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The chaos continues in college football. In week 12, two more undefeated teams lost, with Ohio State losing at the last second to Michigan State, and Oklahoma State losing, 45-35, against Baylor. That leaves just two undefeated teams remaining in the Football Bowl Subdivision: Clemson and Iowa. The Tigers are now #3 in the SRS, mostly because both Oklahoma and Alabama have slightly higher margins of victory and strengths of schedule than Clemson.

Iowa is down at #15 in the SRS, mostly because of strength of schedule. the Hawkeyes played a terrible North Texas team and an FCS Illinois State out of conference, while Indiana, Minnesota, and Maryland aren’t doing much for Iowa’s schedule. On the top end, only three opponents — Wisconsin (#26), Pittsburgh (#28), and Northwestern (#47)– rank in the top sixty. Against that backdrop, Iowa’s margin of victory simply isn’t good enough to vault them into the top ten of the simple rating system. (For comparison’s sake, Baylor, North Carolina, and Navy have all faced weaker schedules, but have strong enough MOVs to rank ahead of Iowa.)

But this is mostly an academic discussion. For purposes of the 2015 season, Iowa remains in great position to make the playoff. The Hawkeyes have a sneaky tough matchup in the season finale, as Iowa travels to Lincoln, Nebraska to face a 5-6 Cornhuskers team that will be fighting for its own postseason berth. Yeah, Nebraska has six losses, but those games have come by a combined 23 points, and Nebraska has lost several of those games in the final seconds.

Three teams remain in complete control of their playoff destiny: Clemson, Alabama, and Iowa. If all the favorites win, that will leave the committee with a very interesting decision for the final spot, having to choose between Oklahoma and Notre Dame. And if Iowa loses, but Michigan State finishes 12-1, the Spartans may simply take Iowa’s spot, so that won’t help solve any Sooner/Irish debate. It’s still too early to panic for any of the contenders — I think we are only in the middle of the chaos — but the end of the regular season is shaping up to be very, very interesting.

Last week, I noted that the Big 12 would be fine, unless the winner of Bedlam lost on Saturday. And while Oklahoma did beat TCU, Oklahoma State suffered its first loss of the season, setting up a nightmare scenario for the Big 12. If the Cowboys beat the Sooners, the Big 12 may have Baylor as its only hope of making the playoffs.

And, for what it’s worth, Baylor is now up to #4 in the SRS. Below are the ratings through week 12:

RkTeamConfDivConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1OklahomaB12B1211119.342.76210-1
2AlabamaSECSEC-West1111843.461.410-1
3ClemsonACCACC-Atl11117.342.359.611-0
4BaylorB12B1221021.137.758.89-1
5Ohio StateB10B10-East1111839.257.110-1
6Notre DameIndInd11112.843.956.710-1
7North CarolinaACCACC-Coas2111837.555.510-1
8MichiganB10B10-East21115.54055.59-2
9StanfordP12P12-North11113.541.254.79-2
10Florida StACCACC-Atl31113.840.654.49-2
11NavyAmerAmer-West11017.436.854.29-1
12TCUB12B1231114.339.653.89-2
13Oklahoma StB12B1241114.139.553.610-1
14MississippiSECSEC-West21112.740.453.18-3
15IowaB10B10-West31114.138.852.911-0
16Michigan StB10B10-East4119.542.752.210-1
17TennesseeSECSEC-East3119.742.151.87-4
18Southern CalP12P12-South2118.343.451.77-4
19Mississippi StSECSEC-West4111139.9518-3
20FloridaSECSEC-East5111238.750.710-1
21West VirginiaB12B12510743.650.66-4
22UtahP12P12-South3117.842.850.58-3
23LSUSECSEC-West6106.144.150.27-3
24UCLAP12P12-South4118.541.149.68-3
25ToledoMACMAC-West11015.334.149.49-1
26WisconsinB10B10-West51111.537.949.48-3
27ArkansasSECSEC-West7114.744.649.36-5
28PittsburghACCACC-Coas4115.443.949.38-3
29OregonP12P12-North5116.742.549.28-3
30CaliforniaP12P12-North6115.54348.56-5
31Bowling GreenMACMAC-East21111.936.348.18-3
32HoustonAmerAmer-West21117.83047.810-1
33Texas A&MSECSEC-West8116.940.647.58-3
34WashingtonP12P12-North7116.441.147.55-6
35North Carolina StACCACC-Atl51110.237.247.47-4
36MemphisAmerAmer-West3111037.447.48-3
37NorthwesternB10B10-West6114.242.246.49-2
38TempleAmerAmer-East41111.934.1469-2
39GeorgiaSECSEC-East9117.938.1468-3
40LouisvilleACCACC-Atl6112.843.2466-5
41Penn StateB10B10-East711540.945.87-4
42Virginia TechACCACC-Coas7113.542.245.75-6
43Texas TechB12B126112.243.445.66-5
44South FloridaAmerAmer-East5118.137.545.67-4
45Washington StP12P12-North8116.538.845.28-3
46Western KentuckyCUSACUSA-East11116.428.745.19-2
47NebraskaB10B10-West8114.839.944.85-6
48Georgia TechACCACC-Coas8110.74444.73-8
49Brigham YoungIndInd2118.735.844.58-3
50Georgia SouthernSunSun11012.331.443.67-3
51AuburnSECSEC-West10110.942.1436-5
52Northern IllinoisMACMAC-West31110.732.242.98-3
53Arizona StP12P12-South9110.941.842.76-5
54Miami FLACCACC-Coas9110.64242.67-4
55Boise StMWCMWC-Mntn1111230.342.37-4
56DukeACCACC-Coas1011438.242.26-5
57San Diego StMWCMWC-West21113.328.641.98-3
58Kansas StB12B12710-2.343.941.64-6
59Appalachian StSunSun21015.525.941.38-2
60Air ForceMWCMWC-Mntn31110.930.241.18-3
61Iowa StB12B12811-5.846.8413-8
62Central MichiganMACMAC-West4114.536.440.86-5
63IllinoisB10B10-West911-1.24240.85-6
64Western MichiganMACMAC-West5114.835.2406-5
65TexasB12B12910-5.14539.94-6
