Rankings: Week 7

Alrighty, halfway through the season, we're starting to see some of the same teams towards the top of my rankings as we do the polls. You've got your Penn States, Alabamas, Texases, Oklahoma States, etc. They've all had great seasons so far. But I hope one of the things my rankings can do is highlight the non-major teams that are also having great seasons, the ones that people don't automatically think of when they measure college football success. Sure there's the BYU's and Utah's, but Ball State, Tulsa, and Western Michigan are also having highly successful seasons, well above the average not just of non-BCS teams but of most BCS teams too. So kudos to them.

I'll have more of a breakdown of numbers at the halfway point on Tuesday.

Week 7 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	MtnWest	Utah	215.22	7	0	100.0%	-310.73	34	37	47.9%	02
2	MAC	Ball State	209.26	7	0	100.0%	-687.57	30	43	41.1%	00
3	Big10	Penn State	204.74	7	0	100.0%	-227.47	34	37	47.9%	01
4	SEC	Alabama	200.52	6	0	100.0%	13.59	38	35	52.1%	-03
5	Big12	Texas	199.34	6	0	100.0%	529.04	45	27	62.5%	03
6	Big12	Oklahoma State	182.17	6	0	100.0%	157.79	39	28	58.2%	08
7	Big10	Michigan State	175.35	6	1	85.7%	243.21	42	33	56.0%	10
8	Big12	Texas Tech	170.92	6	0	100.0%	42.68	38	26	59.4%	03
9	CUSA	Tulsa	166.59	6	0	100.0%	-942.77	24	46	34.3%	03
10	Big10	Ohio State	159.71	6	1	85.7%	389.86	43	26	62.3%	05
11	MtnWest	Brigham Young	158.05	6	0	100.0%	-388.84	32	38	45.7%	02
12	MtnWest	TCU	154.34	6	1	85.7%	-25.40	39	33	54.2%	06
13	WAC	Boise State	152.58	5	0	100.0%	-437.95	31	37	45.6%	06
14	Big12	Oklahoma	152.07	5	1	83.3%	548.97	46	22	67.6%	-09
15	ACC	Virginia Tech	150.38	5	1	83.3%	229.37	39	26	60.0%	-05
16	Big10	Minnesota	146.37	6	1	85.7%	-230.29	34	36	48.6%	07
17	MAC	Western Michigan	141.84	6	1	85.7%	-547.47	31	42	42.5%	05
18	ACC	North Carolina	134.00	5	1	83.3%	222.43	39	26	60.0%	08
19	SEC	Florida	130.91	5	1	83.3%	299.22	41	25	62.1%	13
20	SEC	Vanderbilt	130.81	5	1	83.3%	329.42	41	31	56.9%	-14
21	SEC	Georgia	130.76	5	1	83.3%	551.54	46	22	67.6%	04
22	BigEast	South Florida	129.26	5	1	83.3%	-65.29	35	30	53.8%	-06
23	Pac10	USC	128.77	4	1	80.0%	94.60	38	36	51.4%	07
24	Big10	Northwestern	120.84	5	1	83.3%	-83.13	37	34	52.1%	-15
25	ACC	Georgia Tech	120.66	5	1	83.3%	122.05	37	22	62.7%	02
26	BigEast	Connecticut	120.22	5	1	83.3%	0.18	36	30	54.5%	-06
27	Big12	Missouri	119.52	5	1	83.3%	228.69	40	27	59.7%	-20
28	Big12	Kansas	115.13	5	1	83.3%	549.07	44	22	66.7%	05
29	BigEast	Cincinnati	108.82	5	1	83.3%	-108.01	38	35	52.1%	00
30	Pac10	California	107.92	4	1	80.0%	118.35	38	36	51.4%	-06
31	ACC	Wake Forest	105.71	4	1	80.0%	363.95	41	28	59.4%	06
32	BigEast	Pittsburgh	103.22	4	1	80.0%	309.83	41	31	56.9%	-04
33	SEC	South Carolina	96.62	5	2	71.4%	13.39	37	30	55.2%	09
34	Indy	Navy	82.43	4	2	66.7%	-125.11	35	32	52.2%	04
35	Pac10	Oregon	81.27	5	2	71.4%	-104.58	32	38	45.7%	06
36	SEC	LSU	80.66	4	1	80.0%	99.45	38	30	55.9%	-15
