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In week 10, Alabama produced the win of the season, blanking #3 LSU, 29-0, in Baton Rouge. It was the worst home loss for Louisiana State since 2002, and yet another example of how Alabama is operating on a different level than any other team in college football.

Alabama scored a 91.8 in the SRS for this performance, and the Crimson Tide now have the best two games of the season (Alabama also had a 91.8 in a 62-0 win over Mississippi). The worst game of the year by Alabama (according to the SRS) was a 51-14 drubbing over Louisville on opening weekend. The second-worst game this season was a 65-31 win on the road against Arkansas. A 45-23 win over Texas A&M was the only game the Crimson Tide have won by less than four touchdowns.

Nick Saban has won 5 national championships with Alabama, and his 2016 team was a dominant squad that went 14-0 and lost in the final minute of the national championship game. And yet… this feels like the best Alabama team under Saban, and by a pretty clear margin. And if it’s the best Alabama team under Saban, it’s not too hard to suggest it’s the best Alabama team ever. And if it’s the best Alabama team ever, well, it’s obviously in the discussion for best college football team ever.

That’s how good this 2018 Alabama team is. Right now, they are a touchdown better than the rest of the FBS. Even Clemson has had a couple of unimpressive games: the Tigers needed to rally and score a last minute touchdown to beat an average Syracuse team, and caught a break in a 2-point win over Texas A&M. That’s perfectly normal for an average elite team, but those two blemishes are a standard deviation below anything an apparently invincible Alabama has done this year. Below are the full week 10 SRS ratings.

RkTeamConfDivConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1AlabamaSECSEC-West1930.348.178.49-0
2ClemsonACCACC-Atl1927.644.171.79-0
3GeorgiaSECSEC-East2919.651.4718-1
4MichiganB10B10-East1919.35170.48-1
5OklahomaB12B121918.150.168.28-1
6LSUSECSEC-West399.254.663.87-2
7West VirginiaB12B122816.146.9637-1
8Notre DameINDInd1914.846.761.59-0
9Fresno StMWCMWC-West1923.737.761.58-1
10IowaB10B10-West2910.750.561.26-3
11MissouriSECSEC-East496.854.461.25-4
12Penn StateB10B10-East399.651.4616-3
13Mississippi StSECSEC-West5912.248.660.86-3
14Ohio StateB10B10-East4914.945.760.78-1
15KentuckySECSEC-East697.952.360.37-2
16PurdueB10B10-West596.852.759.55-4
17Iowa StB12B12385.653.959.55-3
18Washington StP12P12-North1914.744.3598-1
19Texas TechB12B12498.150.658.75-4
20UtahP12P12-South299.848.558.36-3
21WashingtonP12P12-North31010.148.158.27-3
22FloridaSECSEC-East79751.258.26-3
23Michigan StB10B10-East694.453.557.96-3
24Utah StMWCMWC-Mntn2922.535.457.98-1
25Central FloridaAmerAmer-East1821.635.957.58-0
26Texas A&MSECSEC-West894.752.657.35-4
27South CarolinaSECSEC-East98254.556.55-3
28TexasB12B12595.250.8566-3
29AuburnSECSEC-West1098.546.5556-3
30CincinnatiAmerAmer-East2917.437.354.78-1
31ArmyINDInd299.844.954.67-2
