CFN 2010 Final Rankings
No. 101 to No. 120
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The Formula's Components:
1. Wins. - If you win, everything else falls into place. Each
win counts as 1.
2. Quality Wins - The number of wins over teams that
finished with a winning record. Each win counts as
1.
3. Elite Wins - The number of wins over teams that
finished with two losses or fewer. Each win counts
as 1 with a road win over an Elite team getting an
extra 0.5. Also counting as 1 is a road win over a
team that finished with three losses or fewer (but
the extra 0.5 isn't added). A win over a team that finishes with
three losses in a bowl game counts as one.
4. Bad Loss - The number of losses to teams that
finished with three wins or fewer or a loss to a FCS
(DI-AA) team. Each loss counts as minus-1. Take away
an additional 0.5 for a Bad Loss at home.
5. Bad Win - The number of wins to teams that
finished with three wins or fewer, or a win over a
D-IAA team. Each win counts as minus 0.25.
6. Elite Loss - The number of losses to teams that
finished with two losses or fewer. Each loss counts
as 0.25.
7. Point Differential - Points for minus points
against divided by 100.
8. Winning Percentage - To take losses into account,
winning percentage is in the mix. Total wins is the
tie-breaker followed by winning percentage.
120. New Mexico (1-11) 2010 CFN Score: -6.59
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 108
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 3-9
2009 Final Ranking: 117
2009 Final Score. -2.52
2008 Final Ranking: 5.38
2008 Final Score: 80
Key Stat: The
Lobos allowed 50 yards more per game than they did
in 2009. and were last in the nation in scoring
defense.
Not only did New Mexico have the worst season of
anyone in America; it wasn't even close. Year Two of
the Mike Locksley experience hasn't exactly worked
out. The Lobos managed to come up with one home win
over Wyoming and lost to a slew of bad teams
including New Mexico State with blowouts against
Colorado State and UNLV. The team wasn't even
competitive late with the nation's worst run defense
and the nation's least effective offense.
119. San Jose State (1-12) 2010 CFN Score:
-3-34
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 105
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 4-9
2009 Final Ranking: 113
2009 Final Score. -0.57
2008 Final Ranking: 82
2008 Final Score: 5.15
Key Stat: The
Spartans were 119th in the nation in rushing and
117th in total defense.
Considering the Spartans are the only FBS team to
not beat an FBS team, it's sort of a gift that they
didn't finish the season dead last. The lone victory
came against Southern Utah, but the high point of
the season might have been not getting blown away by
Wisconsin, losing 27-14. The team at least put up a
fight with five losses by a touchdown or less, with
four coming in the final five games, but there
wasn't a break to get over the hump.
118. Akron (3-9) 2010 CFN
Score: -3.10
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 109
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2009 Final Ranking: 102
2009 Final Score. 2.11
2008 Final Ranking: 88
2008 Final Score: 4.52
Key Stat: The Zips were
119th in the nation in total offense and 118th in
scoring.
Rob Ianello didn't exactly turn things around right
away, and it took a last-week win over a dead
Buffalo team to avoid a winless season. There were
two overtime losses, including a double-OT
embarrassment to Gardner-Webb, but blowouts were the
norm for an offense that only scored more than 20
points three times. There wasn't any one thing the
Zips did well.
117. Buffalo (2-10)
2010 CFN Score: -2.47
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 9-3
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2009 Final Ranking: 81
2009 Final Score. 4.96
2008 Final Ranking: 52
2008 Final Score:10.36
Key Stat: UB was
dead-last in the nation in scoring, averaging 14.17
points per game.
The first year under Jeff Quinn was awful, getting
worse as the season went on and finishing with the
offense going from miserable to the worst in college
football. UB failed to score more than 17 points in
the final seven games including inexcusably awful
performances against Eastern Michigan, Ball State,
and Akron. The two wins came over Rhode Island from
the FCS and a bad Bowling Green on the road.
116. Eastern Michigan (2-10) 2010 CFN Score:
-2.32
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 120
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 0-12
2009 Final Ranking: 119
2009 Final Score. -4.97
2008 Final Ranking: 113
2008 Final Score: -1.43
Key Stat: EMU was next-to-last in the nation in pass
efficiency defense and was 112th in turnover margin.
There was a little bit of improvement under Ron
English, but not much. The win over Ball State ended
a long and painful losing streak, but that was in
overtime, and the other victory was a 21-17 win over
Buffalo. The week after, EMU closed out the year
with a 71-3 loss to Northern Illinois. The defense
was miserable and the offense wasn't strong, but the
running of QB Alex Gillett helped give the attack an
identity.
115. Memphis (1-11)
2010 CFN Score: 0.36
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 115
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 1-11
2009 Final Ranking: 108
2009 Final Score.2-10
2008 Final Ranking: 78
2008 Final Score: 5.71
Key Stat: MU was dead
last in America in pass efficiency defense and dead
last in punt returns.
