I exported this to Excel and added the Difference column.
If you took preseason expectation and current power rankings, Iowa would be the #14 highest to under achieve.
and, yes, I know, last they overachieved.
Florida State is a -5, which to Vegas rankings isn't much, but their 2 losses have, essentially, eliminated, them from the CFPlayoffs. Teams, like Florida State, can reload, for the most part.
From a power rankings, it's hard to argue seeing Notre Dame and Oregon, that high, on this list.
Rank Team Pre 11-Oct Difference
115 Bowling Green 67.5 56.5 -11
42 Notre Dame 87.5 77.51 -10
48 Oregon 85.4 75.42 -10
94 Marshall 70.5 62.98 -7.5
27 Stanford 89.4 81.88 -7.5
41 Michigan State 85.5 78.03 -7.5
100 Rutgers 67.6 60.62 -7
111 San Jose State 64.5 57.48 -7
12 LSU 94.3 87.32 -7
49 Mississippi State 82.3 75.28 -7
123 Florida Atlantic 60.2 53.15 -7
11 Oklahoma 93.9 87.36 -6.5
79 Cincinnati 73.4 66.9 -6.5
45 Iowa 83.3 77.32 -6
FYI: Biggest surprise? Colorado, at a +9, followed by Army and Louisville at a +7.5.
Other B1G teams:
Ohio State is a +6.5.
Michigan, Wisconsin: a +4
Indiana, Maryland +2
Nebraska +1
Minnesota -1.5
Illinois, Northwestern -3
Purdue -3.5
Penn State -5
Purdue and Penn State seem to have a better record, but Vegas feels they are worse, now, than, at preseason.
LINK: http://pregame.com/pregame-forums/f/12/t/1551896.aspx
If you took preseason expectation and current power rankings, Iowa would be the #14 highest to under achieve.
and, yes, I know, last they overachieved.
Florida State is a -5, which to Vegas rankings isn't much, but their 2 losses have, essentially, eliminated, them from the CFPlayoffs. Teams, like Florida State, can reload, for the most part.
From a power rankings, it's hard to argue seeing Notre Dame and Oregon, that high, on this list.
Rank Team Pre 11-Oct Difference
115 Bowling Green 67.5 56.5 -11
42 Notre Dame 87.5 77.51 -10
48 Oregon 85.4 75.42 -10
94 Marshall 70.5 62.98 -7.5
27 Stanford 89.4 81.88 -7.5
41 Michigan State 85.5 78.03 -7.5
100 Rutgers 67.6 60.62 -7
111 San Jose State 64.5 57.48 -7
12 LSU 94.3 87.32 -7
49 Mississippi State 82.3 75.28 -7
123 Florida Atlantic 60.2 53.15 -7
11 Oklahoma 93.9 87.36 -6.5
79 Cincinnati 73.4 66.9 -6.5
45 Iowa 83.3 77.32 -6
FYI: Biggest surprise? Colorado, at a +9, followed by Army and Louisville at a +7.5.
Other B1G teams:
Ohio State is a +6.5.
Michigan, Wisconsin: a +4
Indiana, Maryland +2
Nebraska +1
Minnesota -1.5
Illinois, Northwestern -3
Purdue -3.5
Penn State -5
Purdue and Penn State seem to have a better record, but Vegas feels they are worse, now, than, at preseason.
LINK: http://pregame.com/pregame-forums/f/12/t/1551896.aspx