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It was not a particularly eventful week in terms of college football upsets. No top-5 SRS teams lost, and only two top-10 SRS teams lost — and both lost to very good teams. Iowa ranked 7th in the SRS last week, and lost on the road to Penn State, who ranked 11th in the week 8 ratings. The annual Florida/Georgia game in Jacksonville featured two top 10 teams, with then-#3 Georgia defeating then-#8 Florida.

Other top teams to lose: #13 Washington, #15 Texas A&M, #16 Purdue, #21 Texas Tech, #22 Missouri, #23 Wisconsin, and #26 Texas. The Longhorns may have been 26th in the SRS, but with a 6-1 record and wins over USC, TCU, and Oklahoma, the Longhorns entered week 8 6th in the AP rankings. A loss to Oklahoma State (hi Doug!) in Stillwater now puts the Big 12 playoff picture into chaos. Next week, West Virginia travels to Austin in a matchup of two of the top teams in the conference.

Alabama was off this week, which opened the way for Georgia and Clemson to be the dominant teams of the week. Both teams demolished teams from Florida: the Bulldogs defeated a pretty good Florida team by 19, while Clemson crushed a bad Seminoles team by 49 points. West Virginia, Arizona, and Utah round out the top 5 teams of the week in terms of single game SRS ratings.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
10-27-2018Georgia_SEC36Florida17NeutWin1919SEC61.980.9
10-27-2018Clemson_ACC59Florida St10RoadWin4938ACC41.679.6
10-25-2018West Virginia_B1258Baylor14HomeWin4432.5B124476.5
10-27-2018Arizona_P1244Oregon15HomeWin2925P1248.373.3
10-26-2018Utah_P1241UCLA10RoadWin3129P1243.472.4
10-27-2018Oklahoma_B1251Kansas St14HomeWin3729B1243.172.1
10-25-2018Georgia Southern_SUN34Appalachian St14HomeWin2017SUN52.769.7
10-27-2018Mississippi St_SEC28Texas A&M13HomeWin1512SEC57.569.5
10-27-2018Penn State_B1030Iowa24HomeWin67B1062.269.2
10-27-2018Utah St_MWC61New Mexico19HomeWin4231.5MWC37.468.9
10-25-2018Toledo_MAC51Western Michigan24RoadWin2727MAC41.268.2
10-25-2018Georgia Tech_ACC49Virginia Tech28RoadWin2124ACC43.467.4
10-27-2018Iowa St_B1240Texas Tech31HomeWin97B1258.565.5
10-27-2018Michigan St_B1023Purdue13HomeWin107B1057.964.9
10-27-2018Northwestern_B1031Wisconsin17HomeWin1411B1053.964.9
10-27-2018Kentucky_SEC15Missouri14RoadWin17SEC57.864.8
10-26-2018Boston College_ACC27Miami FL14HomeWin1310ACC54.364.3
10-27-2018Army_IND37Eastern Michigan22RoadWin1518MAC45.863.8
10-25-2018Ohio U._MAC52Ball St14HomeWin3829.5MAC3261.5
10-27-2018Fresno St_MWC50Hawai`i20HomeWin3025.5MWC35.961.4
10-27-2018Washington St_P1241Stanford38RoadWin37P1254.361.3
10-27-2018Syracuse_ACC51North Carolina St41HomeWin107ACC54.361.3
10-27-2018Houston_Amer57South Florida36HomeWin2118Amer4361
10-27-2018Maryland_B1063Illinois33HomeWin3025.5B1035.460.9
