ShareThisBy HERMAN MATTHEWS
Monday, November 06, 2006
There is no change at the top of this week's Matthews/Scripps Howard computer college football rankings.
Fresh off a 44-0 rout of Minnesota Saturday, Ohio State (9-0) remains No. 1 while Michigan (9-0) is second, though the Wolverines were far less impressive in a 17-3 win over Northwestern. Florida (7-1) took advantage of USC's 33-31 upset loss at Oregon State to move into third while California (7-1) moved up a spot to fourth. With its first regular season loss in more than three years, USC (6-1) fell two spots to fifth.
Numbers to the left are team rankings. Numbers to the right are the current power ratings. To determine the projected margin, compare the ratings of the rival teams and allow four points for typical home field advantage.
Rank Team Rating
1 Ohio State 113.71
2 Michigan 110.56
3 Florida 108.12
4 California 108.09
5 Southern Cal 107.02
6 West Virginia 106.40
7 Louisville 106.18
8 Tennessee 105.83
9 Auburn 105.33
10 Notre Dame 104.29
11 Texas 103.74
12 LSU 103.03
13 Rutgers 101.89
14 Boise State 101.72
15 Wisconsin 100.99
16 Oregon 100.51
17 Wash. State 100.42
18 Oklahoma 100.28
19 Boston College 99.89
20 Arkansas 99.13
21 Virginia Tech 99.04
22 Clemson 98.98
23 Penn State 98.54
24 Iowa 98.29
25 Brigham Young 97.76
26 Oregon State 97.35
27 Texas A&M 96.51
28 Pittsburgh 96.10
29 Tulsa 95.69
30 Missouri 95.35
31 Georgia Tech 94.81
32 Arizona State 94.30
33 Hawaii 94.23
34 Alabama 94.07
35 South Carolina 93.81
36 TCU 93.11
37 Georgia 93.10
38 Navy 92.93
39 Nebraska 92.73
40 Okla. State 92.56
41 Wake Forest 92.25
42 Maryland 91.45
43 Indiana 90.61
44 Washington 90.24
45 Cincinnati 90.15
46 Kansas State 89.71
47 Ohio 89.71
48 Texas Tech 89.30
49 Central Mich. 89.22
50 Massachusetts 89.05
51 Houston 88.79
52 Florida State 88.71
53 Kentucky 88.60
54 Appalachian St. 88.60
55 Mich. State 88.03
56 Southern Miss 87.99
57 Miami 87.79
58 Western Mich. 87.73
59 Minnesota 87.67
60 San Diego 87.64
61 James Madison 87.62
62 Purdue 87.51
63 UCLA 87.15
64 East Carolina 87.03
65 Vanderbilt 86.36
66 Youngstown St. 86.34
67 N.C. State 86.10
68 Baylor 85.73
69 Air Force 85.61
70 Montana 85.56
71 Nevada 85.47
72 South Florida 85.39
73 Syracuse 85.34
74 Virginia 85.25
75 No. Dakota St. 85.08
76 Utah 84.83
77 Wyoming 84.45
78 Arizona 84.40
79 Middle Tenn. 84.37
80 Connecticut 84.13
81 Northern Ill. 84.00
82 Ill. State 83.69
83 Mississippi 83.65
84 Illinois 83.44
85 Kent State 82.12
86 Harvard 82.10
87 Maine 82.08
88 San Jose St. 81.99
89 UTEP 81.95
90 New Mexico 81.76
91 Kansas 81.40
92 Northern Iowa 81.32
93 New Hampshire 81.19
94 Southern Ill. 81.09
95 Tulane 80.66
96 Miss. State 80.60
97 Rice 80.56
98 Iowa State 80.46
99 LA.-Lafayette 79.83
100 S.M.U. 79.81
101 Portland St. 79.61
102 Colo. State 79.29
103 Marshall 79.02
104 Ala.-B'ham 78.81
105 Toledo 78.75
106 Akron 78.58
107 Cal Poly SLO 78.51
108 So. Dakota St. 78.46
109 Towson 78.24
110 Northwestern 78.05
