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MRI Football 2006 - Rankings Regular Season Final

December 4, 2006

By Benjamin Miraski

The Michigan fans would not have this look if the MRI had a say in it.Sorry Lloyd. The MRI doesn't have a say in the BCS. You would have at least gotten a little computer love if it was. Of course, the computers weren't your problem (Florida and Michigan tied in the computer component), but at least you would have gotten some satisfaction.

The MRI has never wavered. Michigan has been the best or second best team all year in the rankings. Ohio State had to work their way up there, but the two teams haven't move from their perch for a while now. Meanwhile, Florida has bounced around like a ping pong ball. The latest win was not even enough to get them to the top 5.

LSU remains strong at #3 on their off week. They get a nice trip to the Sugar Bowl and should be heavily favored against Notre Dame. Moving into #4, Louisville. The Cardinals took care of Connecticut in their final game and got a little help from West Virginia to take the Big East title. They get a trip down to the Orange Bowl to face Wake Forest.

And at #5, Boise State, the only other team without a blemish. The Broncos stray from the blue turf down to Arizona, where they will play Oklahoma in the Fiesta Bowl.

Other BCS participants not in the Top 25: Wake Forest, came in at #27, even after winning the ACC.

Check out all the ratings in the Regular Season Finale of the MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
1
Ohio State Helmet
Ohio State
12-0
117.11
1
2
Michigan Helmet
Michigan
11-1
106.95
2
3
LSU Helmet
LSU
10-2
101.33
3
4
Louisville Helmet
Louisville
11-1
100.65
6
5
Boise State Helmet
Boise State
12-0
100.36
4
6
USC Helmet
USC
10-2
93.71
5
7
Florida Helmet
Florida
12-1
88.47
10
8
West Virginia Helmet
West Virginia
10-2
87.08
7
9
BYU Helmet
BYU
10-2
86.97
8
10
Wisconsin Helmet
Wisconsin
11-1
86.14
9
11
Texas
9-3
82.69
11
12
Virginia Tech
10-2
80.01
12
13
Oklahoma
11-2
77.18
16
14
Clemson
8-4
74.24
14
15
TCU
10-2
73.26
21
16
Hawaii
10-3
72.07
13
17
Notre Dame
10-2
71.70
17
18
Auburn
10-2
71.60
17
19
Cal
9-3
70.84
20
20
Rutgers
10-2
69.00
18
21
Houston
10-3
67.03
24
22
Arkansas
10-3
66.90
19
23
Boston College
9-3
63.31
22
24
Tennessee
9-3
62.09
23
25
Texas A&M
9-3
60.66
25

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: None

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK
TEAM
RECORD
MRI
LW
28
Nebraska
9-4
55.90
28
33
Georgia Tech
9-4
47.83
31
35
UCLA
7-5
47.29
40
37
Florida State
6-6
45.23
36
45
Pittsburgh
6-6
39.43
45
50
Northern Illinois
7-5
35.69
50
54
Washington State
6-6
33.20
55
56
Miami
6-6
31.58
57
59
Iowa
6-6
28.03
60
66
Purdue
8-5
17.99
65
67
Maryland
8-4
16.91
67
71
Michigan State
4-8
10.34
72
74
Vanderbilt
4-8
8.68
76
85
Indiana
5-7
0.80
84
92
Illinois
2-10
-2.78
90
95
Northwestern
4-8
-7.02
96
99
Miami(Ohio)
2-10
-9.60
98
115
Duke
0-12
-55.20
116

Last Place this week: Temple (1-11) at -75.31. 9th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Central Michigan gained 8.66 points. (Beat Ohio in MAC Championship, 31-10)
Biggest Loss this week: Louisiana Tech lost 18.06 points. (Lost to New Mexico State, 50-23)

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

The MRI Rankings are copyright 2006 by MRISports.com. Ben Miraski writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com

Posted December 4, 2006 9:00 PM

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