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Ranking top 25 CFB teams by advanced analytics after Week 2

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Right now, Michigan football fans are lamenting a blowout loss to No. 3 Texas and the Wolverines are the butt of many jokes — despite Notre Dame having lost to a MAC team while Penn State and Oregon also struggled mightily with lesser teams in Week 2.

But are the Wolverines really that bad? Is Texas that good? What about the rest of the Big Ten? And who is really dominating college football at the moment?

ESPN has yet to release its weekly power rankings, but resident advanced analytics guru Bill Connelly released his updated SP+ ranking after Week 2 (subscription required) and it turns out that the maize and blue may not be quite as bad as everyone is acting.

With that in mind, here is what advanced analytics has as the top 25.

25. Georgia Bulldogs

Jeff Swinger-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 32.8

Offense rank: 3

Defense rank: 5

Adam Cairns-The Columbus Dispatch

Rating: 30.9

Offense rank: 13

Defense rank: 2

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 30.4

Offense rank: 5

Defense rank: 7

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Rating: 29.4

Offense rank: 2

Defense rank: 10

21. Ole Miss Rebels

Brett Davis-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 28.7

Offense rank: 1

Defense rank: 11

20. Tennessee Volunteers

Bryan Lynn-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 24.2

Offense rank: 9

Defense rank: 13

Tim Heitman-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 24.1

Offense rank: 8

Defense rank: 13

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 22.0

Offense rank: 19

Defense rank: 6

17. Oregon Ducks

Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 21.3

Offense rank: 7

Defense rank: 32

Nell Redmond-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 19.8

Offense rank: 11

Defense rank: 27

15. Utah Utes

Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 18.3

Offense rank: 34

Defense rank: 9

14. USC Trojans

Orlando Ramirez-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 17.2

Offense rank: 4

Defense rank: 67

13. Michigan Wolverines

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 16.9

Offense rank: 67

Defense rank: 3

12. Louisville Cardinals

Photo by Grant Halverson/Getty Images

Rating: 16.9

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Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/ranking-top-25-cfb-teams-201423756.html

Author : Wolverines Wire

Publish date : 2024-09-08 20:14:23

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