66ArizonaP12P12-South10120.539.339.86-6
67VirginiaACCACC-Coas1111-5.745.439.74-7
68East CarolinaAmerAmer-East611138.439.55-6
69Louisiana TechCUSACUSA-West21112.227.239.48-3
70MinnesotaB10B10-West1011-3.842.738.95-6
71IndianaB10B10-East1111-3.442.338.95-6
72Utah StMWCMWC-Mntn4114.534.338.86-5
73Boston CollegeACCACC-Atl1211-1.54038.53-8
74MarshallCUSACUSA-East31115.323.138.49-2
75CincinnatiAmerAmer-East7114.533.838.36-5
76MissouriSECSEC-East1111-1.539.738.35-6
77SyracuseACCACC-Atl1311-643.337.33-8
78Southern MissCUSACUSA-West41114.122.9378-3
79ConnecticutAmerAmer-East8110.43636.36-5
80MarylandB10B10-East1211-11.447.636.22-9
81South CarolinaSECSEC-East1211-5.641.435.93-8
82Wake ForestACCACC-Atl1411-7.242.935.73-8
83Arkansas StSunSun310728.635.67-3
84VanderbiltSECSEC-East1311-439.135.14-7
85KentuckySECSEC-East1411-337.234.35-6
86Middle Tennessee StCUSACUSA-East5113.829.833.66-5
87PurdueB10B10-West1311-10.243.733.52-9
88Ohio U.MACMAC-East6113.229.332.57-4
89TulsaAmerAmer-West911-436.232.35-6
90RutgersB10B10-East1411-7.739.932.24-7
91ColoradoP12P12-South1112-436.132.14-8
92San José StMWCMWC-West5111.330.531.95-6
93AkronMACMAC-East7111.530.231.86-5
94BuffaloMACMAC-East811-0.131.431.35-6
95TroySunSun410-2.933.8313-7
96Colorado StMWCMWC-Mntn6111.628.730.36-5
97SMUAmerAmer-West1011-13.340.827.52-9
98NevadaMWCMWC-West711-0.527.927.46-5
99UNLVMWCMWC-West811-5.73327.33-8
100Oregon StP12P12-North1211-16.443.226.82-9
101New MexicoMWCMWC-Mntn911-0.125.625.46-5
102Florida Int'lCUSACUSA-East612-1.926.324.55-7
103Ball StMACMAC-West911-9.633.6243-8
104Florida AtlanticCUSACUSA-East711-7.831.623.82-9
105ArmyIndInd311-6.53023.52-9
106MassachusettsMACMAC-East1011-10.333.523.22-9
107Georgia StSunSun510-3.626.6234-6
108Louisiana-LafayetteSunSun610-224.822.84-6
109TulaneAmerAmer-West1111-1436.422.43-8
110KansasB12B121011-2547.422.40-11
111South AlabamaSunSun710-7.629.5225-5
112Kent StMACMAC-East1111-10.432.221.83-8
113Texas-San AntonioCUSACUSA-West811-7.629.221.53-8
114RiceCUSACUSA-West911-8.528.720.24-7
115Fresno StMWCMWC-West1011-14.234.420.23-8
116IdahoSunSun811-12.232.320.13-8
117Texas St-San MarcosSunSun910-9.729.7203-7
118Miami OHMACMAC-East1212-11.831.8203-9
119New Mexico StSunSun1010-12.530.618.13-7
120WyomingMWCMWC-Mntn1111-15.933.717.81-10
121Hawai`iMWCMWC-West1212-16.533.817.32-10
122Old DominionCUSACUSA-East1011-1127.516.55-6
123Central FloridaAmerAmer-East1211-19.435.616.20-11
124Louisiana-MonroeSunSun1111-16.232.416.21-10
125UTEPCUSACUSA-West1111-11.527.415.94-7
126Eastern MichiganMACMAC-West1311-16.430.814.51-10
127North TexasCUSACUSA-West1211-22.836.413.61-10
128UNC-CharlotteCUSACUSA-East1311-15.228.112.92-9

