Read this for a description of APR.
Read this for some disclaimers about applying APR to the NCAA.
I'll update with poll information (and probably add a few more teams) once it's posted. Update: Done.
| Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
| 1 (-) | Texas BCS=1 | 8-0 | 1.7584 (LW × 0.980) | won by 4 vs Oklahoma-St |
| 2 (↑1) | Penn-St BCS=3 | 9-0 | 1.6911 (LW × 1.031) | won by 7 at Ohio-St |
| 3 (↓1) | Florida BCS=8 | 6-1 | 1.6457 (LW × 0.988) | won by 58 vs Kentucky |
| 4 (↑1) | USC BCS=5 | 6-1 | 1.6415 (LW × 1.025) | won by 7 at Arizona |
| 5 (↑4) | Texas-Tech BCS=7 | 8-0 | 1.6274 (LW × 1.038) | won by 42 at Kansas |
| 6 (↓2) | Oklahoma BCS=4 | 7-1 | 1.6171 (LW × 0.995) | won by 23 at Kansas-St |
| 7 (↑1) | Oklahoma-St BCS=9 | 7-1 | 1.5934 (LW × 1.014) | lost by 4 at Texas |
| 8 (↓1) | Alabama BCS=2 | 8-0 | 1.5931 (LW × 1.008) | won by 20 at Tennessee |
| 9 (↑6) | North-Carolina BCS=22 | 6-2 | 1.5836 (LW × 1.077) | won by 21 vs Boston-Coll |
| 10 (-) | Georgia BCS=6 | 7-1 | 1.5785 (LW × 1.010) | won by 14 at LSU |
| 11 (-) | Missouri BCS=14 | 6-2 | 1.5516 (LW × 0.996) | won by 58 vs Colorado |
| 12 (↓6) | Ohio-St BCS=12 | 7-2 | 1.5274 (LW × 0.965) | lost by 7 vs Penn-St |
| 13 (↑1) | Boise-St BCS=11 | 7-0 | 1.5258 (LW × 1.038) | won by 17 at San-Jose-St |
| 14 (↑2) | Ball-St BCS=16 | 8-0 | 1.4770 (LW × 1.008) | won by 22 vs East-Michigan |
| 15 (↑27) | Connecticut BCS=25 | 6-2 | 1.4606 (LW × 1.094) | won by 24 vs Cincinnati |
| 16 (↑5) | Michigan-St BCS=21 | 7-2 | 1.4527 (LW × 1.012) | won by 14 at Michigan |
| 17 (↑3) | Utah BCS=10 | 8-0 | 1.4515 (LW × 1.011) | Bye |
| 18 (↑22) | Virginia | 5-3 | 1.4509 (LW × 1.086) | won by 7 at Georgia-Tech |
| 19 (-) | Minnesota BCS=17 | 7-1 | 1.4497 (LW × 1.005) | won by 11 at Purdue |
| 20 (↑9) | Florida-St BCS=15 | 6-1 | 1.4485 (LW × 1.044) | won by 10 vs Virginia-Tech |
| 21 (↓4) | Tulsa BCS=18 | 8-0 | 1.4421 (LW × 0.994) | won by 30 vs UCF |
| 22 (↓9) | TCU BCS=13 | 8-1 | 1.4332 (LW × 0.968) | won by 47 vs Wyoming |
| 23 (↑1) | Iowa | 5-3 | 1.4189 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
| 24 (↑13) | Miami-FL | 5-3 | 1.4029 (LW × 1.037) | won by 6 vs Wake-Forest |
| 25 (↓3) | Nebraska | 5-3 | 1.3942 (LW × 0.973) | won by 12 vs Baylor |
| 26 (↑6) | Oregon-St | 4-3 | 1.3891 (LW × 1.009) | Bye |
| 27 (↓9) | Virginia-Tech | 5-3 | 1.3891 (LW × 0.962) | lost by 10 at Florida-St |
| 28 (↑8) | Notre-Dame | 5-2 | 1.3774 (LW × 1.011) | won by 26 at Washington |
| 29 (↑2) | Mississippi | 4-4 | 1.3755 (LW × 0.999) | won by 2 at Arkansas |
| 30 (↓18) | Pittsburgh | 5-2 | 1.3718 (LW × 0.917) | lost by 20 vs Rutgers |
| 31 (↓8) | South-Florida BCS=23 | 6-2 | 1.3703 (LW × 0.962) | lost by 4 at Louisville |
| 32 (↓5) | Boston-Coll | 5-2 | 1.3621 (LW × 0.968) | lost by 21 at North-Carolina |
| 33 (↑20) | Oregon BCS=24 | 6-2 | 1.3494 (LW × 1.044) | won by 34 at Arizona-St |
| 34 (↓1) | Arizona | 5-3 | 1.3488 (LW × 0.980) | lost by 7 vs USC |
| 35 (↑3) | W-Michigan | 6-2 | 1.3485 (LW × 1.005) | Bye |
Other Notable Teams: | ||||
| 48 (↓9) | BYU BCS=20 | 7-1 | 1.3151 (LW × 0.983) | won by 7 vs UNLV |
| 52 (↓24) | LSU BCS=19 | 5-2 | 1.2971 (LW × 0.927) | lost by 14 vs Georgia |
Comments:
Texas drops a bit, but they're so high, it's nearly inevitable unless they continue to blow out high-ranked teams. They are still way, way above #2 Penn State.
It looks weird that Connecticut has suddenly leaped into the #15 spot. But they benefited from a lot of losses of teams formerly ahead of them, and the teams that they leap-frogged either lost, or beat much weaker teams. Connecticut has Pittsburgh, South Florida and West Virginia to play, so if they belong at the top of the rankings, they'll have a chance to prove it. Update: hey, Connecticut is ranked in the BCS!
File this under 'I told you so': APR has never ranked Auburn higher than #41 (in week 4). As recently as week 6, AP had them ranked in the top 25. Auburn has gone 1-4 in their last 5, this week losing to lowly West Virginia. Worse, with Mississippi, Georgia, and Alabama remaining to play, they likely won't get 2 more wins to make a .500 season.
And another for the 'I told you so' file: except for the first posting of the NCAA power rankings, APR has never had LSU higher than #28 (in week 8). This week, they take another big loss to a ranked team. Their situation isn't nearly as dire as Auburn, but it's clear LSU isn't a top 25 team.
Every BCS-ranked team except 4 stragglers is now in APR's top 25!
