Monday, December 3, 2012

Week 15: Top 25 -- RBA


Rank +/- Team WinPct SoS Adjusted
Off. Def. Pace
1 -- Alabama 1.000 0.549 14 26.4 2 5.9 1 156.3 124
2 -- Oregon 0.992 0.530 50 27.9 1 11.4 20 177.1 3
3 -- Notre Dame 0.992 0.567 1 18.7 38 7.2 2 164.4 98
4 -- Florida 0.983 0.559 5 18.1 43 8.9 3 161.2 114
5 -- LSU 0.975 0.548 16 22.9 9 9.0 4 160.4 116
6 +1 Texas A&M 0.967 0.555 7 25.9 3 11.3 19 173.7 10
7 -1 Georgia 0.967 0.545 24 23.6 6 11.1 14 160.0 117
8 +1 South Carolina 0.950 0.545 26 23.2 7 9.7 6 158.0 123
9 -1 Kansas St. 0.941 0.532 48 25.6 4 14.2 41 165.6 80
10 +4 Stanford 0.932 0.543 29 20.5 23 10.0 8 167.2 60
11 -- Oklahoma 0.932 0.547 19 22.8 10 11.5 24 172.0 15
12 -2 Oklahoma St. 0.932 0.552 11 22.8 11 14.0 39 174.4 7
13 +3 Wisconsin 0.932 0.532 47 22.2 16 11.2 17 161.7 112
14 -1 Ohio St. 0.924 0.530 49 21.5 20 13.0 30 159.8 118
15 -3 Boise St. 0.915 0.466 93 19.0 31 10.1 10 167.9 52
16 -1 Florida St. 0.878 0.547 17 22.0 17 9.3 5 165.6 82
17 -- USC 0.876 0.535 39 22.7 12 11.5 23 167.0 68
18 -- Clemson 0.875 0.527 56 23.2 8 13.9 38 168.1 48
19 +2 Oregon St. 0.851 0.547 18 17.7 49 10.7 13 170.9 21
20 +2 Michigan 0.851 0.545 23 22.5 15 11.2 18 166.4 73
21 +2 Penn State 0.845 0.539 32 16.6 60 9.8 7 164.5 93
22 +2 Utah St. 0.839 0.494 70 17.5 53 11.5 22 169.0 33
23 -4 Nebraska 0.831 0.534 43 18.8 35 12.1 25 167.1 65
24 NA BYU 0.822 0.482 77 16.7 59 10.2 11 168.9 35
25 -- Michigan St. 0.821 0.545 22 15.4 74 10.0 9 166.9 69
Rankings through games of 2012-12-02


New entries: BYU.

Dropped out: Rutgers.

We arrive at the "end" of the regular season (only Army-Navy remaining) with few surprises.  Alabama finishes the regular season in the top spot thanks to the #1 defense and #2 offense.  Oregon and Notre Dame finish tied for second thanks to the #1 offense and #2 defense, respectively.  Looking forward to the national championship game, RBA will favor the Crimson Tide; the only question is how much.

SEC runner-up Georgia finishes tied with Texas A&M for #6 behind #4 Florida and #5 LSU.  Georgia fans should thank their lucky stars that SEC schedule makers continue to push the easy button for the Bulldogs.  They cakewalked through Auburn and Ole Miss from the west as the Gators played LSU and Texas A&M and the Gamecocks played LSU and Arkansas without a healthy Marcus Lattimore.  You have to wonder if the Bulldogs were really the best team in the SEC East.

Personally, I'm most surprised by Stanford finishing the regular season in the top 10.  There's no way I would have expected a team to lose Andrew Luck, beat Oregon, nearly beat Notre Dame on the road, and find their way into the Rose Bowl.  Much like Texas A&M beating Alabama, that's why they play the games.

Our mid-major of the year remains Boise State, but kudos to Utah State finishing the season at #22.


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