Week 7 Rankings

by talonk on Oct 17, 2011 1:54 PM EDT

After Week 7, 80 teams have completed their bye weeks. In order to better define teams, the extra 0.5 bump has been dropped unless that team has had a 2nd bye. I remove one from the teams with an extra game, so we can see how all 0 loss teams match up, and 1 loss teams, etc. This way they are all on equal footing.

Definitions: Team … W/L (both self-explanatory) … +-/ - movement from last week … Score – If the number is positive (ie higher than the win total) this school has played a tough schedule. Usually, early in the season, less than 20 teams in the Top 60 have positive numbers. This is mainly due to weak OOC schedules, including FCS schools. If the number is negative, it is subtracted from the win total. So if it is a 6 win team that has a score of 5.3, then they have played a fairly weak schedule, and if their number is below 5.0, they have played a bad schedule so far.

As an FYI, Ohio St is currently #52 with a score of 3.130.

Onto the list …..

	School	W/L	Score	+/-	Comment
1	Oklahoma St	6-0	6.470	+4	The rankings battle between them and the Sooners will come down to who has the toughest in conference road schedule. Tigers are up next.
2	Oklahoma	6-0	6.360	+1	Red Raiders come to town next, then a matchup with unbeaten Kansas State.
3	LSU	7-0	5.870	-1	Home game vs Auburn this week, then a bye before the de-facto playoff game with Bama.
4	Clemson	7-0	5.760	+2	North Carolina is up next, then the Yellow Jackets.
5	Alabama	7-0	5.680	-4	Volunteers are the next sacrifice before the LSU game.
6	Boise St	6-0	5.605	+2	The MWC is starting to resemble the old WAC. Dominant BSU and a bunch of mediocre to bad teams.
7	Stanford	6-0	5.270	+4	Surprising Huskies should boost them a few spots.
8	Kansas St	6-0	5.180	+6	Road game at state rival Jayhawks could be dangerous before the Oklahoma and Okie St games.
9	Michigan	6-1	5.060	-5	Not surprised the lost, but am surprised they didn’t fall more in the rankings.
10	Texas	4-2	5.040	0	When the Big12 is the highest rated conference and your two losses are to the Top 2 teams, this gets you this high.
11	Virginia Tech	6-1	5.030	+5	Lowly Boston college will slide them down a few notches this week.
12	South Carolina	6-1	4.905	+1	A week off to heal, but without Lattimore, I expect a drop.
13	Nebraska	5-1	4.850	+4	Lowly Gophers will slide them a few spots.
14	Texas A&M	4-2	4.760	+19	Road game vs Cyclones this week.
15	Houston	6-0	4.720	+3	They will continue to slide until perhaps the SMYU game.
16	Arkansas	5-1	4.700	-1	Two relatively road games, Ole Miss and Vandy, up next.
17	USC	5-1	4.650	+14	Will South Bend be unkind again?
18	West Virginia	5-1	4.640	-6	2 road games @Syracuse and Rutgers up next.
19	Oregon	5-1	4.630	+16	Survived the Az St game, should be on autopilot until Stanford game.
20	Wisconsin	6-0	4.560	+4	Road game at Mich St will give them a decent boost.
21	Washington	5-1	4.470	+5	If they upset Stanford, expect a large jump up.
22	SMU	5-1	4.420	+16	Expect another jump up with a win @Southern Miss..
23	Michigan St	5-1	4.370	+17	Badgers will put that top rated defense to test this week.
24	Auburn	5-2	4.330	-3	Can they shock the LSU Tigers this week?.
25	Penn St	6-1	4.320	-2	Will their offense keep pace with Persa?.
26	Notre Dame	4-2	4.175	-4	Either they or the Trojans are sliding down next week.
27	Rutgers	5-1	4.140	+2	Surprising Rutgers has a roadie at Luoisville.
28	Illinois	6-1	4.130	-21	Oof, letting a team complete one pass and winning puts a huge dent in their number.
29	Baylor	4-2	4.040	+1	Defense was not up to task; Cowboys next after their bye week, look out scoreboard.
30	Georgia	5-2	4.000	-3	Their path to the SEC game is looking good if South Carolina falters just once.
31	Georgia Tech	6-1	3.980	-22	Surprising loss to Virginia, Hurricanes are next.
32	Arizona St	5-2	3.980	-12	Excellent shot at finishing 10-2.
33	Southern Miss	5-1	3.860	+3	SMU game should be a tough one.
34	UCLA	3-3	3.790	+3	Highest ranked 3 loss team.
35	TCU	4-2	3.780	+8	Game against New Mexico might drop them out of Top 40.
35	San Diego St	4-2	3.780	+10	Boise St might be their only other loss.
37	North Carolina	5-2	3.750	-18	Back to back losses will drop them out this week.
38	Texas Tech	4-2	3.650	+3	Sooners will not let up for them.
39	LA-Lafayette	6-1	3.630	-11	Dropped 11 with a win. Western Kentucky should slide them out next week..
40	Cincinnati	5-1	3.570	+14	Surprising Bears have a shot at the Big East title.

