Oregon continues to roll with their third win over a Top 25 team, defeating #15 Illinois, and this one was more decisive than their wins over #7 Boise State and #9 Ohio State. The Broncos collected their second impressive win with a road victory over #31 UNLV.
Notre Dame and Texas A&M both own three impressive wins and Alabama two. The Aggies are held back because they lost to Notre Dame and thus must be ranked behind them, and Notre Dame is going to be ranked low because of their horrible loss to Northern Illinois, which is going to do well to have a winning season.
The Irish will not advance very far unless the teams ahead of them also suffer a loss similar to Notre Dame's loss to Northern Illinois, as is logical. The teams ahead of the Irish have all beaten quality teams and/or have only lost to high-ranked teams. As we've mentioned before, a bad loss is devastating and will hurt a team more than scoring an impressive win will help them.
Navy fell hard after losing to Notre Dame, which used the win to make their first appearance in the Top 25 this year. Navy had to be ranked behind the Irish with the head-to-head loss and the same record, but Notre Dame has a low ceiling with their loss to Northern Illinois. Memphis had to drop substantially as a result as they lost to Navy. The ratings must be constantly be adjusted due to logic.
You will notice that Colorado debuts in the Top 25 after beating Cincinnati and is ahead of #27 Nebraska. The Cornhuskers did defeat Colorado, but because they have three losses to Colorado's two are now ranked behind them. The head-to-head matchup only breaks ties if the two teams have the same number of losses.
Missouri was able to advance despite a loss as several teams ranked ahead of them lost and the Tigers' two losses are to Top 25 teams, much more impressive than the losses suffered by the teams ranked below them.
1-1. Oregon 8-0, ran way from #15 Illinois 38-9 (Impressive Wins: Beat #7 Boise State, #9 Ohio State and #15 Illinois, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
2-2. BYU 8-0, ripped UCF 37-18 (Impressive Wins: Beat #12 SMU and #13 Kansas State, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
3-3. Penn State 7-0 raced past Wisconsin 28-13 (Impressive Wins: Beat #15 Illinois, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
5-4. Indiana 8-0, took care of Washington 31-17 (Impressive Wins: Beat #27 Nebraska, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
9-5. Pittsburgh 7-0, blasted #29 Syracuse 41-13 (Impressive Wins: Beat #29 Syracuse and #33 Cincinnati, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
6-6. Miami of Florida 7-0, vs. Florida State (Impressive Wins: Beat #31 Louisville, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
7-7. Boise State 6-1, beat back #31 UNLV 29-24, (Impressive Wins: Beat #10 Washington State & #31 UNLV, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses: None)
11-8. Iowa State 6-0, was idle this week (Impressive Wins: Beat #38 Iowa, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
13-9. Ohio State 6-1, squeaked by #27 Nebraska 21-17 (Impressive Wins: Beat #27 Nebraska and #38 Iowa, Lost to #1 Oregon, Bad Losses: None)
10-10. Washington State 6-1, survived San Diego State 29-26 (Impressive Wins: None: Biggest Win: Beat Texas Tech, Lost to #7 Boise State, Bad Losses: None)
12-11. Georgia 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins: Beat #17 Texas and #18 Clemson, Lost to #32 Alabama, Bad Losses: None)
14-12. SMU 7-1, survived #28 Duke 28-27 in overtime (Impressive Wins: Beat #28 Duke and #31 Louisville, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses: None)
15-13. Kansas State 7-1,eeked out a 29-27 win over Kansas (Impressive Wins: Beat #25 Colorado, Lost to #2 BYU, Bad Losses: None)
17-14. Tennessee 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins: Beat #21 Alabama, Lost to #40 Arkansas, Bad Losses: None)
8-15. Illinois 6-2, lost to #1 Oregon 38-9 (Impressive Wins: Beat #27 Nebraska and #36 Michigan, Lost to #1 Oregon and 3 Penn State, Bad Losses: None)
