College Football Champion Index Week 10

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In the 10th week of this young ranking system, the CFCI includes 23 of the 25 BCS Top 25 in the CFCI Top 25. As always, the College Football Champion Index™ applies the same mathematical standard to each NCAA Division I college football team without regard to conference affiliation or strength of schedule. As compared to the BCS Computer Polls, the CFCI’s inclusion of 23 of the BCS Top 25 equals or exceeds four of the six BCS Computer Polls in the number of ranked BCS Top 25 Teams. Only Anderson & Hester and Colley Matrix computer polls managed to include 24 of the BCS Top 25 teams in their rankings as did both the USA Today Coaches’ Poll and the Harris Poll.

The Coaches, Harris voters, and three BCS Computer Systems agree with the CFCI that LSU is the top-ranked team this week. Three of the computers have Oklahoma State as the top team in the country while the College Football Champion Index ranks the Cowboys at No. 5 as the last of the no-loss teams in terms of BCS Champion-style Performance. Stanford’s all-around performance against Oregon State finds the Cardinals taking advantage of Boise State’s lesser Performance Rating to leap over BSU and take the No. 2 spot in the CFCI. The Houston Cougars’ offense and lack of losses keep them highly-rated at the No. 4 spot, but their No. 28 Performance Ranking indicates that if the Cougars slip-up and lose a game, then they’ll likely fall from the Top 10.

Even with the harshness of the CFCI, Alabama drops only to No. 6 and owns the second highest performance score. Despite a lackluster, maybe even pitiful, 14-10 win over unranked Duke, Virginia Tech had enough in reserve and a good defensive effort to increase one spot to No. 7 in the Elimination Rank despite losing positions in Performance Rankings. At No. 8, the Cincinnati Bearcats continue to win but lost four Performance Rank positions and one Elimination Rank position with a marginal offensive performance and just-getting-by defensive performance in its 26-23 win over Pitt. The Bearcats face criticism and a little tougher opponent in West Virginia next week. With a 34-17 win over Washington State, the Oregon Ducks sailed up the CFCI 8 spots in their Performance Rank to No. 10 and improved their Elimination Rank from No. 11 to No. 9. The Oklahoma Sooners round out the CFCI Top 10 off of a 41-25 win over Texas A&M which plummeted 10 spots from 39th to 49th with the loss despite improving their performance position by an equal 10 places. The Aggies are proof that all stats are trumped by the ultimate one.

The Arkansas Razorbacks with their win improve the second most of any CFCI Top 25 team and come in at No. 14. More than anything the defensive performance including sacks helped to shore up some of Arkansas’ lagging numbers. With a healthy Jake Beckett and potential return of Tenarius Wright looming, if the Hogs can manage one or two lock-down defensive performances, they’ll improve their lot in the CFCI.

The reason why Hugh Freeze at Arkansas State is being mentioned in the conversation to replace the Nutt-who-must-not-be-named at Ole Piss is demonstrated well by the Red Wolves’ No. 19 ranking in the College Football Champion Index. All-around good performances for the season and only two losses place Arkansas State on solid ground.

