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Alabama is the best team in college football, and maybe the best team in a generation of college football.

Clemson is fantastic, and is the second best team in college football. A Crimson Tide/Tigers clash in the playoff for a fourth straight year is not going to surprise anyone.

Notre Dame is 10-0 and will make the playoff assuming the Irish can handle Syracuse and USC, two average teams.

That leaves one final spot for the playoff. Ohio State and Michigan are both 9-1 and will play in two weeks. The Buckeyes and Wolverines face Maryland and Indiana this week, so they should be 10-1 as they enter The Big Game for the final week of the regular season. The winner will have the inside track for that 4th spot, assuming they can handle Big 10 West division winner Northwestern in Indianapolis.

The Big 12 also has a pair of 1-loss teams in 9-1 Oklahoma and 8-1 West Virginia (due to Hurricane Florence, the West Virginia game against N.C. State was canceled). Michigan’s one loss was in South Bend, a better loss than Oklahoma’s neutral site loss to Texas. Oklahoma has arguably faced a tougher schedule and it will only get tougher: the Sooners will have to face West Virginia in Morgantown, and then possibly a rematch with West Virginia (or Iowa State) in the Big 12 title game. There seems to be no momentum for the Committee to vault a 12-1 Oklahoma over a 12-1 Michigan, but I suppose it’s at least on the table.

But both the Big 10 and Big 12 will have the possibility of a 1-loss champion, which will lead to some interesting debates for the final spot. My hunch is that the Committee would rank the 1-loss teams in the following order:

