| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Off Pts | Def Pts | Pace |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 001 | +1 | TCU | 1.0000 | 0.4480 | 23.2 | 7.3 | 82.2 |
| 002 | +1 | Boise St. | 0.9916 | 0.4173 | 26.6 | 11.7 | 82.4 |
| 003 | +3 | Alabama | 0.9830 | 0.5474 | 20.4 | 6.9 | 80.0 |
| 004 | -3 | Texas | 0.9830 | 0.5000 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 88.1 |
| 005 | -- | Cincinnati | 0.9661 | 0.4667 | 22.1 | 13.2 | 83.5 |
| 006 | +2 | Iowa | 0.9609 | 0.5410 | 15.2 | 9.8 | 79.9 |
| 007 | -3 | Florida | 0.9578 | 0.5402 | 21.8 | 7.1 | 76.9 |
| 008 | +2 | Ohio St. | 0.9483 | 0.4964 | 18.2 | 7.6 | 80.6 |
| 009 | -2 | Virginia Tech | 0.9442 | 0.5672 | 20.7 | 9.2 | 80.2 |
| 010 | +1 | Penn State | 0.9356 | 0.4836 | 17.1 | 7.9 | 79.4 |
| 011 | -2 | Oregon | 0.9313 | 0.5571 | 22.7 | 12.6 | 88.2 |
| 012 | -- | Pittsburgh | 0.9153 | 0.5250 | 20.9 | 13.0 | 79.6 |
| 013 | +8 | Nebraska | 0.8938 | 0.5034 | 15.3 | 6.9 | 81.9 |
| 014 | +3 | Georgia Tech | 0.8938 | 0.4812 | 22.5 | 16.2 | 78.2 |
| 015 | -- | Texas Tech | 0.8858 | 0.5078 | 20.3 | 11.8 | 92.3 |
| 016 | -2 | Stanford | 0.8848 | 0.4710 | 22.7 | 16.3 | 80.2 |
| 017 | -1 | LSU | 0.8844 | 0.5000 | 16.1 | 9.5 | 80.4 |
| 018 | +6 | West Virginia | 0.8807 | 0.5289 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 82.6 |
| 019 | -1 | BYU | 0.8744 | 0.4254 | 19.7 | 13.8 | 82.8 |
| 020 | +2 | Miami-FL | 0.8739 | 0.5454 | 19.4 | 13.2 | 82.5 |
| 021 | -8 | Clemson | 0.8578 | 0.5746 | 18.9 | 13.1 | 83.5 |
| 022 | -3 | Oklahoma | 0.8402 | 0.6032 | 18.2 | 8.0 | 90.3 |
| 023 | -3 | Oregon St. | 0.8318 | 0.5512 | 20.0 | 13.9 | 83.8 |
| 024 | NA | Arkansas | 0.8271 | 0.5952 | 25.5 | 16.2 | 83.9 |
| 025 | NA | Arizona | 0.8206 | 0.5781 | 18.7 | 12.8 | 84.0 |
New entries (from week 14): Arkansas, Arizona
Dropped out (from week 14): Houston, Ohio
Championship weekend seems to have clarified things for RBA. (1) TCU faces off with (2) Boise State in your Fiesta Bowl national championship game. Let the conspiracy theories begin about how the AQ conference champions are unfairly excluded access to the title game to avoid making the AQ conferences look bad.
According to RBA, (3) Alabama and (4) Texas are left on the outside looking in. This outcome occurs because, although Alabama clubbed (7) Florida like a baby seal in the SEC championship game, they still squeaked by two five-loss SEC teams: (34) Tennessee and (41) Auburn. We all know how close Texas came to losing to (13) Nebraska, and Texas can't disguise the fact that they struggled mightily against the only two top 25 teams on their schedule: Nebraska and (22) Oklahoma.
Aside from the shuffling of national title games from the BCS's arrangement, the most WTF component of the RBA top 25 is Nebraska. The Huskers reached up to #13 despite a 9-4 record. This standing is entirely based on their defense's ability to keep them in ball games in spite of an abysmal offensive. Personally, I wouldn't rank them that high, but I understand where a computer would see little shame in losing three games by a total of four points. That 21 point loss to (15) Texas Tech hurts, though.
Dropped out (from week 14): Houston, Ohio
Championship weekend seems to have clarified things for RBA. (1) TCU faces off with (2) Boise State in your Fiesta Bowl national championship game. Let the conspiracy theories begin about how the AQ conference champions are unfairly excluded access to the title game to avoid making the AQ conferences look bad.
According to RBA, (3) Alabama and (4) Texas are left on the outside looking in. This outcome occurs because, although Alabama clubbed (7) Florida like a baby seal in the SEC championship game, they still squeaked by two five-loss SEC teams: (34) Tennessee and (41) Auburn. We all know how close Texas came to losing to (13) Nebraska, and Texas can't disguise the fact that they struggled mightily against the only two top 25 teams on their schedule: Nebraska and (22) Oklahoma.
Aside from the shuffling of national title games from the BCS's arrangement, the most WTF component of the RBA top 25 is Nebraska. The Huskers reached up to #13 despite a 9-4 record. This standing is entirely based on their defense's ability to keep them in ball games in spite of an abysmal offensive. Personally, I wouldn't rank them that high, but I understand where a computer would see little shame in losing three games by a total of four points. That 21 point loss to (15) Texas Tech hurts, though.
