Week 11 Rankings

Little late with the rankings this week... busy busy. The power rankings will be up later today.

Things are getting pretty bunched up at the top. Alabama and Florida are still #1 & #2, but TCU has moved into the #3 slot, bumping Cincinnati & Texas to #4 & #5. All are within 24 points of each other, but the advantage will go to probably Texas and Alabama or Florida because of their conference championship games.

Something that obviously needs addressed is that USC is sitting at #13, only having dropped 2 spots. I was pretty shocked at that - these are achievement rankings, and getting plastered by Stanford at home isn't much of an achievement. They're even in front of 8-2 LSU, for crying out loud! What's going on here? Well, part of it is how far the top 15 are spread out. The top 5 are all at 360 or more, but then there's major drop-offs: Only Boise State, Georgia Tech, and Ohio State are over 300, and only Iowa, Pitt, and Oregon are over 250. So there's a wide difference to account for there.

Another thing is the fact that the Trojans have played a rough schedule (according to my rankings, of course) - of the top 40 teams, only Oregon and Virginia Tech have played tougher. They only dropped -15 points, and the loss to Stanford cost them -30, but their big road wins cushioned their fall. Ohio State beat Iowa, making the win in Sept look even better and gaining almost ten points for that game alone, & California beat Arizona, gaining the Trojans another 7+ points. The win over Ohio State is easily the best non-conference win by any team (the next closest is Houston's over Oklahoma State), and it's also the biggest point-gaining win overall (Northwestern over Iowa is the only other game that's earned 70+ points). In comparison, LSU's best win was at Georgia, and that only earned them 47+ points - USC has four wins that have earned that much. As far as losses go, LSU has lost far fewer points, losing to Florida & Alabama, but it's the Trojans big road wins that are keeping them up.

