Week 13: Top 25 -- TFG

Some more shuffling at the top, but the Florida, Texas, TCU, and Alabama are starting to separate themselves from the pack.

Rank	+/-	Team	WinPct	SoS	Off Pts	Def Pts	Pace
001	+2	Florida	0.9627	0.5712	29.7	8.9	77.8
002	-1	Texas	0.9518	0.5380	29.5	9.8	86.2
003	-1	TCU	0.9507	0.4657	25.9	8.6	83.8
004	--	Alabama	0.9464	0.5912	24.1	8.3	80.7
005	--	Ohio St.	0.9257	0.5256	21.1	8.3	83.2
006	+3	Penn State	0.8958	0.5197	21.3	9.6	82.3
007	--	Boise St.	0.8954	0.3601	27.4	12.3	84.7
008	-2	Oklahoma	0.8904	0.6965	21.8	10.0	90.4
009	-1	Virginia Tech	0.8890	0.6000	23.8	11.0	81.5
010	+6	Texas Tech	0.8569	0.6218	27.5	14.2	90.2
011	+1	Nebraska	0.8449	0.5180	18.9	10.1	82.3
012	-2	Oregon	0.8417	0.6050	22.6	12.2	93.1
013	-2	USC	0.8409	0.5704	21.0	11.3	85.3
014	-1	LSU	0.8298	0.5629	20.3	11.3	81.9
015	--	Iowa	0.8245	0.5539	19.5	11.0	82.2
016	-2	Clemson	0.8087	0.5962	21.1	12.3	84.1
017	--	Cincinnati	0.7970	0.4998	22.0	13.3	85.8
018	--	Mississippi	0.7958	0.6210	21.6	13.0	83.4
019	--	Pittsburgh	0.7908	0.5127	23.0	14.1	82.3
020	+1	Utah	0.7887	0.4065	21.1	12.9	85.8
021	+2	BYU	0.7643	0.3966	22.9	14.8	84.0
022	--	Georgia Tech	0.7565	0.6174	27.6	18.1	79.6
023	-3	Oklahoma St.	0.7511	0.5894	23.6	15.7	83.7
024	NA	Miami-FL	0.7412	0.6700	22.3	15.1	84.0
025	NA	North Carolina	0.7353	0.6476	17.2	11.8	82.6

New entries: Miami-FL, North Carolina.

Dropped out: Oregon State, Stanford.

A mere two weeks ago there were eight teams playing above-0.900 ball; this week it's down to five.  The top 13 teams have broken into four packs

• Florida, Texas, TCU, and Alabama;
• Ohio State;
• Penn State, Boise State, Oklahoma, and Virginia Tech;
• Texas Tech, Nebraska, Oregon, and USC.

Oklahoma continues to see decreasing efficiencies on both sides of the ball, only remaining in the top ten thanks to lackluster play from Oregon, USC, and LSU.  The Sooners were dismantled by a Texas Tech team on the rise -- making me the official loser of our first "No, You're An Idiot" weekly segment -- but the teams immediately below them were unable to make up any ground.  Oregon needed two overtimes to put away (28) Arizona, USC had a bye week, and LSU had some issues reading the clock in a loss to (18) Ole Miss.

Outside of the BCS Bowl picture the story of the last four weeks has to be the North Carolina Tar Heels, who have gone 6-1 since losing at home to Virginia.  UNC has climbed 29 spots in that span, including wins over (42) Boston College, (24) Miami-FL, and (9) Virginia Tech.  Their only loss during that stretch was a 30-27 heartbreaker against (39) Florida State.  If UNC defeats (80) North Carolina State next week, they'll hoist themselves into a likely three-way tie for second in the ACC's Coastal Division.  Their companions in this tie?  Miami-FL (already done with their ACC slate) and Virginia Tech (visiting (59) Virginia this weekend).

This week we'll take a look at the BCS Bowl picture and project possible matchups.