Week 4's Power Rankings

Well, I was wrong. It's still moving time on this poll. conference opponents change the competitve landscape, as USC found out last night (this ranking DOES NOT reflect USC's loss to Oregon St). I'm still trying to figure out the spacing issues in pasting the ranking from Excel, but here is an expansion to help show the weekly change of points.


AGAIN, HOW THE RANKING WORKS:
Wins over teams ranked 1-10 earn 5 points, teams ranked 11-20 earn4 points, teams ranked 21-30 earn 3 points, teams ranked 31-40 earn 2 points, teams ranked 41st and higher earn 1 point, and wins over 1-AA teams earn 0.5 points. Additional points are earned if games are earned if the games are won by a controlling margin of 17 points or greater. The number of points vary with the relative ranking of the opponents. A 17 point margin over a 1-AA team earns an additional 0.25 point. Since I believe every major team should beat every 1-AA team by over 17 points every time, a win over a 1-AA team that is within 17 points results in 0.5 points being deducted.

Losses to teams ranked 1-10 lose 1 point, to teams ranked 11-20 lose 2 points, teams ranked 21-30 lose 3 points, teams ranked 31-40 lose 4 points, and teams ranked 41st and worse lose 5 points. Teams that lose to 1-AA teams lose 10 points. Additional points are lost by teams that lose their games by 17 points or more.


SEPTEMBER 21 & LAST WEEK’S GAME

Current rank----------Cur.-----Prev.---Prev.-------Last week's ---Opp.---------17 Pt.

Rank-------------------Pts------Rank----Pts----------Opp.----------Rnk----W/L--Mar

1 TEXAS-------------------16----------1-----14----------RICE---------54-------W-------Y
2 ALABAMA--------------15----------3-----13----------ARK----------45-------W-------Y
3 VANDERBILT---------14----------6-----12----------MISS---------38------W-------N
3 UTAH-------------------14----------7------11----------AIR FOR.---29-------W------N
5 WISCONSIN----------13-----------3-----13----------OPEN
5 USC---------------------13-----------3-----13----------OPEN
7 MISSOURI------------12.75-------8-----10.75-----BUFF.--------102------W-------Y
7 BYU---------------------12.75-------8-----10.75-----WYOMING---84------W-------Y
9 LSU---------------------11.75------19-------7.75-----AUBURN------11------W------N
10 FLORIDA-------------11----------13-------9--------TENN---------45-------W-------Y
10 WAKE FOREST-----11----------13-------9---------FL ST---------40-------W------N
12 GEORGIA------------10.75------16-------8.75-----ARIZ ST------53-------W------Y
12 PENN ST-------------10.75------16----8.75--------TEMPLE-----82-------W------Y
12 OKLAHOMA--------10.75-------8----10.75--------OPEN
12 SO FLORIDA--------10.75------12-----9.75-------FL INT------109-------W------N
16 E CAROLINA---------9-----------1-----14----------NC ST-------110--------L-------N
17 CONNECTICUT------8.75-----19-----7.75-------BAYLOR------70-------W------N
17 TCU---------------------8.75-----22-----6.75-------SMU---------110-------W-------Y
17 BOISE ST--------------8.75-----29-----4.75-------OREGON-----13-------W------N
20 AUBURN--------------8---------11-----10----------LSU------------19-------L-------N
20 NEBRASKA-----------8---------18-----8----------OPEN
20 TULSA-----------------8---------25-----6----------NEW MEX----91-------W------Y
20 FRESNO ST-----------8---------21-----7----------TOLEDO------75-------W------N
24 KENTUCKY-----------6.75-----22-----6.75------OPEN
24 N'WESTERN----------6.75-----26-----5.75------OHIO U------98-------W------N
24 OKLAHOMA ST------6.75-----22-----6.75------OPEN
24 BALL ST----------------6.75-----29-----4.75------INDIANA----42-------W------Y
28 TEXAS TECH----------6.5------26-----5.75------MASS-------200-------W------Y
29 MINNESOTA----------6---------33-----4----------FL ATL-------96-------W------Y
29 OREGON---------------6---------13-----9----------BOISE ST----29-------L-------N
31 COLORADO------------5---------33-----4----------W VIRG------47-------W------N
32 KANSAS----------------4.75-----33-----4----------Sam Hous--200-------W------Y
33 MICH ST---------------4---------50-----1---------- N DAME-----33-------W-------Y
34 OHIO ST---------------3.75------47-----1.75------TROY---------42-------W------Y
34 ILLINOIS--------------3.75------38-----3.75------OPEN
34 VIRGINIA TECH-----3.75------42-----2.75------N CAR--------41-------W------N
34 AIR FORCE------------3.75------29-----4.75-----UTAH----------7-------L-------N
38 ARIZONA--------------3----------50-----1----------UCLA---------68-------W------Y
39 MISSISSIPPI----------2.75------38-----3.75------VANDY--------6-------L-------N
40 CLEMSON-------------2.5-------47-----1.75-------SC ST-------200------W-------Y