The last full week of the regular season is in the books, so the standings are going to be pretty stable at this point. I'm still recovering from a turkey-and-family-induced coma, as well as the horror of being exposed to a Notre Dame game in person this weekend, so the write-up this week will be short.
| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off. | Def. | Pace | |||||||||
| 1 | -- | Alabama | 0.962 | 0.616 | 14 | 33.4 | 2 | 9.1 | 1 | 152.3 | 120 |
| 2 | -- | LSU | 0.941 | 0.649 | 5 | 33.3 | 3 | 11.0 | 2 | 154.9 | 118 |
| 3 | +3 | Wisconsin | 0.890 | 0.514 | 64 | 34.6 | 1 | 15.0 | 23 | 157.5 | 111 |
| 4 | -1 | Boise St. | 0.888 | 0.465 | 71 | 31.0 | 4 | 13.5 | 8 | 164.8 | 69 |
| 5 | -- | Oklahoma | 0.875 | 0.571 | 41 | 26.6 | 13 | 12.2 | 4 | 179.5 | 6 |
| 6 | +1 | Stanford | 0.874 | 0.556 | 50 | 30.9 | 5 | 14.3 | 13 | 162.7 | 89 |
| 7 | -3 | Oregon | 0.871 | 0.608 | 19 | 26.9 | 10 | 12.5 | 5 | 185.0 | 1 |
| 8 | -- | TCU | 0.840 | 0.431 | 77 | 28.7 | 8 | 14.8 | 18 | 162.8 | 86 |
| 9 | +5 | Virginia Tech | 0.815 | 0.502 | 66 | 24.4 | 21 | 13.5 | 7 | 158.0 | 109 |
| 10 | +1 | Florida St. | 0.806 | 0.552 | 52 | 24.9 | 19 | 14.1 | 11 | 157.8 | 110 |
| 11 | -2 | Arkansas | 0.805 | 0.634 | 7 | 30.1 | 6 | 17.1 | 36 | 169.7 | 38 |
| 12 | -2 | Oklahoma St. | 0.800 | 0.536 | 55 | 27.7 | 9 | 15.9 | 27 | 181.2 | 4 |
| 13 | -1 | Michigan | 0.799 | 0.569 | 43 | 28.8 | 7 | 16.6 | 33 | 160.5 | 100 |
| 14 | +6 | USC | 0.797 | 0.587 | 29 | 25.7 | 15 | 14.9 | 21 | 168.3 | 45 |
| 15 | -2 | Michigan St. | 0.793 | 0.564 | 47 | 22.9 | 27 | 13.4 | 6 | 163.4 | 81 |
| 16 | +2 | South Carolina | 0.782 | 0.621 | 12 | 24.9 | 17 | 14.9 | 20 | 159.6 | 103 |
| 17 | +2 | Georgia | 0.768 | 0.560 | 48 | 26.0 | 14 | 16.1 | 28 | 161.8 | 92 |
| 18 | -3 | Notre Dame | 0.768 | 0.620 | 13 | 22.4 | 31 | 13.9 | 9 | 168.6 | 44 |
| 19 | -3 | Florida | 0.758 | 0.660 | 4 | 22.8 | 28 | 14.4 | 14 | 160.5 | 99 |
| 20 | -3 | Ohio St. | 0.754 | 0.565 | 46 | 23.2 | 25 | 14.8 | 19 | 158.6 | 107 |
| 21 | -- | Texas A&M | 0.751 | 0.602 | 21 | 22.7 | 29 | 14.6 | 16 | 183.5 | 2 |
| 22 | +1 | Nebraska | 0.742 | 0.594 | 24 | 21.6 | 34 | 14.1 | 10 | 168.8 | 42 |
| 23 | NA | Houston | 0.721 | 0.335 | 111 | 26.7 | 12 | 18.2 | 53 | 180.0 | 5 |
| 24 | -- | Texas | 0.721 | 0.566 | 44 | 21.5 | 35 | 14.7 | 17 | 162.0 | 91 |
| 25 | -- | Missouri | 0.709 | 0.572 | 40 | 20.8 | 46 | 14.6 | 15 | 170.3 | 33 |
Rankings through games of 2011-11-27
New entries: Houston.
Dropped out: Penn State.
Alabama and LSU did nothing to damage everyone's impression of them as the two best teams in college football right now. The current collection of also-rans include a team that might be able to pull of an upset (Stanford), one with about as much of a chance as Arkansas had (Virginia Tech), and one complete long shot (Oklahoma State). Other quality teams are out of the picture thanks to freak upsets (Wisconsin, Oklahoma, and Boise State) or a combination of a freak upset and an existing loss to a top SEC team (Oregon).
The Houston Cougars make their first appearance in our top 25 all season, but my original assessment of them stands. To their credit they've managed to prove they're more 2006 Boise State than 2007 Hawaii, but this year's LSU and Alabama teams are light-years better than the 2006 Oklahoma and 2007 Georgia teams that faced those intruders.
The bottom line is that this may be one year where TFG and the BCS agree on which are the two best teams in college football. However, I urge that everyone remain calm. This is only happening because these teams are so dominant that to say otherwise would be foolish.
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