2009 WASEAN ratings, week 10

The big story of the weekend was Iowa finally turning into a pumpkin, with a 17-10 loss at home to Northwestern. This was a horrible loss, Northwestern is not a very good team at all. Even after beating Iowa, Northwestern is still ranked #108 overall (up from #125 a week ago), behind 22 FCS teams.

Iowa dropped from #11 to #32 (among FBS teams) with the loss. Of course, this wasn't the same Iowa team we saw all year, their QB, Ricky Stanzi was injured early in the second quarter and replaced by a freshman (James Vandenberg) who went 9-for-27 for 82 yards with a QB rating of 27.1. Iowa didn't score another point. Northwestern scored a defensive TD on the play where Stanzi was hurt, tacked on another TD after a turnover on Vandenberg's first drive and scored just 3 points the rest of the way.

My best guess would have Iowa winning the game 30-13 if Stanzi doesn't get hurt. They'd probably only have dropped to 16th in the rankings. Just a huge injury.

Texas stays #1 after beating UCF 35-3. There really isn't much in their path (Baylor, Kansas, Texas A&M) until the Big 12 Championship Game, likely against Nebraska.

Meanwhile, TCU continues to destroy anyone that gets put in front of them. They get their last test of the season against #41 Utah this coming weekend. If they win that, they should finish 12-0. The Horned Frogs moved up to #2 this week, passing Florida. Boise State is a great team, and gets all the press, but TCU is probably the best non-BCS team in the country, and they could very well be the best team in the country. Too bad the SWC alignment isn't in place . . . that Texas/TCU game would be one I'd love to see.

Alabama did what was expected vs. LSU, and Cincinnati slipped up a little vs. UConn, though they held on for a 47-45 win. So Alabama jumps to #4 and the Bearcats come in at #5 and Boise State stays #6.

Those are your national championship contenders. Anyone else would need a miracle to crack past those 6, except for Georgia Tech or maybe Pitt, who would only need a ton of help, as opposed to a miracle. The gap in the WASEAN ratings between #6 and #7 is bigger than the gap between #7 and #15.

I realize Oklahoma looks strange at #7. While they are 5-4, they have lost those 4 games by a combined total of 12 points. Two of those losses were on the road against the #15 (1 point) and #17 (7 points) teams. Another was by 3 on a neutral field to the #1 team. They lost by 2 to the #29 team. There's a good chance they will be 8-4 by the time it's all said and done, and if they aren't, they won't be #7 anymore.

Please click 'read more' to see the ratings. They've been updated with the Nevada/San Jose State game.

