Week 10 Rankings

Another Sunday night game, another late set of rankings. Power rankings tomorrow.

Of course Iowa drops from #1, making way for Alabama. Florida is close by, as are Cincinnati, Texas, and TCU. Iowa drops to #6, but they're still ahead of Boise State, mainly due to SoS. Other big movers this week are Ohio State, up eight spots to #9, Oregon and Penn State drop -5, and Navy moves up to #26 after winning at Notre Dame.

Mississippi State's tough as nails slate has moved them past Washington for #1 on the SoS, while spots #2, #3, and #4 are all Pac10 teams. In fact, half of the Pac10 is in the top 15 toughest SoS, and nine are in the top 30. At the bottom of the pack are the 0-9 teams - Rice, New Mexico, Eastern Michigan, and Western Kentucky.

I'm a week late with this, but congratulations to 7-2 Temple for earning their first votes in the polls since I can remember, at least during the BCS era. With their win this week, they've now garnered 8 more votes in the Coaches' and 7 more in the AP. It might seem small, but that's a big deal for a team that's been down for so long.

Week 10 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	SEC	Alabama	339.75	9	0	100.0%	99.97	55	46	54.5%	4
2	SEC	Florida	326.08	9	0	100.0%	-129.53	52	51	50.5%	0
3	BigEast	Cincinnati	320.98	9	0	100.0%	-44.75	53	46	53.5%	0
4	Big12	Texas	314.90	9	0	100.0%	78.30	57	51	52.8%	0
5	MtnWest	TCU	310.20	9	0	100.0%	-554.66	50	53	48.5%	1
6	Big10	Iowa	299.72	9	1	90.0%	246.80	61	45	57.5%	-5
7	WAC	Boise St	296.78	9	0	100.0%	-876.75	47	64	42.3%	0
8	ACC	Georgia Tech	274.71	9	1	90.0%	-126.35	52	51	50.5%	1
9	Big10	Ohio St	241.74	8	2	80.0%	558.38	66	49	57.4%	8
10	BigEast	Pittsburgh	236.82	8	1	88.9%	230.69	58	41	58.6%	1
11	Pac10	USC	227.17	7	2	77.8%	563.59	58	49	54.2%	2
12	CUSA	Houston	222.44	8	1	88.9%	-865.29	44	57	43.6%	2
13	Pac10	Oregon	221.34	7	2	77.8%	864.29	64	44	59.3%	-5
14	MtnWest	Utah	195.84	8	1	88.9%	-327.15	50	60	45.5%	1
15	Big10	Penn St	195.71	8	2	80.0%	-114.54	57	50	53.3%	-5
16	ACC	Miami (FL)	191.56	7	2	77.8%	322.55	59	42	58.4%	0
17	SEC	LSU	184.96	7	2	77.8%	513.51	61	49	55.5%	-5
18	ACC	Virginia Tech	166.44	6	3	66.7%	788.00	67	42	61.5%	8
19	Big10	Wisconsin	164.04	7	2	77.8%	155.65	61	48	56.0%	3
20	Big12	Oklahoma St	158.08	7	2	77.8%	-2.18	55	46	54.5%	1
21	SunBelt	Troy	150.40	7	2	77.8%	-574.49	46	60	43.4%	8
22	Pac10	Arizona	150.37	6	2	75.0%	542.64	60	42	58.8%	5
23	MtnWest	Brigham Young	149.33	7	2	77.8%	-304.06	52	59	46.8%	5
24	MAC	Central Michigan	142.47	7	2	77.8%	-1183.89	41	61	40.2%	-5
25	BigEast	West Virginia	141.48	7	2	77.8%	322.74	59	40	59.6%	-1
26	Indy	Navy	136.28	7	3	70.0%	-646.70	53	58	47.7%	11
27	SEC	Auburn	132.09	7	3	70.0%	152.16	57	44	56.4%	3
28	BigEast	South Florida	122.30	6	2	75.0%	-285.69	51	42	54.8%	-5
