Upsets, overtimes and embarrassing performances, oh my! Who goes up, who goes down and who just goes?
My ballot. Computer poll. This one causes me serious emotional distress. Thankfully, Michigan plays next week while ou is on bye so they will jump back into the #1 spot.
T25:
Full ranking:
Rank Change Team Record Points 1 +2 Oklahoma 6-0 438 2 +3 Michigan 6-0 428 3 -2 Texas 5-1 416 4 -2 USC 6-0 401 5 +4 Alabama 5-1 369 T6 +5 Florida State 5-0 366 T6 - Notre Dame 5-2 366 8 +10 Georgia 6-0 355 9 +1 Texas A&M 4-2 346 10 -6 Washington 5-0 343 11 +9 Louisville 6-0 341 12 +7 Oregon State 5-1 325 13 -6 Oregon 5-0 324 T14 +9 North Carolina 5-0 320 T14 -1 Maryland 5-1 320 T14 +3 Ole Miss 5-1 320 17 -9 Penn State 5-0 312 T18 +7 Ohio State 5-0 305 T18 -3 Fresno State 5-1 305 20 +14 Texas Tech 3-3 302 21 - Iowa 5-1 299 22 +19 Florida 4-2 290 23 +14 LSU 4-2 288 T24 -12 Duke 4-1 287 T24 +4 Colorado 4-2 287 26 -12 Kentucky 5-1 286 27 +24 Kansas 5-1 283 28 +9 Wisconsin 4-1 282 29 -6 Rutgers 4-2 279 30 +6 Clemson 4-2 277 31 +2 Purdue 2-4 272 32 -3 TCU 3-3 270 33 +14 Ohio 5-1 269 34 - Liberty 5-0 267 T35 -5 Missouri 5-1 266 T35 +37 South Alabama 3-3 266 37 -21 Tennessee 4-1 264 T38 +16 Miami (OH) 5-1 262 T38 +26 Nebraska 3-3 262 T40 +4 Miami (FL) 4-1 259 T40 +9 Arizona 3-3 259 T42 +12 Toledo 5-1 257 T42 -10 Virginia Tech 2-4 257 T44 -18 Syracuse 4-2 253 T44 -1 Texas State 4-2 253 T46 +27 Georgia Tech 3-3 247 T46 +13 Arkansas 2-4 247 48 +6 Washington State 4-1 246 49 -10 UCF 3-3 245 T50 +18 Jacksonville State 5-1 244 T50 +29 UCLA 4-1 244 52 -30 Air Force 5-0 242 T53 +1 California 3-3 239 T53 -26 Minnesota 3-3 239 T53 -3 Louisiana Tech 3-4 239 T53 +36 Northern Illinois 2-4 239 T57 +8 NC State 4-2 237 T57 +23 Troy 4-2 237 59 +17 Wyoming 5-1 234 T60 +7 Louisiana 4-2 233 T60 +20 Iowa State 3-3 233 62 +8 Kansas State 3-2 232 T63 -33 Utah 4-1 226 T63 -2 Vanderbilt 2-5 226 T65 -15 Auburn 3-2 218 T65 +9 Illinois 2-4 218 T65 +24 Utah State 3-3 218 T68 -27 BYU 4-1 216 T68 +21 New Mexico State 3-3 216 T70 +18 Mississippi State 3-3 213 T70 +14 Old Dominion 3-3 213 T72 -28 West Virginia 4-1 212 T72 +14 Boston College 3-3 212 74 +15 Western Kentucky 4-2 211 75 -29 Georgia Southern 4-1 210 T76 +18 Marshall 4-1 208 T76 -28 Memphis 4-1 208 T78 -15 Northwestern 3-3 207 T78 -3 Massachusetts 1-6 207 80 +16 Boise State 3-3 204 T81 +19 Wake Forest 3-2 202 T81 +2 Rice 3-3 202 T83 -31 JMU 5-0 201 T83 -31 Tulane 4-1 201 T85 -31 UNLV 4-1 200 T85 -7 USF 3-3 200 T85 +23 UTSA 2-3 200 88 +19 Eastern Michigan 3-3 199 89 -29 Houston 2-3 198 T90 -29 SMU 3-2 197 T90 +16 Connecticut 1-5 197 T92 +20 Oklahoma State 3-2 195 T92 +23 Buffalo 2-4 195 94 +15 Arizona State 1-5 191 T95 -30 Georgia State 4-1 