Rankings: Week 9

The top of the rankings look pretty much like the polls now, but there's a few things that need pointing out. First, Penn State jumped to #2, but it's going to be close between them and Alabama. The Tide are about 27 points behind but they've played one less game - style is gonna matter down the stretch. Still some top non-BCS teams in the mix - Utah, Ball State, Boise State, and TCU are all in the Top Ten. Toughest schedule still belongs to Michigan, with Florida and Oklahoma not too far behind. Texas has played the 5th toughest schedule, which shows why they're at #1.

Week 9 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	Big12	Texas	313.05	8	0	100.0%	823.15	64	40	61.5%	00
2	Big10	Penn State	297.10	9	0	100.0%	-40.74	48	48	50.0%	01
3	SEC	Alabama	270.05	8	0	100.0%	273.28	59	48	55.1%	01
4	MtnWest	Utah	245.83	8	0	100.0%	-246.07	50	49	50.5%	-02
5	Big12	Texas Tech	241.00	8	0	100.0%	-73.32	51	41	55.4%	02
6	MAC	Ball State	229.25	8	0	100.0%	-652.89	50	56	47.2%	02
7	Big12	Oklahoma	226.03	7	1	87.5%	844.11	68	36	65.4%	02
8	Pac10	USC	222.58	6	1	85.7%	470.27	56	45	55.4%	06
9	WAC	Boise State	222.16	7	0	100.0%	-622.71	46	51	47.4%	03
10	MtnWest	TCU	219.77	8	1	88.9%	21.77	54	44	55.1%	00
11	SEC	Georgia	219.50	7	1	87.5%	702.01	62	33	65.3%	02
12	CUSA	Tulsa	219.04	8	0	100.0%	-987.35	41	60	40.6%	-01
13	Big10	Ohio State	206.65	7	2	77.8%	756.40	62	35	63.9%	-08
14	Big12	Oklahoma State	199.97	7	1	87.5%	373.25	57	38	60.0%	-08
15	Big10	Michigan State	180.93	7	2	77.8%	541.07	60	45	57.1%	01
16	SEC	Florida	179.68	6	1	85.7%	850.87	67	36	65.0%	05
17	Big10	Minnesota	178.96	7	1	87.5%	-271.41	49	50	49.5%	01
18	ACC	North Carolina	167.01	6	2	75.0%	536.77	57	36	61.3%	11
19	MtnWest	Brigham Young	155.23	7	1	87.5%	-549.40	45	53	45.9%	03
20	ACC	Florida State	151.49	6	1	85.7%	-3.57	50	37	57.5%	08
21	BigEast	Connecticut	151.16	6	2	75.0%	130.56	50	41	54.9%	13
22	Big12	Missouri	131.35	6	2	75.0%	428.39	62	42	59.6%	08
23	ACC	Georgia Tech	123.44	6	2	75.0%	379.23	54	31	63.5%	-08
24	MAC	Western Michigan	118.69	6	2	75.0%	-526.42	47	52	47.5%	01
25	BigEast	South Florida	116.50	6	2	75.0%	-213.71	46	45	50.5%	-08
26	MtnWest	Air Force	115.93	6	2	75.0%	-90.49	53	44	54.6%	06
27	Big10	Northwestern	112.44	6	2	75.0%	-50.05	50	47	51.5%	-07
28	MAC	Central Michigan	112.08	6	2	75.0%	-444.54	46	52	46.9%	09
29	ACC	Virginia	111.60	5	3	62.5%	780.62	55	29	65.5%	21
30	Pac10	Oregon	110.75	6	2	75.0%	21.78	47	51	48.0%	09
31	ACC	Virginia Tech	110.71	5	3	62.5%	731.49	64	35	64.6%	-08
32	ACC	Maryland	109.10	6	2	75.0%	24.68	49	44	52.7%	03
33	Pac10	California	107.26	5	2	71.4%	250.83	53	48	52.5%	09
34	BigEast	Pittsburgh	102.20	5	2	71.4%	497.99	56	41	57.7%	-15
35	SunBelt	Troy	89.95	5	2	71.4%	-754.35	41	54	43.2%	08
36	SEC	LSU	89.02	5	2	71.4%	140.23	53	41	56.4%	-12
37	BigEast	Cincinnati	86.52	5	2	71.4%	110.19	56	45	55.4%	-10
38	ACC	Boston College	83.76	5	2	71.4%	273.35	57	43	57.0%	-12
39	BigEast	Louisville	81.59	5	2	71.4%	-70.17	46	41	52.9%	12
