Alabama’s Crimson Tide continues to lead all teams in our Week 6 national rankings, as they have from the preseason. (The Coaches Poll now also shows Alabama as its top-ranked team.)
Clemson continues in second. The Tigers’ close call against North Carolina was not terribly costly in the rankings because the Tar Heels have become a rather formidable foe under new/old coach Mack Brown.
Georgia remains third and Oklahoma moved into fourth after evicting idle LSU.
Notre Dame made the biggest jump as the Fighting Irish defeated nationally-ranked Virginia 35-20 to move from 12th to seventh.
Our system was 43-12 in game predictions and now stands 279-60 (82%) for the season. Some of our favorite predictions were:
Fresno State over New Mexico State, predicted 33-17. Final was 30-17.
Vanderbilt over N. Illinois, predicted 24-20. Final was 24-18.
Notre Dame over Virginia, predicted 33-24. Final was 35-20.
Memphis over Navy, predicted 36-28. Final was 35-23.
Louisiana Tech over Rice, predicted 28-20. Final was 23-20.
Southern Miss over UTEP, predicted 32-17. Final was 31-13.
[For all of our game predictions, click here.]
PAC-12 rankings:
- Oregon 3-1
- Washington 3-1
- Utah 3-1
- Arizona State 3-1
- Washington State 3-1
- USC 3-2
- California 4-1
- Arizona 3-1
- Stanford 2-3
- Colorado 3-1
- UCLA 1-4
- Oregon State 1-3
Our national top 25 . . .
1. Alabama 5-0
2. Clemson 5-0
3. Georgia 4-0
4. Oklahoma 4-0
5. LSU 4-0
6. Ohio State 5-0
7. Notre Dame 3-1
8. Penn State 4-0
9. Auburn 5-0
10. Iowa 4-0
11. Florida 5-0
12. Texas 3-1
13. Oregon 3-1
14. Wisconsin 4-0
15. Washington 4-1
16. Boise State 7-0
17. Michigan State 4-1
18. Michigan 3-1
19. Utah 4-1
20. UCF 4-1
21. Oklahoma State 4-1
22. West Virginia 3-1
23. Minnesota 4-0
24. Wake Forest 5-0
25. N Carolina State 3-2
