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MRI Football 2007 - Rankings Week 5

October 22, 2007

By Benjamin Miraski

LSU likes to make things interesting, don't they? Another last second score keeps the Tigers in the top spot in the MRI for now. However, that top spot is going to have some competition.

While the Tigers enjoyed a comfortable lead last week despite their loss, that lead got a little smaller this week. The new contender? Last week's #7 team, now #2, Oregon. The Ducks put together a huge fourth quarter to put down Washington, and continue to stay alive in the PAC-10 race. More importantly though, they had a big 10 point gain in the MRI. That move jumped them into second place, within striking distance of the LSU Tigers.

Their gap with the Tigers being so small is important because LSU has a bye this coming week. Meanwhile, Oregon will be taking on the MRI #12 USC Trojans, and they have USC at home. Autzen Stadium will be jumping with the chance for them to take their first week at the head of the MRI rankings (oh, and there is that BCS thing going on too).

Also still in the hunt for a #1 spot in the MRI, the West Virginia Mountaineers and the Ohio State Buckeyes, holding strong at #3 and #4, their same spots as last week.

Dropping down to #5 this week from #2 is Arizona State, who had this week off. This may not be a good sign for the Sun Devils. Having a drop that large on a week off often means that you are ready for a fall. It could happen this coming week with Cal in the desert.

Check out all the rankings in Week 5 of the Football MRI.

And Now the Rankings
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
1	LSU	7-1	93.50	1
2	Oregon	6-1	88.33	7
3	West Virginia	6-1	85.56	3
4	Ohio State	8-0	83.21	4
5	Arizona State	7-0	82.73	2
6	Kansas	7-0	78.76	6
7	Oklahoma	7-1	77.41	5
8	Boston College	7-0	73.06	9
9	Florida	5-2	70.57	8
10	Missouri	6-1	68.19	14
11	South Florida	6-1	67.01	10
12	USC	6-1	65.03	17
13	Connecticut	6-1	64.57	12
14	Hawaii	7-0	60.76	15
15	Penn State	6-2	59.38	16
16	Boise State	6-1	57.92	21
17	Rutgers	5-2	56.48	19
18	Texas Tech	6-2	55.37	11
19	Clemson	5-2	54.16	NR(38)
20	Kentucky	6-2	53.91	18
21	Cincinnati	6-2	53.60	13
22	Michigan	6-2	53.27	NR(26)
23	Alabama	6-2	52.25	NR(39)
24	Michigan State	5-3	52.08	20
25	Texas	6-2	51.12	25
Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Cal (LW #22, TW #28), Kansas State (LW #23, TW #26), Auburn (LW #24, TW #31)
Other Teams People Might Care About
RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
27	UCLA	5-2	49.93	30
29	Georgia Tech	5-3	49.74	32
31	Auburn	5-3	46.86	24
36	Texas A&M	6-2	43.98	51
37	Purdue	6-2	43.89	50
45	Florida State	4-3	38.53	37
48	Illinois	5-3	35.85	41
49	Wisconsin	6-2	35.83	55
52	Tennessee	4-3	33.86	29
53	Miami	5-3	33.54	59
54	Indiana	5-3	32.17	43
56	Vanderbilt	4-3	29.29	62
63	Maryland	4-3	26.52	57
65	Northwestern	5-3	25.79	70
67	Pittsburgh	3-4	22.35	78
70	Iowa	3-5	19.15	61
79	Miami(Ohio)	4-4	13.18	66
81	Nebraska	4-4	10.12	83
93	Duke	1-6	-0.70	98
95	Washington State	2-5	-2.47	99
106	Notre Dame	1-7	-13.47	106
115	Northern Illinois	1-7	-25.15	112
Last Place this week: Florida International (0-7) at -41.76. 4th week in a row.
Biggest Gain this week: Clemson gained 14.80 points. (Beat Central Michigan, 70-14)
Biggest Loss this week: UAB lost 14.67 points. (Lost to Houston, 49-10)
Conference rankings this week: Big East, SEC, PAC-10, Big 12, Big Ten, ACC, Mountain West, WAC, C-USA, MAC, Sun Belt

The MRI Rankings are copyright 2007 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 October 22, 2007 6:35 PM

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