32StanfordP12P12-North491.352.954.25-4
33North Carolina StACCACC-Atl286.946.953.86-2
34Boise StMWCMWC-Mntn3912.840.653.47-2
35WisconsinB10B10-West798.444.853.26-3
36Boston CollegeACCACC-Atl3910.742.4537-2
37Appalachian StSUNSun181735.952.96-2
38Arizona StP12P12-South595.247.452.65-4
39DukeACCACC-Coas497.344.251.56-3
40Miami FLACCACC-Coas598.742.751.45-4
41SyracuseACCACC-Atl6912.33951.37-2
42NorthwesternB10B10-West89-0.851.951.25-4
43MississippiSECSEC-West1191.94950.85-4
44North TexasCUSACUSA-West1916.234.450.67-2
45Oklahoma StB12B12695.345.250.55-4
46TCUB12B12790.749.850.54-5
47VanderbiltSECSEC-East129-0.250.650.44-5
48MarylandB10B10-East992.747.750.45-4
49OregonP12P12-North697.242.449.66-3
50UABCUSACUSA-West2918.230.949.28-1
51Southern CalP12P12-South790.748.3495-4
52TempleAmerAmer-East395.743.248.85-4
53BuffaloMACMAC-East1910.937.948.88-1
54Georgia TechACCACC-Coas798.140.448.65-4
55HoustonAmerAmer-West4914.733.748.47-2
56ColoradoP12P12-South895.842.448.25-4
57VirginiaACCACC-Coas895.94247.96-3
58TennesseeSECSEC-East139-3.350.747.34-5
59Ohio U.MACMAC-East2911.135.446.46-3
60PittsburghACCACC-Coas99-1.347.746.45-4
61ToledoMACMAC-West396.939.246.25-4
62BaylorB12B1289-1.747.545.85-4
63Air ForceMWCMWC-Mntn492.443.345.73-6
64NebraskaB10B10-West109-4.149.745.62-7
65Eastern MichiganMACMAC-West4103.44245.45-5
66TroySUNSun299.236.145.47-2
67MemphisAmerAmer-West599.435.845.35-4
68ArizonaP12P12-South9102.442.945.25-5
69IndianaB10B10-East119-2.747.745.14-5
70TulaneAmerAmer-West690.444.644.94-5
71Brigham YoungINDInd39-1.14644.94-5
72CaliforniaP12P12-North1090.444.444.95-4
73Georgia SouthernSUNSun39935.344.37-2
74Kansas StB12B1299-5.449.544.13-6
75San Diego StMWCMWC-West592.241.8447-2
76NevadaMWCMWC-West690.243.543.75-4
77Northern IllinoisMACMAC-West59-0.844.543.76-3
78MinnesotaB10B10-West129-4.247.543.34-5
79Virginia TechACCACC-Coas1081.441.6434-4
80UCLAP12P12-South119-12.254.342.12-7
81Miami OHMACMAC-East690.441.341.73-6
82Louisiana TechCUSACUSA-West392.139.641.76-3
83Wake ForestACCACC-Atl119-3.845.241.44-5
84Middle Tennessee StCUSACUSA-East493.537.841.36-3
85Arkansas StSUNSun490.141.141.25-4
86KansasB12B12109-6.147.241.23-6
87Florida StACCACC-Atl129-5.746.7414-5
88Louisiana-LafayetteSUNSun59-1.141.740.64-5
89MarshallCUSACUSA-East585.335.240.55-3
90Florida AtlanticCUSACUSA-East69-1.341.3404-5
91SMUAmerAmer-West79-6.446.239.84-5
92South FloridaAmerAmer-East893.136.839.87-2
93ArkansasSECSEC-West149-8.24738.92-7
94Western MichiganMACMAC-West710-0.33938.76-4
95WyomingMWCMWC-Mntn710-5.844.438.64-6
96IllinoisB10B10-West139-6.144.438.44-5
97AkronMACMAC-East88-1.84038.24-4
98Coastal Car.SUNSun69-1.538.937.45-4
99New MexicoMWCMWC-Mntn89-3.540.637.13-6
100LibertyINDInd48-0.537.436.94-4
101Florida Int'lCUSACUSA-East796.63036.66-3
102TulsaAmerAmer-West99-5.140.935.82-7
103Southern MissCUSACUSA-West882.732.535.14-4
104North CarolinaACCACC-Coas138-10.345.2351-7
105Hawai`iMWCMWC-West911-3.638.334.86-5
106Louisiana-MonroeSUNSun79-5.138.733.65-4
107Central MichiganMACMAC-West910-10.443.533.21-9
