The D1scourse 30

Patrick Stevens The Washington Times - November 18, 2008, 10:59AM

Tying up a loose end before heading to College Park…

… no, I didn’t forget about the D1scourse 30. Well, actually, I did. I filled it out Sunday, then never actually put it up.

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So here it is, a boring top 30 after a mostly boring weekend. Things should start clearing up on Saturday; the first of the BCS berths (Big Ten) will be locked up that day, and a second (Utah) can be all but clinched as well.

The adjusted records in this chart reflect all overtime games —- wins or losses —- as ties. And upon further review, I messed up on ranking Miami over a couple teams (North Carolina and Florida State) that beat the Hurricanes and also have three losses. Oops. Consider that something to potentially fix for next week.

No./Team	Adj. record	AP	Pvs.	Notable Wins/Head-to-Head
1. Texas Tech	9-0-1	2	1	* Texas and Okla. St. (H); OTW vs. Neb.
2. Alabama	10-0-1	1	2	* Georgia (A); OTW at LSU
3. Texas	10-1	4	3	* Okla. (N); Okla. State (H); lost at TT
4. Florida	9-1	3	4	* LSU (H) and Ga. (N); lost to Miss. (H)
5. Oklahoma	9-1	5	5	* TCU and Kansas (H); lost to Texas (N)
6. Southern Cal	9-1	6	7	* Ohio State (H); lost at Oregon State
7. Penn State	10-1	7	6	* Ohio St. (A), Oregon St. (H); lost at Iowa
8. Utah	11-0	8	9	* Oregon State and TCU (H)
9. Boise State	10-0	9	8	* Oregon (A)
10. Oklahoma St.	9-2	11	10	* Missouri (A); lost at Texas and TT
11. Ohio State	9-2	10	11	* Michigan State (A)
12. Missouri	9-2	12	12	* Losses to Texas (A) and Okla. St. (H)
13. Georgia	9-2	13	13	* LSU (A); lost to Bama (H) and Fla. (N)
14. Brigham Young	10-1	16	18	* Air Force (A); lost at TCU
15. Louisiana State	7-2-1	18	15	* L to Ga. (H) and Fla. (A); OTL vs. Bama
16. Ball State	10-0	14	16	* Navy (H); Central and Western on deck
17. Texas Christian	9-2	15	17	* BYU (H); lost at Oklahoma and Utah
18. Oregon State	7-3	21	23	* USC (H); lost to Penn St. and Utah (A)
19. Cincinnati	7-2-1	19	21	* OTW at West Virginia; no home losses
20. Michigan State	9-2	17	20	* Can still win Big Ten
21. Miami	6-3-1	23	29	* OTW at UVa; VT (H); lost to FSU, UNC
22. Pittsburgh	6-2-1	20	22	* Lost to BGSU and Rutgers (H)
23. Maryland	7-3	22	NR	* UNC and Cal (H); lost at MTSU
24. North Carolina	7-2-1	25	14	* Miami (A); lost at Maryland; OTL at UVa
25. Oregon	7-3-1	24	28	* OTW at Purdue
26. Georgia Tech	7-3	28	25	* Florida State (H); lost at VT and UNC
27. Boston College	7-3	26	NR	* FSU (A); lost to GT (H) and at UNC
28. Florida State	7-3	31	19	* VT (H); lost at GT and to BC (H)
29. West Virginia	6-1-2	33	26	* OTL vs. Cincinnati (H) and at Colorado
30. Northwestern	8-3	27	NR	* Good options quickly dwindling