| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Offense | Defense | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | -- | Florida | 0.9716 | 0.6852 | 32.8 | 10.1 | 77.1 |
| 002 | +4 | Texas | 0.9616 | 0.5703 | 30.3 | 10.4 | 85.6 |
| 003 | +2 | Boise St. | 0.9592 | 0.4131 | 28.2 | 9.8 | 82.7 |
| 004 | -1 | Alabama | 0.9581 | 0.5984 | 25.8 | 9.1 | 80.2 |
| 005 | -1 | Oklahoma | 0.9572 | 0.7377 | 25.0 | 8.9 | 88.8 |
| 006 | +1 | TCU | 0.9531 | 0.5396 | 23.9 | 8.8 | 81.7 |
| 007 | -5 | USC | 0.9527 | 0.5681 | 25.3 | 9.3 | 82.9 |
| 008 | -- | Penn State | 0.9414 | 0.4759 | 23.3 | 9.2 | 79.9 |
| 009 | -- | Ohio St. | 0.9255 | 0.5364 | 22.4 | 9.7 | 80.4 |
| 010 | -- | Virginia Tech | 0.9044 | 0.6912 | 26.8 | 12.7 | 80.4 |
| 011 | +1 | Oregon | 0.8860 | 0.5878 | 23.2 | 11.7 | 89.2 |
| 012 | +1 | Iowa | 0.8793 | 0.6085 | 22.1 | 11.4 | 79.9 |
| 013 | -2 | Nebraska | 0.8553 | 0.5218 | 21.7 | 12.0 | 80.8 |
| 014 | +4 | Cincinnati | 0.8423 | 0.4786 | 21.7 | 12.4 | 85.2 |
| 015 | -- | Clemson | 0.8407 | 0.6319 | 20.4 | 11.7 | 84.1 |
| 016 | +4 | LSU | 0.8319 | 0.6022 | 21.2 | 12.4 | 80.0 |
| 017 | -3 | Texas Tech | 0.8235 | 0.5509 | 28.3 | 17.0 | 87.8 |
| 018 | -1 | Utah | 0.8131 | 0.4101 | 21.4 | 13.1 | 83.4 |
| 019 | -3 | Mississippi | 0.8096 | 0.5572 | 21.5 | 13.3 | 81.5 |
| 020 | +3 | Georgia Tech | 0.8090 | 0.7278 | 28.2 | 17.4 | 77.5 |
| 021 | -2 | Tennessee | 0.7793 | 0.6344 | 20.9 | 13.7 | 81.1 |
| 022 | -1 | West Virginia | 0.7775 | 0.4684 | 23.1 | 15.2 | 83.0 |
| 023 | NA | Pittsburgh | 0.7770 | 0.5189 | 24.1 | 15.9 | 80.5 |
| 024 | NA | Oklahoma St. | 0.7742 | 0.5076 | 26.1 | 17.3 | 82.5 |
| 025 | NA | Oregon St. | 0.7701 | 0.6664 | 23.0 | 15.4 | 86.5 |
Dropped out: BYU, Notre Dame, Virginia.
The big winners this week were Texas, Cincinnati, and LSU. Alabama, Oklahoma, and USC all won but managed to drop a few spots. Less than one one-hundreths of a point separate spots two through seven, so there's a lot of potential for movement over the next few weeks. Florida had big shifts in both their offensive and defensive efficiency, neither in the right direction. Oklahoma continues to win with excellent defense, clocking in with an adjusted defensive efficiency of 8.9.
At this point I don't think it's too early to start asking what to do about Boise State. I'll go into more depth later this week, but they've got a downhill road to an undefeated season right now, with only 1-in-12 odds that they won't go undefeated. Their adjusted efficiencies place them in a dead heat with Alabama, but their strength of schedule is the second-weakest in the Top 25, trailing only #18 Utah. Their one quality win is a 19-8 home victory over #11 Oregon; after that the next toughest competition is #43 Fresno State. They've played all of two teams with adjusted defensive efficiencies less than 20, which may mean their stellar offense is more a product of poor competition than actual firepower.
In an interesting footnote, it was a mere three years ago that we were facing a Fiesta Bowl in which a presumed-favorite Oklahoma was taken down by underrespected Boise State. Were that same game played today we may see the exact opposite scenario.
