It doesn’t seem like this week decided much of anything.
The SEC powers remained on their collision course. The three best Big 12 teams all won, and their head-to-head performances against each other didn’t change.
SEE RELATED:Southern Cal demolished Notre Dame (really, Charlie, you needed three quarters to get a first down?). Boise State won, and Penn State and Utah were already in the clubhouse.
Based on accomplishment (with overtime wins considered a little differently), this is probably the right rundown. But for the sake of argument, a case can be made the unbeaten team at the top is actually No. 5 (behind, in some order, Florida, Oklahoma, Southern Cal and Texas).
The good thing for Alabama is it can stifle any possible criticism with a victory over Florida. When an SEC team is 13-0 at season’s end, it should probably play for a national title. Unless it’s Auburn, it’s a 12-0 season and it’s 2004. The stars line up funny sometimes.
Anyway, here’s this week’s rankings; I’ll add in the AP poll from this week later in the day (UPDATE at 1:10 p.m. with AP poll results).
|
No./Team |
Adj. record |
AP |
Pvs. |
Notable Wins/Head-to-Head |
|
1. Alabama |
11-0-1 |
1 |
1 |
* Georgia (A); OTW at LSU |
|
2. Texas |
11-1 |
3 |
2 |
* Okla. (N); Okla. State (H); lost at TT |
|
3. Oklahoma |
11-1 |
4 |
3 |
* TCU, Texas Tech (H); OSU (A); lost to Texas |
|
4. Florida |
11-1 |
2 |
4 |
* LSU (H) and Ga. (N); lost to Miss. (H) |
|
5. Southern Cal |
10-1 |
5 |
5 |
* Ohio State (H); lost at Oregon State |
|
6. Texas Tech |
10-1-1 |
8 |
6 |
* Texas and Okla. St. (H); lost at Okla. |
|
7. Penn State |
11-1 |
6 |
7 |
* Ohio St. (A), Oregon St. (H); lost at Iowa |
|
8. Utah |
12-0 |
7 |
8 |
* Oregon State , TCU and BYU (H) |
|
9. Boise State |
12-0 |
9 |
9 |
* Oregon (A) |
|
10. Ohio State |
10-2 |
10 |
11 |
* Michigan State (A) |
|
11. Oklahoma State |
9-3 |
14 |
10 |
* Missouri (A); 0-3 vs. Big 12 South powers |
|
12. Georgia Tech |
9-3 |
15 |
19 |
* Florida State (H), BC and Georgia (A) |
|
13. Texas Christian |
10-2 |
11 |
14 |
* BYU (H); lost at Oklahoma and Utah |
|
14. Cincinnati |
9-2-1 |
13 |
17 |
* Pittsburgh (H); OTW at West Virginia |
|
15. Ball State |
12-0 |
12 |
15 |
* Western Michigan (H), Central Michigan (A) |
|
16. Boston College |
9-3 |
18 |
20 |
* Florida State (A); lost to GT (H) |
|
17. Oregon |
8-3-1 |
16 |
22 |
* Oregon State (A); OTW at Purdue |
|
18. Georgia |
9-3 |
17 |
14 |
* Lost to Bama and GT (H) , Florida (N) |
|
19. Brigham Young |
10-2 |
20 |
18 |
* Losses at Utah and TCU |
|
20. Mississippi |
8-4 |
22 |
25 |
* Florida (A) and Louisiana State (A) |
|
21. Michigan State |
9-3 |
21 |
23 |
* Iowa (H) and Northwestern (A) |
|
22. Oregon State |
8-4 |
25 |
16 |
* USC (H); lost to Oregon (H) |
|
23. Florida State |
8-4 |
29 |
20 |
* VT (H); lost to GT (A) and BC (H) |
|
24. Pittsburgh |
7-3-1 |
23 |
26 |
* West Virginia (H) |
|
25. Missouri |
9-3 |
19 |
12 |
* Nebraska (A) |
|
26. Northwestern |
9-3 |
24 |
28 |
* Iowa (A) |
|
27. Iowa |
8-4 |
26 |
29 |
* Penn State (H) |
|
28. Virginia Tech |
8-4 |
27 |
30 |
* North Carolina and Nebraska (A); GT (H) |
|
29. Nebraska |
8-4 |
T-32 |
NR |
* Kansas (H) |
|
30. North Carolina |
8-3-1 |
35 |
NR |
* Honorary D1scourse 30 ACC slot |
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