108NavyAmerAmer-West109-10.442.4322-7
109Oregon StP12P12-North129-14.346.131.82-7
110LouisvilleACCACC-Atl149-16.548.131.62-7
111Ball StMACMAC-West1010-7.438.731.33-7
112San José StMWCMWC-West109-11.942.730.81-8
113Colorado StMWCMWC-Mntn119-11.942.230.33-6
114UNC-CharlotteCUSACUSA-East99-3.934.130.24-5
115Kent StMACMAC-East119-9.13929.92-7
116UNLVMWCMWC-West129-9.939.729.82-7
117RutgersB10B10-East149-16.245.929.71-8
118Georgia StSUNSun89-10.139.829.72-7
119MassachusettsINDInd510-6.435.629.24-6
120East CarolinaAmerAmer-East118-12.641.128.52-6
121South AlabamaSUNSun99-13.639.125.52-7
122Old DominionCUSACUSA-East109-10.635.725.12-7
123Texas-San AntonioCUSACUSA-West119-1236.924.93-6
124Western KentuckyCUSACUSA-East129-1135.524.51-8
125Texas St-San MarcosSUNSun109-4.328.624.33-6
126Bowling GreenMACMAC-East129-1841.223.21-8
127New Mexico StINDIND610-13.636.623.13-7
128ConnecticutAmerAmer-East129-21.74422.31-8
129UTEPCUSACUSA-West139-12.333.821.51-8
130RiceCUSACUSA-West1410-17.635.517.91-9

And here are the single-game SRS ratings from week 10.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
11-03-2018Alabama_SEC29LSU0RoadWin2928SEC63.891.8
11-03-2018Michigan_B1042Penn State7HomeWin3528B106189
11-03-2018Missouri_SEC38Florida17RoadWin2124SEC58.282.2
11-03-2018Georgia_SEC34Kentucky17RoadWin1720SEC60.380.3
11-01-2018Ohio U._MAC59Western Michigan14RoadWin4536MAC38.774.7
11-03-2018Michigan St_B1024Maryland3RoadWin2124B1050.474.4
11-03-2018Arizona St_P1238Utah20HomeWin1815P1258.373.3
11-03-2018Mississippi St_SEC45Louisiana Tech3HomeWin4231.5CUSA41.773.2
11-03-2018Clemson_ACC77Louisville16HomeWin6141ACC31.672.6
11-03-2018Utah St_MWC56Hawai`i17RoadWin3933MWC34.867.8
11-03-2018Florida Atlantic_CUSA49Florida Int'l14RoadWin3531CUSA36.667.6
11-03-2018Iowa St_B1227Kansas3RoadWin2425.5B1241.266.7
11-03-2018Oklahoma_B1251Texas Tech46RoadWin58B1258.766.7
11-03-2018Tulane_Amer41South Florida15RoadWin2626.5Amer39.866.3
11-03-2018Fresno St_MWC48UNLV3RoadWin4536MWC29.865.8
11-03-2018Illinois_B1055Minnesota31HomeWin2421B1043.364.3
11-03-2018Auburn_SEC28Texas A&M24HomeWin47SEC57.364.3
11-03-2018Notre Dame_IND31Northwestern21RoadWin1013B1051.264.2
11-03-2018Cincinnati_Amer42Navy0HomeWin4231.5Amer3263.5
11-03-2018West Virginia_B1242Texas41RoadWin17B125663
11-03-2018Duke_ACC20Miami FL12RoadWin811ACC51.462.4
11-03-2018Syracuse_ACC41Wake Forest24RoadWin1720ACC41.461.4
11-03-2018Purdue_B1038Iowa36HomeWin20B1061.261.2
11-03-2018Washington_P1227Stanford23HomeWin47P1254.261.2
11-02-2018Pittsburgh_ACC23Virginia13RoadWin1013ACC47.960.9
11-03-2018Louisiana-Monroe_SUN44Georgia Southern25HomeWin1916SUN44.360.3
11-03-2018Texas Tech_B1246Oklahoma51HomeLoss-5-8B1268.260.2
11-03-2018Oregon_P1242UCLA21HomeWin2118P1242.160.1
11-03-2018UAB_CUSA52Texas-San Antonio3HomeWin4935CUSA24.959.9
11-03-2018Iowa_B1036Purdue38RoadLoss-20B1059.559.5
11-03-2018SMU_Amer45Houston31HomeWin1411Amer48.459.4
11-03-2018South Carolina_SEC48Mississippi44RoadWin47SEC50.857.8
10-31-2018Toledo_MAC45Ball St13HomeWin3226.5MAC31.357.8
