New Power Rankings for 9.12.10

The favorites all won in the WAC, therefore, there is no change in the power rankings from last week.

Offensive player of the Week: Nevada QB Colin Kaepernick
Defensive Team of the Week: Nevada
Game of the week: Hawaii 31 Army 28

Nevada 51 Colorado State 6
San Diego State 41 New Mexico State 21
Utah State 38 Idaho State 17
Texas A&M 48 Louisiana Tech 16
Nebraska 37 Idaho 17
Wisconsin 27 San Jose State 14
Hawaii 31 Army 28

1. Boise State
2. Nevada
3. Fresno State
4. Idaho
5. Utah State
6. Louisiana Tech
7. Hawaii
8. New Mexico State
9. San Jose State

MWC

It was not a big surprise that Air Force beat BYU, it was the fact that we witnessed BYU's worst offensive performance since the 3-0 loss to Utah. Otherwise, things went as expected.

Offensive Player of the Week: Air Force RB Asher Clark
Defensive Team of the Week: Air Force
Game of the Week: None Chosen. Sorry, no games were within two scores.

Nevada 51 Colorado State 6
San Diego State 41 New Mexico State 21
Air Force 35 BYU 14
Utah 38 UNLV 10
Texas 34 Wyoming 7
TCU 62 Tennessee Tech 7
Texas Tech 52 New Mexico 17

Power Rankings
1. TCU
2. Utah
3. Air Force
4. San Diego State
5. BYU
6. Wyoming
7. UNLV
8. Colorado State
9. Wyoming

With 2012 alignment:

1. Boise State
2. TCU
3. Nevada
4. Air Force
5. Fresno State
6. San Diego State
7. Wyoming
8. UNLV
9. Colorado State
10. Wyoming

Big Sky
This is where the action was this week. We had Eastern Washington almost loosing to a D-II squad. Montana State almost beating a FBS school, while Northern Arizona hung with Arizona State for 3 quarters. Cal Poly getting past Montana with their backup quarterback. Not to mention the 4-OT thriller in Ogden. Yes, it was a fun Saturday in "The Sky." All of this puts quite the shuffle in the power rankings.

Co-Offensive Players of the Week: Weber State QB Cameron Higgins, Portland State RB Cory McCaffrey,
Defensive Team of the Week: Montana State
Game of the Week: Weber State 50 Northern Colorado 47

Power Rankings:
1. Montana State
2. Weber State
3. Montana
4. Northern Arizona
5. Northern Colorado
6. Portland State
7. Eastern Washington
8. Sacramento State
9. Idaho State

With 2011 Alignment

1. Cal Poly
2. Montana State
3. Weber State
4. Montana
5. Northern Arizona
6. Northern Colorado
7. Portland State
8. Cal Davis
9. Eastern Washington
10. Sacramento State
11. Idaho State

Honorable Mention...Weber State gave up six fumbles but still won. Can't award a defensive team that gives up 47 points in a football game especially when the Bobcat defense played so well in Pullman. But allowing only 13 points from six turnovers is commendable.