Finally, below are the single-game SRS ratings from week 12. Note that the highest score of the week came from Oregon, which only helps Michigan State’s cause. Ole Miss had the second best score, followed by…. South Florida and Toledo?

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
11-21-2015Oregon_P1248Southern Cal28HomeWin2017P1251.768.7
11-21-2015Mississippi_SEC38LSU17HomeWin2118SEC50.268.2
11-20-2015South Florida_Amer65Cincinnati27HomeWin3829.5Amer38.367.8
11-17-2015Toledo_MAC44Bowling Green28RoadWin1619MAC48.167.1
11-21-2015Baylor_B1245Oklahoma St35RoadWin1013B1253.666.6
11-21-2015Western Kentucky_CUSA63Florida Int'l7RoadWin5641.5CUSA24.465.9
11-21-2015Alabama_SEC56Charleston Southern6HomeWin5035.5fcs29.364.8
11-21-2015Michigan St_B1017Ohio State14RoadWin37B1057.164.1
11-21-2015Temple_Amer31Memphis12HomeWin1916Amer47.463.4
11-21-2015Washington_P1252Oregon St7RoadWin4536P1226.862.8
11-21-2015TCU_B1229Oklahoma30RoadLoss-10B126262
11-21-2015UCLA_P1217Utah9RoadWin811P1250.561.5
11-21-2015Texas A&M_SEC25Vanderbilt0RoadWin2526SEC3561
11-21-2015Michigan_B1028Penn State16RoadWin1215B1045.860.8
11-21-2015West Virginia_B1249Kansas0RoadWin4938B1222.460.4
11-21-2015San Diego St_MWC52UNLV14RoadWin3832.5MWC27.359.8
11-21-2015Florida St_ACC52Chattanooga13HomeWin3930fcs28.958.9
11-21-2015Miami FL_ACC38Georgia Tech21HomeWin1714ACC44.758.7
11-21-2015Stanford_P1235California22HomeWin1310P1248.558.5
11-21-2015Northwestern_B1013Wisconsin7RoadWin69B1049.458.4
11-21-2015Indiana_B1047Maryland28RoadWin1922B1036.258.2
11-21-2015Navy_Amer44Tulsa21RoadWin2325Amer32.357.3
11-21-2015Mississippi St_SEC51Arkansas50RoadWin17SEC49.356.3
11-21-2015Pittsburgh_ACC45Louisville34HomeWin118ACC4654
11-21-2015Oklahoma_B1230TCU29HomeWin10B1253.853.8
11-21-2015Washington St_P1227Colorado3HomeWin2421P1232.153.1
11-21-2015North Carolina_ACC30Virginia Tech27RoadWin37ACC45.752.7
11-21-2015Clemson_ACC33Wake Forest13HomeWin2017ACC35.752.7
11-21-2015Tennessee_SEC19Missouri8RoadWin1114SEC38.352.3
11-20-2015Air Force_MWC37Boise St30RoadWin710MWC42.352.3
11-21-2015Arizona St_P1252Arizona37HomeWin1512P1239.851.8
11-21-2015Brigham Young_Ind52Fresno St10HomeWin4231.5MWC20.251.7
11-21-2015Georgia_SEC23Georgia Southern17HomeWin67Sun43.650.6
11-21-2015Iowa_B1040Purdue20HomeWin2017B1033.550.5
11-21-2015Boston College_ACC16Notre Dame19NeutLoss-3-7Ind56.749.7
11-21-2015Akron_MAC42Buffalo21HomeWin2118MAC31.349.3
11-21-2015Virginia_ACC42Duke34HomeWin87ACC42.249.2
11-21-2015Virginia Tech_ACC27North Carolina30HomeLoss-3-7ACC55.548.5
11-19-2015East Carolina_Amer44Central Florida7RoadWin3732Amer16.248.2
11-21-2015Connecticut_Amer20Houston17HomeWin30Amer47.847.8
11-21-2015Minnesota_B1032Illinois23HomeWin97B1040.747.7
11-21-2015Kentucky_SEC58UNC-Charlotte10HomeWin4834.5CUSA12.947.4
11-21-2015North Carolina St_ACC42Syracuse29HomeWin1310ACC37.347.3
11-18-2015Northern Illinois_MAC27Western Michigan19HomeWin87MAC4047
11-21-2015SMU_Amer49Tulane21HomeWin2824.5Amer22.446.9
11-21-2015Oklahoma St_B1235Baylor45HomeLoss-10-13B1258.845.8
11-21-2015Notre Dame_Ind19Boston College16NeutWin37ACC38.545.5
11-21-2015Ohio State_B1014Michigan St17HomeLoss-3-7B1052.245.2
11-21-2015California_P1222Stanford35RoadLoss-13-10P1254.744.7
11-21-2015Arkansas_SEC50Mississippi St51HomeLoss-1-7SEC5144
11-21-2015Florida Atlantic_CUSA14Florida20RoadLoss-6-7SEC50.743.7
11-21-2015Wake Forest_ACC13Clemson33RoadLoss-20-17ACC59.642.6
11-21-2015Iowa St_B1235Kansas St38RoadLoss-30B1241.641.6
11-21-2015Louisville_ACC34Pittsburgh45RoadLoss-11-8ACC49.341.3
11-21-2015Middle Tennessee St_CUSA41North Texas7HomeWin3427.5CUSA13.641.1
11-21-2015Kansas St_B1238Iowa St35HomeWin30B124141
11-21-2015Penn State_B1016Michigan28HomeLoss-12-15B1055.540.5
11-21-2015San José St_MWC42Hawai`i23RoadWin1922MWC17.339.3
11-21-2015Auburn_SEC56Idaho34HomeWin2219Sun20.139.1
