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Shaw helped USC win the Battle of The Columbias Trophy. Yes, that is a real thing.

Shaw helped USC win the Battle of The Columbias Trophy. Yes, that is a real thing.

Last week, five teams emerged as the upper crust of college football. That number has dropped to four, after Missouri lost to South Carolina in typical heartbreaking style. The Tigers led 17-0 entering the fourth quarter, but that was before USC starting quarterback Connor Shaw — who had been held out due to injury — was inserted into the game. Shaw led the Gamecocks on a furious comeback to force overtime. After MIZZOU scored a touchdown on the first possession, Shaw threw his third touchdown pass on 4th-and-goal from the 16 yard line. On the second possession, USC was up first and kicked a field goal. Missouri looked to match South Carolina, but a 24-yard field goal bounced off the left upright, giving Tigers fans the gut punch loss of the season.

Elsewhere, most things went according to plan. Johnny Manziel played like a Heisman Trophy winner (25/35, 305 yards, 4 TDs, 1 INT), while Teddy Bridgewater (25/29, 344, 3, 0), Bryce Petty (20/32, 430, 3/0), and Jameis Winston (16/26, 292, 3/1) continued their dominant seasons. A couple of embattled schools pulled off impressive wins over conference rivals: Michigan State won 42-3 against Illinois, while Texas continued to put September in the rear-view mirror by stomping TCU, 30-7.

Below are the SRS ratings through nine weeks. As a reminder, you can read about the methodology here. As always, thanks to Dr. Peter Wolfe for providing the final scores for every college football game.

RkTeamConfConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1Florida StACC1731.137.968.97-0
2BaylorB121734.63367.67-0
3OregonP121830.836.767.58-0
4AlabamaSEC1826.138.164.28-0
5Arizona StP122713.444.658.15-2
6MissouriSEC2816.940.957.97-1
7Ohio StateB101822.134.856.88-0
8StanfordP123811.545.156.67-1
9Texas A&MSEC3812.941.954.86-2
10Brigham YoungIND1810.843.754.46-2
11WisconsinB102719.634.554.15-2
12LSUSEC4915.838.153.97-2
13ClemsonACC2812.840.953.67-1
14AuburnSEC5813.838.652.47-1
15Oklahoma StB122717.235.152.36-1
16LouisvilleAAC1822.829.452.27-1
17UCLAP124712.140525-2
18South CarolinaSEC688.843.3526-2
19ArizonaP125713.937.951.85-2
20WashingtonP12687.843.951.65-3
21Georgia TechACC3811.639.250.85-3
22Miami FLACC4717.632.4507-0
23GeorgiaSEC771.648.4504-3
24FloridaSEC874.644.4494-3
25UtahP12783.545.448.94-4
26Southern CalP12884.144.848.95-3
27Central FloridaAAC2715.533.248.76-1
28Oregon StP129811.637.148.76-2
29Kansas StB12374.244.148.43-4
30Texas TechB124816.431.948.37-1
31OklahomaB125810.837.348.17-1
32MississippiSEC985.442.6485-3
33TexasB12677.140.547.75-2
34HoustonAAC3716.331.347.66-1
35MichiganB103713.633.346.96-1
36Michigan StB104814.332.446.77-1
37Virginia TechACC584.941.846.76-2
