ShareThisBy HERMAN MATTHEWS
Sunday, November 12, 2006
While Ohio State remains the top team in this week's Matthews/Scripps Howard Computer Power Ratings, Louisville has surged to second just over a point behind the Buckeyes.
Ohio State (10-0) did little to build on its lead Saturday _ struggling for much of the game in a lackluster 17-10 win over Illinois. Meanwhile, the Cardinals (8-0) played their best game of the season in Thursday night's 44-34 win over previously-unbeaten Big East rival West Virginia.
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 110.03
2 Louisville 109.00
3 Michigan 108.43
4 California 107.45
5 Southern Cal 106.67
6 Florida 106.05
7 LSU 105.29
8 Texas 105.27
9 Auburn 105.26
10 West Virginia 104.68
11 Wisconsin 103.13
12 Tennessee 102.88
13 Notre Dame 102.34
14 Rutgers 101.51
15 Boise State 101.12
16 Oregon 100.58
17 Oklahoma 100.18
18 Arkansas 99.61
19 Oregon State 98.28
20 Boston College 97.98
21 Clemson 97.58
22 Virginia Tech 97.34
23 Penn State 97.12
24 Wash. State 96.47
25 Brigham Young 96.44
26 Nebraska 96.44
27 Wake Forest 95.84
28 Georgia Tech 95.22
29 Texas A&M 94.69
30 Missouri 94.39
31 Maryland 93.94
32 Navy 93.10
33 Hawaii 93.00
34 Iowa 92.70
35 South Carolina 92.65
36 Okla. State 91.99
37 Tulsa 91.94
38 Pittsburgh 91.68
39 Arizona State 91.16
40 TCU 91.14
41 Georgia 91.01
42 Kentucky 90.88
43 Texas Tech 90.58
44 Houston 90.46
45 Alabama 90.44
46 Cincinnati 90.33
47 Florida State 90.32
48 Massachusetts 90.06
49 Minnesota 90.03
50 Kansas State 89.71
51 South Florida 89.63
52 Washington 89.60
53 Purdue 89.26
54 Central Mich. 88.91
55 Ohio 88.44
56 Appalachian St. 88.38
57 UCLA 88.23
58 Miami 88.17
59 Nevada 88.13
60 James Madison 87.75
61 Arizona 87.72
62 Air Force 87.64
63 East Carolina 87.54
64 Mich. State 86.85
65 Youngstown St. 86.81
66 Southern Miss 86.75
67 Vanderbilt 86.69
68 Western Mich. 86.51
69 San Diego 86.23
70 Indiana 86.17
71 N.C. State 86.11
72 Middle Tenn. 85.97
73 Connecticut 85.88
74 Virginia 85.79
75 Montana 85.65
76 No. Dakota St. 85.34
77 Wyoming 84.92
78 Syracuse 84.80
79 Maine 84.80
80 Utah 84.53
81 Northern Iowa 84.23
82 Miss. State 84.17
83 Kansas 84.01
84 Ill. State 83.85
85 Illinois 83.80
86 Northern Ill. 83.63
87 Mississippi 83.32
88 Baylor 82.45
89 SMU 82.37
90 Harvard 81.52
91 New Hampshire 81.31
92 Northwestern 81.27
93 New Mexico 81.24
94 San Jose St. 81.16
95 Rice 81.15
96 Marshall 81.11
97 Portland St. 80.91
98 Southern Ill. 80.51
99 UTEP 80.38
100 Ball State 79.93
101 So. Dakota St. 79.46
102 Akron 79.43
103 Kent State 78.96
104 Ala.-B'ham 78.78
105 Iowa State 78.76
106 Troy 78.62
107 Cal Poly SLO 78.61
108 Colo. State 78.50
109 Tulane 77.96
110 TN-Martin 77.84
111 LA.-Lafayette 77.66
112 Toledo 77.66
113 Princeton 77.29