College Football Champion Index™ Week 10

PR Change	PI Change	Wk. 9 PR	Wk. 9 PI	PR	Performance	CFCI Week 10	Elimination	ER	Wk. 9 EI	Wk. 9 ER	EI Change	ER Change
1	0.006	2	0.947	1	0.953	LSU	0.953	1	0.947	2	0.006	1
4	0.049	7	0.882	3	0.931	Stanford	0.931	2	0.882	4	0.049	2
-4	-0.010	3	0.903	7	0.893	Boise St.	0.893	3	0.903	3	-0.010	0
6	0.028	28	0.816	22	0.844	Houston	0.844	4	0.816	5	0.028	1
5	0.021	33	0.807	28	0.827	Okla. St.	0.827	5	0.807	6	0.021	1
-1	-0.020	1	0.968	2	0.948	Alabama	0.632	6	0.968	1	-0.336	-5
3	0.034	8	0.882	5	0.916	Va. Tech	0.611	7	0.588	8	0.023	1
-4	-0.009	5	0.896	9	0.887	Cincinnati	0.591	8	0.597	7	-0.006	-1
8	0.041	18	0.841	10	0.883	Oregon	0.588	9	0.561	11	0.028	2
9	0.037	20	0.840	11	0.878	Oklahoma	0.585	10	0.560	13	0.025	3
8	0.036	21	0.832	13	0.868	So. Miss.	0.579	11	0.555	14	0.024	3
-6	-0.009	11	0.865	17	0.856	Penn St.	0.571	12	0.577	9	-0.006	-3
1	0.005	34	0.806	33	0.812	Clemson	0.541	13	0.537	16	0.004	3
5	0.010	53	0.768	48	0.779	Arkansas	0.519	14	0.512	18	0.007	4
12	0.067	16	0.857	4	0.924	Wisconsin	0.462	15	0.428	22	0.034	7
1	0.010	9	0.876	8	0.887	Georgia	0.443	16	0.438	19	0.005	3
11	0.042	25	0.819	14	0.861	TCU	0.431	17	0.410	25	0.021	8
12	0.045	27	0.816	15	0.861	Texas	0.431	18	0.408	26	0.022	8
-5	-0.011	14	0.861	19	0.850	Ark. St.	0.425	19	0.431	21	-0.006	2
-5	-0.009	15	0.858	20	0.849	Michigan	0.425	20	0.572	10	-0.147	-10
-13	-0.024	10	0.867	23	0.843	Mich. St.	0.421	21	0.434	20	-0.012	-1
-5	-0.009	19	0.841	24	0.832	So. Carolina	0.416	22	0.561	12	-0.144	-10
-1	0.011	24	0.820	25	0.831	Ga. Tech	0.415	23	0.410	24	0.005	1
8	0.026	43	0.779	35	0.805	Nebraska	0.402	24	0.519	17	-0.117	-7
-12	-0.018	31	0.808	43	0.791	Kansas St.	0.395	25	0.539	15	-0.144	-10
-5	-0.004	55	0.767	60	0.763	La.-Lafayette	0.382	26	0.384	27	-0.002	1
-6	-0.012	6	0.885	12	0.873	Illinois	0.349	27	0.354	30	-0.005	3
-4	-0.002	17	0.846	21	0.844	Ohio	0.338	28	0.338	34	-0.001	6
-17	-0.038	12	0.864	29	0.827	Florida St.	0.331	29	0.346	33	-0.015	4
-9	-0.006	23	0.823	32	0.817	Ariz. St.	0.327	30	0.411	23	-0.085	-7
3	0.011	39	0.792	36	0.803	Nevada	0.321	31	0.317	41	0.004	10
16	0.034	54	0.768	38	0.802	San Diego St.	0.321	32	0.307	49	0.014	17
10	0.022	49	0.775	39	0.797	Northern Ill.	0.319	33	0.310	46	0.009	13
-5	-0.008	35	0.803	40	0.795	Ohio St.	0.318	34	0.321	38	-0.003	4
11	0.025	52	0.769	41	0.795	Notre Dame	0.318	35	0.308	48	0.010	13
-3	0.002	41	0.785	44	0.787	Iowa	0.315	36	0.314	42	0.001	6
40	0.077	85	0.703	45	0.781	West Va.	0.312	37	0.352	32	-0.039	-5
15	0.024	61	0.756	46	0.780	Virginia	0.312	38	0.302	51	0.010	13
-8	-0.004	44	0.778	52	0.774	Baylor	0.310	39	0.311	43	-0.002	4