1. Michigan
2. Oklahoma
3. Ohio State
4. West Virginia
5. Washington State

Below are the single game results from week 10. As always thanks to Dr. Peter R. Wolfe for providing the weekly game logs.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
11-10-2018Minnesota_B1041Purdue10HomeWin3126B1054.480.4
11-10-2018Alabama_SEC24Mississippi St0HomeWin2421SEC58.879.8
11-10-2018Ohio State_B1026Michigan St6RoadWin2023B1054.477.4
11-10-2018West Virginia_B1247TCU10HomeWin3729B1247.976.9
11-10-2018Clemson_ACC27Boston College7RoadWin2023ACC51.574.5
11-10-2018Washington St_P1231Colorado7RoadWin2425.5P1245.671.1
11-10-2018Tennessee_SEC24Kentucky7HomeWin1714SEC56.270.2
11-10-2018Georgia_SEC27Auburn10HomeWin1714SEC54.168.1
11-10-2018Pittsburgh_ACC52Virginia Tech22HomeWin3025.5ACC41.166.6
11-09-2018Boise St_MWC24Fresno St17HomeWin77MWC59.566.5
11-10-2018Texas_B1241Texas Tech34RoadWin710B1256.466.4
11-10-2018Northwestern_B1014Iowa10RoadWin47B1058.665.6
11-10-2018Oklahoma St_B1247Oklahoma48RoadLoss-10B1265.265.2
11-10-2018Notre Dame_IND42Florida St13HomeWin2925ACC4065
11-07-2018Northern Illinois_MAC38Toledo15HomeWin2320MAC43.263.2
11-10-2018Arkansas St_SUN44Coastal Car.16RoadWin2827.5SUN34.562
11-10-2018Florida_SEC35South Carolina31HomeWin47SEC54.361.3
11-10-2018Penn State_B1022Wisconsin10HomeWin129B1052.261.2
11-10-2018Michigan_B1042Rutgers7RoadWin3531B1029.960.9
11-10-2018Texas A&M_SEC38Mississippi24HomeWin1411SEC49.360.3
11-10-2018Temple_Amer59Houston49RoadWin1013Amer46.559.5
11-10-2018Troy_SUN35Georgia Southern21RoadWin1417SUN42.559.5
11-08-2018Wake Forest_ACC27North Carolina St23RoadWin47ACC51.758.7
11-10-2018Utah St_MWC62San José St24HomeWin3829.5MWC29.158.6
11-10-2018Nevada_MWC49Colorado St10HomeWin3930MWC27.657.6
11-09-2018Syracuse_ACC54Louisville23HomeWin3126ACC31.357.3
11-10-2018Mississippi St_SEC0Alabama24RoadLoss-24-21SEC7857
11-10-2018Memphis_Amer47Tulsa21HomeWin2623Amer3457
11-10-2018Stanford_P1248Oregon St17HomeWin3126P1230.756.7
11-10-2018Georgia Tech_ACC27Miami FL21HomeWin67ACC49.656.6
11-10-2018Missouri_SEC33Vanderbilt28HomeWin57SEC49.356.3
11-10-2018Utah_P1232Oregon25HomeWin77P1249.356.3
11-10-2018Iowa St_B1228Baylor14HomeWin1411B1245.156.1
11-06-2018Buffalo_MAC48Kent St14HomeWin3427.5MAC27.955.4
11-10-2018Auburn_SEC10Georgia27RoadLoss-17-14SEC6955
11-10-2018Florida Int'l_CUSA45Texas-San Antonio7RoadWin3832.5CUSA21.854.3
11-10-2018California_P1215Southern Cal14RoadWin17P1247.254.2
11-10-2018Eastern Michigan_MAC27Akron7HomeWin2017MAC36.153.1
11-10-2018Virginia_ACC45Liberty24HomeWin2118IND34.652.6
11-10-2018Nebraska_B1054Illinois35HomeWin1916B1036.652.6
11-10-2018Appalachian St_SUN38Texas St-San Marcos7RoadWin3129SUN23.252.2
11-10-2018Vanderbilt_SEC28Missouri33RoadLoss-5-7SEC59.152.1
11-10-2018Oklahoma_B1248Oklahoma St47HomeWin10B1251.151.1
11-10-2018Wisconsin_B1010Penn State22RoadLoss-12-9B106051
11-10-2018Arkansas_SEC17LSU24HomeLoss-7-10SEC60.950.9
11-10-2018Louisiana-Monroe_SUN38South Alabama10RoadWin2827.5SUN22.950.4
11-10-2018Oregon_P1225Utah32RoadLoss-7-7P1257.450.4
11-10-2018Air Force_MWC42New Mexico24HomeWin1815MWC35.350.3
11-10-2018South Carolina_SEC31Florida35RoadLoss-4-7SEC56.949.9
11-10-2018UCLA_P1228Arizona St31RoadLoss-30P1249.749.7
11-10-2018Indiana_B1034Maryland32HomeWin20B1049.349.3
11-10-2018LSU_SEC24Arkansas17RoadWin710SEC3949
11-10-2018Boston College_ACC7Clemson27HomeLoss-20-23ACC71.848.8
11-10-2018Cincinnati_Amer35South Florida23HomeWin129Amer39.348.3
11-10-2018UNLV_MWC27San Diego St24RoadWin37MWC41.248.2
11-10-2018Navy_Amer24Central Florida35RoadLoss-11-8Amer56.148.1
11-10-2018Brigham Young_IND35Massachusetts16NeutWin1919IND28.447.4
11-10-2018Old Dominion_CUSA34North Texas31HomeWin30CUSA47.247.2
11-09-2018Fresno St_MWC17Boise St24RoadLoss-7-7MWC54.147.1
11-10-2018Kansas St_B1221Kansas17HomeWin47B1239.846.8
11-10-2018Baylor_B1214Iowa St28RoadLoss-14-11B1257.846.8
