Final Power Rankings
1. Alabama 12-1 (2nd)
2. LSU 13-1 (1st)
3. USC 10-2 (3rd)
4. Oregon 12-2 (5th)
5. Oklahoma State 12-1 (4th)
6. Stanford 11-2 (6th)
7. Boise State 12-1 (7th)
8. Wisconsin 11-3 (8th)
9. Michigan State 11-3 (9th)
10. Arkansas 11-2 (10th)
11. Oklahoma 10-3 (11th)
12. South Carolina 11-2 (13th)
13. Kansas State 10-3 (12th)
14. Georgia 10-4 (14th)
15. Baylor 10-3 (15th)
Out: None.
Explanation: Well, these are the final power rankings, post-bowl season. I try not to overreact to bowl results but this year it was harder to deal with. LSU and Alabama both ended up with 1 loss and they split their 2 head-to-head matchups. Oklahoma State beat Stanford to hand them their 2nd loss of the season, but Ok State was lucky to even make it to OT against the Cardinal, who out-played them all night.
Boise State never got a chance to prove themselves, as they had to play ASU in the bowl season. Oregon got beat by USC, but the Trojans didn’t play in the postseason, while the Ducks beat Wisconsin in the Rose Bowl. It was tricky dealing with all of this and trying to figure out the final rankings.
No teams fell out of my top 15 in the final rankings. No team moved up or down more than 1 spot in my final power rankings. Alabama, Oregon, and South Carolina each moved up 1 spot in the rankings. LSU, Oklahoma State, and Kansas State each dropped 1 spot in the final rankings.
Alabama shutout LSU in the rematch, dominating them defensively on a level that would have been hard to imagine. Bama won 20-0 to finish 12-1 and claim the national title. I knew that Bama was one of the two best teams in the country going into the final game. I knew they had a good chance of knocking off LSU. But had the NC game been a close fight, with Bama winning in the final moments, I might have kept LSU at #1.
I knew there was a good chance of such a scenario happening, and I had been thinking about whether or not it would be right to view the NC game as the Super Bowl. To take an example from the NFL, in 2007, the New York Giants were world champs. They knocked off the Patriots in the Super Bowl and won the title. Fair and square; no questions asked. But there isn’t a playoff system in college football. If you asked me who the best team was in the NFL in 2007 I would have said New England.
This year in college football, I thought LSU was the best team, so if they had lost a tough game to Bama—who I thought was clearly better than every team other than LSU this season and was the only team even close to them—after more than a month of rest, on a neutral field, I may have left the LSU Tigers as my #1 team. I still think rest/rust played a factor, as did the grind of playing all of those big games—including beating Alabama on the road already this season.
However, Bama rendered LSU so totally inept in the NC game, that there was simply no other choice than to move Bama up a spot to #1 in my final rankings, while moving the Tigers down a spot to #2. Right now, if there was to be a rubber match this weekend, the Crimson Tide would be the clear and obvious favorite. With that in mind, they had to be my #1 team.
However, LSU is still clearly and obviously better than every other team in the country. While Oklahoma State had a very, very impressive season in terms of the number of quality wins and the number of lopsided victories, they are simply not on the same level as LSU or Bama.
USC was still banned from playing in the bowls this season, so naturally they have been forgotten about to a large extent, but they looked like the best non-SEC team at the end of the regular season. No team did anything in the bowls to make me change my mind. I kept the Trojans at #3 in the final rankings.
Oregon defeated a very good Wisconsin team in the Rose to Bowl finish 12-2, with their only losses coming against LSU (#2 in my rankings) and USC (#3 in my rankings). I moved the Ducks up 1 spot to #4 in my final rankings. However, it wasn’t only Oregon’s impressive win over the Badgers that caused me to move them up a slot.
I was also swayed by Oklahoma State’s performance against Stanford in the Fiesta Bowl. It might sound crazy to be taking anything negative away from a win over one of the best teams in the country, but I was actually less impressed with Oklahoma State after their dramatic win over Stanford than I had been going into the game.
Again, you always have to consider the time off between the end of the season and the bowl games, and with Oklahoma State you had to consider that they had hopes of being in the NC game and just barely got left out. But Stanford did a pretty damn good job of slowing Oklahoma State’s unstoppable offense down. I thought Stanford outplayed, out-physicalled, and outsmarted Okie State.