29	Pac10	Oregon St	120.28	6	3	66.7%	396.97	57	43	57.0%	11
30	ACC	Clemson	118.21	6	3	66.7%	254.73	60	44	57.7%	6
31	WAC	Idaho	108.91	7	3	70.0%	-388.84	49	59	45.4%	-13
32	MAC	Temple	107.02	7	2	77.8%	-1338.74	41	63	39.4%	3
33	WAC	Fresno St	105.80	6	3	66.7%	-224.16	53	48	52.5%	15
34	Pac10	Stanford	105.52	6	3	66.7%	390.82	55	52	51.4%	15
35	Indy	Notre Dame	99.10	6	3	66.7%	573.96	62	50	55.4%	-15
36	ACC	Boston College	98.08	6	3	66.7%	-158.10	53	49	52.0%	-5
37	BigEast	Rutgers	97.77	6	2	75.0%	-556.49	47	45	51.1%	-5
38	Big12	Texas Tech	95.01	6	3	66.7%	-88.50	55	46	54.5%	-5
39	Big12	Nebraska	91.81	6	3	66.7%	-37.08	54	54	50.0%	2
40	Pac10	California	84.37	6	3	66.7%	25.39	51	49	51.0%	-15
41	ACC	North Carolina	82.97	6	3	66.7%	-103.62	53	40	57.0%	2
42	SEC	Mississippi	78.88	6	3	66.7%	-293.12	51	45	53.1%	4
43	WAC	Nevada	75.10	6	3	66.7%	-289.15	52	58	47.3%	4
44	SEC	South Carolina	68.12	6	4	60.0%	339.03	58	42	58.0%	-10
45	SunBelt	Mid Tenn St	66.05	6	3	66.7%	-1056.97	39	67	36.8%	5
46	Big10	Northwestern	60.22	6	4	60.0%	-544.98	49	58	45.8%	27
47	SEC	Arkansas	55.76	5	4	55.6%	678.57	65	37	63.7%	14
48	MAC	Northern Illinois	54.95	6	3	66.7%	-1150.69	43	61	41.3%	6
49	Big12	Oklahoma	53.68	5	4	55.6%	605.51	66	36	64.7%	-11
50	MtnWest	Air Force	52.24	6	4	60.0%	-347.38	54	51	51.4%	7
51	SEC	Georgia	51.91	5	4	55.6%	680.04	66	39	62.9%	5
52	MAC	Ohio	49.15	6	3	66.7%	-1279.15	40	63	38.8%	-7
53	Big12	Kansas St	44.62	6	4	60.0%	-549.48	49	45	52.1%	7
54	SEC	Tennessee	44.56	5	4	55.6%	360.21	61	50	55.0%	10
55	SEC	Kentucky	42.36	5	4	55.6%	74.84	56	49	53.3%	8
56	CUSA	East Carolina	28.42	5	4	55.6%	-470.57	49	51	49.0%	-14
57	Big12	Texas A&M	26.83	5	4	55.6%	47.67	56	54	50.9%	-18
58	Big12	Missouri	26.83	5	4	55.6%	65.72	58	45	56.3%	-14
59	CUSA	Marshall	23.12	5	4	55.6%	-428.24	49	51	49.0%	0
60	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	16.54	5	4	55.6%	-832.97	44	55	44.4%	11
61	CUSA	UCF	16.39	5	4	55.6%	-302.49	51	49	51.0%	-9
62	CUSA	SMU	9.27	5	4	55.6%	-479.04	49	52	48.5%	8
63	Big10	Minnesota	9.10	5	5	50.0%	560.42	65	41	61.3%	-10
64	Big10	Michigan St	7.33	5	5	50.0%	370.28	64	43	59.8%	12
65	Big12	Kansas	7.27	5	4	55.6%	40.18	58	44	56.9%	-14
66	ACC	Florida St	6.24	4	5	44.4%	722.00	66	36	64.7%	-8
67	Big12	Iowa St	1.66	5	5	50.0%	-15.26	58	45	56.3%	-12
68	CUSA	Southern Miss	1.32	5	4	55.6%	-641.09	47	54	46.5%	-1
69	SEC	Mississippi St	-3.53	4	5	44.4%	1177.21	73	30	70.9%	3
70	Pac10	UCLA	-4.93	4	5	44.4%	667.20	61	47	56.5%	9
71	MAC	Bowling Green	-6.74	4	5	44.4%	-289.56	55	55	50.0%	9
72	BigEast	Connecticut	-10.14	4	5	44.4%	586.14	64	34	65.3%	-6
73	ACC	Duke	-14.34	5	4	55.6%	-431.72	50	44	53.2%	-11
74	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-20.70	5	4	55.6%	-773.03	45	54	45.5%	7
