NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 9

Both #1 and #2 were off last week, allowing two teams to pass them. Iowa has previously been #1, but is #2 this week. We have yet another new #1: Clemson. I feel like they haven't really been on my radar, despite being undefeated. I supposed it's because they had an early bye, and so were one win behind the top teams since week 4. From top to bottom, teams still seem to be shuffling around a lot.

Just so you know this system isn't so simplistic that it just bumps 8-0 teams to the top automatically, notice Houston all the way down at #15, below 7-2 Ole Miss, some 7-1 teams, and 7-0 LSU. Every UCF (0-9) loss is going to drag on Houston's ranking.

Missouri was off this week, and plays Thursday. I guess that's a normal courtesy extended to college teams, not having 2 games in 6 days, unlike the NFL. You've got to keep up the whole student-athlete charade, right? Anyway, Missouri still lost 5 spots, and is now #71.

What if LSU had won their canceled week 1 game?
They'd be #1 again, for the third week in a row. Since they were off this week and fell behind a couple more 8-0 teams, they once again are impacting several teams, mostly their opponents. Western Kentucky would jump ahead of Michigan to #26, Mississippi State would pass UCLA at #30, Air Force would tie Washington at #60, South Carolina would rank ahead of Nevada at #85, Syracuse would pass Colorado and Nebraska to rise to #87, and New Mexico State, all the way down at #126, would jump two spots to #124.

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

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