| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Off Pts | Def Pts | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | -- | Florida | 0.9634 | 0.6304 | 30.7 | 9.1 | 77.4 |
| 002 | +1 | Texas | 0.9581 | 0.5499 | 29.4 | 9.2 | 85.3 |
| 003 | -1 | TCU | 0.9541 | 0.4668 | 23.8 | 7.7 | 83.1 |
| 004 | +2 | Ohio St. | 0.9439 | 0.5177 | 22.4 | 7.9 | 82.4 |
| 005 | -- | Alabama | 0.9384 | 0.5899 | 24.4 | 8.9 | 81.1 |
| 006 | +2 | Oklahoma | 0.9174 | 0.7151 | 22.3 | 9.1 | 90.0 |
| 007 | -3 | Boise St. | 0.9062 | 0.3978 | 26.7 | 11.5 | 84.0 |
| 008 | +1 | USC | 0.9023 | 0.5835 | 22.8 | 10.0 | 85.1 |
| 009 | -2 | Penn State | 0.8982 | 0.5238 | 20.9 | 9.3 | 81.8 |
| 010 | +1 | Virginia Tech | 0.8760 | 0.6439 | 24.4 | 11.8 | 81.4 |
| 011 | -1 | Oregon | 0.8631 | 0.6093 | 24.1 | 12.2 | 91.5 |
| 012 | -- | LSU | 0.8480 | 0.5704 | 20.8 | 11.0 | 80.5 |
| 013 | +2 | Nebraska | 0.8412 | 0.5372 | 19.4 | 10.5 | 82.2 |
| 014 | +2 | Clemson | 0.8372 | 0.6336 | 20.3 | 11.1 | 84.6 |
| 015 | +2 | Texas Tech | 0.8306 | 0.5697 | 28.0 | 15.5 | 89.3 |
| 016 | -3 | Cincinnati | 0.8055 | 0.4831 | 22.3 | 13.2 | 85.6 |
| 017 | -3 | Iowa | 0.7963 | 0.5344 | 19.7 | 11.9 | 81.7 |
| 018 | NA | BYU | 0.7834 | 0.4008 | 23.9 | 14.9 | 83.1 |
| 019 | +1 | Pittsburgh | 0.7814 | 0.5001 | 22.8 | 14.2 | 81.9 |
| 020 | -2 | Utah | 0.7657 | 0.3546 | 20.7 | 13.3 | 84.4 |
| 021 | +1 | Oklahoma St. | 0.7639 | 0.5792 | 24.6 | 15.9 | 82.6 |
| 022 | -3 | Tennessee | 0.7492 | 0.5629 | 21.2 | 14.2 | 82.7 |
| 023 | +2 | Miami-FL | 0.7454 | 0.6893 | 23.1 | 15.5 | 82.6 |
| 024 | NA | Oregon St. | 0.7419 | 0.6327 | 21.5 | 14.5 | 87.5 |
| 025 | -1 | Mississippi | 0.7279 | 0.5665 | 19.1 | 13.3 | 82.7 |
New entries: BYU, Oregon State
Dropped out: Georgia Tech, Wisconson
At the top Texas leapfrogs TCU to settle into second behind Florida. The Ohio State/Penn State game was good for a total of four points of movement: OSU jumps two and PSU drops two. Oklahoma loses but still manages to rise, but that's deceptive; Oklahoma's week-over-week winning percentage is on a steady decline as the loss of Sam Bradford is reflected in their plummeting offensive efficiency -- down 2.7 points in three weeks, with more to come -- and only their defensive efficiency keeping them near the top. (For everyone who sees this as 'Exhibit A' for my system being horribly broken, I direct you to Jeff Sagarin's Predictor algorithm, which ranks the Sooners at 8th in the nation.)
Boise State's weak strength of schedule is slowly catching up with them, as they slowly sink with every point their opponents score. When your ranking depends on not just winning but demolishing your opponents thanks to a weak SoS, you can't afford to let LA-Tech hang 35 on you. Had Boise State allowed one less touchdown or had Penn State scored one more TD, Oklahoma would have held steady or even dropped.
And, in a weird case of symmetry, neither LSU nor Alabama budge in the rankings. Hopefully Mike Slive won't fine me for pointing that out.