37	ACC	Florida State	74.33	4	1	80.0%	118.09	38	23	62.3%	-01
38	ACC	Boston College	71.20	4	1	80.0%	169.08	39	27	59.1%	01
39	Indy	Notre Dame	60.71	4	2	66.7%	189.91	37	33	52.9%	-05
40	SEC	Kentucky	60.22	4	2	66.7%	237.57	40	28	58.8%	-09
41	ACC	Maryland	56.79	4	2	66.7%	197.09	38	26	59.4%	-01
42	MtnWest	Air Force	56.12	4	2	66.7%	4.49	40	31	56.3%	10
43	WAC	San Jose State	49.67	4	2	66.7%	-380.50	30	36	45.5%	10
44	WAC	Fresno State	48.91	4	2	66.7%	-354.95	30	40	42.9%	10
45	Pac10	Arizona	48.64	4	2	66.7%	-321.61	31	43	41.9%	-10
46	Big12	Kansas State	44.52	4	2	66.7%	53.57	37	30	55.2%	13
47	MAC	Central Michigan	42.18	4	2	66.7%	-300.93	35	38	47.9%	09
48	Pac10	Stanford	41.12	4	3	57.1%	221.80	39	33	54.2%	16
49	BigEast	West Virginia	41.05	4	2	66.7%	60.35	37	29	56.1%	06
50	SunBelt	Troy	37.51	3	2	60.0%	-354.54	32	37	46.4%	12
51	ACC	Duke	32.92	3	2	60.0%	558.58	44	22	66.7%	-02
52	SunBelt	Arkansas State	31.85	4	2	66.7%	-620.94	26	41	38.8%	05
53	Big12	Nebraska	30.68	3	3	50.0%	878.95	51	21	70.8%	-09
54	Big10	Iowa	30.61	4	3	57.1%	353.74	43	26	62.3%	14
55	BigEast	Louisville	26.40	3	2	60.0%	39.45	38	30	55.9%	18
56	Pac10	Oregon State	25.16	3	3	50.0%	396.80	43	31	58.1%	16
57	WAC	New Mexico State	21.95	3	2	60.0%	-325.34	32	36	47.1%	14
58	SEC	Auburn	17.40	4	3	57.1%	73.77	37	29	56.1%	-15
59	CUSA	East Carolina	14.59	3	3	50.0%	-348.11	33	41	44.6%	-14
60	SEC	Mississippi	12.22	3	3	50.0%	328.32	42	26	61.8%	01
61	MAC	Bowling Green	9.93	3	3	50.0%	-389.56	33	43	43.4%	13
62	SunBelt	FL International	7.83	3	3	50.0%	-299.53	32	41	43.8%	13
63	CUSA	Rice	6.83	3	3	50.0%	-187.81	36	38	48.6%	-03
64	Big10	Illinois	5.34	3	3	50.0%	528.68	49	24	67.1%	-18
65	ACC	Virginia	4.75	3	3	50.0%	637.34	44	20	68.8%	14
66	WAC	Hawaii	3.79	3	3	50.0%	-186.46	37	36	50.7%	15
67	Big12	Colorado	0.31	3	3	50.0%	431.29	44	23	65.7%	-17
68	Big10	Wisconsin	-1.65	3	3	50.0%	429.06	47	26	64.4%	-21
69	CUSA	Houston	-2.56	3	3	50.0%	-247.98	35	34	50.7%	07
70	MtnWest	Colorado State	-4.07	3	3	50.0%	206.51	42	28	60.0%	-19
71	WAC	Nevada	-4.20	3	3	50.0%	18.78	37	28	56.9%	-23
72	SEC	Arkansas	-4.36	3	3	50.0%	575.17	46	22	67.6%	20
73	MAC	Northern Illinois	-5.13	3	3	50.0%	-186.54	38	35	52.1%	05
74	MtnWest	UNLV	-7.41	3	3	50.0%	52.02	40	36	52.6%	-08
75	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-7.76	3	3	50.0%	-611.22	27	45	37.5%	07
76	ACC	Clemson	-10.57	3	3	50.0%	240.95	40	20	66.7%	-18
77	ACC	Miami (FL)	-10.77	3	3	50.0%	290.36	40	25	61.5%	08
78	CUSA	Marshall	-11.03	3	3	50.0%	-234.39	35	34	50.7%	-08
79	Big12	Baylor	-13.30	3	3	50.0%	567.32	45	22	67.2%	08
80	CUSA	UTEP	-16.61	3	3	50.0%	-47.09	36	36	50.0%	09
81	MtnWest	New Mexico	-24.98	3	4	42.9%	493.59	47	27	63.5%	-16
82	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-28.15	2	3	40.0%	-332.04	33	34	49.3%	-15
83	MAC	Akron	-30.78	3	4	42.9%	-509.92	32	45	41.6%	-20
84	CUSA	Memphis	-38.93	3	4	42.9%	-703.65	27	41	39.7%	-15
85	SEC	Mississippi State	-52.18	2	4	33.3%	224.97	40	27	59.7%	19
86	SunBelt	Middle TN State	-53.76	2	4	33.3%	-362.41	30	41	42.3%	-06
