2009 WASEAN ratings, week 11

Week 11 featured some great games, but there wasn't a whole lot of movement at the top.

The game of the day saw Ohio State clinch a berth in the Rose Bowl with an overtime win over much maligned Iowa, playing with their backup QB, James Vandenberg. He was much improved this week, but still threw 3 interceptions. Iowa fans will be wondering what might have been, as there is little doubt in my mind that with Rick Stanzi they'd be sitting at 11-0 and smelling the Roses.

We can't forget though, Ohio State deserves credit for overcoming a couple of tough losses to win the Big 10. I've got them ranked #14 in the FBS, which is down for them, but they are still better than they generally have been getting credit for. Iowa sits at #29, but a lot of that is the Northwestern loss. If they'd won that game 30-17, as opposed to losing 17-10, they be #20 right now.

The top 4 remain unchanged, with Texas, TCU, Florida and Alabama. Texas put a little bit more distance between themselves and the pack with a 47-14 victory at Baylor. TCU was up 35-7 just 19 minutes into the game and throttled Utah, 55-28. Florida has their hands full against South Carolina, but still managed a 24-14 road victory. Alabama started slow but didn't have much trouble with Mississippi State, winning 31-3.

Boise State moves up a spot to #5 off of another blowout, this time 63-25 vs. Idaho. Last week's #6 Cincinnati survived another home game against a decent but not great Big East opponent, #32 (FBS) West Virginia, winning 24-21.

Meanwhile last week's #7 Oklahoma destroyed Texas A&M, 65-10, to move past Cincinnati. We discussed Oklahoma last week, and I know it seems strange seeing a 6-4 team ahead of a good 10-0 team - this Cincinnati squad is the real deal, this isn't Hawaii from a couple of years ago. But to rehash quickly, Oklahoma's 4 losses are by a combined 12 points against teams ranked #1, #13, #16 and  #36 in the FBS, and all were on the road or neutral fields. This not your everyday 6-4 team. In their 6 wins they've outscored their opponents 284-60 (47-10 on average).

EDIT: Wouldn't it figure, East Carolina's 44-17 blowout at Tulsa Sunday night had enough trickle down effect to move Cincinnati back in front of Oklahoma. Every game counts!

Combine this with the fact that Cincinnati does not have a win over a currently ranked team and it's not that implausible that Oklahoma is a whisker ahead .8162 to .8152. Cincinnati's best wins are over #27 UConn, #30 Oregon State, #32 West Virginia and #37 Rutgers. They buried Rutgers, 47-15, but the other 3 games were decided by 2, 10 and 3 points.

The ACC rounds out the top 10. Virginia Tech holds the #8 spot with a 36-9 victory at Maryland. The two likely championship game participants, #9 Georgia Tech and #10 Clemson both scored impressive wins Saturday. The Yellow Jackets jumped over Clemson, Pitt and Oregon after a 49-10 blowout of Duke.

Click 'read more' for the rankings, they'll be updated after Sunday's East Carolina/Tulsa game.

