Week 12 Rankings

As usual, let's think about this before getting all up in arms, shall we? Yeah, one-loss Texas is #1 ahead of undefeated Texas Tech & Alabama. A big reason for that is their SoS - Texas' opponents have earned over 1,200 points, while Bama's are at -300 and Texas Techs' are at -100. The Longhorns and Red Raiders have both won 10 games, and Texas' loss to Texas Tech really wasn't that much of a burden since they only lost minimal points. So even with the loss, the Longhorns have achieved more this year against much tougher competition this year than the Tide or Red Raiders. That will change in the upcoming weeks, since Tech plays Oklahoma next week and the Tide take on Florida. So don't worry - as I've been saying for a few weeks now, everything will work itself out.

Week 12 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	Big12	Texas	395.19	10	1	90.9%	1241.47	86	51	62.8%	02
2	SEC	Alabama	379.32	11	0	100.0%	308.49	76	68	52.8%	00
3	Big12	Texas Tech	374.31	10	0	100.0%	-88.15	66	55	54.5%	-02
4	MtnWest	Utah	366.62	11	0	100.0%	-188.69	69	65	51.5%	00
5	SEC	Florida	345.72	9	1	90.0%	1205.99	87	48	64.4%	02
6	Pac10	USC	327.86	9	1	90.0%	409.84	71	64	52.6%	00
7	Big10	Penn State	317.59	10	1	90.9%	107.08	66	63	51.2%	01
8	Big12	Oklahoma	308.28	9	1	90.0%	1186.82	89	52	63.1%	-03
9	WAC	Boise State	306.83	10	0	100.0%	-629.99	63	65	49.2%	00
10	SEC	Georgia	292.00	9	2	81.8%	1043.86	82	44	65.1%	02
11	Big10	Ohio State	289.48	9	2	81.8%	732.59	78	52	60.0%	00
12	MAC	Ball State	270.56	10	0	100.0%	-1069.16	61	74	45.2%	-02
13	MtnWest	Brigham Young	254.79	10	1	90.9%	-790.23	59	72	45.0%	03
14	Big10	Michigan State	243.20	9	2	81.8%	691.49	77	62	55.4%	00
15	Big12	Oklahoma State	241.33	9	2	81.8%	396.90	74	55	57.4%	02
16	MtnWest	TCU	235.07	9	2	81.8%	57.93	73	59	55.3%	-03
17	Big12	Missouri	234.21	9	2	81.8%	507.06	81	60	57.4%	01
18	ACC	North Carolina	213.96	7	3	70.0%	746.71	71	49	59.2%	-03
19	BigEast	Cincinnati	205.57	8	2	80.0%	22.26	69	61	53.1%	02
20	BigEast	Pittsburgh	191.07	7	2	77.8%	799.67	76	54	58.5%	-01
21	MAC	Western Michigan	187.15	9	2	81.8%	-689.74	59	66	47.2%	02
22	MAC	Central Michigan	184.00	8	2	80.0%	-617.94	59	67	46.8%	04
23	Pac10	Oregon State	170.56	7	3	70.0%	708.36	76	58	56.7%	07
24	CUSA	Tulsa	158.54	8	2	80.0%	-1282.06	56	78	41.8%	-04
25	ACC	Miami (FL)	152.77	7	3	70.0%	521.41	68	55	55.3%	11
26	ACC	Maryland	148.48	7	3	70.0%	295.13	65	56	53.7%	15
27	BigEast	Connecticut	147.18	7	3	70.0%	181.44	64	56	53.3%	07
28	MtnWest	Air Force	146.16	8	3	72.7%	-123.78	70	60	53.8%	-06
29	ACC	Virginia Tech	145.70	6	4	60.0%	876.49	81	52	60.9%	-04
30	Pac10	Oregon	145.03	8	3	72.7%	95.70	66	69	48.9%	05
31	ACC	Boston College	144.60	7	3	70.0%	481.66	73	58	55.7%	15
32	Big10	Northwestern	143.52	8	3	72.7%	-263.67	63	67	48.5%	00
33	ACC	Georgia Tech	140.19	7	3	70.0%	460.64	67	46	59.3%	-06
34	ACC	Florida State	139.68	7	3	70.0%	462.17	69	46	60.0%	-10
35	SEC	LSU	127.51	7	3	70.0%	297.67	70	55	56.0%	05
36	Big12	Nebraska	124.82	7	4	63.6%	634.45	78	60	56.5%	03
37	Big10	Iowa	116.63	7	4	63.6%	190.99	71	58	55.0%	08
