There are still four unbeaten teams. Auburn bested Georgia in a slugfest, Boise State handled Idaho, Oregon survived against California, and TCU edged out San Diego State. With the exception of the Broncos, the other four teams looked largely human.
The trend of top ranked AVR teams with weak schedules continues. Of the top 10 AVR teams, six—Boise State, Oregon, TCU, Nebraska, Ohio State, and Wisconsin—have strength of schedules ranked in the bottom half of the country while the highest strength of schedule among these 10 teams belongs to LSU at number 31.
With the win over Utah, Notre Dame moves from 65th last week to 52nd. The Irish have played the 2nd most difficult strength of schedule (SOS), rank 21st in quality wins/losses (QWL), 65th in adjusted win percentage (AWP), 59th in margin of victory (MOV), and 49th in team performance ratio (TPR)—66th in offense and 21st on defense. Should the defense hold on to that TPR ranking, it would be an improvement of 37 spots from last season, an improvement no team accomplished from 2008 to 2009.
Future Irish opponent AVR ranks: Army—50th, and USC—24th.
Elite Selection Playoff (ESP)
Rank
Team
AP Poll
Coaches Poll
AV Ranking
Points
1
Auburn
2
2
1
1
1
Oregon
1
1
3
1
3
Boise St
3
3
2
0.958
4
TCU
4
4
4
0.904
5
LSU
5
6
5
0.849
6
Wisconsin
6
5
10
0.78
7
Ohio State
8
7
8
0.753
8
Nebraska
9
9
7
0.726
9
Stanford
7
8
11
0.712
10
Oklahoma St
12
10
6
0.684
11
Michigan St
11
11
9
0.643
12
Alabama
10
12
12
0.602
13
Arkansas
13
13
14
0.52
14
Missouri
15
16
13
0.465
15
Oklahoma
16
14
16
0.438
16
Virginia Tech
14
15
18
0.424
17
Nevada
19
18
15
0.356
18
South Carolina
17
17
20
0.328
19
Iowa
21
20
17
0.273
19
Texas A&M
18
19
21
0.273
21
Miami FL
24
21
23
0.136
22
Mississippi St
22
22
25
0.123
23
Southern Cal
20
NR
24
0.109
24
Utah
25
24
22
0.095
24
Hawai`i
NR
NR
19
0.095
AV Ranking (AVR)
Rank
Team
Points
Strength of Schedule
Quality Wins/Losses
Adjusted Win Percentage
Margin of Victory
Team Performance Ratio
1
Auburn
1
43
1
4
8
6
2
Boise St
0.971
96
10
1
3
1
3
Oregon
0.949
103
9
2
1
4
4
TCU
0.945
86
23
3
2
3
5
LSU
0.879
31
7
9
19
19
6
Oklahoma St
0.875
37
31
5
12
9
7
Nebraska
0.87
87
2
5
11
20
8
Ohio State
0.867
73
40
11
4
2
9
Michigan St
0.861
57
12
11
24
12
10
Wisconsin
0.858
97
3
9
5
8
11
Stanford
0.832
85
67
5
7
14
12
Alabama
0.82
27
8
14
9
7
13
Missouri
0.803
9
15
20
18
10
14
Arkansas
0.791
48
16
14
13
15
15
Nevada
0.781
113
58
5
6
31
16
Oklahoma
0.76
38
48
19
16
27
17
Iowa
0.76
11
5
33
15
5
18
Virginia Tech
0.759
78
32
14
14
11
19
Hawai`i
0.731
29
11
26
27
13
20
South Carolina
0.722
26
6
33
36
16
21
Texas A&M
0.713
20
13
33
20
24
22
Utah
0.693
104
67
13
10
55
23
Miami FL
0.69
50
67
22
32
18
24
Southern Cal
0.688
45
19
22
43
39
25
Mississippi St
0.682
47
24
33
40
22
Adjusted Win Percentage (AWP)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Boise St
1
2
Oregon
0.994
3
TCU
0.981
4
Auburn
0.972
5
Nebraska
0.885
5
Oklahoma St
0.885
5
Nevada
0.885
5
Stanford
0.885
9
Wisconsin
0.875
9
LSU
0.875
Strength of Schedule (SOS)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Washington
1
2
Notre Dame
0.9
3
Minnesota
0.805
4
Florida
0.76
5
Washington St
0.756
6
Cincinnati
0.745
7
Wake Forest
0.727
8
UCLA
0.721
9
Missouri
0.707
10
Vanderbilt
0.707
Team Performance Ratio (TPR)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Boise St
1
2
Ohio State
0.979
3
TCU
0.964
4
Oregon
0.929
5
Iowa
0.915
6
Auburn
0.85
7
Alabama
0.822
8
Wisconsin
0.804
9
Oklahoma St
0.801
10
Missouri
0.8
Margin of Victory (MOV)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Oregon
1
2
TCU
0.998
3
Boise St
0.965
4
Ohio State
0.912
5
Wisconsin
0.796
6
Nevada
0.785
7
Stanford
0.782
8
Auburn
0.78
9
Alabama
0.771
10
Utah
0.76
Quality Wins/Losses (QWL)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Auburn
1
2
Nebraska
0.944
3
Wisconsin
0.777
4
Texas
0.573
5
Iowa
0.562
6
South Carolina
0.534
7
LSU
0.516
8
Alabama
0.491
9
Oregon
0.472
10
Boise St
0.444
Arizona
Toledo
Iowa
California
Oregon St.
Washington St.
Washington
UCLA
Stanford
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