The College Football Blog: 2009 Season Résumé Rankings (After Week 12)

Season Résumé Rankings After Week 12

1. Alabama 11-0 (1st)
2. Texas 11-0 (2nd)
3. Florida 11-0 (3rd)
4. TCU 11-0 (4th)
5. Cincinnati 10-0 (5th)
6. Boise State 11-0 (6th)
7. Georgia Tech 10-1 (7th)
8. Pittsburgh 9-1 (8th)
9. Oregon 9-2 (9th)
10. Iowa 10-2 (NR)

Comments: Wow! Maybe it’s just this season but this list was really easy; especially the top 9, which had no changes. Alabama, Florida, and TCU dominated nobodies and Texas rolled over Kansas so I kept the top 4 exactly the same. Boise State’s win over Utah State wasn’t enough to jump idle Cinci so the #5 and #6 spots stayed the same. There are only two 1-loss teams in the country and neither of them played last week, so obviously Tech and Pitt stayed at 7th and 8th respectively. Oregon had a very impressive win, surviving OT to beat Arizona on the road, and staying clearly above the rest of the 2-loss teams. LSU lost for a 3rd time so they had to drop out of the #10 spot. There were a number of two loss teams who could have fit into the 10th spot. After some consideration I went with Iowa. Penn State has lost handedly to both Iowa and Ohio State at home and they don’t really have a good win, so they were eliminated. Ohio State just beat Iowa head to head a few weeks ago but you have to go deeper than that. Ohio State lost at home to a less-than-special USC team and lost on the road to a bad Purdue team. Both Iowa and Ohio State won on the road at Penn State but the Buckeyes don’t really have another good win. Iowa beat Arizona at home, crushed Iowa State, and also beat Michigan State and Wisconsin on the road. Ohio State beat Wisconsin at home and didn’t play Michigan State. Both of Iowa’s losses this season were due in part to the injury to their starting QB. In fact, they when they lost to Ohio State they were playing with an inexperienced backup QB, and they lost on the road in overtime. So I went with Iowa.