38	Pac10	California	112.53	6	4	60.0%	404.86	72	63	53.3%	-09
39	CUSA	Rice	110.39	7	3	70.0%	-377.93	65	69	48.5%	-02
40	ACC	Wake Forest	103.93	6	4	60.0%	853.37	74	57	56.5%	-12
41	SEC	South Carolina	102.05	7	4	63.6%	396.65	69	55	55.6%	-10
42	SEC	Mississippi	99.65	6	4	60.0%	702.77	76	49	60.8%	06
43	BigEast	West Virginia	98.33	6	3	66.7%	201.87	67	55	54.9%	-01
44	SEC	Vanderbilt	91.03	6	4	60.0%	606.81	74	60	55.2%	09
45	Indy	Navy	86.00	6	4	60.0%	-112.47	64	58	52.5%	-12
46	ACC	Virginia	67.87	5	5	50.0%	1085.78	71	40	64.0%	03
47	CUSA	East Carolina	66.95	6	4	60.0%	-243.50	68	73	48.2%	-09
48	CUSA	Houston	61.85	6	4	60.0%	-344.34	66	60	52.4%	09
49	Big10	Minnesota	60.98	7	4	63.6%	-282.05	65	66	49.6%	-06
50	Indy	Notre Dame	59.36	6	4	60.0%	75.57	64	70	47.8%	05
51	MAC	Buffalo	57.67	6	4	60.0%	145.12	78	63	55.3%	05
52	BigEast	Rutgers	55.16	5	5	50.0%	249.38	67	52	56.3%	11
53	BigEast	South Florida	52.62	6	4	60.0%	-112.67	62	58	51.7%	-09
54	WAC	Fresno State	46.74	6	4	60.0%	-468.77	62	73	45.9%	04
55	WAC	Nevada	42.25	6	4	60.0%	112.66	71	55	56.3%	07
56	Pac10	Arizona	41.31	6	4	60.0%	-383.19	62	75	45.3%	-09
57	Big10	Wisconsin	39.11	6	5	54.5%	489.86	76	53	58.9%	04
58	SunBelt	Troy	35.17	6	4	60.0%	-859.84	58	67	46.4%	-07
59	Big12	Kansas	34.27	6	5	54.5%	796.71	79	48	62.2%	-07
60	SEC	Kentucky	27.88	6	5	54.5%	215.01	69	56	55.2%	-10
61	WAC	Louisiana Tech	26.47	6	4	60.0%	-958.25	57	69	45.2%	04
62	ACC	Clemson	15.16	5	5	50.0%	544.79	72	44	62.1%	10
63	WAC	San Jose State	1.55	6	5	54.5%	-782.11	53	63	45.7%	-09
64	WAC	Hawaii	0.23	5	5	50.0%	-100.10	72	64	52.9%	04
65	Big10	Illinois	-12.62	5	6	45.5%	662.91	76	46	62.3%	-05
66	SunBelt	Florida Atlantic	-17.17	5	5	50.0%	-309.06	66	67	49.6%	12
67	MAC	Akron	-17.73	5	5	50.0%	-795.76	52	69	43.0%	-08
68	Pac10	Stanford	-19.72	5	6	45.5%	319.10	66	58	53.2%	-02
69	MAC	Northern Illinois	-28.14	5	5	50.0%	-631.55	63	61	50.8%	-02
70	BigEast	Louisville	-28.99	5	5	50.0%	2.88	60	52	53.6%	-06
71	MtnWest	Colorado State	-30.47	5	6	45.5%	214.90	75	56	57.3%	10
72	CUSA	UTEP	-31.04	5	5	50.0%	-118.32	62	61	50.4%	07
73	SEC	Arkansas	-34.70	4	6	40.0%	882.39	75	42	64.1%	03
74	CUSA	Memphis	-35.28	5	5	50.0%	-1114.53	52	70	42.6%	00
75	MAC	Bowling Green	-38.35	5	5	50.0%	-631.02	55	66	45.5%	-02
76	ACC	Duke	-40.57	4	6	40.0%	775.70	67	45	59.8%	-05
77	SunBelt	FL International	-40.88	4	5	44.4%	-990.82	51	72	41.5%	00
78	MtnWest	UNLV	-41.88	5	6	45.5%	-95.83	66	65	50.4%	06
79	Big12	Colorado	-42.48	5	6	45.5%	386.62	69	51	57.5%	-10
80	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-44.16	5	5	50.0%	-1102.72	49	73	40.2%	-10
81	ACC	NC State	-44.50	4	6	40.0%	811.33	74	48	60.7%	06
82	CUSA	Southern Miss	-50.63	5	6	45.5%	-420.43	64	67	48.9%	04
83	SEC	Auburn	-51.22	5	6	45.5%	126.86	63	52	54.8%	-08
84	SunBelt	Arkansas State	-62.68	4	5	44.4%	-872.04	53	61	46.5%	-02
85	Pac10	UCLA	-74.90	4	6	40.0%	237.50	65	59	52.4%	08
86	Pac10	Arizona State	-75.90	4	6	40.0%	-18.27	60	56	51.7%	06
87	SunBelt	Middle TN State	-86.95	4	6	40.0%	-946.91	51	70	42.1%	07
88	Big12	Baylor	-92.80	4	7	36.4%	890.19	74	44	62.7%	08
89	CUSA	Marshall	-93.07	4	6	40.0%	-1.90	63	49	56.3%	-09
