College Football Rankings - 29 Oct

The #2 and #3 teams in my rankings last week faced off yesterday in Columbus, and since Ohio State was the home team and higher in my rankings, I picked them to win, which they did. Both teams earned a major strength of schedule boost from facing each other, helping to push them ahead of #1 Alabama, who was idle and has faced the weakest schedule of any of the top 8 teams so far, just barely ahead of #9 Washington's, which is consistently put down in the media. The strangest development is that Penn State jumped ahead of Ohio State despite losing to the Buckeyes, which seems completely wrong, but is actually correct. With home field advantage worth just over 5 points on average, a one-point home victory amounts to a 4-point loss when adjusted, and with how close the two teams were last week, it makes sense that the Nittany Lions would pass OSU this week. Here are my full current rankings, with projected conference champs in bold:

				Rec		ProjRec
TW	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	3	Penn State	-26.99	7	1	11	1	9	7
2	2	Ohio State	-26.74	7	1	10	2	10	6
3	4	Notre Dame	-25.86	7	1	10	2	21	5
4	1	Alabama	-24.71	8	0	11	1	70	2
5	7	Georgia	-23.79	8	0	11	1	44	3
6	5	Clemson	-22.17	7	1	10	2	5	15
7	6	TCU	-20.92	7	1	10	2	40	8
8	10	Oklahoma State	-20.91	7	1	10	2	14	10
9	8	Washington	-20.16	7	1	11	1	77	4
10	9	UCF	-19.45	7	0	11	0	107	1
11	11	Wisconsin	-19.12	8	0	11	1	71	9
12	12	Oklahoma	-17.77	7	1	10	2	37	17
13	13	Auburn	-17.38	7	2	9	3	55	12
14	21	Mississippi State	-15.89	6	2	9	3	41	16
15	15	Iowa State	-15.86	6	2	9	3	33	23
16	14	Virginia Tech	-15.03	7	1	10	2	102	11
17	18	Michigan	-14.68	6	2	8	4	7	30
18	27	USC	-13.05	7	2	9	3	12	35
19	25	Texas	-12.4	4	4	6	6	20	40
20	17	Miami	-12.14	7	0	9	2	62	22
21	23	Iowa	-12.01	5	3	7	5	16	43
22	20	Purdue	-11.98	3	5	6	6	6	61
23	22	NC State	-11.76	6	2	8	4	31	34
24	16	Stanford	-11.46	6	2	8	4	54	21
25	24	Wake Forest	-11.1	5	3	7	5	28	39
26	28	Michigan State	-9.957	6	2	8	4	8	59
27	30	Georgia Tech	-8.894	4	3	6	5	45	33
28	26	West Virginia	-8.836	5	3	7	5	60	31
29	42	Boston College	-8.734	5	4	7	5	3	77
30	37	Toledo	-8.708	7	1	10	2	104	18
31	19	Fresno State	-8.437	5	3	8	4	68	28
32	44	Arizona	-8.403	6	2	8	4	100	24
33	45	Boise State	-8.386	6	2	9	3	76	27
34	38	Northwestern	-7.901	5	3	8	4	19	68
35	33	Washington State	-7.769	7	2	8	4	80	32
36	39	Navy	-7.614	5	2	8	4	39	52
37	36	LSU	-7.561	6	2	8	4	56	42
38	34	Louisville	-7.51	5	4	7	5	30	53
39	31	Texas Tech	-7.4	4	4	6	6	18	63
40	43	Florida Atlantic	-6.794	5	3	8	4	96	25
41	32	South Florida	-6.067	7	1	9	2	127	13
42	49	San Diego State	-5.831	7	2	10	2	58	47
43	41	South Carolina	-5.774	6	2	8	4	63	45
44	51	Indiana	-5.556	3	5	5	7	11	70
45	47	Northern Illinois	-5.539	6	2	9	3	94	29
46	46	Syracuse	-5.526	4	4	6	6	42	64
47	56	Memphis	-5.498	7	1	9	2	90	38
48	53	Oregon	-5.387	5	4	7	5	51	54
49	40	SMU	-4.998	6	2	8	4	97	36
50	29	Florida State	-4.72	2	5	4	7	1	100
51	60	Arkansas State	-4.705	5	2	8	3	124	14
52	61	Minnesota	-4.511	4	4	5	7	67	56
53	71	Air Force	-4.266	4	4	7	5	53	49
