2017 College Football FBS PRS Rankings: Week One

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Rank	Points	Team	Record	Opponent
1	455	Hawaii	2-0	Def. Western Carolina 41-18	Rainobows two wins vault them up in points.
2	317	Stanford	1-0	Bye	Cardinal still riding the huge win in Sydney
3	277	Ohio State	1-0	Def. Indiana 49-21	Buckeyes started slow, recovered in 2nd half.
4	276	South Florida	2-0	Def. Stony Brook 31-17	Two wins, neither one perfect.
5	265	Navy	1-0	Def. Florida Atlantic 42-19	Middies survive lightning, Kiffin sabotage attempt.
6	261	Maryland	1-0	Def. Texas 51-41	Terps got huge road win, lose starting QB.
7	259	Clemson	1-0	Def. Kent State 56-3	Impressive win over hapless, listless Kent State.
8	258	Wisconsin	1-0	Def. Utah State 59-10	Badgers go on 59-0 run after trailing by 10 early.
9T	255	Oklahoma	1-0	Def. Texas-El Paso 56-7	Mayfield only needed one half of football here.
9T	255	Central Florida	1-0	Def. Florida International 61-17	Knights may be new dark horse in AAC play.
11T	254	Louisiana State	1-0	Def. Brigham Young 27-0	LSU defense never allows BYU past the 50.
11T	254	Penn State	1-0	Def. Akron 52-0	Lions had this one covered at the half.
13	250	Vanderbilt	1-0	Def. Middle Tennessee State 28-6	Commodores show up on both sides of the football.
14	249	Michigan	1-0	Def. Florida 33-17	Wolverines took some time to get going this week.
15	246	Washington	1-0	Def. Rutgers 30-14	Huskies were uninspired looking against bad team.
16	244	Oklahoma State	1-0	Def. Tulsa 59-24	Rudolph has a field day, Cowboys roll.
17	243	Tennessee	1-0	Def. Georgia Tech 42-41 2 OT's	Huge stop at goal in in 2OT seals up win for Vols.
18T	242	Louisville	1-0	Def. Purdue 35-28	Cardinals looked vulnerable against outclassed Boilers.
18T	242	South Carolina	1-0	Def. North Carolina Sate 35-28	It's Deebo time in Gamecocks win over Pack.
20	241	Alabama	1-0	Def. Florida State 24-7	Defense is stellar, offense has some flaws for Tide.
21	240	California	1-0	Def. North Carolina 35-30	Wilcox era starts out with a bang on long road trip.
22	238	Virginia Tech	1-0	Def. West Virginia 31-24	Hokies get a huge effort out of Jackson at QB in win.
23	232	Notre Dame	1-0	Def. Temple 49-16	Irish start to this season much better than last.
24T	231	Colorado	1-0	Def. Colorado State 17-3	It wasn't pretty, but Buffs stifle archrivals in Denver.
24T	231	Kentucky	1-0	Def. Southern Mississippi 24-17	Wildcats get revenge win over Eagles on road.
26	226	Boston College	1-0	Def. Northern Illinois 23-20	BC shows late game moxy in win over NIU on the road.
27	225	Auburn	1-0	Def. Georgia Southern 41-7	Stidham era is underway, Auburn rolls up on Eagles.
28T	217	Southern California	1-0	Def. Western Michigan 49-31	Trojans were lucky to get this win, trailed late.
28T	217	Mississippi	1-0	Def. South Alabama 47-27	Rebels put troubles aside, roll the Jags for the win.
30	210	Michigan State	1-0	Def. Bowling Green State 35-10	Spartans put up solid, if unspecatcular effort in opener.
31	202	Georgia	1-0	Def. Appalachian State 31-10	Costly wins, as Eason is hurt for unknown period.
32	200	Nebraska	1-0	Def. Arkansas State 43-36	Huskers defense embarrased in narrow win.
33	198	Coastal Carolina	1-0	Def. Massachusetts 38-28	No Moglia as head coach, but Chants win big one anyway.
34	196	UCLA	1-0	Def. Texas A&M 45-44	Bruins execute 2nd largest comeback in history.
35T	195	Iowa	1-0	Def. Wyoming 24-3	Wyo miscues, brutal defense keys in Iowa win.
35T	195	Memphis	1-0	Def. Louisiana-Monroe 37-29	Ferguson lays an egg, Memphis forced to survive.
37	193	Arizona State	1-0	Def. New Mexico State 37-31	Sun Devils are going to be bad, and this shows why.
38	192	Northwestern	1-0	Def. Nevada-Reno 31-20	Another slow Wildcat start nearly has them upset victim.
39	191	Eastern Michigan	1-0	Def. Charlotte 24-7	EMU gets off to another solid start under Creighton.
40	186	Marshall	1-0	Def. Miami (OH) 31-26	Herd needed this win in a big way.
41	185	Boise State	1-0	Def. Troy 24-13	Broncos fairly lifeless in win over Trojans.
42T	177	Minnesota	1-0	Def. Buffalo 17-7	Where was the Gopher offense?
42T	177	Illinois	1-0	Def. Ball State 24-21	Illini were lucky to win this game at home.
