2009 WASEAN Ratings, Week 14

The SEC Championship was a bust, but the rest of Championship Weekend was one of the best couple of days of college football that I can remember.

The defacto Pac 10 championship game got the weekend off to a great start Thursday night as Oregon won a very entertaining 37-33 match-up in the 2009 edition of The Civil War. The #9 Ducks converted a couple of 4th downs late and is headed to Pasadena to take on #12 Ohio State New Year’s Day.

Saturday Cincinnati and Pitt got the day off to a great start with one of the most entertaining games of the season. The #7 Bearcats found themselves down 21 points with an undefeated season in jeopardy, but came from behind and won the game 45-44. The #14 Panthers missed a PAT after a mishandled snap with 1:36 to go gave them a 44-38 lead. Cincy finished unbeaten and will return to the BCS, most likely against Florida in the Sugar Bowl.

Boise State was not as impressive as expected in a 42-7 win over #115 New Mexico State. This caused this to slip behind Virginia Tech to #6. Tech’s opponents (Alabama & Georgia Tech) had a great weekend.

#2 Alabama got of a to a great start and never let Florida come up for air, leading start to finish in a 32-13 rout. Florida got the game within 12-10 in the 2nd quarter, but the Tide outscored them 20-3 the rest of the way. The Gators dropped from #1 to #4 with the loss.

Finally the night games . . . first the ACC. Georgia Tech blew a 33-20 lead as Clemson went up 34-33 with 6:11 remaining. But the #10 Yellow Jackets were able to put together a 13-play, 86-yard drive that consumed 4:45 to win the conference, spoiling CJ Spillers 20-carry, 233-yard, 4-TD performance.

In the Big 12 Championship, 14-point underdog Nebraska gave Texas everything they could handle. Despite managing just 106 yards of offense, the Cornhuskers, with the help of 3 interceptions, held a 12-10 lead with 1:44 to play. However, an out of bounds kickoff gave the Longhorns the ball on the 40 to start. A horse-collar tackle gave the drive a 15-yard boost. And with 1 second left Hunter Lawrence hit the game-winning 46-yard field goal.

Texas moves back into the #1 spot despite barely beating Nebraska. Their actual rating dropped from .8699 to .8617, but Florida dropped much further after getting blown out by Alabama. Alabama jumped from .8530 to .8583, and from #4 to #2, but it wasn’t quite enough to catch Texas.

TCU remains #3, Clemson’s loss didn’t help, as their rating dipped slightly from .8580 to .8557. The Army/Navy game will actually impact who finishes #3 or #4, as TCU needs a 33-20 (or better) win from Navy to maintain is razor-thin lead over Florida.

