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Midseason Apology Tour: Blown Preseason Rankings for Kentucky, Utah State and Other Teams

HERO Sports by HERO Sports
October 8, 2018
Midseason Apology Tour: Blown Preseason Rankings for Kentucky, Utah State and Other Teams

Utah State was not ranked in my preseason Top 100 College Football Rankings. The Aggies missed the cut by two spots because I thought they were the 102nd-best team in the country. Utah State is not the 102nd-best team in the country.

With their Week 6 obliteration of BYU, Utah State is 4-1 for the first since 2012 and is a blown lead vs. Michigan State away from their first 5-0 start since 1965. They're averaging 50 points per game, are one of 20 FBS teams with an active 2018 win streak of at least four games and are tied atop the Mountain West Mountain Division standings. And at No. 43 in the Week 7 Top 100, Utah State is 59 spots higher than their preseason ranking, the biggest jump in the FBS.

Utah State is one of six teams currently ranked at least 40 spots higher than their preseason rankings. Including the Aggies, three of those teams are in the Mountain West: New Mexico (48 spots: No. 125 to No. 77) and Hawai'i (44: No. 116 to No. 72). Five more teams have improved by at least 30 spots and 10 more by at least 20 spots. 

Despite suffering their first loss of the season in Week 6, Kentucky is tied with New Mexico for the second-largest ranking improvement. The Wildcats were No. 65 in the Preseason Top 100 and rose to No. 13 in Week 6 before dropping to No. 17 in Week 7.

MORE: Week 7 Playoff Eliminator

Here are the 51 teams who have improved their preseason ranking:

Team Preseason Week 7 Improvement
Utah State 102 43 59
Kentucky 65 17 48
New Mexico 125 77 48
Cincinnati 92 46 46
Hawai'i 116 72 44
Colorado 75 35 40
Washington State 64 29 35
BYU 101 67 34
Arizona State 81 48 33
App State 62 31 31
Air Force 109 79 30
Buffalo 85 57 28
Middle Tennessee 106 78 28
LSU 36 11 25
Syracuse 77 52 25
Miami (OH) 112 89 23
Texas 29 8 21
Illinois 111 90 21
Army 58 38 20
Georgia Southern 95 75 20
East Carolina 120 100 20
Akron 113 94 19
NC State 39 22 17
Northern Illinois 105 88 17
Louisiana Tech 72 56 16
Iowa 38 23 15
Texas Tech 48 33 15
Duke 54 39 15
USF 59 44 15
Texas A&M 33 19 14
North Texas 63 49 14
UAB 74 60 14
Tulane 87 73 14
Notre Dame 17 4 13
West Virginia 23 10 13
Virginia 82 70 12
UCF 26 15 11
San Diego State 40 30 10
Florida 27 18 9
Oregon 28 20 8
Houston 56 50 6
Penn State 11 6 5
Troy 71 66 5
Baylor 45 41 4
Ohio State 5 3 2
Purdue 57 55 2
Indiana 73 71 2
Vanderbilt 83 81 2
Southern Miss 94 92 2
Georgia 3 2 1
Oklahoma 10 9 1
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