Week 11 Achievement Rankings
Rank	Conf	Team	Pts	W	L	W%	oPts	oW	oL	oW%	rank∆
1	SEC	Alabama	388.55	10	0	100.0%	113.16	61	51	54.5%	0
2	SEC	Florida	379.89	10	0	100.0%	-79.81	58	56	50.9%	0
3	MtnWest	TCU	372.56	10	0	100.0%	-602.45	55	58	48.7%	2
4	BigEast	Cincinnati	366.12	10	0	100.0%	-87.97	57	52	52.3%	-1
5	Big12	Texas	364.42	10	0	100.0%	83.84	63	57	52.5%	-1
6	WAC	Boise St	336.75	10	0	100.0%	-1037.65	52	71	42.3%	1
7	ACC	Georgia Tech	324.13	10	1	90.9%	-82.94	57	57	50.0%	1
8	Big10	Ohio St	308.96	9	2	81.8%	444.53	70	57	55.1%	1
9	Big10	Iowa	292.22	9	2	81.8%	328.82	68	49	58.1%	-3
10	BigEast	Pittsburgh	275.40	9	1	90.0%	187.57	62	47	56.9%	0
11	Pac10	Oregon	253.25	8	2	80.0%	943.39	69	51	57.5%	2
12	Big10	Penn St	225.26	9	2	81.8%	-148.81	62	56	52.5%	3
13	Pac10	USC	212.47	7	3	70.0%	699.10	64	55	53.8%	-2
14	SEC	LSU	209.28	8	2	80.0%	509.80	66	56	54.1%	3
15	ACC	Virginia Tech	205.10	7	3	70.0%	875.68	73	48	60.3%	3
16	Big12	Oklahoma St	202.32	8	2	80.0%	23.19	61	51	54.5%	4
17	CUSA	Houston	197.12	8	2	80.0%	-974.85	49	63	43.8%	-5
18	Big10	Wisconsin	194.03	8	2	80.0%	173.35	67	53	55.8%	1
19	ACC	Miami (FL)	186.86	7	3	70.0%	465.99	66	46	58.9%	-3
20	MtnWest	Utah	178.54	8	2	80.0%	-268.69	57	64	47.1%	-6
21	MtnWest	Brigham Young	174.29	8	2	80.0%	-307.05	58	64	47.5%	2
22	MAC	Central Michigan	171.15	8	2	80.0%	-1293.55	46	67	40.7%	2
23	Pac10	Stanford	170.78	7	3	70.0%	353.02	59	60	49.6%	11
24	Pac10	Oregon St	162.49	7	3	70.0%	457.69	62	49	55.9%	5
25	Indy	Navy	159.95	8	3	72.7%	-588.76	61	63	49.2%	1
26	ACC	Clemson	159.77	7	3	70.0%	283.84	65	50	56.5%	4
27	Pac10	Arizona	142.10	6	3	66.7%	651.19	66	47	58.4%	-5
28	ACC	North Carolina	139.12	7	3	70.0%	-70.97	58	44	56.9%	13
29	BigEast	Rutgers	139.00	7	2	77.8%	-605.30	52	49	51.5%	8
30	ACC	Boston College	134.62	7	3	70.0%	-129.04	58	54	51.8%	6
31	Pac10	California	134.00	7	3	70.0%	43.73	56	55	50.5%	9
32	Big12	Nebraska	132.81	7	3	70.0%	-110.57	59	61	49.2%	7
33	SunBelt	Troy	131.02	7	3	70.0%	-507.18	54	64	45.8%	-12
34	MAC	Temple	130.12	8	2	80.0%	-1507.79	45	69	39.5%	-2
35	BigEast	West Virginia	119.84	7	3	70.0%	331.44	64	45	58.7%	-10
36	SEC	Mississippi	113.06	7	3	70.0%	-373.67	55	51	51.9%	6
37	WAC	Nevada	110.66	7	3	70.0%	-388.34	56	65	46.3%	6
38	SEC	Auburn	106.13	7	4	63.6%	213.02	63	49	56.3%	-11
39	BigEast	South Florida	98.43	6	3	66.7%	-248.18	56	46	54.9%	-11
40	SEC	Georgia	95.37	6	4	60.0%	769.54	72	44	62.1%	11
41	SEC	Arkansas	92.81	6	4	60.0%	682.63	70	43	61.9%	6
42	SunBelt	Mid Tenn St	87.99	7	3	70.0%	-1225.56	43	75	36.4%	3
43	Indy	Notre Dame	85.39	6	4	60.0%	684.41	68	55	55.3%	-8
44	WAC	Idaho	83.10	7	4	63.6%	-492.05	54	65	45.4%	-13
45	Big10	Northwestern	82.94	7	4	63.6%	-668.14	53	65	44.9%	1
46	WAC	Fresno St	77.48	6	4	60.0%	-258.55	59	53	52.7%	-13
47	MtnWest	Air Force	76.94	7	4	63.6%	-344.59	60	55	52.2%	3
48	MAC	Ohio	75.86	7	3	70.0%	-1456.53	43	69	38.4%	4
49	Big12	Oklahoma	72.66	6	4	60.0%	529.30	70	43	61.9%	0
50	Big12	Missouri	72.57	6	4	60.0%	87.45	64	50	56.1%	8
51	SEC	Kentucky	67.41	6	4	60.0%	87.01	61	55	52.6%	4
52	MAC	Northern Illinois	65.16	7	3	70.0%	-1324.48	47	68	40.9%	-4
53	Big12	Texas Tech	64.72	6	4	60.0%	-146.41	60	52	53.6%	-15
54	CUSA	UCF	64.46	6	4	60.0%	-368.20	56	55	50.5%	7
55	CUSA	East Carolina	61.60	6	4	60.0%	-388.70	56	55	50.5%	1
56	SEC	South Carolina	50.65	6	5	54.5%	534.55	66	45	59.5%	-12
57	ACC	Florida St	50.18	5	5	50.0%	824.78	72	41	63.7%	9
58	Big10	Michigan St	41.45	6	5	54.5%	375.54	70	48	59.3%	6
59	CUSA	Southern Miss	37.99	6	4	60.0%	-808.52	51	61	45.5%	9
60	Big10	Minnesota	34.55	6	5	54.5%	661.15	72	46	61.0%	3
