One-loss Buckeyes are nation's top team

As the college football season reached its midway point, 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 a 120 power ranking, but did not score high enough t gain a spot in the Top 25, are included in the ‘Other Contenders’ portion of our rankings.

Enjoy!

1. Ohio State 6-1 331-108 144

2. Alabama 7-0 299-71 140

3. Georgia 7-0 263-88 139

4. Penn State 6-0 238-54 136

5. Texas Christian 6-0 248-104 134

6. Oklahoma State 5-1 293-146 134

7. Wisconsin 6-0 218-80 133

8. Washington 6-1 265-74 133

9. Auburn 5-2 238-105 133

10. Clemson 6-1 234-95 132

11. Notre Dame 5-1 240-101 132

12. Miami (Fla.) 5-0 173-93 131

13. Stanford 5-2 267-154 131

14. Oklahoma 5-1 252-140 130

15. Virginia Tech 5-1 200-82 130

16. South Florida 6-0 257-103 130

17. Central Florida 5-0 253-84 130

18. Washington State 6-1 241-148 129

19. West Virginia 4-2 265-167 129

20. Southern Cal 6-1 241-166 128

21. North Carolina State 6-1 248-159 128

22. Michigan 5-1 163-88 127

23. Louisiana State 5-2 179-136 127

24. Georgia Tech 3-2 170-101 127

25. Iowa State 4-2 214-130 126

Other Contenders: Texas 3-3 125, Texas A&M 5-2 124, Utah 4-2 124, Mississippi State 4-2 124, Florida 3-3 124, Florida State 2-3 124, Wake Forest 4-2 124, Kansas State 3-3 124, Syracuse 4-3 123, Michigan State 5-1 122, South Carolina 5-2 122, Boise State 4-2 122, Texas Tech 4-2 122, Iowa 4-2 122, Arizona 4-2 122, Purdue 3-3 121, Indiana 3-3 121, Northwestern 3-3 121, San Diego State 6-1 120, Colorado State 5-2 120, Louisville 4-3 120.