Week 4 Rankings

Well, after beating Air Force, Utah stays at #1, and after their first SEC win Vandy stays at #3. Jumping up to the #2 spot is Alabama, with a solid road win. Auburn, Air Force, and Oregon drop big time after home losses.

And while you're here, take notice of the new ranking title. Other people have their "power" rankings or whatever, while these are based strictly on past achievement.

Week 4 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	MtnWest	Utah	146.28	4	0	100.0%	-68.31	22	19	53.7%	0
2	SEC	Alabama	130.21	4	0	100.0%	330.42	28	15	65.1%	08
3	SEC	Vanderbilt	124.70	4	0	100.0%	312.00	27	16	62.8%	0
4	MAC	Ball State	124.45	4	0	100.0%	-359.70	18	25	41.9%	13
5	BigEast	South Florida	119.74	4	0	100.0%	-213.01	18	20	47.4%	04
6	SEC	Georgia	118.98	4	0	100.0%	450.44	30	11	73.2%	02
7	MtnWest	TCU	116.18	4	0	100.0%	103.76	25	17	59.5%	08
8	Big12	Missouri	111.66	4	0	100.0%	253.23	26	12	68.4%	05
9	Big10	Northwestern	110.88	4	0	100.0%	-1.63	23	17	57.5%	02
10	Big10	Minnesota	108.73	4	0	100.0%	87.36	23	16	59.0%	10
11	Big10	Penn State	107.67	4	0	100.0%	6.12	22	17	56.4%	11
12	BigEast	Connecticut	107.53	4	0	100.0%	-222.22	18	20	47.4%	07
13	MtnWest	Brigham Young	107.28	4	0	100.0%	-86.68	21	20	51.2%	03
14	Big10	Wisconsin	104.19	3	0	100.0%	403.99	30	11	73.2%	-10
15	Big12	Texas Tech	103.81	4	0	100.0%	-25.59	22	14	61.1%	03
16	ACC	Wake Forest	101.38	3	0	100.0%	258.74	27	16	62.8%	09
17	Big12	Nebraska	93.90	3	0	100.0%	572.80	32	11	74.4%	-12
18	SEC	Florida	93.17	3	0	100.0%	261.47	26	12	68.4%	13
19	CUSA	Tulsa	90.45	3	0	100.0%	-544.19	13	26	33.3%	08
20	WAC	Boise State	89.46	3	0	100.0%	-276.59	17	22	43.6%	16
21	SEC	Kentucky	89.20	3	0	100.0%	207.74	26	15	63.4%	-09
22	SEC	LSU	89.02	3	0	100.0%	120.57	24	16	60.0%	15
23	Big12	Texas	87.62	3	0	100.0%	351.24	28	14	66.7%	05
24	Big12	Oklahoma	85.06	3	0	100.0%	276.74	27	12	69.2%	-03
25	Big12	Colorado	81.97	3	0	100.0%	251.47	26	12	68.4%	07
26	Big12	Oklahoma State	75.18	3	0	100.0%	185.33	26	14	65.0%	-02
27	Pac10	USC	70.83	2	0	100.0%	-34.72	21	21	50.0%	-01
28	CUSA	East Carolina	70.06	3	1	75.0%	-293.14	17	26	39.5%	-21
29	ACC	Virginia Tech	67.72	3	1	75.0%	189.01	25	13	65.8%	18
30	MtnWest	UNLV	61.39	3	1	75.0%	170.37	26	19	57.8%	13
31	MtnWest	Air Force	59.02	3	1	75.0%	-51.46	23	19	54.8%	-29
32	ACC	Georgia Tech	59.02	3	1	75.0%	-14.06	22	13	62.9%	14
33	MAC	Western Michigan	57.77	3	1	75.0%	-295.79	18	24	42.9%	09
34	Big10	Michigan State	57.75	3	1	75.0%	378.81	28	14	66.7%	15
35	CUSA	Marshall	57.17	3	1	75.0%	-112.03	20	20	50.0%	24
36	Big12	Kansas	56.40	3	1	75.0%	498.91	30	8	78.9%	09
37	Pac10	Oregon	56.30	3	1	75.0%	-12.45	20	20	50.0%	-23
38	SEC	Auburn	55.65	3	1	75.0%	150.38	25	16	61.0%	-32
39	Big10	Ohio State	53.40	3	1	75.0%	349.82	27	11	71.1%	21
40	ACC	Clemson	52.55	3	1	75.0%	40.03	24	14	63.2%	11
41	Pac10	Arizona	51.73	3	1	75.0%	-220.51	17	24	41.5%	12
42	SunBelt	Arkansas State	50.82	3	1	75.0%	-429.14	14	26	35.0%	08
43	Big10	Iowa	48.49	3	1	75.0%	348.37	28	11	71.8%	-20
44	ACC	Maryland	46.34	3	1	75.0%	28.04	22	17	56.4%	12
45	Pac10	California	43.27	2	1	66.7%	78.06	23	19	54.8%	-05
46	WAC	Fresno State	33.32	2	1	66.7%	-137.54	17	21	44.7%	20
47	SunBelt	Troy	29.38	2	1	66.7%	-234.32	18	22	45.0%	-18
48	ACC	Miami (FL)	28.48	2	1	66.7%	96.63	23	15	60.5%	26
49	Big10	Illinois	26.02	2	1	66.7%	489.17	32	10	76.2%	03
50	Indy	Notre Dame	25.34	2	1	66.7%	-83.48	19	20	48.7%	-17
51	MtnWest	Colorado State	24.81	2	1	66.7%	235.56	27	15	64.3%	18
52	BigEast	Louisville	23.29	2	1	66.7%	-96.25	21	19	52.5%	24
53	WAC	Louisiana Tech	23.21	2	1	66.7%	-387.15	16	23	41.0%	14
54	BigEast	Pittsburgh	22.54	2	1	66.7%	130.08	24	18	57.1%	23
55	ACC	North Carolina	21.70	2	1	66.7%	106.47	24	15	61.5%	-25
56	BigEast	Cincinnati	21.10	2	1	66.7%	-47.30	24	20	54.5%	17
57	Big12	Kansas State	20.38	2	1	66.7%	237.40	26	13	66.7%	-19
58	ACC	Boston College	20.22	2	1	66.7%	173.54	25	14	64.1%	17