11-10-2018Southern Miss_CUSA23UAB26RoadLoss-30CUSA46.246.2
11-10-2018Texas Tech_B1234Texas41HomeLoss-7-10B1256.146.1
11-10-2018Mississippi_SEC24Texas A&M38RoadLoss-14-11SEC56.745.7
11-10-2018Maryland_B1032Indiana34RoadLoss-20B1045.345.3
11-07-2018Miami OH_MAC30Ohio U.28HomeWin20MAC45.245.2
11-10-2018South Florida_Amer23Cincinnati35RoadLoss-12-9Amer53.444.4
11-10-2018Iowa_B1010Northwestern14HomeLoss-4-7B1051.144.1
11-10-2018Bowling Green_MAC24Central Michigan13RoadWin1114MAC29.943.9
11-10-2018Marshall_CUSA30UNC-Charlotte13HomeWin1714CUSA29.943.9
11-10-2018Duke_ACC42North Carolina35HomeWin77ACC3643
11-10-2018North Carolina_ACC35Duke42RoadLoss-7-7ACC5043
11-10-2018Miami FL_ACC21Georgia Tech27RoadLoss-6-7ACC49.342.3
11-10-2018Arizona St_P1231UCLA28HomeWin30P1241.741.7
11-07-2018Ohio U._MAC28Miami OH30RoadLoss-20MAC41.341.3
11-10-2018Central Florida_Amer35Navy24HomeWin118Amer33.241.2
11-10-2018Florida Atlantic_CUSA34Western Kentucky15HomeWin1916CUSA24.640.6
11-10-2018Louisiana-Lafayette_SUN36Georgia St22HomeWin1411SUN29.240.2
11-10-2018Middle Tennessee St_CUSA48UTEP32RoadWin1619CUSA20.439.4
11-10-2018Michigan St_B106Ohio State26HomeLoss-20-23B1061.538.5
11-10-2018Southern Cal_P1214California15HomeLoss-1-7P1245.138.1
11-10-2018Rutgers_B107Michigan42HomeLoss-35-31B1068.537.5
11-10-2018SMU_Amer62Connecticut50RoadWin1215Amer2237
11-10-2018Florida St_ACC13Notre Dame42RoadLoss-29-25IND61.736.7
11-10-2018East Carolina_Amer18Tulane24RoadLoss-6-7Amer43.536.5
11-10-2018Kansas_B1217Kansas St21RoadLoss-4-7B1243.536.5
11-10-2018Tulane_Amer24East Carolina18HomeWin67Amer29.436.4
11-10-2018Houston_Amer49Temple59HomeLoss-10-13Amer49.236.2
11-08-2018North Carolina St_ACC23Wake Forest27HomeLoss-4-7ACC43.236.2
11-10-2018UAB_CUSA26Southern Miss23HomeWin30CUSA35.735.7
11-10-2018TCU_B1210West Virginia47RoadLoss-37-29B1264.435.4
11-10-2018Kentucky_SEC7Tennessee24RoadLoss-17-14SEC48.934.9
11-10-2018Colorado_P127Washington St31HomeLoss-24-25.5P1259.734.2
11-10-2018New Mexico_MWC24Air Force42RoadLoss-18-15MWC45.830.8
11-10-2018Liberty_IND24Virginia45RoadLoss-21-18ACC47.929.9
11-10-2018Louisiana Tech_CUSA28Rice13HomeWin1512CUSA17.829.8
11-10-2018Illinois_B1035Nebraska54RoadLoss-19-16B1045.529.5
11-10-2018Georgia St_SUN22Louisiana-Lafayette36RoadLoss-14-11SUN4029
11-10-2018Georgia Southern_SUN21Troy35HomeLoss-14-17SUN45.728.7
11-10-2018San José St_MWC24Utah St62RoadLoss-38-29.5MWC5727.5
11-10-2018Akron_MAC7Eastern Michigan27RoadLoss-20-17MAC44.227.2
11-10-2018Oregon St_P1217Stanford48RoadLoss-31-26P1253.127.1
11-10-2018North Texas_CUSA31Old Dominion34RoadLoss-30CUSA2727
11-10-2018Rice_CUSA13Louisiana Tech28RoadLoss-15-12CUSA38.626.6
11-10-2018UNC-Charlotte_CUSA13Marshall30RoadLoss-17-14CUSA40.426.4
11-09-2018Louisville_ACC23Syracuse54RoadLoss-31-26ACC52.326.3
11-10-2018Massachusetts_IND16Brigham Young35NeutLoss-19-19IND44.725.7
11-10-2018Army_IND31Lafayette13HomeWin1815fcs9.924.9
11-07-2018Toledo_MAC15Northern Illinois38RoadLoss-23-20MAC44.324.3
11-10-2018San Diego St_MWC24UNLV27HomeLoss-3-7MWC30.823.8
11-10-2018Western Kentucky_CUSA15Florida Atlantic34RoadLoss-19-16CUSA39.523.5
11-10-2018Connecticut_Amer50SMU62HomeLoss-12-15Amer38.123.1
11-10-2018Tulsa_Amer21Memphis47RoadLoss-26-23Amer45.922.9
11-10-2018Virginia Tech_ACC22Pittsburgh52RoadLoss-30-25.5ACC48.422.9
11-10-2018Texas St-San Marcos_SUN7Appalachian St38HomeLoss-31-29SUN51.822.8
11-10-2018UTEP_CUSA32Middle Tennessee St48HomeLoss-16-19CUSA40.921.9
11-06-2018Kent St_MAC14Buffalo48RoadLoss-34-27.5MAC48.120.6
11-10-2018Purdue_B1010Minnesota41RoadLoss-31-26B1046.320.3
11-10-2018Coastal Car._SUN16Arkansas St44HomeLoss-28-27.5SUN42.314.8
11-10-2018Colorado St_MWC10Nevada49RoadLoss-39-30MWC4414
11-10-2018Central Michigan_MAC13Bowling Green24HomeLoss-11-14MAC24.210.2
11-10-2018South Alabama_SUN10Louisiana-Monroe38HomeLoss-28-27.5SUN34.46.9
11-10-2018Texas-San Antonio_CUSA7Florida Int'l45HomeLoss-38-32.5CUSA38.25.7

