Last Week's Recap: I picked Fresno State to defeat UNLV and get off of my list, and if you went to bed like a normal person Friday night you missed a great 17 point comeback that lead to the Fresno State Bulldogs getting the win number 2 of the season, officially eliminating them from the chase of worst football team in the FBS. Idaho defeated Troy in last week's "Turn off the TV Battle" so they also are off of the list. Georgia State defeated Ball State, Virginia defeated Syracuse and Army defeated Bucknell putting all 3 teams at the 2 win plateau. The only other team to win was Wyoming, who defeated Nevada for their first win of the season, however they still remain on this shameful list. 15 teams remain, 4 of them have zero wins . Here is this week's Terrible Ten, and my predictions for their games.
TERRIBLE TEN (Last Result) (Last Week's Rank):
10-UTSA 1-6 (Lost to Southern Miss by 22) (10)
9-Florida Atlantic 1-5 (Lost to Marshall by 16) (NR)
8-Wyoming 1-6 (Win over Nevada) (3)
7-Miami Ohio 1-6 (Lost to Northern Illinois by 33) (8)
6-Eastern Michigan 1-6 (Lost to Toledo by 43) (9)
5-Kansas 0-6 (Lost to Texas Tech by 10) (6)
4-UL Monroe 1-5 (Lost to Appalachian State by 45) (NR)
3-UCF 0-7 (Lost to Temple by 14) (5)
2-New Mexico State 0-6 (Lost to Georgia Southern by 30) (2)
1-North Texas 0-6(Lost to WKU by 27) (1)
Other 1 win teams not ranked: Purdue, SMU, Texas State, Troy, Massachusetts
Predictions:
UTSA is idle this week.
Florida Atlantic @ UTEP: I call for FAU, a 6.5pt favorite to win this week against the Miners.
Wyoming @ Boise: Boise State on the blue turf is a 35 point favorite, and easily defeats Wyoming.
Miami Ohio @ Western MI: WMU looked good against MSU/Ohio State, Miami is an easy W.
Eastern MI @ Northern Ill: EMU hasn't won a road MAC game since 2012, this wont change this wk
Kansas @ Oklahoma St: Another tough road Big Twelve game for Kansas, another blowout loss.
UL Monroe @ Idaho: The Kibbie Dome is not intimidating, but Idaho will get a home win over ULM
UCF v Houston: Houston has a zero in their record, the loss column. Expect #21 Houston in a big W
New Mexico State v Troy: Look at Turn off TV Battle below for prediction.
North Texas @ Marshall: No Rakeem Cato, but Marshall beat Purdue and is 6-1, should beat NT.
This week's Turn off the TV Battle involves Troy yet again, as the 1-5 Trojans, fresh off a loss in this game will travel to Las Cruces to play the 0-6 New Mexico State Aggies (2). Troy is coming off the tough loss to the Vandals last week, and New Mexico State is coming off a loss to the reigning Sun Belt Champions. New Mexico State has averaged 33.5 points on everyone not named Florida and Ole Miss, and for this reason and the fact they are at home, I will take the Aggies to earn win number 1, snapping a 16 game streak dating back to last year.
There will be an another post later this week previewing MSU and Indiana, and will include another new weekly ranking that hopefully everyone will enjoy. Thanks for all of the immediate support and following I gained rather quickly in this new blog, it makes it a lot more fun to write.
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