Dropped from Top 40 this week: South Florida, BYU, Florida, Western Michigan

As of right now, the conferences are ranked as follows (1.25 is the highest, 0.75 is the worst): Big12 (1.25), ACC (1.16), SEC (1.11), B1G (1.11), BigEast (1.10), Pac12 (1.09), MWC (0.95), MAC (0.90), CUSA (0.86), SunBelt (0.77), WAC (0.75).

And now the bottom 20 ….

	School	W/L	Score	+/-	Comment
101	Army	2-4	1.040	+10	Road game against Vandy this week.
102	Miami OH	2-4	1.020	+10	Back to back wins almost gets them out of purgatory.
103	Minnesota	1-5	0.960	+11	Huskers should dominate them.
104	Oregon St	1-5	0.930	-4	They’re back! Although two road games might give them enough a boost back out.
105	UNLV	1-5	0.860	-3	They can’t lose this week. Bye on deck.
106	Western Kentucky	2-4	0.650	+10	Back to back wins also almost got them out.
107	Boston College	1-5	0.580	+3	Two road games up next, VA Tech and Maryland.
108	Akron	1-5	0.540	+9	Ohio U is next..
109	Middle Tenn St	1-4	0.520	0	Pillow fight with FAU this week.
110	Colorado	1-6	0.500	-3	Duck! The Ducks are next up.
111	Central Michigan	2-5	0.370	-6	Three straight road games next.
112	Indiana	1-6	0.290	-8	Visit Kinnick this week.
113	Kent St	1-6	0.150	-14	Bye week this week.
114	FAU	0-6	0.090	-8	Last chance for a W this week?.
115	Buffalo	2-5	-.040	-12	And the slide continues.
116	New Mexico	0-6	-.230	+2	TCU should pound them as well.
117	Tulane	2-5	-.260	-4	Pillow fight with Memphis.
118	Memphis	1-6	-.590	-3	See above.
119	UAB	0-6	-.720	+1	Definite shot at being winless.
120	Idaho	1-6	-.980	-1	Bye might give them a slight boost.

Graduated from Bottom 20: Arizona, LA-Monroe.

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B1G rankings

1. Michigan 6-1, 5.060; #9; -5
2. Nebraska 5-1, 4.850; #13; +4
3. Wisconsin 6-0, 4.560; #20; +4
4. Mich St 5-1, 4.370; #23; +17
5. Penn St 6-1, 4.320; #25 ; -2
6. Illinois 6-1, 4.130; #28; -21
7. Iowa 4-2, 3.150; #50; +1
8. Ohio St 4-3, 3.130; #52; +25
9. Purdue 3-3; 2.120; #76; +4
10. N’western 2-4, 1.310; #98; -10
11. Minnesota 1-5; 0.960; #103; +11
12. Indiana 1-6, 0.290; #112; -8

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