2015 Week One FBS PRS Rankings

Tuesday, September 8, 2015
Rank	Points	Team	Record	Opponent
1	291	Baylor	1-0	Def. Southern Methodist 56-21	Bears struggled early, picked it up late.
2	288	Tennessee	1-0	Def. Bowling Green State 59-30	Vols allowed over 400 yards passing, pulled away late
3	287	Alabama	1-0	Def. Wisconsin 35-17	Tide D held Badgers to 40 yards rushing
4	267	Duke	1-0	Def. Tulane 37-7	Blue Devils jumped out early, never looked back
5	262	Ohio	1-0	Def. Idaho 45-28	Bobcats took care of business on road, Marshall awaits
6	260	Ohio State	1-0	Def. Virginia Tech 42-24	Buckeyes got revenge, Miller has huge non-QB debut
7	259	Texas A&M	1-0	Def. Arizona State 38-17	Aggies D busted the ASU line often
8T	259	Florida	1-0	Def. New Mexico State 61-13	Gators get huge offense output in McElwain's 1st game
8T	259	Arkansas	1-0	Def. Texas-El Paso 48-13	Hogs can pass as well as run the ball as it turns out
10	254	Southern California	1-0	Def. Arkansas State 55-6	Kessler drops 4 TD passes in easy win
11T	252	Florida State	1-0	Def. Texas State 59-16	Seminoles challenged early, out it together in 2nd half
11T	252	Mississippi State	1-0	Def. Southern Mississippi 34-16	Prescott carries day in a closer game than it should be
13	251	Illinois	1-0	Def. Kent State 52-3	Beckman's firing eases tension, team rolls for Cubit
14	250	Michigan State	1-0	Def. Western Michigan 37-24	Spartans didn’t overwhelm, Ducks are coming to town
15	242	Old Dominion	1-0	Def. Eastern Michigan 38-34	Monarchs fought until the end, win in a comeback
16T	238	Auburn	1-0	Def. Louisville 31-24	Johnson tosses 3 picks, Tigers nearly let lead go
16T	238	Georgia	1-0	Def. Louisiana-Monroe 51-14	It's the Chubb/Marshall show before lightning calls game
16T	238	West Virginia	1-0	Def. Georgia Southern 44-0	Neers can play D as well as O, roll past Eagles
16T	238	Brigham Young	1-0	Def. Nebraska 33-28	Hail Mary at the buzzer wins it, but Cougs lose Hill
20	235	Oklahoma State	1-0	Def. Central Michigan 24-13	Cowboys were lucky to escape with win.
21T	229	Oklahoma	1-0	Def. Akron 41-3	Sooners struggled against themselves, still cruise
21T	229	Texas Christian	1-0	Def. Minnesota 23-17	Frogs win a challenging road trip, schedules eases
23	227	North Carolina State	1-0	Def. Troy 49-21	Pack looks strong early, and won't be challenged for a bit
24	226	Charlotte	1-0	Def. Georgia State 23-20	49ers win 1st game of FBS era, should win this week
25	223	Notre Dame	1-0	Def. Texas 38-3	Irish hold Longhorns to 163 yards total on the day
26	221	South Carolina	1-0	Def. North Carolina 17-13	Gamecocks get 3 picks, 2 in end zone.
27T	216	Florida International	1-0	Def. Central Florida 15-14	Ron Turner needed this win big time,
27T	216	Western Kentucky	1-0	Def. Vanderbilt 14-12	Offense stutters, but Toppers still pull out road win
29T	202	Arizona	1-0	Def. Texas-San Antonio 42-32	35 point favorites, Cats struggle to put UTSA away
29T	202	UCLA	1-0	Def. Virginia 34-16	Bruins get 351 yards and 3 TDs from Rosen
31	201	Marshall	1-0	Def. Purdue 41-31	Herd opened game with pick 6, and had 2 on the day
32	200	Tulsa	1-0	Def. Florida Atlantic 47-44	Tulsa got blasted by Owls last year. Turned tables
33	197	Kentucky	1-0	Def. Louisiana-Lafayette 40-33	Wildcats blew 23 point lead, still win
34	196	Northern Illinois	1-0	Def. Nevada-Las Vegas 38-30	Huskies were 22 point favorites, trailed 17-3
35	194	Temple	1-0	Def. Penn State 27-10	Temple D wrecks Hackenberg, 1st win since '41 against PSU
36	186	Hawaii	1-0	Def. Colorado 28-20	Rainbows jumped out 15-7, never looked back
37	181	Utah	1-0	Def. Michigan 24-17	Wasn't pretty, but Utes beat Wolverines in Harbaugh's debut
38	176	Northwestern	1-0	Def. Stanford 16-6	Wildcats win an ugly game, beat an overhyped Stanford
39	169	Boise State	1-0	Def. Washington 16-13	Broncos hold off Huskies in Petersen's return
40	73	Mississippi	1-0	Def. Tennessee-Martin 76-3	Ole Miss rolls in cupcake game
41	66	New Mexico	1-0	Def. Mississippi Valley State 66-0	Davie needed a huge win, gets it over cupcake Delta Devils
42	59	California	1-0	Def. Grambling State 73-14	This game never should have been scheduled
43T	56	Middle Tennessee State	1-0	Def. Jackson State 70-14	Same for this one
43T	56	Memphis	1-0	Def. Missouri State 63-7	and this one
43T	56	Air Force	1-0	Def. Morgan State 63-7	and on the cupcakes go
46	53	Georgia Tech	1-0	Def. Alcorn State 69-6	More sugar anyone?
