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Latest #CFBMarbleGame rankings are out: ND now #1, 3-way SEC tie at #2 with Alabama, Georgia & Arkansas

https://twitter.com/NateEMiller/status/1442165444794720261

*brief reminder of the rules:

Every P5 team (+Notre Dame & BYU) starts with 200 marbles, all other FBS team starts with 100.

Beat an opponent at home or neutral site, take 20% of their marbles; beat an opponent on the road, take 25% of their marbles.

example: Iowa has 321 marbles (#9) and UMD has 289 marbles (#15). They play at UMD Friday night.

If Iowa wins they take away 72 of UMD's marbles and jump (temporarily at least) to #1.

If UMD wins they will take 64 of Iowa's marbles and jump (temporarily at least) to #2.

Example 2: Bama (336 marbles, #2) plays at Ole Miss (256 marbles, #19) Saturday.

Bama wins=> takes 64 of Ole Miss marbles and has new total of 400.
Ole Miss wins=> takes 67 of Bama's marbles and new total of 323.

Example 3: Georgia and Arkansas (both tied at #2 with Bama at 336 marbles) play at UGA Saturday.

If UGA wins, they take 67 of Arkansas's marbles and go to 403; if Arkansas wins they take 84 of UGA's marbles and go to 420.

Finally, #1 (355 marbles) Notre Dame plays at home vs Cincy, and the best they can do is gain 32 marbles for a win to go to 387. Based on previous example, ND is guaranteed to drop from #1 next week; if Alabama and Iowa win, they will be no higher than #4.