19-16. Army 7-0, was idle this week (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat Temple, Losses: None, Bad Losses: None)
18-17. Texas 7-1 turned back Vanderbilt 27-24 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat Oklahoma, Lost to #11 Georgia, Bad Losses: None)
21-18. Clemson 6-1, did not play (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat North Carolina State, Lost to #11 Georgia, Bad Losses: None)
25-19. Notre Dame 7-1, whipped #22 Navy 51-14 (Impressive Wins: Beat #20 Texas A&M, #22 Navy, and #31 Louisville, Lost to Northern Illinois, Bad Losses: Lost to Northern Illinois)
26-20. Texas A&M 7-1, took it to #24 LSU 38-23 (Impressive Wins: Beat #24 LSU, #26 Missouri and #37 Arkansas, Lost to #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses: None)
32-21. Alabama 6-2, blanked #26 Missouri 34-0 (Impressive Wins: Beat #11 Georgia and #26 Missouri, Lost to #14 Tennessee and #34 South Carolina, Bad Losses: None)
4-22. Navy 6-1, fell to #19 Notre Dame 51-14 (Impressive Wins: Beat #23 Memphis, Losses: Lost to #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses: None)
16-23 Memphis 7-1, prevailed over Charlotte 33-28 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat North Texas), Lost to #22 Navy, Bad Losses: None)
22-24. LSU 6-2, lost to #20 Texas A&M 38-23 (Impressive Wins: Beat #32 Mississippi, #34 South Carolina and #37 Arkansas, Lost to #20 Texas A&M and USC Bad Losses: Lost to USC)
31-25 Colorado 6-2, downed #35 Cincinnati 34-23, (Impressive Wins: Beat #35 Cincinnati, Lost to #13 Kansas State and #27 Nebraska, Bad Losses: None)
Dropped Out of Top 25: Liberty, Duke
Also Considered:
29-26 Missouri 6-2, lost to #21 Alabama 34-0 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat Vanderbilt, Lost to #20 Texas A&M and #21 Alabama, Bad Losses: None)
23-27. Nebraska 5-3, lost to #9 Ohio State 21-17 (Impressive Wins: Beat #25 Colorado, Lost to #4 Indiana, #8 Iowa State and #15 Illinois, Bad Losses: None)
24-28. Duke 5-2, lost a 28-27 heartbreaker to #12 SMU in overtime (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: North Carolina, Lost to #12 SMU and Georgia Tech, Bad Losses: Lost to Georgia Tech)
27-29. Syracuse 5-2, lost to #5 Pittsburgh 41-13 (Impressive Wins: Beat #30 UNLV, Lost to Stanford, Bad Losses: Lost to Stanford)
28-30. UNLV 6-2, lost to #7 Boise State 29-24 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Oregon State, Lost to #7 Boise State and #29 Syracuse, Bad Losses: None)
38-31. Louisville 5-3, came from behind to beat Boston College 31-27 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat Virginia, Lost to #6 Miami of Florida, #12 SMU, and #19 Notre Dame, Bad Losses: None)
35-32. Arizona State 5-2, was idle (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat Utah, Lost to #34 Cincinnati and Texas Tech, Bad Losses: Texas Tech)
36-33. Mississippi 6-2, downed Oklahoma 26-14 (Impressive Wins: Beat #34 South Carolina, Lost to #24 LSU and Kentucky, Bad Losses: Kentucky)
37-34 South Carolina 4-3, did not play , (Impressive Wins: None, Lost to #21 Alabama, #24 LSU, and #33 Mississippi, Bad Losses: None)
30-35 Cincinnati 5-3, lost to #25 Colorado 34-23, (Impressive Wins: Beat #32 Arizona State, Lost to #5 Pittsburgh, #25 Colorado and Texas Tech, Bad Losses: Texas Tech)
40-36. Michigan 4-3, vs. Michigan State (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Beat USC, Lost To #15 Illinois, #17 Texas and Washington, Bad Losses: Washington)
42-37. Arkansas 5-3 blew away Mississippi State 58-25 (Impressive Wins: Beat #14 Tennessee, Lost to #20 Texas A&M, #24 LSU, and Oklahoma State, Bad Losses: Oklahoma State)
41-38. Iowa 5-3, routed Northwestern 40-14 (Impressive Wins: None, Biggest Win: Washington, Lost to #8 Iowa State, #9 Ohio State and Michigan State, Bad Losses: Michigan State)
Dropped from Consideration:
Texas Tech, Liberty, Oklahoma, North Texas
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