NCAA Football Power Rankings, Final

Well that's it, the SEC finishes off the #1-vs-#2 era of the BCS with 7 championships in a row, and 9 total out of the 14 awarded in 15 years, since we're pretending nothing happened in 2004. I've got Alabama as a legitimate #1, too, although Stanford or Oregon probably could have beaten Notre Dame to earn my #1 rank too. That's why I like the direction we're going next year, with the 4-team playoff.

Based on this year's final standings but a 4-team tournament, the BCS would have had #1 Notre Dame against #4 Oregon, and #2 Alabama against #3 Florida before the final. Using my rankings would have resulted in a similar tournament, except Stanford was #4 at the end of the season. Notre Dame beat them once, but barely, so I think we might have easily seen an Oregon/Stanford vs Alabama title game in that case.

As I've said before, I started these rankings for fun when I felt Mizzou was being under-ranked in the past, but now it's fun to see the differences between my objective rankings and the BCS, which is part objective, part voting. All that really matters in the end is the #1 I guess, so this year, everyone's on the same page.

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

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