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NCAA: SRS ratings through nine weeks

Posted by Chase Stuart on Sunday, November 1, 2009

First, a big thank you to Peter R. Wolfe for making all college game scores available and to Neil for handling these duties for me last weekend. Another week, and another Texas/Florida tie on top. Behind them, Cincinnati is right on Alabama's tails for #3, thanks to the Bearcats' SRS-leading margin of victory score (Texas and Boise State rank ahead of Cincinnati in raw margin of victory, but the Bearcats rank first here thanks to winning all but one game by double digits). Oregon jumps into the top five after dethroning the Trojans; no doubt the list below won't be the only set of rankings that has Oregon ahead of Boise State, despite the Broncos' lopsided victory over the Ducks in the season opener. As for Iowa, the Hawkeyes didn't earn any style points this weekend when they entered the fourth quarter trailing by ten, at home, to Indiana, the worst team in the Big 10. But in the end, they ran their record to a FBS-best 9-0.


rk team conf Gms MOV SOS SRS record
1 Florida SEC 8.0 22.4 5.5 27.8 8-0
2 Texas B12 8.0 23.8 4.0 27.8 8-0
3 Alabama SEC 8.0 18.1 5.7 23.9 8-0
4 Cincinnati BigE 8.0 26.1 -2.3 23.8 8-0
5 Oregon P10 8.0 16.1 6.3 22.4 7-1
6 Oklahoma B12 8.0 17.1 3.8 20.9 5-3
7 TCU MWC 8.0 22.1 -2.4 19.6 8-0
8 Boise St WAC 8.0 23.0 -5.1 17.9 8-0
9 Virginia Tech ACC 8.0 8.4 9.2 17.6 5-3
10 Southern Cal P10 8.0 10.3 5.7 15.9 6-2
11 Clemson ACC 8.0 13.3 2.4 15.7 5-3
12 Penn State B10 9.0 20.1 -5.2 14.9 8-1
13 LSU SEC 8.0 12.5 2.3 14.8 7-1
14 Nebraska B12 8.0 12.1 2.3 14.4 5-3
15 Georgia Tech ACC 9.0 11.0 3.3 14.3 8-1
16 Tennessee SEC 8.0 7.9 6.3 14.2 4-4
17 Ohio State B10 9.0 16.2 -2.0 14.2 7-2
18 Pittsburgh BigE 8.0 15.3 -1.3 13.9 7-1
19 Texas Tech B12 9.0 13.2 -0.7 12.6 6-3
20 Arkansas SEC 8.0 7.8 4.8 12.5 4-4
21 California P10 8.0 11.8 0.5 12.4 6-2
22 Miami FL ACC 8.0 6.4 5.6 12.0 6-2
23 Boston College ACC 9.0 8.6 2.9 11.5 6-3
24 Oklahoma St B12 8.0 10.0 1.1 11.1 6-2
25 Mississippi SEC 8.0 11.3 -0.2 11.1 5-3
26 Houston CUSA 8.0 13.6 -3.2 10.4 7-1
27 Iowa B10 9.0 9.5 0.8 10.3 9-0
28 Auburn SEC 9.0 4.8 5.4 10.2 6-3
29 Notre Dame INDY 8.0 7.1 2.9 10.0 6-2
30 Stanford P10 8.0 8.4 1.2 9.6 5-3
31 Arizona P10 7.0 6.1 2.7 8.8 5-2
32 Fresno St WAC 8.0 12.5 -3.9 8.6 5-3
33 Georgia SEC 8.0 -2.7 11.1 8.4 4-4
34 South Florida BigE 8.0 13.1 -4.7 8.3 6-2
35 Kentucky SEC 8.0 1.1 7.2 8.3 4-4
36 Utah MWC 8.0 10.4 -2.2 8.1 7-1
37 Oregon St P10 8.0 3.9 4.2 8.1 5-3
38 Air Force MWC 9.0 12.3 -4.2 8.1 5-4
39 Wisconsin B10 8.0 6.1 1.9 8.1 6-2
40 Mississippi St SEC 9.0 2.0 5.7 7.7 4-5
41 Central Michigan MAC 9.0 13.7 -6.4 7.3 7-2
42 Kansas B12 8.0 7.4 -0.3 7.1 5-3
43 Missouri B12 8.0 5.4 1.6 7.0 5-3
44 Brigham Young MWC 8.0 8.4 -1.4 7.0 6-2
45 Arizona St P10 8.0 6.4 0.4 6.8 4-4
46 Rutgers BigE 8.0 11.6 -5.3 6.2 6-2
47 South Carolina SEC 9.0 3.1 3.1 6.2 6-3
48 Connecticut BigE 8.0 6.1 -0.3 5.8 4-4
