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MRI Football 2005: Week 4 - Survival of the Not-So-Fittest

October 17, 2005  |  By Benjamin Miraski

With the MRI leader Virginia Tech on their bye week, this seemed like the perfect time for USC to regain its #1 spot in the rankings. Against a very good Notre Dame team, the Trojans were just not up to the task. They managed to steal a win in the final moments, thanks to a timely fumble by Matt Leinart. This was not enough though for them to gain the top spot. That goes to Texas who dominated against a Colorado team on the rise. Virginia Tech only drops to #2 despite not playing. Alabama's last second field goal was enough to move them to #4 and Penn State's last second loss moves them down a spot to #5. Check out the rest of the MRI in Week 4.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Texas
6-0
104.29
2
2
Virginia Tech
6-0
90.41
1
3
USC
6-0
88.06
3
4
Alabama
6-0
82.20
5
5
Penn State
6-1
80.23
4
6
Georgia
6-0
80.21
7
7
Texas Tech
6-0
76.93
11
8
Florida
5-2
70.78
6
9
Minnesota
5-2
67.80
8
10
Auburn
5-1
65.70
10
11
Miami
5-1
64.74
9
12
Ohio State
4-2
59.97
17
13
Boston College
6-1
58.60
14
14
Michigan State
4-2
57.34
15
15
Oregon
6-1
55.31
NR(27)
16
Toledo
5-1
55.05
NR(29)
17
TCU
6-1
54.77
19
18
UCLA
6-0
54.66
20
19
Louisville
4-2
54.37
13
20
Florida State
5-1
54.36
12
21
Michigan
4-3
53.29
22
22
LSU
4-1
53.26
24
23
West Virginia
6-1
50.05
NR(26)
24
Wisconsin
6-1
49.96
25
25
Notre Dame
4-2
49.49
18

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Cal (LW #16, TW #26), Colorado (LW #21, TW #32), Connecticut (LW #23, TW #37)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
27
Georgia Tech
4-2
48.06
28
30
Maryland
4-2
45.25
33
33
Texas A&M
4-2
42.99
51
34
Nebraska
5-1
42.63
40
36
Tennessee
3-2
39.80
35
40
Clemson
3-3
37.63
50
41
Northwestern
4-2
37.20
45
44
Miami(Ohio)
3-3
35.53
74
47
Washington State
3-3
35.15
42
48
Iowa
5-2
34.95
47
51
Northern Illinois
3-3
33.34
65
54
Indiana
4-2
31.66
37
66
Vanderbilt
4-3
20.96
62
71
Pittsburgh
3-4
18.82
82
81
Purdue
2-4
13.18
68
101
Illinois
2-4
-7.98
100
106
Duke
1-6
-12.55
106

Last Place this week: New Mexico State (0-7) at -43.18.

Biggest Gain this week: Miami (Ohio) gained 17.56 points. (Beat Akron)
Biggest Loss this week: Oklahoma State lost -20.90 points. (Lost to Texas A&M)

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 17, 2005 6:00 PM