The cupboard was bare for first year head coach
Larry Porter, and it showed as his team couldn't
score and struggled to stop anyone. If that wasn't
enough, the special teams were among the worst in
college football. The lone win was over Middle
Tennessee in September, and after a 16-13 loss to
UTEP, the Tigers didn't come within double digits of
anyone else.
114. New Mexico State (2-10) 2010 CFN Score:
-1.69
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 117
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 1-11
2009 Final Ranking: 112
2009 Final Score. -0.39
2008 Final Ranking: 109
2008 Final Score: 0.82
Key Stat: NMSU was
second-to-last in the nation in sacks and tackles
for loss.
The second year under DeWayne Walker wasn't much
better than the first as the team struggled to find
an offensive identity. The defense didn't come up
with any pass rush, and the attack had a hard time
putting points up on the board, failing to score
more than 29 on anyone. The two wins were over
miserable New Mexico and San Jose State teams, and
the two victories came by a grand total of four
points.
113. UNLV (2-11) 2010 CFN Score: -1.37
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 79
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 5-8
2009 Final Ranking: 88
2009 Final Score.4.26
2008 Final Ranking: 93
2008 Final Score:3.83
Key Stat: The Rebels
were 118th in the nation in total offense.
Bobby Hauck couldn't find any offense in his first
season at the helm, while his defense struggled to
generate any pressure and couldn't slow down any
offense with a pulse. However, the team kept on
fighting. The two wins over two bad teams, New
Mexico and Wyoming, were blowouts, but there wasn't
any prayer of keeping up with the better teams.
112. Bowling Green (2-10)
2010 CFN Score: -1.06
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 114
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2009 Final Ranking: 65
2009 Final Score.8.42
2008 Final Ranking: 84
2008 Final Score: 5.04
Key Stat: BGSU was
dead last in the nation in rushing.
It was a major rebuilding year for the Broncos, and
it showed with four close losses as the offense
failed to produce anywhere near the 2009 level. The
offense failed to score more than 27 points in every
game but one, a 44-28 blowout over Marshall. The big
problem was MAC play with just one win, while an
inexcusable home loss to Buffalo was a problem in
the team's ranking.
111. Vanderbilt (2-10) 2010 CFN Score: -1.04
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 64
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 1-11
2009 Final Ranking: 106
2009 Final Score. 1.08
2008 Final Ranking: 43
2008 Final Score: 11.48
Key Stat: Vandy was
119th in the nation in passing efficiency.
The Commodores lost their head coach, Bobby Johnson,
before the season, and they never seemed to find
anything that worked. There was the obvious layup
against Eastern Michigan when the offense had a
52-point cathartic performance, and there was a
stunning win at Ole Miss. That was it. The
season-ending home loss to Wake Forest closed out a
miserable final seven games. The Commodores weren't
even close.
110. Western Kentucky (2-10) 2010 CFN Score:
-0.82
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 118
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 1-11
2009 Final Ranking: 120
2009 Final Score.-5.80
2008 Final Ranking: Not Ranked
2008 Final Score: Not Ranked
Key Stat: WKU was 35th in the nation in rushing and
36th in pass defense
After finishing last year dead last in the rankings
by a ten-mile wide margin, the program started to
change around in the first season under Willie
Taggart, who got the ground game going with Bobby
Rainey finishing third in the nation averaging 137
yards per game. The long losing streak was ended
with a 54-21 win over UL Lafayette, and the
Hilltoppers beat Arkansas State while showing life
with four losses by seven points or fewer.
109. Ball State (2-10) 2010 CFN Score: -0.68
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 103
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2009 Final Ranking: 116
2009 Final Score. -1.91
2008 Final Ranking: 18
2008 Final Score: 16.38
Key Stat: The Cardinals finished 106th in the nation
in offense.
Stan Parrish couldn't get the program turning around
over the last two years and was let go. Pete Lembo
will take over after being the head man at Elon, and
he'll have to step up an offense that was the worst
in the MAC in passing and among the worst in the
nation at getting into the backfield. The four wins
were the most by any of the bottom 19 teams, and the
Cardinals went 3-5 in MAC play, but home losses to
Liberty and Eastern Michigan were a killer to the
ranking.
108. Kansas (3-9) 2010 CFN Score: -0.33
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 58
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2009 Final Ranking: 74
2009 Final Score. 6.54
2008 Final Ranking: 39
2008 Final Score: 12.46
Key Stat: KU was
113th in the nation in offense and 98th in defense
A disastrous nightmare, Turner Gill's first season
had one shocking win over Georgia Tech, one stunning
quarter against Colorado, and a blowout layup
against New Mexico State. The offense was awful, the
defense was worse as the season went on, and after
starting out with a loss to North Dakota State, and
finished with a total of 24 points in the final
three games.