59	Big10	Indiana	18.53	2	1	66.7%	526.82	33	10	76.7%	-25
60	ACC	Duke	18.42	2	1	66.7%	389.11	29	12	70.7%	01
61	Big10	Purdue	18.40	2	1	66.7%	412.89	31	11	73.8%	17
62	SEC	Arkansas	16.13	2	1	66.7%	364.65	28	12	70.0%	-27
63	ACC	Florida State	14.30	2	1	66.7%	244.58	27	11	71.1%	-24
64	MAC	Akron	8.13	2	2	50.0%	-294.11	17	26	39.5%	17
65	CUSA	Southern Miss	7.96	2	2	50.0%	-33.35	22	22	50.0%	-24
66	CUSA	Rice	7.42	2	2	50.0%	-153.84	19	23	45.2%	-22
67	ACC	NC State	5.42	2	2	50.0%	349.52	28	11	71.8%	30
68	WAC	New Mexico State	5.12	1	1	50.0%	-276.29	17	21	44.7%	14
69	SEC	South Carolina	-0.10	2	2	50.0%	325.39	28	12	70.0%	19
70	MAC	Central Michigan	-0.10	2	2	50.0%	-132.18	21	21	50.0%	-22
71	MAC	Buffalo	-1.86	2	2	50.0%	-340.01	17	27	38.6%	-14
72	Pac10	Stanford	-2.46	2	2	50.0%	128.76	23	18	56.1%	14
73	Big12	Iowa State	-3.85	2	2	50.0%	298.83	28	12	70.0%	-19
74	Indy	Navy	-5.17	2	2	50.0%	-159.23	19	19	50.0%	17
75	Indy	Western Kentucky	-5.45	2	2	50.0%	-160.82	20	19	51.3%	12
76	Big12	Baylor	-5.60	2	2	50.0%	516.01	31	8	79.5%	-14
77	SEC	Mississippi	-6.06	2	2	50.0%	275.12	27	14	65.9%	-22
78	WAC	San Jose State	-7.64	2	2	50.0%	-201.38	17	19	47.2%	-20
79	MtnWest	Wyoming	-11.34	2	2	50.0%	38.87	23	18	56.1%	-15
80	Pac10	Arizona State	-13.74	2	2	50.0%	38.78	22	17	56.4%	-17
81	MAC	Bowling Green	-17.99	1	2	33.3%	-152.81	20	24	45.5%	-01
82	MAC	Northern Illinois	-25.72	1	2	33.3%	-185.70	21	22	48.8%	23
83	MAC	Toledo	-26.46	1	2	33.3%	-17.46	21	22	48.8%	-18
84	Pac10	Oregon State	-26.51	1	2	33.3%	239.81	25	17	59.5%	08
85	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-28.28	1	2	33.3%	-352.30	15	27	35.7%	22
86	BigEast	West Virginia	-29.09	1	2	33.3%	248.93	27	13	67.5%	-14
87	Big10	Michigan	-30.03	1	2	33.3%	666.00	33	10	76.7%	06
88	CUSA	Tulane	-30.62	1	2	33.3%	-158.05	20	24	45.5%	20
89	Pac10	UCLA	-32.79	1	2	33.3%	128.87	23	18	56.1%	-21
90	WAC	Hawaii	-33.08	1	2	33.3%	-147.76	20	20	50.0%	05
91	Big12	Texas A&M	-34.84	1	2	33.3%	339.18	28	13	68.3%	-21
92	WAC	Nevada	-34.97	1	2	33.3%	107.49	24	15	61.5%	08
93	ACC	Virginia	-35.06	1	2	33.3%	495.12	30	9	76.9%	06
94	CUSA	Central Florida	-36.25	1	2	33.3%	-82.38	22	20	52.4%	-15
95	SEC	Tennessee	-36.96	1	2	33.3%	402.28	29	15	65.9%	-24
96	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-49.92	1	3	25.0%	-51.49	21	22	48.8%	-11
97	SunBelt	Middle TN State	-50.88	1	3	25.0%	-132.05	19	23	45.2%	-13
98	WAC	Utah State	-56.44	1	3	25.0%	373.49	27	14	65.9%	14
99	MAC	Temple	-58.00	1	3	25.0%	-165.45	22	25	46.8%	-10
100	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-60.17	1	3	25.0%	-330.76	16	23	41.0%	-17
101	CUSA	SMU	-61.56	1	3	25.0%	-121.91	21	20	51.2%	-11
102	MtnWest	New Mexico	-61.58	1	3	25.0%	514.80	30	12	71.4%	-01
103	CUSA	Houston	-62.53	1	3	25.0%	-34.17	22	18	55.0%	-07
104	SEC	Mississippi State	-63.06	1	3	25.0%	313.25	28	13	68.3%	-06
105	Pac10	Washington State	-64.57	1	3	25.0%	-59.72	22	19	53.7%	09
106	CUSA	Memphis	-65.07	1	3	25.0%	-147.83	21	21	50.0%	09
107	MAC	Kent State	-65.67	1	3	25.0%	-315.45	17	24	41.5%	-13
108	MAC	Miami (OH)	-66.19	1	3	25.0%	-246.83	18	23	43.9%	-04
109	BigEast	Syracuse	-66.35	1	3	25.0%	244.23	27	13	67.5%	11
110	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-71.41	1	3	25.0%	-143.64	21	21	50.0%	-07
111	WAC	Idaho	-73.18	1	3	25.0%	-152.01	19	19	50.0%	-09
112	CUSA	UAB	-76.79	1	3	25.0%	-210.15	19	22	46.3%	06
113	SunBelt	FL International	-81.39	0	3	0.0%	0.85	22	22	50.0%	-07
114	SunBelt	North Texas	-82.84	0	3	0.0%	11.38	21	21	50.0%	-01
115	Pac10	Washington	-89.63	0	3	0.0%	299.74	26	15	63.4%	02
116	BigEast	Rutgers	-94.96	0	3	0.0%	8.80	22	15	59.5%	-06
117	CUSA	UTEP	-96.01	0	3	0.0%	47.56	21	20	51.2%	-08
118	MtnWest	San Diego State	-101.28	0	3	0.0%	301.38	29	14	67.4%	01
119	MAC	Ohio	-113.01	0	4	0.0%	-107.70	22	21	51.2%	-03
120	Indy	Army	-123.11	0	3	0.0%	-285.46	18	23	43.9%	-09

