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| Rank | Team | PR | Δ | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | NIU | 1 | 0 | It's looking more and more like NIU has come through yet another change of guard at Quarterback as the MAC's best team. |
| 2 | BGSU | 4 | 2 | That's what they call a character win for Bowling Green. Get a lead, give up the lead, and then score in the last minute to win against a B1G program. |
| 3 | Toledo | 3 | 0 | Toledo's pass defense is going to need a big upgrade if they want to better Northern Illinois this year. |
| 4 | Ball State | 2 | -2 | There are two rules (1) don't lose to an FCS team and (2) if you must lose to an FCS team have it be an out of state program. |
| 5 | Akron | 7 | 2 | Akron Moves up during their bye week becaose of CMU and Ohio's dumpsterfires. |
| 6 | WMU | 8 | 2 | Jarvion Franklin just made the MAC take notice of the Bronco's running game. The Broncos could find themselves in the middle tier of the west this year. |
| 7 | Ohio | 5 | -2 | Ohio let Marshall drop 700 yards on them. Thats more than Buffalo gave up to Baylor or Kent gave up to OSU. This could be a bad year for the Bobcats D |
| 8 | CMU | 6 | -2 | After downing Purdue I thought they had an outside shot of giving Syracuse a game, boy was I wrong. |
| 9 | UMass | 12 | 3 | Well hand it to UMass for playing better football this season. Their last two P5 losses are by a total of 6 points. |
| 10 | Buffalo | 9 | -1 | The Bulls showed in the second half that their offense might be ok without Branden Oliver and Alex Neutz. But can their defense function without Mack? |
| 11 | EMU | 11 | 0 | EMU nearly got blanked by Old Dominion. The Eagles offense has been very suspect this season. |
| 12 | Kent | 10 | -2 | There are no positives for Kent to take from the 66-0 beating Ohio State gave them, save maybe the big fat check. |
| 13 | Miami | 13 | 0 | Miami kept it interesting but in the end they went back to being Miami and Michigan went back to being the Wolverines. |