11-21-2015Georgia Southern_Sun17Georgia23RoadLoss-6-7SEC4639
11-21-2015Utah_P129UCLA17HomeLoss-8-11P1249.638.6
11-21-2015Southern Miss_CUSA56Old Dominion31HomeWin2522CUSA16.538.5
11-17-2015Ohio U._MAC48Ball St31HomeWin1714MAC2438
11-18-2015Central Michigan_MAC27Kent St14RoadWin1316MAC21.837.8
11-21-2015Missouri_SEC8Tennessee19HomeLoss-11-14SEC51.837.8
11-21-2015Syracuse_ACC29North Carolina St42RoadLoss-13-10ACC47.437.4
11-21-2015Wisconsin_B107Northwestern13HomeLoss-6-9B1046.437.4
11-21-2015Rutgers_B1031Army21RoadWin1013Ind23.536.5
11-21-2015Houston_Amer17Connecticut20RoadLoss-30Amer36.336.3
11-21-2015Purdue_B1020Iowa40RoadLoss-20-17B1052.935.9
11-18-2015Western Michigan_MAC19Northern Illinois27RoadLoss-8-7MAC42.935.9
11-21-2015Colorado St_MWC28New Mexico21RoadWin710MWC25.435.4
11-21-2015LSU_SEC17Mississippi38RoadLoss-21-18SEC53.135.1
11-21-2015Utah St_MWC31Nevada27HomeWin47MWC27.434.4
11-21-2015Miami OH_MAC20Massachusetts13RoadWin710MAC23.233.2
11-21-2015Georgia St_Sun24South Alabama10HomeWin1411Sun2233
11-21-2015Duke_ACC34Virginia42RoadLoss-8-7ACC39.732.7
11-21-2015UTEP_CUSA15Louisiana Tech17HomeLoss-2-7CUSA39.432.4
11-21-2015Southern Cal_P1228Oregon48RoadLoss-20-17P1249.232.2
11-21-2015Illinois_B1023Minnesota32RoadLoss-9-7B1038.931.9
11-21-2015Nevada_MWC27Utah St31RoadLoss-4-7MWC38.831.8
11-20-2015Boise St_MWC30Air Force37HomeLoss-7-10MWC41.131.1
11-21-2015Florida_SEC20Florida Atlantic14HomeWin67CUSA23.830.8
11-21-2015Arizona_P1237Arizona St52RoadLoss-15-12P1242.730.7
11-17-2015Bowling Green_MAC28Toledo44HomeLoss-16-19MAC49.430.4
11-21-2015Memphis_Amer12Temple31RoadLoss-19-16Amer4630
11-21-2015New Mexico St_Sun37Louisiana-Lafayette34RoadWin37Sun22.829.8
11-21-2015Tulsa_Amer21Navy44HomeLoss-23-25Amer54.229.2
11-21-2015Georgia Tech_ACC21Miami FL38RoadLoss-17-14ACC42.628.6
11-21-2015Texas-San Antonio_CUSA34Rice24HomeWin107CUSA20.227.2
11-19-2015Texas St-San Marcos_Sun16Louisiana-Monroe3HomeWin1310Sun16.226.2
11-18-2015Kent St_MAC14Central Michigan27HomeLoss-13-16MAC40.824.8
11-21-2015Colorado_P123Washington St27RoadLoss-24-21P1245.224.2
11-21-2015Idaho_Sun34Auburn56RoadLoss-22-19SEC4324
11-21-2015South Carolina_SEC22The Citadel23HomeLoss-1-7fcs30.423.4
11-21-2015Louisiana Tech_CUSA17UTEP15RoadWin27CUSA15.922.9
11-21-2015Vanderbilt_SEC0Texas A&M25HomeLoss-25-26SEC47.521.5
11-21-2015New Mexico_MWC21Colorado St28HomeLoss-7-10MWC30.320.3
11-21-2015Army_Ind21Rutgers31HomeLoss-10-13B1032.219.2
11-17-2015Ball St_MAC31Ohio U.48RoadLoss-17-14MAC32.518.5
11-21-2015Maryland_B1028Indiana47HomeLoss-19-22B1038.916.9
11-20-2015Cincinnati_Amer27South Florida65RoadLoss-38-29.5Amer45.616.1
11-21-2015Old Dominion_CUSA31Southern Miss56RoadLoss-25-22CUSA3715
11-21-2015Rice_CUSA24Texas-San Antonio34RoadLoss-10-7CUSA21.514.5
11-21-2015Buffalo_MAC21Akron42RoadLoss-21-18MAC31.813.8
11-21-2015Fresno St_MWC10Brigham Young52RoadLoss-42-31.5Ind44.513
11-21-2015Kansas_B120West Virginia49HomeLoss-49-38B1250.612.6
11-21-2015South Alabama_Sun10Georgia St24RoadLoss-14-11Sun2312
11-21-2015Oregon St_P127Washington52HomeLoss-45-36P1247.511.5
11-21-2015Louisiana-Lafayette_Sun34New Mexico St37HomeLoss-3-7Sun18.111.1
11-19-2015Louisiana-Monroe_Sun3Texas St-San Marcos16RoadLoss-13-10Sun2010
11-21-2015Massachusetts_MAC13Miami OH20HomeLoss-7-10MAC2010
11-21-2015Hawai`i_MWC23San José St42HomeLoss-19-22MWC31.99.9
11-21-2015UNLV_MWC14San Diego St52HomeLoss-38-32.5MWC41.99.4
11-19-2015Central Florida_Amer7East Carolina44HomeLoss-37-32Amer39.57.5
11-21-2015North Texas_CUSA7Middle Tennessee St41RoadLoss-34-27.5CUSA33.66.1
11-21-2015Florida Int'l_CUSA7Western Kentucky63HomeLoss-56-41.5CUSA45.13.6
11-21-2015Tulane_Amer21SMU49RoadLoss-28-24.5Amer27.53
11-21-2015UNC-Charlotte_CUSA10Kentucky58RoadLoss-48-34.5SEC34.3-0.2

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