NCAA Football Rankings - 22 Sep

Wisconsin's big statement win over Michigan validated my high ranking for them throughout this early part of the season, but even that wasn't enough to withstand conference rival Ohio State, who leapfrogged them in the rankings to take over the #1 spot after their third straight win by at least 40 points. The two teams meet in Columbus in about a month, and chances are they will meet again just over a month later to settle the Big 10 title and a probable playoff spot. Here are my full current rankings, with projected conference champs in bold, runners-up underlined, and playoff teams in red:

						Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L	SOS	MOV
1	4	Ohio State	-31.98	4	0	12	1	36	3
2	1	Wisconsin	-30.34	3	0	11	2	48	1
3	2	Alabama	-29.34	4	0	12	1	53	2
4	3	Clemson	-26.48	4	0	13	0	42	6
5	12	Auburn	-22.88	4	0	10	2	17	23
6	10	Oklahoma	-21.23	3	0	11	2	96	4
7	8	Maryland	-20.67	2	1	9	3	66	11
8	5	LSU	-20.33	4	0	9	3	90	5
9	18	Oklahoma State	-20.17	3	1	10	2	22	15
10	9	Notre Dame	-19.87	2	1	10	2	23	17
11	7	Georgia	-19.74	4	0	10	3	88	9
12	26	Mississippi St	-19.23	3	1	9	3	8	53
13	15	Texas	-19.07	3	1	9	4	20	39
14	6	UCF	-18.01	3	1	11	2	74	12
15	22	Kansas State	-17.62	3	0	9	3	94	10
16	33	Louisiana	-17.42	3	1	11	2	51	21
17	34	SMU	-16.41	4	0	10	2	31	24
18	17	Penn State	-16.28	3	0	9	3	109	13
19	29	Michigan St	-16.07	3	1	8	4	58	25
20	11	Florida	-15.49	4	0	9	3	73	19
21	16	Oregon	-15.3	3	1	10	3	77	16
22	27	Utah State	-14.78	2	1	10	3	30	26
23	24	Missouri	-14.72	3	1	9	3	86	20
24	13	Texas A&M	-14.27	2	2	7	5	24	46
25	44	Wake Forest	-13.35	4	0	10	2	71	34
26	48	Navy	-13.32	2	0	9	4	129	7
27	47	Washington	-13.26	3	1	9	3	100	18
28	37	Air Force	-11.79	2	1	9	3	26	41
29	46	Boise State	-11.62	4	0	11	1	65	40
30	19	TCU	-11.33	2	1	7	5	85	32
31	30	Baylor	-11	3	0	8	4	125	8
32	35	Appalachian St	-10.92	3	0	10	3	92	27
33	38	Memphis	-10.55	3	0	8	4	118	14
34	21	Kentucky	-10.28	2	2	8	4	18	74
35	20	Miami	-9.541	2	2	8	4	43	49
36	66	California	-9.455	4	0	9	3	34	48
37	28	Iowa	-9.271	3	0	9	3	108	22
38	36	Tulane	-9.163	3	1	7	5	76	44
39	32	Virginia	-8.848	4	0	9	4	106	31
40	61	Syracuse	-8.791	2	2	7	5	1	100
41	49	Cincinnati	-8.431	2	1	7	5	14	82
42	43	Michigan	-8.426	2	1	6	6	15	80
43	41	Duke	-8.305	2	1	7	5	33	56
44	42	North Carolina	-8.219	2	2	7	5	9	85
45	62	Colorado	-7.463	3	1	7	6	29	64
46	51	Arizona State	-7.331	3	1	7	5	67	55
47	25	Washington St	-7.307	3	1	7	5	119	30
48	31	Temple	-7.111	2	1	7	5	46	60
49	63	Indiana	-6.445	3	1	7	5	89	51
50	53	Marshall	-5.959	2	1	9	3	75	52
51	60	Army	-5.922	3	1	9	4	103	37
52	59	Pittsburgh	-5.708	2	2	7	5	10	103
53	64	Southern Miss	-5.679	2	2	9	4	2	96
54	83	North Texas	-5.673	2	2	8	4	59	57
55	39	South Carolina	-5.625	1	3	4	8	12	99
56	14	Utah	-5.56	3	1	7	5	114	28
57	75	Florida Atlantic	-5.408	2	2	8	5	13	91
58	40	Nebraska	-5.363	3	1	6	6	101	38
