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Rankings will be updated when that game is final, and when BCS standings are out. Update: done
| Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
| 1 (-) | Florida BCS=4 | 10-1 | 1.7105 (LW × 0.968) | won by 51 vs Citadel |
| 2 (-) | Texas BCS=2 | 10-1 | 1.7055 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
| 3 (↑1) | Oklahoma BCS=3 | 10-1 | 1.7002 (LW × 1.045) | won by 44 vs Texas-Tech |
| 4 (↑1) | Penn-St BCS=8 | 11-1 | 1.6529 (LW × 1.019) | won by 31 vs Michigan-St |
| 5 (↑1) | USC BCS=5 | 9-1 | 1.5950 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
| 6 (↓3) | Texas-Tech BCS=7 | 10-1 | 1.5940 (LW × 0.954) | lost by 44 at Oklahoma |
| 7 (↑2) | Alabama BCS=1 | 11-0 | 1.5672 (LW × 1.018) | Bye |
| 8 (↓1) | Ohio-St BCS=10 | 10-2 | 1.5584 (LW × 0.995) | won by 35 vs Michigan |
| 9 (↑1) | Boise-St BCS=9 | 11-0 | 1.5538 (LW × 1.011) | won by 7 at Nevada |
| 10 (↑2) | Utah BCS=6 | 12-0 | 1.5497 (LW × 1.040) | won by 24 vs BYU |
| 11 (↑3) | TCU BCS=14 | 10-2 | 1.5127 (LW × 1.022) | won by 34 vs Air-Force |
| 12 (↑3) | Ball-St BCS=15 | 11-0 | 1.5037 (LW × 1.017) | won by 7 at Cent-Michigan |
| 13 (↑17) | Florida-St BCS=20 | 8-3 | 1.4975 (LW × 1.074) | won by 34 at Maryland |
| 14 (↓3) | Missouri BCS=13 | 9-2 | 1.4865 (LW × 0.996) | Bye |
| 15 (↑3) | Boston-Coll BCS=21 | 8-3 | 1.4810 (LW × 1.022) | won by 3 at Wake-Forest |
| 16 (↑4) | Cincinnati BCS=16 | 9-2 | 1.4750 (LW × 1.023) | won by 7 vs Pittsburgh |
| 17 (↓4) | Georgia BCS=11 | 9-2 | 1.4744 (LW × 0.996) | Bye |
| 18 (↑3) | West-Virginia | 7-3 | 1.4724 (LW × 1.031) | won by 14 at Louisville |
| 19 (↑9) | Mississippi | 7-4 | 1.4701 (LW × 1.049) | won by 18 at LSU |
| 20 (↓1) | Rutgers | 6-5 | 1.4629 (LW × 1.012) | won by 27 vs Army |
| 21 (↓4) | Oklahoma-St BCS=12 | 9-2 | 1.4627 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
| 22 (↑4) | Iowa | 8-4 | 1.4530 (LW × 1.034) | won by 55 at Minnesota |
| 23 (↑2) | Oregon-St BCS=17 | 8-3 | 1.4333 (LW × 1.017) | won by 2 at Arizona |
| 24 (↓16) | North-Carolina | 7-4 | 1.4320 (LW × 0.924) | lost by 31 vs NC-State |
| 25 (↓9) | Michigan-St BCS=19 | 9-3 | 1.4282 (LW × 0.974) | lost by 31 at Penn-St |
| 26 (↑1) | Nebraska | 7-4 | 1.4011 (LW × 0.997) | Bye |
| 27 (↓3) | Pittsburgh BCS=25 | 7-3 | 1.3975 (LW × 0.983) | lost by 7 at Cincinnati |
| 28 (↑19) | Georgia-Tech BCS=22 | 8-3 | 1.3885 (LW × 1.058) | won by 18 vs Miami-FL |
| 29 (↓6) | BYU BCS=18 | 10-2 | 1.3871 (LW × 0.973) | lost by 24 at Utah |
| 30 (↓1) | Virginia-Tech | 7-4 | 1.3855 (LW × 0.989) | won by 11 vs Duke |
| 31 (↑1) | South-Carolina | 7-4 | 1.3830 (LW × 1.007) | Bye |
| 32 (↑21) | Clemson | 6-5 | 1.3739 (LW × 1.070) | won by 10 at Virginia |
| 33 (↓2) | Connecticut | 7-4 | 1.3726 (LW × 0.986) | lost by 4 at South-Florida |
| 34 (↓1) | Oregon BCS=23 | 8-3 | 1.3644 (LW × 1.003) | Bye |
| 35 (↑6) | Northwestern BCS=24 | 9-3 | 1.3594 (LW × 1.028) | won by 17 vs Illinois |
Comments:
Texas is just barely below #1 Florida. But the Longhorns have 4-7 Texas A&M left to play; even a blow-out win will likely drop them so far they would need Florida and Oklahoma both to lose to have any chance at the top spot in the week 15 standings.
What happened to Texas Tech's ability to play run defense? That was brutal. It seemed like every time I looked at the game, Oklahoma was getting another big run on them. The Sooners finished with 299 yards rushing. Two players rushed for more than 100 yards. A stunning collapse for the defense of a team formerly ranked #2 by the BCS and #3 by APR.
If Alabama loses to Florida December 6th... What happens if Utah, Boise State, and Ball State are the only ranked unbeaten teams? If the NCAA had a playoff system...
Seriously—LSU is out of the top 25 now, right? Update: right.
After starting 1-5, Rutgers has gone on a 5-game winning streak to make it to 6 wins and bowl elegibility. Especially if they win their final game vs Louisville, the BCS needs to find a bowl game for these guys.
Of course Wisconsin nearly choked on their Cal Poly-flavored cupcake, needing overtime to get to their 7th win of the season. (On the other hand, Cal Poly finished their season 8-2, so maybe they were not as much a cupcake as the Badgers might have hoped.)