RK	LW	Team	WASEAN	RW	RL	RT
1	1	Texas	0.8772	9	0	0
2	3	TCU	0.8721	9	0	0
3	2	Florida	0.8698	9	0	0
4	5	Alabama	0.8423	9	0	0
5	4	Cincinnati	0.8390	9	0	0
6	6	Boise State	0.8308	9	0	0
7	8	Oklahoma	0.8082	5	4	0
8	10	Virginia Tech	0.8015	6	3	0
9	13	Clemson	0.7967	5	3	1
10	14	Pittsburgh	0.7932	8	1	0
11	7	Oregon	0.7911	7	2	0
12	9	Georgia Tech	0.7897	8	1	1
13	17	Ohio State	0.7858	8	2	0
14	15	LSU	0.7853	7	2	0
15	16	Miami (FL)	0.7834	7	1	1
16	18	Villanova	0.7590	8	1	0
17	12	Penn State	0.7551	8	2	0
18	20	Nebraska	0.7524	6	3	0
19	19	USC	0.7491	7	2	0
20	24	Mississippi	0.7425	6	3	0
21	25	Arizona	0.7340	6	2	0
22	21	Tennessee	0.7339	5	4	0
23	26	South Florida	0.7265	6	2	0
24	22	Fresno State	0.7245	6	2	1
25	32	Arkansas	0.7243	5	4	0
26	23	Northern Iowa	0.7232	6	3	0
27	28	Texas Tech	0.7221	6	3	0
28	33	Stanford	0.7217	6	3	0
29	40	Oklahoma State	0.7189	7	2	0
30	29	Boston College	0.7160	5	3	1
31	27	William & Mary	0.7151	8	1	0
32	42	Brigham Young	0.7142	7	2	0
33	41	Connecticut	0.7112	4	5	0
34	31	Richmond	0.7066	8	1	0
35	30	Air Force	0.7046	6	2	2
36	11	Iowa	0.7030	9	1	0
37	47	Oregon State	0.7029	6	3	0
38	34	Central Michigan	0.7023	7	2	0
39	43	Auburn	0.6930	7	3	0
40	36	West Virginia	0.6924	7	2	0
41	37	Florida State	0.6922	4	5	0
42	39	North Carolina	0.6908	6	3	0
43	53	Southern Illinois	0.6902	7	1	0
44	38	Houston	0.6897	8	1	0
45	44	Elon	0.6848	8	1	0
46	46	Wisconsin	0.6784	6	2	1
47	35	Utah	0.6754	7	1	1
48	51	Mississippi State	0.6738	4	5	0
49	56	Georgia	0.6737	5	4	0
50	50	South Carolina	0.6634	6	4	0
51	49	Notre Dame	0.6600	5	3	1
52	57	Michigan State	0.6591	4	5	1
53	63	Wake Forest	0.6589	4	4	2
54	54	Rutgers	0.6574	6	2	0
55	60	Navy	0.6573	5	3	2
56	55	Jacksonville State	0.6541	6	3	0
57	58	Kentucky	0.6525	5	4	0
58	52	Kansas	0.6450	5	4	0
59	45	California	0.6429	6	3	0
60	48	South Dakota State	0.6379	7	2	0
61	69	Northern Illinois	0.6361	6	3	0
62	59	Missouri	0.6293	5	4	0
63	64	Washington	0.6290	3	5	1
64	61	UCLA	0.6257	4	5	0
65	67	Southern Miss	0.6202	5	4	0
66	70	Arizona State	0.6198	4	5	0
67	62	New Hampshire	0.6126	8	1	0
68	75	Kansas State	0.6095	6	4	0
69	87	Harvard	0.6091	6	2	0
70	66	Duke	0.6079	5	4	0
71	71	Texas A&M	0.6068	5	4	0
72	72	East Carolina	0.6063	5	4	0
73	73	South Carolina State	0.6041	8	1	0
74	85	Pennsylvania	0.6026	5	1	2
75	65	Virginia	0.5967	3	6	0
76	79	Appalachian State	0.5945	6	2	1
77	96	Nevada	0.5919	6	3	0
78	76	North Carolina State	0.5918	4	5	0
79	86	Holy Cross	0.5915	8	1	0
80	81	Massachusetts	0.5911	5	4	0
81	94	Liberty	0.5807	6	2	0
82	68	Michigan	0.5806	5	4	1
83	82	Troy	0.5795	7	2	0
84	88	Lafayette	0.5756	7	1	1
85	97	Baylor	0.5730	4	5	0
86	91	Marshall	0.5712	5	4	0
87	90	Tulsa	0.5705	4	5	0
88	92	UCF	0.5674	5	4	0
89	107	Brown	0.5641	5	2	1