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RK	LW	Team	WASEAN	RW	RL	RT
1	2	Texas	0.8617	13	0	0
2	4	Alabama	0.8583	13	0	0
3	3	TCU	0.8557	12	0	0
4	1	Florida	0.8556	12	1	0
5	6	Virginia Tech	0.8163	9	3	0
6	5	Boise State	0.8061	13	0	0
7	7	Cincinnati	0.7910	12	0	0
8	8	Oklahoma	0.7825	7	5	0
9	10	Villanova	0.7824	12	1	0
10	9	Oregon	0.7691	9	2	1
11	12	Georgia Tech	0.7670	10	2	1
12	11	Miami (FL)	0.7665	9	2	1
13	14	Ohio State	0.7632	9	2	1
14	15	LSU	0.7583	8	3	1
15	13	Pittsburgh	0.7576	9	3	0
16	16	Arkansas	0.7559	7	4	1
17	19	Nebraska	0.7540	9	4	0
18	17	Clemson	0.7518	7	5	1
19	18	Penn State	0.7498	10	2	0
20	22	William & Mary	0.7415	11	2	0
21	20	Mississippi	0.7375	8	4	0
22	21	Texas Tech	0.7301	8	4	0
23	25	Central Michigan	0.7077	11	2	0
24	26	Arizona	0.7074	8	3	1
25	24	Tennessee	0.7059	6	5	1
26	32	Oregon State	0.7018	8	4	0
27	27	North Carolina	0.7013	8	4	0
28	23	Richmond	0.7006	11	2	0
29	29	Auburn	0.6996	7	5	0
30	34	West Virginia	0.6985	9	3	0
31	35	Iowa	0.6951	10	1	1
32	33	Stanford	0.6925	8	4	0
33	28	Houston	0.6922	10	3	0
34	31	Connecticut	0.6892	6	5	1
35	30	Northern Iowa	0.6892	7	4	0
36	36	Air Force	0.6886	7	3	2
37	38	South Carolina	0.6836	7	5	0
38	42	Elon	0.6828	9	3	0
39	39	Utah	0.6802	8	2	2
40	41	Brigham Young	0.6794	9	2	1
41	37	USC	0.6790	8	4	0
42	43	Oklahoma State	0.6763	9	3	0
43	50	Wisconsin	0.6749	8	3	1
44	44	Georgia	0.6686	7	5	0
45	46	Pennsylvania	0.6644	7	1	2
46	45	Kentucky	0.6622	7	4	1
47	47	Boston College	0.6604	7	4	1
48	52	Missouri	0.6496	8	4	0
49	51	Florida State	0.6466	6	6	0
50	40	Southern Illinois	0.6464	10	2	0
51	53	Nevada	0.6443	8	4	0
52	49	Rutgers	0.6434	8	4	0
53	54	Mississippi State	0.6433	5	7	0
54	58	East Carolina	0.6417	9	4	0
55	57	Notre Dame	0.6399	5	5	2
56	55	Fresno State	0.6397	8	3	1
57	61	South Florida	0.6326	7	5	0
58	67	Appalachian State	0.6325	10	2	1
59	59	Navy	0.6302	6	4	2
60	63	Michigan State	0.6253	5	6	1
61	60	Jacksonville State	0.6232	8	3	0
62	78	Montana	0.6222	11	0	1
63	62	Wake Forest	0.6204	5	5	2
64	64	Southern Miss	0.6188	7	5	0
65	56	New Hampshire	0.6183	10	3	0
66	65	Kansas	0.6169	5	7	0
67	48	California	0.6155	8	4	0
68	66	South Dakota State	0.6124	8	4	0
69	77	Washington	0.6109	5	6	1
70	71	South Carolina State	0.6071	10	2	0
71	69	UCF	0.6070	8	4	0
72	68	UCLA	0.6067	6	6	0
73	70	Texas A&M	0.6054	6	6	0
74	72	Harvard	0.6017	7	3	0
75	73	Lafayette	0.5964	7	2	2
76	74	Liberty	0.5932	7	3	0
77	76	Northern Illinois	0.5929	7	5	0
78	75	Temple	0.5925	9	3	0
79	79	Holy Cross	0.5860	9	3	0
80	81	Louisiana Tech	0.5853	4	8	0
81	80	James Madison	0.5807	6	4	1
82	82	Arizona State	0.5771	4	8	0
83	83	Ohio	0.5720	8	4	1
84	86	Kansas State	0.5667	6	6	0
85	84	Troy	0.5666	9	3	0
86	85	Middle Tennessee	0.5658	9	3	0
87	88	Virginia	0.5654	3	9	0
