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Rutgers's Victory Ensures That the Rest of the Regular Season Will Be Extraordinary
  • Louisville, sailing along with a 25-7 lead (and the ball), with the inside track for the second spot in the national championship game, and with no remaining games vs. current-top-40 teams, loses 28-25, ensuring that the national championship matchup will remain in doubt into December
  • The Louisville player who jumped offsides on the winning field goal attempt didn't help the Cardinals, but he helped a lot of other teams that are trying to get to Arizona
  • Seven teams are realistically in the running for a national championship berth:  Michigan and Ohio St. (at least one of which will clearly make it), Rutgers (yes, Rutgers), Florida, USC, Notre Dame (yes, the Irish are still in the running), and Arkansas
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Computer Rankings, as of November 12 
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•Final 2005-06 Rankings
 
    Rating  W  L Sched.
Strength*		 Sched. 
Rank*		 vs. Current
Top-10		 vs. Current
#11-25		 Other 
Losses
1. 
2. 
3. 
4. 
5. 
6. 
7. 
8. 
9. 
10.
Michigan
Ohio State
Rutgers
Florida
USC
Notre Dame
Louisville
Arkansas
Wisconsin
West Virginia
.833
.817
.815
.798
.787
.786
.781
.767
.757
.753
11
11
9
9
8
9
8
9
10
8
0
0
0
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
.555
.527
.524
.581
.573
.564
.564
.537
.515
.526
*to date
27
41
44
11
15
19
18
33
49
43
2-0
0-0
1-0
0-0
1-0
0-1
1-1
0-1
0-1
0-1
0-0
1-0
0-0
2-1
2-0
1-0
0-0
2-0
0-0
1-0
0
0
0
0
1
0
0
0
0
0
Rank Team  Rating W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched. 
Rank		   Conference
Rankings		 Rating W*  L* Sched.
Strength*
11. 
12. 
13. 
14. 
15. 
16. 
17. 
18. 
19. 
20. 
21. 
22. 
23. 
24. 
25.
Boise State
California
Auburn
LSU
Wake Forest
Texas
Oklahoma
Tennessee
Georgia Tech
Maryland
Boston College
Oregon
Virginia Tech
Nebraska
Clemson
.751
.742
.739
.739
.718
.709
.708
.704
.699
.676
.676
.673
.668
.665
.663
10
8
9
8
9
9
8
7
8
8
8
7
8
8
8
0
2
2
2
1
2
2
3
2
2
2
3
2
3
3
.429
.575
.559
.571
.472
.521
.533
.593
.522
.496
.495
.558
.486
.531
.530
98
13
23
16
75
46
36
5
45
64
65
25
69
38
39
  Pac-10
Big East
Southeastern
Big Ten
Atlantic Coast
Big 12
Conference USA
WAC
Mountain West
Mid-American
Sun Belt
*non-conference play
.631
.619
.612
.570
.536
.525
.435
.432
.419
.381
.362
20
32
35
32
28
33
19
17
16
14
10
9
8
7
11
15
15
28
19
20
32
28
.519
.434
.403
.420
.444
.412
.492
.448
.452
.498
.504
Rank Team  Rating W L Sched. 
Strength		 Sched. 
Rank		   Rank Team Rating  W L Sched.
Strength		 Sched.
Rank
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
31.
32.
33.
34.
35.
36.
37.
38.
39.
40.
41.
42.
43.
44.
45.
46.
47.
48.
49.
50.
51.
52.
53.
54.
55.
56.
57.
58.
59.
60.
61.
62.
63.
64.
65.
66.
67.
68.
69.
70.
71.
72.
Oregon State
BYU
Kentucky
Penn State
Missouri
Washington State
Texas A&M
Georgia
Arizona State
Navy
UCLA
Arizona
TCU
Hawaii
South Carolina
Kansas State
South Florida
Central Michigan
Purdue
Houston
Oklahoma State
Iowa
Tulsa
Alabama
Mid. Tenn. St.
Pittsburgh
Minnesota
Cincinnati
Ohio
Southern Miss
Indiana
Florida State
Texas Tech
Connecticut
Nevada
Washington
East Carolina
Western Michigan
San Jose State
Miami, Fla.
Michigan State
Utah
Rice
Air Force
Vanderbilt
Troy
Kansas
.644
.638
.638
.634
.633
.632
.627
.615
.608
.600
.593
.591
.589
.586
.585
.584
.582
.579
.578
.568
.563
.560
.558
.554
.551
.548
.547
.543
.541
.530
.528
.528
.527
.526
.524
.520
.506
.503
.503
.498
.483
.478
.476
.476
.471
.455
.449
6
8
6
7
7
6
8
7
6
7
5
5
7
8
5
7
7
7
7
8
6
6
7
6
7
6
5
5
7
6
5
5
6
4
7
4
6
7
6
5
4
6
5
4
4
5
5