114 Cal Davis 77.28
115 North Carolina 77.15
116 Yale 76.90
117 Central Fla. 76.87
118 Fresno State 76.77
119 Ark. State 76.50
120 Furman 75.81
121 Bowling Green 75.79
122 Idaho 75.77
123 Mont. State 75.64
124 Colorado 75.44
125 Towson 75.44
126 Charleston So. 74.88
127 Richmond 74.76
128 Hampton 74.68
129 Villanova 74.51
130 Army 74.47
131 Wofford 74.33
132 San Diego St. 73.62
133 Western Ill. 73.60
134 Northeastern 73.39
135 Stanford 73.22
136 Fla. Atlantic 73.17
137 Louisiana Tech 72.80
138 Western Ky. 72.77
139 Buffalo 72.68
140 Coastal Caro. 72.48
141 Drake 72.01
142 Northern Ariz. 71.63
143 Eastern Ill. 71.35
144 Miami-OH 71.24
145 Wm. & Mary 71.22
146 Central Ark. 70.96
147 North Texas 70.84
148 New Mex. State 70.79
149 Jacksonville St. 70.73
150 Memphis 70.72
151 McNeese State 70.67
152 Eastern Mich. 70.34
153 Lehigh 69.79
154 Sam Houston St. 69.58
155 Duke 69.45
156 LA.-Monroe 69.36
157 UNLV 69.31
158 Delaware 69.28
159 Holy Cross 68.92
160 Ala. A&M 68.84
161 Pennsylvania 68.75
162 Cal Sacramento 68.61
163 Brown 68.56
164 Temple 68.51
165 Gardner-Webb 67.90
166 Fla. Int'l 67.68
167 Dela. State 67.55
168 Rhode Island 67.46
169 Monmouth 67.41
170 Cornell 66.77
171 Weber State 66.73
172 Citadel 66.67
173 Utah State 66.57
174 S.C. State 66.57
175 Elon 66.10
176 Albany 66.04
177 S.F. Austin 66.02
178 Hofstra 65.57
179 Tenn. State 65.11
180 Florida A&M 65.06
181 Liberty 64.93
182 Lafayette 64.77
183 Ga. Southern 64.69
184 Northwestern St. 64.64
185 Eastern Ky. 63.81
186 TN-Chattanooga 63.23
187 Ark.-Pine Bluff 62.84
188 Davidson 62.83
189 Eastern Wash. 62.72
190 Cent. Conn. St. 62.34
191 Southern 62.25
192 Colgate 61.89
193 Miss. Valley 61.53
194 Idaho State 61.40
195 Jackson State 61.26
196 Nicholls State 61.26
197 SE Missouri St. 60.94
198 Tennessee Tech 60.74
199 Bethune-Cookman 60.70
200 Morgan State 60.43
201 Stony Brook 60.20
202 Grambling 60.07
203 Southern Utah 60.07
204 Ala. State 59.73
205 Bucknell 59.71
206 Morehead St. 59.13
207 Missouri St. 59.01
208 Robert Morris 58.78
209 Butler 58.64
210 Dayton 58.62
211 Columbia 58.37
212 Duquesne 58.16
213 Texas St. 58.08
214 Alcorn State 57.88
215 Dartmouth 57.72
216 Ind. State 57.50
217 SE Louisiana 57.25
218 Samford 57.13
219 Jacksonville 57.07
220 Winston-Salem 56.50
221 Northern Colo. 55.57
222 VMI 54.17
223 Tex. Southern 53.78
224 Howard 53.44
225 Western Carolina 53.09
226 Murray State 52.78
227 Norfolk State 52.76
228 Georgetown 52.56
229 Austin Peay 51.85
230 Fordham 50.99
231 Prairie View 49.90
232 Valparaiso 47.13
233 Wagner 46.55
234 Marist 44.02
235 Sacred Heart 43.47
236 St. Francis PA 41.94
237 N.C. A&T 39.91
238 Iona 38.92
239 Savannah St. 38.30
240 St. Peter's 35.67
241 LaSalle 31.20
(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.)
