NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 10

I can't really explain why, but all 3 of the top undefeated teams stayed put, with Clemson holding on to #1 and Notre Dame and Alabama right behind. Alabama beat the #8 team, LSU, which I would have thought would vault their strength of schedule well above the others, but they still sit at #3. UCF is sneaking up my rankings as well, up to #9.

Missouri inexplicably beat the #11-ranked team, Florida, on the road, although I had them down at #18. Still, it was quite the unexpected victory, and might wind up being pretty important in getting them to bowl eligibility. They jumped from #71 up to #50, forcing me yet again to ponder what might have been if they won the games they should have, or at least pulled off a win in some close ones.

Funny story about UTEP: their game was featured in ESPN's Streak game, which I like to play. Oftentimes there are point spreads, but this was a straight pick, because at 0-8, they were facing 1-8 Rice. I picked Rice, because I figure #126 is better than #129, especially at home. I didn't get to watch that game, but I got a notification my pick had lost, and I thought, hey good for UTEP, I'll have something positive about them to write on Sunday. Then 2 minutes later I got a notification that the matchup had been rescored, and UTEP actually lost. At the moment it seemed pretty funny, that their little bit of hope had been pulled back away. But, then there was another notification that they had indeed won, so we were back to some positivity. Good job, UTEP. But you're still #129.

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

2018 History and #1s
Week 1 Hawai'i
Week 2 Hawai'i
Week 3 Alabama
Week 4 Stanford
Week 5 Notre Dame
Week 6 Notre Dame
Week 7 Notre Dame
Week 8 Alabama
Week 9 Clemson