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MRI Football 2008 - Rankings Week 6

October 27, 2008 | By Benjamin Miraski

Lydell Sargeant says 'shhh'. Penn State is still holding onto #1 but did it come at a price? A lot of people have asked how Alabama could be so low? The answer is close wins.

The Crimson Tide have struggled to put away their opponents this year, leaving them in games and leaving Alabama on the verge of losing, even if their record is still without a blemish.

The two leading MRI teams got a taste of what the Tide have been feeling during their games this week.

Texas held on late against Oklahoma State in order to squeak out a 4-point win. The victory gives them another signature win and sets up another tough high-profile game right away with Texas Tech.

Barely surviving to win though doesn't translate into a big move in the MRI and so Texas remains at No. 2 this week.

Penn State had the opportunity to extend its lead going into the night game against Ohio State. Yet the Nittany Lions had the same struggles with a tough Ohio State team.

So, Penn State's lead remains slight over Texas and the rest of the pack is beginning to close at a faster pace.

Perhaps both teams got a little luck on their side this week as USC also was only able to beat Arizona by seven. That victory was enough to stay in third and close the gap, but the results could have meant much more had a blowout been in the works.

Tulsa took its opportunity on Sunday night to run over Central Florida. And so in typical controversial style, the MRI keeps the Golden Hurricane at No. 4.

Rounding out the top five again this week is Florida who set itself up nicely for its game against Georgia this weekend. Combined with the performance of the Gators in the actual BCS so far this season, this upcoming week could mean a lot in terms of putting Florida right back in the title game with the smallest slip in the leaders.

The MRI correctly predicted 74 percent of the games this past week with the home field advantage.

Check out all the rankings in week 6 of the football MRI:

MRI Top 25 Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	MRI	LW
1	Penn State	9-0	97.15	1
2	Texas	8-0	95.50	2
3	USC	6-1	89.83	3
4	Tulsa	8-0	82.91	4
5	Florida	6-1	81.02	5
6	TCU	8-1	75.18	6
7	Texas Tech	8-0	71.13	12
8	Alabama	8-0	68.60	11
9	Oklahoma	7-1	67.94	8
10	Missouri	6-2	66.82	15
11	Utah	8-0	64.85	9
12	Oklahoma State	7-1	62.72	7
13	Boise State	7-0	61.50	16
14	Ohio State	7-2	61.05	10
15	Georgia	7-1	60.63	13
16	BYU	7-1	56.46	17
17	Cal	5-2	56.16	21
18	Arizona	5-3	53.65	14
19	Iowa	5-3	52.37	19
20	Michigan State	7-2	48.91	24
21	Minnesota	7-1	48.82	25
22	Oregon State	4-3	48.65	22
23	Florida State	6-1	46.59	NR(26)
24	Oregon	6-2	46.24	NR(30)
25	South Florida	6-2	46.18	18

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Georgia Tech (LW #20, TW #30), Pittsburgh (LW #23, TW #43)

Other Teams People Might Care About

Rank	Team	Record	MRI	LW
30	Georgia Tech	6-2	42.72	20
31	Northern Illinois	5-3	41.29	32
33	Nebraska	5-3	38.09	38
34	Notre Dame	5-2	37.80	42
36	Boston College	5-2	34.19	27
37	Miami	5-3	34.10	57
39	Wisconsin	4-4	33.72	53
40	LSU	5-2	33.14	33
41	Illinois	4-4	33.08	35
42	Vanderbilt	5-3	32.53	41
43	Pittsburgh	5-2	32.49	23
48	Northwestern	6-2	31.07	36
50	Tennessee	3-5	29.92	51
56	Maryland	6-2	26.75	61
64	Auburn	4-4	22.62	49
66	Duke	4-3	20.83	70
70	Clemson	3-4	15.29	72
86	UCLA	3-5	4.74	79
91	Texas A&M	3-5	1.45	93
97	Purdue	2-6	-3.64	92
100	Michigan	2-6	-5.20	96
101	Indiana	3-5	-7.45	105
114	Miami(Ohio)	2-6	-27.99	94
118	Washington State	1-7	-55.89	119

Last Place this week: Idaho (2-7) at -76.45. 5th week in a row.

Biggest Gain this week: Rutgers gained 12.75 points. (Beat Pittsburgh (54-34))

Biggest Loss this week: Miami(Ohio) lost 27.46 points (Lost to Kent State (21-54))

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

The MRI Rankings are copyright 2008 by MRISports.com. Ben Miraski is a reporter for the Medill News Service, edits and writes for MRISports.com and is a featured blogger on FanIQ. Readers can contact Ben at bmiraski@mrisports.com

Posted October 27, 2008 9:43 PM

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