10-27-2018Oregon St_P1241Colorado34RoadWin710P1248.858.8
10-27-2018California_P1212Washington10HomeWin20P1257.957.9
10-27-2018Pittsburgh_ACC54Duke45HomeWin97ACC49.956.9
10-27-2018Boise St_MWC48Air Force38RoadWin1013MWC43.756.7
10-27-2018Tennessee_SEC24South Carolina27RoadLoss-30SEC5656
10-27-2018Oklahoma St_B1238Texas35HomeWin30B125656
10-27-2018Wake Forest_ACC56Louisville35RoadWin2124ACC31.955.9
10-27-2018Arizona St_P1238Southern Cal35RoadWin37P1248.955.9
10-27-2018Middle Tennessee St_CUSA51Old Dominion17RoadWin3430.5CUSA25.455.9
10-27-2018Iowa_B1024Penn State30RoadLoss-6-7B1062.455.4
10-27-2018Vanderbilt_SEC45Arkansas31RoadWin1417SEC38.355.3
10-27-2018Missouri_SEC14Kentucky15HomeLoss-1-7SEC61.654.6
10-27-2018Notre Dame_IND44Navy22NeutWin2222Amer32.154.1
10-27-2018Stanford_P1238Washington St41HomeLoss-3-7P1260.253.2
10-26-2018Minnesota_B1038Indiana31HomeWin77B1046.153.1
10-27-2018Texas_B1235Oklahoma St38RoadLoss-30B1252.252.2
10-27-2018Texas Tech_B1231Iowa St40RoadLoss-9-7B1258.851.8
10-27-2018Northern Illinois_MAC7Brigham Young6RoadWin17IND44.751.7
10-27-2018Florida_SEC17Georgia36NeutLoss-19-19SEC70.451.4
10-27-2018Kansas_B1227TCU26HomeWin10B1250.950.9
10-23-2018Troy_SUN38South Alabama17RoadWin2124SUN26.350.3
10-27-2018Nevada_MWC28San Diego St24HomeWin47MWC42.949.9
10-27-2018Florida Int'l_CUSA38Western Kentucky17RoadWin2124CUSA24.648.6
10-27-2018South Carolina_SEC27Tennessee24HomeWin30SEC4848
10-27-2018Texas A&M_SEC13Mississippi St28RoadLoss-15-12SEC59.847.8
10-27-2018Purdue_B1013Michigan St23RoadLoss-10-7B1054.747.7
10-27-2018Louisiana-Lafayette_SUN47Arkansas St43HomeWin47SUN40.647.6
10-26-2018Louisiana Tech_CUSA21Florida Atlantic13RoadWin811CUSA36.247.2
10-26-2018Wyoming_MWC34Colorado St21RoadWin1316MWC31.147.1
10-27-2018Cincinnati_Amer26SMU20RoadWin69Amer3645
10-27-2018Tulane_Amer24Tulsa17RoadWin710Amer34.844.8
10-27-2018Washington_P1210California12RoadLoss-20P124444
10-27-2018North Carolina St_ACC41Syracuse51RoadLoss-10-7ACC50.643.6
10-27-2018Nebraska_B1045Bethune-Cookman9HomeWin3628.5fcs14.843.3
10-27-2018SMU_Amer20Cincinnati26HomeLoss-6-9Amer52.343.3
10-27-2018North Carolina_ACC21Virginia31RoadLoss-10-7ACC5043
10-27-2018UAB_CUSA19UTEP0RoadWin1922CUSA20.742.7
10-26-2018Miami FL_ACC14Boston College27RoadLoss-13-10ACC52.742.7
10-27-2018Southern Cal_P1235Arizona St38HomeLoss-3-7P1249.642.6
10-27-2018Virginia_ACC31North Carolina21HomeWin107ACC35.342.3
10-27-2018TCU_B1226Kansas27RoadLoss-10B1241.641.6
10-27-2018North Texas_CUSA41Rice17HomeWin2421CUSA19.740.7
10-27-2018Air Force_MWC38Boise St48HomeLoss-10-13MWC53.440.4
10-27-2018San José St_MWC50UNLV37HomeWin1310MWC3040
10-26-2018Indiana_B1031Minnesota38RoadLoss-7-7B104740
10-27-2018Akron_MAC17Central Michigan10HomeWin77MAC32.339.3
10-27-2018Wisconsin_B1017Northwestern31RoadLoss-14-11B1050.139.1
