked below or within 20 of UB): 10 (Stony Brook, UConn, EMU, WMU, UMass, Kent, Toledo, Ohio, Miami, BGSU)
Winnable games record: (6-0)

Team Massey Sagarin Wolfe Avg
Buffalo 66 (-1) 71 (-4) 53 (-3) 63 (-2)
Ohio State 6 5 7 6
Baylor 4 4 10 6
Stony Brook 152 149 175 159
UConn 157 137 211 168
EMU 196 187 150 178
WMU 175 176 188 180
UMass 179 174 204 186
Toledo 52 61 41 51
Ohio 77 (+9) 78 (+2) 55 (+2) 70
Kent St 138 141 135 138
Miami 203 191 231 208
BGSU 74 70 85 76