61	CUSA	SMU	33.18	6	4	60.0%	-591.06	54	58	48.2%	1
62	SunBelt	LA-Monroe	30.65	6	4	60.0%	-918.46	49	61	44.5%	-2
63	SEC	Tennessee	27.09	5	5	50.0%	464.83	68	55	55.3%	-9
64	Big12	Iowa St	21.77	6	5	54.5%	-84.78	62	51	54.9%	3
65	Pac10	UCLA	18.05	5	5	50.0%	662.70	65	55	54.2%	5
66	MAC	Bowling Green	16.74	5	5	50.0%	-365.58	59	62	48.8%	5
67	Big12	Kansas St	3.68	6	5	54.5%	-628.00	54	50	51.9%	-14
68	BigEast	Connecticut	-3.83	4	5	44.4%	678.04	70	39	64.2%	4
69	Big12	Texas A&M	-3.91	5	5	50.0%	87.06	63	59	51.6%	-12
70	CUSA	UAB	-8.54	5	5	50.0%	-333.47	57	62	47.9%	8
71	CUSA	Marshall	-10.01	5	5	50.0%	-411.55	56	55	50.5%	-12
72	SEC	Mississippi St	-22.20	4	6	40.0%	1353.37	81	33	71.1%	-3
73	Big12	Kansas	-25.22	5	5	50.0%	22.01	64	49	56.6%	-8
74	MtnWest	Wyoming	-28.84	5	5	50.0%	-187.89	60	53	53.1%	12
75	SunBelt	LA-Lafayette	-49.12	5	5	50.0%	-852.08	51	59	46.4%	-1
76	MAC	Kent St	-51.10	5	5	50.0%	-1192.77	48	67	41.7%	6
77	ACC	Duke	-51.96	5	5	50.0%	-526.37	54	50	51.9%	-4
78	Big10	Purdue	-53.41	4	7	36.4%	649.20	73	53	57.9%	-2
79	BigEast	Louisville	-54.92	4	6	40.0%	586.69	68	39	63.6%	10
80	Pac10	Washington	-55.21	3	7	30.0%	1167.74	73	47	60.8%	-5
81	Pac10	Arizona St	-55.82	4	6	40.0%	499.86	63	48	56.8%	-2
82	Big12	Baylor	-56.24	4	6	40.0%	379.60	67	46	59.3%	-2
83	Big10	Michigan	-61.12	5	6	45.5%	-5.05	63	55	53.4%	-6
84	MAC	Western Michigan	-78.50	5	6	45.5%	-1582.30	44	71	38.3%	7
85	ACC	Wake Forest	-78.81	4	7	36.4%	393.38	66	47	58.4%	-1
86	ACC	NC State	-79.83	4	6	40.0%	-159.05	59	46	56.2%	-5
87	MtnWest	San Diego St	-84.79	4	6	40.0%	-367.91	60	55	52.2%	-4
88	CUSA	Tulsa	-97.70	4	6	40.0%	-867.03	51	60	45.9%	-3
89	WAC	Hawaii	-101.16	4	6	40.0%	-475.79	62	62	50.0%	10
90	MtnWest	UNLV	-101.53	4	7	36.4%	-31.86	63	49	56.3%	-3
91	SunBelt	Florida Atl	-101.91	3	6	33.3%	-609.07	55	65	45.8%	12
92	Big10	Indiana	-109.69	4	7	36.4%	-14.69	64	55	53.8%	-4
93	MAC	Toledo	-110.63	4	6	40.0%	-731.36	54	70	43.5%	-3
94	BigEast	Syracuse	-124.95	3	7	30.0%	654.22	71	40	64.0%	-2
95	Indy	Army	-127.75	4	6	40.0%	-1284.75	49	65	43.0%	7
96	WAC	Louisiana Tech	-128.83	3	7	30.0%	-25.16	64	50	56.1%	-2
97	MtnWest	Colorado St	-129.39	3	7	30.0%	-156.08	63	52	54.8%	4
98	Big10	Illinois	-135.09	3	7	30.0%	585.83	72	47	60.5%	-5
99	ACC	Virginia	-138.44	3	7	30.0%	854.91	73	40	64.6%	-3
100	MAC	Buffalo	-140.92	3	7	30.0%	-498.91	59	55	51.8%	-3
101	Big12	Colorado	-141.84	3	7	30.0%	619.42	72	50	59.0%	-6
102	SunBelt	Florida Intl	-155.40	3	7	30.0%	95.16	63	54	53.8%	5
103	WAC	Utah St	-161.16	3	7	30.0%	-134.71	62	50	55.4%	7
104	CUSA	UTEP	-167.49	3	7	30.0%	-567.80	55	65	45.8%	-4
105	SunBelt	Arkansas St	-176.73	2	7	22.2%	-714.12	53	58	47.7%	-1
106	CUSA	Tulane	-184.66	3	7	30.0%	-375.83	59	52	53.2%	-8
107	WAC	New Mexico St	-204.01	3	7	30.0%	-716.73	57	65	46.7%	-2
108	CUSA	Memphis	-206.31	2	8	20.0%	-101.64	62	49	55.9%	-2
109	ACC	Maryland	-211.77	2	8	20.0%	155.94	63	48	56.8%	0
110	WAC	San Jose St	-217.55	1	8	11.1%	140.81	65	48	57.5%	-2
111	SunBelt	North Texas	-225.71	2	8	20.0%	-637.49	55	63	46.6%	0
112	SEC	Vanderbilt	-226.00	2	9	18.2%	422.39	67	46	59.3%	1
113	MAC	Akron	-230.40	2	8	20.0%	-536.74	59	54	52.2%	-1
114	Pac10	Washington St	-247.35	1	9	10.0%	999.53	70	49	58.8%	0
115	MAC	Miami (OH)	-267.07	1	10	9.1%	759.98	77	45	63.1%	0
116	CUSA	Rice	-285.14	1	9	10.0%	98.97	65	57	53.3%	1
117	MAC	Ball St	-342.81	1	9	10.0%	-698.93	58	55	51.3%	-1
118	MtnWest	New Mexico	-367.55	0	10	0.0%	216.87	67	55	54.9%	0
119	MAC	Eastern Michigan	-384.47	0	10	0.0%	-460.10	62	61	50.4%	0
120	SunBelt	Western Kentucky	-397.84	0	10	0.0%	-551.08	55	55	50.0%	0

