Your Strength of Schedule Still Sucks

It turns out that winning isn't everything. In fact, a very large component of winning involves making sure your beaten adversaries aren't so demoralized that they go out and suck for the rest of the season. That's why last week's #1, Texas, drops to #4 despite dumping Colorado. All but one of Texas's opponents lost this week, dragging down their rating. So it goes in the YFTS rankings, where a win can be a loss, a loss can be a win, and Nebraska is still ranked after two straight home losses because it currently has the #1 strength of schedule.

Top 25 Rankings

1. USC (23.097) +1 -- resumes regularly scheduled beatings, #1 spot... much to the chagrin of the East Coast and SEC
2. Missouri (22.021) +1 -- the Gary Pinkel Tour o' Vengeance continues
3. BYU (14.220) +2 -- BYU stands for Beware Your Unconverted asses
4. Texas (14.180) -3 -- epic showdown next week with...
5. Oklahoma (13.969) -1 -- two teams enter the Cotton Bowl, one team leaves
6. Tulsa (11.389) +8 -- putting up video game numbers week after week
7. Georgia (9.288) +1 -- see, sometimes not playing actually helps
8. Boise State (9.074) +12 -- Smurf Turf still dangerous... and ugly
9. Alabama (9.051) -3 -- Kentucky scored more offensive points than you did
10. California (8.713) +3 -- close loss to Maryland all but forgotten
11. Florida (8.607) NR -- everybody gets a turn beating the Hogs
12. Texas Tech (8.527) +9 -- big jump this week for beating semi-legitimate foe Kansas State
13. Penn State (8.178) -1 -- see article title... your SOS sucks
14. North Carolina (7.989) NR -- this week's party-crasher
15. Oklahoma State (7.823) nc -- Boone Pickens' stock drops, Okies' stock rises
16. Nebraska (7.472) -6 -- see how much SOS matters? Two straight home losses, and they're still #16.
17. Ball State (6.862) +1 -- best team in Indiana?
18. Georgia Tech (6.546) NR -- old school makes an appearance in the rankings
19. Kansas (6.478) -8 -- from devouring cupcakes to nearly choking on them
20. Utah (6.452) -4 -- not the angriest Mormons on the list
21. Kentucky (6.229) -14 -- honestly, I don't know why they're ranked
22. Vanderbilt (6.145) -5 -- Revenge of the Nerds
23. Northwestern (5.595) nc -- Revenge of the Nerds II: Nerds in Paradise
24. Michigan State (5.581) NR -- isn't it about time for a riot?
25. LSU (5.393) NR -- finally makes an appearance... just in time for the Florida game

Missing the cut: TCU, Arizona, Wisconsin, Connecticut, Wake Forest
Explanation of Rankings

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