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MRI Football 2005: Week 10 - One Week to Go

November 28, 2005  |  By Benjamin Miraski

Two years ago at this time, we thought we knew who would be playing for the National title, and then Oklahoma screwed everything up causing a split champion. A year ago, a three way tie pushed us through championship weekend before we knew that Auburn would be looking in from the outside. This year, all looks rosy for USC and Texas, but you never can tell. Colorado and UCLA will have a lot to say this weekend about who plays in the Rose Bowl. Texas still holds its lead this week on USC depite its poor play for most of the game against A&M. USC had the week off and holds on to the #2 spot. Virginia Tech's dominance over North Carolina kept them at #3 but have them threatening USC for the second spot in the rankings. Their game against Florida State for the ACC championship could be a trap, but could also help them stake a claim to their shot at the Rose Bowl should the Longhorns or Trojans lose. The Big Ten fills out the Top 5 with Penn State leading the way and Ohio State right behind. Check out all the rankings in Week 10 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Texas
11-0
136.88
1
2
USC
11-0
121.52
2
3
Virginia Tech
10-1
119.90
3
4
Penn State
10-1
106.13
4
5
Ohio State
9-2
100.53
5
6
Miami
9-2
91.20
6
7
Alabama
9-2
87.05
8
8
Louisville
8-2
83.56
7
9
TCU
10-1
83.49
9
10
Auburn
9-2
83.24
10
11
Georgia
9-2
80.01
13
12
Notre Dame
9-2
79.69
11
13
Texas Tech
9-2
77.18
12
14
Florida
8-3
76.46
16
15
West Virginia
9-1
74.87
17
16
Oregon
10-1
71.36
14
17
Boston College
8-3
68.53
15
18
Minnesota
7-4
66.05
18
19
LSU
10-1
64.32
20
20
Fresno State
8-3
62.96
21
21
Michigan
7-4
62.36
22
22
Oklahoma
7-4
61.72
NR(28)
23
Iowa
7-4
58.34
25
24
Iowa State
7-4
57.68
23
25
Boise State
9-3
55.85
NR(33)

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Colorado (LW #19, TW #29), South Florida (LW #24, TW #28)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
26
Georgia Tech
7-4
54.01
26
31
Clemson
7-4
51.42
29
32
Miami(Ohio)
7-4
49.02
39
34
Northern Illinois
7-4
48.03
45
35
UCLA
9-1
47.63
31
38
Florida State
7-4
42.04
32
40
Northwestern
7-4
41.10
37
41
Michigan State
5-6
39.22
40
45
Nebraska
7-4
36.51
71
47
Purdue
5-6
34.13
50
50
Tennessee
5-6
33.39
60
59
Maryland
5-5
30.17
51
66
Washington State
4-7
26.68
66
68
Pittsburgh
5-6
24.57
58
71
Texas A&M
5-6
24.10
68
74
Vanderbilt
5-6
18.19
75
95
Indiana
4-7
-10.57
99
112
Illinois
2-9
-37.55
115
114
Duke
1-10
-43.64
116

Last Place this week: Temple (0-11) at -68.51. 6th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Nebraska gained 15.30 points. (Beat Colorado)
Biggest Loss this week: Florida Atlantic lost 17.59 points. (Lost to Florida International)

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 November 28, 2005 12:00 PM