Oklahoma State was dead if Stanford had been able to hit a very makeable game winning FG. But Stanford missed and the Cowboys deserve credit for winning the thing in OT. Still, I moved them down 1 spot in my final rankings to #5. I kept Stanford at #6, as even though I think they were one of the more balanced and all-around best teams in the country this season, special teams—and in particular clutch FG kicking—is very much a part of the game.
Boise State got ripped off again and didn’t get a chance to prove themselves against one of the big boys in a bowl game. They thrashed Arizona State as expected to finish the season 12-1, with only a 1-point loss to TCU keeping them from a perfect record. I kept the Broncos at #7 in my final rankings.
Wisconsin stayed at #8 in my final rankings, as the Badgers battled Oregon (my #4 team) down to the final gun in the Rose Bowl.
I had Michigan State ranked higher than most people this season. As a Bulldawg, I was very concerned about our matchup with them, and I picked them to beat the spread. Unfortunately, they validated what I had been saying, and dealt my team a heartbreaking defeat in OT-III in the Outback Bowl. I kept the Spartans at #9 in my final rankings.
Arkansas took care of business against KSU in the Cotton Bowl to finish 11-2, with their only losses coming on the road against by far the 2 best teams in the country. I don’t have the Hogs ranked as high as most people, but I kept them at #10 in my final rankings.
Oklahoma finished yet another disappointing double digit win season with a ho-hum victory over Iowa. I kept the Sooners—injury plagued and perplexing as always—at #11 in my final rankings.
South Carolina was one of the teams that impressed me the most this bowl season. Steve Spurrier’s teams—particularly his South Carolina teams—have sometimes seemed not to be all that interested in “meaningless” bowl games. That wasn’t the case this year, as the Gamecocks--playing with a backup QB and without their star RB—spanked a good Nebraska team in the Capital One Bowl to finish 11-2. They moved up 1 spot to #12 in my final rankings.
Kansas State is another team that I have had ranked higher than most people this season. They had a respectable showing against the Hogs before eventually being put away, finishing the season at 10-3. They were more than just a good story this season; they were a legitimately good football team. I did move them down 1 spot in my final rankings to #13.
The Dawgs choked away a big lead; they choked away a lead in the final minutes; and they choked away a kick to win in overtime before finally losing in the 3rd overtime session against Michigan State. In the process, they choked away their last chance to beat a legitimately good team in 2011. They were a good football team this year but they were not a truly great team. Georgia stayed at #14 in my final rankings.
Rounding out my final rankings are the Baylor Bears. RG III and company are certainly one of the best Baylor team’s I’ve ever seen and they are without a doubt one of the most impressive offensive teams in the country. But after watching them play Washington in the Alamo Bowl, I have to say that they are also one of the worst defensive teams in the land. Their offense is good enough to make them a good team, but their defense keeps them from being a great team. I kept Baylor at #15 in my final rankings.
Power Rankings Season Notes: Once again this season there were 17 different editions of my power rankings (the preseason power rankings; 15 weeks of power rankings during the regular season; and the final power rankings) with each edition ranking the top 15 teams in overall strength.
16 of the 17 sets of power rankings were unique, with the rankings only remaining exactly the same in week 15 when only Army and Navy had been in action.
This season there were only 3 weeks when all 15 teams from the week before remained in the power rankings: week 12; week 15; and the final rankings. Usually only 1 team fell out of the rankings each week. 14 of the 15 teams from the week before remained in my power rankings in 9 editions this year, plus another edition when13 of the 15 teams remained in the rankings. So in 13 of the 16 editions after the preseason rankings, at least 13 of the 15 teams in my power rankings remained in the top 15.
There were 2 editions when 3 teams fell out of the top 15: week 1 and week 9. The most chaotic edition was week 7, when 4 teams fell out of the top 15.
26 different teams were included in at least 1 of the 17 editions of my power rankings this season. Interestingly enough, that is the exact same number as last year.
10 of the 15 teams in my final power rankings were also in my preseason power rankings (Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, South Carolina, Oregon, Georgia, Boise State, USC, Stanford, and Oklahoma State). In other words, there were 5 teams in my final power rankings who were not in my preseason power rankings (Wisconsin, Arkansas, Kansas State, Michigan State, and Baylor).
7 teams made it into all 17 editions of my power rankings, from preseason through the final rankings (Alabama, Oklahoma, LSU, Oregon, Boise State, Stanford, and Oklahoma State). Wisconsin made it into 16 of 17 editions. South Carolina and Arkansas were in 15 of 17 editions.
