| Rank |
+/- |
Team |
WinPct |
SoS |
Off Pts |
Def Pts |
Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | -- |
Florida |
0.9666 | 0.5884 | 29.2 | 8.4 | 77.7 |
| 002 | +1 |
TCU |
0.9489 | 0.4210 | 25.9 | 8.8 | 84.2 |
| 003 | -1 |
Texas |
0.9373 | 0.5377 | 29.8 | 10.9 | 86.2 |
| 004 | -- |
Alabama |
0.9333 | 0.6076 | 23.5 | 8.9 | 80.5 |
| 005 | -- |
Ohio St. |
0.9252 | 0.5251 | 21.1 | 8.3 | 83.2 |
| 006 | +2 |
Oklahoma |
0.9084 | 0.6917 | 21.5 | 9.2 | 90.2 |
| 007 | -1 |
Penn State |
0.8943 | 0.5178 | 20.9 | 9.5 | 82.1 |
| 008 | +1 |
Virginia Tech |
0.8908 | 0.5772 | 24.3 | 11.2 | 81.1 |
| 009 | -2 |
Boise St. |
0.8895 | 0.3920 | 27.2 | 12.6 | 84.8 |
| 010 | +3 |
USC |
0.8569 | 0.5694 | 20.8 | 10.7 | 85.7 |
| 011 | -1 |
Texas Tech |
0.8429 | 0.5915 | 25.9 | 13.9 | 90.0 |
| 012 | -- |
Oregon |
0.8420 | 0.6033 | 23.0 | 12.4 | 93.1 |
| 013 | +2 |
Iowa |
0.8268 | 0.5524 | 19.6 | 11.0 | 82.2 |
| 014 | -3 |
Nebraska |
0.8262 | 0.5078 | 19.3 | 10.8 | 82.0 |
| 015 | -1 |
LSU |
0.8209 | 0.5890 | 19.7 | 11.2 | 82.5 |
| 016 | +4 |
Utah |
0.7816 | 0.4430 | 20.4 | 12.7 | 86.7 |
| 017 | -- |
Cincinnati |
0.7733 | 0.4739 | 22.3 | 14.2 | 86.3 |
| 018 | +1 |
Pittsburgh |
0.7691 | 0.5181 | 21.5 | 13.8 | 82.8 |
| 019 | +2 |
BYU |
0.7685 | 0.4350 | 22.7 | 14.6 | 84.9 |
| 020 | +4 |
Miami-FL |
0.7549 | 0.6315 | 21.9 | 14.5 | 83.8 |
| 021 | -5 |
Clemson |
0.7483 | 0.5942 | 20.2 | 13.5 | 84.7 |
| 022 | NA |
Arkansas |
0.7363 | 0.6555 | 25.7 | 17.6 | 84.8 |
| 023 | -5 |
Mississippi |
0.7319 | 0.6219 | 21.5 | 14.8 | 82.7 |
| 024 | -2 |
Georgia Tech |
0.7304 | 0.6120 | 26.2 | 18.1 | 79.5 |
| 025 | NA |
Oregon St. |
0.7293 | 0.5356 | 20.9 | 14.5 | 87.1 |
New entries: Arkansas, Oregon State.
Dropped out: North Carolina, Oklahoma State.
Oklahoma continues to hang around the top 10 by virtue of defensive performances against BYU, Miami-FL, and Texas. Lost on the system, though, is the fact that the Sooners lost all of those games. Throw in their offensive steamrolling of Texas A&M, Kansas State, and Tulsa, and you have Bob Stoops' playbook on how to get into the top 10 of computer rankings while just hovering above 0.500 in actual play. Boise State continues to drift downwards thanks to uninspired play against poor opponents. Utah and Arkansas lose but climb in the rankings thanks to hanging on until OT.
TCU continues to get it done against inferior competition, whereas Texas and Alabama struggled to put away middle-of-the-pack opponents. Right now the tickets to the title game are Florida's and Texas's to lose. If Texas does slip up, however, will the AP voters actually put TCU in the title game against the SEC champions?
