College Football Week 18+ Ratings and Rankings - Alabama moves to #1

My computer's ratings and rankings through the Orange Bowl (week 18+) are below and week 18 is on the web-site.

After staying #1 through all the bowl games played through Saturday, Oregon finally succumbed and has fallen behind Alabama for the top spot.  Why is this do you ask if neither team has played?  It is because of how their opponents have done in bowl games.  And more specifically, how Oregon's opponents have done.

Alabama's rating has moved just a fraction from 91.056 after the SEC title game to 91.421, the biggest benefit coming from Georgia winning by more than expected over Nebraska.  But Oregon has seen their rating drop over 2 points from 93.723 to 91.369.  This is due to prior opponents doing poorly in bowl games including Fresno State (43-10 loss), Arizona (closer than expected win), Washington (close loss), USC (ugly loss), and Oregon State (loss when expected to win).

Other movers include FSU and Clemson making a statement for the ACC.

The top-25 is below including games played through the Orange Bowl, full ratings through last Saturday on the site.

Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
Rank	Team	Rating	Record	Schedule	Change
1	Alabama	91.421	12-1	72.458	+1, -0.032
2	Oregon	91.369	11-1	70.861	-1, -0.818
3	Florida	89.798	11-1	76.179	+0, +0.582
4	Texas A&M	88.297	10-2	74.149	+0, -0.135
5	Georgia	88.251	12-2	74.188	+2, +1.002
6	Kansas St	87.704	11-1	73.604	-1, -0.363
7	Notre Dame	87.091	12-0	73.812	-1, -0.394
8	South Carolina	86.666	11-2	74.735	+0, +0.310
9	Oklahoma	84.853	10-2	73.650	+0, -0.472
10	LSU	84.552	10-3	74.276	+0, -0.751
11	Stanford	83.769	12-2	75.493	+0, -0.393
12	Ohio State	83.474	12-0	69.788	+0, -0.164
13	Florida St	83.333	12-2	66.880	+5, +2.171
14	Utah St	82.801	11-2	65.909	-1, -0.068
15	Oklahoma St	82.631	8-5	72.171	-1, +0.081
16	Oregon St	81.906	9-4	74.198	-1, -0.547
17	Clemson	81.872	11-2	70.036	+4, +1.658
18	Baylor	81.461	8-5	76.038	-2, -0.400
19	Texas	80.429	9-4	75.578	+0, -0.451
20	Wisconsin	80.098	8-6	73.067	+0, -0.505
21	Michigan	79.764	8-5	73.620	+1, +0.131
22	Brigham Young	79.451	8-5	69.405	+2, +0.214
23	Vanderbilt	79.444	9-4	70.808	+3, +0.565
24	Southern Cal	78.988	7-6	74.704	-7, -2.600
25	Northwestern	78.683	10-3	70.276	+7, +1.200