RK	LW	Team	WASEAN	RW	RL	RT
1	1	Texas	0.8821	10	0	0
2	2	TCU	0.8693	10	0	0
3	3	Florida	0.8626	10	0	0
4	4	Alabama	0.8495	10	0	0
5	6	Boise State	0.8251	10	0	0
6	5	Cincinnati	0.8155	10	0	0
7	7	Oklahoma	0.8154	6	4	0
8	8	Virginia Tech	0.8114	7	3	0
9	12	Georgia Tech	0.7997	9	1	1
10	9	Clemson	0.7993	6	3	1
11	11	Oregon	0.7863	8	2	0
12	10	Pittsburgh	0.7774	9	1	0
13	16	Villanova	0.7767	9	1	0
14	15	Miami (FL)	0.7689	7	2	1
15	13	Ohio State	0.7635	8	2	1
16	14	LSU	0.7621	8	2	0
17	18	Nebraska	0.7610	7	3	0
18	20	Mississippi	0.7566	7	3	0
19	25	Arkansas	0.7387	6	4	0
20	17	Penn State	0.7362	9	2	0
21	28	Stanford	0.7306	7	3	0
22	26	Northern Iowa	0.7264	7	3	0
23	29	Oklahoma State	0.7209	8	2	0
24	34	Richmond	0.7165	9	1	0
25	30	Boston College	0.7155	6	3	1
26	27	Texas Tech	0.7134	6	4	0
27	35	Air Force	0.7127	7	2	2
28	33	Connecticut	0.7092	4	5	0
29	22	Tennessee	0.7091	5	5	0
30	31	William & Mary	0.7089	9	1	0
31	21	Arizona	0.7082	6	3	0
32	42	North Carolina	0.7078	7	3	0
33	36	Iowa	0.7047	9	1	1
34	37	Oregon State	0.7016	7	3	0
35	40	West Virginia	0.6993	7	3	0
36	41	Florida State	0.6974	5	5	0
37	38	Central Michigan	0.6936	8	2	0
38	39	Auburn	0.6899	7	4	0
39	19	USC	0.6863	7	3	0
40	32	Brigham Young	0.6841	8	2	0
41	43	Southern Illinois	0.6824	8	1	0
42	54	Rutgers	0.6794	7	2	0
43	47	Utah	0.6762	7	2	1
44	46	Wisconsin	0.6743	7	2	1
45	49	Georgia	0.6718	6	4	0
46	44	Houston	0.6704	8	2	0
47	23	South Florida	0.6687	6	3	0
48	50	South Carolina	0.6682	6	5	0
49	45	Elon	0.6639	8	2	0
50	55	Navy	0.6635	6	3	2
51	62	Missouri	0.6625	6	4	0
52	24	Fresno State	0.6617	6	3	1
53	52	Michigan State	0.6540	5	5	1
54	56	Jacksonville State	0.6538	7	3	0
55	51	Notre Dame	0.6534	5	4	1
56	57	Kentucky	0.6516	6	4	0
57	76	Appalachian State	0.6473	7	2	1
58	59	California	0.6438	7	3	0
59	72	East Carolina	0.6430	6	4	0
60	48	Mississippi State	0.6395	4	6	0
61	74	Pennsylvania	0.6374	6	1	2
62	53	Wake Forest	0.6364	4	5	2
63	64	UCLA	0.6326	5	5	0
64	60	South Dakota State	0.6300	7	3	0
65	67	New Hampshire	0.6272	8	2	0
66	77	Nevada	0.6256	7	3	0
67	65	Southern Miss	0.6251	6	4	0
68	58	Kansas	0.6237	5	5	0
69	81	Liberty	0.6065	7	2	0
70	61	Northern Illinois	0.6047	7	3	0
71	73	South Carolina State	0.6027	9	1	0
72	66	Arizona State	0.5997	4	6	0
73	79	Holy Cross	0.5943	9	1	0
74	69	Harvard	0.5939	6	3	0
75	92	Temple	0.5926	8	2	0
76	63	Washington	0.5912	3	6	1
77	75	Virginia	0.5897	3	7	0
78	84	Lafayette	0.5896	7	2	1
79	88	UCF	0.5838	6	4	0
80	80	Massachusetts	0.5759	5	5	0
81	78	North Carolina State	0.5743	4	6	0
82	70	Duke	0.5737	5	5	0
83	96	James Madison	0.5712	5	4	1
84	68	Kansas State	0.5706	6	5	0
85	94	Louisiana Tech	0.5701	3	7	0
86	97	Montana	0.5677	8	0	1
87	71	Texas A&M	0.5673	5	5	0
88	86	Marshall	0.5657	5	5	0