111 Cal Davis 77.63
112 Idaho 77.59
113 Yale 77.18
114 Richmond 77.10
115 Ball State 77.02
116 TN-Martin 76.90
117 Central Fla. 76.88
118 Bowling Green 76.81
119 Mont. State 76.67
120 Colorado 76.52
121 Ark. State 76.39
122 Army 76.22
123 Fla. Atlantic 76.08
124 North Carolina 76.03
125 Fresno State 75.76
126 Western Ky. 75.42
127 Princeton 75.40
128 Troy 75.38
129 Northeastern 75.24
130 Furman 74.29
131 Western Ill. 74.02
132 Hampton 73.76
133 San Diego St. 73.45
134 Villanova 73.32
135 Wofford 73.09
136 Northern Ariz. 73.01
137 Stanford 72.37
138 New Mex. State 71.61
139 North Texas 71.21
140 Coastal Caro. 71.10
141 Memphis 70.99
142 Louisiana Tech 70.88
143 Delaware 70.61
144 Central Ark. 70.53
145 Eastern Mich. 70.26
146 Charleston So. 69.92
147 Jack'ville St. 69.71
148 Duke 69.69
149 Lehigh 69.45
150 McNeese State 69.24
151 Miami-Ohio 69.23
152 LA.-Monroe 69.14
153 Drake 69.13
154 Gardner-Webb 69.08
155 Temple 69.04
156 Pennsylvania 68.66
157 Elon 68.62
158 UNLV 68.59
159 S.F. Austin 68.26
160 Eastern Ill. 68.06
161 Cornell 68.03
162 Tenn. State 67.78
163 Buffalo 67.76
164 Wm. & Mary 67.74
165 Citadel 67.67
166 Ala. A&M 67.62
167 Cal Sacramento 67.56
168 Fla. Int'l 67.43
169 Utah State 67.32
170 Holy Cross 67.15
171 Monmouth 67.08
172 Dela. State 67.07
173 Brown 66.99
174 Sam Houston St. 66.97
175 Hofstra 66.84
176 Ga. Southern 66.57
177 Rhode Island 66.55
178 Davidson 65.25
179 S.C. State 65.24
180 Weber State 65.12
181 NW State 64.74
182 Albany 64.66
183 Lafayette 64.55
184 TN-Chattanooga 64.44
185 Florida A&M 64.42
186 Eastern Wash. 63.91
187 Ark.-Pine Bluff 63.78
188 Idaho State 62.85
189 Liberty 62.72
190 Jackson State 62.46
191 Beth.-Cookman 62.31
192 Colgate 62.00
193 Grambling 61.99
194 Butler 61.97
195 Eastern Ky. 61.85
196 Cent. Conn. St. 61.85
197 Bucknell 61.41
198 Robert Morris 61.01
199 SE Missouri St. 60.68
200 Southern Utah 60.52
201 Miss. Valley 60.48
202 Morgan State 60.03
203 Alcorn State 59.59
204 Columbia 59.12
205 Tennessee Tech 59.10
206 Nicholls State 58.87
207 Missouri St. 58.61
208 Texas St. 58.55
209 Stony Brook 57.93
210 Southern 57.68
211 SE Louisiana 57.39
212 Dartmouth 57.33
213 Ala. State 57.23
214 Samford 57.09
215 Duquesne 56.89
216 Jacksonville 56.26
217 Winston-Salem 56.12
218 Morehead St. 56.08
219 Ind. State 56.04
220 Tex. Southern 55.29
221 Western Caro. 55.20
222 Dayton 54.65
223 Howard 54.62
224 Murray State 54.26
225 V.M.I. 54.22
226 Norfolk State 53.60
227 Northern Colo. 53.16
228 Georgetown 51.79
229 Austin Peay 51.72
230 Fordham 51.03
231 Valparaiso 49.87
232 Prairie View 49.71
233 Wagner 48.77
234 Iona 46.00
235 Sacred Heart 45.34
236 Marist 43.96
237 St. Francis PA 41.94
238 N.C. A&T 38.70
239 Savannah St. 36.02
240 LaSalle 31.96
241 St. Peter's 30.29
(Herman Matthews is a former chairman of the math and computer sciences department at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. He can be found on the Web at www.expertpicks.com.)