5 different teams were included in 9 of 17 editions of the power rankings (Texas A&M, USC, Clemson, Kansas State, and Michigan State). Georgia was in 8 of 17 editions. 3 different teams were included in 6 of 17 editions of my rankings (Florida State, Texas, and Nebraska). Florida made it into 5 of the 17 sets of power rankings.
4 different teams were included in 3 of the 17 editions of the power rankings (Ohio State, Arizona State, Virginia Tech, and Baylor). Finally, 2 teams were included in just 1 of the 17 editions of the power rankings (Mississippi State and Auburn).
Only 2 teams were ever #1 in my power rankings this season. Alabama was the #1 team in 9 of 17 editions of the power rankings, while LSU was the #1 team in the other 8 editions of my rankings. Alabama held the top spot in the first 8 editions of the power rankings, and then LSU was #1 for the next 8 editions, before the Tide reclaimed the #1 spot in the final rankings.
Only 3 teams held the #2 spot in my rankings at any point this season. Oklahoma was #2 in the first 4 editions, and then LSU took over the #2 spot for the next 4 editions of the power rankings. Alabama was then ranked #2 in the next 8 sets of my rankings, before LSU ended up back at #2 for a 5th time in the final rankings.
5 different teams were ranked #3 in at least 1 edition of my power rankings (USC x 5; Oklahoma x 4; LSU x 4; Oklahoma State x 3; and Oregon x 1).
5 different teams were ranked #4 in at least 1 edition of my power rankings (FSU x 4; Oregon x 4; Boise State x 4; Oklahoma State x 4; Stanford x 1).
6 different teams were ranked #5 in at least 1 edition of my rankings (Oregon x 8; A&M x 3; Stanford x 2; Oklahoma State x 2; Oklahoma x 1; and South Carolina x 1).
Only 3 different teams were ever ranked #6 in my rankings (Stanford x 10; Boise State x 6; A&M x 3).
6 different teams were ranked #7 at one point (Boise State x 6; Oklahoma State x 4; Oklahoma x 2; South Carolina x 2; Oregon x 2; Clemson x 1).
The #8 spot was a particularly chaotic spot in my rankings, with 9 different teams holding claim to it at some point (Wisconsin x 6; MSU x 3; Oregon x 2; Oklahoma x 1; A&M x 1; Georgia x 1; Stanford x 1; Nebraska x 1; Clemson x 1).
9 different teams also held the #9 spot at some point (Michigan State x 4; Clemson x 3; Wisconsin x 3; Oklahoma x 2; Boise State x 1; USC x 1; Ohio State x 1; Stanford x 1; Florida x 1).
Likewise, there were 9 different teams to hold the #10 spot at some point (Arkansas x 6; Wisconsin x 4; South Carolina x 1; Texas x 1; USC x 1; Stanford x 1; Florida x 1; Clemson x 1; ASU x 1).
The #11 spot was filled by 11 different teams during the course of the season (Oklahoma x 3; Arkansas x 3; A&M x 2; Oklahoma State x 2; South Carolina x 1; USC x 1; Nebraska x 1; Wisconsin x 1; Florida x 1; Clemson x 1; Michigan State x 1).
There were also 11 different occupants of the #12 spot during the year (Arkansas x 4; KSU x 4; FSU x 1; South Carolina x 1; A&M x 1; USC x 1; Ohio State x 1; Nebraska x 1; Oklahoma State x 1; ASU x 1; MSU x 1).
The #13 spot was filled by 9 different teams during the season (KSU x 5; South Carolina x 4; Wisconsin x 2; FSU x 1; Texas x 1; Stanford x 1; Nebraska x 1; Florida x 1; Clemson x 1).
9 different teams also held the #14 spot at some point (Georgia x 5; South Carolina x 4; Nebraska x 2; A&M x 1; Ohio State x 1; Arkansas x 1; Clemson x 1; ASU x 1; Virginia Tech x 1).
Finally, 10 different teams held the #15 spot in the rankings at some point this season (Texas x 4; Baylor x 3; Georgia x 2; Virginia Tech x 2; South Carolina x 1; Oklahoma State x 1; Arkansas x 1; Mississippi State x 1; Florida x 1; Auburn x 1).
Here’s a rundown of the 26 teams that made it into my power rankings during 2011, listed by number of appearances.
Alabama: Bama was ranked in 17 of 17 editions of the power rankings (#1 x 9; #2 x 8). They debuted at #1 in the preseason rankings and held that spot through the first 8 editions. They were then #2 for 8 straight editions, before finishing at #1 in the final rankings. The Tide was ranked in the top 2 in my power rankings in all 17 editions.