89	82	Michigan	0.5639	5	5	1
90	85	Baylor	0.5625	4	6	0
91	90	Minnesota	0.5608	5	5	1
92	93	Ohio	0.5587	6	3	1
93	83	Troy	0.5544	7	3	0
94	91	Delaware	0.5531	5	4	0
95	95	Iowa State	0.5502	6	5	0
96	103	Bowling Green	0.5498	5	5	0
97	89	Brown	0.5398	5	2	2
98	116	Stephen F. Austin	0.5385	7	2	0
99	101	Middle Tennessee	0.5385	7	3	0
100	87	Tulsa	0.5357	4	6	0
101	98	Purdue	0.5344	4	7	0
102	99	Southern Methodist	0.5334	6	2	2
103	111	Eastern Washington	0.5323	6	3	0
104	107	Colgate	0.5230	8	2	1
105	108	Northwestern	0.5183	7	4	0
106	123	Weber State	0.5151	6	4	0
107	105	Vanderbilt	0.5142	2	8	1
108	121	McNeese State	0.5129	7	2	0
109	102	Louisville	0.5124	4	6	0
110	100	Louisiana-Monroe	0.5097	6	4	0
111	104	Idaho	0.5091	7	4	0
112	109	Indiana	0.5090	4	7	0
113	119	Albany	0.5077	6	4	0
114	113	Central Connecticut State	0.5058	8	2	0
115	134	Samford	0.5028	4	5	0
116	110	Colorado	0.5009	3	7	0
117	143	Dayton	0.4982	8	1	0
118	114	Buffalo	0.4937	3	6	1
119	112	Utah State	0.4923	3	7	0
120	135	Eastern Illinois	0.4897	8	2	0
121	133	Maine	0.4896	4	5	0
122	117	Syracuse	0.4843	3	6	1
123	106	Arkansas State	0.4809	2	7	0
124	115	Illinois	0.4787	3	7	0
125	125	South Dakota	0.4756	4	3	2
126	126	Kent State	0.4746	5	5	0
127	138	UAB	0.4742	5	5	0
128	129	Colorado State	0.4716	3	7	0
129	118	Central Arkansas	0.4701	3	5	0
130	122	Northern Arizona	0.4691	5	4	1
131	120	Drake	0.4658	6	2	0
132	136	Norfolk State	0.4645	5	4	0
133	130	Yale	0.4604	4	5	0
134	131	Maryland	0.4589	1	8	1
135	132	Texas State	0.4585	5	3	1
136	137	UNLV	0.4577	4	7	0
137	146	Columbia	0.4566	3	6	0
138	141	Western Michigan	0.4555	4	6	1
139	124	Southern Utah	0.4554	3	6	0
140	148	Wyoming	0.4548	5	5	0
141	155	Jacksonville	0.4542	5	4	0
142	128	San Diego State	0.4536	4	6	0
143	149	North Dakota State	0.4520	3	7	0
144	157	Furman	0.4516	5	5	0
145	140	Montana State	0.4493	5	3	1
146	139	Hofstra	0.4430	4	6	0
147	154	Lehigh	0.4426	3	7	0
148	127	Florida A&M	0.4368	6	3	1
149	144	Hawaii	0.4333	4	6	0
150	145	California-Davis	0.4317	4	4	1
151	147	Fordham	0.4298	4	6	0
152	164	Chattanooga	0.4251	5	4	0
153	156	Youngstown State	0.4245	5	5	0
154	167	Citadel	0.4243	4	5	1
155	150	Stony Brook	0.4227	5	4	1
156	169	Florida Atlantic	0.4211	3	6	0
157	153	UTEP	0.4208	3	6	1
158	166	Monmouth	0.4183	5	5	0
159	152	Illinois State	0.4097	5	5	0
160	162	Missouri State	0.4060	6	5	0
161	159	Toledo	0.4011	4	6	0
162	158	Florida International	0.4005	2	7	1
163	142	Akron	0.4003	2	8	0
164	181	Robert Morris	0.3998	4	6	0
165	161	North Dakota	0.3961	4	4	0
166	160	Cal Poly	0.3961	3	6	0
167	168	Georgia Southern	0.3956	4	6	0
168	172	Prairie View A&M	0.3934	7	1	0
169	163	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.3901	5	4	1
170	171	Wofford	0.3888	3	7	0
