Bull Run MAC Power Rankings

By Tim Riordan@UBBullRun Sep 7, 2013, 11:04pm EDT

W2	Team	Change	Game	Comment
1	NIU	0	Bye	Nobody underneath them did enough this week to displace the Huskies.
2	BGSU	0	Win 41 - 22 at Kent	While the margin of victory looks nice Kent showed that the Bowling Green defense may not be unbeatable in conference play
3	Ball State	0	Win 40 - 14 vs Army	Wenning put up 235 yards and more than ten per attempt. NIU may be the odds on favorite but the Cards can beat anyone in the MAC.
4	Toledo	0	Loss 38 - 23 at Missouri	Valiant Showing against a strong opponent for the second straight week. Into the 4th this was a game Toledo could have pulled off.
5	Kent	1	Loss 41 - 22 vs BGSU	Kent looked great even without Archer in the first half. Reardon is the real think for the flashes and he's just a freshman.
6	Ohio	2	Win 27 - 21 vs N. Texas	The Bobcats should not have needed to "hold on" versus North Texas. Still it was a nice bounce back from their disappointing performance in Week 1.
7	Buffalo	-2	Loss 70 - 13 at Baylor	They will not face a passing game like that again all season but so for in two games their secondary has been wholly unimpressive.
8	Miami	2	Loss 41 - 7 at Kentucky	Miami has been outscored 93-21 in two games and while both opponents were respectable squad neither Marshall or Kentucky are top 25 teams
9	EMU	2	Loss 45 - 7 at Penn Sate	EMU struggled in their cupcake game last week, and this week they struggled as a cupcake. Still CMU and WMU have given me reason to say they are the best Michigan School in the MAC
10	CMU	-1	Win 24 - 21 vs New Hampshire	One should not need to come back in the second half to beat an FCS team. Still it was a gutsy win for a team without QB Cody Kater and RB Zurlon Tipton
11	Akron	2	Win 35 - 33 vs JMU	Score looks worse than it is given the fact Akron spotted JMU 13 points. Misson one for the Zips is to settle on a QB. If you have tow QB's you have no QB.
12	WMU	-5	Loss 27 - 23 vs Nicholls	Painful loss on what looked to be another come back win today. WMU out gained Nicholls, got more first downs, and fewer turnovers. But they were just 6-15 on third downs.
13	UMass	-1	Loss 24 - 14 vs Maine	Maine put up 500 yards of offense on the former conference mates. Today UMass looked like the cupcake, is the MAC still looking to expand?