Now before you get all up in arms, let me break down why the Big 10 & Big 12 have achieved the most so far according to my rankings. The simple reason is that they haven't started conference play yet. The Average Points is not just points earned in non-conf games - it's points earned in all games. So even though the SEC has only lost 4 non-conference games, their teams have already lost 7 conference games, bringing the total number of losses in the conference to 11. Four of their teams are in the negative as opposed to one from the Big10 & three from the Big12. Once the Big10 & Big12 start conference play, and after the SEC has played as many non-conf games, it'll even out and the SEC will probably be ahead. So relax.

As far as the others go, another 4-13 week for the non-BCS confs vs the BCS confs, bringing their totals to 18 wins & 63 losses. Another dozen losses for the I-AA teams, taking them to 2-75. Home field advantage is still really high at 74.2%, but we're still seeing a lot of non-conference games.

Week 4 Conference Achievement Rankings
Rank	Avg Points	Conference	non-conf W	non-conf L	non-conf W%	non-conf oPts	non-conf oW	non-conf oL	non-conf oW%
1	56.73	Big10	31	8	79.5%	-1295.90	53	68	43.8%
2	55.97	Big12	33	8	80.5%	-1710.32	52	70	42.6%
3	50.92	SEC	25	4	86.2%	-1305.95	36	52	40.9%
4	37.86	MtnWest	18	6	75.0%	-1177.11	28	43	39.4%
5	33.24	ACC	23	8	74.2%	-1552.40	39	45	46.4%
6	12.98	BigEast	16	11	59.3%	-535.33	45	38	54.2%
7	-0.76	Pac10	12	12	50.0%	407.36	54	28	65.9%
8	-6.02	WAC	13	14	48.1%	-325.25	48	35	57.8%
9	-16.31	CUSA	13	19	40.6%	-54.34	61	38	61.6%
10	-19.70	MAC	15	24	38.5%	-235.39	77	49	61.1%
11	-34.16	SunBelt	7	17	29.2%	333.43	52	26	66.7%