2015-11-22

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.

1Clemson11-0
2Iowa11-0
3Alabama10-1
4Michigan State10-1
5Notre Dame10-1
6Oklahoma10-1
7Ohio State10-1
8Florida10-1
9North Carolina10-1
10Oklahoma State10-1
11Northwestern9-2
12Navy9-1
13Stanford9-2
14Houston10-1
15Michigan9-2
16Florida State9-2
17Baylor9-1
18TCU9-2
19Oregon8-3
20Toledo9-1
21Ole Miss8-3
22Mississippi State8-3
23Utah8-3
24Texas A&M8-3
25Temple9-2
26Pittsburgh8-3
27UCLA8-3
28Washington State8-3
29Western Kentucky9-2
30Georgia8-3
31Memphis8-3
32BYU8-3
33Marshall9-2
34Bowling Green8-3
35LSU7-3
36Wisconsin8-3
37USC7-4
38Tennessee7-4
39San Diego State8-3
40Air Force8-3
41Miami (FL)7-4
42Louisiana Tech8-3
43Appalachian State8-2
44Penn State7-4
45Northern Illinois8-3
46Arkansas6-5
47South Florida7-4
48California6-5
49Southern Mississippi8-3
50Georgia Southern7-3
51Auburn6-5
52NC State7-4
53Arizona State6-5
54Arkansas State7-3
55West Virginia6-4
56Texas Tech6-5
57Ohio7-4
58Louisville6-5
59Boise State7-4
60Arizona6-6
61Cincinnati6-5
62Central Michigan6-5
63Utah State6-5
64Duke6-5
65Western Michigan6-5
66Connecticut6-5
67Minnesota5-6
68Middle Tennessee6-5
69Illinois5-6
70Nebraska5-6
71Missouri5-6
72Washington5-6
73Indiana5-6
74Akron6-5
75Colorado State6-5
76East Carolina5-6
77Virginia Tech5-6
78Kentucky5-6
79Nevada6-5
80New Mexico6-5
81Virginia4-7
82Tulsa5-6
83San Jose State5-6
84Kansas State4-6
85South Alabama5-5
86Buffalo5-6
87Texas4-6
88Vanderbilt4-7
89Old Dominion5-6
90Rutgers4-7
91Florida Intl5-7
92Georgia Tech3-8
93Iowa State3-8
94Colorado4-8
95Georgia State4-6
96South Carolina3-8
97Louisiana Lafayette4-6
98UTEP4-7
99Syracuse3-8
100Maryland2-9
101Wake Forest3-8
102Troy3-7
103Boston College3-8
104Rice4-7
105Texas State3-7
106Fresno State3-8
107Purdue2-9
108Ball State3-8
109UNLV3-8
110New Mexico State3-7
110Idaho3-8
112Kent State3-8
113Oregon State2-9
114Tulane3-8
115SMU2-9
116Texas San Antonio3-8
117Miami (OH)3-9
118Florida Atlantic2-9
119Massachusetts2-9
120Hawaii2-10
121Charlotte2-9
122Army2-9
123North Texas1-10
124Wyoming1-10
125Kansas0-11
126Louisiana Monroe1-10
127Eastern Michigan1-10
128UCF0-11

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

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