Boise State #6 in Blue Through and Through's College Football Ratings, Week 11

The goal in any ranking is of course to make sure you get it right.  I rank them, then take a look at them and evaluate if they are ranked in the right spot and then rank them again based on their most recent performance and how their biggest wins and losses stack up given the most recent results.  The best and most accurate ranking is going to be one that changes very little.  In other words, the teams you have ranked continue to win week after week unless they are playing a higher-ranked team.  If you see a poll in which there are radical moves, it meant the voters didn't have the teams ranked right the previous week.  You will notice in this and every week, very minimal moves for the teams.


Just to reiterate, an unbeaten Boise State will always be ahead of any Pac-12 or Big-12 team because those two conferences failed to give Boise State a tougher schedule when they had the chance.  Thus, the "easier schedule" argument doesn't apply with those two conferences.

The only reputable ratings (because I pay attention...)

1-1.     LSU 10-0 (beat Western Kentucky, biggest wins over #3 Alabama and #5 Oregon)


3-2.     Oklahoma State 10-0 (win over Texas Tech, biggest wins over #14 Kansas State, #22 Texas and #25 Tulsa)

4-3.     Alabama 9-1 (defeated Mississippi State, owns wins over #4 Arkansas and #21 Penn State, lost to #1 LSU)

5-4.     Arkansas 8-1 (beat Mississippi, biggest wins over #8 South Carolina and #15 Auburn, loss to #4 Alabama)

6-5.     Oregon 9-1 (beat #10 Stanford, biggest win over #10 Stanford, loss to #1 LSU)


3-6.     Boise State 8-1 (lost to #19 TCU, biggest wins over #13 Georgia and #25 Tulsa, loss to #19 TCU)

7-7.     Oklahoma 8-1 (did not play, biggest wins over #15 Kansas State, #22 Texas and #25 Tulsa, lost to Texas Tech)


10-8.   South Carolina 7-2 (beat Florida, biggest win over #13 Georgia, losses to #4 Arkansas and #15 Auburn)


8-9.     Clemson 9-1 (beat Wake Forest, biggest wins over #11 Virginia Tech and #15 Auburn, lost to #24 Georgia Tech)

9-10.   Stanford 8-1 (lost to #5 Oregon, biggest win over USC, lost to #5 Oregon)


11-11.  Virginia Tech 9-1 (beat #24 Georgia Tech, biggest win over #24 Georgia Tech, loss to #8 Clemson)

12-12.  Houston 10-0 (beat Tulane, biggest win over UCLA)


13-13.  Georgia 8-2 (win over #15 Auburn, biggest win over #15 Auburn, losses to #6 Boise State and #8 South Carolina)


15-14.  Kansas State 8-2 (beat Texas A&M, biggest win over #18 Baylor, losses to #3 Oklahoma State and #7 Oklahoma)


14-15.  Auburn 6-4 (lost to #13 Georgia, biggest win over #10 South Carolina, losses to #1 LSU, #4 Arkansas, #8 Clemson and #13 Georgia)


17-16.  Michigan State 8-2 (beat Iowa, biggest wins over #17 Wisconsin and #22 Michigan, lost to Notre Dame and #20 Nebraska)

18-17.  Wisconsin 8-2 (beat Minnesota, biggest win over #20 Nebraska, losses to #16 Michigan State and Ohio State)


21-18    Baylor 6-3 (beat Kansas, biggest win over #19 TCU, losses to #2 Oklahoma State, #14 Kansas State and Texas A&M)


25-19.  TCU 8-2 (beat #6 Boise State, biggest win over #6 Boise State, losses to #21 Baylor and SMU)


23-20.  Nebraska 8-2 (beat #21 Penn State, biggest wins over #17 Michigan State and #21 Penn State, lost to #18 Wisconsin and Northwestern.)


16-21.  Penn State 8-2 (lost to #23 Nebraska, biggest win over Illinois, lost to #4 Alabama #23 and Nebraska)


19-22.   Texas 6-3 (lost to Missouri, biggest win over Texas Tech, losses to #2 Oklahoma State, #7 Oklahoma and Missouri)


22-23.   Michigan 8-2 (beat Illinois, biggest win over Notre Dame, lost to #16 Michigan State and Iowa)


20-24.   Georgia Tech 7-3 (lost to #11 Virginia Tech, biggest win over #8 Clemson, losses to #11Virginia Tech, Virginia and Miami of Florida)


24-25.  Tulsa 7-3 (beat Marshall, biggest win over SMU, losses to #2 Oklahoma State, #6 Boise State and #7 Oklahoma)

Dropped Out:  none


Also Considered (in order):


Southern Mississippi 9-1 (beat UCF, biggest wins over Louisiana Tech, Virginia and SMU, lost to Marshall)


Nevada 6-3 (beat Hawai'i, biggest win over Hawai'i, losses to Oregon, Boise State and Texas Tech)

Cincinnati 7-1 (did not play, biggest win over Pittsburgh, loss to Tennessee)


Florida State 7-3 (beat Miami, Florida, biggest win over Miami of Florida, losses to Oklahoma, Clemson and Wake Forest)