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I think the polls could have an easier time placing the Chicago Bulls and the Minnesota T-Wolves in a football game than the Buffalo Bulls and the Nevada Wolfpack. Buffalo's inconsistent play and the questionable ability of Penn State makes UB impossible to judge. Nevada's impossible task of Arizona and Texas A&M make it impossible to judge how good the runners from Reno really are. After Saturday, we'll find out which team is for real.
UB's Rank: 84 (+11)
| Billingsley + MOV | 97 (+3) | CBS Sports | 83 (+21) | ESPN FPI | 99 (+9) | ||
| Massey | 83 (+18) | USA Today Myerberg | 90 (+1) | Sagarin | 79 (+15) | ||
| Football Study Hall | 110 | Colley | 71 | Conrad Poll | 51 (-20) |
UB's College Football Playoff Magic Number:
80
UB would need to pass 80 teams to enter the college football playoff.
UB's Group of 5 Magic Number:
22 (+9)
UB is 23rd of 61 group of 5 teams, thus UB would have to leap 22 teams to earn the G5 auto-bid to a top 6 bowl game.
Conrad Poll:
The Conrad Poll measures how consistent a team is over the season, it still probably won't really take shape until week 5. UB finished 51st in the Conrad Poll this week.
Conrad Poll Top 25
| RK | Team | Conf |
| 1 | Navy | American |
| 2 | Ohio | MAC |
| 3 | NC State | ACC |
| 4 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
| 5 | Texas Tech | Big 12 |
| 6 | Baylor | Big 12 |
| 7 | Oklahoma st | Big 12 |
| 8 | BYU | Independent |
| 9 | LSU | SEC |
| 10 | Northwestern | Big Ten |
| 11 | Georgia | SEC |
| 12 | Arizona | Pac-12 |
| 13 | Florida St | ACC |
| 14 | Utah | Pac-12 |
| 15 | Cal | Pac-12 |
| 16 | Ole Miss | SEC |
| 17 | Mich St | Big Ten |
| 18 | TCU | Big 12 |
| 19 | Clemson | ACC |
| 20 | Temple | American |
| 21 | Ohio st | Big Ten |
| 22 | Indiana | Big Ten |
| 23 | Missouri | SEC |
| 24 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 25 | Florida | SEC |
Aggregate Top 10
#1: Ohio State - Big 10
#2: Ole Miss - SEC
#3: Georgia - SEC
#4: LSU - SEC
#5: Mich St - Big 10
#6: Baylor - Big 12
#7: TCU - Big 12
#8: Notre Dame
#9: Florida St - ACC
#10: Texas A&M 0 SEC
The G5 Top 15:
#1: Boise State - Mountain West - #36
#2: Temple - American Athletic - #38
#3: Memphis - American Athletic - #39
#4: Toledo - Mid American - #42
#5: Navy - American Athletic - #47
#6: Houston - American Athletic - #50
#7: Ohio - Mid American - #53
#8: Western Kentucky - Conference USA - #55
#9: Northern Illinois - Mid American - #59
#10: Air Force - Mountain West - #62
#11: Louisiana Tech - Conference USA - #64
#12: Cincinnati - American Athletic - #66
#13: Marshall - Conference USA - #68
#14: Georgia Southern - Sun Belt - #69
#15: Middle Tennessee - Conference USA - #72
New to the Poll: Ohio, Georgia Southern, Middle Tennessee
Dropped Out: San Diego State, Colorado State, Utah State
The Bottom 10
#119: Kent State - Mid American
#120: UTSA - Conference USA
#121: Charlotte - Conference USA
#122: UTEP - Conference USA
#123: Georgia State - Sun Belt
#124: Wyoming - Mountain West
#125: Miami (OH) - Mid American
#126: UNLV - Mountain West
#127: Idaho - Sun Belt
#128: New Mexico State - Sun Belt
Dropped Into the Bottom: UTSA, Charlotte, UTEP, Miami (OH)
Started from the bottom now they out: EMU, Army, Troy, SMU
UB's Schedule:
The Road to Bowl Eligibility: 4 Wins needed. 7 winnable games remaining (teams ranked below or within 20 of UB)
UB Ranked better: (Albany, FAU, Nevada, CMU, Miami, Kent, Akron, UMass)
UB Ranked better record: 2-0
UB Ranked below but close: (BGSU)
UB Ranked below but close record: 0-0
UB Ranked below not close (Penn State, NIU, Ohio)
UB Ranked below not close record: 0-1
Schedule Projection: 9-3 (6-2)
MAC Standings:
| MAC Rank | Division Rank | Team | National Rank |
| #1 | West #1 | Toledo | #42 (+25) |
| #2 (+2) | East #1 | Ohio | #53 (+32) |
| #3 (-1) | West #2 | N. Illinois | #59 (+10) |
| #4 (+1) | East #2 | BGSU | #73 (+21) |
| #5 (+1) | East #3 | Buffalo | #84 (+11) |
| #6 (-3) | West #3 | Western Mich | #90 (-11) |
| #7 | West #4 | Ball St | #91 (+7) |
| #8 | West #5 | Central Mich | #96 (+7) |
| #9 | East #4 | Akron | #109 |
| #10 (+1) | East #5 (+1) | UMass | #114 (+1) |
| #11 (+1) | West #6 | Eastern Mich | #117 (+7) |
| #12 (+1) | East #6 (+1) | Kent St | #119 (+6) |
| #13 (-3) | East #7 (-2) | Miami | #125 (-13) |
UB's path to Detroit:
No MAC East matchups again this week means UB controls their own destiny in the MAC (if they win all their MAC games)