Another number one bites the dust. Yesterday didn’t have the chaos of last week or the week before it, but Oklahoma’s loss to Missouri and Auburn’s besting of LSU leaves only seven unbeaten teams—Auburn, Boise State, Michigan State, Missouri, Oregon, TCU and Utah.
Auburn’s win vaulted them to the top of both the ESP and AVR as the Tigers’ own as impressive of a resume as any team. The Cam Netwon-led squad has faced the 17th toughest strength of schedule, have beaten more quality opponents than any other team save Wisconsin, and have an excellent statistical performance to date (no doubt helped by rushing for 404 yards at 8.5 yards a clip against an LSU defense that was allowing under 84 yards per game on the ground prior to yesterday).
After the decisive loss to Navy the Irish drop 16 spots down to 58 in the AVR. Notre Dame has faced the 7th most difficult slate of teams and rank in the bottom half of the country in adjusted win percentage (AWP) and margin of victory (MOV). The poor performance against the Midshipmen also dropped the team performance ratio (TPR) rankings 10 spots. The Irish rank 65th on offense and 44th on defense.
Rankings for future Irish opponents: Tulsa (63), Utah (13), Army (57), and USC (24).
Elite Selection Playoff (ESP)
Rank
Team
AP Poll
Coaches Poll
AV Ranking
Points
1
Auburn
3
3
1
1
2
Oregon
1
1
6
0.985
2
Boise St
2
2
4
0.985
4
TCU
4
4
5
0.915
4
Michigan St
5
5
3
0.915
6
Missouri
7
8
2
0.859
7
Alabama
6
6
12
0.76
8
Wisconsin
9
9
9
0.718
9
Ohio State
10
10
8
0.704
9
Utah
8
7
13
0.704
11
Oklahoma
11
11
7
0.69
12
LSU
12
13
11
0.591
12
Nebraska
14
12
10
0.591
14
Stanford
13
14
16
0.492
15
Arizona
15
16
15
0.45
16
Florida St
16
15
17
0.422
17
South Carolina
17
17
18
0.366
18
Oklahoma St
20
20
14
0.338
19
Iowa
18
19
20
0.295
20
Arkansas
19
18
25
0.225
21
Miami FL
22
22
21
0.183
22
Virginia Tech
21
21
26
0.14
23
Mississippi St
23
23
23
0.126
24
Hawai`i
NR
NR
19
0.098
25
Nevada
NR
NR
22
0.056
AV Ranking (AVR)
Rank
Team
Points
Strength of Schedule
Quality Wins/Losses
Adjusted Win Percentage
Margin of Victory
Team Performance Ratio
1
Auburn
1
17
2
4
18
8
2
Missouri
0.96
40
4
7
7
6
3
Michigan St
0.944
59
9
4
12
7
4
Boise St
0.932
98
43
1
5
1
5
TCU
0.9
93
46
4
2
4
6
Oregon
0.889
116
10
2
1
5
7
Oklahoma
0.855
18
8
13
25
22
8
Ohio State
0.85
44
16
12
4
2
9
Wisconsin
0.837
84
1
11
17
14
10
Nebraska
0.83
69
6
10
8
16
11
LSU
0.811
39
15
8
35
45
12
Alabama
0.808
81
34
8
6
10
13
Utah
0.808
119
46
2
3
40
14
Oklahoma St
0.802
47
46
13
16
15
15
Arizona
0.79
85
14
13
10
12
16
Stanford
0.772
80
46
13
14
19
17
Florida St
0.762
88
16
13
13
35
18
South Carolina
0.737
28
3
37
36
17
19
Hawai`i
0.735
57
18
19
19
13
20
Iowa
0.727
35
22
37
15
3
21
Miami FL
0.708
45
46
25
33
11
22
Nevada
0.702
113
41
13
9
49
23
Mississippi St
0.7
62
20
20
25
30
24
Southern Cal
0.693
71
11
25
28
24
25
Arkansas
0.692
32
31
29
39
27
Adjusted Win Percentage (AWP)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Boise St
1
2
Oregon
0.976
2
Utah
0.976
4
Auburn
0.959
4
Michigan St
0.959
4
TCU
0.959
7
Missouri
0.948
8
LSU
0.848
8
Alabama
0.848
10
Nebraska
0.836
Strength of Schedule (SOS)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Oregon St
1
2
Illinois
0.947
3
San José St
0.921
4
Washington St
0.879
5
Wyoming
0.874
6
Iowa St
0.869
7
Notre Dame
0.841
8
North Carolina
0.841
9
Colorado St
0.832
10
Marshall
0.83
Team Performance Ratio (TPR)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Boise St
1
2
Ohio State
0.986
3
Iowa
0.977
4
TCU
0.959
5
Oregon
0.903
6
Missouri
0.897
7
Michigan St
0.892
8
Auburn
0.842
9
California
0.838
10
Alabama
0.835
Margin of Victory (MOV)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Oregon
1
2
TCU
0.945
3
Utah
0.939
4
Ohio State
0.88
5
Boise St
0.875
6
Alabama
0.802
7
Missouri
0.757
8
Nebraska
0.75
9
Nevada
0.734
10
Arizona
0.732
Quality Wins/Losses (QWL)
Rank
Team
Points
1
Wisconsin
1
2
Auburn
0.846
3
South Carolina
0.759
4
Missouri
0.692
5
Texas
0.642
6
Nebraska
0.576
7
Oregon St
0.544
8
Oklahoma
0.478
9
Michigan St
0.461
10
Oregon
0.384
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