Boise State Moves Up to #2 in Blue Through and Through's College Football Ratings

The goal in any ranking is of course to make sure you get it right.  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.  Just to reiterate, 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.

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2-1.     LSU 9-0 (beat #4 Alabama, biggest wins over #4 Alabama and #6 Oregon)

3-2.     Boise State 8-0 (beat UNLV, biggest wins over #13 Georgia and #24 Tulsa)

4-3.     Oklahoma State 9-0 (win over #15 Kansas State, biggest wins over #15 Kansas State, #19 Texas and #24 Tulsa)

1-4.     Alabama 8-1 (lost to #1 LSU, owns wins over #5 Arkansas and #16 Penn State, lost to #1 LSU)

5-5.     Arkansas 8-1 (beat #10 South Carolina, biggest wins over #10 South Carolina and #14 Auburn, loss to #4 Alabama)

6-6.     Oregon 8-1 (beat Washington, biggest win over Arizona State, loss to #2 LSU)

8-7.     Oklahoma 8-1 (beat Texas A&M, biggest wins over #15 Kansas State and #19 Texas, lost to Texas Tech)

9-8.     Clemson 8-1 (idle, biggest wins over #11 Virginia Tech and #14 Auburn, lost to #20 Georgia Tech)

10-9.  Stanford 8-0 (win over Oregon State, biggest win over USC)


7-10.   South Carolina 7-2 (lost to #5 Arkansas, biggest win over #13 Georgia, losses to #5 Arkansas and #14 Auburn)


11-11.  Virginia Tech 8-1 (idle, biggest win over Miami of Florida, loss to #8 Clemson)

12-12.  Houston 9-0 (beat UAB, biggest win over UCLA)


15-13.  Georgia 7-2 (win over New Mexico State, biggest win over Florida, losses to #2 Boise State and #10 South Carolina)


16-14.  Auburn 6-3 (idle, biggest win over #10 South Carolina, losses to #2 LSU, #5 Arkansas and #9 Clemson)


13-15.  Kansas State 7-2 (lost to #3 Oklahoma State, biggest win over Baylor, losses to #3 Oklahoma State and #7 Oklahoma)


18-16.  Penn State 8-1 (idle, biggest win over Illinois, lost to #4 Alabama)

19-17.  Michigan State 7-2 (beat Minnesota, biggest wins over #18 Wisconsin and #22 Michigan, lost to Notre Dame and #22 Nebraska)

20-18.  Wisconsin 7-2 (beat Purdue, biggest win over #22 Nebraska, losses to #17 Michigan State and Ohio State)


21-19.   Texas 6-2 (beat Texas Tech, biggest win over Texas Tech, losses to #3 Oklahoma State and #7 Oklahoma)


23-20.   Georgia Tech 7-2 (idle, biggest win over #8 Clemson, losses to Virginia and Miami of Florida)


----21    Baylor 5-3 (beat Missouri, biggest win over #25 TCU, losses to Oklahoma State, Kansas State and Texas A&M)


17-22.  Michigan 7-2 (lost to Iowa, biggest win over Notre Dame, lost to #17 Michigan State and Iowa)


14-23.  Nebraska 7-2 (lost to Northwestern, biggest win over #17 Michigan State, lost to #18 Wisconsin and Northwestern.)


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


----25.  TCU 7-2 (beat Wyoming, biggest win over BYU, losses to #21 Baylor and SMU)

Dropped Out:  Arizona State, Texas Tech and West Virginia


Also Considered (in order):

Ohio State 6-3 (beat Indiana, biggest win over Wisconsin, losses to Michigan State, Nebraska and Miami of Florida)

Texas Tech 5-4 (lost to #19 Texas, biggest win over #7 Oklahoma, losses to #15 Kansas State, #19 Texas, Texas A&M and Iowa State)


Nevada 5-3 (biggest win over Fresno State losses to Oregon, Boise State and Texas Tech)


Cincinnati 7-1 (beat Pittsburgh, biggest win over Pittsburgh, loss to Tennessee)