2009 WASEAN ratings, week 9

The contenders stepped up in Week 9, except for Iowa, but even they turned it on in the 4th quarter and survived. Florida throttled Georgia 41-17 and was poised to take over the top spot, which would have been the fourth consecutive week with a lead change. TCU was ready to move into the 2 hole as well after destroying UNLV.

But Texas was up to the challenge and blew out Oklahoma State to remain #1. TCU did move past Alabama and Cincinnati and now sits at #3.

The top 6 have now separated themselves from the pack. Boise State at #6 is closer to passing Texas for #1 (.0306) than falling behind #7 Oregon (.0330).

Iowa has won every game, yet they continue to drop. Their six-week raw ranking trend is now 3-10-13-14-15-17. I saw raw ranking trend because I've made an adjustment to the formula this week. I've decided to recognize a limitation in any computer ranking system regarding undefeated/untied (remember we don't count OT) teams and winless/tieless teams.

Going forward, I will move undefeated teams above the best team they've beaten, and winless teams below the worst team they've lost to. I think this is a reasonable compromise to recognize the limitations of the system. As I understand it, the Billingsley rankings, which are one of the six computers used by the BCS also do this. So if you see a team above or below a team with a higher/lower rating, you'll know why.

This week the adjustment impacts the rankings of Iowa (17->11), New Mexico (202->206) and Georgetown (233->238)

Here are the rankings through week 9. I will update them with the Marshall/UCF game after it's played tonight.