10-27-2018Navy_Amer22Notre Dame44NeutLoss-22-22IND60.938.9
10-27-2018Kansas St_B1214Oklahoma51RoadLoss-37-29B1267.938.9
10-27-2018Coastal Car._SUN37Georgia St34RoadWin37SUN31.338.3
10-27-2018Eastern Michigan_MAC22Army37HomeLoss-15-18IND5638
10-27-2018Duke_ACC45Pittsburgh54RoadLoss-9-7ACC44.137.1
10-27-2018San Diego St_MWC24Nevada28RoadLoss-4-7MWC43.436.4
10-27-2018Brigham Young_IND6Northern Illinois7HomeLoss-1-7MAC42.835.8
10-27-2018Hawai`i_MWC20Fresno St50RoadLoss-30-25.5MWC61.235.7
10-27-2018Florida St_ACC10Clemson59HomeLoss-49-38ACC72.134.1
10-27-2018Arkansas_SEC31Vanderbilt45HomeLoss-14-17SEC50.833.8
10-27-2018South Florida_Amer36Houston57RoadLoss-21-18Amer51.633.6
10-27-2018UNC-Charlotte_CUSA20Southern Miss17HomeWin30CUSA33.433.4
10-27-2018Arkansas St_SUN43Louisiana-Lafayette47RoadLoss-4-7SUN40.233.2
10-26-2018UCLA_P1210Utah41HomeLoss-31-29P1261.332.3
10-27-2018Central Michigan_MAC10Akron17RoadLoss-7-7MAC38.931.9
10-26-2018Florida Atlantic_CUSA13Louisiana Tech21HomeLoss-8-11CUSA42.931.9
10-27-2018Tulsa_Amer17Tulane24HomeLoss-7-10Amer41.331.3
10-27-2018Massachusetts_IND22Connecticut17RoadWin58Amer23.231.2
10-27-2018Georgia St_SUN34Coastal Car.37HomeLoss-3-7SUN37.430.4
10-25-2018Appalachian St_SUN14Georgia Southern34RoadLoss-20-17SUN47.230.2
10-25-2018Baylor_B1214West Virginia58RoadLoss-44-32.5B1262.229.7
10-27-2018Texas St-San Marcos_SUN27New Mexico St20HomeWin77IND22.629.6
10-27-2018Rice_CUSA17North Texas41RoadLoss-24-21CUSA5029
10-27-2018Southern Miss_CUSA17UNC-Charlotte20RoadLoss-30CUSA28.628.6
10-27-2018Illinois_B1033Maryland63RoadLoss-30-25.5B105226.5
10-27-2018UTEP_CUSA0UAB19HomeLoss-19-22CUSA4826
10-25-2018Virginia Tech_ACC28Georgia Tech49HomeLoss-21-24ACC48.824.8
10-27-2018New Mexico_MWC19Utah St61RoadLoss-42-31.5MWC55.624.1
10-27-2018Colorado_P1234Oregon St41HomeLoss-7-10P1232.322.3
10-26-2018Colorado St_MWC21Wyoming34HomeLoss-13-16MWC37.821.8
10-27-2018UNLV_MWC37San José St50RoadLoss-13-10MWC31.621.6
10-23-2018South Alabama_SUN17Troy38HomeLoss-21-24SUN45.221.2
10-27-2018Connecticut_Amer17Massachusetts22HomeLoss-5-8IND28.820.8
10-27-2018Oregon_P1215Arizona44RoadLoss-29-25P124520
10-27-2018Louisville_ACC35Wake Forest56HomeLoss-21-24ACC42.818.8
10-25-2018Western Michigan_MAC24Toledo51HomeLoss-27-27MAC45.218.2
10-27-2018Western Kentucky_CUSA17Florida Int'l38HomeLoss-21-24CUSA4117
10-27-2018New Mexico St_IND20Texas St-San Marcos27RoadLoss-7-7SUN21.914.9
10-25-2018Ball St_MAC14Ohio U.52RoadLoss-38-29.5MAC42.312.8
10-27-2018Old Dominion_CUSA17Middle Tennessee St51HomeLoss-34-30.5CUSA41.110.6

And below are the updated SRS ratings through 9 weeks. Clemson and Oklahoma are in the top 5, but the rest of the top 8 is all SEC and Big 10 teams. In fact, the SEC and Big 10 have 9 of the top 12 teams so far this year, with West Virginia joining Clemson and Oklahoma to round out the top 12:

RkTeamConfDivConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1AlabamaSECSEC-West1830.645.676.28-0
2ClemsonACCACC-Atl1825.946.272.18-0
3GeorgiaSECSEC-East2819.650.870.47-1
4OklahomaB12B121819.348.567.97-1
5MichiganB10B10-East1818.349.267.47-1
6LSUSECSEC-West3813.951.865.77-1
7Penn StateB10B10-East2814.348.262.46-2
8IowaB10B10-West3812.150.162.26-2
9West VirginiaB12B122717.444.862.26-1
10FloridaSECSEC-East4810.95161.96-2
11Ohio StateB10B10-East4815.945.761.67-1
12KentuckySECSEC-East5811.450.161.67-1
13UtahP12P12-South1812.948.361.36-2
14Fresno StMWCMWC-West1822.239.161.27-1
15Notre DameINDInd1815.145.960.98-0
16Washington StP12P12-North2815.744.560.27-1
17Mississippi StSECSEC-West689.85059.85-3
18Iowa StB12B12372.756.158.84-3
19Texas TechB12B124810.148.458.55-3
20PurdueB10B10-West587.650.357.94-4
21WashingtonP12P12-North3910.447.457.96-3
22MissouriSECSEC-East784.753.157.84-4
23Texas A&MSECSEC-West886.151.457.55-3
24Central FloridaAmerAmer-East1723.432.756.27-0
25South CarolinaSECSEC-East971.354.8564-3
26ArmyINDInd281145566-2
27TexasB12B12586.849.2566-2
28Utah StMWCMWC-Mntn2821.234.555.67-1
29Michigan StB10B10-East68252.754.75-3
30StanfordP12P12-North482.45254.45-3
31Miami FLACCACC-Coas2811.143.254.35-3
32North Carolina StACCACC-Atl375.648.754.35-2
33WisconsinB10B10-West788.145.853.95-3
34AuburnSECSEC-West1088.744.853.55-3
35Boise StMWCMWC-Mntn3813.539.953.46-2
36Boston CollegeACCACC-Atl4810.442.352.76-2
37Appalachian StSUNSun1716.735.952.75-2
38CincinnatiAmerAmer-East2815.636.752.37-1
39Oklahoma StB12B12686.945.352.25-3
40MarylandB10B10-East886.145.9525-3
41HoustonAmerAmer-West3817.933.851.67-1
42TCUB12B12780.850.150.93-5
43VanderbiltSECSEC-East119-0.25150.84-5
44SyracuseACCACC-Atl5811.439.250.66-2
45NorthwesternB10B10-West980.849.450.15-3
46MississippiSECSEC-West128347.150.15-3
47North TexasCUSACUSA-West1916.233.8507-2
48VirginiaACCACC-Coas688.341.8506-2
49DukeACCACC-Coas786.843.1505-3
50Arizona StP12P12-South58445.649.64-4
51Southern CalP12P12-South68-1.850.648.94-4
52Georgia TechACCACC-Coas887.541.348.84-4
53ColoradoP12P12-South787.441.448.85-3
54TempleAmerAmer-East487.54148.55-3
55OregonP12P12-North885.942.448.35-3
56BuffaloMACMAC-East1811.436.848.27-1
57TennesseeSECSEC-East138-4.852.7483-5
58UABCUSACUSA-West2816.131.8487-1
59Georgia SouthernSUNSun2812.135.147.27-1
60MinnesotaB10B10-West108-2.149.1474-4
61IndianaB10B10-East119-2.748.846.14-5
62Eastern MichiganMACMAC-West29342.845.84-5
63ToledoMACMAC-West384.540.745.24-4
64TroySUNSun389.535.745.26-2
65ArizonaP12P12-South991.843.2454-5
66Brigham YoungINDInd38-0.34544.74-4
67NebraskaB10B10-West128-3.848.144.42-6
68PittsburghACCACC-Coas98-3.147.244.14-4
69MemphisAmerAmer-West58836.144.14-4
70BaylorB12B1288-2.846.844.14-4
71CaliforniaP12P12-North1081.442.7445-3
72Air ForceMWCMWC-Mntn482.840.943.73-5
