NCAA Football Rankings - 24 Oct

#1 Georgia had a bye this week and a large gap between them and the #2 team last week, but that gap shrank over the weekend, as Alabama had an impressive blowout of Tennessee, moving them back up to #2 behind their conference rivals. Wake Forest won a tough road game over Army to move into the top 10, and they are now my pick to win the ACC and take the 3rd playoff spot. I am still keeping Cincinnati in the 4th playoff spot for now, though my gut tells me that the committee would probably take a 2-loss Oklahoma, Oregon, or Alabama over the undefeated Bearcats. 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
1	1	Georgia	-25.33	7	0	12	0
2	4	Alabama	-22.43	7	1	11	1
3	3	Michigan	-21.28	7	0	11	1
4	5	Ohio State	-20.6	6	1	9	3
5	2	Cincinnati	-18.33	7	0	12	0
6	6	Michigan St	-16.95	7	0	10	2
7	12	Wake Forest	-16.47	7	0	11	1
8	7	Pittsburgh	-15.98	6	1	10	2
9	10	Florida	-15.01	4	3	8	4
10	11	Ole Miss	-14.8	6	1	10	2
11	9	Iowa	-13.54	6	1	9	3
12	13	Notre Dame	-13.46	6	1	10	2
13	8	Penn State	-12.66	5	2	7	5
14	18	Nebraska	-11.48	3	5	5	6
15	31	Texas A&M	-11.07	6	2	8	4
16	34	UT San Antonio	-11.02	8	0	11	1
17	23	Arkansas	-10.96	5	3	7	5
18	14	Auburn	-10.71	5	2	8	4
19	41	Wisconsin	-10.67	4	3	7	5
20	17	Arizona State	-10.63	5	2	9	3
21	26	Baylor	-10.5	6	1	9	3
22	16	Liberty	-10.11	6	2	9	3
23	20	NC State	-10.08	5	2	8	4
24	21	Clemson	-9.933	4	3	7	5
25	15	Tennessee	-9.782	4	4	7	5
26	33	Oregon	-9.695	6	1	10	2
27	24	Utah	-9.616	4	3	8	4
28	38	SMU	-9.532	7	0	10	2
29	19	Oklahoma	-9.225	8	0	10	2
30	30	Boise State	-9.223	3	4	7	5
31	28	Texas	-9.168	4	3	7	5
32	27	Kentucky	-9.098	6	1	9	3
33	32	Coastal Carolina	-9.095	6	1	11	1
34	25	Air Force	-9.02	6	2	9	3
35	29	Iowa State	-8.878	5	2	8	4
36	35	Minnesota	-8.729	5	2	8	4
37	36	Houston	-8.298	6	1	10	2
38	40	Oklahoma State	-8.18	6	1	9	3
39	50	Louisville	-8.099	4	3	7	5
40	43	Oregon State	-7.947	5	2	8	4
41	47	Virginia	-7.892	6	2	8	4
42	57	San Diego State	-7.618	7	0	10	2
43	22	Purdue	-7.59	4	3	6	6
44	39	UCLA	-7.051	5	3	7	4
45	48	Marshall	-6.684	4	3	7	5
46	49	Nevada	-6.5	5	2	8	4
47	45	LSU	-6.184	4	4	6	6
48	42	Fresno State	-6.06	6	2	8	3
49	56	Syracuse	-6.027	4	4	6	6
50	51	Appalachian St	-5.937	5	2	9	3
51	54	BYU	-5.778	6	2	9	3
52	63	Mississippi St	-5.756	4	3	6	6
53	44	Army	-5.694	4	3	7	4
54	46	West Kentucky	-5.669	3	4	6	6
55	52	Rutgers	-5.046	3	4	5	7
56	61	North Carolina	-4.852	4	3	6	6
57	64	Toledo	-4.835	4	4	7	5