RK	LW	Team	WASEAN	RW	RL	RT
1	1	Texas	0.8759	8	0	0
2	2	Florida	0.8729	8	0	0
3	6	TCU	0.8659	8	0	0
4	3	Cincinnati	0.8561	8	0	0
5	4	Alabama	0.8475	8	0	0
6	5	Boise State	0.8453	8	0	0
7	10	Oregon	0.8123	7	1	0
8	8	Oklahoma	0.8099	5	3	0
9	9	Georgia Tech	0.8084	8	1	0
10	7	Virginia Tech	0.7998	5	3	0
11	11	Iowa	0.7581	9	0	0
12	12	Penn State	0.7994	8	1	0
13	17	Clemson	0.7902	4	3	1
14	14	Pittsburgh	0.7889	7	1	0
15	19	LSU	0.7781	7	1	0
16	15	Miami (FL)	0.7689	6	1	1
17	18	Ohio State	0.7688	7	2	0
18	21	Villanova	0.7572	7	1	0
19	13	USC	0.7555	6	2	0
20	23	Nebraska	0.7467	5	3	0
21	26	Tennessee	0.7425	4	4	0
22	16	Fresno State	0.7373	5	2	1
23	25	Northern Iowa	0.7350	5	3	0
24	20	Mississippi	0.7337	5	3	0
25	24	Arizona	0.7301	5	2	0
26	32	South Florida	0.7255	6	2	0
27	30	William & Mary	0.7213	7	1	0
28	44	Texas Tech	0.7198	6	3	0
29	41	Boston College	0.7155	5	3	1
30	42	Air Force	0.7139	5	2	2
31	28	Richmond	0.7132	8	0	0
32	27	Arkansas	0.7128	4	4	0
33	29	Stanford	0.7120	5	3	0
34	22	Central Michigan	0.7062	7	2	0
35	35	Utah	0.6990	6	1	1
36	33	West Virginia	0.6963	6	2	0
37	34	Florida State	0.6955	4	4	0
38	43	Houston	0.6945	7	1	0
39	52	North Carolina	0.6921	5	3	0
40	37	Oklahoma State	0.6891	6	2	0
41	31	Connecticut	0.6886	4	4	0
42	45	Brigham Young	0.6865	6	2	0
43	51	Auburn	0.6864	6	3	0
44	53	Elon	0.6852	7	1	0
45	46	California	0.6851	6	2	0
46	54	Wisconsin	0.6848	5	2	1
47	39	Oregon State	0.6825	5	3	0
48	49	South Dakota State	0.6805	7	1	0
49	40	Notre Dame	0.6777	5	2	1
50	38	South Carolina	0.6776	6	3	0
51	61	Mississippi State	0.6722	4	5	0
52	36	Kansas	0.6640	5	3	0
53	60	Southern Illinois	0.6616	6	1	0
54	69	Rutgers	0.6587	6	2	0
55	56	Jacksonville State	0.6534	5	3	0
56	55	Georgia	0.6528	4	4	0
57	47	Michigan State	0.6519	3	5	1
58	50	Kentucky	0.6493	4	4	0
59	70	Missouri	0.6492	5	3	0
60	58	Navy	0.6445	4	3	2
61	62	UCLA	0.6371	3	5	0
62	57	New Hampshire	0.6361	7	1	0
63	72	Wake Forest	0.6311	4	4	1
64	64	Washington	0.6284	3	4	1
65	59	Virginia	0.6255	3	5	0
66	74	Duke	0.6227	5	3	0
67	68	Southern Miss	0.6191	5	4	0
68	48	Michigan	0.6143	5	3	1
69	71	Northern Illinois	0.6138	5	3	0
70	66	Arizona State	0.6136	4	4	0
71	88	Texas A&M	0.6111	5	3	0
72	79	East Carolina	0.6091	5	3	0
73	93	South Carolina State	0.6065	7	1	0
74	78	Temple	0.6045	6	2	0
75	75	Kansas State	0.6021	5	4	0
76	86	North Carolina State	0.5980	3	5	0
77	83	Montana	0.5975	6	0	1
78	63	Iowa State	0.5949	5	4	0
79	95	Appalachian State	0.5923	5	2	1
80	81	Minnesota	0.5919	4	4	1
81	67	Massachusetts	0.5859	4	4	0
82	91	Troy	0.5852	6	2	0
83	101	Southern Methodist	0.5815	4	2	2
84	65	Delaware	0.5782	4	3	0
85	82	Pennsylvania	0.5781	4	1	2
86	94	Holy Cross	0.5740	7	1	0
87	90	Harvard	0.5688	5	2	0
88	80	Lafayette	0.5653	6	1	1
89	84	Ohio	0.5634	5	3	1
90	73	Tulsa	0.5633	4	4	0
91	89	Marshall	0.5620	5	4	0
92	85	UCF	0.5618	5	3	0
93	77	Arkansas State	0.5609	2	5	0
94	97	Liberty	0.5533	5	2	0
95	110	James Madison	0.5514	3	4	1
96	96	Nevada	0.5475	5	3	0
97	92	Baylor	0.5444	3	5	0
98	76	Stephen F. Austin	0.5395	5	2	0
99	102	Bowling Green	0.5320	3	5	0
100	98	Idaho	0.5295	7	2	0
101	122	Southern Utah	0.5290	3	4	0
102	106	Louisville	0.5287	3	5	0
103	87	Purdue	0.5284	3	6	0
104	114	Louisiana Tech	0.5245	3	5	0
105	109	Albany	0.5218	6	3	0
106	125	Utah State	0.5213	2	6	0
107	112	Brown	0.5181	4	2	1
108	100	Louisiana-Monroe	0.5177	4	4	0
109	123	Middle Tennessee	0.5163	5	3	0
110	105	Buffalo	0.5152	3	4	1
111	111	Central Connecticut State	0.5133	7	1	0
112	116	Syracuse	0.5129	3	4	1
113	113	Vanderbilt	0.5103	2	6	1
114	99	Colorado	0.5101	2	6	0
115	117	Indiana	0.5089	4	5	0
116	104	Central Arkansas	0.5036	3	3	0
117	103	San Diego State	0.5018	4	4	0
118	134	Eastern Washington	0.4978	5	3	0
119	115	Florida A&M	0.4963	5	2	1
120	124	Kent State	0.4955	5	4	0
121	107	Colorado State	0.4954	3	6	0
122	120	Colgate	0.4950	7	1	1
123	127	McNeese State	0.4916	5	2	0
124	108	Northern Arizona	0.4889	5	2	1
125	121	Northwestern	0.4869	5	4	0
126	119	Weber State	0.4864	5	4	0
127	128	Yale	0.4863	4	3	0
128	147	Illinois	0.4822	2	6	0
129	130	Wyoming	0.4816	4	4	0
130	137	Maine	0.4779	3	4	0