-22	-0.034	32	0.807	54	0.773	BYU	0.309	40	0.323	37	-0.014	-3
15	0.034	71	0.739	56	0.772	Tulsa	0.309	41	0.295	54	0.013	13
-12	-0.006	46	0.776	58	0.770	Rutgers	0.308	42	0.310	44	-0.003	2
12	0.029	73	0.730	61	0.759	Washington	0.304	43	0.365	28	-0.062	-15
-2	-0.001	4	0.902	6	0.901	Temple	0.300	44	0.361	29	-0.060	-15
11	0.029	79	0.714	68	0.743	SMU	0.297	45	0.286	57	0.012	12
10	0.033	81	0.706	71	0.739	Wyoming	0.296	46	0.353	31	-0.057	-15
-14	-0.034	59	0.763	73	0.729	Auburn	0.291	47	0.305	50	-0.014	3
8	0.034	26	0.819	18	0.853	South Fla.	0.284	48	0.328	35	-0.043	-13
10	0.028	36	0.801	26	0.829	Texas A&M	0.276	49	0.320	39	-0.044	-10
8	0.028	38	0.794	30	0.821	Toledo	0.274	50	0.317	40	-0.044	-10
-2	0.004	29	0.815	31	0.819	MS St.	0.273	51	0.272	60	0.001	9
-2	0.008	40	0.786	42	0.793	LA Tech	0.264	52	0.262	62	0.003	10
-19	-0.035	30	0.812	49	0.777	FIU	0.259	53	0.325	36	-0.066	-17
-28	-0.048	22	0.824	50	0.776	Louisville	0.259	54	0.275	59	-0.016	5
7	0.012	58	0.764	51	0.776	Miami (FL)	0.259	55	0.255	65	0.004	10
-5	-0.001	48	0.775	53	0.774	North Carolina	0.258	56	0.310	45	-0.052	-11
-5	0.001	50	0.772	55	0.772	California	0.257	57	0.257	63	0.000	6
-6	0.001	51	0.770	57	0.771	Hawaii	0.257	58	0.308	47	-0.051	-11
4	0.020	63	0.750	59	0.770	Utah	0.257	59	0.250	68	0.007	9
-2	-0.004	60	0.760	62	0.756	Air Force	0.252	60	0.253	66	-0.001	6
4	0.008	67	0.748	63	0.755	Syracuse	0.252	61	0.299	52	-0.047	-9
3	0.008	68	0.742	65	0.750	N. Car. St.	0.250	62	0.247	70	0.003	8
-9	-0.016	57	0.764	66	0.748	Florida	0.249	63	0.255	64	-0.005	1
27	0.052	94	0.692	67	0.743	West. Mich	0.248	64	0.231	77	0.017	13
7	0.027	76	0.715	69	0.742	Texas Tech	0.247	65	0.286	56	-0.039	-9
-3	-0.007	13	0.864	16	0.857	UCF	0.245	66	0.288	55	-0.043	-11
18	0.034	92	0.692	74	0.726	Western Ky.	0.242	67	0.231	76	0.011	9
-7	-0.025	69	0.742	76	0.717	E. Michigan	0.239	68	0.297	53	-0.058	-15
15	0.044	42	0.784	27	0.828	Utah St.	0.236	69	0.224	79	0.012	10
14	0.020	97	0.687	83	0.708	Wake Forest	0.236	70	0.275	58	-0.039	-12
16	0.020	103	0.675	87	0.694	UCLA	0.231	71	0.225	78	0.007	7
3	-0.002	91	0.694	88	0.692	Iowa St.	0.231	72	0.231	75	-0.001	3
0	0.004	37	0.799	37	0.803	Missouri	0.229	73	0.266	61	-0.037	-12
9	0.013	56	0.766	47	0.779	Northwestern	0.223	74	0.219	81	0.004	7
-24	-0.059	75	0.724	99	0.665	Ball St.	0.222	75	0.241	71	-0.020	-4
2	0.003	66	0.749	64	0.752	Pittsburgh	0.215	76	0.250	69	-0.035	-7
-25	-0.037	45	0.777	70	0.739	Connecticut	0.211	77	0.222	80	-0.011	3
20	0.026	95	0.691	75	0.717	Tennessee	0.205	78	0.197	90	0.008	12
7	0.013	84	0.704	77	0.717	Vanderbilt	0.205	79	0.235	73	-0.030	-6
-17	-0.037	62	0.751	79	0.714	Purdue	0.204	80	0.250	67	-0.046	-13
