Ranking top 25 college football teams by ESPN SP+ after Week 2

Right now, Michigan football fans are lamenting a blowout loss to No. 3 Texas and the Wolverines are the butt of many jokes — despite Notre Dame having lost to a MAC team while Penn State and Oregon also struggled mightily with lesser teams in Week 2.

But are the Wolverines really that bad? Is Texas that good? What about the rest of the Big Ten? And who is really dominating college football at the moment?

ESPN has yet to release its weekly power rankings, but resident advanced analytics guru Bill Connelly released his updated SP+ ranking after Week 2 (subscription required) and it turns out that the maize and blue may not be quite as bad as everyone is acting.

With that in mind, here is what advanced analytics has as the top 25.

25

UCF Knights

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 12.3

Offense rank: 23

Defense rank: 37

24

Washington Huskies

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 13.1

Offense rank: 18

Defense rank: 36

23

Auburn Tigers

John Reed-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 13.3

Offense rank: 38

Defense rank: 22

22

Iowa Hawkeyes

Photo: Isaiah Hole

Rating: 13.6

Offense rank: 110

Defense rank: 1

21

Oklahoma State Cowboys

Jerome Miron-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 13.7

Offense rank: 12

Defense rank: 51

20

Texas A&M Aggies

Maria Lysaker-USA TODAY Sports

Rating: 14.9

Offense rank: 25

Defense rank: 25

19

Oklahoma Sooners

Bryan Terry-The Oklahoman

Rating: 15.6

Offense rank: 36

Defense rank: 16

18

Clemson Tigers

Ken Ruinard-USA TODAY NETWORK

Rating: 15.6

Offense rank: 20

Defense rank: 24