If you’re an FBS program in the state of Michigan, you’re off to a pretty good start to the 2016 season. In fact, it’s damn-near perfect.
Eastern Michigan, amidst a peaceful protest, was able to hold off Wyoming Friday night to push its record to 3-1 on the young season. That marks the first time in more than two decades that the Eagles have started a season at 3-1.
Not only that, but it continues into Week 4 what’s been a rather remarkable first three weeks of the season for the FBS teams in the state.
Michigan and Michigan State of the Big Ten are 3-0 and 2-0, respectively, thus far. EMU’s directional counterparts, Central Michigan and Big Ten West leader Western Michigan, are each 3-0.
Add it all up, as Bruce Feldman did on his Twitter account, and the five FBS teams from the state of Michigan are a combined 14-1 heading into a Saturday that will see UM (Penn State, 2-1), MSU (Wisconsin, 3-0), CMU (Virginia, 0-3) and WMU (Georgia Southern, 3-0) look to push that mark to 18-1.
In the here and now, though, how does that .933 winning percentage compare to other states with three or more FBS teams at this juncture of the 2016 season? Let’s take a peek.
Colorado -- .750 (6-2)
Tennessee -- .727 (8-3)
Georgia -- .692 (9-4)
Kentucky -- .667 (6-3)
Utah -- .667 (6-3)
Florida -- .619 (13-8)
California -- 12-8 (.600)
Indiana -- .600 (6-4)
Texas -- .595 (22-15)
Alabama -- .583 (7-5)
Oklahoma -- .555 (5-4)
Pennsylvania -- .555 (5-4)
North Carolina -- .542 (13-11)
Ohio -- .542 (13-11)
New York -- .500 (4-4)
Louisiana -- .467 (7-8)
Mississippi -- .444 (4-5)
Illinois -- .222 (2-7)
One note before somebody starts whining despite the three-team stipulation: the state of Maryland is undefeated but has “just” two FBS programs, with both Maryland and Navy sitting at 3-0 each.