38Notre DameIND28739.546.56-2
39Utah StMWC1811.234.645.84-4
40IowaB10586.937.644.65-3
41Boise StMWC289.834.2445-3
42DukeACC68935446-2
43East CarolinaCUSA1712.131.343.45-2
44IndianaB10672.939.942.83-4
45Northern IllinoisMAC1816.825.842.58-0
46Washington StP121080.841.642.44-4
47TCUB1278-0.342.542.33-5
48Ball StMAC2915.726.3428-1
49TennesseeSEC108-1.643.441.94-4
50NebraskaB107711.430.441.85-2
51North CarolinaACC77-3.244.841.62-5
52Mississippi StSEC1173.237.941.14-3
53PittsburghACC871.14041.14-3
54Fresno StMWC3712.728.240.97-0
55ToledoMAC383.836.940.75-3
56MarshallCUSA2712.627.940.64-3
57Louisiana-LafayetteSUN1710.729.239.95-2
58VanderbiltSEC1281.83839.74-4
59Boston CollegeACC97-4.844.439.63-4
60North TexasCUSA3810.329.339.65-3
61Bowling GreenMAC489.430.139.65-3
62NorthwesternB10881.53839.54-4
63MinnesotaB10986.332.7396-2
64BuffaloMAC588.929.838.86-2
65Penn StateB101070.737.838.54-3
66MarylandACC1082.735.738.45-3
67RiceCUSA487.629.837.46-2
68NavyIND373.333.837.14-3
69West VirginiaB1288-6.943.436.53-5
70Wake ForestACC1182.333.435.64-4
71Ohio U.MAC6810.125.435.56-2
72MemphisAAC46-3.538.334.81-5
73IllinoisB10117-3.638.334.73-4
74San José StMWC47-1.535.734.24-3
75CincinnatiAAC5712.821.334.15-2
76ColoradoP12117-8.942.733.83-4
77RutgersAAC672.431.433.84-3
78VirginiaACC128-841.733.72-6
79Colorado StMWC582.63133.64-4
80KentuckySEC137-9.542.933.41-6
81North Carolina StACC137-2.936.333.43-4
82ArkansasSEC148-8.341.533.23-5
83Iowa StB1297-12.245.433.21-6
84SyracuseACC147-1.734.933.23-4
85TulaneCUSA583.52932.56-2
86Western KentuckySUN281.329.831.14-4
87Middle Tennessee StCUSA68-5.936.730.84-4
88South AlabamaSUN37228.830.83-4
89Florida AtlanticCUSA78-6.737.330.62-6
90San Diego StMWC67-5.635.529.93-4
91SMUAAC77-9.138.529.43-4
92Arkansas StSUN47-2.932.329.43-4
93Texas-San AntonioCUSA88-6.835.929.13-5
94WyomingMWC784.324.7294-4
95NevadaMWC88-6.635.228.63-5
96KansasB12107-12.440.3282-5
97UNLVMWC98-2.930.827.95-3
98CaliforniaP12128-2047271-7
99TroySUN581.125.726.95-3
100TempleAAC88-8.634.926.31-7
101Texas St-San MarcosSUN680.425.926.35-3
102Hawai`iMWC107-12.337.525.30-7
103Kent StMAC79-11.336.224.92-7
104Louisiana-MonroeSUN78-5.330.124.84-4
105ArmyIND48-4.629.424.83-5
106AkronMAC89-11.836.524.72-7
107TulsaCUSA97-9.634.124.62-5
108South FloridaAAC97-1538.323.32-5
109New MexicoMWC117-5.728.122.42-5
110Central MichiganMAC98-1233.421.43-5
111PurdueB10127-18.439.821.41-6
112Louisiana TechCUSA108-4.524.820.33-5
113Alabama-BirminghamCUSA117-8.82920.22-5
114ConnecticutAAC107-1838.220.20-7
115Air ForceMWC128-14.133.619.51-7
116MassachusettsMAC108-16.835.118.31-7
117Western MichiganMAC119-18.434.115.71-8
118UTEPCUSA127-10.825.214.41-6
119Georgia StSUN88-18.832.413.60-8
120IdahoIND58-23.737.313.61-7
121Eastern MichiganMAC128-21.332.511.11-7
122Miami OHMAC138-19.630.310.80-8
123Florida Int'lCUSA137-21.331.410.21-6
124Southern MissCUSA147-24.134.19.90-7
125New Mexico StIND68-23.132.49.31-7

