Preliminary week 11 college football rankings after Auburn, TCU, Utah, etc. games

There are still a few more meaningful games to be played today, but I couldn't help seeing where things stand after the games played thus far.  The rankings below include all games finished as of the end of the Auburn game.  These are certainly not final and will change but should give us a good idea of what will happen.

Oregon is still to play and remains #1 by a large margin.  Stanford also still plays but moves to #2 simply because TCU falls.  TCU falls due to both their narrow win over an ok (was #51) San Diego State but also Utah and Oregon State losing bad games.  Boise State is also hurt a little by the Oregon State loss but holds on to #4.  At this point TCU and Boise State are effectively in a dead heat and Boise State has a tougher remaining schedule so could move ahead if they continue to win convincingly.

Auburn continues their creep up the rankings getting to #5 after a good win over an ok to decent Georgia (was #36 last week) and Alabama is right behind them.  Ohio State also moves up, all three of those teams getting help from a Nebraska that falls three spots.  They fall primarily due to Iowa State who they just beat last week playing poorly today.

It is interesting that Stanford is being generally ignored by the media, teams like LSU (and previously Alabama) are getting all the attention as the best 1-loss teams, but it seems pretty clear that Stanford has played a much tougher schedule and could in fact be the second best team in the country.  It would be a travesty if they don't get into a BCS bowl.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Oregon	93.589	9-0	67.563	+0, -0.081
2	Stanford	85.447	8-1	71.436	+1, -0.181
3	TCU	84.061	11-0	63.073	-1, -5.603
4	Boise St	83.898	9-0	63.283	+0, -0.974
5	Auburn	82.084	11-0	67.112	+1, +1.188
6	Alabama	81.100	7-2	69.626	+2, +0.767
7	Ohio State	80.581	9-1	63.172	+3, +0.740
8	Nebraska	80.458	8-1	66.782	-3, -1.075
9	Arkansas	79.521	7-2	67.828	+3, +0.518
10	Oklahoma St	79.501	8-1	66.623	-1, -0.415