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MRI Football 2009 - Rankings Week 8

November 18, 2009 | By Benjamin Miraski

A few weeks ago, the lament began.

Never had a season this blah been in front of the nation. The rabid fan base that follows college football everywhere was in for a massive letdown.

Not even the playoff that everyone seems in chorus for could save this one.

And now the season appears to be in an even worse state than before, given the latest MRI numbers.

This is no offense to Texas, who have done what has been expected of them coming into the year.

And this is no offense to TCU who has the first legitimate chance to do something no other non-automatic qualifier has done and make an appearance in the National Championship game. (Didn't everyone think it would have been an overrated Notre Dame? )

But this year's crop of teams is terrible. Does anyone honestly believe that Ohio State might be the 6th best team in the country? Or that Oklahoma deserves a spot in the top 10?

Yet, those are the numbers that shake out of this thing.

This season could have the nation looking at the worst top 10 teams ever. Last year was bad. This year looks like the pee-wee leagues that provide halftime entertainment.

It is no surprise that this season is the year of the BCS busters. TCU and Boise State are both legitimate candidates for BCS bowls.

And beyond the one of the pair that will likely earn an automatic spot in the BCS, the other will possibly be left on the outside.

Now that would be a joke. If the standings hold, TCU would earn the automatic spot and Boise State would be left in the snow -- probably literally given the bowl choices the WAC has.

Does anyone believe that Boise isn't more deserving than a second team from the Big Ten, or the Pac-10?

Yet, the bowls will go for the big name rather than give another underdog a shot at the big boys, all but guaranteeing a lackluster affair that will draw more snores than viewers, especially given the drawn-out schedule. Despite the projections out there, college bowl officials just are creative enough to step out of their comfort zone and pick a wildcard.

There are more shocks in the MRI this week -- just try to find USC in the top 25 this week -- but that is best left for the reader to savor themselves.

Check out all the surprises in week eight of the football MRI.

MRI Top 25 Rankings

Rank	Team	Record	MRI	LW
1	Texas	10-0	110.20	1
2	TCU	10-0	101.38	4
3	Alabama	10-0	100.18	3
4	Florida	10-0	96.52	2
5	Boise State	10-0	93.80	6
6	Ohio State	9-2	83.43	5
7	Oregon	8-2	81.04	7
8	Cincinnati	10-0	72.80	8
9	Virginia Tech	7-3	66.75	10
10	Oklahoma	6-4	66.27	21
11	Penn State	9-2	65.45	9
12	Pittsburgh	9-1	62.22	11
13	Georgia Tech	10-1	59.83	13
14	Stanford	7-3	58.68	NR(30)
15	Clemson	7-3	57.07	19
16	Wisconsin	8-2	56.76	18
17	Oklahoma State	8-2	55.54	22
18	LSU	8-2	54.56	12
19	Air Force	7-4	54.55	23
20	Nebraska	7-3	54.51	25
21	Iowa	9-2	52.18	15
22	Arkansas	6-4	51.29	NR(42)
23	Notre Dame	6-4	49.84	17
24	Utah	8-2	49.53	14
25	Rutgers	7-2	49.49	NR(33)

Teams Dropped From The Top 25: Arizona (LW #16, TW #26), USC (LW #20, TW #32), Tennessee (LW #24, TW #35)

Other Teams People Might Care About

Rank	Team	Record	MRI	LW
32	USC	7-3	42.74	32
34	Miami	7-3	42.26	27
35	Tennessee	5-5	41.22	24
36	Northern Illinois	7-3	41.17	32
42	Auburn	7-4	36.64	37
45	Boston College	7-3	33.69	47
46	Michigan State	6-5	32.89	46
54	UCLA	5-5	25.63	68
57	Northwestern	7-4	25.22	62
58	Florida State	5-5	24.65	63
63	Purdue	4-7	19.08	65
74	Texas A&M	5-5	12.39	53
79	Duke	5-5	8.62	71
84	Michigan	5-6	1.56	83
93	Indiana	4-7	-2.44	91
94	Syracuse	3-7	-2.45	95
100	Illinois	3-7	-6.65	100
104	Vanderbilt	2-9	-10.11	103
107	Ball State	1-9	-22.71	107
109	Maryland	2-8	-25.99	109
112	Miami(Ohio)	1-10	-34.06	112
117	Washington State	1-9	-62.04	116

Last Place this week: Western Kentucky (0-10) at -66.78.

Biggest Gain this week: Arkansas gained 15.67 points. (Beat Troy 56-20)

Biggest Loss this week: Texas A&M lost 15.48 points (Lost to Oklahoma 65-10)

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

Posted November 18, 2009 3:05 PM

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