54	54	Maryland	-4.149	4	4	5	7	2	101
55	55	Ohio	-3.921	6	2	8	4	118	20
56	70	Nebraska	-3.874	4	4	5	7	4	96
57	35	Arizona State	-3.807	4	4	6	6	34	93
58	58	UCLA	-3.562	4	4	6	6	15	85
59	69	Houston	-3.3	5	3	6	5	57	58
60	57	Kansas State	-3.252	4	4	5	7	88	50
61	64	Western Michigan	-2.865	5	3	7	5	92	44
62	52	Texas A&M	-2.596	5	3	7	5	61	71
63	50	Colorado State	-1.882	6	3	8	4	91	48
64	73	Eastern Michigan	-1.624	2	6	5	7	43	69
65	66	Army	-1.614	6	2	8	4	113	41
66	67	Rutgers	-1.595	3	5	4	8	13	99
67	48	Marshall	-1.565	6	2	8	4	119	26
68	62	Troy	-1.349	6	2	9	3	111	37
69	63	California	-1.301	4	5	5	7	38	88
70	84	Colorado	-1.118	5	4	6	6	83	65
71	59	Utah	-1.027	4	4	6	6	74	66
72	65	Duke	-0.866	4	5	5	7	72	73
73	78	Pittsburgh	-0.598	4	5	5	7	35	94
74	68	Florida	-0.412	3	4	5	6	26	103
75	81	Buffalo	-0.058	3	6	5	7	73	67
76	72	Kentucky	0.0228	6	2	8	4	78	74
77	95	Wyoming	0.4091	5	3	7	5	106	55
78	77	Akron	0.5004	5	4	7	5	49	81
79	93	Missouri	0.7136	3	5	5	7	59	86
80	75	UT San Antonio	0.8414	5	2	7	4	129	19
81	74	Tulane	1.2218	3	5	5	7	47	89
82	87	Tennessee	1.4389	3	5	5	7	32	102
83	85	Arkansas	1.5327	3	5	5	7	17	109
84	80	Ole Miss	1.7599	3	5	5	7	46	98
85	82	Appalachian State	1.9831	5	3	8	4	116	46
86	83	Virginia	2.0594	5	3	6	6	95	75
87	89	Vanderbilt	2.2089	3	5	5	7	27	104
88	76	Utah State	2.3761	4	5	6	6	64	79
89	90	Tulsa	2.4672	2	7	3	9	48	91
90	92	Louisiana Tech	2.9167	4	4	6	6	108	60
91	88	North Texas	3.6991	5	3	8	4	89	80
92	91	Miami (OH)	3.7925	3	5	5	7	99	72
93	103	UNLV	3.9109	3	5	6	6	75	92
94	96	Central Michigan	4.0303	4	4	6	6	85	78
95	79	Southern Miss	5.0534	5	3	7	5	125	57
96	86	New Mexico	5.0963	3	5	4	8	69	97
97	101	North Carolina	6.0741	1	8	2	10	23	118
98	97	Cincinnati	6.2859	2	5	5	6	24	111
99	98	Nevada	6.7607	1	7	3	9	50	110
100	94	New Mexico State	6.9115	3	5	6	6	101	83
101	99	South Alabama	7.0181	3	5	5	7	103	90
102	109	Florida Intl	7.239	5	2	7	4	109	82
103	102	Temple	7.6901	3	5	4	8	98	95
104	110	UAB	7.9621	5	3	7	5	128	51
105	105	Middle Tennessee	8.3066	3	5	6	6	86	105
106	100	Baylor	8.3609	0	8	1	11	22	121
107	104	Georgia State	8.6921	4	3	7	4	114	84
108	108	Illinois	9.0523	2	6	2	10	52	115
109	106	Western Kentucky	9.584	5	3	6	6	130	62
110	107	Louisiana Monroe	11.191	3	5	4	7	123	76
111	117	Oregon State	11.617	1	7	1	11	25	125
112	113	UMass	12.078	2	6	3	8	126	87
113	112	BYU	12.28	2	7	3	10	87	113
114	111	Hawaii	12.966	3	5	4	8	112	108
115	118	Idaho	13.152	3	5	4	8	120	106
116	115	Kansas	13.486	1	7	2	10	36	128
117	114	Kent State	13.975	2	6	3	9	29	124
118	120	Old Dominion	14.623	2	6	4	8	93	114
119	119	Bowling Green	14.901	1	7	1	11	66	122
120	121	Louisiana	15.095	3	4	4	8	117	107
121	116	Connecticut	16.719	3	5	4	8	115	116
122	122	Ball State	17.934	2	6	2	10	105	119
123	123	Rice	18.143	1	7	2	10	79	123
124	124	East Carolina	19.077	2	6	3	9	84	127
125	130	Texas State	19.744	2	6	3	9	121	112
126	127	Charlotte	19.78	1	7	2	10	110	120
127	129	Georgia Southern	20.082	0	7	1	11	65	129
128	126	San Jose State	20.955	1	8	1	12	82	126
129	125	Coastal Carolina	21.265	1	7	2	10	122	117
130	128	UTEP	21.843	0	8	0	12	81	130