Lebowski Rankings: Week 8

One more weekend, and I might do this again after the bowls. Next week I'll post all 119 teams for a final season ranking. Then after the bowls, I'll post the top 64/65 (depends on Connecticut), which would be the teams affected by the bowl games.

As you can probably tell, the system seems to give an unfair advantage to smaller conference teams that have had good seasons. While I realize that there's probably little chance that Nevada can come close to Michigan (although you never know), this system only ranks how well a team has performed relative to one goal: winning the games in front of them. And with that, I think this system actually does a pretty good job of ranking the teams by how good their seasons are. For example, I'd think Central Florida fans are more pleased with their season than Oklahoma fans. I'd say TCU fans are extremely excited about their season, while Louisville fans are probably a little let down. And the rankings seem to show that.

Asterisk indicates head to head win.

25. Central Florida 8-3 (100)
24. Toledo 8-3 (99)
23. Fresno State 8-3 (89)
22. Nevada 8-3 (117*)
21. Florida 8-3 (41)
20. Boston College 8-3 (34)
19. Boise State 9-3 (106)
18. Wisconsin 9-3 (40)
17. Louisville 8-2 (79)
16. Alabama 9-2 (67)
15. Notre Dame 9-2 (58)
14. Georgia 9-2 (57)
13. Auburn 9-2 (43)
12. Miami (FL) 9-2 (42)
11. Texas Tech 9-2 (38)
10. Ohio State 9-2 (2)
9. UCLA 9-1 (72)
8. West Virginia 9-1 (69)
7. TCU 10-1 (81)
6. LSU 10-1 (68)
5. Oregon 10-1 (53)
4. Virginia Tech 10-1 (37)
3. Penn State 10-1 (13)
2. Southern Cal 11-0 (51)
1. Texas 11-0 (35)

Biggest riser: +14 Oklahoma; +13 Kansas
Biggest dropper: -15: Bowling Green; -14 Western Michigan, Louisiana Tech