College Football Week 10 Ratings and Rankings - LSU remains #1, Alabama stays #2!

This week's ratings and rankings are now posted.  The "game of the century" was a great defensive battle but being so close, actually didn't change that much at the top.

Alabama stays #2 even with the loss.  My computer had already moved LSU to #1 narrowly ahead of Alabama last week perhaps foretelling the upset they pulled off.  The reason Alabama stays #2 is because LSU and Alabama were so clearly ahead of all the other teams other than Oklahoma State, and their close win over Kansas State was less than the computer expected so they actually lost more ratings points than Alabama did with their loss.

My computer does not necessarily punish a loss nor reward a win, if a loss or win was already expected, and that is the case here.  Alabama was expected to win narrowly and lost a close game so they did fall 2.7 ratings points, and Oklahoma State was supposed to win but win big and they only won by a touchdown, so they fall too.

Behind the top-3, Oklahoma moves to #4 after a solid game, but more because Stanford and Boise State didn't win like they should have.  Also, in Stanford's case, 6 of their 8 prior opponents lost, several by more than expected, and Boise State had prior opponent Fresno State lose badly.

There are now just 5 undefeated teams.  Look for the projections shortly to see who is projected to finish the regular season undefeated.

The top-25 is below, the full rankings on the web-site.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	LSU	96.298	9-0	74.671	+0, -0.505
2	Alabama	93.620	8-1	72.185	+0, -2.719
3	Oklahoma St	91.097	9-0	73.683	+0, -3.090
4	Oklahoma	88.545	8-1	73.742	+3, +0.024
5	Stanford	88.161	9-0	67.225	-1, -3.233
6	Oregon	87.876	8-1	70.048	+0, -1.502
7	Boise St	87.485	8-0	67.775	-2, -3.832
8	Arkansas	82.937	8-1	68.648	+3, -0.084
9	Wisconsin	82.168	7-2	65.252	-1, -2.118
10	Texas A&M	81.395	5-4	75.773	+0, -2.341
11	Arizona St	80.605	6-3	70.630	-2, -3.359
12	Texas	80.597	6-2	71.826	+7, +0.322
13	Georgia	79.950	7-2	70.582	+1, -2.266
14	Missouri	79.589	4-5	75.646	+1, -2.292
15	Clemson	79.463	8-1	67.862	+2, -1.730
16	South Carolina	79.392	7-2	72.840	-3, -2.877
17	Southern Cal	79.026	7-2	71.551	-1, -2.306
18	Kansas St	78.556	7-2	72.972	+5, +0.049
19	Florida St	77.837	6-3	64.638	+5, -0.434
20	Southern Miss	77.706	8-1	63.657	+5, -0.347
21	Houston	77.553	9-0	60.295	+1, -1.042
22	Michigan	77.507	7-2	67.747	-4, -3.496
23	Nebraska	77.344	7-2	68.689	-11, -5.119
24	Notre Dame	77.293	6-3	70.545	-3, -2.151
25	Baylor	76.679	5-3	73.399	+7, -0.805