87	MAC	Buffalo	-54.17	2	4	33.3%	-253.17	36	40	47.4%	-10
88	Big10	Purdue	-56.13	2	4	33.3%	655.66	51	22	69.9%	-04
89	MAC	Toledo	-59.30	2	4	33.3%	131.41	42	34	55.3%	18
90	Pac10	Arizona State	-61.70	2	4	33.3%	-30.96	35	32	52.2%	00
91	CUSA	Southern Miss	-64.54	2	4	33.3%	-270.64	35	40	46.7%	-05
92	SEC	Tennessee	-66.37	2	4	33.3%	355.91	44	32	57.9%	-04
93	Pac10	UCLA	-66.84	2	4	33.3%	205.64	39	33	54.2%	-02
94	ACC	NC State	-66.86	2	4	33.3%	480.16	43	21	67.2%	05
95	Big12	Texas A&M	-71.09	2	4	33.3%	540.12	47	26	64.4%	-02
96	Big12	Iowa State	-74.05	2	4	33.3%	40.76	39	30	56.5%	-01
97	CUSA	Central Florida	-74.23	2	4	33.3%	-352.57	34	36	48.6%	-01
98	Big10	Indiana	-75.36	2	4	33.3%	523.74	49	25	66.2%	-04
99	Big10	Michigan	-77.16	2	4	33.3%	825.56	52	25	67.5%	-16
100	MAC	Temple	-86.96	2	5	28.6%	-147.53	39	39	50.0%	-02
101	CUSA	Tulane	-88.67	2	4	33.3%	-185.55	36	38	48.6%	-04
102	MAC	Ohio	-94.24	2	5	28.6%	-344.78	35	38	47.9%	10
103	Indy	Western Kentucky	-97.38	2	5	28.6%	-262.67	33	31	51.6%	-03
104	MtnWest	Wyoming	-106.32	2	5	28.6%	41.10	40	31	56.3%	-02
105	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-112.53	1	5	16.7%	-54.67	37	38	49.3%	-04
106	BigEast	Rutgers	-117.94	1	5	16.7%	328.53	42	23	64.6%	00
107	Indy	Army	-117.96	2	4	33.3%	-598.32	28	41	40.6%	06
108	WAC	Utah State	-117.96	1	5	16.7%	504.79	46	26	63.9%	-03
109	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-118.49	2	5	28.6%	84.15	42	31	57.5%	-06
110	BigEast	Syracuse	-127.49	1	5	16.7%	522.27	46	22	67.6%	-02
111	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-133.36	1	5	16.7%	-562.10	28	39	41.8%	00
112	MtnWest	San Diego State	-138.44	1	5	16.7%	216.80	44	28	61.1%	-03
113	MAC	Miami (OH)	-145.63	1	5	16.7%	-346.94	34	38	47.2%	-03
114	Pac10	Washington	-146.96	0	5	0.0%	515.99	44	29	60.3%	05
115	Pac10	Washington State	-159.18	1	6	14.3%	105.15	40	32	55.6%	01
116	CUSA	SMU	-164.46	1	6	14.3%	70.84	40	29	58.0%	-01
117	MAC	Kent State	-177.68	1	6	14.3%	-435.27	32	38	45.7%	-03
118	SunBelt	North Texas	-179.80	0	6	0.0%	-28.99	36	35	50.7%	00
119	CUSA	UAB	-180.87	1	6	14.3%	-408.35	32	37	46.4%	-02
120	WAC	Idaho	-186.90	1	6	14.3%	-73.09	36	30	54.5%	00

And things are about as they should be in the conference race. The Big12 is solidly ahead, followed by the SEC and the Big10. The Pac10 is still towards the bottom, but just look at how tough their opponents have been. More on that later...

Week 6 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	71.35	Big12	38	10	79.2%	-2281.41	115	128	47.3%
2	61.43	SEC	28	5	84.8%	-2603.23	63	103	38.0%
3	57.51	Big10	31	10	75.6%	-1689.01	102	111	47.9%
4	55.21	ACC	32	10	76.2%	-2351.50	93	94	49.7%
5	35.44	BigEast	22	12	64.7%	-950.83	94	84	52.8%
6	33.61	MtnWest	23	11	67.6%	-1946.29	74	97	43.3%
7	-0.18	Pac10	13	15	46.4%	1092.13	107	57	65.2%
8	-6.70	WAC	17	17	50.0%	-916.00	96	84	53.3%
9	-28.40	MAC	19	28	40.4%	-957.71	140	113	55.3%
10	-37.82	CUSA	16	27	37.2%	-260.01	131	93	58.5%
11	-51.25	SunBelt	8	21	27.6%	211.56	98	69	58.7%