75	Pac10	Washington	-26.97	3	6	33.3%	1040.83	67	41	62.0%	-7
76	Big10	Purdue	-27.89	4	6	40.0%	560.56	66	48	57.9%	14
77	Big10	Michigan	-28.47	5	5	50.0%	19.77	58	49	54.2%	-12
78	CUSA	UAB	-35.54	4	5	44.4%	-389.55	50	57	46.7%	8
79	Pac10	Arizona St	-37.39	4	5	44.4%	346.91	56	44	56.0%	-5
80	Big12	Baylor	-37.43	4	5	44.4%	282.39	61	43	58.7%	8
81	ACC	NC State	-45.21	4	5	44.4%	-214.85	53	42	55.8%	6
82	MAC	Kent St	-47.52	5	5	50.0%	-1132.61	42	62	40.4%	-13
83	MtnWest	San Diego St	-47.80	4	5	44.4%	-322.10	55	50	52.4%	-8
84	ACC	Wake Forest	-52.68	4	6	40.0%	304.03	60	42	58.8%	-2
85	CUSA	Tulsa	-56.65	4	5	44.4%	-771.98	45	55	45.0%	-8
86	MtnWest	Wyoming	-56.90	4	5	44.4%	-185.63	55	48	53.4%	-8
87	MtnWest	UNLV	-79.87	4	6	40.0%	-123.27	56	46	54.9%	13
88	Big10	Indiana	-80.54	4	6	40.0%	27.13	59	49	54.6%	-4
89	BigEast	Louisville	-83.05	3	6	33.3%	561.67	63	34	64.9%	-4
90	MAC	Toledo	-84.49	4	5	44.4%	-731.85	47	65	42.0%	5
91	MAC	Western Michigan	-92.67	4	6	40.0%	-1381.53	41	64	39.0%	-8
92	BigEast	Syracuse	-93.61	3	6	33.3%	541.62	64	37	63.4%	1
93	Big10	Illinois	-103.75	3	6	33.3%	470.31	65	43	60.2%	14
94	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-107.50	3	6	33.3%	39.98	58	45	56.3%	-2
95	Big12	Colorado	-108.15	3	6	33.3%	545.33	66	45	59.5%	6
96	ACC	Virginia	-108.20	3	6	33.3%	678.27	66	36	64.7%	-2
97	MAC	Buffalo	-113.02	3	6	33.3%	-539.35	52	52	50.0%	-8
98	CUSA	Tulane	-116.02	3	6	33.3%	-366.55	52	48	52.0%	6
99	WAC	Hawaii	-117.51	3	6	33.3%	-357.09	57	55	50.9%	10
100	CUSA	UTEP	-119.86	3	6	33.3%	-365.94	51	57	47.2%	-9
101	MtnWest	Colorado St	-126.75	3	7	30.0%	-115.58	58	46	55.8%	-5
102	Indy	Army	-129.90	3	6	33.3%	-1067.99	44	58	43.1%	-3
103	SunBelt	Florida Atl	-131.10	2	6	25.0%	-565.06	49	59	45.4%	-5
104	SunBelt	Arkansas St	-135.22	2	6	25.0%	-683.88	47	53	47.0%	-7
105	WAC	New Mexico St	-148.49	3	6	33.3%	-593.73	52	58	47.3%	-2
106	CUSA	Memphis	-167.28	2	7	22.2%	-98.36	56	44	56.0%	0
107	SunBelt	Florida Intl	-168.79	2	7	22.2%	84.25	57	48	54.3%	3
108	WAC	San Jose St	-170.97	1	7	12.5%	172.33	60	42	58.8%	0
109	ACC	Maryland	-174.67	2	7	22.2%	50.65	56	44	56.0%	-4
110	WAC	Utah St	-175.49	2	7	22.2%	11.88	58	43	57.4%	-8
111	SunBelt	North Texas	-181.17	2	7	22.2%	-628.28	48	58	45.3%	0
112	MAC	Akron	-190.20	2	7	22.2%	-492.89	53	50	51.5%	2
113	SEC	Vanderbilt	-196.23	2	8	20.0%	261.47	59	43	57.8%	-1
114	Pac10	Washington St	-218.86	1	8	11.1%	830.62	63	44	58.9%	-1
115	MAC	Miami (OH)	-238.28	1	9	10.0%	587.01	68	43	61.3%	0
116	MAC	Ball St	-304.80	1	8	11.1%	-640.73	51	51	50.0%	3
117	CUSA	Rice	-305.94	0	9	0.0%	141.60	59	51	53.6%	-1
118	MtnWest	New Mexico	-319.44	0	9	0.0%	313.00	63	48	56.8%	-1
119	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-330.70	0	9	0.0%	-457.64	55	57	49.1%	-1
120	SunBelt	Western Kentucky	-359.66	0	9	0.0%	-443.67	50	49	50.5%	0