11-01-2018Central Florida_Amer52Temple40HomeWin129Amer48.857.8
11-03-2018Baylor_B1235Oklahoma St31HomeWin47B1250.557.5
11-03-2018North Carolina St_ACC47Florida St28HomeWin1916ACC4157
11-03-2018Appalachian St_SUN23Coastal Car.7RoadWin1619SUN37.456.4
11-03-2018Boston College_ACC31Virginia Tech21RoadWin1013ACC4356
11-03-2018Texas_B1241West Virginia42HomeLoss-1-7B126356
11-02-2018Arizona_P1242Colorado34HomeWin87P1248.255.2
11-03-2018Air Force_MWC14Army17RoadLoss-30IND54.654.6
11-03-2018Nebraska_B1031Ohio State36RoadLoss-5-7B1060.753.7
11-03-2018Ohio State_B1036Nebraska31HomeWin57B1045.652.6
11-03-2018California_P1213Washington St19RoadLoss-6-7P125952
11-03-2018Boise St_MWC21Brigham Young16HomeWin57IND44.951.9
11-03-2018Washington St_P1219California13HomeWin67P1244.851.8
11-03-2018Southern Cal_P1238Oregon St21RoadWin1720P1231.851.8
11-01-2018Northern Illinois_MAC36Akron26RoadWin1013MAC38.251.2
11-03-2018Stanford_P1223Washington27RoadLoss-4-7P1258.251.2
11-03-2018Kentucky_SEC17Georgia34HomeLoss-17-20SEC7151
11-03-2018Kansas St_B1213TCU14RoadLoss-10B1250.550.5
11-03-2018LSU_SEC0Alabama29HomeLoss-29-28SEC78.450.4
11-03-2018Memphis_Amer59East Carolina41RoadWin1821Amer28.549.5
11-03-2018Mississippi_SEC44South Carolina48HomeLoss-4-7SEC56.549.5
10-30-2018Buffalo_MAC51Miami OH42HomeWin97MAC41.748.7
11-03-2018Northwestern_B1021Notre Dame31HomeLoss-10-13IND61.548.5
11-01-2018Temple_Amer40Central Florida52RoadLoss-12-9Amer57.548.5
11-03-2018San Diego St_MWC31New Mexico23RoadWin811MWC37.148.1
11-03-2018Georgia Tech_ACC38North Carolina28RoadWin1013ACC3548
11-03-2018Texas A&M_SEC24Auburn28RoadLoss-4-7SEC5548
11-03-2018Tulsa_Amer49Connecticut19HomeWin3025.5Amer22.347.8
11-03-2018Troy_SUN26Louisiana-Lafayette16HomeWin107SUN40.647.6
11-03-2018Arkansas St_SUN38South Alabama14HomeWin2421SUN25.546.5
11-03-2018Brigham Young_IND16Boise St21RoadLoss-5-7MWC53.446.4
11-03-2018Army_IND17Air Force14HomeWin30MWC45.745.7
11-03-2018TCU_B1214Kansas St13HomeWin10B1244.144.1
11-03-2018Wyoming_MWC24San José St9HomeWin1512MWC30.842.8
11-03-2018Penn State_B107Michigan42RoadLoss-35-28B1070.442.4
11-03-2018Rutgers_B1017Wisconsin31RoadLoss-14-11B1053.242.2
10-30-2018Miami OH_MAC42Buffalo51RoadLoss-9-7MAC48.841.8
11-03-2018Texas St-San Marcos_SUN40Georgia St31RoadWin912SUN29.741.7
11-03-2018Wisconsin_B1031Rutgers17HomeWin1411B1029.740.7
11-02-2018Middle Tennessee St_CUSA29Western Kentucky10HomeWin1916CUSA24.540.5
11-03-2018Southern Miss_CUSA26Marshall24HomeWin20CUSA40.540.5
11-03-2018Miami FL_ACC12Duke20HomeLoss-8-11ACC51.440.4
11-03-2018Eastern Michigan_MAC17Central Michigan7HomeWin107MAC33.240.2
11-03-2018Virginia Tech_ACC21Boston College31HomeLoss-10-13ACC5340
11-03-2018UNC-Charlotte_CUSA3Tennessee14RoadLoss-11-8SEC47.339.3
11-03-2018Oklahoma St_B1231Baylor35RoadLoss-4-7B1245.838.8
11-03-2018Central Michigan_MAC7Eastern Michigan17RoadLoss-10-7MAC45.438.4
11-03-2018Louisiana-Lafayette_SUN16Troy26RoadLoss-10-7SUN45.438.4
11-02-2018Colorado_P1234Arizona42RoadLoss-8-7P1245.238.2
11-03-2018Tennessee_SEC14UNC-Charlotte3HomeWin118CUSA30.238.2