47	52	Colorado State	1-0	Def. Savannah State 65-13	Win one for Bobo era, but more cupcake
48	50	Rutgers	1-0	Def. Norfolk State 63-13	Rutgers needed an easy week after off field disasters
49	49	Appalachian State	1-0	Def. Howard 49-0	App. State can upgrade their schedule to FBS staus any time
50	48	South Florida	1-0	Def. Florida A&M 51-3	Another ridiculous game
51T	47	Louisiana Tech	1-0	Def. Southern 62-15	Bulldogs got fill of cupcake, now must take on WKU this week
51T	47	Syracuse	1-0	Def. Rhode Island 47-0	Orangemen lose Hunt at QB in meaningless game
53	45	Miami (FL)	1-0	Def. Bethune-Cookman 45-0	Remember when Miami used to play tough games?
54	42	Cincinnati	1-0	Def. Alabama A&M 52-10	Really???
55	40	Rice	1-0	Def. Wagner 56-16	Wagner also plays BYU…suicidal
56	39	Clemson	1-0	Def. Wofford 49-10	Tigers are better than this
57T	38	Navy	1-0	Def. Colgate 48-10	Navy opened up with Buckeyes last season. Went for cupcakes
57T	38	Wake Forest	1-0	Def. Elon 41-3	Even Wake Forest gets caught up with cupcake wars
59	37	Buffalo	1-0	Def. Albany 51-14	Hope you enjoyed beating up Albany, pissed Penn State next
60T	34	San Diego State	1-0	Def. San Diego 37-3	Cross town rivalry, or cupcake run?
60T	34	Kansas State	1-0	Def. South Dakota 34-0	Another Bill Snyder cupcake non-con game
62	31	Missouri	1-0	Def. Southeast Missouri State 34-3	Can you believe Mizzou actually struggled in this one?
63	30	San Jose State	1-0	Def. New Hampshire 43-13	A little more impressive, as Spartans hammered FCS power
64	29	Maryland	1-0	Def. Richmond 50-21	Terps struggled for a bit before pulling away
65	28	Houston	1-0	Def. Tennessee Tech 52-24	Cougars were up 45-10 at one point
66	24	Iowa State	1-0	Def. Northern Iowa 31-7	Cyclones came out sharp, Rhoades needed this one
67T	21	Fresno State	1-0	Def. Abilene Christian 34-13	Bulldogs took easy road after tough 2014 season
67T	21	Boston College	1-0	Def. Maine 24-3	BC looked lifeless in this game against FCS Bears
69T	19	Oregon	1-0	Def. Eastern Washington 61-42	Ducks gave up over 500 yards to EWU, Sparty up next
69T	19	Miami (OH)	1-0	Def. Presbyterian 26-7	Red Hawks are going to struggle this season
69T	19	Oregon State	1-0	Def. Weber State 26-7	Beavers came up with all of 2 FGs in 1st half
72	17	Iowa	1-0	Def. Illinios State 31-14	Hawkeyes were not perfect in this one, Cyclones up next
73T	14	Texas Tech	1-0	Def. Sam Houston State 59-45	Tech could not stop Bearkat offense, which is a problem
73T	14	Nevada-Reno	1-0	Def. California-Davis 31-17	Pack jumped up 31-3, then stopped playing
75	12	Ball State	1-0	Def. Virginia Military Institute 48-36	Give up 36 against VMI? This could get bad
76	10	South Alabama	1-0	Def. Gardner-Webb 33-23	USA is in rebuild mode, but this was nuts
77T	8	Pittsburgh	1-0	Def. Youngstown State 45-37	Pitt lost to YSU in 2012, still gave up over 400 yards again
77T	8	East Carolina	1-0	Def. Towson 28-20	ECU came out flat, almost blew it
79	5	Connecticut	1-0	Def. Villanova 20-15	Huskies offense is still stuck in the mud
80	3	Utah State	1-0	Def. Southern Utah 12-9	Aggies needed late ST TD to beat Tbirds at home
81	1	Indiana	1-0	Def. Southern Illinois 48-47	Hoosiers win as SIU missed 2 point conversion
82T	0	Louisiana State	0-0	McNeese State (Cancelled)	Lightning called this one off
82T	0	Toledo	0-0	Stony Brook (Cancelled)	Same here
82T	0	Massachusetts	0-0	DNP	Minutemen open against Colorado on road this week
82T	0	North Texas	0-0	DNP	UNT opens with SMU this week
86	-109	Florida Atlantic	0-1	Lost to Tulsa 47-44	FAU needed stops, couldn't get them
87	-124	Louisiana-Lafayette	0-1	Lost to Kentucky 40-33	ULL never stopped fighting, came back from 23 down
88T	-128	Texas-San Antonio	0-1	Lost to Arizona 42-32	UTSA showed a strong effort in 10 point loss
88T	-128	Nevada-Las Vegas	0-1	Lost to Northern Illinois 38-30	UNLV was a 22 point dog, led 17-3 at one point.