4
2
4
4
3
5
3
4
4
3
5
5
2
2
5
4
3
3
4
3
4
5
3
5
3
4
6
5
3
4
6
5
5
5
3
7
4
3
3
5
7
4
5
5
7
4
5
.587
.454
.580
.555
.514
.606
.490
.535
.549
.479
.593
.591
.418
.400
.585
.502
.460
.457
.496
.429
.503
.533
.436
.526
.429
.487
.574
.543
.419
.469
.556
.528
.500
.559
.403
.601
.446
.382
.402
.498
.565
.419
.476
.509
.553
.422
.449
9
84
12
28
50
3
67
35
31
70
6
7
107
115
10
58
80
83
63
100
57
37
94
42
99
68
14
32
105
76
26
40
59
24
112
4
88
119
113
61
17
106
73
54
29
103
87
  73.
74.
75.
76.
77.
78.
79.
80.
81.
82.
83.
84.
85.
86.
87.
88.
89.
90.
91.
92.
93.
94.
95.
96.
97.
98.
99.
100.
101.
102.
103.
104.
105.
106.
107.
108.
109.
110.
111.
112.
113.
114.
115.
116.
117.
118.
119.
Wyoming
Virginia
Syracuse
Mississippi
Mississippi State
N.C. State
Baylor
UTEP
Idaho
New Mexico
Akron
LA Lafayette
Northern Illinois
SMU
Kent State
Illinois
Arkansas State
Marshall
Northwestern
Bowling Green
Louisiana Tech
Tulane
Stanford
Colorado State
Central Florida
Iowa State
Fresno State
North Carolina
Toledo
Florida Atlantic
Army
UAB
North Texas
Ball State
Colorado
San Diego State
LA Monroe
Utah State
New Mexico State
Temple
Buffalo
Eastern Michigan
Duke
UNLV
Memphis
Miami, Ohio
Fla. International
.447
.443
.441
.439
.438
.431
.431
.421
.417
.416
.413
.409
.402
.399
.393
.390
.388
.383
.382
.380
.380
.377
.372
.359
.359
.358
.351
.351
.348
.347
.342
.341
.320
.316
.316
.301
.274
.268
.267
.264
.260
.224
.224
.222
.218
.208
.178
5
4
3
3
3
3
4
5
4
5
5
4
5
5
5
2
5
4
3
4
3
3
1
4
3
3
2
1
4
3
3
3
3
3
2
2
2
1
2
1
2
1
0
1
1
1
0
6
6
7
7
7
7
7
5
6
5
5
5
5
5
5
9
5
6
8
6
7
7
9
6
7
8
7
9
6
7
7
7
7
7
9
7
7
9
8
10
8
9
10
9
9
9
9
.475
.504
.563
.561
.560
.553
.513
.421
.477
.416
.413
.442
.402
.399
.393
.588
.388
.442
.520
.438
.500
.497
.627
.416
.477
.494
.520
.606
.404
.464
.459
.458
.434
.430
.508
.462
.430
.510
.436
.513
.428
.451
.536
.449
.442
.428
.465
74
56
20
21
22
30
52
104
72
109
110
91
114
116
117
8
118
90
47
92
60
62
1
108
71
66
48
2
111
78
81
82
95
96
55
79
97
53
93
51
102
85
34
86
89
101
77
*These rankings have benefited from some minor improvements from year-to-year, but their basic formula has remained unaltered throughout the duration of their involvement with the BCS.
 
The Anderson & Hester Rankings are distinct in four ways: 

1. These rankings do not reward teams for running up scores.  Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game.  Margin of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered. 

2. Unlike the A.P. and coaches' polls, these rankings do not prejudge teams.  These rankings first appear after the season's fifth week, and each team's ranking reflects its actual accomplishments on the field, not its perceived potential. 

3. These rankings compute the most accurate strength of schedule ratings.  Each team's opponents and opponents' opponents are judged not only by their won-lost records but also, uniquely, by their conferences' strength (see #4). 

4. These rankings provide the most accurate conference ratings.  Each conference is rated according to its non-conference won-lost record and the difficulty of its non-conference schedule. 

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