LSU: LSU was ranked in 17 of 17 editions (#1 x 8; #2 x 5; #3 x 4). The Tigers were #3 in the first 4 editions and then #2 in the next 4 editions. They then held the #1 spot for the next 8 editions, before finishing at #2 in the final rankings. LSU was ranked in the top 2 in my power rankings in the final 13 editions, and they were ranked in the top 3 in all 17 editions.
Oklahoma: Oklahoma was ranked in 17 of 17 editions (#2 x 4; #3 x 4; #5 x 1; #7 x 2; #8 x 1; #9 x 2; #11 x 3). The Sooners were ranked #2 in the first 4 editions and then #3 in the next 4 editions. They fell to #8 in week 8, and then held the #7 spot for a couple of weeks before reaching the #5 spot in week 11.
The Sooners were #9 in weeks 12 and 13 and then ranked #11 in the final 3 editions. The Sooners were ranked in the top 3 in 8 of 17 editions and they were ranked in the top 11 in all 17 editions.
Oregon: The Ducks were ranked in 17 of 17 editions (#3 x 1; #4 x 4; #5 x 8; #7 x 2; #8 x 2). Oregon was ranked #7 in the preseason power rankings; then #8 for 2 weeks; then back to #7; and then #5 for 4 straight weeks.
The Ducks reached their peak at #3 in week 8. The Ducks were then #4 for 3 straight weeks and then #5 for 4 straight weeks before finishing at #4. Oregon was ranked in the top 5 in the final 13 editions and they ranked in the top 8 in all 17 editions.
Boise State: Boise State made it into 17 of 17 editions (#4 x 4; #6 x 6; #7 x 6; #9 x 1). The Broncos were ranked #9 in the preseason rankings. They were #6 for the next 3 editions; then #4 for 4 straight weeks; and then #6 again for 3 more weeks. They were #7 in the final 6 editions. The Broncos were ranked in the top 7 in the final 16 editions and they were ranked in the top 9 in all 17 editions.
Stanford: Stanford was ranked in 17 of 17 editions (#4 x 1; #5 x 2; #6 x 10; #8 x 1; #9 x 1; #10 x 1; #13 x 1). Stanford was ranked #13 in the preseason rankings; then moved to #10; then #9; then #8; and then #6 for 4 straight weeks.
They reached their peak at #4 in week 8. They were #5 in the next 2 editions and then #6 in the final 6 editions. Stanford was ranked in the top 6 in the final 13 editions; in the top 10 in the final 16 editions; and in the top 13 in all 17 editions.
Oklahoma State: Okie State was ranked in 17 of 17 editions (#3 x 3; #4 x 4; #5 x 2; #7 x 4; #11 x 2; #12 x 1; #15 x 1). The Cowboys were ranked #15 in the preseason rankings; moved to #12 the next week; then moved to #11 for the next 2 editions. They were #7 for the next 4 weeks and then climbed to #5 in week 8.
Oklahoma State’s peak was at #3 in the next 3 edition. They were then #4 in 4 straight editions before finishing at #5 in the final rankings. The Cowboys were ranked in the top 5 in the final 9 editions and the top 7 in the final 13 editions.
Wisconsin: Wisconsin was ranked in 16 of 17 editions (#8 x 6; #9 x 3; #10 x 4; #11 x 1; #13 x 2). The Badgers were not ranked in the preseason power rankings but they made their debut the next week at #13. They moved to #10 the next week and then #9 for the next 2 weeks. They were #8 for 3 straight weeks after that before falling back to #9 and then #13. They moved back to #11 for a week and then spent 3 straight weeks at #10 before finishing at #8 in the final 3 editions.
The Badgers were ranked in the top 10 in the final 6 editions of the power rankings. Strangely, while being included in the final 16 editions of the power rankings, Wisconsin never ranked higher than #8 at any point.
South Carolina: South Carolina was ranked in 15 of 17 editions (#5 x 1; #7 x 2; #10 x 1; #11 x 1; #12 x 1; #13 x 4; #14 x 4; #15 x 1). The Gamecocks were ranked #5 in the preseason rankings but that would be their highest ranking of the season. They dropped to #7 for the next 2 weeks and then to #10. They were #11 in the next edition and then fell to #15. They climbed to #13 in the next edition before falling out of the rankings in week 7.