Miami may by 7-0, but a last-minute win at home against Wake Forest dropped the Hurricanes in the SRS. Miami travels to Tallahassee next week, and Vegas has the Seminoles as 21-point favorites, which just about perfectly matches the SRS. It would be a major upset if Miami was able to defeat FSU, despite the fact that both teams play in the same conference and have the same record.

Week 9 results

Florida State and Alabama jumped out to huge halftime leads against NC State and Tennessee, respectively, but Oregon posted the best game score of the week with a 42-14 win over UCLA. Two weeks ago, UCLA was #8 in the SRS and 5-0. A loss to Stanford last week only dropped the Bruins to 11th, and it’s a testament to how dominant Oregon has been over the past few years that a 28-point win over a team as strong as UCLA gets a collective shrug from the college football nation. Ohio State posted the second best win of the week, crushing Penn State in embarrassing fashion, 63-14. Below are the results from every FBS game in week nine. As a reminder, you can view the SRS scores from every game this season at this page.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
10-26-2013Oregon_P1242UCLA14HomeWin2824.5P125276.5
10-26-2013Ohio State_B1063Penn State14HomeWin4935B1038.573.5
10-26-2013Alabama_SEC45Tennessee10HomeWin3528SEC41.969.9
10-26-2013Michigan St_B1042Illinois3RoadWin3933B1034.767.7
10-26-2013Texas_B1230TCU7RoadWin2325B1242.367.3
10-26-2013Texas A&M_SEC56Vanderbilt24HomeWin3226.5SEC39.766.2
10-26-2013South Carolina_SEC27Missouri24RoadWin37SEC57.964.9
10-26-2013Houston_AAC49Rutgers14RoadWin3531AAC33.864.8
10-26-2013Baylor_B1259Kansas14RoadWin4536B122864
10-26-2013Oklahoma St_B1258Iowa St27RoadWin3129B1233.262.2
10-26-2013Southern Cal_P1219Utah3HomeWin1613P1248.961.9
10-26-2013North Carolina_ACC34Boston College10HomeWin2421ACC39.660.6
10-26-2013Florida St_ACC49North Carolina St17HomeWin3226.5ACC33.459.9
10-26-2013Stanford_P1220Oregon St12RoadWin811P1248.759.7
10-26-2013Arizona_P1244Colorado20RoadWin2425.5P1233.859.3
10-26-2013Auburn_SEC45Florida Atlantic10HomeWin3528CUSA30.658.6
10-25-2013Brigham Young_IND37Boise St20HomeWin1714MWC4458
10-26-2013Kansas St_B1235West Virginia12HomeWin2320B1236.556.5
10-26-2013Oklahoma_B1238Texas Tech30HomeWin87B1248.355.3
10-26-2013Clemson_ACC40Maryland27RoadWin1316ACC38.454.4
10-26-2013Duke_ACC13Virginia Tech10RoadWin37ACC46.753.7
10-26-2013Central Florida_AAC62Connecticut17HomeWin4533AAC20.253.2
10-26-2013Louisville_AAC34South Florida3RoadWin3129AAC23.352.3
10-26-2013Notre Dame_IND45Air Force10RoadWin3531MWC19.550.5
10-26-2013Wake Forest_ACC21Miami FL24RoadLoss-30ACC5050
10-26-2013Minnesota_B1034Nebraska23HomeWin118B1041.849.8
10-22-2013Louisiana-Lafayette_SUN23Arkansas St7RoadWin1619SUN29.448.4
10-26-2013Washington_P1241California17HomeWin2421P122748
10-26-2013Buffalo_MAC41Kent St21RoadWin2023MAC24.947.9
10-26-2013Georgia Tech_ACC35Virginia25RoadWin1013ACC33.746.7
10-26-2013Mississippi_SEC59Idaho14HomeWin4533IND13.646.6
10-26-2013Toledo_MAC28Bowling Green25RoadWin37MAC39.646.6
10-26-2013Iowa_B1017Northwestern10HomeWin77B1039.546.5
10-26-2013Ball St_MAC42Akron24RoadWin1821MAC24.745.7
10-26-2013Oregon St_P1212Stanford20HomeLoss-8-11P1256.645.6
10-26-2013Missouri_SEC24South Carolina27HomeLoss-3-7SEC5245
10-26-2013Rice_CUSA45UTEP7HomeWin3829.5CUSA14.443.9
10-26-2013North Texas_CUSA55Southern Miss14RoadWin4134CUSA9.943.9
10-26-2013UCLA_P1214Oregon42RoadLoss-28-24.5P1267.543
10-26-2013North Carolina St_ACC17Florida St49RoadLoss-32-26.5ACC68.942.4
10-26-2013LSU_SEC48Furman16HomeWin3226.5fcs15.542
10-26-2013Northern Illinois_MAC59Eastern Michigan20HomeWin3930MAC11.141.1
10-26-2013Texas Tech_B1230Oklahoma38RoadLoss-8-7B1248.141.1
10-26-2013Navy_IND24Pittsburgh21HomeWin30ACC41.141.1
10-24-2013Middle Tennessee St_CUSA51Marshall49HomeWin20CUSA40.640.6
10-25-2013Boise St_MWC20Brigham Young37RoadLoss-17-14IND54.440.4