88	89	North Carolina State	0.5599	5	7	0
89	87	Massachusetts	0.5598	5	6	0
90	90	Delaware	0.5593	5	5	0
91	91	Minnesota	0.5587	5	6	1
92	93	Michigan	0.5581	5	6	1
93	92	Duke	0.5547	5	7	0
94	94	Purdue	0.5511	5	7	0
95	95	Bowling Green	0.5442	7	5	0
96	96	Iowa State	0.5422	6	6	0
97	97	Colgate	0.5339	8	2	1
98	99	Eastern Washington	0.5308	7	4	0
99	101	Northwestern	0.5288	8	4	0
100	98	Albany	0.5287	7	4	0
101	102	Brown	0.5251	5	3	2
102	100	Marshall	0.5228	6	6	0
103	104	Buffalo	0.5208	5	6	1
104	105	Colorado	0.5177	3	9	0
105	106	Tulsa	0.5151	4	7	1
106	109	Central Connecticut State	0.5148	9	2	0
107	113	Weber State	0.5131	7	5	0
108	107	Vanderbilt	0.5123	2	9	1
109	111	Dayton	0.5116	9	1	0
110	108	Maine	0.5093	4	6	0
111	110	Baylor	0.5089	4	8	0
112	116	Illinois	0.5031	3	9	0
113	114	Syracuse	0.5006	4	7	1
114	112	Southern Methodist	0.5003	7	3	2
115	115	Utah State	0.4920	4	8	0
116	117	Idaho	0.4898	7	5	0
117	120	Indiana	0.4889	4	8	0
118	121	Samford	0.4879	4	6	0
119	118	Columbia	0.4875	4	6	0
120	119	Louisville	0.4831	4	8	0
121	122	Furman	0.4823	6	5	0
122	103	Stephen F. Austin	0.4792	9	3	0
123	123	Florida A&M	0.4789	7	3	1
124	127	Jacksonville	0.4733	6	4	0
125	124	Maryland	0.4720	1	10	1
126	125	Hofstra	0.4699	5	6	0
127	129	Yale	0.4678	4	6	0
128	134	Northern Arizona	0.4675	5	5	1
129	131	South Dakota	0.4661	4	3	2
130	126	McNeese State	0.4648	8	3	0
131	130	UAB	0.4646	5	7	0
132	128	Louisiana-Monroe	0.4646	6	6	0
133	133	Lehigh	0.4624	3	7	1
134	132	Fordham	0.4613	5	6	0
135	135	Norfolk State	0.4605	6	4	0
136	136	Drake	0.4581	6	3	0
137	139	Southern Utah	0.4527	4	6	0
138	138	UNLV	0.4516	5	7	0
139	140	Prairie View A&M	0.4465	8	1	0
140	141	Wyoming	0.4461	6	6	0
141	144	Colorado State	0.4436	3	9	0
142	137	Central Arkansas	0.4427	3	7	0
143	146	Stony Brook	0.4399	6	4	1
144	148	Robert Morris	0.4397	5	6	0
145	143	Arkansas State	0.4391	4	8	0
146	156	Montana State	0.4390	5	4	1
147	147	UTEP	0.4385	4	7	1
148	152	Western Michigan	0.4342	4	7	1
149	149	Eastern Illinois	0.4335	8	4	0
150	145	Texas State	0.4333	6	3	1
151	153	Kent State	0.4304	5	7	0
152	155	San Diego State	0.4286	4	8	0
153	157	Bryant	0.4274	4	6	0
154	158	California-Davis	0.4245	4	5	1
155	150	Youngstown State	0.4244	6	5	0
156	151	North Dakota State	0.4239	3	8	0
157	159	Citadel	0.4207	4	6	1
158	154	Illinois State	0.4198	6	5	0
159	142	Hawaii	0.4172	5	7	1
160	163	Chattanooga	0.4127	5	5	0
161	161	Grambling State	0.4112	7	4	0
162	160	North Dakota	0.4096	5	4	0
163	162	Toledo	0.4087	5	7	0
164	166	Georgia Southern	0.4065	5	6	0
165	164	Monmouth	0.4063	5	6	0
166	169	Florida Atlantic	0.4032	5	7	0
167	167	Old Dominion	0.3983	7	2	0
168	165	Missouri State	0.3934	6	5	0
169	170	Marist	0.3919	7	4	0
170	168	Akron	0.3914	3	9	0
171	171	Memphis	0.3883	2	9	1