40	Indy	Notre Dame	80.90	5	2	71.4%	39.41	48	52	48.0%	07
41	Big12	Nebraska	77.94	5	3	62.5%	586.88	61	41	59.8%	04
42	Indy	Navy	77.90	5	3	62.5%	31.72	51	42	54.8%	07
43	WAC	Fresno State	77.27	5	2	71.4%	-472.36	45	57	44.1%	09
44	SEC	Vanderbilt	74.06	5	3	62.5%	475.12	57	43	57.0%	-13
45	ACC	Miami (FL)	70.81	5	3	62.5%	441.66	54	38	58.7%	14
46	BigEast	West Virginia	69.42	5	2	71.4%	218.03	52	39	57.1%	07
47	Pac10	Oregon State	65.34	4	3	57.1%	584.71	58	42	58.0%	-01
48	SEC	Kentucky	64.66	5	3	62.5%	182.03	53	41	56.4%	-10
49	SEC	South Carolina	63.85	5	3	62.5%	-20.30	50	44	53.2%	-05
50	ACC	Wake Forest	61.19	4	3	57.1%	593.99	58	42	58.0%	-09
51	CUSA	Rice	59.18	5	3	62.5%	-283.29	49	53	48.0%	06
52	Pac10	Arizona	57.12	5	3	62.5%	-276.73	46	55	45.5%	-16
53	Big12	Kansas	57.12	5	3	62.5%	757.32	63	32	66.3%	-20
54	Big10	Iowa	54.68	5	3	62.5%	308.80	57	40	58.8%	-06
55	ACC	Duke	54.04	4	3	57.1%	457.37	52	35	59.8%	11
56	WAC	San Jose State	48.22	5	3	62.5%	-637.19	39	47	45.3%	-16
57	MAC	Northern Illinois	37.64	5	3	62.5%	-459.91	49	49	50.0%	05
58	CUSA	East Carolina	35.22	4	3	57.1%	-188.06	52	55	48.6%	-04
59	CUSA	Houston	31.84	4	3	57.1%	-143.42	51	43	54.3%	-04
60	SEC	Mississippi	25.46	4	4	50.0%	310.97	57	38	60.0%	10
61	WAC	Hawaii	8.31	4	4	50.0%	-280.50	51	48	51.5%	12
62	Pac10	Stanford	7.79	4	4	50.0%	337.70	50	41	54.9%	-02
63	Big12	Colorado	7.63	4	4	50.0%	455.42	55	33	62.5%	-07
64	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	5.66	4	3	57.1%	-921.60	34	58	37.0%	00
65	Big10	Illinois	1.95	4	4	50.0%	602.44	59	32	64.8%	-07
66	Big10	Wisconsin	1.23	4	4	50.0%	657.71	63	34	64.9%	11
67	MtnWest	Colorado State	0.65	4	4	50.0%	232.02	57	39	59.4%	09
68	Big12	Kansas State	-9.92	4	4	50.0%	17.69	49	39	55.7%	-07
69	MAC	Akron	-13.29	4	4	50.0%	-727.94	38	56	40.4%	02
70	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-14.16	4	3	57.1%	-824.67	36	51	41.4%	-01
71	WAC	Nevada	-17.82	4	4	50.0%	-36.19	53	41	56.4%	-08
72	SEC	Auburn	-18.73	4	4	50.0%	-43.39	47	40	54.0%	-07
73	BigEast	Rutgers	-25.11	3	5	37.5%	235.40	54	37	59.3%	20
74	SunBelt	FL International	-27.82	3	4	42.9%	-575.45	40	53	43.0%	00
75	MAC	Buffalo	-28.54	3	4	42.9%	53.03	59	51	53.6%	03
76	MtnWest	New Mexico	-30.65	4	5	44.4%	458.99	58	38	60.4%	-09
77	ACC	Clemson	-45.19	3	4	42.9%	358.85	56	31	64.4%	08
78	CUSA	UTEP	-46.08	3	4	42.9%	-21.78	46	44	51.1%	03
79	CUSA	Memphis	-52.17	4	5	44.4%	-782.03	40	52	43.5%	12
80	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-52.90	3	4	42.9%	-568.64	47	49	49.0%	-08
81	MAC	Temple	-53.46	3	5	37.5%	-67.84	50	47	51.5%	09
82	CUSA	Marshall	-55.59	3	4	42.9%	-226.12	45	40	52.9%	04
83	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-58.13	3	5	37.5%	-13.34	52	49	51.5%	12
84	Big10	Indiana	-60.37	3	5	37.5%	589.69	60	32	65.2%	17
85	SEC	Arkansas	-61.56	3	5	37.5%	665.90	58	29	66.7%	-10
86	SEC	Tennessee	-61.77	3	5	37.5%	458.33	55	40	57.9%	-07
87	Pac10	UCLA	-63.16	3	5	37.5%	230.50	48	42	53.3%	-07
88	MtnWest	UNLV	-65.27	3	5	37.5%	-112.34	49	48	50.5%	-06
