Now that teams are in the middle of their conference schedules, the cream is rising to the top.
Arkansas bested South Carolina. Texas A&M handed the Sooners their second loss. LSU edged out Alabama. And TCU dismantled the Utes on their home field. There were near misses as well. Iowa nearly lost to Indiana and Nebraska was almost upset by Iowa State. Now only Auburn, Boise State, Oregon, and TCU remain unbeaten.
Notre Dame remained at 65 in the AVR. The Irish strength of schedule jumped to 4th toughest in the country and Notre Dame grades out at number 39 in quality wins/losses (QWL), 72 in adjusted win percentage (AWP), 71 in margin of victory (MOV), and 54 in team performance ratio (TPR)—68 on offense, 37 on defense.
Future Irish opponent AVR ranks: Utah—14th, Army—60th, and USC—33rd.
Elite Selection Playoff (ESP)
Rank
Team
AP Poll
Coaches Poll
AV Ranking
Points
1
Auburn
2
2
1
1
2
Oregon
1
1
4
0.986
3
TCU
3
3
3
0.945
4
Boise St
4
4
2
0.931
5
LSU
5
6
5
0.849
6
Wisconsin
6
5
8
0.808
7
Nebraska
9
8
6
0.753
8
Ohio State
8
7
10
0.726
9
Stanford
7
9
12
0.684
10
Michigan St
10
10
9
0.671
11
Oklahoma St
12
11
7
0.657
12
Alabama
11
12
13
0.575
13
Iowa
13
13
11
0.561
14
Utah
15
15
14
0.465
14
Arkansas
14
14
16
0.465
16
Mississippi St
17
18
19
0.328
17
Oklahoma
19
16
20
0.315
17
Missouri
20
20
15
0.315
17
Arizona
18
19
18
0.315
17
Virginia Tech
16
17
22
0.315
21
Nevada
21
21
17
0.26
22
South Carolina
22
22
27
0.109
23
Central Florida
25
23
23
0.095
24
Florida
24
24
24
0.082
25
Hawai`i
NR
NR
21
0.068
AV Ranking (AVR)
Rank
Team
Points
Strength of Schedule
Quality Wins/Losses
Adjusted Win Percentage
Margin of Victory
Team Performance Ratio
1
Auburn
1
31
1
4
8
6
2
Boise St
0.951
88
17
1
3
2
3
TCU
0.949
91
13
3
2
1
4
Oregon
0.924
107
9
2
1
5
5
LSU
0.873
21
4
7
36
29
6
Nebraska
0.867
73
3
5
10
15
7
Oklahoma St
0.859
23
64
7
12
7
8
Wisconsin
0.843
94
2
7
13
14
9
Michigan St
0.842
64
11
12
18
11
10
Ohio State
0.839
72
44
13
4
4
11
Iowa
0.822
18
5
21
10
3
12
Stanford
0.82
85
20
7
7
10
13
Alabama
0.788
38
9
15
9
8
14
Utah
0.777
104
29
5
5
39
15
Missouri
0.765
20
18
25
17
12
16
Arkansas
0.751
46
48
15
20
13
17
Nevada
0.75
113
60
7
6
26
18
Arizona
0.746
66
8
15
22
23
19
Mississippi St
0.732
53
23
21
30
20
20
Oklahoma
0.728
48
49
21
25
28
21
Hawai`i
0.714
45
12
27
23
9
22
Virginia Tech
0.711
79
28
21
15
19
23
Central Florida
0.668
103
64
15
16
51
24
Florida
0.666
19
25
38
27
27
25
Miami FL
0.664
39
64
33
37
16
Adjusted Win Percentage (AWP)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Boise St
1
2
Oregon
0.994
3
TCU
0.989
4
Auburn
0.979
5
Nebraska
0.882
5
Utah
0.882
7
Wisconsin
0.871
7
LSU
0.871
7
Stanford
0.871
7
Nevada
0.871
Strength of Schedule (SOS)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Washington
1
2
Oregon St
0.859
3
Minnesota
0.837
4
Notre Dame
0.823
5
Illinois
0.822
6
Washington St
0.817
7
UNLV
0.81
8
Iowa St
0.804
9
San José St
0.792
10
UCLA
0.789
Team Performance Ratio (TPR)
Rank
Team
Points
1
TCU
1
2
Boise St
0.991
3
Iowa
0.956
4
Ohio State
0.951
5
Oregon
0.923
6
Auburn
0.85
7
Oklahoma St
0.816
8
Alabama
0.797
9
Hawai`i
0.792
10
Stanford
0.789
Margin of Victory (MOV)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Oregon
1
2
TCU
0.993
3
Boise St
0.907
4
Ohio State
0.876
5
Utah
0.801
6
Nevada
0.785
7
Stanford
0.777
8
Auburn
0.753
9
Alabama
0.741
10
Nebraska
0.726
Quality Wins/Losses (QWL)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Auburn
1
2
Wisconsin
0.916
3
Nebraska
0.888
4
LSU
0.659
5
Iowa
0.587
6
Texas
0.505
7
South Carolina
0.475
8
Arizona
0.455
9
Oregon
0.444
9
Alabama
0.444
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