And here are the updated season standings. Yes, Alabama is ridiculous.

RkTeamConfDivConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1AlabamaSECSEC-West11029.448.67810-0
2ClemsonACCACC-Atl11027.244.771.810-0
3GeorgiaSECSEC-East21019.149.9699-1
4MichiganB10B10-East11020.54868.59-1
5OklahomaB12B1211016.34965.29-1
6West VirginiaB12B122917.546.964.48-1
7Notre DameINDInd11015.945.961.710-0
8Ohio StateB10B10-East21015.845.861.59-1
9LSUSECSEC-West3109.351.660.98-2
10Penn StateB10B10-East3109.550.5607-3
11Washington StP12P12-North11015.843.959.79-1
12Fresno StMWCMWC-West11020.738.859.58-2
13MissouriSECSEC-East4106.952.259.16-4
14Mississippi StSECSEC-West5108.949.958.86-4
15IowaB10B10-West410949.658.66-4
16Iowa StB12B12396.251.657.86-3
17UtahP12P12-South2109.647.857.47-3
18WashingtonP12P12-North31010.147.157.27-3
19Utah StMWCMWC-Mntn21023.233.957.19-1
20FloridaSECSEC-East610749.956.97-3
21Texas A&MSECSEC-West7105.351.456.76-4
22Texas TechB12B124106.350.156.45-5
23KentuckySECSEC-East8105.850.556.27-3
24TexasB12B125105.750.456.17-3
25Central FloridaAmerAmer-East1920.13656.19-0
26Michigan StB10B10-East5101.752.754.46-4
27PurdueB10B10-West6103.550.954.45-5
28South CarolinaSECSEC-East99153.354.35-4
29Boise StMWCMWC-Mntn31012.241.954.18-2
30AuburnSECSEC-West10106.347.854.16-4
31CincinnatiAmerAmer-East21016.636.953.49-1
32StanfordP12P12-North4103.849.353.16-4
33SyracuseACCACC-Atl21013.738.652.38-2
34WisconsinB10B10-West7106.745.552.26-4
35Appalachian StSUNSun1918.333.551.87-2
36North Carolina StACCACC-Atl395.346.351.76-3
37Boston CollegeACCACC-Atl4107.344.351.67-3
38NorthwesternB10B10-West810051.151.16-4
39Oklahoma StB12B126104.846.351.15-5
40ArmyINDInd21010.340.250.58-2
41DukeACCACC-Coas5107.342.7507-3
42Arizona StP12P12-South5104.74549.76-4
43Miami FLACCACC-Coas6107.142.649.75-5
44MarylandB10B10-East9102.546.949.35-5
45MississippiSECSEC-West11100.648.749.35-5
46VanderbiltSECSEC-East1210-0.950.249.34-6
47OregonP12P12-North6105.843.549.36-4
48Georgia TechACCACC-Coas710841.349.36-4
49TempleAmerAmer-East3106.442.849.26-4
50TennesseeSECSEC-East1310-1.650.548.95-5
51PittsburghACCACC-Coas8101.44748.46-4
52BuffaloMACMAC-East11012.635.548.19-1
53VirginiaACCACC-Coas9107.140.847.97-3
54TCUB12B12710-2.350.247.94-6
55North TexasCUSACUSA-West11014.632.647.27-3
56Southern CalP12P12-South710-0.147.347.25-5
57HoustonAmerAmer-West41011.934.646.57-3
58MinnesotaB10B10-West1010-1.247.446.35-5
59UABCUSACUSA-West21016.429.846.29-1
60MemphisAmerAmer-West51010.835.145.96-4
61Air ForceMWCMWC-Mntn4103.742.145.84-6
62TroySUNSun2101035.745.78-2
63ColoradoP12P12-South8102.74345.65-5
64NebraskaB10B10-West1110-2.147.645.53-7
65IndianaB10B10-East1210-2.447.745.35-5
66Ohio U.MACMAC-East2101035.345.26-4
67CaliforniaP12P12-North9101.14445.16-4
68BaylorB12B12810-2.647.745.15-5
69Brigham YoungINDInd310143.844.75-5
70ArizonaP12P12-South10102.44244.35-5
71Northern IllinoisMACMAC-West3101.34344.37-3
72Eastern MichiganMACMAC-West4114.639.644.26-5