Nothing changes in the conference race - I'll have more to say about that later this week...

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

Week 11 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	78.43	BigEast	30	7	81.1%	-4346.29	134	154	46.5%
2	65.96	SEC	37	6	86.0%	-5583.16	147	200	42.4%
3	45.40	Big10	31	10	75.6%	-4521.44	154	182	45.8%
4	41.58	Big12	35	13	72.9%	-4799.82	183	219	45.5%
5	39.28	Pac10	20	9	69.0%	-220.35	146	116	55.7%
6	29.55	ACC	29	15	65.9%	-2849.91	192	127	60.2%
7	9.67	MtnWest	21	15	58.3%	-2771.44	151	161	48.4%
8	-14.09	WAC	17	19	47.2%	-1969.29	160	149	51.8%
9	-33.58	CUSA	19	29	39.6%	-1165.65	231	172	57.3%
10	-60.60	MAC	16	36	30.8%	-1714.31	253	205	55.2%
11	-65.37	SunBelt	8	26	23.5%	684.47	184	124	59.7%

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

#1 BigEast
Great Wins: Cincy @ 7-3 Oregon St
Bad Losses: None

#2 SEC
Great Wins: Alabama v 7-3 Virginia Tech
Bad Losses: None

#3 Big10
Great Wins: None
Bad Losses: None

#4 Big12
Great Wins: Missouri @ 7-3 Nevada
Bad Losses: Colorado vs 3-7 Colorado St

#5 Pac10
Great Wins: USC @ 9-2 Ohio State
Bad Losses: Washington State vs 4-6 Hawaii

#6 ACC
Great Wins: NC State vs 9-1 Pittsburgh, Florida State @ 8-2 BYU, Boston College vs 8-2 Central Michigan
Bad Losses: Virginia vs I-AA William & Mary, Duke vs I-AA Richmond

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

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

#9 CUSA
Great Wins: Houston @ 8-2 Oklahoma State
Bad Losses: SMU @ 1-9 Washington St, Rice vs 2-9 Vanderbilt, UTEP vs 3-7 Buffalo

#10 MAC
Great Wins: Temple @ 8-3 Navy
Bad Losses: Ball State vs I-AA New Hampshire, Temple vs I-AA Villanova, Ball State vs 2-8 North Texas, Eastern Michigan vs 4-6 Army, Akron vs 4-7 Indiana

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