89	WAC	New Mexico State	-66.75	3	4	42.9%	-432.84	43	45	48.9%	-21
90	Big12	Baylor	-68.63	3	5	37.5%	678.31	57	31	64.8%	-06
91	Big12	Texas A&M	-71.37	3	5	37.5%	644.46	59	37	61.5%	08
92	SEC	Mississippi State	-78.29	3	5	37.5%	8.60	48	40	54.5%	02
93	MAC	Bowling Green	-80.68	3	5	37.5%	-422.55	43	51	45.7%	-10
94	CUSA	Central Florida	-98.99	2	5	28.6%	-472.29	43	45	48.9%	-06
95	Big10	Purdue	-99.80	2	6	25.0%	843.48	63	28	69.2%	-06
96	Pac10	Arizona State	-100.31	2	5	28.6%	-43.92	44	41	51.8%	-09
97	SunBelt	Middle TN State	-116.09	2	6	25.0%	-413.39	42	49	46.2%	-05
98	MAC	Toledo	-125.02	2	6	25.0%	12.47	51	44	53.7%	-02
99	Indy	Army	-127.28	3	5	37.5%	-528.51	40	47	46.0%	13
100	CUSA	Tulane	-127.90	2	5	28.6%	-73.66	49	45	52.1%	-02
101	ACC	NC State	-128.32	2	6	25.0%	545.33	57	34	62.6%	01
102	MAC	Ohio	-131.24	2	6	25.0%	-405.23	44	45	49.4%	-05
103	Big10	Michigan	-135.63	2	6	25.0%	903.75	63	35	64.3%	00
104	CUSA	Southern Miss	-136.36	2	6	25.0%	-250.72	48	50	49.0%	-04
105	MtnWest	Wyoming	-141.00	2	6	25.0%	-139.98	49	42	53.8%	-01
106	Indy	Western Kentucky	-143.28	2	6	25.0%	-433.67	42	40	51.2%	03
107	CUSA	UAB	-149.95	2	6	25.0%	-541.46	40	45	47.1%	04
108	BigEast	Syracuse	-151.69	1	6	14.3%	736.12	59	27	68.6%	02
109	MAC	Kent State	-162.26	2	6	25.0%	-593.58	41	45	47.7%	06
110	Big12	Iowa State	-163.39	2	6	25.0%	-147.63	47	42	52.8%	-05
111	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-175.30	2	6	25.0%	-874.03	34	50	40.5%	-04
112	MAC	Miami (OH)	-177.41	2	6	25.0%	-615.45	40	48	45.5%	-06
113	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-184.75	2	7	22.2%	55.96	53	38	58.2%	00
114	WAC	Utah State	-186.40	1	7	12.5%	449.27	57	36	61.3%	-06
115	Pac10	Washington State	-197.03	1	7	12.5%	27.54	49	43	53.3%	02
116	MtnWest	San Diego State	-210.20	1	7	12.5%	187.40	55	36	60.4%	-02
117	Pac10	Washington	-213.75	0	7	0.0%	672.52	55	36	60.4%	-01
118	WAC	Idaho	-215.77	2	7	22.2%	-332.64	44	42	51.2%	01
119	CUSA	SMU	-227.23	1	8	11.1%	78.79	51	36	58.6%	-01
120	SunBelt	North Texas	-267.38	0	8	0.0%	-81.86	47	44	51.6%	00

In the conference standings, the Big12 is still in first, but the SEC dropped all the way to 4th because of Auburn & Vandy's losses to West Virginia and Duke, respectively. The SEC as a whole just isn't as strong this year, as most of the major teams have played below what people thought they would.

Week 9 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	78.09	Big12	38	10	79.2%	-3141.19	146	160	47.7%
2	72.13	ACC	33	10	76.7%	-3131.15	123	118	51.0%
3	66.28	Big10	31	10	75.6%	-2184.52	130	131	49.8%
4	63.95	SEC	29	7	80.6%	-3232.74	97	136	41.6%
5	52.96	BigEast	25	12	67.6%	-1529.88	126	119	51.4%
6	31.92	MtnWest	23	11	67.6%	-3011.55	91	127	41.7%
7	0.03	Pac10	13	16	44.8%	1312.77	139	81	63.2%
8	-20.33	WAC	17	18	48.6%	-1784.18	119	115	50.9%
9	-35.09	MAC	20	28	41.7%	-1798.21	173	154	52.9%
10	-46.09	CUSA	16	28	36.4%	-362.09	172	123	58.3%
11	-69.63	SunBelt	9	23	28.1%	-324.26	128	108	54.2%