Sam's Big Poll (Week 9)

Don't let Craig James see but South Florida is still in the top 5! Seriously though, the Bulls have the 8th best Team Rating, two quality wins (Auburn and West Virginia), and a good Strength of Schedule so who's to say they're not a top shelf team? Well, I'll come out an say it, they're not a top shelf team. They're second shelf, but they're certainly better than the pollsters, who were just waiting for them to lose, think. On to other things: Colorado, WTF? It seems every year my system produces a Colorado. A team that gets ranked way ahead of where they ought to be. Colorado is riding a tough schedule and a quality win over Oklahoma to an unthinkable 13 ranking. We'll just hope it all sorts out over the next few weeks.

Ranking = 1.2*Team Rating + 1.2*W/L Factor + 0.9*Schedule Strength

Div 1-A 2007 Rankings (Week 9)
Rank	Team Name	Score	W	L	Team Rating	W/L Factor	Schedule Strength
1	Ohio State	2.82516	9	0	1	1	91
2	LSU	2.75557	7	1	3	8	18
3	South Florida	2.70267	6	2	8	9	9
4	Oregon	2.64914	7	1	6	7	35
5	Kansas	2.63407	8	0	2	2	107
6	Auburn	2.53472	6	3	13	24	5
7	West Virginia	2.49175	7	1	5	10	61
8	Oklahoma	2.48475	7	1	4	11	65
9	Boston College	2.43798	8	0	11	3	88
10	Arizona State	2.38452	8	0	7	4	116
11	Connecticut	2.36607	7	1	9	6	100
12	Missouri	2.33941	7	1	17	12	52
13	Colorado	2.31471	5	4	40	36	3
14	California	2.30830	5	3	31	25	10
15	Virginia	2.25424	7	2	49	14	28
16	Kentucky	2.23688	6	3	30	16	40
17	Penn State	2.23665	6	3	14	32	29
18	Florida	2.20823	5	3	19	37	17
19	Texas	2.19880	6	2	16	18	55
20	Michigan	2.15957	7	2	12	17	84
21	Boise State	2.15825	7	1	21	13	104
22	Alabama	2.15362	6	2	27	15	62
23	USC	2.14710	6	2	20	19	66
24	Georgia	2.14123	6	2	36	26	32
25	Illinois	2.12235	6	3	39	31	30
26	Rutgers	2.11486	5	3	34	35	21
27	Virginia Tech	2.11276	6	2	28	27	49
28	Clemson	2.10884	6	2	22	28	63
29	Kansas State	2.06990	5	3	18	48	33
30	Wisconsin	2.05673	7	2	23	20	92
31	Cincinnati	2.03528	6	2	10	29	109
32	Purdue	2.00366	7	2	44	21	80
33	Brigham Young	1.99511	5	2	26	33	73
34	Oklahoma State	1.98258	5	3	32	49	34
35	Troy	1.98217	6	2	33	22	95
36	Oregon State	1.97806	5	3	57	50	13
37	Hawaii	1.97293	8	0	29	5	120
38	Texas A&M	1.97254	6	3	43	38	43
39	South Carolina	1.96896	6	3	38	39	46
40	New Mexico	1.94519	6	2	45	30	81
41	Arkansas	1.94473	5	3	15	51	74
42	Georgia Tech	1.93498	5	3	25	52	56
43	Wake Forest	1.93087	6	2	46	23	96
44	Mississippi State	1.93075	5	4	71	55	11
45	Florida State	1.92275	5	3	42	40	57
46	Tennessee	1.91988	5	3	60	41	36
47	Air Force	1.88752	6	3	41	42	69
48	Michigan State	1.87198	5	4	37	57	50
49	Utah	1.86930	6	3	35	34	98
