NCAA Football Power Ranking, Week 3

LSU pays a hefty price for slumming it against #118 Idaho this week, and they drop to #19 among the 23 3-0 Teams. Meanwhile, Stanford takes on the previously undefeated USC, and reaps the benefits of a big win. Of course, there's plenty of time for these rankings to change, and I expect LSU to reach at least near the top again.

I'll also point out that #65 TCU, at 2-0, is ranked below lots of 2-1 teams, including Miami all the way up at a tie for #24. Strength of Schedule plays a big part in these rankings, not only to break ties among the undefeated teams, but to show which teams are playing such an easy schedule they haven't really proven themselves better than teams with lesser records.

Finally, Missouri is clawing their way back up, sitting at #38 today, up from #85 last week.

1	Stanford	3-0
2	Iowa State	3-0
3	Arizona	3-0
4	Alabama	3-0
5	Rutgers	3-0
6	Notre Dame	3-0
7	Florida	3-0
8	Georgia	3-0
9	Ohio State	3-0
10	Northwestern	3-0
11	Oregon	3-0
12	Clemson	3-0
13	Kansas State	3-0
14	Texas	3-0
15	Mississippi State	3-0
16	South Carolina	3-0
17	Ohio	3-0
18	Texas Tech	3-0
19	LSU	3-0
20	Florida State	3-0
21	UCLA	3-0
22	Louisville	3-0
23	Minnesota	3-0
24	West Virginia	2-0
24	Miami (FL)	2-1
26	Iowa	2-1
27	Ole Miss	2-1
28	Arizona State	2-1
29	South Florida	2-1
30	Cincinnati	2-0
31	Utah State	2-1
32	USC	2-1
33	Washington	2-1
34	Michigan State	2-1
35	Purdue	2-1
36	North Carolina State	2-1
37	Tennessee	2-1
38	Missouri	2-1
39	Oklahoma	2-0
40	Oklahoma State	2-1
41	Utah	2-1
42	Virginia	2-1
43	Ball State	2-1
44	Wisconsin	2-1
45	Nevada	2-1
46	Baylor	2-0
47	Duke	2-1
48	Georgia Tech	2-1
49	UCF	2-1
50	East Carolina	2-1
51	Western Kentucky	2-1
52	San Diego State	2-1
53	Connecticut	2-1
54	Michigan	2-1
55	Northern Illinois	2-1
56	Louisiana Tech	2-0
57	San Jose State	2-1
58	Brigham Young	2-1
59	Wake Forest	2-1
60	Indiana	2-1
61	Toledo	2-1
62	Virginia Tech	2-1
63	Nebraska	2-1
64	Louisiana-Lafayette	2-1
65	TCU	2-0
66	Illinois	2-1
67	Maryland	2-1
68	Middle Tennessee	2-1
69	Tulsa	2-1
70	Washington State	2-1
71	Fresno State	2-1
72	Oregon State	1-0
73	Pittsburgh	1-2
74	Syracuse	1-2
75	Auburn	1-2
76	Texas A&M	1-1
77	Temple	1-1
78	North Carolina	1-2
79	California	1-2
80	Boise State	1-1
81	Vanderbilt	1-2
82	Buffalo	1-1
83	Boston College	1-2
84	UTEP	1-2
85	North Texas	1-2
86	Marshall	1-2
87	Hawaii	1-1
88	Air Force	1-1
89	Kentucky	1-2
90	Rice	1-2
91	New Mexico State	1-2
92	Central Michigan	1-1
93	Louisiana-Monroe	1-1
94	New Mexico	1-2
95	Western Michigan	1-2
96	Penn State	1-2
97	Florida International	1-2
98	Arkansas	1-2
99	Troy	1-2
100	Kent State	1-1
101	Kansas	1-2
102	Bowling Green	1-2
103	Miami (OH)	1-2
104	Arkansas State	1-2
105	Southern Methodist	1-2
106	Florida Atlantic	1-2
107	Colorado State	1-2
108	Akron	1-2
109	Tulane	0-2
110	Eastern Michigan	0-3
111	Army	0-2
112	Southern Miss	0-2
113	Navy	0-2
114	Wyoming	0-3
115	UAB	0-2
116	Houston	0-3
117	UNLV	0-3
118	Idaho	0-3
119	Memphis	0-3
120	Colorado	0-3

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