Weekly Rankings: Week 6, Oct 5

Another couple Top 5 teams go down this weekend... but in the Gunther Ratings USC & Wisconsin were only #11 & #9, respectively. So their drops to #28 & #24, while tough to handle, aren't as big as some people are making them out to be. LSU is steadily increasing their lead over everyone else, and they'll have a chance to put up a gaudy point total because they'll play in 14 games this year (regular season + SEC Championship + bowl). If they don't lose, that is.

#66 Washington still leads in the Strength of Schedule area, with their season-long opponents going 49-24 this year and earning 734.19 points, more than 100 points more than second place Florida's opponents.

Week 6 Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Points	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%
1	SEC	Louisiana State	264.21	6	0	100%	165.66	39	30	56.53%
2	Big10	Ohio State	240.04	6	0	100%	30.88	39	27	59.1%
3	Pac10	Arizona State	232.85	6	0	100%	100.64	37	29	56.07%
4	BigEast	Cincinnati	229.39	6	0	100%	-219.73	32	29	52.46%
5	ACC	Boston College	214.17	6	0	100%	-119.07	35	29	54.69%
6	BigEast	South Florida	200.24	5	0	100%	102.41	37	26	58.74%
7	Pac10	California	195.53	5	0	100%	-23.57	33	32	50.77%
8	Big12	Missouri	195.31	5	0	100%	242.18	41	24	63.08%
9	BigEast	Connecticut	188.71	5	0	100%	-56.94	35	29	54.69%
10	Big12	Kansas	183.76	5	0	100%	-368.79	33	34	49.26%
11	WAC	Hawaii	171.84	6	0	100%	-901.43	21	36	36.85%
12	Big10	Illinois	161.37	5	1	83.34%	120.44	39	27	59.1%
13	BigEast	West Virginia	152.26	5	1	83.34%	149.56	38	29	56.72%
14	Big12	Oklahoma	140.79	5	1	83.34%	-33.65	37	32	53.63%
15	SEC	South Carolina	137.21	5	1	83.34%	135.96	39	26	60%
16	Big12	Texas Tech	130.13	5	1	83.34%	-106.72	36	28	56.25%
17	Big10	Indiana	121.18	5	1	83.34%	-84.65	37	30	55.23%
18	ACC	Virginia Tech	119.93	5	1	83.34%	273.25	40	26	60.61%
19	ACC	Virginia	116.12	5	1	83.34%	14.6	35	33	51.48%
20	SEC	Kentucky	115.18	5	1	83.34%	264.19	41	24	63.08%
21	Big10	Purdue	107.83	5	1	83.34%	-211.31	35	32	52.24%
22	Pac10	Oregon	106.63	4	1	80%	291.97	39	27	59.1%
23	ACC	Florida State	106.16	4	1	80%	249.6	41	29	58.58%
24	Big10	Wisconsin	104.63	5	1	83.34%	-64.31	36	31	53.74%
25	Big12	Texas A&M	104.09	5	1	83.34%	375	42	21	66.67%
26	SEC	Auburn	101.82	4	2	66.67%	390.04	41	21	66.13%
27	SEC	Florida	88.90	4	2	66.67%	632.99	46	22	67.65%
28	Pac10	Southern California	82.30	4	1	80%	45.6	36	32	52.95%
29	SEC	Mississippi State	77.32	4	2	66.67%	230.91	39	25	60.94%
30	Big10	Penn State	73.04	4	2	66.67%	97.38	40	32	55.56%
31	Big12	Colorado	67.74	4	2	66.67%	587.28	44	23	65.68%
32	MtnWest	Wyoming	67.09	4	1	80%	-273.49	31	36	46.27%
33	SEC	Georgia	66.90	4	2	66.67%	192.71	40	26	60.61%
34	SEC	Alabama	63.16	4	2	66.67%	130.87	36	26	58.07%
35	WAC	Boise State	61.48	4	1	80%	-535.56	27	34	44.27%
36	Big10	Michigan State	59.61	4	2	66.67%	186.32	41	28	59.43%
37	ACC	Miami (Florida)	58.93	4	2	66.67%	55.32	37	33	52.86%
38	SEC	Tennessee	55.85	3	2	60%	319.68	42	25	62.69%
39	Big10	Michigan	51.94	4	2	66.67%	225.1	41	25	62.13%
40	Big12	Nebraska	49.61	4	2	66.67%	431.11	42	24	63.64%
41	Big12	Texas	49.29	4	2	66.67%	33.74	38	30	55.89%
42	ACC	Maryland	47.97	4	2	66.67%	11.17	36	28	56.25%
43	Big12	Kansas State	46.73	3	2	60%	147.38	39	25	60.94%
44	ACC	Wake Forest	44.65	3	2	60%	186.33	40	29	57.98%
45	Pac10	UCLA	44.63	4	2	66.67%	230.67	37	29	56.07%
46	SEC	Arkansas	42.76	3	2	60%	68.39	37	28	56.93%
47	ACC	Clemson	33.96	4	2	66.67%	36.01	36	28	56.25%
48	Big12	Oklahoma State	27.70	3	3	50%	414.34	45	20	69.24%
49	MtnWest	Brigham Young	21.96	3	2	60%	-334.1	30	31	49.19%
50	SunBelt	Troy	19.00	4	2	66.67%	-692.77	25	42	37.32%
51	SEC	Vanderbilt	18.87	3	2	60%	117.76	39	26	60%
52	BigEast	Rutgers	17.72	3	2	60%	228.45	39	24	61.91%
53	ACC	Georgia Tech	16.23	3	3	50%	78.02	39	28	58.21%
54	Indy	Navy	15.59	3	2	60%	-868.4	22	40	35.49%
55	MtnWest	Air Force	15.05	4	2	66.67%	-483.19	27	35	43.55%