90	80	Minnesota	0.5631	4	5	1
91	84	Delaware	0.5624	5	3	0
92	74	Temple	0.5610	7	2	0
93	89	Ohio	0.5572	5	3	1
94	104	Louisiana Tech	0.5561	3	6	0
95	78	Iowa State	0.5560	5	5	0
96	95	James Madison	0.5511	4	4	1
97	77	Montana	0.5498	7	0	1
98	103	Purdue	0.5443	4	6	0
99	83	Southern Methodist	0.5439	5	2	2
100	108	Louisiana-Monroe	0.5420	5	4	0
101	109	Middle Tennessee	0.5347	6	3	0
102	102	Louisville	0.5309	3	6	0
103	99	Bowling Green	0.5305	4	5	0
104	100	Idaho	0.5281	7	3	0
105	113	Vanderbilt	0.5259	2	7	1
106	93	Arkansas State	0.5192	2	6	0
107	122	Colgate	0.5174	7	2	1
108	125	Northwestern	0.5151	6	4	0
109	115	Indiana	0.5075	4	6	0
110	114	Colorado	0.5072	3	6	0
111	118	Eastern Washington	0.5052	5	3	0
112	106	Utah State	0.5037	2	7	0
113	111	Central Connecticut State	0.5014	7	2	0
114	110	Buffalo	0.5002	3	5	1
115	128	Illinois	0.4990	3	6	0
116	98	Stephen F. Austin	0.4980	6	2	0
117	112	Syracuse	0.4970	3	5	1
118	116	Central Arkansas	0.4961	3	4	0
119	105	Albany	0.4949	6	4	0
120	143	Drake	0.4919	6	1	0
121	123	McNeese State	0.4904	6	2	0
122	124	Northern Arizona	0.4898	5	3	1
123	126	Weber State	0.4873	5	4	0
124	101	Southern Utah	0.4863	3	5	0
125	147	South Dakota	0.4829	3	3	2
126	120	Kent State	0.4812	5	5	0
127	119	Florida A&M	0.4756	6	2	1
128	117	San Diego State	0.4739	4	5	0
129	121	Colorado State	0.4734	3	7	0
130	127	Yale	0.4733	4	4	0
131	133	Maryland	0.4731	1	7	1
132	140	Texas State	0.4721	5	2	1
133	130	Maine	0.4704	3	5	0
134	139	Samford	0.4689	3	5	0
135	132	Eastern Illinois	0.4668	7	2	0
136	134	Norfolk State	0.4616	4	4	0
137	144	UNLV	0.4601	4	6	0
138	142	UAB	0.4596	4	5	0
139	138	Hofstra	0.4516	4	5	0
140	159	Montana State	0.4506	4	3	1
141	131	Western Michigan	0.4485	3	6	1
142	141	Akron	0.4420	2	7	0
143	137	Dayton	0.4418	7	1	0
144	154	Hawaii	0.4406	3	6	0
145	146	California-Davis	0.4368	3	4	1
146	135	Columbia	0.4350	2	6	0
147	151	Fordham	0.4346	4	5	0
148	129	Wyoming	0.4304	4	5	0
149	148	North Dakota State	0.4282	2	7	0
150	152	Stony Brook	0.4271	5	4	0
151	173	Southeastern Louisiana	0.4228	3	3	1
152	158	Illinois State	0.4209	5	4	0
153	149	UTEP	0.4172	3	5	1
154	163	Lehigh	0.4168	2	7	0
155	164	Jacksonville	0.4156	4	4	0
156	156	Youngstown State	0.4142	4	5	0
157	157	Furman	0.4102	4	5	0
158	150	Florida International	0.4052	1	7	1
159	162	Toledo	0.4037	4	5	0
160	136	Cal Poly	0.4033	3	5	0
161	160	North Dakota	0.4032	4	3	0
162	165	Missouri State	0.4022	6	4	0
163	172	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.4021	5	3	1
164	167	Chattanooga	0.4003	4	4	0
165	170	Memphis	0.3962	2	7	0
166	175	Monmouth	0.3961	5	4	0
167	145	Citadel	0.3949	4	4	1
168	161	Georgia Southern	0.3904	4	5	0
169	153	Florida Atlantic	0.3885	2	6	0
