Week 5, 2013

Ohio State, Florida, Clemson, and Georgia all enter the rankings after LSU, USC, Minnesota, and Ole Miss all fall out after losses. The Pac-12 keeps their stranglehold on the top 3 spots, as Stanford, UCLA, and Oregon have all looked strong against varying degrees of difficulty.

1	Stanford
2	UCLA
3	Oregon
4	Oklahoma
5	Washington
6	Baylor
7	Maryland
8	Florida State
9	Michigan
10	Texas Tech
11	Utah
12	Arizona State
13	Northwestern
14	Pittsburgh
15	Oklahoma State
16	Miami (FL)
17	Penn State
18	Ohio State
19	Missouri
20	Colorado
21	Florida
22	Clemson
23	Georgia
24	Arizona
25	Virginia Tech

Week 4, 2013

Another week, another strong OOC showing by the Pac-12. If you look at last year, the Big 12 had a similar OOC showing, but their 9-game conference slate hurt them in the rankings over the long run, so I expect the same will happen to the Pac-12 (as well as the gradual loss of undefeated teams each week). 

1	UCLA
2	Stanford
3	Oregon
4	Colorado
5	Washington
6	Oklahoma
7	Arizona
8	Michigan
9	Baylor
10	Maryland
11	Florida State
12	Oklahoma State
13	Utah
14	USC
15	Northwestern
16	Arizona State
17	Texas Tech
18	LSU
19	Miami (FL)
20	Pittsburgh
21	Missouri
22	Ole Miss
23	UCF
24	Penn State
25	Minnesota

Week 3, 2013

3 weeks through, and the very top of the rankings has been shuffled, but remains very similar to last week. Penn State dropped from #6 to #25 after their loss, while Utah dropped from #4 to #13 after a close loss to Oregon State.

1	Stanford
2	Arizona State
3	UCLA
4	Oklahoma
5	Colorado
6	Oregon
7	Washington
8	Michigan
9	Baylor
10	Arizona
11	Maryland
12	Texas Tech
13	Utah
14	Oklahoma State
15	Auburn
16	USC
17	Ole Miss
18	Northwestern
19	Alabama
20	Arkansas
21	Florida State
22	UCF
23	Minnesota
24	LSU
25	Penn State

Week 2, 2013

2 weeks of college football are in the bag, and the rankings have been updated. The Pac-12 had a very strong week, which bumped them up to the top conference and gave the individual schools some extra points in the rankings, resulting in Arizona State taking over the top spot this week (their 55 point victory didn't hurt either). On to the rankings:

1	Arizona State
2	UCLA
3	Stanford
4	Utah
5	Oregon
6	Penn State
7	Washington
8	Michigan
9	Oklahoma
10	Colorado
11	Wisconsin
12	Tennessee
13	Baylor
14	Texas Tech
15	Arizona
16	Texas A&M
17	Nebraska
18	Ole Miss
19	Northwestern
20	Alabama
21	Duke
22	Auburn
23	Maryland
24	Illinois
25	Oklahoma State

Week 1, 2013

There's a reason why the BCS rankings aren't announced until a few weeks into the season. When you attempt to make an unbiased computer ranking, the formulas don't really give a good indication of who the best teams in the country are until there are a few weeks of data in the books. With that in mind, here are my Week 1 rankings. As always, the conference rankings are located after the individual team rankings. 

1	Penn State
2	Indiana
3	Michigan
4	Texas
5	Oregon
6	Oklahoma
7	UCLA
8	Tennessee
9	USC
10	Colorado
11	Maryland
12	Missouri
13	Wake Forest
14	Notre Dame
15	UTSA
16	Duke
17	Minnesota
18	Illinois
19	Baylor
20	Florida
21	Arizona
22	Virginia
23	West Virginia
24	Texas Tech
25	Oklahoma State