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| Rank | Team | Score | LW | CH | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | TOL | 1.2 | 2 | 1 | Nearly a unanimous pick as the #1 MAC team after they dispatched #18 Arkansas. I'm guessing if they knock off Iowa State this week the last holdout goes their way next week. |
| 2 | NIU | 2.6 | 1 | -1 | NIU needs to get over the slow starts or they may find themselves on the wrong end of a deficit. For now though they only find themselves out of first because of Toledo's win |
| 3 | OHIO | 3.6 | 7 | 4 | Ohio won the Battle of the Bell and moved up four spots. Conrad throws them out as his number one pick most everyone else had them after Bowling Green. |
| 4 | BG | 3.8 | 5 | 1 | Maryland provided a little resistance to Bowling Green but in the end the Falcons won easily and move up a spot. Terps fans call it "our worst loss in years" but it's not a huge surprise |
| 5 | WMU | 5.0 | 3 | -2 | Throttled by Georgia Southern WMU is now off to an 0-2 start. They have Murray State next week and then Ohio State. A 1-3 start for Fleck is very probable. |
| 6 | BUF | 6.2 | 4 | -2 | The good news for Buffalo is that they won't face a front seven like Penn State again this year. The bad news is that now there is a lot of film in how to stifle their offense. |
| 7 | CMU | 7.6 | 8 | 1 | Central Michigan's Cooper rush may give the Chips a shot at some MAC West upsets this season. |
| 8 | BSU | 7.8 | 5 | -3 | It's not that they lost. It's how they lost 49 to 3 at the half. We will have a better idea of who the Cards are after they play EMU this week. |
| 9 | EMU | 9.2 | 12 | 3 | First road non conference win in a log time for EMU when combined with a near win verse ODU in week one it's starting to look like there is life inYpsi |
| 10 | AKR | 9.8 | 11 | 1 | Akron loses and gains a spot, that is how bad UMass and Miami were this week. |
| 11 | MASS | 10.6 | 10 | -1 | Last season UMass gave Colorado a fight this season the Minutemen were supposed to be a stronger squad yet they got Killed in their season opener. |
| 12 | MIA | 11.6 | 9 | -3 | Miami had one of MAC harder OOC games this season but to be shut out does not bode well for the RedHawks |
| 13 | KENT | 12.0 | 13 | 0 | Kent's blowout of Delaware State did not get them out of the cellar. But Miami's drop puts the Hawks in shooting distance. |
So how are teams moving around after three polls?
Big Gainers -
The team with the most positive momentum seems to be EMU though Ohio is certainly a big gainer after starting 2-0 with not only two G5 wins but one against their hated rival.
Big Losers -
Ball State is clearly in a spiral. They did not have a very impressive win vs VMI and then had a game against Texas A&M. We don't know who Ball State is but we will get a better idea this week.
Game to watch - From ranking perspective it has to be Ball State at EMU. A loss in Ypsi will move the Cards into the bottom third and move the Eagles to 2-1 with the sole loss coming in the waning moments versus a G5 squad.