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MRI Football 2006 - Rankings Week 6

October 30, 2006 | By Benjamin Miraski

Troy Smith knows that the Buckeyes have scored another week at #1 in the MRI. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato) With each week, the race in the MRI is beginning to look like 2003. That was the year that Oklahoma burst out to such a huge lead in the computer rankings that even two straight losses to end the year kept them at #1.

This year, the culprit is Ohio State. Since they took the lead, they have just steadily increased the margin between them and the #2 Michigan Wolverines. The closest anyone has come to beating them has been Texas and they lost by 17. That doesn't give much hope for those out there hoping that maybe Ohio State will go down before the championship game. The Buckeyes have Illinois and Northwestern left on their schedule before the big date with the Maize and Blue. Chances are those games will be equally as impressive as their dismantling of Minnesota this weekend, 44-0.

Of their nine victories, only two teams managed to score more than 10 points, and only three managed to score more than once in the game. That is dominance.

And in case you were wondering, it isn't like Michigan is falling back to the pack either. No one seems to want to step up for a challenge in the #3 spot, much like in the current BCS rankings. With their victory over Northwestern, Michigan stays a solid #2 candidate.

The next three teams in the rankings all had a week off. Probably a good week to have it, as a lot of teams either lost in upsets or had scares. LSU, West Virginia, and Louisville round out the top 5.

The two Big East leaders set up nicely for their showdown this Thursday for control of the conference, although each still have a date with Rutgers on the horizon. The MRI leans towards the Cardinals when you take into account home field advantage. Look for a close one either way.

Check out all the rankings in Week 6 of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
1	Ohio State	9-0	112.11	1
2	Michigan	9-0	101.53	2
3	LSU	6-2	84.11	4
4	West Virginia	7-0	83.43	3
5	Louisville	7-0	80.69	7
6	Texas	8-1	77.36	5
7	Auburn	8-1	76.29	9
8	Florida	7-1	76.17	10
9	Clemson	7-2	73.77	6
10	Boise State	8-0	71.18	13
11	Cal	7-1	70.80	11
12	Wisconsin	8-1	70.59	12
13	USC	6-1	68.65	8
14	Rutgers	8-0	68.01	14
15	BYU	6-2	65.16	17
16	Oklahoma	6-2	63.68	18
17	Tennessee	7-1	63.50	16
18	Missouri	7-2	60.55	15
19	Tulsa	7-1	60.07	19
20	Notre Dame	7-1	58.87	24
21	Texas A&M	8-1	58.49	21
22	Arkansas	7-1	57.72	22
23	Pittsburgh	6-2	57.32	20
24	Virginia Tech	6-2	55.96	NR(30)
25	Boston College	7-1	53.70	NR(29)

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Nebraska (LW #23, TW #28), Oregon (LW #25, TW #27)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
26	Washington State	6-3	53.03	26
28	Nebraska	6-3	48.68	23
31	Georgia Tech	6-2	47.06	31
37	Iowa	6-3	42.06	45
40	Florida State	4-4	38.47	38
42	Miami	5-3	36.58	33
47	UCLA	4-4	32.45	35
60	Northern Illinois	5-4	23.11	53
61	Maryland	6-2	22.35	62
62	Michigan State	4-5	20.96	48
65	Vanderbilt	4-5	19.17	73
66	Indiana	5-4	19.16	87
71	Purdue	5-4	14.22	66
82	Illinois	2-7	8.60	83
101	Miami(Ohio)	1-8	-11.56	105
109	Northwestern	2-7	-20.09	109
116	Duke	0-8	-43.26	116

Last Place this week: Temple (1-8) at -57.41. 4th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Florida Atlantic gained 15.90 points. (Beat Arkansas State, 29-0)
Biggest Loss this week: Arkansas State lost 18.39 points. (Lost to Florida Atlantic, 29-0)

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

Posted October 30, 2006 4:00 PM

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October 30, 2006 | By Benjamin Miraski

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