With the college football season working itself towards the finsih line the Big 10 are still atop my polls with Ohio State No.1 the Professional Model Theory poll (PMT) and Michigan State No.1 in the Professional Model Theory (PMT+) poll plus one other categorical variable. The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) finally cracks the Top 5 of the PMT+ poll with a dominating win against Miami (Fla). Sandwiched betweened Michigan State and Clemson are; Ohio State, Toledo and Temple. In the PMT poll, Temple, Toledo and Memphis follow behind the Big 10. It seems that the AAC and MAC are keeping pace and climbing within both polls to keep pace with the Big 10. The true Test for No.3 Temple (7-0) will be this week versus Notre Dame (6-1).
The college football season has always been an exciting season once we arrive at the half-mile pole of college football. Georgia Tech beats Florida State on a special teams play on a blocked field goal attempt. It seems that at this point of the college football season, its always the un-predictable time of the year. What the experts predict on outcomes of this college football season are usually wrong, thats why they are the experts. I let the games play out before I make any assumptions on who should be ranked or considered for the playoffs, unless my intuition tells me something. As of this current point in the college football season there are tweleve (12) 0-loss FBS teams, thirteen (13) 1-loss FBS teams and sixteen (16) 2-loss FBS teams. These groups will dwindle down, they always do. It’s what my research tells me.Of those (12) 0-loss teams 25% are from the Non-BCS or Non Power 5 Conference; Temple, Toledo, Memphis and Houston. In the coming weeks, the AAC members will soon be scheduled against each other. Of the (13) 1-loss teams; 2 are from that same group of Non-BCS or Non Power 5 conference members; Marshall and Appalachian State.
As the college football season progresses forward, the month of November is going to be the most entertaining month for college football, that’s always the un-predictable month. Not sure what to expect but to expect the best games of all to be played. We have 0-loss programs that were not expected to be there at this point of the season from the sports media, and are just now receiving small credit from the media. I wonder what will happen if the only 0-loss FBS team remaining is from one of the Non-Power 5 or Non-BCS Conferences. We know they will be left out of the so called “playoffs” from the very inexpereicned playoff committee. With $50 Million dollars on the playoff table the committee will ALWAYS favor the Power 5 or BCS conferneces and programs. We will watch how the remaining 5 weeks of college football plays out. The scheduled match ups we are wanting to see play, are arriving soon. Be prepared for some upsets and close games. And now to this weeks rankings.
The rankings seem to change on a weekly basis with teams moving up and moving down. What remains the same is that the Big 10 are still atop of both the PMT and PMT+ polls. What does remain the same is that the SEC has only (1) 0-loss team left and thats #6 LSU in both polls. Here are my FBS college football rankings based upon my research.
Group 1: Professional Model Thoery (PMT)
| OHIO STATE | (8-0) | ↔ |
| MICHIGAN STATE | (8-0) | ↔ |
| TEMPLE | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TOLEDO | (7-0) | ↓ 1 |
| MEMPHIS | (7-0) | ↑ 3 |
| LSU | (7-0) | ↑ 3 |
| CLEMSON | (7-0) | ↑ 3 |
| IOWA | (7-0) | ↓ 2 |
| TCU | (7-0) | ↓ 2 |
| BAYLOR | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| HOUSTON | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| MARSHALL | (7-1) | ↑ 4 |
| ALABAMA | (7-1) | ↑ 5 |
| NOTRE DAME | (6-1) | ↑ 1 |
| UTAH | (6-1) | ↓12 |
| OKLAHOMA | (6-1) | ↑ 3 |
| STANFORD | (6-1) | ↑ 3 |
| FLORIDA | (6-1) | ↓ 1 |
| PITTSBURGH | (6-1) | ↑ 3 |
| APPALACHIAN STATE | (6-1) | ↑ 4 |
| DUKE | (6-1) | ↑ 1 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (6-1) | ↓12 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | (6-1) | ↑ 2 |
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (6-2) | ↓10 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| BOWLING GREEN | (6-2) | ↑ |
| PENN STATE | (6-2) | ↑ |
| WISCONSIN | (6-2) | ↑ |
| BYU | (6-2) | ↑ |
| BOISE STATE | (6-2) | ↑ |
Group 2 Professional Model Theory Plus one Categorical Variable
| MICHIGAN STATE | (8-0) | ↑ 1 |
| OHIO STATE | (8-0) | ↓ 1 |
| TOLEDO | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TEMPLE | (7-0) | ↔ |
| CLEMSON | (7-0) | ↑ 4 |
| LSU | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| IOWA | (7-0) | ↓ 1 |
| MEMPHIS | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TCU | (7-0) | ↓ 2 |
| BAYLOR | (7-0) | ↑ 3 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (7-0) | ↑ 1 |
| HOUSTON | (7-0) | ↑ 2 |
| ALABAMA | (7-1) | ↑ 3 |
| MARSHALL | (7-1) | ↑ 5 |
| UTAH | (6-1) | ↓12 |
| FLORIDA | (6-1) | ↓ 1 |
| NOTRE DAME | (6-1) | ↔ |
| OKLAHOMA | (6-1) | ↑ 3 |
| STANFORD | (6-1) | ↑ 1 |
| PITTSBURGH | (6-1) | ↑ 4 |
| APPALACHIAN STATE | (6-1) | ↑ 4 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (6-1) | ↓11 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | (6-1) | ↑ 3 |
| DUKE | (6-1) | ↑ 2 |
| PENN STATE | (6-2) | ↑ 1 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| WISCONSIN | (6-2) | ↑ |
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (6-2) | ↓ |
| BOWLING GREEN | (6-2) | ↔ |
| NORTHWESTERN | (6-2) | ↑ |
| MISSISSIPPI STATE | (6-2) | ↑ |
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