131	118	Western Michigan	0.4727	3	5	1
132	126	Eastern Illinois	0.4676	7	2	0
133	135	Maryland	0.4660	1	6	1
134	153	Norfolk State	0.4595	3	4	0
135	129	Columbia	0.4583	2	5	0
136	131	Cal Poly	0.4438	3	4	0
137	138	Dayton	0.4432	7	0	0
138	142	Hofstra	0.4407	4	4	0
139	133	Samford	0.4393	2	5	0
140	184	Texas State	0.4385	4	2	1
141	136	Akron	0.4381	1	7	0
142	159	UAB	0.4312	3	5	0
143	151	Drake	0.4299	5	1	0
144	145	UNLV	0.4288	3	6	0
145	162	Citadel	0.4288	4	3	1
146	139	California-Davis	0.4283	2	4	1
147	144	South Dakota	0.4279	2	3	2
148	150	North Dakota State	0.4278	2	7	0
149	132	UTEP	0.4261	3	5	0
150	140	Florida International	0.4253	1	6	1
151	141	Fordham	0.4231	3	5	0
152	156	Stony Brook	0.4185	5	4	0
153	146	Florida Atlantic	0.4170	2	5	0
154	152	Hawaii	0.4151	2	6	0
155	143	San Jose State	0.4141	1	6	0
156	154	Youngstown State	0.4134	4	4	0
157	149	Furman	0.4133	4	4	0
158	165	Illinois State	0.4116	4	4	0
159	157	Montana State	0.4098	3	3	1
160	168	North Dakota	0.4097	4	3	0
161	161	Georgia Southern	0.4068	4	4	0
162	148	Toledo	0.4051	4	5	0
163	163	Lehigh	0.4000	2	6	0
164	164	Jacksonville	0.3930	3	4	0
165	155	Missouri State	0.3926	5	4	0
166	174	Grambling State	0.3886	5	3	0
167	158	Chattanooga	0.3865	4	3	0
168	177	Prairie View A&M	0.3801	5	1	0
169	166	North Texas	0.3769	2	5	1
170	160	Memphis	0.3760	2	6	0
171	167	Army	0.3750	2	5	1
172	178	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.3747	4	3	1
173	188	Southeastern Louisiana	0.3684	2	3	1
174	169	Ball State	0.3661	1	8	0
175	173	Monmouth	0.3565	4	4	0
176	172	Eastern Kentucky	0.3559	5	3	0
177	170	Bryant	0.3514	2	5	0
178	183	Marist	0.3471	5	3	0
179	175	Dartmouth	0.3468	1	6	0
180	176	Wagner	0.3456	2	2	2
181	187	Old Dominion	0.3424	5	2	0
182	182	Miami (OH)	0.3390	1	8	0
183	190	San Diego	0.3320	2	5	0
184	179	Cornell	0.3315	2	5	0
185	180	Washington State	0.3293	0	7	1
186	186	St. Francis (PA)	0.3274	2	5	1
187	171	Delaware State	0.3267	2	5	0
188	191	Wofford	0.3224	2	6	0
189	181	Coastal Carolina	0.3193	3	5	0
190	193	Northern Colorado	0.3192	3	6	0
191	185	Rhode Island	0.3164	1	7	0
192	192	Hampton	0.3123	3	4	1
193	189	Robert Morris	0.3117	2	6	0
194	194	Alabama A&M	0.3048	4	3	0
195	196	Tennessee Tech	0.2919	4	3	0
196	198	Sacred Heart	0.2898	1	7	0
197	207	Sacramento State	0.2826	3	5	0
198	195	Virginia Military	0.2791	2	6	0
199	197	Western Illinois	0.2758	1	7	0
200	204	Gardner-Webb	0.2747	3	3	0
201	201	Eastern Michigan	0.2737	0	8	0
202	206	Austin Peay	0.2721	2	5	0
203	208	Princeton	0.2716	2	4	1
204	205	Duquesne	0.2700	2	6	1
205	200	New Mexico State	0.2693	3	6	0
206	217	New Mexico	0.2723	0	8	0
207	215	Morgan State	0.2662	4	2	2
208	227	Bethune-Cookman	0.2648	3	4	0
209	202	Tulane	0.2636	2	6	0
210	223	Charleston Southern	0.2626	2	5	0
211	203	North Carolina A&T	0.2622	3	4	1
212	209	Northeastern	0.2596	1	7	0
213	212	Butler	0.2561	4	0	1
214	199	Portland State	0.2538	1	7	0
215	210	Bucknell	0.2514	3	5	0
216	226	Southern University	0.2480	3	3	0
217	211	Davidson	0.2395	2	5	0
218	218	Tennessee State	0.2377	3	5	0
219	224	Winston-Salem State	0.2367	1	5	2
220	216	North Carolina Central	0.2359	0	4	2
221	214	Western Kentucky	0.2358	0	8	0
222	213	Towson	0.2316	2	6	0
223	219	Tennessee-Martin	0.2240	2	5	0
224	228	Western Carolina	0.2212	1	7	0
225	221	Rice	0.2177	0	8	0
226	222	Sam Houston State	0.2145	3	4	0
227	241	Texas Southern	0.2122	2	4	0
228	230	Jackson State	0.1904	2	4	1
229	225	Alcorn State	0.1895	2	5	0
230	220	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.1894	1	2	1
231	229	Southeast Missouri State	0.1874	0	7	0
232	232	Murray State	0.1869	1	6	0
233	236	Northwestern State	0.1820	0	8	0
234	237	Campbell	0.1712	1	5	0
235	231	Indiana State	0.1675	1	7	0
236	238	Nicholls State	0.1657	1	7	0
237	234	Howard	0.1642	2	6	0
238	235	Georgetown	0.1825	0	8	0
239	233	Morehead State	0.1633	0	6	2
240	239	Presbyterian	0.1590	0	8	0
241	240	Alabama State	0.1462	2	4	0
242	242	Valparaiso	0.1247	0	5	0
243	243	Idaho State	0.1184	0	8	0
244	244	Mississippi Valley State	0.0817	1	6	0
245	245	Savannah State	0.0797	0	5	0