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2022 TipTop 25
Week Eleven
Welcome
back to the college football ranking system that began with a preseason top 25
that
was based solely on picking teams at random out of a hat, as shown
above. You can see that Arkansas was selected first, thereby
securing our
preseason #1 slot. Sadly for the Razorbacks, they were unimpressive
enough
in their opener that they fell out of the top slot immediately, and by
now they have fallen all the way out of the TipTop 25.
As the games are played, I will be ranking teams
completely
blind to their histories and "name" value, so that they are ranked
entirely based on what they do this season and, for the first half of
the season
at least, on
where they were ranked in the preseason (as well as where their
opponents
were ranked in the preseason). Eventually, where teams were
ranked in the preseason should have little or no impact on their
current rankings.
All unranked FBS teams are treated the same here, but
this ranking assumes that all FCS teams are at a lower power level, and
therefore it
is unacceptable for a ranked FBS team to struggle with an FCS team, let
alone lose. Similarly, beating an FCS team, regardless of how
"impressive" the score, means nothing and is treated the same as though
the winner did not play a game at all.
Oklahoma had initially replaced Arkansas at #1, but Ohio State took
over the top slot after Oklahoma lost to Kansas State
on September 24. Ohio State has been very impressive, winning every
game by more than a touchdown, but 3 weeks ago Clemson passed them up
anyway, because Clemson had beaten 4 ranked opponents by then, Ohio
State none. However, Ohio State returned to the top spot with a win
over a top 10 team (Penn State) the next week, and there the Buckeyes have remained ever since.
TipTop
25 After Week Eleven Games
The rankings are stabilizing, meaning that we're not seeing many big changes from the rankings we saw last week. The latest rankings:
#1 Ohio State 10-0
#2 Georgia 10-0
#3 Tennessee 9-1
#4 Michigan 10-0
#5 Texas
Christian 10-0
#6 Penn State 8-2
#7 Louisiana State 8-2
#8 Alabama 8-2
#9 Mississippi 8-2
#10 Clemson 9-1
#11 Notre Dame 7-3
#12 North Carolina 9-1
#13 Florida State 7-3
#14 Syracuse 6-4
#15 North
Carolina State 7-3
#16 Wake Forest 6-4
#17 Louisville 6-4
#18 Pittsburgh 6-4
#19 Florida 6-4
#20 Kentucky 6-4
#21 Mississippi
State 6-4
#22 Oregon 8-2
#23 UCLA 8-2
#24 Utah 8-2
#25 Washington 8-2
Notes
on Changes to This Week's TipTop 25
Florida State's
big 38-3 smackdown of Syracuse moves the Seminoles ahead of the Orange,
as well as North Carolina State, who was upset by unranked Boston
College this week. In this position, FSU now has 2 upset losses (to
Wake Forest and NC State), and that enables Louisiana State, who has
previously lost to Florida State and has thus been trapped behind them,
to move up past FSU (the 1 head-to-head result being outweighed by
FSU's 2 upset losses). Following on LSU's coat tails are Alabama and
Mississippi, who have each lost to LSU and who have taken no upset
losses. We'll move all 3 teams ahead of Clemson, who has an upset loss
to Notre Dame, and who was not ranked in the preseason top 50 (LSU was
#28 and Mississippi #23).
Kentucky was upset by unranked Vanderbilt this week, and it was their
2nd upset loss, having previously lost to unranked South Carolina, so
they drop behind Florida, despite having beaten Florida. Dropping with
Kentucky is Mississippi State, who has previously lost to Kentucky.
Mississippi State remains ranked ahead of a strong pack of PAC 12 teams
because they were rated #10 in the preseason, while the highest
preseason ratings amongst the pack of PAC 12 teams were #13 for Oregon
State (now ranked outside the TipTop 25 at #27) and #15 for Utah (now
ranked #24).
Washington moves into the rankings thanks to a big upset win over
#22 Oregon this week. The Huskies move up past 9-1 Southern Cal (now
ranked outside the TipTop 25 at #26) because Washington now has the
same relevant record that USC has, and Washington was ranked #30 in the preseason, while USC was not ranked in the preseason at all.
Close
to the Top 25
These teams are
next in line to be ranked:
#26 Southern Cal
#27 Oregon State
#28 Liberty
#29 Arkansas
#30 Central Florida
#31 Cincinnati
#32 Tulane
#33 East Carolina
#34 South Carolina
#35 Troy
#36 South
Alabama
#37 Kansas State