170	180	Wagner	0.3807	3	2	2
171	188	Wofford	0.3779	3	6	0
172	168	Prairie View A&M	0.3743	6	1	0
173	166	Grambling State	0.3688	5	4	0
174	176	Eastern Kentucky	0.3619	5	4	0
175	182	Miami (OH)	0.3598	1	9	0
176	181	Old Dominion	0.3588	6	2	0
177	171	Army	0.3577	2	6	1
178	155	San Jose State	0.3546	1	7	0
179	184	Cornell	0.3536	2	5	1
180	174	Ball State	0.3516	1	8	0
181	193	Robert Morris	0.3488	3	6	0
182	178	Marist	0.3486	6	3	0
183	191	Rhode Island	0.3486	1	8	0
184	169	North Texas	0.3476	2	6	1
185	177	Bryant	0.3473	2	6	0
186	179	Dartmouth	0.3463	1	6	1
187	183	San Diego	0.3336	2	6	0
188	189	Coastal Carolina	0.3273	4	5	0
189	213	Butler	0.3267	5	0	1
190	187	Delaware State	0.3258	3	5	0
191	190	Northern Colorado	0.3232	3	7	0
192	192	Hampton	0.3157	3	5	1
193	186	St. Francis (PA)	0.3148	2	6	1
194	194	Alabama A&M	0.3134	4	4	0
195	196	Sacred Heart	0.3123	2	7	0
196	185	Washington State	0.3065	0	8	1
197	197	Sacramento State	0.2999	4	5	0
198	217	Davidson	0.2927	3	5	0
199	211	North Carolina A&T	0.2895	3	5	1
200	204	Duquesne	0.2851	2	6	1
201	195	Tennessee Tech	0.2833	4	4	0
202	200	Gardner-Webb	0.2817	3	4	0
203	223	Tennessee-Martin	0.2798	3	5	0
204	210	Charleston Southern	0.2792	3	5	0
205	208	Bethune-Cookman	0.2755	4	4	0
206	199	Western Illinois	0.2741	1	8	0
207	203	Princeton	0.2739	2	5	1
208	209	Tulane	0.2739	2	6	1
209	207	Morgan State	0.2717	4	3	2
210	198	Virginia Military	0.2710	2	7	0
211	215	Bucknell	0.2687	3	6	0
212	205	New Mexico State	0.2653	3	6	0
213	206	New Mexico	0.2698	0	9	0
214	225	Rice	0.2637	0	9	0
215	216	Southern University	0.2600	3	3	0
216	202	Austin Peay	0.2589	2	6	0
217	212	Northeastern	0.2535	1	8	0
218	201	Eastern Michigan	0.2514	0	9	0
219	220	North Carolina Central	0.2459	0	5	2
220	214	Portland State	0.2443	1	8	0
221	222	Towson	0.2401	2	7	0
222	219	Winston-Salem State	0.2390	1	6	2
223	226	Sam Houston State	0.2385	3	5	0
224	221	Western Kentucky	0.2370	0	9	0
225	227	Texas Southern	0.2350	3	4	0
226	230	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.2328	2	2	1
227	224	Western Carolina	0.2315	1	8	0
228	218	Tennessee State	0.2229	3	6	0
229	232	Murray State	0.2101	2	6	0
230	236	Nicholls State	0.2096	1	8	0
231	228	Jackson State	0.2002	3	4	1
232	231	Southeast Missouri State	0.1962	0	8	0
233	229	Alcorn State	0.1916	2	5	0
234	239	Morehead State	0.1789	0	6	2
235	233	Northwestern State	0.1744	0	9	0
236	234	Campbell	0.1736	1	6	0
237	237	Howard	0.1694	2	7	0
238	238	Georgetown	0.2101	0	9	0
239	235	Indiana State	0.1649	1	8	0
240	243	Idaho State	0.1566	0	9	0
241	240	Presbyterian	0.1559	0	9	0
242	242	Valparaiso	0.1472	0	6	0
243	241	Alabama State	0.1416	2	5	0
244	245	Savannah State	0.0824	0	5	0
245	244	Mississippi Valley State	0.0775	1	7	0