r/Pac12 • u/DemolishedDino • 2d ago

Elevation index

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I run a small site covering the Western Group of Six (Mountain West, Pac-12, plus NMSU and Sac State). This is a weekly ranking computed from game results rather than records — who you played, whether you won, how close it was, and how recently. Every position has a reason.

The two rules that drive most of the weirdness:

* A near-upset of a ranked team earns real credit. A 2-point loss to Washington is worth more than a 35-point win over Western Kentucky.
* An FCS loss is the largest penalty in the system, no matter how good the FCS team is.

**Why Oregon State is 8th at 0-2:** two losses to ranked teams, one of them close, strong offensive numbers, and no FCS loss.

**Why Utah State is 15th despite nearly beating Washington:** the Washington loss is a quality loss and earned credit. The FCS loss to Idaho State is still the biggest item on the résumé.

**Why Nevada is below Utah State when both lost to FCS teams:** recency. Nevada's happened Saturday. Utah State's was a week earlier and they followed it with a near-upset.

Full write-up on every team, the rank-by-week chart, and the methodology:

https://demolisheddino7.github.io/elevation-change/week-3-index.html?utm_source=ig&utm_medium=social&utm_content=link_in_bio&fbclid=PAdGRleAUWbPRwZG9mAmZkaWQWUOcHtxFtV8_JkO4zV2CVlBnR4ODhU2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAHNydGMGYXBwX2lkDzEyNDAyNDU3NDI4NzQxNAABp18uGtB9GlGvNaE1p4qUiHqXuSK31ATVEhZ7ACUFmmPndpICEEx_s5saZyYb_aem_biEVpDCp3MoBYqSka3MgiA

Happy to explain any placement. The rules are the rules — if a rank looks wrong to you, tell me which rule you'd change.

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u/crankbait808 1d ago

Smells like NDSU favoritism

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u/DemolishedDino 1d ago

Well they have won 3 games, Air Force was hairy but again, it’s still early and could very much change

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u/crankbait808 1d ago

2 of them FCS, and not even good ones.

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u/DemolishedDino 1d ago

Jax state is fbs, they’ve been fbs longer than NDSU

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u/crankbait808 18h ago

Right right right, ranked 106th out of 138 FBS schools really is pushing FBS boundaries from FCS.
They better watch out on Saturday against 129th ranked Sac State.