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November 5, 2007

MRI Football 2007 - Rankings Week 7

In a crowded top five, Matt Flynn has LSU flying at #1 Last second victories seem to be patented by Les Miles and LSU. That doesn't stop on the football field. It continues in the MRI, where their hold on the top spot continues to be tenuous at best.

This week, they are challenged by Ohio State at #2, whose win over Wisconsin was yet another hurdle covered on their way to the showdown with Michigan on the last week of the season. The win puts them within two points of LSU, although with one more game played.

More of a challenge might be coming from Oregon, who grabbed a nice boost from their win over previously undefeated Arizona State. With the same number of games played, the Ducks are just over 3 points back. What could hurt them is their schedule coming up and also that LSU will likely be headed to the SEC Championship game.

The MRI race has basically come down to 5 teams, as teams continue to lose near the top. Those 5 teams include idle West Virginia who the potential to make a huge run over their last four games. Their schedule is definitely filled with some resume builders, those teams that are pretty good, but not excellent. Those teams can really help their MRI score.

Rounding out the top five list of challengers is surprising Kansas, who put a huge hurt on Nebraska, and Bill Callahan's chances to still be coaching next week. Kansas as the top team in the Big XII has a few tough games still remaining, including the championship for the conference if they can get there. However, they seem to be on a mission this year, and should warrant some consideration for a huge bowl game.

Check out all of the rankings in Week 7 of the football MRI.

And Now the Rankings

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
1	LSU	8-1	98.53	1
2	Ohio State	10-0	97.22	3
3	Oregon	8-1	95.39	4
4	West Virginia	7-1	93.76	2
5	Kansas	9-0	93.16	6
6	Oklahoma	8-1	86.51	7
7	Arizona State	8-1	82.92	5
8	Missouri	8-1	82.61	9
9	Florida	6-3	74.32	10
10	Boston College	8-1	67.90	8
11	USC	7-2	67.77	14
12	Boise State	8-1	67.07	15
13	Clemson	7-2	66.04	16
14	Connecticut	8-1	65.63	13
15	Hawaii	8-0	63.76	12
16	Penn State	7-3	61.30	19
17	South Florida	6-3	60.54	11
18	Michigan	8-2	60.29	18
19	Cincinnati	7-2	60.06	20
20	Texas Tech	7-3	58.94	25
21	Virginia Tech	7-2	56.60	NR(36)
22	Texas	8-2	55.46	23
23	Arkansas	6-3	54.46	NR(26)
24	Georgia	7-2	52.14	NR(29)
25	Purdue	7-3	51.58	22

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Kansas State (LW #17, TW #27), Alabama (LW #21, TW #30), Auburn (LW #24, TW #26)

Other Teams People Might Care About

RANK	TEAM	RECORD	MRI	LW
26	Auburn	7-3	51.58	24
29	Florida State	6-3	50.69	35
32	Michigan State	5-5	46.79	31
33	Illinois	7-3	46.69	43
39	Wisconsin	7-3	42.38	34
44	Tennessee	6-3	39.67	52
45	Georgia Tech	5-4	39.28	27
50	Texas A&M	6-4	33.07	45
52	Miami	5-4	32.41	56
59	UCLA	5-4	28.37	47
60	Indiana	6-4	27.46	64
64	Iowa	5-5	25.59	65
65	Vanderbilt	5-4	24.73	55
70	Pittsburgh	4-5	20.91	72
71	Maryland	4-5	20.37	66
74	Northwestern	5-5	14.75	69
77	Washington State	3-6	12.69	77
78	Miami(Ohio)	5-5	12.65	80
91	Nebraska	4-6	1.59	84
104	Duke	1-8	-14.87	103
106	Notre Dame	1-8	-17.30	107
119	Northern Illinois	1-8	-39.95	118

Last Place this week: Florida International (0-9) at -52.48. 6th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Missouri gained 16.56 points. (Beat Colorado, 55-10)
Biggest Loss this week: New Mexico lost 14.41 points. (Lost to TCU, 37-0)

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