| Rank | +/- | Team | WinPct | SoS | Adjusted | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Off. | Def. | Pace | |||||||||
| 1 | -- | Alabama | 1.000 | 0.549 | 14 | 26.1 | 5 | 5.1 | 1 | 156.9 | 120 |
| 2 | -- | LSU | 1.000 | 0.549 | 17 | 26.8 | 4 | 6.5 | 2 | 160.2 | 113 |
| 3 | -- | Oregon | 0.983 | 0.531 | 45 | 25.5 | 7 | 10.7 | 11 | 176.2 | 3 |
| 4 | +2 | Oklahoma St. | 0.975 | 0.550 | 12 | 27.0 | 3 | 13.7 | 39 | 173.3 | 7 |
| 5 | -1 | Wisconsin | 0.975 | 0.533 | 42 | 28.7 | 1 | 11.4 | 19 | 161.5 | 108 |
| 6 | +1 | Stanford | 0.958 | 0.543 | 23 | 27.5 | 2 | 10.8 | 12 | 167.0 | 53 |
| 7 | -2 | Oklahoma | 0.957 | 0.543 | 25 | 23.1 | 10 | 10.3 | 7 | 171.7 | 14 |
| 8 | -- | Boise St. | 0.949 | 0.462 | 95 | 25.7 | 6 | 11.6 | 21 | 168.8 | 35 |
| 9 | +1 | Arkansas | 0.940 | 0.566 | 1 | 23.7 | 9 | 11.5 | 20 | 165.5 | 78 |
| 10 | -1 | South Carolina | 0.931 | 0.544 | 22 | 20.9 | 21 | 10.0 | 5 | 157.9 | 119 |
| 11 | -- | Florida St. | 0.930 | 0.549 | 15 | 19.2 | 33 | 9.7 | 4 | 165.8 | 75 |
| 12 | -- | Georgia | 0.921 | 0.550 | 11 | 22.8 | 11 | 10.7 | 10 | 159.6 | 114 |
| 13 | -- | USC | 0.913 | 0.533 | 41 | 22.0 | 17 | 10.6 | 8 | 166.8 | 59 |
| 14 | -- | TCU | 0.903 | 0.464 | 92 | 24.1 | 8 | 13.3 | 35 | 167.7 | 45 |
| 15 | +4 | Southern Miss. | 0.893 | 0.482 | 76 | 21.3 | 18 | 14.5 | 50 | 168.9 | 33 |
| 16 | -- | Texas A&M | 0.886 | 0.555 | 9 | 22.6 | 13 | 12.0 | 23 | 172.7 | 11 |
| 17 | -2 | Michigan | 0.886 | 0.542 | 29 | 22.8 | 12 | 12.0 | 26 | 167.8 | 44 |
| 18 | -1 | Florida | 0.885 | 0.556 | 8 | 20.4 | 24 | 7.9 | 3 | 161.3 | 109 |
| 19 | -1 | Michigan St. | 0.878 | 0.542 | 27 | 20.7 | 22 | 11.4 | 18 | 167.1 | 52 |
| 20 | +1 | Notre Dame | 0.852 | 0.565 | 2 | 18.8 | 35 | 11.9 | 22 | 165.0 | 85 |
| 21 | +2 | Ohio St. | 0.841 | 0.531 | 46 | 18.6 | 37 | 12.0 | 25 | 159.1 | 116 |
| 22 | -- | Texas | 0.825 | 0.522 | 60 | 19.7 | 26 | 11.4 | 17 | 168.3 | 41 |
| 23 | -3 | Virginia Tech | 0.817 | 0.526 | 58 | 17.7 | 41 | 11.2 | 15 | 158.2 | 118 |
| 24 | NA | Missouri | 0.812 | 0.527 | 56 | 16.8 | 52 | 11.2 | 14 | 174.4 | 5 |
| 25 | -- | Nebraska | 0.811 | 0.532 | 43 | 19.3 | 30 | 12.5 | 32 | 166.8 | 61 |
New entries: Missouri.
Dropped out: Houston.
Here we are at the end of the 2011 regular season with the final RBA poll. Regular readers will find no surprises here. (1a) Alabama and (1b) LSU reign supreme over the rest of the poll. RBA still expects the two teams to play to a tie on a neutral field (in regulation). Furthermore, RBA expects either team to beat Oklahoma State, Stanford, or Boise State, if they had matched up. On that note, it's hard to argue with the BCS outcome.
That said, let's break the fourth wall a bit here and discuss the BCS. There's been quite a discussion about the injustice of Alabama passing Oklahoma State. Remember that the BCS is composed of three components: the USA Today Coaches Poll, the Harris Poll, and six computers. The computers ranked Oklahoma State over Alabama. If you don't like the outcome, check out this visualization to figure out who to blame. The most likely suspects? Let's start with Troy Calhoun, who ranked Oklahoma State at #5. (Alabama, Stanford, and Arkansas were his 2-4 spots.) Nick Saban and David Shaw are a little suspicious, voting the Cowboys at #4 instead of #3, and Gary Pinkel gave the Big XII the finger on the way out with his #4 vote.
Regardless of how it happened, we have an Alabama-LSU rematch. Deal with it.
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