Saturday, November 15, 2008

NCAA: APR's Top 30+, Week 12

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BCS Rankings will be added when they are out (and I see them).


RankTeamW-LPower
Index
This week
1 (-)Florida
BCS=4
9-11.7676
(LW × 1.000)
won by 50
vs South-Carolina
2 (↑1)Texas
BCS=3
10-11.7067
(LW × 1.012)
won by 28
at Kansas
3 (↓1)Texas-Tech
BCS=2
10-01.6713
(LW × 0.988)
Bye
4 (↑1)Oklahoma
BCS=5
9-11.6264
(LW × 0.987)
Bye
5 (↓1)Penn-St
BCS=8
10-11.6215
(LW × 0.966)
won by 27
vs Indiana
6 (-)USC
BCS=6
9-11.6005
(LW × 1.010)
won by 22
at Stanford
7 (↑3)Ohio-St
BCS=10
9-21.5668
(LW × 1.012)
won by 10
at Illinois
8 (↓1)North-Carolina
BCS=22
7-31.5503
(LW × 0.985)
lost by 2
at Maryland
9 (↓1)Alabama
BCS=1
11-01.5389
(LW × 0.983)
won by 25
vs Mississippi-St
10 (↓1)Boise-St
BCS=9
10-01.5368
(LW × 0.992)
won by 35
at Idaho
11 (↑1)Missouri
BCS=13
9-21.4922
(LW × 0.994)
won by 32
at Iowa-St
12 (↓1)Utah
BCS=7
11-01.4904
(LW × 0.992)
won by 49
at San-Diego-St
13 (-)Georgia
BCS=11
9-21.4802
(LW × 0.989)
won by 4
at Auburn
14 (↑1)TCU
BCS=16
9-21.4798
(LW × 1.008)
Bye
15 (↓1)Ball-St
BCS=17
10-01.4783
(LW × 0.990)
won by 15
at Miami-OH
16 (↑1)Michigan-St
BCS=15
9-21.4668
(LW × 1.005)
Bye
17 (↓1)Oklahoma-St
BCS=12
9-21.4665
(LW × 1.001)
won by 13
at Colorado
18 (↑17)Boston-Coll7-31.4488
(LW × 1.065)
won by 10
at Florida-St
19 (↑8)Rutgers5-51.4452
(LW × 1.039)
won by 33
at South-Florida
20 (↑1)Cincinnati
BCS=19
8-21.4418
(LW × 1.001)
won by 8
at Louisville
21 (↑2)West-Virginia6-31.4278
(LW × 1.000)
Bye
22 (-)Miami-FL
BCS=23
7-31.4260
(LW × 0.994)
won by 2
vs Virginia-Tech
23 (↑14)BYU
BCS=14
10-11.4248
(LW × 1.066)
won by 14
at Air-Force
24 (↓4)Pittsburgh
BCS=20
7-21.4222
(LW × 0.985)
Bye
25 (↑6)Oregon-St
BCS=21
7-31.4088
(LW × 1.024)
won by 13
vs California
26 (↓8)Iowa7-41.4054
(LW × 0.967)
won by 5
vs Purdue
27 (↑2)Nebraska7-41.4049
(LW × 1.015)
won by 28
at Kansas-St
28 (↓4)Mississippi6-41.4021
(LW × 0.995)
won by 59
vs LA-Monroe
29 (↓4)Virginia-Tech6-41.4009
(LW × 0.998)
lost by 2
at Miami-FL
30 (↓11)Florida-St7-31.3941
(LW × 0.960)
lost by 10
vs Boston-Coll

Other notable teams:
31 (↑1)Connecticut7-31.3919
(LW × 1.019)
won by 25
at Syracuse
33 (↑7)Oregon
BCS=24
8-31.3605
(LW × 1.024)
won by 10
vs Arizona
34 (↑13)Maryland
BCS=25
7-31.3589
(LW × 1.041)
won by 2
vs North-Carolina
35 (↓2)Wisconsin6-51.3498
(LW × 0.990)
won by 3
vs Minnesota
36 (↑13)Vanderbilt6-41.3391
(LW × 1.032)
won by 7
at Kentucky
38 (↑5)LSU
BCS=18
7-31.3283
(LW × 1.008)
won by 9
vs Troy

Comments:

  • #2 Texas only has one game left against a very weak Texas A&M squad. Unless the Gators lose, I don't think the Longhorns can get back to APR's #1 spot. And unless Texas Tech loses to Oklahoma or Bayor, the Longhorns probably won't finish in the #2 spot, either.

  • Rutgers continues to claw their way up APR's rankings. One more win to get bowl elegible. If they do get invited to a bowl game, their opponent is likely in for a nasty surprise...

  • Wisconsin gets their 6th win of the season, and with just Cal Poly left, should make it to 7 wins for the season. .

  • LSU was behind 28 points in the 3rd quarter. In the words of Dennis Green, Troy let them off the hook.

  • LSU still has Mississippi (APR #28) and Arkansas (APR #62) left. Given the way they nearly tanked against Troy (APR #72), there's no guarantee they'll win either game. Will LSU get a bowl game if they don't make it to 9 wins?..

  • And LSU moves up 2 spots!? Wow.

  • Let's play "Coach the Washington Huskies!" You're down 27-7. 8:11 left in the 4th quarter. You have 4th and 24 from just past the midfield line. Do you (a) Go for it, on the grounds that there's really very little to lose, or (b) punt? The Huskies punted; it should be no surprise that they are 0-10 this season.