| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off. | Def. | Pace | |||||||||
| 1 | -- | Alabama | 1.000 | 0.548 | 16 | 25.6 | 3 | 6.1 | 1 | 156.3 | 124 |
| 2 | -- | Oregon | 0.992 | 0.529 | 48 | 28.6 | 1 | 11.8 | 24 | 176.9 | 2 |
| 3 | +4 | Notre Dame | 0.984 | 0.566 | 1 | 17.9 | 40 | 8.3 | 3 | 164.6 | 95 |
| 4 | -- | Kansas St. | 0.983 | 0.533 | 45 | 26.3 | 2 | 13.0 | 31 | 165.6 | 83 |
| 5 | -- | Florida | 0.975 | 0.557 | 5 | 17.8 | 41 | 8.8 | 4 | 161.2 | 114 |
| 6 | -3 | LSU | 0.975 | 0.549 | 15 | 23.4 | 5 | 8.2 | 2 | 160.1 | 116 |
| 7 | +2 | Texas A&M | 0.950 | 0.556 | 9 | 25.1 | 4 | 11.2 | 18 | 173.5 | 10 |
| 8 | -2 | Oklahoma | 0.950 | 0.545 | 22 | 22.5 | 11 | 10.3 | 12 | 171.6 | 18 |
| 9 | -1 | South Carolina | 0.949 | 0.545 | 25 | 23.3 | 6 | 9.9 | 8 | 157.9 | 123 |
| 10 | +2 | Georgia | 0.949 | 0.544 | 27 | 23.1 | 9 | 11.3 | 21 | 160.0 | 117 |
| 11 | +4 | Stanford | 0.931 | 0.542 | 31 | 20.6 | 23 | 10.2 | 11 | 167.0 | 64 |
| 12 | -2 | Boise St. | 0.924 | 0.465 | 93 | 19.1 | 32 | 9.7 | 7 | 168.1 | 48 |
| 13 | -- | Ohio St. | 0.914 | 0.529 | 49 | 21.8 | 17 | 13.5 | 38 | 159.8 | 118 |
| 14 | +3 | Rutgers | 0.912 | 0.497 | 68 | 16.3 | 60 | 10.4 | 13 | 164.6 | 91 |
| 15 | -1 | Florida St. | 0.906 | 0.548 | 17 | 22.0 | 15 | 8.8 | 5 | 165.9 | 76 |
| 16 | -5 | Oklahoma St. | 0.898 | 0.552 | 10 | 22.4 | 13 | 13.9 | 41 | 173.9 | 8 |
| 17 | +2 | USC | 0.897 | 0.534 | 44 | 23.3 | 7 | 11.2 | 19 | 167.0 | 65 |
| 18 | -2 | Wisconsin | 0.897 | 0.529 | 50 | 21.6 | 21 | 11.2 | 20 | 161.5 | 112 |
| 19 | -1 | Clemson | 0.882 | 0.528 | 52 | 23.1 | 8 | 13.2 | 34 | 167.7 | 54 |
| 20 | +1 | Nebraska | 0.855 | 0.535 | 42 | 20.3 | 25 | 13.2 | 35 | 167.2 | 61 |
| 21 | -1 | Michigan | 0.843 | 0.543 | 29 | 21.8 | 19 | 10.9 | 17 | 166.8 | 70 |
| 22 | +1 | Michigan St. | 0.838 | 0.546 | 21 | 15.5 | 71 | 10.0 | 10 | 167.0 | 66 |
| 23 | -1 | BYU | 0.835 | 0.485 | 75 | 17.5 | 45 | 9.9 | 9 | 168.9 | 33 |
| 24 | -- | Utah St. | 0.821 | 0.496 | 69 | 16.5 | 55 | 10.8 | 15 | 168.7 | 38 |
| 25 | NA | UCLA | 0.804 | 0.545 | 24 | 19.0 | 33 | 14.6 | 52 | 168.2 | 45 |
Rankings through games of 2012-11-11
New entries: UCLA.
Dropped out: Arizona St.
Now is the time to remind readers that RBA does not attempt to identify the most deserving teams to play in the national championship. Furthermore, we have absolutely zero impact on the actual BCS. RBA attempts to identify who would win if any two teams played and predict the final score. Personally, I'm not going to sit here and say that Alabama should play in the national championship game over undefeated Oregon, Kansas State, or Notre Dame. It's in this context that Alabama remains the #1 team in the RBA poll. If they played next Saturday, RBA would still pick Alabama to beat Texas A&M or any of the other undefeated teams.
The top four teams stack up as follows:
| Team | Offensive Efficiency | Defensive Efficiency |
| (1) Alabama | 31.9 +/- 12.7 PPH | 2.2 +/- 7.8 PPH |
| (2) Oregon | 33.9 +/- 10.7 PPH | 4.2 +/- 15.3 PPH |
| (3) Notre Dame | 23.9 +/- 11.9 PPH | 8.1 +/- 0.4 PPH |
| (4) Kansas State | 34.7 +/- 17.0 PPH | 9.3 +/- 7.3 PPH |
As discussed previously, Alabama is still the most likely to win in a heads up matchup because they're efficient on both sides of the ball. Oregon has the strongest offense against top competition, but they're prone to surrendering lots of points against stronger competition. This data is likely biased by their tendency to let off the throttle late in the game, but they didn't help themselves by surrendering 51 to Southern Cal. Notre Dame plays the most consistent defense of the bunch (and is actually playing better against top competition than the Crimson Tide), but they lack the offensive firepower to keep up with Oregon and Alabama. Kansas State can light up the scoreboard (not as well as the Ducks), but their defense makes it a necessity.
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