58	58	Kansas State	-4.487	4	3	7	5
59	37	UAB	-4.384	5	3	7	5
60	69	UCF	-4.101	4	3	8	4
61	71	Florida Atlantic	-4.074	4	3	7	5
62	59	Georgia Tech	-4.017	3	4	5	7
63	72	West Virginia	-3.865	3	4	6	6
64	62	USC	-3.416	3	4	6	6
65	74	Miami	-3.237	3	4	5	7
66	53	West Michigan	-3.187	5	3	8	4
67	55	Boston College	-2.987	4	3	6	6
68	67	Stanford	-2.527	3	4	5	7
69	68	Virginia Tech	-2.418	3	4	5	7
70	84	Florida State	-2.213	3	4	5	7
71	70	Miami (OH)	-2.099	4	4	7	5
72	65	TCU	-1.667	3	4	5	7
73	73	Maryland	-1.401	4	3	5	7
74	90	Illinois	-1.317	3	5	3	8
75	88	Eastern Michigan	-0.931	5	3	7	5
76	77	Texas Tech	-0.871	5	3	6	6
77	60	Indiana	-0.844	2	5	3	9
78	66	Louisiana	-0.702	6	1	9	3
79	79	Washington St	-0.499	4	4	6	6
80	81	East Carolina	-0.477	3	4	6	6
81	76	Northern Illinois	-0.307	6	2	8	4
82	85	Colorado State	-0.05	3	4	5	7
83	83	Northwestern	0.0302	3	4	4	8
84	80	Utah State	0.215	5	2	9	3
85	92	Mid Tennessee	0.8006	3	4	6	6
86	75	Ball State	0.8958	4	4	6	6
87	87	Washington	1.0993	3	4	5	7
88	86	Memphis	1.1327	4	4	6	6
89	91	UTEP	1.2474	6	1	7	4
90	96	California	1.4149	2	5	4	8
91	98	Buffalo	1.6986	4	4	6	6
92	78	South Carolina	1.7248	4	4	5	7
93	93	Missouri	2.7897	3	4	4	8
94	111	South Florida	4.45	2	5	3	9
95	89	South Alabama	4.4782	4	3	6	6
96	100	Troy	4.5517	4	3	6	6
97	101	Central Michigan	4.7979	4	4	6	6
98	95	Louisiana Tech	4.8068	2	5	5	7
99	82	Wyoming	4.9036	4	3	6	6
100	103	Hawaii	4.9392	4	4	6	6
101	105	Old Dominion	4.9431	1	6	3	9
102	104	Duke	4.9474	3	4	4	8
103	94	Tulane	5.3104	1	6	3	9
104	113	Navy	5.4616	1	6	3	9
105	106	Kent State	5.5977	4	4	6	6
106	112	San Jose State	5.7389	4	4	4	7
107	110	Tulsa	5.7936	3	4	5	7
108	97	Charlotte	5.9083	4	3	6	6
109	108	Georgia State	5.9932	3	4	5	7
110	102	Colorado	6.4599	2	5	3	9
111	107	UNLV	6.8683	0	7	1	11
112	99	Temple	7.9246	3	4	4	8
113	121	Rice	8.6817	3	4	5	7
114	115	Louisiana Monroe	8.7487	4	3	6	6
115	117	North Texas	10.085	1	6	3	9
116	109	Bowling Green	10.3	2	6	3	9
117	124	New Mexico	10.393	3	5	4	8
118	116	Georgia Southern	11.103	2	5	3	9
119	120	Texas State	12.3	2	5	4	8
120	118	Ohio	12.683	1	7	2	10
121	122	Southern Miss	12.891	1	6	2	10
122	123	Florida Intl	13.3	1	6	2	10
123	119	Vanderbilt	14.092	2	6	2	10
124	127	Arkansas State	14.096	1	6	2	10
125	114	Akron	14.155	2	6	3	9
126	126	Arizona	14.383	0	7	0	12
127	129	New Mexico St	16.085	1	7	2	9
128	130	Kansas	16.495	1	6	1	11
129	125	UMass	16.713	1	6	2	10
130	128	Connecticut	19.965	1	8	1	10