50	Texas Tech	1.86710	6	3	24	43	103
51	Louisville	1.86678	5	4	53	63	16
52	Tulsa	1.86653	5	3	65	44	44
53	UCF	1.85581	5	3	59	45	53
54	Houston	1.85251	5	3	48	46	67
55	Washington	1.82518	2	6	62	92	1
56	Wyoming	1.80258	5	3	56	47	75
57	Washington State	1.79643	3	5	72	73	6
58	Miami (FL)	1.79520	5	3	54	56	54
59	Fresno State	1.78080	5	3	58	53	58
60	East Carolina	1.76432	5	4	74	58	41
61	Maryland	1.76009	4	4	52	67	22
62	Vanderbilt	1.74537	5	3	50	54	82
63	Nebraska	1.74062	4	5	64	64	20
64	Stanford	1.72846	3	5	81	74	7
65	UCLA	1.70896	5	3	55	59	68
66	TCU	1.68803	4	4	47	60	76
67	Pittsburgh	1.62513	3	5	67	75	23
68	Indiana	1.61892	5	4	68	61	64
69	Central Michigan	1.57765	5	4	75	65	47
70	Florida Atlantic	1.50360	4	4	83	66	59
71	Northwestern	1.49981	5	4	76	70	60
72	Iowa	1.49240	4	5	63	71	70
73	Ball State	1.47532	5	4	51	62	117
74	Mississippi	1.47073	2	7	88	95	8
75	Arizona	1.44404	3	6	66	93	42
76	North Carolina State	1.39363	3	5	77	86	45
77	Middle Tennessee	1.38047	4	5	61	78	99
78	Akron	1.37979	3	5	102	85	24
79	Nevada	1.36509	4	4	70	68	110
80	UTEP	1.35824	4	4	69	79	89
81	UNLV	1.35220	2	7	84	96	31
82	Miami (OH)	1.32932	4	5	94	72	71
83	Arkansas State	1.31778	3	5	80	81	77
84	Notre Dame	1.31147	1	7	114	104	2
85	Bowling Green	1.29426	4	4	78	76	105
86	Baylor	1.27525	3	5	111	87	26
87	Southern Miss	1.27094	4	4	79	80	101
88	Navy	1.25710	4	4	73	77	112
89	North Carolina	1.24928	2	6	91	102	19
90	Louisiana Tech	1.22636	3	5	92	88	78
91	San Diego State	1.21141	2	5	112	101	14
92	Duke	1.19014	1	7	110	105	15
93	New Mexico State	1.18557	4	5	100	97	48
94	Louisiana-Monroe	1.18288	3	5	90	91	86
95	San Jose State	1.14055	3	5	117	89	37
96	Toledo	1.13543	4	5	87	83	111
97	Buffalo	1.12119	4	5	82	90	113
98	Temple	1.10701	3	5	103	82	106
99	Memphis	1.10585	4	4	99	69	119
100	Ohio	1.08326	4	5	89	84	115
101	Syracuse	1.07407	2	6	115	100	38
102	Army	1.03709	3	5	96	98	97
103	Eastern Michigan	0.99015	3	6	106	99	93
104	Colorado State	0.96719	1	7	85	109	79
105	Western Kentucky	0.96538	3	3	119	94	72
106	Western Michigan	0.94764	3	6	97	107	85
107	Iowa State	0.93818	1	8	101	114	12
108	Kent State	0.92431	3	6	98	106	94
109	Minnesota	0.89571	1	8	86	111	51
110	Southern Methodist	0.87132	1	7	95	108	90
111	Marshall	0.84769	1	7	93	116	27
112	UAB	0.82277	2	6	113	103	102
113	North Texas	0.79961	1	7	116	110	39
114	Utah State	0.79805	0	8	104	117	25
115	Florida International	0.71146	0	8	120	112	4
116	Tulane	0.56342	2	6	105	113	108
117	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.49052	1	7	107	115	114
118	Idaho	0.43436	1	8	108	119	87
119	Rice	0.39790	1	7	109	120	83
120	Northern Illinois	0.11221	1	8	118	118	118