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MRI Football 2005: Week 6 - The Top of the Pack Separates

October 31, 2005  |  By Benjamin Miraski

With about a month left in the season, the top teams have begun to separate themselves from the pack. There is still room for a major upset to cause some heartache among fans across the country, but the title race is coming down to a short list. Texas still heads the pack this week despite struggling for much of the game against Oklahoma State. Virginia Tech's big win against ACC foe Boston College on Thursday night catapulted them closer to retaking the #1 position. USC moves back into number three after clobbering a Washington State team which has yet to win in the conference. Penn State drops to #4 despite the win at Purdue thanks to their softening schedule. Alabama remains strong at #5 after a crushing win out of conference against Utah State. Check out all the rankings in Week 6 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Texas
8-0
115.46
1
2
Virginia Tech
8-0
112.02
2
3
USC
8-0
99.44
4
4
Penn State
8-1
97.05
3
5
Alabama
8-0
91.40
5
6
Ohio State
6-2
75.44
8
7
Georgia
7-1
73.72
6
8
Miami
6-1
73.49
10
9
Florida
6-2
73.41
7
10
Texas Tech
7-1
72.04
11
11
Auburn
6-2
71.19
13
12
Minnesota
5-3
66.32
9
13
TCU
8-1
64.89
12
14
Louisville
5-2
61.83
15
15
Florida State
7-1
61.79
17
16
LSU
6-1
60.62
NR(27)
17
UCLA
8-0
60.33
16
18
Michigan
6-3
58.55
23
19
Boston College
6-2
57.15
14
20
Colorado
6-2
56.34
NR(26)
21
Toledo
6-2
55.93
18
22
Oregon
7-1
55.92
19
23
Fresno State
6-1
55.62
21
24
Notre Dame
5-2
55.37
20
25
Michigan State
5-3
54.77
NR(31)

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Missouri (LW #22, TW #34), Wisconsin (LW #24, TW #27), West Virginia (LW #25, TW #28)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
29
Georgia Tech
5-2
51.33
29
32
Northwestern
5-3
46.73
28
35
Miami(Ohio)
5-3
42.60
44
42
Clemson
4-4
38.36
38
44
Iowa
5-3
37.92
48
46
Tennessee
3-4
36.15
42
48
Maryland
4-4
35.95
39
51
Texas A&M
5-3
31.55
33
53
Northern Illinois
4-4
31.38
40
54
Nebraska
5-3
31.30
45
57
Pittsburgh
4-4
28.61
61
66
Washington State
3-5
23.76
53
71
Vanderbilt
4-4
19.97
73
81
Indiana
4-4
13.29
70
83
Purdue
2-6
10.72
85
105
Illinois
2-6
-15.19
106
114
Duke
1-8
-31.98
109

Last Place this week: Temple (0-9) at -54.65. 2nd week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Virginia Tech gained 13.67 points. (Beat Boston College)
Biggest Loss this week: Texas A&M lost 13.79 points. (Lost to Iowa State)

Conference rankings this week: Big Ten, Big 12, ACC, SEC, PAC-10, Big East, Mountain West, C-USA, MAC, WAC, SunBelt

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Posted October 31, 2005 12:30 PM