Week 2: Top 25 -- TFG

This past week saw very little action between top-ranked teams, except for the thriller between Boise State and Virginia Tech. When looking at these rankings, keep in mind that they are by and large still a reflection of last year's season. A mere 11.8% of the statistical weight that goes into these rankings is from the games you just saw, while a full 66.2% comes from the 2009-2010 season. The remainder comes from even older data.

Rank	+/-	Team	WinPct	SoS	Off Pts	Def Pts	Pace
001	+2	Alabama	0.9422	0.5830	27.4	8.7	79.2
002	-1	Florida	0.9275	0.5797	30.7	10.9	77.0
003	+1	Ohio St.	0.9272	0.5339	24.3	8.6	81.4
004	-2	TCU	0.9102	0.5172	24.3	9.5	83.0
005	--	Texas	0.8855	0.5142	27.8	12.2	83.8
006	+7	Oregon	0.8847	0.5512	25.3	11.1	90.7
007	+1	Boise St.	0.8795	0.4951	26.7	11.9	84.5
008	+1	Penn State	0.8788	0.5778	22.7	10.1	80.7
009	-2	Virginia Tech	0.8707	0.6519	26.4	12.1	80.3
010	-4	Oklahoma	0.8497	0.6212	21.5	10.7	89.3
011	+1	Iowa	0.8343	0.6018	21.2	11.0	80.4
012	-1	Nebraska	0.8309	0.4498	21.2	11.1	80.4
013	+2	LSU	0.8158	0.6409	22.1	12.0	82.3
014	-4	USC	0.8118	0.5614	22.6	12.5	84.5
015	-1	Texas Tech	0.7723	0.5349	24.6	15.1	88.9
016	NA	Georgia	0.7643	0.5835	26.2	16.3	79.7
017	-1	Utah	0.7572	0.4982	21.4	13.6	84.9
018	+2	Mississippi	0.7555	0.6323	21.5	13.6	81.6
019	+2	Clemson	0.7448	0.5111	20.8	13.3	81.9
020	+2	Georgia Tech	0.7412	0.6616	27.0	17.6	79.0
021	-4	BYU	0.7382	0.4596	21.5	14.2	85.2
022	-4	Pittsburgh	0.7337	0.5870	23.2	15.4	81.5
023	NA	Arizona	0.7332	0.5211	20.2	13.5	82.5
024	NA	Oregon St.	0.7298	0.6649	23.3	15.7	84.4
025	NA	Arkansas	0.7291	0.6629	25.3	16.8	83.4

New entries: Georgia, Arizona, Oregon State, Arkansas.

Dropped out: Miami-FL, Stanford, Cincinnati, Air Force.

Even after one week the computer polls begin to fall in line with people's expectations. Alabama and Ohio State rise to the top, USC and Texas Tech slip downwards. Georgia gets bonus points for manhandling LA-Lafayette, and Oregon is rewarded mightily for pounding New Mexico. After a few weeks, however, these lopsided wins will start fading into the statistical noise as TFG is reminded that neither LAL nor UNM is a powerhouse this year, and a big win counts for little. Ole Miss is saved by the fact that games against I-AA opponents aren't taken into account; we may have to fix that eventually.

The Pac10 makes a strong start out of the gate, placing 4 teams in the top 25, second only to the 6 teams from the SEC. This early on it's difficult for the computers to pick anything out of the noise, though.