90	Big12	Kansas State	-104.43	4	7	36.4%	-106.79	63	55	53.4%	-07
91	Big10	Purdue	-115.76	3	8	27.3%	891.54	78	42	65.0%	00
92	MAC	Temple	-125.22	3	7	30.0%	-124.47	63	59	51.6%	-07
93	MtnWest	Wyoming	-127.41	4	7	36.4%	-264.72	63	57	52.5%	-04
94	MtnWest	New Mexico	-131.19	4	8	33.3%	373.80	74	55	57.4%	-04
95	Big12	Texas A&M	-132.60	4	7	36.4%	582.84	71	56	55.9%	-07
96	SEC	Mississippi State	-134.01	3	7	30.0%	195.95	65	50	56.5%	-01
97	SEC	Tennessee	-142.33	3	7	30.0%	659.93	72	54	57.1%	02
98	CUSA	Central Florida	-143.63	3	7	30.0%	-496.93	57	57	50.0%	06
99	Big10	Indiana	-149.52	3	8	27.3%	530.93	75	46	62.0%	-01
100	CUSA	UAB	-162.38	3	7	30.0%	-693.08	54	59	47.8%	08
101	Big10	Michigan	-166.65	3	8	27.3%	952.20	78	51	60.5%	-04
102	WAC	New Mexico State	-171.05	3	7	30.0%	-474.46	59	59	50.0%	-02
103	BigEast	Syracuse	-182.06	2	8	20.0%	842.35	73	39	65.2%	-02
104	MAC	Toledo	-188.00	2	8	20.0%	-42.91	65	56	53.7%	-02
105	WAC	Utah State	-195.07	2	9	18.2%	696.68	78	48	61.9%	-02
106	MAC	Kent State	-198.92	3	7	30.0%	-855.22	52	60	46.4%	04
107	Indy	Army	-200.04	3	7	30.0%	-548.22	55	58	48.7%	-02
108	MAC	Ohio	-206.46	2	8	20.0%	-259.21	62	53	53.9%	01
109	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-229.63	2	8	20.0%	37.70	66	48	57.9%	03
110	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	-230.40	3	8	27.3%	-1113.06	46	64	41.8%	-03
111	CUSA	Tulane	-243.14	2	8	20.0%	-70.91	65	58	52.8%	-05
112	MAC	Miami (OH)	-251.28	2	8	20.0%	-713.78	53	60	46.9%	-01
113	Big12	Iowa State	-255.41	2	9	18.2%	-225.89	63	58	52.1%	00
114	WAC	Idaho	-280.90	2	9	18.2%	-430.21	60	56	51.7%	01
115	Indy	Western Kentucky	-297.98	2	9	18.2%	-559.55	56	50	52.8%	-01
116	Pac10	Washington State	-301.47	1	10	9.1%	80.76	67	58	53.6%	00
117	SunBelt	North Texas	-302.18	1	9	10.0%	-453.04	59	62	48.8%	02
118	CUSA	SMU	-316.31	1	10	9.1%	148.49	66	47	58.4%	-01
119	Pac10	Washington	-321.90	0	10	0.0%	947.73	75	49	60.5%	-01
120	MtnWest	San Diego State	-325.27	1	10	9.1%	166.86	71	51	58.2%	00

More changes in the conference ranks too - the ACC takes over the top spot, the SEC jumps into second, and the Big12 drops to 3rd. Without getting into too many of the particulars, this switchup is mainly because of their respective conference opponents winning or losing this weekend. For instance, the ACC didn't play any non-conference games this weekend, but the non-conference teams they've already played went 17-12. The Big12's non-conference opponents went 15-15, and the SEC's non-conference opponents went 14-17.

Week 12 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	97.87	ACC	34	10	77.3%	-3728.97	169	156	52.0%
2	91.81	SEC	35	8	81.4%	-4659.14	160	206	43.7%
3	89.35	Big12	38	10	79.2%	-4080.33	192	211	47.6%
4	67.36	Big10	31	12	72.1%	-2681.62	185	180	50.7%
5	65.79	BigEast	26	12	68.4%	-1993.64	167	162	50.8%
6	37.56	MtnWest	25	11	69.4%	-4294.92	125	184	40.5%
7	0.68	Pac10	13	16	44.8%	1448.78	175	115	60.3%
8	-24.70	WAC	17	18	48.6%	-1582.08	166	144	53.5%
9	-45.01	MAC	22	29	43.1%	-2567.95	236	226	51.1%
10	-57.21	CUSA	18	30	37.5%	-576.29	239	188	56.0%
11	-92.59	SunBelt	12	27	30.8%	-1338.82	193	191	50.3%