-16	-0.038	65	0.749	81	0.711	Bowling Green	0.203	81	0.214	82	-0.011	1
5	0.011	87	0.699	82	0.710	Miami (OH)	0.203	82	0.200	89	0.003	7
5	0.003	90	0.694	85	0.697	UTEP	0.199	83	0.231	74	-0.032	-9
-9	-0.020	77	0.715	86	0.696	Marshall	0.199	84	0.204	85	-0.006	1
-15	-0.034	74	0.725	89	0.691	Colo. St.	0.198	85	0.207	84	-0.010	-1
-16	-0.029	78	0.715	94	0.686	E. Carolina	0.196	86	0.238	72	-0.042	-14
2	-0.021	107	0.658	105	0.637	Kentucky	0.182	87	0.188	93	-0.006	6
11	0.021	89	0.695	78	0.716	Navy	0.179	88	0.174	99	0.005	11
-10	-0.028	70	0.741	80	0.713	Middle Tenn.	0.178	89	0.212	83	-0.033	-6
17	0.023	101	0.676	84	0.699	Wash. St.	0.175	90	0.193	91	-0.018	1
15	0.024	105	0.666	90	0.690	Rice	0.173	91	0.167	105	0.006	14
14	0.021	106	0.665	92	0.686	Army	0.171	92	0.190	92	-0.019	0
-13	-0.027	80	0.713	93	0.686	New Mexico St.	0.171	93	0.204	86	-0.032	-7
-14	-0.024	82	0.705	96	0.681	Fresno St.	0.170	94	0.201	87	-0.031	-7
-9	-0.020	88	0.697	97	0.677	North Texas	0.169	95	0.174	98	-0.005	3
-18	-0.053	83	0.705	101	0.652	Duke	0.163	96	0.201	88	-0.038	-8
-8	-0.016	64	0.749	72	0.733	La.-Monroe	0.163	97	0.187	94	-0.024	-3
8	0.009	115	0.622	107	0.631	San Jose St.	0.158	98	0.178	97	-0.020	-1
-3	-0.030	108	0.651	111	0.622	Kent St.	0.155	99	0.163	106	-0.007	7
-19	-0.042	72	0.732	91	0.690	Maryland	0.153	100	0.183	95	-0.030	-5
1	-0.009	114	0.622	113	0.613	Troy	0.153	101	0.178	96	-0.025	-5
3	0.000	118	0.596	115	0.596	UNLV	0.149	102	0.170	103	-0.021	1
-2	-0.024	98	0.686	100	0.662	Arizona	0.147	103	0.172	101	-0.024	-2
0	-0.028	102	0.676	102	0.648	Oregon St.	0.144	104	0.169	104	-0.025	0
-4	-0.043	99	0.686	103	0.642	Central Mich.	0.143	105	0.171	102	-0.029	-3
-18	-0.060	86	0.700	104	0.640	Buffalo	0.142	106	0.156	110	-0.013	4
3	-0.013	109	0.650	106	0.637	Kansas	0.141	107	0.162	107	-0.021	0
-12	-0.062	96	0.689	108	0.628	Boston Col.	0.139	108	0.172	100	-0.033	-8
1	-0.017	110	0.644	109	0.627	Ole Miss	0.139	109	0.161	108	-0.022	-1
0	-0.025	112	0.641	112	0.616	Idaho	0.137	110	0.142	113	-0.006	3
-1	-0.016	113	0.623	114	0.607	Minnesota	0.135	111	0.156	109	-0.021	-2
6	-0.007	104	0.674	98	0.668	Tulane	0.134	112	0.150	111	-0.016	-1
-1	-0.043	116	0.606	117	0.563	Memphis	0.125	113	0.135	116	-0.009	3
-2	-0.011	93	0.692	95	0.681	Indiana	0.124	114	0.138	114	-0.015	0
-5	-0.076	111	0.643	116	0.567	Akron	0.113	115	0.143	112	-0.029	-3
-10	-0.054	100	0.676	110	0.622	Colorado	0.113	116	0.135	115	-0.022	-1
1	-0.029	119	0.583	118	0.554	UAB	0.111	117	0.130	118	-0.019	1
-2	-0.057	117	0.597	119	0.541	Fla. Atlantic	0.108	118	0.133	117	-0.025	-1
0	-0.051	120	0.576	120	0.525	New Mexico	0.095	119	0.115	119	-0.020	0
13	0.032	47	0.776	34	0.808	USC	0.000	120	0.000	120	0.000	0