Final 2007 College Football Ratings

Because no games have been played, I decided to update last years college football ratings. For the record, Michigan(9-4) was 26th at 71.0 following their beating of #2 Florida. Seeing West F'n Virginia at 5 bodes well for the Maize and Blue, if maybe not for this year.

Final 2007 Ratings

	Team	W-L	Rating	Conf
1	LSU	12-2	94.6	SEC
2	Florida	9-4	90.4	SEC
3	Georgia	11-2	90.3	SEC
4	Southern Cal	11-2	87.8	P10
5	West Virginia	11-2	87.7	BigE
6	Oregon	9-4	85.3	P10
7	Missouri	12-2	85.2	B12
8	Tennessee	10-4	85.0	SEC
9	Oklahoma	11-3	84.6	B12
10	Auburn	9-4	84.2	SEC
11	Ohio State	11-2	83.0	B10
12	Virginia Tech	11-3	82.8	ACC
13	Arizona St	10-3	82.8	P10
14	Kansas	12-1	79.1	B12
15	Kentucky	8-5	78.5	SEC
16	South Florida	9-4	77.6	BigE
17	Oregon St	9-4	77.1	P10
18	Arkansas	8-5	77.0	SEC
19	Clemson	9-4	76.6	ACC
20	Texas	10-3	76.4	B12
21	Cincinnati	10-3	75.1	BigE
22	Boston College	11-3	73.8	ACC
23	Alabama	7-6	72.2	SEC
24	Penn State	9-4	71.9	B10
25	South Carolina	6-6	71.5	SEC

The SEC went 1-2-3, 5 of the top ten, and 9 in the top 25. There is no doubt they are the class of college football right now, and the Big Ten has a way to go to catch up. The Big Ten needs Wisconsin, Michigan State, Iowa, and Purdue to regain past glory, and for Penn State and Illinois to at least hold serve where they are. Michigan and Ohio State are doing their part, but they need the middle class of the Big Ten to step it back up if they want to make the Big Ten/SEC argument be anything more than a kool-aid party.

How did Florida end up #2, despite a 9-4 record? By beating the hell out of the most difficult schedule in college football. They ranked #1 in strength of schedule, and scored over 18 more points per game than their opponents gave up on average, while giving up almost 4 less points than their opponents scored on average. That's a differential of over 22 points better than average.

Until they met Michigan, that is...