| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Off Pts | Def Pts | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | -- | Texas | 0.9873 | 0.4815 | 24.4 | 8.6 | 88.4 |
| 002 | +2 | TCU | 0.9873 | 0.4516 | 23.2 | 7.3 | 82.2 |
| 003 | -1 | Boise St. | 0.9873 | 0.4344 | 26.8 | 11.8 | 82.7 |
| 004 | -1 | Florida | 0.9873 | 0.5000 | 22.1 | 6.6 | 77.3 |
| 005 | +1 | Cincinnati | 0.9783 | 0.4412 | 21.6 | 12.0 | 83.2 |
| 006 | +1 | Alabama | 0.9485 | 0.5161 | 20.0 | 6.9 | 80.7 |
| 007 | +5 | Virginia Tech | 0.9342 | 0.5615 | 20.7 | 9.2 | 80.2 |
| 008 | -- | Iowa | 0.9307 | 0.5294 | 15.1 | 9.8 | 79.9 |
| 009 | +4 | Oregon | 0.9304 | 0.5484 | 22.4 | 12.2 | 88.6 |
| 010 | -1 | Ohio St. | 0.9277 | 0.5000 | 18.2 | 7.6 | 80.6 |
| 011 | -1 | Penn State | 0.9217 | 0.4876 | 17.1 | 7.9 | 79.4 |
| 012 | -7 | Pittsburgh | 0.9095 | 0.4712 | 19.9 | 12.1 | 78.9 |
| 013 | +1 | Clemson | 0.8520 | 0.5454 | 18.5 | 12.4 | 83.9 |
| 014 | +7 | Stanford | 0.8468 | 0.4733 | 22.6 | 16.2 | 80.2 |
| 015 | +3 | Texas Tech | 0.8458 | 0.5120 | 20.5 | 11.8 | 92.3 |
| 016 | +1 | LSU | 0.8458 | 0.4923 | 16.0 | 9.6 | 80.4 |
| 017 | -6 | Georgia Tech | 0.8451 | 0.4750 | 22.2 | 15.8 | 78.0 |
| 018 | NA | BYU | 0.8246 | 0.4254 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 82.8 |
| 019 | NA | Oklahoma | 0.8130 | 0.6048 | 18.4 | 8.0 | 90.3 |
| 020 | +3 | Oregon St. | 0.8122 | 0.5182 | 19.8 | 13.6 | 83.9 |
| 021 | +4 | Nebraska | 0.8120 | 0.4470 | 14.6 | 7.2 | 81.7 |
| 022 | -3 | Miami-FL | 0.8112 | 0.5508 | 19.5 | 13.1 | 82.5 |
| 023 | -8 | Houston | 0.8087 | 0.4146 | 21.7 | 16.5 | 95.0 |
| 024 | NA | West Virginia | 0.8044 | 0.5189 | 16.2 | 12.0 | 82.5 |
| 025 | NA | Ohio | 0.7954 | 0.3952 | 16.7 | 14.6 | 83.8 |
New entries: BYU, Oklahoma, West Virginia, Ohio
Dropped out: Arkansas, Oklahoma State, Temple, North Carolina
The top four teams -- (1a) Texas, (1b) TCU, (1c) Boise State, and (1d) Florida -- are statistically indistinguishable. (5) Cincinnati is only behind by 0.01. (6) Alabama's struggles against 4-loss SEC teams are starting to take their toll in the rankings. Will they be able to step it up this weekend against Florida when it matters most?
The surprise team in my top 10 is (7) Virginia Tech, who flattened (75) Virginia over the weekend. Virginia Tech has has never had a defensive problem and laying 42 on their in-state rival helps a lot. The surprise fall comes from (23) Houston, who dropped eight spots despite scoring 73 against a helpless (111) Rice. I'll need to look into this one a little further to see exactly how that happened.
I give Justin a lot of grief over TFG's Oklahoma lovefest, but even RBA is ranking them in the top 25 this week after shellacking Oklahoma State. Since I'm this week's idiot, I'll refrain from criticizing how a 7-5 team is at his #6 spot. I'll leave that to Farkers, who will likely do a better job than me, anyway.