49 Texas A&M B12 8.0 5.3 -0.1 5.2 5-3
50 UCLA P10 8.0 -3.8 8.6 4.9 3-5
51 Florida St ACC 8.0 0.7 4.2 4.8 4-4
52 West Virginia BigE 8.0 7.4 -2.8 4.6 6-2
53 Michigan St B10 9.0 4.1 0.3 4.4 4-5
54 North Carolina ACC 8.0 5.8 -1.8 3.9 5-3
55 Washington P10 8.0 -6.4 10.3 3.9 3-5
56 Troy SunB 8.0 4.9 -1.6 3.3 6-2
57 Minnesota B10 9.0 -2.2 5.5 3.3 5-4
58 Wake Forest ACC 9.0 0.4 2.0 2.4 4-5
59 Navy INDY 9.0 5.4 -3.0 2.4 6-3
60 Arkansas St SunB 7.0 3.7 -1.5 2.2 2-5
61 Kansas St B12 9.0 4.7 -2.8 1.9 5-4
62 North Carolina St ACC 8.0 3.2 -1.6 1.6 3-5
63 Southern Miss CUSA 9.0 8.7 -7.1 1.6 5-4
64 Baylor B12 8.0 -1.6 2.7 1.1 3-5
65 Michigan B10 9.0 4.1 -3.4 0.7 5-4
66 Northern Illinois MAC 8.0 9.6 -9.2 0.5 5-3
67 Iowa St B12 9.0 0.8 -0.9 -0.1 5-4
68 Purdue B10 9.0 -3.9 3.8 -0.1 3-6
69 Nevada WAC 8.0 3.9 -4.0 -0.1 5-3
70 Duke ACC 8.0 6.2 -6.6 -0.4 5-3
71 Louisiana-Monroe SunB 8.0 -1.3 0.5 -0.7 4-4
72 Tulsa CUSA 8.0 7.4 -8.4 -1.0 4-4
73 Virginia ACC 8.0 -1.7 -0.5 -2.1 3-5
74 Louisville BigE 8.0 -7.3 4.8 -2.5 3-5
75 East Carolina CUSA 8.0 5.2 -9.0 -3.8 5-3
76 SMU CUSA 8.0 -1.4 -2.5 -3.9 4-4
77 Ohio U. MAC 9.0 4.7 -8.8 -4.2 6-3
78 Middle Tennessee St SunB 8.0 1.8 -6.1 -4.3 5-3
79 Temple MAC 8.0 6.4 -10.7 -4.4 6-2
80 Bowling Green MAC 8.0 -4.3 -0.2 -4.5 3-5
81 Colorado B12 8.0 -7.0 2.5 -4.5 2-6
82 Louisiana Tech WAC 8.0 2.9 -7.7 -4.7 3-5
83 Vanderbilt SEC 9.0 -4.4 -0.4 -4.8 2-7
84 Central Florida CUSA 7.0 3.8 -9.0 -5.2 4-3
85 Idaho WAC 9.0 1.6 -7.2 -5.7 7-2
86 Illinois B10 8.0 -6.9 1.1 -5.8 2-6
87 Northwestern B10 9.0 0.1 -6.0 -5.9 5-4
88 Marshall CUSA 8.0 1.2 -7.2 -6.0 5-3
89 Indiana B10 9.0 -2.6 -4.1 -6.7 4-5
90 Syracuse BigE 8.0 -8.1 1.4 -6.8 3-5
91 UTEP CUSA 8.0 -5.9 -1.1 -7.1 3-5
92 Wyoming MWC 8.0 -3.9 -3.4 -7.3 4-4
93 Buffalo MAC 8.0 -1.9 -5.4 -7.3 3-5
94 Utah St WAC 8.0 -4.4 -3.0 -7.3 2-6
95 Kent St MAC 9.0 0.1 -7.7 -7.6 5-4
96 Colorado St MWC 9.0 -8.1 -0.2 -8.2 3-6
97 San Diego St MWC 8.0 -0.6 -7.9 -8.5 4-4
98 Florida Atlantic SunB 7.0 -6.4 -2.7 -9.2 2-5
99 Western Michigan MAC 9.0 -2.2 -7.4 -9.5 4-5
100 Florida Int'l SunB 8.0 -7.4 -2.3 -9.7 2-6
101 Alabama-Birmingham CUSA 8.0 -7.0 -2.7 -9.7 3-5
102 UNLV MWC 9.0 -7.7 -2.7 -10.4 3-6
103 Maryland ACC 8.0 -11.1 0.6 -10.6 2-6
104 Akron MAC 8.0 -9.3 -3.5 -12.7 1-7
105 San José St WAC 7.0 -16.9 4.2 -12.8 1-6
106 Washington St P10 8.0 -20.4 7.5 -12.9 1-7
107 Toledo MAC 9.0 -7.6 -5.4 -13.0 4-5
108 Hawai`i WAC 8.0 -8.9 -4.1 -13.0 2-6
109 Louisiana-Lafayette SunB 8.0 -6.1 -6.9 -13.0 4-4
110 Memphis CUSA 8.0 -9.4 -4.9 -14.3 2-6
111 North Texas SunB 8.0 -8.2 -6.3 -14.5 2-6
112 Miami OH MAC 9.0 -16.1 1.2 -15.0 1-8
113 Army INDY 8.0 -6.5 -8.5 -15.0 3-5
114 Ball St MAC 9.0 -9.4 -10.4 -19.8 1-8
115 New Mexico MWC 8.0 -18.6 -2.9 -21.6 0-8
116 Tulane CUSA 8.0 -20.3 -1.7 -22.0 2-6
117 New Mexico St WAC 9.0 -15.9 -6.4 -22.3 3-6
118 Eastern Michigan MAC 8.0 -18.8 -4.0 -22.8 0-8
119 FCSTEAM FCS 86.0 -27.0 1.5 -25.6 5-81
120 Rice CUSA 8.0 -25.9 0.2 -25.7 0-8
121 Western Kentucky SunB 8.0 -22.1 -5.3 -27.3 0-8