73Virginia TechACCACC-Coas1073.539.943.44-3
74NevadaMWCMWC-West590.243.243.45-4
75UCLAP12P12-South118-11.454.843.42-6
76Kansas StB12B1298-6.149.243.13-5
77South FloridaAmerAmer-East686.836.3437-1
78Louisiana TechCUSACUSA-West386.336.642.96-2
79San Diego StMWCMWC-West681.141.842.96-2
80Northern IllinoisMACMAC-West48-2.545.342.85-3
81Wake ForestACCACC-Atl118-1.844.542.84-4
82Miami OHMACMAC-East581.34142.33-5
83Ohio U.MACMAC-East687.934.442.35-3
84Florida StACCACC-Atl128-4.44641.64-4
85KansasB12B12108-3.645.341.63-5
86TulaneAmerAmer-West78-2.944.241.33-5
87Western MichiganMACMAC-West793.737.641.26-3
88Middle Tennessee StCUSACUSA-East481.939.241.15-3
89Florida Int'lCUSACUSA-East5811.329.7416-2
90MarshallCUSACUSA-East676.134.740.75-2
91Arkansas StSUNSun48-2.543.140.64-4
92Louisiana-LafayetteSUNSun58-0.440.640.24-4
93AkronMACMAC-East87-0.139.138.94-3
94ArkansasSECSEC-West149-8.246.538.32-7
95LibertyINDInd47-0.638.738.24-3
96WyomingMWCMWC-Mntn79-7.845.637.83-6
97New MexicoMWCMWC-Mntn88-2.64037.43-5
98Coastal Car.SUNSun680.736.737.45-3
99Florida AtlanticCUSACUSA-East78-5.441.636.23-5
100SMUAmerAmer-West88-8.644.6363-5
101Hawai`iMWCMWC-West910-0.736.635.96-4
102IllinoisB10B10-West138-9.444.835.43-5
103North CarolinaACCACC-Coas137-9.945.235.31-6
104TulsaAmerAmer-West98-8.943.734.81-7
105Southern MissCUSACUSA-West873.130.433.43-4
106Central MichiganMACMAC-West99-10.743.132.41-8
107Oregon StP12P12-North128-13.645.832.32-6
108NavyAmerAmer-West108-7.839.832.12-6
109Ball StMACMAC-West109-5.337.3323-6
110LouisvilleACCACC-Atl148-13.445.431.92-6
111San José StMWCMWC-West108-11.943.531.61-7
112Georgia StSUNSun78-9.941.231.32-6
113Colorado StMWCMWC-Mntn119-11.94331.13-6
114UNLVMWCMWC-West128-6.636.7302-6
115East CarolinaAmerAmer-East117-11.441.4302-5
116Louisiana-MonroeSUNSun88-7.837.329.64-4
117MassachusettsINDInd59-7.13628.83-6
118UNC-CharlotteCUSACUSA-East98-3.43228.64-4
119Kent StMACMAC-East118-11.540.128.61-7
120RutgersB10B10-East148-16.844.627.81-7
121South AlabamaSUNSun98-12.638.926.32-6
122Old DominionCUSACUSA-East109-10.63625.42-7
123Texas-San AntonioCUSACUSA-West118-9.134.425.33-5
124Western KentuckyCUSACUSA-East128-10.43524.61-7
125Bowling GreenMACMAC-East128-1942.423.41-7
126ConnecticutAmerAmer-East128-21.344.523.21-7
127New Mexico StINDIND69-15.838.522.62-7
128Texas St-San MarcosSUNSun108-6.328.221.92-6
129UTEPCUSACUSA-West138-15.235.920.70-8
130RiceCUSACUSA-West149-18.338.119.81-8

One thing propping up the Big 10 is Minnesota’s win over Fresno State. The Mountain West doesn’t get a lot of mainstream attention, but Fresno State is 8-1 this year. The Big 10 also has wins over Boston College, Texas, and Iowa State, with Michigan’s 24-17 loss to Notre Dame being the most notable conference loss.

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