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Four teams saw their SRS ratings drop by at least 4 points from their rating one week ago: Ohio State, Oregon State, Minnesota, and Tulane. In that group, Ohio State was the notable loss, of course: Purdue was 38th in the SRS — so better than people may have realized — but still had a rating 14 points lower than that of the Buckeye. Yet in week 8, Purdue blew out Ohio State 49-20, producing one of the three best performances of the season (joining ALabama’s 62-7 blowout against Ole Miss and LSU’s 36-16 win over Georgia).

Purdue was joined by Virginia, North Carolina, California, and Nebraska as teams that saw their SRS rise by at least 4 points. Below are the full SRS ratings through 8 weeks. As always thanks to Dr. Peter R. Wolfe for providing the weekly game logs.

There are now just 5 undefeated teams, after both Ohio State and Cincinnati lost in week 8, and Clemson knocked off NC State. Two of those undefeated teams are in the American East, but UCF and USF don’t face off until the final week of the season.

And here are the single-game, week 8 SRS ratings.

Unsurprisingly, Purdue, Clemson, and Alabama had the top three scores of the week.

What stands out to you?

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