NCAA Football Conference Power Rankings Week 3: Oklahoma Wins Big, SEC in Last
Let me explain the power rankings.
This is not an indication of how each conference will fare for the 2011 college football season. This is not a direct correlation to how these teams should be ranked in the polls.
To put it quite simply, this is a measurement of what each conference proved in Week 3.
Conference play proves nothing other than who the best teams within that conference are. Every conference has a .500 winning percentage in intraconference play every year.
Non-conference matchups early in the season and end-of-season bowl games are needed to give us the best gauge of how each conference stacks up.
Each game from Week 3 will fall into one of four categories: The Good, The Blah, The Bad and The Ugly. Pretty self explanatory.
Let the debating begin.
6. SEC
1 of 6Overall SEC record from Week 3: 4-2
The Good: 0
The Blah: 3
Georgia spanked an FCS opponent like they should have.
Alabama gets a little more credit for beating up on opponent from the Sun Belt.
South Carolina squeaked by Navy.
The Bad: 3
Auburn lost to Clemson.
Kentucky lost to a horrible Louisville team.
Arkansas only beat Troy by 10 points.
The Ugly: 0
5. Pac-12
2 of 6Overall Pac-12 record from Week 3: 5-4
The Good: 2
USC beat Syracuse.
Utah crushed BYU.
The Blah: 3
California and Oregon both spanked FCS opponents like they should have.
Colorado gets slightly more credit for beating a team from the MWC.
The Bad: 3
UCLA lost to Texas.
Washington lost to Nebraska.
Arizona State lost to Illinois.
The Ugly: 1
San Diego State beat Washington State by 18 points. That cannot happen.
4. Big East
3 of 6Overall Big East record from Week 3: 4-3
The Good: 2
West Virginia beat Maryland.
Louisville beat Kentucky.
The Blah: 2
South Florida crushed an FCS opponents like they should have.
Cincinnati did slightly more to impress by beating a team from the MAC.
The Bad: 3
Connecticut lost to Iowa State.
Pittsburgh lost to Iowa.
Syracuse lost to USC.
The Ugly: 0
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3. Big Ten
4 of 6Overall Big Ten record from Week 3: 9-3
The Good: 3
Nebraska beat Washington
Illinois beat Arizona State.
Iowa beat Pittsburgh.
The Blah: 4
Indiana and Purdue whipped FCS opponents like they should have.
Michigan and Wisconsin get slightly more credit for crushing opponents from the MAC.
The Bad: 4
Ohio State lost to Miami (FL).
Michigan State lost to Notre Dame.
Minnesota only beat Miami (OH) by six points.
Penn State only beat Temple by four points.
The Ugly: 1
Northwestern lost to Army.
2. ACC
5 of 6Overall ACC record from Week 3: 6-2
The Good: 3
Georgia Tech eviscerated Kansas.
Clemson ended the longest winning streak in the country by beating Auburn.
Miami (FL) beat Ohio State.
The Blah: 3
North Carolina State and Wake Forest both stomped FCS opponents like they should have.
Virginia Tech gets slightly more credit for whipping a Sun Belt opponent.
The Bad: 2
Florida State lost to Oklahoma.
Maryland lost to West Virginia.
The Ugly: 0
1. Big 12
6 of 6Overall Big 12 record from Week 3: 8-1
The Good: 3
Iowa State beat Connecticut.
Texas beat UCLA.
Oklahoma showed they very well could be the best team in the country by winning a huge road game against Florida State. I would put them No. 2 in the country if I had a vote in the AP poll. Easily the biggest win of any team this past weekend.
The Blah: 5
Baylor and Missouri creamed FCS opponents like they should have.
Kansas State, Texas A&M and Texas Tech get slightly more credit for beating teams from MAC, MWC and WAC.
The Bad: 1
Kansas got creamed by Georgia Tech.
The Ugly: 0
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