From top to bottom: The updated 1-130 rankings
Week Zero is in the books, and while there were just five games involving nine FBS teams, there was some movement from our preseason 1-130 rankings.
That’s because Nebraska lost to Illinois — the team we presumed to be the worst in the Big Ten. The outcomes of the other four games didn’t have an impact on the rankings.
Week One should have a big impact on the rankings; it’s a loaded weekend filled with high-caliber matchups.
Here are this week’s 1-130 rankings; the rankings will be updated every Tuesday during the season.
The top 25
1. Alabama
2. Oklahoma
3. Ohio State
4. Clemson
5. Georgia
6. Iowa State
7. Texas A&M
8. Oregon
9. Cincinnati
10. North Carolina
11. Penn State
12. Florida
13. Notre Dame
14. USC
15. Indiana
16. Arizona State
17. Wisconsin
18. Washington
19. Miami
20. Texas
21. LSU
22. Iowa
23. Louisiana
24. TCU
25. Utah
Teams 26-50
26. UCF
27. Boise State
28. Ole Miss
29. Oklahoma State
30. Coastal Carolina
31. Boston College
32. NC State
33. Auburn
34. Northwestern
35. Michigan
36. Liberty
37. Appalachian State
38. Missouri
39. UCLA (1-0)
The buzz: The Bruins jumped out to a 30-3 lead early in the second quarter, then throttled it way back in beating Hawaii 44-10. Michigan transfer Zach Charbonnet rushed for 106 yards and three TDs on just six carries. The Bruins welcome in LSU this week.
40. Wake Forest
41. Ball State
42. Pitt
43. West Virginia
44. UAB
45. Nevada
46. Stanford
47. Minnesota
48. Kentucky
49. San Jose State (1-0)
The buzz: The Spartans thrashed FCS member Southern Utah 45-14. QB Nick Starkel threw for 394 yards and four TDs.
50. California
Teams 51-75
51. Virginia
52. Houston
53. Florida State
54. Arkansas
55. Maryland
56. Louisville
57. BYU
58. Mississippi State
59. Purdue
60. SMU
61. Colorado
62. Kansas State
63. Toledo
64. Virginia Tech
65. Texas Tech
66. Marshall
67. Washington State
68. Rutgers
69. Tennessee
70. Tulsa
71. Baylor
72. Oregon State
73. Fresno State (1-0)
The buzz: The Bulldogs manhandled UConn 45-0. We’ll get a much better idea of Fresno’s strength this week, when it plays at Oregon.
74. Nebraska (0-1 / last week, ranked 60th)
The buzz: Wow, what a messy start to the fourth season under Scott Frost, with a 30-22 loss to presumed Big Ten bottom-feeder Ilinois. The infuriating thing for Big Red fans is that the Huskers made the same kind of mistakes against the Illini that they made in Frost’s first season.
Teams 75-100
75. Kent State
76. UTSA
77. Tulane
78. Georgia Tech
79. Memphis
80. South Carolina
81. Michigan State
82. East Carolina
83. Illinois (1-0 / last week, ranked 98th)
The buzz: The Bret Bielema era began with a win over a mistake-prone Nebraska team. The Illini still might be the worst team in the Big Ten, but there were some good signs, for sure.
84. Buffalo
85. San Diego State
86. Wyoming
87. Ohio
88. Louisiana Tech
89. Army
90. FAU
91. Air Force
92. Central Michigan
93. Duke
94. Colorado State
95. Georgia State
96. Western Michigan
97. Vanderbilt
98. Syracuse
99. Hawaii (0-1)
The buzz: In the first of their seven (!) road games this season, the Rainbow Warriors were flattened by UCLA. Hawaii finished with just 26 rushing yards.
100. Arizona
The bottom 30
101. Navy
102. Miami (Ohio)
103. Georgia Southern
104. USF
105. Troy
106. Southern Miss
107. Arkansas State
108. Middle Tennessee
109. Kansas
110. Western Kentucky
111. North Texas
112. Texas State
113. Charlotte
114. Temple
115. FIU
116. Utah State
117. Eastern Michigan
118. Rice
119. New Mexico
120. South Alabama
121. UTEP (1-0)
The buzz: As they should’ve, the Miners beat up on New Mexico State in their opener. UTEP had 452 yards of offense in their first game with Dave Warner, who used to be at Michigan State, as coordinator; that’s the Miners’ fifth-highest total since the start of the 2017 season.
122. Northern Illinois
123. UNLV
124. Akron
125. UConn (0-1)
The buzz: How bad was the opening 45-0 loss to Fresno State? The Huskies had more punts (11) than first downs (nine). Yikes.
126. Louisiana-Monroe
127. Old Dominion
128. Bowling Green
129. Massachusetts
130. New Mexico State (0-1)
The buzz: The Aggies’ lack of offense is going to be a season-long problem and likely will cause them to settle in at 130th in the rankings. An incredibly weird stat from their opening loss to UTEP: NMSU had 190 total yards yet managed 20 first downs. How is that? The Aggies got eight first downs off UTEP penalties.