Read
this for a description of APR.
Read
this for some disclaimers about applying APR to the NCAA.
This is using a new margin power function (different from the function used for NFL games). This means that the power values are not comparable to the ones posted last year.
Official rankings will be added after they are published.
| Rank | Team | W-L | Power Index | This week |
| 1 (-) | Alabama AP=1 | 7-0 | 7.5253 (LW × 0.929) | won by 14 vs South-Carolina |
| 2 (-) | Florida AP=2 | 6-0 | 7.4327 (LW × 1.011) | won by 3 vs Arkansas |
| 3 (↑2) | Texas AP=3 | 6-0 | 7.0277 (LW × 1.260) | won by 3 vs Oklahoma |
| 4 (↓1) | Virginia-Tech AP=15 | 5-2 | 6.0916 (LW × 0.920) | lost by 5 at Georgia-Tech |
| 5 (↑4) | Iowa AP=7 | 7-0 | 5.8404 (LW × 1.141) | won by 10 at Wisconsin |
| 6 (↑41) | Texas-Tech AP=21 | 5-2 | 5.6090 (LW × 1.864) | won by 21 at Nebraska |
| 7 (↑6) | TCU AP=10 | 6-0 | 5.5548 (LW × 1.208) | won by 38 vs Colorado-St |
| 8 (↑2) | USC AP=4 | 5-1 | 5.5062 (LW × 1.078) | won by 7 at Notre-Dame |
| 9 (↑2) | Cincinnati AP=5 | 6-0 | 5.2810 (LW × 1.058) | won by 17 at South-Florida |
| 10 (↑15) | Georgia-Tech AP=11 | 6-1 | 5.2252 (LW × 1.379) | won by 5 vs Virginia-Tech |
| 11 (↑1) | Oregon AP=12 | 5-1 | 5.1857 (LW × 1.058) | Bye |
| 12 (↓5) | Boise-St AP=6 | 6-0 | 5.0124 (LW × 0.924) | won by 7 at Tulsa |
| 13 (↓9) | Arkansas AP=rv(8) | 3-3 | 4.9464 (LW × 0.881) | lost by 3 at Florida |
| 14 (↑2) | Miami-FL AP=8 | 5-1 | 4.9389 (LW × 1.114) | won by 20 at UCF |
| 15 (↓9) | Kansas AP=24 | 5-1 | 4.7366 (LW × 0.864) | lost by 4 at Colorado |
| 16 (↑2) | Oklahoma AP=25 | 3-3 | 4.2743 (LW × 0.990) | lost by 3 at Texas |
| 17 (-) | Tennessee | 3-3 | 4.1882 (LW × 0.969) | Bye |
| 18 (↑21) | Clemson | 3-3 | 4.1767 (LW × 1.304) | won by 35 vs Wake-Forest |
| 19 (↓11) | Nebraska AP=rv(52) | 4-2 | 4.1638 (LW × 0.776) | lost by 21 vs Texas-Tech |
| 20 (↑10) | West-Virginia AP=22 | 5-1 | 4.1168 (LW × 1.146) | won by 17 vs Marshall |
| 21 (↓1) | Auburn AP=rv(3) | 5-2 | 4.1155 (LW × 0.986) | lost by 7 vs Kentucky |
| 22 (↓7) | Notre-Dame AP=rv(61) | 4-2 | 4.0510 (LW × 0.910) | lost by 7 vs USC |
| 23 (↓9) | Ohio-St AP=18 | 5-2 | 3.9856 (LW × 0.870) | lost by 8 at Purdue |
| 24 (↓2) | LSU AP=9 | 5-1 | 3.9557 (LW × 0.999) | Bye |
| 25 (↑23) | Penn-St AP=13 | 6-1 | 3.9490 (LW × 1.335) | won by 20 vs Minnesota |
| 26 (↑18) | California AP=rv(9) | 4-2 | 3.8537 (LW × 1.263) | won by 19 at UCLA |
| 27 (↓4) | Oregon-St AP=rv(5) | 4-2 | 3.8197 (LW × 0.983) | Bye |
| 28 (↑15) | Houston AP=17 | 5-1 | 3.8162 (LW × 1.249) | won by 28 at Tulane |
| 29 (↑3) | Arizona AP=rv(25) | 4-2 | 3.7612 (LW × 1.094) | won by 5 vs Stanford |
| 30 (↓6) | Pittsburgh AP=20 | 6-1 | 3.7251 (LW × 0.973) | won by 7 at Rutgers |
Other Notable Teams: | ||||
| 31 (↑5) | Oklahoma-St AP=14 | 5-1 | 3.7155 (LW × 1.104) | won by 16 vs Missouri |
| 34 (↓15) | South-Florida AP=rv(57) | 5-1 | 3.5995 (LW × 0.859) | lost by 17 vs Cincinnati |
| 36 (↓8) | Michigan AP=rv(41) | 5-2 | 3.4231 (LW × 0.929) | won by 57 vs Delaware-St |
| 38 (↑12) | Boston-Coll AP=rv(3) | 5-2 | 3.3451 (LW × 1.151) | won by 32 vs NC-State |
| 41 (↑5) | Mississippi AP=rv(59) | 4-2 | 3.2839 (LW × 1.090) | won by 35 vs UAB |
| 42 (↓13) | Wisconsin AP=rv(4) | 5-2 | 3.1596 (LW × 0.869) | lost by 10 vs Iowa |
| 44 (↓4) | Utah AP=19 | 5-1 | 3.1367 (LW × 0.985) | won by 20 at UNLV |
| 45 (↓11) | BYU AP=16 | 6-1 | 3.1303 (LW × 0.918) | won by 10 at San-Diego-St |
| 49 (↑2) | South-Carolina AP=23 | 5-2 | 2.9914 (LW × 1.031) | lost by 14 at Alabama |
| 53 (↓4) | Navy AP=rv(4) | 5-2 | 2.8929 (LW × 0.982) | won by 3 at SMU |
| 55 (↑14) | Cent-Michigan AP=rv(39) | 6-1 | 2.8362 (LW × 1.274) | won by 11 at W-Michigan |
| 57 (↓24) | Missouri AP=rv(4) | 4-2 | 2.7369 (LW × 0.800) | lost by 16 at Oklahoma-St |
| 64 (↓10) | Idaho AP=rv(4) | 6-1 | 2.5438 (LW × 0.932) | won by 12 vs Hawaii |
Comments:
APR hsa Alabama and Florida ranked very close. Texas isn't too far away, but there's a big drop off in the power index to #4 Virginia Tech.
Arkansas justifies their high ranking (in spite of their now 3-3 record) by playing Florida very close.
Iowa has a good shot at finishing undefeated. All their remaining games are in the Big 10, with Ohio State the only team on that list better than 4-3 right now.
Arizona gets a flukey, come-from-behind win over Stanford, a week after giving up a flukey, come-from-behind win to Washington.