After a couple of weeks out of the rankings, South Carolina jumped back into the rankings at #14 in week 9 and they would hold that spot for 4 weeks. They were then #13 for 3 straight editions before finishing the season ranked #12.
South Carolina was all over the place, spending time in 8 different slots in the top 15, plus a couple of weeks outside the top 15. They were ranked in the final 8 editions of the power rankings.
Arkansas: The Hogs were included in 15 of the 17 editions (#10 x 6; #11 x 3; #12 x 4; #14 x 1; #15 x 1). Arkansas was not ranked in the preseason rankings but they entered the power rankings at #14 the next week. They were #12 for the next 2 weeks before falling out of the rankings in week 4.
They jumped back into the rankings for good the next week at #11. They were then #10 for 3 straight weeks before falling to #15 in week 9. They were #12 in the next 2 editions and then #11 in the 2 editions after that. They were ranked #10 in the final 3 editions.
Arkansas spent 15 weeks in the rankings but they never climbed higher than #10. The Hogs were included in the final 12 editions of the power rankings.
Texas A&M: The Aggies were ranked in 9 of 17 editions (#5 x 3; #6 x 1; #8 x 1; #11 x 2; #12 x 1; #14 x 1). A&M was ranked #6 in the preseason rankings and then spent the next 3 weeks at #5. They dropped to #8 in week 4 and then all the way to #14 in week 5.
They climbed to #12 in week 6 and then spent 2 weeks at #11 before falling out of the rankings in week 9. They would remain unranked the rest of the way, finishing out of the top 15 in the final 8 editions after spending the first 9 editions in the top 15.
USC: USC was included in 9 of 17 editions (#3 x 5; #9 x 1; #10 x 1; #11 x 1; #12 x 1). The Trojans were ranked #11 in the preseason rankings but they dropped out of the top 15 in week 1 and would spend the next 8 weeks outside of the power rankings. They jumped back into the rankings at #12 in week 9 and they would be in the top 15 the rest of the way.
They moved to #10 in the next edition and then to #9 before vaulting to #3 in week 12. The Trojans were ranked #3 in the final 5 editions of the power rankings. USC was ranked in the top 12 in the final 8 editions of the power rankings.
Clemson: Clemson was included in 9 of 17 editions (#7 x 1; #8 x 1; #9 x 3; #10 x 1; #11 x 1; #13 x 1; #14 x 1). The Tigers debuted in the rankings at #14 in week 4. They moved to #10 the next week and then spent 2 weeks at #9 before reaching their peak at #7 in week 8.
They fell back to #9 the next week, and then went back up to #8, before falling to #11 in week 11. They dropped to #13 in the next edition and then fell back out of the rankings in week 13. They would remain outside the power rankings the rest of the way.
Clemson had an unusual year in the power rankings, as they were unranked for the first 4 editions; then ranked in the top 15 in the next 9 editions; and then were unranked for the final 4 editions.
Kansas State: KSU was ranked in 9 of 17 editions (#12 x 4; #13 x 5). The Wildcats debuted in the power rankings at #13 in week 7. After a couple of weeks at that spot they fell out of the power rankings again in week 9. However, they were back in the rankings at #13 in week 10 and they would remain in the top 15 the rest of the way.
After 2 weeks at #13 they spent 4 straight weeks at #12 before finishing back at #13 in the final edition. The Wildcats were ranked in the final 7 editions of the power rankings and in 9 of the final 10, but they never climbed higher than #12.
Michigan State: MSU was ranked in 9 of 17 editions (#8 x 3; #9 x 4; #11 x 1; #12 x 1). The Spartans debuted in the rankings at #12 in week 8. They moved to #11 in week 9 and then to #9 a week later. They reached their peak at #8 in week 11 and held that spot for 3 weeks.
They were ranked #9 in the final 3 editions. The Spartans were ranked in the final 9 editions of the power rankings after being unranked in the first 8 editions.
Georgia: The Dawgs were included in 8 of the 17 editions (#8 x 1; #14 x 5; #15 x 2). Georgia was ranked #8 in the preseason rankings but that would be their high ranking for the year. They dropped out of the top 15 the next week and spent 5 weeks outside the power rankings before jumping back into the rankings at #14 in week 6.
They fell out again the next week and spent 4 more weeks out of the top 15 before climbing back into the rankings at #15 in week 11. This time they were in the top 15 for good.
They spent 2 weeks at #15 and then ranked #14 in the final 4 editions of the power rankings. The Dawgs were one of only two teams to get back into the rankings after falling out of the top 15 twice. They were ranked in the final 6 editions of the power rankings.