171	151	Southeastern Louisiana	0.3880	3	4	1
172	165	Memphis	0.3852	2	8	0
173	176	Old Dominion	0.3847	6	2	0
174	185	Bryant	0.3825	3	6	0
175	186	Dartmouth	0.3803	1	6	2
176	180	Ball State	0.3782	1	9	0
177	182	Marist	0.3775	7	3	0
178	173	Grambling State	0.3705	6	4	0
179	192	Hampton	0.3677	4	5	1
180	170	Wagner	0.3631	3	3	2
181	177	Army	0.3561	3	6	1
182	184	North Texas	0.3532	2	7	1
183	179	Cornell	0.3482	2	6	1
184	187	San Diego	0.3413	3	6	0
185	175	Miami (OH)	0.3407	1	10	0
186	174	Eastern Kentucky	0.3406	5	5	0
187	178	San Jose State	0.3362	1	8	0
188	183	Rhode Island	0.3345	1	9	0
189	190	Delaware State	0.3249	3	6	0
190	191	Northern Colorado	0.3185	3	8	0
191	188	Coastal Carolina	0.3183	5	5	0
192	194	Alabama A&M	0.3181	5	4	0
193	189	Butler	0.3181	5	1	1
194	195	Sacred Heart	0.3144	2	8	0
195	200	Duquesne	0.3141	3	6	1
196	193	St. Francis (PA)	0.3091	2	7	1
197	197	Sacramento State	0.3075	4	6	0
198	207	Princeton	0.3043	3	5	1
199	204	Charleston Southern	0.2992	3	5	1
200	201	Tennessee Tech	0.2973	4	5	0
201	198	Davidson	0.2960	3	6	0
202	211	Bucknell	0.2930	3	7	0
203	205	Bethune-Cookman	0.2924	5	4	0
204	199	North Carolina A&T	0.2915	3	5	1
205	210	Virginia Military	0.2910	2	8	0
206	202	Gardner-Webb	0.2898	3	5	0
207	227	Western Carolina	0.2872	2	8	0
208	219	North Carolina Central	0.2838	1	5	2
209	206	Western Illinois	0.2766	1	9	0
210	196	Washington State	0.2745	0	9	1
211	217	Northeastern	0.2716	2	8	0
212	209	Morgan State	0.2713	4	4	2
213	214	Rice	0.2690	1	9	0
214	223	Sam Houston State	0.2685	4	5	0
215	203	Tennessee-Martin	0.2654	3	6	0
216	208	Tulane	0.2640	2	7	1
217	216	Austin Peay	0.2619	3	6	0
218	215	Southern University	0.2593	4	3	0
219	212	New Mexico State	0.2559	3	7	0
220	213	New Mexico	0.2909	0	10	0
221	224	Western Kentucky	0.2545	0	10	0
222	218	Eastern Michigan	0.2442	0	10	0
223	225	Texas Southern	0.2402	3	5	0
224	232	Southeast Missouri State	0.2402	1	8	0
225	220	Portland State	0.2375	1	9	0
226	226	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.2353	2	2	1
227	222	Winston-Salem State	0.2337	1	7	2
228	221	Towson	0.2314	2	8	0
229	228	Tennessee State	0.2275	3	7	0
230	230	Nicholls State	0.2178	2	8	0
231	236	Campbell	0.2087	2	6	0
232	231	Jackson State	0.2048	3	5	1
233	234	Morehead State	0.1951	0	7	2
234	229	Murray State	0.1923	2	7	0
235	233	Alcorn State	0.1842	2	6	0
236	241	Presbyterian	0.1825	0	10	0
237	235	Northwestern State	0.1754	0	10	0
238	240	Idaho State	0.1706	1	9	0
239	237	Howard	0.1662	2	8	0
240	238	Georgetown	0.2129	0	10	0
241	239	Indiana State	0.1536	1	9	0
242	243	Alabama State	0.1460	2	6	0
243	242	Valparaiso	0.1394	0	7	0
244	244	Savannah State	0.0888	0	5	0
245	245	Mississippi Valley State	0.0786	1	7	0