NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 12

I picked a bad weekend to go out of town. I didn't get to watch any games, and I didn't really even look up any scores other than Mizzou. I was surprised to see Alabama advance in my rankings despite only beating an FCS team, then I noticed that only Clemson and Iowa remained undefeated.

Ohio State lost to Michigan State, who has to feel pretty bad about that loss to Nebraska now. Oklahoma State lost to Baylor, another team with only 1 loss. Houston lost a game they probably should have won, against 5-5 Connecticut, who is now 6-5 and bowl eligible for the first time since 2010, so they had something to play for. I suspect the playoff 4 will be among my top 5, with Notre Dame edging out Michigan State in the real rankings.

Last week we had 2 0-10 teams, and now there are two at 0-11. Kansas lost, as did UCF, who somehow has one of the two Thursday games this week, so they'll likely finish off their Thanksgiving by finishing off their season 0-12

Missouri lost again. I didn't really see the game, but my understanding was it was a pretty uninspired performance. Gary Pinkel's retirement might get them an invitation to a bowl game at 5-7, but a win next week over Arkansas would be the more direct path

What if LSU had won their canceled week 1 game?
LSU has now lost 3 games in a row, making this question even less interesting! They'd move from #35 to #22 with that win, partially because their opponent in the canceled game, McNeese State, is actually now 10-0, and would give them a sizable strength of schedule boost compared to the average FCS cupcake.

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

2015 History and #1s

Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0
Week 2 Texas A&M
Week 3 Ohio State
Week 4 Northwestern
Week 5 Northwestern
Week 6 Florida
Week 7 Iowa
Week 8 Michigan State
Week 9 Clemson
Week 10 Clemson
Week 11 Clemson