The College Football Blog: 2012 Season Résumé Rankings (After Week 13)

Season Résumé Rankings After Week 13

1. Notre Dame 12-0 (1^st)

2. Florida 11-1 (2^nd)

3. Ohio State 12-0 (3^rd)

4. Stanford 10-2 (10^th)

5. Oregon 11-1 (8^th)

6. Alabama 11-1 (4^th)

7. LSU 10-2 (5^th)

8. South Carolina 10-2 (NR)

9. Kansas State 10-1 (6^th)

10. Texas A&M 10-2 (7^th)

Out: Oregon State (7^th).

Comments: I decided to stick with limiting the pool of eligible teams for these rankings to all teams with less than 3 losses. This week the number of candidates shrunk from 27 to 22, with 2 undefeated teams remaining; 7 teams remaining with only 1 loss; and 13 teams remaining with just 2 losses. I did move a handful of teams up or down the strength of opponent scale this week and that impacted some of the teams in the rankings. There were also several big wins for teams last week.

In the end, 7 of 10 spots experienced change this week, down from 9 of 10 last week. I only switched 1 team out this week, down from 2 last week. Oregon State fell out of the rankings from #9, while South Carolina jumped back into the rankings at #8 after falling out of the top 10 last week. 

Just 2 teams moved up the rankings this week, while 4 teams moved down. Both of the teams that moved up these rankings climbed more than 1 spot, and all 4 of the teams falling in the rankings dropped more than 1 spot. 

Kansas State and Texas A&M each fell 3 spots in these rankings. KSU was off last week but still dropped 3 spots from #6 to #9. A&M destroyed Mizzu but still took a fall from #7 to #10. 

Stanford made the biggest move up the season résumé rankings this week, climbing 6 spots from #10 to #4. 

Despite a big win for Florida, Notre Dame maintained the #1 spot in these rankings for a second straight week, and the Irish will likely still hold the top spot going into the bowl season, regardless of what takes place this weekend.