44	78	Colorado State	1-1	Lost to Colorado 17-3	Rams offense disappears in loss to Buffs.
45	66	Fresno State	1-0	Def. Incarnate Word 66-0	Last win Bulldogs will see for a while.
46	63	Texas Christian	1-0	Def. Jackson State 63-0	Frogs needed strong early start, and got one.
47	62	Air Force	1-0	Def. Virginia Military Institute 62-0	Falcons have no trouble with fellow Military Academy.
48	59	Ohio	1-0	Def. Hampton 59-0	Solich and co. now have shot at Big 10 win vs. Purdue.
49	58	Army	1-0	Def. Fordham 64-6	Cadets showed up in a huge way against pesky Rams.
50	56	Oregon	1-0	Def. Southern Utah 77-21	Ducks gave up too many points, but offense is stellar.
51	53	Duke	1-0	Def. North Carolina Central 60-7	No real point in continuing this series.
52	49	Mississippi State	1-0	Def. Charleston Southern 49-0	Bulldogs cruise in start vs. FCS upstart.
53	46	Texas Tech	1-0	Def. Eastern Washington 56-10	Red Raiders shut down upset talk early.
54	45	North Texas	1-0	Def. Lamar 59-14	UNT cruises against Harvey battered Beaumont school.
55T	44	Wake Forest	1-0	Def. Presbyterian 51-7	Clawson flashes some offene against hapless Blue Hose
55T	44	Southern Methodist	1-0	Def. Stephen F. Austin State 58-14	Now try beating someone credible next week.
57	43	Syracuse	1-0	Def. Central Connectictu State 50-7	See above comment on beating someone credible.
58	42	Arkansas	1-0	Def. Florida A&M 49-7	And another…
59	38	Arizona	1-0	Def. Northern Arizona 62-24	"Rivalry" game ends in a massacre.
60	36	Kansas State	1-0	Def. Central Arkansas 55-19	Jesse Ertz has huge game in return from surgery.
61	34	Toledo	1-0	Def. Elon 47-13	Rockets cruised, now must play someone real.
62T	31	Washington State	1-0	Def. Montana State 31-0	Cougars could have done worse damage.
62T	31	Alabama-Birmingham	1-0	Def. Alabama A&M 38-7	UAB wins debut game in return to college football.
64T	29	Missouri	1-0	Def. Missouri State 72-43	That defense is nauseating, but the offense is fun.
64T	29	Tulane	1-0	Def. Grambling State 43-14	Willie Fritz gets much needed confidence booster.
66T	28	Miami (FL)	1-0	Def. Bethune-Cookman 41-13	Miami should never play teams like these.
66T	28	Louisiana Tech	1-0	Def. Northwestern State 52-24	After slow start, Bulldogs pull away late.
68	24	New Mexico	1-0	Def. Abilene Christian 38-14	Lobos look sloppy early, pull away in end.
69T	22	Kansas	1-0	Def. Southeast Missouri State 38-16	Finally, and FCS team Kansas can beat.
69T	22	Idaho	1-0	Def. Sacramento State 28-6	This game will mean something next year.
71T	21	Utah	1-0	Def. North Dakota 37-16	Not the prettiest win for the Utes, but they will take it.
71T	21	San Diego State	1-0	Def. California-Davis 38-17	Aztecs played rather uninspired football this week.
73T	18	Virginia	1-0	Def. William & Mary 28-10	Cavaliers gain some pep, but now it gets real.
73T	18	Iowa State	1-0	Def. Northern Iowa 42-24	Cyclones could surprise some folks in Big 12 play.
75T	14	Western Kentucky	1-0	Def. Eastern Kentucky 31-17	Offense is much slower than it was a year ago.
75T	14	Old Dominion	1-0	Def. Albany 31-17	Monarchs get pushed by solid Great Danes.
77	12	Cincinnati	1-0	Def. Austin Peay State 26-14	UC should have won this game by 60, may be very bad.
78	9	Texas State	1-0	Def. Houston Baptist 20-11	Same old Bobcats…they may not win another.
79T	7	Pittsburgh	1-0	Def. Youngstown State 28-21 OT	Pitt gets pushed, much as I thought they would.
79T	7	Connecticut	1-0	Def. Holy Cross 27-20	U Conn may be another team that falls flat.
81T	3	Louisiana-Lafayette	1-0	Def. Southeastern Louisiana 51-48	How does Hudspeth still have a job here?
81T	3	Central Michigan	1-0	Def. Rhode Island 30-27 3 OT's	This was an embarrassment, and CMU needs a gut check
83T	0	Houston	0-0	Texas-San Antonio (Postponned)	Another Harvey victim…
83T	0	Texas-San Antonio	0-0	Houston (Postponned)	See above
85	-107	Texas A&M	0-1	Lost to UCLA 45-44	I would have fired Sumlin immediately.
86	-110	Georgia Tech	0-1	Lost to Tennessee 42-41 2 OT's	Tech got so close on gutsy call at end of game.
87	-121	Arkansas State	0-1	Lost to Nebraska 43-36	Red Wolves pushed Huskers all day long.
