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Week 13 College Football Power Rankings

Written November 19, 2008 by Anthony Moretti

Most college football power polls have Alabama ranked number one, but I’m sticking Texas Tech at the top spot this week. The Red Raiders have more impressive wins so far this season and the Crimson Tide’s wins over Georgia and LSU look less and less impressive as the year wears on. Tech has their most difficult game of the year coming at Oklahoma this week, but they belong in the top spot for now.

Alabama slides to #2 after an underwhelming performance against Mississippi State last week. Sure, the Tide won 32-7, but Alabama looked sluggish in the first half. They are undefeated, so you have to give them their credit, but does anyone else get the feeling that they aren’t the best team in the SEC right now?

Texas would probably rank above Alabama if it weren’t for that pesky loss against Texas Tech. Even so, the Longhorns are still firing on all cylinders and notched an important road victory over Kansas last week in convincing fashion. The Texas Tech/Oklahoma game this weekend could decide the Longhorn’s BCS Championship fate. Texas gets a bye this week, then plays Texas A&M on November 27th.

Oklahoma is playing better right now than any team not named Florida. They get the nod over the Gators, however, because they’ve had a more difficult schedule this year. Nothing that’s happened in the last 12 weeks really matters now, though, the Sooners absolutely have to win against Texas Tech to stay in the national title race.

Florida could easily be at the top of the power rankings in a few weeks. Other than their loss, at home, to Ole Miss, the Gators have been unstoppable and seem to be getting better as the season progresses. Their next game of meaning will, in all likelyhood, be against Alabama in the SEC Championship. At that point we’ll see who the real power in the conference (and possibly the nation) is.

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The USC defense earns them a spot at #6 in the power rankings. The Trojans are good on offense, but ridiculously inconsistent. If the USC offense starts hitting their stride now, there’s no stopping the Trojans. The Rose Bowl isn’t certain, but likely for USC, though they are hoping things might get shaken up in the SEC and Big 12 this week and in the conference championship games so that the Trojans could be considered for the BCS Championship.

Penn State is the best team in the Big 10, but they looked lackluster last week against Indiana. More than anything it was probably the hangover from the loss at Iowa the previous week, but the Lions need to keep it together and finish the season strong. This week they have a tough game at home against Michigan State, but PSU still has a lot to play for this year and should be ready for whatever the Spartans can throw at them.

Oklahoma State is the best two-loss team in the nation, but both Missouri and Ohio State are climbing fast. Losses to Texas and Texas Tech don’t seem too bad. They took care of business last week against Colorado. They’ll get a bye this week, then face Oklahoma on Nov. 29th for yet another monster Big 12 battle.

Boise State is still the best mid-major, BCS Buster, or whatever you want to call them, until someone dethrones them. What do they do? They win football games, and they win them convincingly. The WAC is a weak conference, that’s for sure, but I’m tired of that excuse as the Broncos have always played well against big-conference schools as well.

The Utah Utes have a chance to pass Boise with a win over BYU this week. This is a huge rivalry and the game where Utah is most vulnerable this year. I don’t expect a letdown, so it will be interesting to see where the Utes end up falling in when the Bowls are passed out.

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