172	172	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.3829	6	5	1
173	173	Ball State	0.3802	2	10	0
174	175	Cal Poly	0.3770	3	7	0
175	180	Wofford	0.3666	3	8	0
176	176	Eastern Kentucky	0.3628	5	6	0
177	174	Florida International	0.3627	2	9	1
178	178	Wagner	0.3621	3	4	2
179	177	Army	0.3615	4	6	1
180	179	Dartmouth	0.3607	1	7	2
181	181	Hampton	0.3593	4	6	1
182	183	San Diego	0.3499	3	7	0
183	182	North Texas	0.3493	2	9	1
184	185	Butler	0.3461	6	1	1
185	186	Cornell	0.3448	2	7	1
186	187	Princeton	0.3419	4	5	1
187	184	Southeastern Louisiana	0.3403	3	5	1
188	188	Bucknell	0.3348	4	7	0
189	190	Sacred Heart	0.3264	2	8	0
190	189	Rhode Island	0.3252	1	10	0
191	194	Delaware State	0.3246	4	6	0
192	191	St. Francis (PA)	0.3231	2	8	1
193	197	Northern Colorado	0.3230	3	8	0
194	199	Sacramento State	0.3209	5	6	0
195	193	Tennessee Tech	0.3204	5	5	0
196	198	Western Carolina	0.3177	2	9	0
197	195	Miami (OH)	0.3175	1	11	0
198	196	Alabama A&M	0.3175	6	4	0
199	192	San Jose State	0.3106	2	9	1
200	203	North Carolina A&T	0.3095	3	6	1
201	201	Coastal Carolina	0.3095	5	6	0
202	200	New Mexico	0.3094	1	11	0
203	204	Davidson	0.3094	3	6	0
204	202	Duquesne	0.3090	3	7	1
205	205	Charleston Southern	0.3050	4	5	1
206	208	Morgan State	0.2983	5	4	2
207	206	Gardner-Webb	0.2983	4	5	0
208	207	Northeastern	0.2951	3	8	0
209	209	Virginia Military	0.2913	2	9	0
210	210	North Carolina Central	0.2830	2	5	2
211	212	Bethune-Cookman	0.2806	5	5	0
212	211	Tennessee State	0.2779	4	7	0
213	213	Tennessee-Martin	0.2754	4	6	0
214	217	Texas Southern	0.2658	5	5	0
215	214	Sam Houston State	0.2656	4	6	0
216	216	Southern University	0.2649	4	5	0
217	218	Austin Peay	0.2613	3	7	0
218	221	New Mexico State	0.2612	3	10	0
219	219	Tulane	0.2605	2	9	1
220	220	Rice	0.2585	2	10	0
221	215	Western Illinois	0.2580	1	10	0
222	223	Western Kentucky	0.2574	0	12	0
223	225	Winston-Salem State	0.2536	1	8	2
224	222	Southeast Missouri State	0.2487	1	9	0
225	224	Washington State	0.2474	0	11	1
226	227	Eastern Michigan	0.2470	0	12	0
227	228	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0.2443	2	4	1
228	226	Nicholls State	0.2419	3	8	0
229	230	Portland State	0.2415	1	9	0
230	229	Towson	0.2345	2	9	0
231	231	Morehead State	0.2321	1	7	2
232	232	Alcorn State	0.2204	3	6	0
233	233	Jackson State	0.2138	3	6	1
234	234	Campbell	0.2131	2	7	0
235	236	Murray State	0.1833	2	8	0
236	237	Presbyterian	0.1829	0	11	0
237	235	Northwestern State	0.1818	0	11	0
238	238	Howard	0.1766	2	9	0
239	239	Georgetown	0.2103	0	11	0
240	240	Idaho State	0.1746	1	9	0
241	241	Alabama State	0.1631	2	6	0
242	242	Indiana State	0.1431	1	9	0
243	243	Valparaiso	0.1332	0	8	0
244	244	Mississippi Valley State	0.1100	1	8	0
245	245	Savannah State	0.0952	0	6	0