Six previous unbeatens are unbeaten no more. Now the National Championship race is pretty damn clear:
Controls own destiny: Oklahoma*, Miami-FL*, Virginia Tech*
Need help (eliminated on next loss): Northern Illinois*, TCU*, Georgia, Florida State, Iowa, Minnesota, Washington State, Nebraska, Michigan State, Wisconsin, Purdue, Ohio State, Arkansas, Texas Tech, Louisiana State, Oregon State, Southern California, Missouri, Oklahoma State
Kiss goodbye: Texas, Tennessee
Crawled back in: Texas Tech, Missouri, Oklahoma State
Computer Rankings (version fc1 and assuming the Fresno State-Hawaii game has little effect):
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Rank School W L Rating Last L.Rate Rate Change
1 Oklahoma 6 0 66.64 1 55.61 +11.03
2 Miami-Florida 6 0 53.21 10 39.18 +14.03
3 Georgia 5 1 51.91 11 37.73 +14.18
4 Virginia Tech 5 0 49.20 7 43.52 +5.68
5 Florida St 5 1 44.60 3 48.17 -3.57
6 So. California 5 1 43.20 15 33.18 +10.02
7 Iowa 5 1 40.77 9 39.47 +1.30
8 Minnesota 6 1 38.51 5 47.84 -9.33
9 No. Illinois 5 0 37.44 16 32.70 +4.74
10 Washington St 5 1 36.69 8 39.49 -2.80
11 Nebraska 5 1 35.99 2 50.35 -14.36
12 Michigan St 6 1 35.48 14 33.94 +1.54
13 Air Force 5 1 35.23 28 24.23 +11.00
14 Michigan 5 2 35.05 24 25.48 +9.57
15 Ohio State 5 1 34.74 6 45.21 -10.47
16 Wisconsin 6 1 34.16 29 23.84 +10.32
17 Arkansas 4 1 34.10 4 48.13 -14.03
18 Miami-Ohio 5 1 33.86 13 34.09 -0.23
19 Texas Christian 6 0 33.41 18 28.77 +4.64
20 Purdue 5 1 31.27 23 25.64 +5.63
Full list at
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