56	MtnWest	Texas Christian	7.35	3	3	50%	-282.95	31	34	47.7%
57	CUSA	Texas-El Paso	7.11	4	2	66.67%	-548.5	27	32	45.77%
58	MtnWest	New Mexico	6.26	3	2	60%	-407.46	30	34	46.88%
59	WAC	Fresno State	6.06	3	2	60%	-288.82	32	31	50.8%
60	Big12	Baylor	-2.43	3	3	50%	205.72	40	24	62.5%
61	BigEast	Louisville	-3.76	3	3	50%	128.46	37	26	58.74%
62	Pac10	Oregon State	-3.96	3	3	50%	395.24	40	22	64.52%
63	Indy	Western Kentucky	-8.98	3	2	60%	-1194.29	15	23	39.48%
64	MtnWest	Utah	-11.56	3	3	50%	-308.69	31	36	46.27%
65	Big10	Northwestern	-15.54	3	3	50%	1.26	37	29	56.07%
66	Pac10	Washington	-16.10	2	3	40%	734.19	49	24	67.13%
67	MAC	Ball State	-16.64	3	3	50%	-241	35	35	50%
68	Indy	Army	-17.60	3	3	50%	-196.28	33	29	53.23%
69	CUSA	Central Florida	-19.94	3	2	60%	-558.41	27	38	41.54%
70	MAC	Bowling Green State	-20.33	3	2	60%	-417.21	32	39	45.08%
71	CUSA	Tulsa	-21.87	3	2	60%	-582.17	25	38	39.69%
72	BigEast	Pittsburgh	-30.59	2	3	40%	379.01	42	21	66.67%
73	ACC	North Carolina	-31.37	2	4	33.34%	166.4	39	26	60%
74	Pac10	Stanford	-31.93	2	3	40%	269.17	39	29	57.36%
75	Pac10	Washington State	-40.61	2	4	33.34%	288.55	40	26	60.61%
76	WAC	San Jose State	-41.48	3	3	50%	-219.42	31	30	50.82%
77	SEC	Mississippi	-42.15	2	4	33.34%	354.57	40	22	64.52%
78	MAC	Kent	-42.40	3	3	50%	-522.17	30	36	45.46%
79	MAC	Central Michigan	-43.22	3	3	50%	-295.49	34	32	51.52%
80	WAC	New Mexico State	-44.16	3	3	50%	-514	31	34	47.7%
81	CUSA	East Carolina	-44.93	3	3	50%	-442.04	28	37	43.08%
82	MAC	Akron	-45.62	3	3	50%	60.46	38	32	54.29%
83	Pac10	Arizona	-46.03	2	4	33.34%	275.59	38	22	63.34%
84	MAC	Miami (Ohio)	-50.29	3	3	50%	-315.93	32	38	45.72%
85	Big10	Iowa	-54.81	2	4	33.34%	-154.02	37	35	51.39%
86	CUSA	Houston	-56.76	2	3	40%	-792.11	22	37	37.29%
87	WAC	Nevada	-58.01	2	3	40%	-444.95	31	34	47.7%
88	MtnWest	San Diego State	-67.78	2	3	40%	114.27	36	27	57.15%
89	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-68.48	3	3	50%	-503.39	27	41	39.71%
90	MtnWest	Nevada-Las Vegas	-71.86	2	4	33.34%	-6.21	35	31	53.04%
91	CUSA	Memphis	-82.52	2	3	40%	-1103.29	17	42	28.82%
92	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-87.96	2	3	40%	-1049.46	22	49	30.99%
93	ACC	Duke	-90.25	1	5	16.67%	376.96	42	26	61.77%
94	MAC	Western Michigan	-90.98	2	4	33.34%	-365.93	32	34	48.49%
95	Big10	Minnesota	-92.43	1	5	16.67%	385.66	45	21	68.19%
96	CUSA	Southern Mississippi	-92.71	2	3	40%	-664.24	24	34	41.38%
97	MAC	Buffalo	-95.34	2	4	33.34%	-479.03	31	39	44.29%
98	MAC	Ohio	-108.73	2	4	33.34%	-637.81	29	37	43.94%
99	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-112.60	1	4	20%	5.32	35	28	55.56%
100	BigEast	Syracuse	-113.14	1	5	16.67%	519.65	43	24	64.18%
101	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-114.11	2	4	33.34%	-660.86	28	36	43.75%
102	MAC	Toledo	-124.00	2	4	33.34%	-542.66	29	36	44.62%
103	ACC	North Carolina State	-124.54	1	5	16.67%	251.84	41	23	64.07%
104	CUSA	Alabama-Birmingham	-124.68	1	4	20%	-452.44	28	31	47.46%
105	Indy	Notre Dame	-125.78	1	5	16.67%	392.08	44	25	63.77%
106	Big12	Iowa State	-127.66	1	5	16.67%	373.87	43	21	67.19%
107	CUSA	Southern Methodist	-129.18	1	4	20%	-458.25	28	35	44.45%
108	MtnWest	Colorado State	-143.09	0	5	0%	54.66	35	25	58.34%
109	SunBelt	Louisiana-Monroe	-144.59	1	4	20%	-690.97	27	37	42.19%
110	SunBelt	Middle Tennessee State	-145.74	1	5	16.67%	-397.73	30	37	44.78%
111	CUSA	Tulane	-145.78	1	4	20%	-361.33	30	33	47.62%
112	MAC	Temple	-159.56	1	5	16.67%	-211.39	34	35	49.28%
113	CUSA	Rice	-159.92	1	4	20%	-551.92	28	33	45.91%
114	WAC	Idaho	-164.92	1	5	16.67%	-432.03	29	33	46.78%
115	MAC	Northern Illinois	-177.53	1	5	16.67%	-666.72	28	38	42.43%
116	WAC	Utah State	-184.52	0	6	0%	38.66	37	30	55.23%
117	SunBelt	Louisiana-Lafayette	-197.29	1	5	16.67%	-647.73	25	37	40.33%
118	CUSA	Marshall	-198.15	0	5	0%	-127.89	33	27	55%
119	SunBelt	North Texas	-221.59	0	5	0%	-576.72	29	42	40.85%
120	SunBelt	Florida International	-237.73	0	6	0%	-243.53	32	35	47.77%