88	-125	New Mexico State	0-1	Lost to Arizona State 37-31	Aggies are not as good as this score indicates.
89T	-129	North Carolina State	0-1	Lost to South Carolina 35-28	Pack had more yards, but gave up too many big plays.
89T	-129	Purdue	0-1	Lost to Louisville 35-28	Boilermakers had Cardinals on ropes many times.
89T	-129	Louisiana-Monroe	0-1	Lost to Memphis 37-29	ULM shocks everyone by pushing Tigers to the end.
89T	-129	Miami (OH)	0-1	Lost to Marshall 31-26	Red Hawks off to another slow start.
93	-132	Ball State	0-1	Lost to Illinois 24-21	Ball State is not very good, but neither was Illinois.
94	-133	West Virginia	0-1	Lost to Virginia Tech 31-24	Grier loses firstgame as starter, defense falls short.
95	-137	Western Michigan	0-1	Lost to Southern California 49-31	Broncos pushed hard, but ran out of gas in 4th.
96	-141	Nevada-Reno	0-1	Lost to Northwestern 31-20	Wolfpack had Wildcats down, let them back up.
97	-143	South Alabama	0-1	Lost to Mississippi 47-27	At least the Jags covered.
98	-148	Troy	0-1	Lost to Boise State 24-13	Trojans just could not match offense with defense.
99	-149	Florida	0-1	Lost to Michigan 33-17	Gators still need a QB, apparently.
100	-151	Oregon State	1-1	Def. Portland State 35-32	Missed PSU FG keeps this one from OT.
101	-153	Buffalo	0-1	Lost to Minnesota 17-7	Defense was shockingly good, but offense still missing.
102T	-160	Florida State	0-1	Lost to Alabama 24-7	Francois injury, poor run game, kills Seminoles.
102T	-160	Charlotte	0-1	Lost to Eastern Michigan 24-7	49ers still trying to find themselves in FBS football
104T	-161	Tulsa	0-1	Lost to Oklahoma State 59-24	Too many personnel losses to stay with Cowboys.
104T	-161	Appalachian State	0-1	Lost to Georgia 31-10	Mountaineers take out Eason, but cannot get going.
106	-163	Brigham Young	1-1	Lost to Louisiana State 27-0	BYU offense is lifeless, and defense wore out.
107	-165	Bowling Green State	0-1	Lost to Michigan State 35-10	Falcons offense stays on the bus.
108	-167	Temple	0-1	Lost to Notre Dame 49-16	Rebuilding is the word of the day in Philly.
109	-168	Wyoming	0-1	Lost to Iowa 24-3	Cowboys made too many mistakes on ST, offense.
110	-169	Texas	0-1	Lost to Maryland 51-41	Herman era starts off with a thud, defense is a mess.
111	-172	North Carolina	0-1	Lost to California 35-30	Carolina stalls out in home opening loss.
112T	-177	San Jose State	1-1	Def. California Poly 34-13	Spartans bounce back with solid home win.
112T	-177	Florida International	0-1	Lost to Central Florida 61-17	Butch Davis has some serious work to do.
112T	-177	Georgia Southern	0-1	Lost to Auburn 41-7	Tyson Summers may be in over his head.
115	-183	Northern Illinois	0-1	Lost to Boston College 23-20	Loss does nothing to slow down "fire Carey" talk.
116	-189	Utah State	0-1	Lost to Wisconsin 59-10	Aggies started strong, then fell apart.
117	-190	Southern Mississippi	0-1	Lost to Kentucky 24-17	Eagles cannot repeat upset win of a year ago.
118	-192	Texas-El Paso	0-1	Lost to Oklahoma 56-7	Miners not even in same universe as Sooners.
119	-198	Rice	0-1	Bye	Not playing is best thing Owls could do this week.
120	-200	Kent State	0-1	Lost to Clemson 56-3	Will Paul Haynes even bother to return from medical leave?
121T	-202	Rutgers	0-1	Lost to Washington 30-14	Some improvement shown, results are the same.
121T	-202	Akron	0-1	Lost to Penn State 52-0	The Zipless get trampled on the road.
123	-204	Florida Atlantic	0-1	Lost to Navy 42-19	Lame Kiffin plays shenanigans, gets head handed to him.
124	-207	Indiana	0-1	Lost to Ohio State 49-21	Strong 1st half, weak 2nd in rough loss in Big 10 play.
125	-216	Middle Tennessee State	0-1	Lost to Vanderbilt 28-6	Raiders were supposed to be better than this.
126	-258	Baylor	0-1	Lost to Liberty 48-45	Karma, it's a…well, you know.
127	-263	Nevada-Las Vegas	0-1	Lost to Howard 43-40	There are no words for this, and fewer excuses.
128	-297	Georgia State	0-1	Lost to Tennessee State 17-10	That's the way to open a new stadium, with FCS loss.
129	-300	Massachusetts	0-2	Lost to Coastal Carolina 38-28	Best player gets dinged up in loss, more dark clouds.
130	-306	East Carolina	0-1	Lost to James Madison 34-14	Scottie Montgomery is in way over his head here.