Why do these teams rank the way they do? Here's a detailed look at the top 8 teams in the system and Iowa.

Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Florida 62 Charleston Southern 3 1 56 -25.6 30.4
Florida 56 Troy 6 1 35.5 3.3 38.8
Florida 23 Tennessee 13 1 7 14.2 21.2
Florida 41 Kentucky 7 0 30.5 8.3 38.8
Florida 13 LSU 3 0 13 14.8 27.8
Florida 23 Arkansas 20 1 0 12.5 12.5
Florida 29 Mississippi St 19 0 13 7.7 20.7
Florida 41 Georgia 17 0.5 24 8.4 32.4
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Texas 59 Louisiana-Monroe 20 1 30 -0.7 29.3
Texas 41 Wyoming 10 0 29 -7.3 21.7
Texas 34 Texas Tech 24 1 7 12.6 19.6
Texas 64 UTEP 7 1 39 -7.1 31.9
Texas 38 Colorado 14 1 21 -4.5 16.5
Texas 16 Oklahoma 13 0.5 7 20.9 27.9
Texas 41 Missouri 7 0 30.5 7.0 37.5
Texas 41 Oklahoma St 14 0 27 11.1 38.1
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Alabama 34 Virginia Tech 24 0.5 10 17.6 27.6
Alabama 40 Florida Int'l 14 1 23 -9.7 13.3
Alabama 53 North Texas 7 1 33.5 -14.5 19.0
Alabama 35 Arkansas 7 1 24.5 12.5 37.0
Alabama 38 Kentucky 20 0 21 8.3 29.3
Alabama 22 Mississippi 3 0 22 11.1 33.1
Alabama 20 South Carolina 6 1 11 6.2 17.2
Alabama 12 Tennessee 10 1 0 14.2 14.2
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Cincinnati 47 Rutgers 15 0 29.5 6.2 35.7
Cincinnati 70 SE Missouri St 3 1 64 -25.6 38.4
Cincinnati 28 Oregon St 18 0 13 8.1 21.1
Cincinnati 28 Fresno St 20 1 7 8.6 15.6
Cincinnati 37 Miami OH 13 0 25.5 -15.0 10.5
Cincinnati 34 South Florida 17 0 20 8.3 28.3
Cincinnati 41 Louisville 10 1 26 -2.5 23.5
Cincinnati 28 Syracuse 7 0 24 -6.8 17.2
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Oregon 8 Boise St 19 0 -8 17.9 9.9
Oregon 38 Purdue 36 1 0 -0.1 -0.1
Oregon 31 Utah 24 1 7 8.1 15.1
Oregon 42 California 3 1 30 12.4 42.4
Oregon 52 Washington St 6 1 33.5 -12.9 20.6
Oregon 24 UCLA 10 0 17 4.9 21.9
Oregon 43 Washington 19 0 25.5 3.9 29.4
Oregon 47 Southern Cal 20 1 24 15.9 39.9
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Oklahoma 13 Brigham Young 14 0.5 -7 7.0 0.0
Oklahoma 64 Idaho St 0 1 61 -25.6 35.4
Oklahoma 45 Tulsa 0 1 33 -1.0 32.0
Oklahoma 20 Miami FL 21 0 0 12.0 12.0
Oklahoma 33 Baylor 7 1 23 1.1 24.1
Oklahoma 13 Texas 16 0.5 -7 27.8 20.8
Oklahoma 35 Kansas 13 0 24.5 7.1 31.6
Oklahoma 42 Kansas St 30 1 9 1.9 10.9
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
TCU 30 Virginia 14 0 19 -2.1 16.9
TCU 56 Texas St-San Marcos 21 1 32 -25.6 6.4
