CUSA Power Ranking after week three

[SpaceRaider]

my take

1 Latech 1-2, two tough close losses @wku and @Kansas State & blowout over a swac team
2 wku 2-1, two close wins (total margin 5 pts) and one close tough loss on road by 3pts
3 Marshall 2-1, win over Purdue, a loss to a MAC school, and a blowout over a weak 1aa hbcu Norfolk St
4 MT 2-1, covered the spread @ Alabama, and blowout wins over two bad teams
5 Rice 2-1, blowout win over 1aa team, 2TD loss at a mediocre Texas, &conference win over UNT in Denton
6 FIU 2-1, road win over a bad UCF, 2TD loss @ Indiana, blowout win over hbcu nccu
7 Southern Miss 2-1, loss at home to MSU, blowout of austin peay, and road win over tx state 56-30
8 FAU 0-3, tought road loss at Tulsa, home losses to Miami(FL) and Buffalo.
9 ODU 2-1, road win at weak Eastern Mich, 2td win over a 1aa hbcu Norfolk St, and 24pt loss at NC State.
10 Utep 1-2, 35 and 49 point blowout losses @ Arkansas & TxTech and road win @ weak NMSU in OT
11 Utsa 0-3 blowout losses to two top 25 teams in Arizona, Oklahoma State, and 27 point loss at Kansas St
12 North Texas 0-2, losses to Rice and SMU
13 Charlotte 2-1, we saw it - not ready for prime time

 

[Blueraider_Mike]

I think any of the top 7 could be rank in any order....its early.

 

[SpaceRaider]

some rankings pulled from postings on cusa board:

ESPN Football Power Index & Championship Odds
51. Louisiana Tech - 32.1%
56. Middle Tennessee - 26.1%
60. Western Kentucky - 19.9%
68. Marshall - 8.3%
82. Rice - 10.1%
88. Southern Miss - 2.6%
94. FIU - 0.6%
108. Florida Atlantic - 0.2%
113. Old Dominion - 0.0%
116. UTEP - 0.1%
117. North Texas - 0.0%
123. UTSA - 0.0%
126. Charlotte - 0.0%




Sagarin Ratings:
55 Tech
60 MT
66 WKU
76 Marshall
85 Rice
111 USM
122 FIU
131 FAU
144 UTSA
146 UNT
149 ODU
153 UTEP
187 Charlotte