59	65	NC State	-4.787	3	1	7	5	110	42
60	45	Toledo	-4.66	2	1	10	3	83	43
61	50	Ole Miss	-4.393	2	2	5	7	79	59
62	69	San Diego State	-4.22	3	1	9	4	84	47
63	55	Houston	-3.926	1	3	4	8	19	86
64	87	Tulsa	-3.876	2	2	5	7	11	102
65	85	Oregon State	-3.721	1	2	5	7	54	70
66	70	Arizona	-3.579	2	1	6	6	104	45
67	58	West Michigan	-3.472	2	2	7	5	57	66
68	93	Iowa State	-3.434	2	1	5	7	115	50
69	23	USC	-3.314	3	1	6	6	98	54
70	80	Wyoming	-3.151	3	1	8	4	69	61
71	82	Troy	-2.62	2	1	7	5	124	32
72	107	Liberty	-1.837	2	2	8	4	47	83
73	72	Florida State	-1.784	2	2	5	7	38	88
74	109	Buffalo	-1.679	2	2	7	5	28	79
75	57	Louisville	-1.662	2	2	4	8	82	65
76	79	West Virginia	-1.629	3	1	5	7	50	72
77	74	Arkansas State	-1.165	2	2	7	5	32	81
78	81	Coastal Carolina	-1.052	3	1	7	5	127	28
79	67	Ohio	-0.77	1	3	7	6	25	91
80	77	Texas Tech	-0.747	2	1	4	8	128	36
81	96	Central Michigan	-0.11	2	2	7	5	49	78
82	97	Hawaii	-0.005	3	1	7	6	63	83
83	98	UCLA	0.2153	1	3	4	8	4	114
84	68	Eastern Michigan	0.6735	3	1	8	4	52	71
85	88	South Florida	0.8537	1	2	4	8	40	98
86	86	Louisiana Tech	1.6002	3	1	8	4	102	62
87	78	Charlotte	1.9359	2	2	7	5	78	73
88	84	Kansas	1.9782	2	2	3	9	107	69
89	106	Ball State	2.3462	1	3	5	7	60	93
90	89	Miami (OH)	2.418	1	3	6	6	3	117
91	94	Illinois	3.0565	2	2	5	7	121	58
92	54	Stanford	3.8134	1	3	3	9	16	118
93	104	UAB	3.8506	3	0	8	4	130	35
94	120	Kent State	4.1621	2	2	5	7	56	101
95	113	East Carolina	4.8423	2	2	5	7	80	87
96	125	San Jose State	5.3431	2	1	5	7	27	75
97	121	Rice	5.5602	0	4	4	8	5	126
98	71	Louisiana Monroe	5.9204	1	2	4	8	72	89
99	100	Boston College	6.0536	3	1	4	8	126	63
100	73	Northwestern	6.3421	1	2	4	8	70	107
101	56	Fresno State	6.5373	1	2	4	8	112	76
102	95	Arkansas	6.8906	2	2	3	9	117	77
103	90	Purdue	6.905	1	2	3	9	95	95
104	76	Minnesota	6.9128	3	0	5	7	122	68
105	99	Virginia Tech	7.0415	2	1	4	8	123	67
106	102	Georgia Tech	7.1302	1	2	3	9	35	115
107	52	BYU	7.3842	2	2	5	7	41	116
108	91	Tennessee	7.5986	1	3	3	9	105	97
109	103	Mid Tennessee	7.9289	1	2	4	8	64	112
110	92	Georgia Southern	8.1874	1	2	4	8	45	111
111	116	Texas State	8.4793	1	3	4	8	21	124
112	118	Colorado State	9.5724	1	3	3	9	87	110
113	114	Georgia State	9.7076	2	2	4	8	93	94
114	126	Old Dominion	10.058	1	2	5	7	81	105
115	122	Nevada	10.202	3	1	6	6	111	90
116	117	New Mexico	11.271	2	1	4	8	91	113
117	108	Vanderbilt	11.795	0	3	2	10	7	129
118	119	UT San Antonio	12.166	1	3	3	9	37	122
119	112	UNLV	12.231	1	2	4	8	44	104
120	110	South Alabama	12.236	1	3	3	9	61	119
121	111	Florida Intl	12.607	1	3	4	8	99	109
122	124	New Mexico St	12.666	0	4	3	9	6	127
123	101	Northern Illinois	13.685	1	2	3	9	55	121
124	115	West Kentucky	14.481	1	2	3	9	116	106
125	123	Bowling Green	14.85	1	3	2	10	62	122
126	127	Connecticut	16.041	1	2	2	10	97	120
127	105	Rutgers	16.655	1	2	2	10	39	108
128	128	Akron	22.304	0	4	1	11	68	128
129	129	UTEP	23.323	1	2	2	10	120	125
130	130	UMass	33.136	0	4	1	11	113	130