The BigEast is padding their lead even more in the conference race, with each team earning over 73 points in their non-conference games. Spectacular. The SEC is a solid #2, while the Big10, Big12, and Pac10 are bunched together in spots 3-5.

Here's the breakdown at 2009 Non-Conference Games.

Week 10 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	73.48	BigEast	29	7	80.6%	-4057.94	115	137	45.6%
2	61.17	SEC	35	6	85.4%	-5036.67	123	173	41.6%
3	45.28	Big10	30	10	75.0%	-3577.44	141	162	46.5%
4	41.07	Big12	35	13	72.9%	-4428.32	165	202	45.0%
5	39.27	Pac10	20	9	69.0%	-17.88	136	101	57.4%
6	28.13	ACC	29	15	65.9%	-2827.70	173	118	59.5%
7	10.31	MtnWest	21	15	58.3%	-2581.70	133	149	47.2%
8	-9.87	WAC	17	18	48.6%	-1820.16	142	131	52.0%
9	-32.43	CUSA	19	29	39.6%	-1034.91	210	154	57.7%
10	-58.23	MAC	16	36	30.8%	-1592.89	229	187	55.0%
11	-62.64	SunBelt	8	25	24.2%	383.08	160	109	59.5%

(For the following, great & bad losses are ones that have earned or lost more than 50 points.)

#1 BigEast
Great Wins: Cincy @ 6-3 Oregon St
Bad Losses: None

#2 SEC
Great Wins: None
Bad Losses: None

#3 Big10
Great Wins: None
Bad Losses: None

#4 Big12
Great Wins: None
Bad Losses: Colorado vs 3-7 Colorado St

#5 Pac10
Great Wins: USC @ 8-2 Ohio State, Oregon @ 8-1 Utah
Bad Losses: Washington State vs 3-6 Hawaii

#6 ACC
Great Wins: NC State vs 8-1 Pittsburgh, Florida State @ 7-2 BYU
Bad Losses: Virginia vs I-AA William & Mary, Duke vs I-AA Richmond

#7 MtnWest
Great Wins: TCU @ 6-3 Clemson
Bad Losses: New Mexico vs 3-6 New Mexico State

#8 WAC
Great Wins: Boise State @ 7-2 Oregon
Bad Losses: New Mexico State vs 3-6 UTEP

#9 CUSA
Great Wins: Houston @ 7-2 Oklahoma State
Bad Losses: SMU @ 1-8 Washington St, Rice vs 2-8 Vanderbilt

#10 MAC
Great Wins: Temple @ 7-3 Navy
Bad Losses: Ball State vs I-AA New Hampshire, Temple vs I-AA Villanova, Ball State vs 2-7 North Texas, Eastern Michigan vs 3-6 Army

#11 SunBelt
Great Wins: None
Bad Losses: Western Kentucky vs I-AA Central Arkansas