90	-129	Purdue	0-1	Lost to Marshall 41-31	2 pick 6 plays in one game, and Boilers lost
91	-133	Louisville	0-1	Lost to Auburn 31-24	Down 17, Cardinals charged back late, came up short
92	-138	Colorado	0-1	Lost to Hawaii 28-20	Buffs hit new low, McIntyre on hot seat
93T	-140	Michigan	0-1	Lost to Utah 24-17	Turnover issues still a problem. Harbaugh has work to do
93T	-140	Washington	0-1	Lost to Boise State 16-13	Huskies are too young to win this season
95	-141	North Carolina	0-1	Lost to South Carolina 17-13	UNC gives up 2 picks in end zone, beat themselves
96	-149	Bowling Green State	0-1	Lost to Tenneseee 59-30	Falcons played tough, but didn't have the talent to keep up
97	-151	Wisconsin	0-1	Lost to Alabama 35-17	Badgers usually a strong ground team, now weak there
98	-152	Virginia	0-1	Lost to UCLA 34-16	Cavs averaged 2.9 yards per carry, were never in the game
99T	-154	Arizona State	0-1	Lost to Texas A&M 38-17	Sun Devils couldn't block, couldn't run
99T	-154	Stanford	0-1	Lost to Northwestern 16-6	Cardinal looked flat, Hogan proved to be overhyped
101T	-157	Troy	0-1	Lost to North Carolina State 49-21	Bad loss in 1st game of Neal Brown era
101T	-157	Penn State	0-1	Lost to Temple 27-10	Things were supposed to be better…it's not better
103	-170	Eastern Michigan	0-1	Lost to Old Dominion 38-34	EMU had this game won, found way to lose. How EMU is that?
104	-172	Texas-El Paso	0-1	Lost to Arkansas 48-13	UTEP couldn't stop a girl scout troop this week
105	-173	Louisiana-Monroe	0-1	Lost to Georgia 51-14	ULM had game called in 4th…that's mercy for you
106T	-177	Nebraska	0-1	Lost to Brigham Young 33-28	That's not how you defend a Hail Mary
106T	-177	Texas State	0-1	Lost to Florida State 59-16	Bobcats played well for a half, but you have to play 2 halves
108	-182	Texas	0-1	Lost to Notre Dame 38-3	Horns offense on life support after that drubbing
109	-183	Georgia State	0-1	Lost to Charlotte 23-20	Panthers have 1 win in 3 years, Miles now 1-24 as coach
110T	-185	New Mexico State	0-1	Lost to Florida 61-13	Another stellar Aggie performance
110T	-185	Akron	0-1	Lost to Oklahoma 41-3	Zips had opportunities, completely ignored them
112	-187	Central Florida	0-1	Lost to Florida International 15-14	UCF looked completely lost all night in loss
113T	-189	Idaho	0-1	Lost to Ohio 45-28	Vandals look like themselves again, and that's horrible
113T	-189	Western Michigan	0-1	Lost to Michigan State 37-24	Broncos played neck and neck with Sparty.
113T	-189	Minnesota	0-1	Lost to Texas Christian 23-17	Gophers were down 17-0 before realizing game had started
116	-190	Vanderbilt	0-1	Lost to Western Kentucky 14-12	Vandy offense is putrid, but D isn't bad
117	-193	Arkansas State	0-1	Lost to Southern California 55-6	Wolves never got off the bus in LA.
118T	-194	Virginia Tech	0-1	Lost to Ohio State 42-24	Brewer went down, and effort went with him
118T	-194	Georgia Southern	0-1	Lost to West Virginia 44-0	Eagles were not supposed to let this happen. Shocking
120	-196	Kent State	0-1	Lost to Illinois 52-3	Another typical Kent State performance. Haynes looks done
121	-198	Central Michigan	0-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 24-13	Chippewas had all kinds of chances to pull this off.
122	-202	Southern Mississippi	0-1	Lost to Mississippi State 34-16	Eagles look improved, challenged Bullodgs all day
123	-214	Southern Methodist	0-1	Lost to Baylor 56-21	SMU looks better, still has to shore up defense
124	-223	Tulane	0-1	Lost to Duke 37-7	Green Wave was lost from start. Curtis Johnson's in trouble
125	-265	Kansas	0-1	Lost to South Dakota State 41-38	Kansas made a game of it, but it's another FCS loss
126	-267	Army	0-1	Lost to Fordham 37-35	Cadets should have lost this game last year, won this year…
127	-290	Washington State	0-1	Lost to Portland State 24-17	Leach isn't working out in Pullman. Cougars are a disaster
128	-298	Wyoming	0-1	Lost to North Dakota 24-13	Worst loss by any FBS team all weekend. Horrifying!