Alabama may gain top spot following aftermath of Penn State-Ohio State matchup
As the college football season reached its midway point and beyond, Sports Talk From Top To Bottom is taking a look at who the nation’s Top 25 football teams are. We are using GamePlan Magazines power ranking system to come up with our Top 25. In some cases, a team’s opponent was not included in GamePlan’s power ranking system so we gave those programs a 110 power ranking each week in order to calculate the power ranking of those programs that are included in these rankings.
Feel free to throw your thoughts in on these rankings. A team’s power ranking is a season-long accumulation of points, so these rankings may change dramatically from week to week. On the line next to each school is that school’s overall record, it’s scoring differential and the school’s power ranking. In order to be considered for the Top 25 a school had to acquire a power ranking of 120 or above. Those schools that did earn at least a 120 power ranking, but did not score high enough to gain a spot in the Top 25, are included in the ‘Other Contenders’ portion of our rankings.
Enjoy!
Top 25
1. Ohio State 6-1 331-108 144
2. Alabama 8-0 344-78 142
3. Penn State 7-0 280-67 140
4. Georgia 7-0 263-88 139
5. Notre Dame 6-1 289-115 136
6. Texas Christian 7-0 291-104 135
7. Auburn 6-2 290-125 135
8. Wisconsin 7-0 256-93 134
9. Virginia Tech 6-1 259-89 134
10. Oklahoma State 6-1 306-156 133
11. Washington 6-1 265-74 133
12. Clemson 6-1 234-95 132
13. Washington State 7-1 269-148 132
14. Miami (Fla.) 6-0 200-112 131
15. Stanford 5-2 267-154 131
16. Oklahoma 6-1 294-175 130
17. Central Florida 6-0 284-105 130
18. Georgia Tech 4-2 208-125 129
19. North Carolina State 6-1 248-159 128
20. Louisiana State 6-2 219-160 128
21. Iowa State 5-2 245-143 128
22. Mississippi State 5-2 236-125 128
23. South Florida 7-0 291-131 127
24. West Virginia 5-2 303-203 126
25. Texas 3-4 212-161 126
Other Contenders: Southern Cal 6-2 124, Texas A&M 5-2 124, Florida 3-3 124, Kansas State 3-4 124, Michigan State 6-1 123, Michigan 5-2 123, Arizona State 4-3 123, Syracuse 4-4 123, Florida State 2-4 123, South Carolina 5-2 122, Arizona 5-2 122, Boise State 5-2 122, Wake Forest 4-3 122, Northwestern 4-3 122, Toledo 6-1 121, Iowa 4-3 121, Louisville 5-3 121, Colorado State 6-2 120, Texas Tech 4-3 120, Indiana 3-4 120, Utah 4-3 120, UCLA 4-3 120.
