Rankings for week 7, 12 October 2008.
Week 6 rankings here.
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Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
1 (LW-4) | Texas AP=1 | 6-0 | 1.7125 (LW * 1.060) | won by 10 at Oklahoma |
2 (LW) | Penn-St AP=3 | 7-0 | 1.6920 (LW * 1.011) | won by 41 at Wisconsin |
3 (LW+2) | Missouri AP=11 | 5-1 | 1.6444 (LW * 0.924) | lost by 5 vs Oklahoma-St |
4 (LW) | USC AP=6 | 4-1 | 1.6371 (LW * 0.993) | won by 28 vs Arizona-St |
5 (LW-1) | Alabama AP=2 | 6-0 | 1.6177 (LW * 1.004) | Bye |
6 (LW-3) | Florida AP=5 | 5-1 | 1.5943 (LW * 1.032) | won by 30 vs LSU |
7 (LW) | Texas-Tech AP=7 | 6-0 | 1.5841 (LW * 1.008) | won by 6 vs Nebraska |
8 (LW-8) | Oklahoma-St AP=8 | 6-0 | 1.5748 (LW * 1.054) | won by 5 at Missouri |
9 (LW+6) | Oklahoma AP=4 | 5-1 | 1.5598 (LW * 0.944) | lost by 10 vs Texas |
10 (LW-7) | Michigan-St AP=20 | 6-1 | 1.5580 (LW * 1.057) | won by 17 at Northwestern |
11 (LW-2) | Georgia AP=10 | 5-1 | 1.5358 (LW * 1.010) | won by 12 vs Tennessee |
12 (LW) | North-Carolina AP=18 | 5-1 | 1.5235 (LW * 0.997) | won by 5 vs Notre-Dame |
13 (LW+3) | Ball-St AP=24 | 7-0 | 1.5123 (LW * 0.985) | won by 17 at West-Kentucky |
14 (LW+3) | Virginia-Tech AP=17 | 5-1 | 1.5086 (LW * 0.984) | Bye |
15 (LW+7) | Georgia-Tech AP=rv(25) | 5-1 | 1.4824 (LW * 0.943) | won by 3 vs Gardner-Webb |
16 (LW-15) | Boise-St AP=15 | 5-0 | 1.4617 (LW * 1.046) | won by 17 at Southern-Miss |
17 (LW-2) | Ohio-St AP=12 | 6-1 | 1.4590 (LW * 0.993) | won by 13 vs Purdue |
18 (LW-6) | Kansas AP=16 | 5-1 | 1.4529 (LW * 1.020) | won by 16 vs Colorado |
19 (LW-16) | South-Carolina AP=rv(9) | 5-2 | 1.4493 (LW * 1.047) | won by 7 at Kentucky |
20 (LW-12) | Minnesota AP=rv(48) | 6-1 | 1.4429 (LW * 1.035) | won by 7 at Illinois |
21 (LW-1) | TCU AP=rv(61) | 6-1 | 1.4368 (LW * 0.993) | won by 6 at Colorado-St |
22 (LW+1) | Utah AP=14 | 7-0 | 1.4344 (LW * 0.991) | won by 33 at Wyoming |
23 (LW-10) | California AP=25 | 4-1 | 1.4313 (LW * 1.027) | Bye |
24 (LW-2) | South-Florida AP=19 | 5-1 | 1.4303 (LW * 1.014) | Bye |
25 (LW-4) | Navy | 4-2 | 1.4248 (LW * 1.014) | Bye |
26 (LW+12) | Vanderbilt AP=22 | 5-1 | 1.4248 (LW * 0.941) | lost by 3 at Mississippi-St |
27 (LW+2) | Pittsburgh AP=23 | 4-1 | 1.4241 (LW * 1.006) | Bye |
28 (LW-2) | Nebraska | 3-3 | 1.4205 (LW * 1.016) | lost by 6 at Texas-Tech |
29 (LW-12) | Iowa | 4-3 | 1.4185 (LW * 1.048) | won by 36 at Indiana |
30 (LW+7) | Wake-Forest AP=21 | 4-1 | 1.4105 (LW * 0.976) | won by 5 vs Clemson |
31 (LW-11) | BYU AP=9 | 6-0 | 1.4087 (LW * 1.043) | won by 18 vs New-Mexico |
32 (LW+17) | Tulsa AP=rv(84) | 6-0 | 1.4031 (LW * 0.927) | won by 6 at SMU |
33 (LW-3) | Notre-Dame AP=rv(1) | 4-2 | 1.3972 (LW * 1.019) | lost by 5 at North-Carolina |
Other notable teams | ||||
37 (LW+19) | Kentucky AP=rv(7) | 4-2 | 1.3797 (LW * 0.938) | lost by 7 vs South-Carolina |
40 (LW+12) | Florida-St AP=rv(38) | 4-1 | 1.3683 (LW * 0.974) | Bye |
42 (LW+22) | Northwestern AP=rv(3) | 5-1 | 1.3606 (LW * 0.935) | lost by 17 vs Michigan-St |
46 (LW-4) | Oregon AP=rv(4) | 5-2 | 1.2946 (LW * 1.011) | won by 7 vs UCLA |
47 (LW+10) | LSU AP=13 | 4-1 | 1.2853 (LW * 0.937) | lost by 30 at Florida |
50 (LW+7) | Cincinnati AP=rv(1) | 5-1 | 1.2811 (LW * 0.952) | won by 3 vs Rutgers |
Comments:
Penn State did increase in power this week; just not enough to stay ahead of Texas.
Missouri had a big power lead last week; their close loss to a good team wasn't enough for APR to drop them very far.
BYU and LSU are the only ranked teams out of APR's top 30. LSU had their chance to make the case that they were underrated, and came away with a 30-point beat-down for their trouble.