190 T95 +15 Army 2-3 190 97 -29 Appalachian State 3-2 189 98 -28 Cincinnati 2-3 186 99 -19 Virginia 1-5 183 100 +21 UAB 2-4 181 101 +4 FIU 3-3 180 102 +9 Tulsa 3-3 179 103 -3 Baylor 2-4 178 104 -28 South Carolina 2-3 177 105 -2 Central Michigan 3-3 175 106 -3 Bowling Green 2-4 172 T107 -23 Coastal Carolina 2-3 167 T107 +13 Western Michigan 2-4 167 109 -22 Pittsburgh 1-4 165 T110 -21 Hawaii 2-4 163 T110 +11 Sam Houston 0-5 163 112 -14 Akron 1-5 162 113 +8 San Jose State 1-5 161 114 -19 San Diego State 2-4 160 115 -18 UTEP 1-5 156 116 -18 Michigan State 2-3 155 117 +1 Colorado State 2-3 154 118 +8 FAU 2-3 153 119 -17 Indiana 2-3 152 120 +4 Middle Tennessee 1-5 150 121 -4 Arkansas State 3-3 148 122 +3 Temple 2-4 147 123 +6 UNT 2-3 144 124 +4 Southern Mississippi 1-5 142 T125 -11 New Mexico 2-3 137 T125 -13 Charlotte 1-4 137 127 +4 Navy 2-3 134 128 -12 ECU 1-4 133 129 -11 Stanford 1-4 126 130 +2 Ball State 1-5 120 131 -4 Nevada 0-5 109 132 +1 Kent State 1-5 103 133 -3 UL Monroe 2-3 100 I wanna throw up
I gotta figure out a way to sort this circle of teams:
Utah > UCLA > Washington State > Oregon State > Utah
I don’t even think the pac knows how to sort themselves out
My poll this week. Computer ranking, almost entirely resume based (I’m not smart enough for advanced stats). Last week’s ranking in parenthesis for comparison:
- Oklahoma (LW: 10)
- Ohio State (LW: 3)
- Penn State (LW: 5)
- Texas (LW: 1)
- Florida State (LW: 2)
- Washington (LW: 9)
- Alabama (LW: 11)
- Michigan (LW: 4)
- North Carolina (LW: 6)
- Louisville (LW: 18)
- Georgia (LW: 13)
- Oregon (LW: 17)
- Wisconsin (LW: 22)
- Wyoming (LW: NR)
- Utah (LW: NR)
- Washington State (LW: 8)
- USC (LW: 16)
- James Madison (LW: 24)
- Ole Miss (LW: 12)
- Kansas (LW: NR)
- Oregon State (LW: 15)
- Liberty (LW: NR)
- Iowa (LW: 23)
- LSU (LW: NR)
- UCLA (LW: NR)
Edit: And no, I cannot explain why Utah jumped from not ranked to 15 off of the strength of their bye week performance. What can I say, computers are weird.
I’m more interested in why JMU made a 6 position jump, I personally don’t see them as a top 20 team.
Yeah them too.
Looking at the numbers, both teams jumped more because of what happened around them (7 teams that were ranked above them last week lost) than anything else.
And, in the case of JMU, a 5-0 record in a resume-based bracket goes a long way even if they’re not playing strong teams. That being said, I have JMU’s strength of schedule ranked 110th so far this season and projected forward as 99th through the end of the season, which ain’t great. Even if they keep winning they’re probably pretty close to hitting their ceiling unless lots of weirdness happens at the top of the rankings.