11-03-2018Florida St_ACC28North Carolina St47RoadLoss-19-16ACC53.837.8
11-03-2018Utah_P1220Arizona St38RoadLoss-18-15P1252.637.6
11-03-2018Florida_SEC17Missouri38HomeLoss-21-24SEC61.237.2
11-03-2018Massachusetts_IND62Liberty59HomeWin30IND36.936.9
11-03-2018North Carolina_ACC28Georgia Tech38HomeLoss-10-13ACC48.635.6
11-03-2018Marshall_CUSA24Southern Miss26RoadLoss-20CUSA35.135.1
11-03-2018Kansas_B123Iowa St27HomeLoss-24-25.5B1259.534
11-03-2018Coastal Car._SUN7Appalachian St23HomeLoss-16-19SUN52.933.9
11-03-2018Maryland_B103Michigan St24HomeLoss-21-24B1057.933.9
11-02-2018Virginia_ACC13Pittsburgh23HomeLoss-10-13ACC46.433.4
10-30-2018Kent St_MAC35Bowling Green28RoadWin710MAC23.233.2
11-03-2018New Mexico_MWC23San Diego St31HomeLoss-8-11MWC4433
11-03-2018UCLA_P1221Oregon42RoadLoss-21-18P1249.631.6
11-03-2018Wake Forest_ACC24Syracuse41HomeLoss-17-20ACC51.331.3
11-03-2018Louisville_ACC16Clemson77RoadLoss-61-41ACC71.730.7
11-01-2018Akron_MAC26Northern Illinois36HomeLoss-10-13MAC43.730.7
11-03-2018Louisiana Tech_CUSA3Mississippi St45RoadLoss-42-31.5SEC60.829.3
11-03-2018Liberty_IND59Massachusetts62RoadLoss-30IND29.229.2
11-03-2018Oregon St_P1221Southern Cal38HomeLoss-17-20P124929
11-03-2018UTEP_CUSA34Rice26RoadWin811CUSA17.928.9
11-03-2018Houston_Amer31SMU45RoadLoss-14-11Amer39.828.8
11-03-2018New Mexico St_IND52Alcorn St42HomeWin107fcs21.728.7
11-03-2018San José St_MWC9Wyoming24RoadLoss-15-12MWC38.626.6
11-03-2018UNLV_MWC3Fresno St48HomeLoss-45-36MWC61.525.5
11-02-2018Western Kentucky_CUSA10Middle Tennessee St29RoadLoss-19-16CUSA41.325.3
11-03-2018Hawai`i_MWC17Utah St56HomeLoss-39-33MWC57.924.9
11-03-2018East Carolina_Amer41Memphis59HomeLoss-18-21Amer45.324.3
11-03-2018Navy_Amer0Cincinnati42RoadLoss-42-31.5Amer54.723.2
11-03-2018South Alabama_SUN14Arkansas St38RoadLoss-24-21SUN41.220.2
10-30-2018Bowling Green_MAC28Kent St35HomeLoss-7-10MAC29.919.9
10-31-2018Ball St_MAC13Toledo45RoadLoss-32-26.5MAC46.219.7
11-03-2018South Florida_Amer15Tulane41HomeLoss-26-26.5Amer44.918.4
11-03-2018Georgia Southern_SUN25Louisiana-Monroe44RoadLoss-19-16SUN33.517.5
11-03-2018Minnesota_B1031Illinois55RoadLoss-24-21B1038.417.4
11-03-2018Texas-San Antonio_CUSA3UAB52RoadLoss-49-35CUSA49.214.2
11-03-2018Georgia St_SUN31Texas St-San Marcos40HomeLoss-9-12SUN24.312.3
11-03-2018Rice_CUSA26UTEP34HomeLoss-8-11CUSA21.510.5
11-01-2018Western Michigan_MAC14Ohio U.59HomeLoss-45-36MAC46.410.4
11-03-2018Connecticut_Amer19Tulsa49RoadLoss-30-25.5Amer35.810.3
11-03-2018Florida Int'l_CUSA14Florida Atlantic49HomeLoss-35-31CUSA409

Some of the big surprises of the week:

  • Missouri blew out Florida, in Gainesville, 38-17.
  • Arizona State shocked Utah, 38-20.
  • Ohio State snuck by a Nebraska team that has one FBS win, 36-31.
  • Duke upset Miami, 20-12.
  • Washington State needed a last-minute score to beat a bad Cal team, 19-13.
  • Air Force nearly upset a much better Army team, but fell 17-14.
  • Michigan destroyed Penn State, 42-7.
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