Florida State: FSU was ranked in 6 of 17 editions (#4 x 4; #12 x 1; #13 x 1). The Noles were ranked #4 in the first 4 editions and then fell all the way to #13 in week 4. They moved up to #12 in week 5 before falling out of the rankings a week later.
They would spend the rest of the season outside the top 15. FSU was ranked in the first 6 editions of the power rankings and then went unranked in the final 11 editions.
Texas: Texas was included in 6 of 17 editions (#10 x 1; #13 x 1; #15 x 4). The Longhorns were ranked #10 in the preseason rankings but then spent 2 weeks outside the top 15. They got back into the power rankings at #15 in week 3 and held that spot again the next week. They climbed to #13 in week 5; then fell back to #15 in week 6; and then fell out of the rankings again in week 7.
They spent 3 weeks outside the power rankings before again getting back in at #15 in week 10. They were back out of the rankings for good in the next edition.
Along with UGA, Texas was one of only two teams to get back into the top 15 after falling out of the rankings twice. Unlike the Dawgs, the Horns would eventually fall out of the rankings a third time. They were unranked in the final 6 editions of the power rankings and in 9 of the final 10.
Nebraska: Nebraska was ranked in 6 of 17 editions (#8 x 1; #11 x 1; #12 x 1; #13 x 1; #14 x 2). The Cornhuskers had one of the more unusual years in the rankings. They were ranked #14 in the preseason power rankings and moved to #11 the next week. They were #13 in the next edition; then #14; then up to #12 in week 4. They fell out of the rankings in week 5 and they would spend 4 straight weeks outside the top 15.
Then in week 9 they jumped back into the rankings in a big way, reaching the #8 spot, easily their peak for the year. However, they fell all the way back out of the rankings a week later and this time they were out for good. The Huskers were included in the first 5 editions of the power rankings, but they were unranked in the final 7 editions and in 11 of the final 12.
Florida: The Gators were ranked in 5 of 17 editions (#9 x 1; #10 x 1; #11 x 1; #13 x 1; #15 x 1). The Gators debuted in the rankings in week 2 at #15. They moved up to #13 the next week and then to #10 the week after that.
They reached their peak in week 5 at #9. They dropped to #11 in week 6 and then fell back out of the rankings in week 7. They would not return to the rankings the rest of the season.
The Gators had a strange year in the rankings. They missed the first 2 editions, then spent 5 weeks in the rankings, and then were unranked for the final 10 editions.
Ohio State: Ohio State was ranked in 3 of 17 editions (#9 x 1; #12 x 1; #14 x 1). The Buckeyes were ranked #12 in the preseason rankings. They moved to #9 in week 1, and then dropped to #14 in week 2, before falling out of the rankings in week 3.
They were out of the top 15 for good. The Buckeyes were included in the first 3 editions of the power rankings and then spent the final 14 editions outside the top 15.
Arizona State: ASU was ranked in 3 of 17 editions (#10 x 1; #12 x 1; #14 x 1). ASU debuted in the rankings at #12 in week 7. They fell to #14 in week 8 and then reached their peak at #10 in week 9.
They dropped back out of the rankings a week later and never returned. ASU was unranked in the first 7 editions; then spent 3 weeks in the power ranking; and then went unranked in the final 7 editions.
Virginia Tech: The Hokies were ranked in 3 of 17 editions (#14 x 1; #15 x 2). VT debuted at #14 in week 7. They dropped to #15 in week 8 and then fell out of the rankings again in week 9. After 4 straight weeks outside the power rankings they climbed back in at #15 in week 13.
They fell out for good a week later. The Hokies missed the first 7 editions of the power rankings and 7 of the final 8. They were never ranked higher than #14.
Baylor: The Bears were ranked in 3 of 17 editions (#15 x 3). Baylor had one of the simpler seasons in terms of the power rankings. They were unranked in the first 14 editions before finally making their debut at #15 in week 14. They would be #15 in the final 3 editions of the power rankings.
Mississippi State: Miss State was ranked in 1 of 17 editions (#15 x 1). The Maroon Dogs were not ranked in the preseason power rankings. They were ranked #15 in week 1 but fell out of the rankings a week later and were never heard from again.
Auburn: Auburn was ranked in 1 of 17 editions (#15 x 1). After being unranked in the first 7 editions, the Tigers were ranked #15 in week 7. They fell out of the top 15 a week later and were never included in the power rankings again.
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