The SEC increased their lead in the conference standings this week with non-conf victories over Louisiana Tech, Houston, UAB, and Tennessee-Chattanooga. The "Big"s are crammed together at around 50, and the Pac10 slipped a bit with UCLA's loss to Notre Dame.

Week 6 Conference Rankings
Rank	Conf	Avg.Pts	nc W	nc L	nc W%	nc oPts	nc oW	nc oL	nc oW%
1	SEC	63.82	29	4	87.88%	-2,483.10	103	125	45.18%
2	BigEast	56.46	25	9	73.53%	-1,876.77	93	110	45.82%
3	Big10	52.60	29	7	80.56%	-3,661.85	75	141	34.73%
4	Big12	51.61	36	11	76.6%	-2,492.77	104	130	44.45%
5	Pac10	34.38	20	7	74.08%	-654.81	82	83	49.7%
6	ACC	27.11	25	11	69.45%	-1,256.82	125	114	52.31%
7	MtnWest	-17.56	15	16	48.39%	-948.39	94	89	51.37%
8	WAC	-33.53	15	19	44.12%	-1,262.14	90	74	54.88%
9	MAC	-62.09	14	31	31.12%	399.76	186	113	62.21%
10	CUSA	-65.70	13	29	30.96%	-662.69	134	104	56.31%
11	SunBelt	-92.64	4	25	13.8%	682.45	131	81	61.8%