10-24-2013Mississippi St_SEC28Kentucky22HomeWin67SEC33.440.4
10-26-2013Troy_SUN32Western Kentucky26RoadWin69SUN31.140.1
10-26-2013Fresno St_MWC35San Diego St28RoadWin710MWC29.939.9
10-26-2013Texas-San Antonio_CUSA52Alabama-Birmingham31HomeWin2118CUSA20.238.2
10-26-2013Louisiana-Monroe_SUN38Georgia St10HomeWin2824.5SUN13.638.1
10-26-2013Virginia_ACC25Georgia Tech35HomeLoss-10-13ACC50.837.8
10-26-2013Maryland_ACC27Clemson40HomeLoss-13-16ACC53.637.6
10-26-2013Northwestern_B1010Iowa17RoadLoss-7-7B1044.637.6
10-26-2013Pittsburgh_ACC21Navy24RoadLoss-30IND37.137.1
10-26-2013Virginia Tech_ACC10Duke13HomeLoss-3-7ACC4437
10-26-2013UNLV_MWC27Nevada22RoadWin58MWC28.636.6
10-26-2013Tennessee_SEC10Alabama45RoadLoss-35-28SEC64.236.2
10-26-2013San José St_MWC51Wyoming44HomeWin77MWC2936
10-26-2013Utah_P123Southern Cal19RoadLoss-16-13P1248.935.9
10-26-2013Miami FL_ACC24Wake Forest21HomeWin30ACC35.635.6
10-26-2013Colorado St_MWC35Hawai`i28RoadWin710MWC25.335.3
10-24-2013Kentucky_SEC22Mississippi St28RoadLoss-6-7SEC41.134.1
10-26-2013Bowling Green_MAC25Toledo28HomeLoss-3-7MAC40.733.7
10-26-2013SMU_AAC59Temple49HomeWin107AAC26.333.3
10-26-2013Ohio U._MAC41Miami OH16HomeWin2522MAC10.832.8
10-26-2013Kansas_B1214Baylor59HomeLoss-45-36B1267.631.6
10-26-2013Tulane_CUSA14Tulsa7HomeWin77CUSA24.631.6
10-26-2013Nebraska_B1023Minnesota34RoadLoss-11-8B103931
10-26-2013San Diego St_MWC28Fresno St35HomeLoss-7-10MWC40.930.9
10-24-2013Marshall_CUSA49Middle Tennessee St51RoadLoss-20CUSA30.830.8
10-26-2013Texas St-San Marcos_SUN33South Alabama31HomeWin20SUN30.830.8
10-26-2013California_P1217Washington41RoadLoss-24-21P1251.630.6
10-26-2013Louisiana Tech_CUSA23Florida Int'l7RoadWin1619CUSA10.229.2
10-26-2013West Virginia_B1212Kansas St35RoadLoss-23-20B1248.428.4
10-26-2013Vanderbilt_SEC24Texas A&M56RoadLoss-32-26.5SEC54.828.3
10-26-2013Wyoming_MWC44San José St51RoadLoss-7-7MWC34.227.2
10-26-2013Colorado_P1220Arizona44HomeLoss-24-25.5P1251.826.3
10-26-2013South Alabama_SUN31Texas St-San Marcos33RoadLoss-20SUN26.326.3
10-26-2013Tulsa_CUSA7Tulane14RoadLoss-7-7CUSA32.525.5
10-26-2013Western Michigan_MAC31Massachusetts30RoadWin17MAC18.325.3
10-26-2013Florida Atlantic_CUSA10Auburn45RoadLoss-35-28SEC52.424.4
10-26-2013New Mexico St_IND34Abilene Christian29HomeWin57fcs16.723.7
10-26-2013Hawai`i_MWC28Colorado St35HomeLoss-7-10MWC33.623.6
10-26-2013Iowa St_B1227Oklahoma St58HomeLoss-31-29B1252.323.3
10-26-2013South Florida_AAC3Louisville34HomeLoss-31-29AAC52.223.2
10-26-2013TCU_B127Texas30HomeLoss-23-25B1247.722.7
10-26-2013Temple_AAC49SMU59RoadLoss-10-7AAC29.422.4
10-26-2013Penn State_B1014Ohio State63RoadLoss-49-35B1056.821.8
10-26-2013Akron_MAC24Ball St42HomeLoss-18-21MAC4221
10-22-2013Arkansas St_SUN7Louisiana-Lafayette23HomeLoss-16-19SUN39.920.9
10-26-2013Boston College_ACC10North Carolina34RoadLoss-24-21ACC41.620.6
10-26-2013Nevada_MWC22UNLV27HomeLoss-5-8MWC27.919.9
10-26-2013Western Kentucky_SUN26Troy32HomeLoss-6-9SUN26.917.9
10-26-2013Rutgers_AAC14Houston49HomeLoss-35-31AAC47.616.6
10-26-2013Kent St_MAC21Buffalo41HomeLoss-20-23MAC38.815.8
10-26-2013Connecticut_AAC17Central Florida62RoadLoss-45-33AAC48.715.7
10-26-2013Air Force_MWC10Notre Dame45HomeLoss-35-31IND46.515.5
10-26-2013Idaho_IND14Mississippi59RoadLoss-45-33SEC4815
10-26-2013Illinois_B103Michigan St42HomeLoss-39-33B1046.713.7
10-26-2013Miami OH_MAC16Ohio U.41RoadLoss-25-22MAC35.513.5
10-26-2013Eastern Michigan_MAC20Northern Illinois59RoadLoss-39-30MAC42.512.5
10-26-2013Alabama-Birmingham_CUSA31Texas-San Antonio52RoadLoss-21-18CUSA29.111.1
10-26-2013Massachusetts_MAC30Western Michigan31HomeLoss-1-7MAC15.78.7
10-26-2013UTEP_CUSA7Rice45RoadLoss-38-29.5CUSA37.47.9
10-26-2013Southern Miss_CUSA14North Texas55HomeLoss-41-34CUSA39.65.6
10-26-2013Florida Int'l_CUSA7Louisiana Tech23HomeLoss-16-19CUSA20.31.3
10-26-2013Georgia St_SUN10Louisiana-Monroe38RoadLoss-28-24.5SUN24.80.3
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