107. Louisiana-Lafayette (3-9)
2010 CFN Score: -0.01
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 116
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 2-10
2009 Final Ranking: 92
2009 Final Score. 3.77
2008 Final Ranking: 75
2008 Final Score: 6.18
Key Stat: ULL was
118th in the nation in kickoff returns in 2009 and
dead last, 120th, this year.
The Ragin’ Cajuns were a raging disappointment with
a rough seven-loss run before closing out with a
nice 23-22 rivalry win over ULM. The 54-21 home loss
to Western Kentucky was the low point, but being
unable to hang around with the better Sun Belt teams
was a bit worse, showing how far the program is away
from being a contender.
106. Colorado State (3-9)
2010 CFN Score: 2.27
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 101
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 4-8
2009 Final Ranking: 101
2009 Final Score. 2.27
2008 Final Ranking: 55
2008 Final Score: 9.13
Key Stat: The Rams
were 118th in the nation in pass efficiency defense
and 118th in sacks allowed.
The Rams couldn't find their offense early on,
scoring just 19 points in four of the first five
games, and they were wildly inconsistent throughout
the year with the wins coming against the true dregs
of the Mountain West, UNLV and New Mexico, and
against a bad Idaho defense. However, as bad as
things were at times, they ended worse with a 44-0
loss to an awful Wyoming.
105. Washington State (2-10)
2010 CFN Score: -1.10
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 89
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 3-9
2009 Final Ranking: 115
2009 Final Score.-1.10
2008 Final Ranking: 115
2008 Final Score: -2.15
Key Stat: Wazzu finished 118th in the nation in total
defense and second-to-last in sacks allowed.
2010 wasn't as bad as 2009, but it wasn't far off.
The Cougars were able to come up with a stunning win
over Oregon State, with a bowl-crushing 31-14 win
over the Beavers, and came up with a 23-22 win over
Montana State early on. That was it for the fun.
However, they were more competitive as the year went
on, losing to Cal and Washington by a touchdown.
104. Wyoming (3-9)
2010 CFN Score: 0.91
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 107
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 3-9
2009 Final Ranking: 75
2009 Final Score. 6.37
2008 Final Ranking: 103
2008 Final Score: 2.77
Key Stat: The Cowboys
were 116th in the nation in total offense.
Dave Christensen’s second year was a disaster
compared to the successful, first season with just
two FBS wins. The Cowboys started the year with a
win over Southern Utah and ended with a stunning
44-0 win over Colorado State, and the lone oasis was
a stunner at Toledo, that looked better as the
season went on. bad losses to New Mexico and UNLV
late in the year were disastrous for the ranking.
103. Wake Forest (3-9)
2010 CFN Score: 1.18
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 55
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 5-7
2009 Final Ranking: 76
2009 Final Score.5.93
2008 Final Ranking: 32
2008 Final Score: 13.97
Key Stat: Wake
Forest was last in the ACC in scoring defense and
11th in scoring offense.
After starting out 2-0 with 107 points put on the
board against Presbyterian and Duke. nothing seemed
to work as the quarterback situation couldn't get
settled because of injures, and the defense
struggled throughout getting obliterated by
Stanford, Virginia Tech, and Maryland. The Demon
Deacons scored 141 points in the three wins and 132
in the nine losses.
102. Central Michigan (3-9) 2010 CFN
Score: 1.31
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 96
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 7-5
2009 Final Ranking: 12
2009 Final Score. 17.96
2008 Final Ranking: 56
2008 Final Score: 9.03
Key Stat: CMU was 112th
in the nation in turnover margin
One of the biggest ranking drops in the history of
college football, let's just say it was a rebuilding
year under Dan Enos after losing Dan LeFevour and a
slew of key stars from the 2009 MAC championship
juggernaut. The offense couldn't run the ball, but
the defense wasn't bad; the wins weren't there. Five
losses came by seven points or fewer, and the hope
has to be that experience equals production next
year.
101. Arkansas State (4-8) 2010
CFN Score: 3.51
2010 CFN Preseason Rank: 94
CFN 2010 Preseason Prediction: 6-6
2009 Final Ranking: 95
2009 Final Score. 3.51
2008 Final Ranking: 64
2008 Final Score: 7.64
Key Stat: ASU was
last in the Sun Belt and 110th in the nation in run
defense.
Never able to find any consistency. the offense
revolved around Ryan Aplin and his all-around
ability to get the attack moving, but the defense
couldn't stop anyone. The run defense was a
particular disaster. An overtime loss to Western
Kentucky and a road defeat to Louisiana-Lafayette
were a problem for the ranking as part of five
losses by seven points or fewer.
2010 CFN Final Rankings
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Top 10 |
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11-25 | Rankings
26-50
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51-75 |
Rankings 76-100 | The
Bottom 20