TCU 14 Clemson 10 0 7 15.7 22.7
TCU 39 SMU 14 1 22 -3.9 18.1
TCU 20 Air Force 17 0 7 8.1 15.1
TCU 44 Colorado St 6 1 29.5 -8.2 21.3
TCU 38 Brigham Young 7 0 29 7.0 36.0
TCU 41 UNLV 0 1 31 -10.4 20.6
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Boise St 19 Oregon 8 1 8 22.4 30.4
Boise St 48 Miami OH 0 1 34.5 -15.0 19.5
Boise St 51 Fresno St 34 0 20 8.6 28.6
Boise St 49 Bowling Green 14 0 31 -4.5 26.5
Boise St 34 UC-Davis 16 1 15 -25.6 -10.6
Boise St 28 Tulsa 21 0 10 -1.0 9.0
Boise St 54 Hawai`i 9 0 36 -13.0 23.0
Boise St 45 San José St 7 1 29.5 -12.8 16.7
Team PF Opp PA H/R VAL SOS SRS
Iowa 17 Northern Iowa 16 1 0 -25.6 -25.6
Iowa 35 Iowa St 3 0 29.5 -0.1 29.4
Iowa 27 Arizona 17 1 7 8.8 15.8
Iowa 21 Penn State 10 0 14 14.9 28.9
Iowa 24 Arkansas St 21 1 0 2.2 2.2
Iowa 30 Michigan 28 1 0 0.7 0.7
Iowa 20 Wisconsin 10 0 13 8.1 21.1
Iowa 15 Michigan St 13 0 7 4.4 11.4
Iowa 42 Indiana 24 1 15 -6.7 8.3

Conference ratings through nine weeks:

Conf Rat
SEC 11.7
B12 8.7
P10 8.0
BigE 6.7
ACC 5.9
B10 3.4
MWC -1.5
WAC -4.4
CUSA -7.2
SunB -8.1
MAC -8.7

Fact of the week: With Oregon's huge victory over USC last night, the Ducks now have the top two SRS performances against FBS teams this season. Oregon beat USC (SRS rating of 15.9) by 27 at home (+24), giving them an SRS score of 39.9 points above average for that game. But that's only the second best performance this year -- Oregon's earlier 39 point win at home (SRS-style margin of victory of 30) against Cal (+12.4) tops the list at +42.4.

Final note: Thanks to a rare Sunday night without the NFL (thanks to the World Series), college football's week nine hasn't ended yet. Marshall travels to Central Florida in what counts as a big game in Conference USA play.

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One Response to “NCAA: SRS ratings through nine weeks”

  1. Chase Stuart said:

    Biggest upset of the year? Got to be Clemson losing to Maryland, the clear worst team in the ACC. That's an SRS difference of 26.3 points, yet the Terrapins won a 3-point game at home in early October.

    Next up? The shocking loss by Houston to UTEP, which in addition to there being a 17.5 point gap in SRS, was also a 17 point loss for the Cougars.

    K-State losing to LA-LA and tOSU losing to Purdue are not far behind.

    Posted on 03-Nov-09 at 4:23 pm | Permalink

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