73NevadaMWCMWC-West5103.240.8446-4
74TulaneAmerAmer-West6101.142.543.55-5
75Kansas StB12B12910-4.247.743.54-6
76Wake ForestACCACC-Atl1010-2.745.943.25-5
77ToledoMACMAC-West5104.338.943.25-5
78Georgia SouthernSUNSun3106.436.142.57-3
79Arkansas StSUNSun4102.939.542.36-4
80UCLAP12P12-South1110-1152.741.72-8
81Miami OHMACMAC-East6100.44141.34-6
82San Diego StMWCMWC-West6101.339.941.27-3
83Virginia TechACCACC-Coas119-1.642.641.14-5
84Middle Tennessee StCUSACUSA-East3105.135.9417-3
85MarshallCUSACUSA-East496.334.140.46-3
86Florida StACCACC-Atl1210-7.647.740.14-6
87Louisiana-LafayetteSUNSun5100.139.9405-5
88KansasB12B121010-6.24639.83-7
89Florida AtlanticCUSACUSA-East5100.439.139.55-5
90South FloridaAmerAmer-East7101.937.539.37-3
91ArkansasSECSEC-West1410-8.447.4392-8
92Louisiana TechCUSACUSA-West6103.135.538.67-3
93Florida Int'lCUSACUSA-East7109.22938.27-3
94SMUAmerAmer-West810-4.342.338.15-5
95Western MichiganMACMAC-West710-0.338.137.86-4
96WyomingMWCMWC-Mntn710-5.843.437.64-6
97IllinoisB10B10-West1310-7.143.636.64-6
98AkronMACMAC-East89-3.439.636.14-5
99North CarolinaACCACC-Coas139-9.945.9361-8
100Southern MissCUSACUSA-West892.433.335.74-5
101New MexicoMWCMWC-Mntn810-4.739.935.33-7
102LibertyINDInd49-2.437.134.64-5
103Coastal Car.SUNSun610-4.138.634.55-5
104Louisiana-MonroeSUNSun710-1.936.234.46-4
105TulsaAmerAmer-West910-6.940.9342-8
106Hawai`iMWCMWC-West911-3.637.6346-5
107NavyAmerAmer-West1010-10.243.433.22-8
108LouisvilleACCACC-Atl1410-17.548.731.32-8
109UNLVMWCMWC-West1010-8.23930.83-7
110Oregon StP12P12-North1210-15.546.230.72-8
111Ball StMACMAC-West910-7.438.130.73-7
112Central MichiganMACMAC-West1011-10.740.629.91-10
113RutgersB10B10-East1410-17.747.629.91-9
114UNC-CharlotteCUSACUSA-East910-534.829.94-6
115East CarolinaAmerAmer-East119-11.941.429.42-7
116Georgia StSUNSun810-10.239.429.22-8
117San José StMWCMWC-West1110-13.742.729.11-9
118MassachusettsINDInd511-7.535.928.44-7
119Kent StMACMAC-East1110-1138.927.92-8
120Colorado StMWCMWC-Mntn1210-13.741.327.63-7
121Old DominionCUSACUSA-East1010-9.636.6273-7
122Western KentuckyCUSACUSA-East1110-11.536.124.61-9
123Bowling GreenMACMAC-East1210-14.83924.22-8
124Texas St-San MarcosSUNSun910-6.829.923.23-7
125South AlabamaSUNSun1010-1537.822.92-8
126New Mexico StINDIND610-13.635.822.23-7
127ConnecticutAmerAmer-East1210-21.143221-9
128Texas-San AntonioCUSACUSA-West1210-14.135.821.83-7
129UTEPCUSACUSA-West1310-1333.320.41-9
130RiceCUSACUSA-West1411-17.134.917.81-10

Right now, on a neutral field, Alabama would be:

— 6-point favorites against Clemson
— 9-point favorites against Georgia
— 9.5 point favorites against Michigan
— 16-point favorites against Notre Dame
— 22-point favorites against UCF
— 54.5 point favorites against The Citadel, Alabama’s opponent this weekend (that’s based on The Citadel’s 23.5 SRS rating; there actually is no point spread on the game).

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