Go Figure

The latest AP and USA Today Polls are out:

I'm not sure I've ever been able to figure these out.  For instance, F$U is the only two loss team.  Granted those losses were to Oklahoma and Clemson, but would Penn State be ranked with two losses to those same teams?  How many teams would still be ranked with two losses?  Apparently, there are none.

And then there's Texas A & M and Oklahoma State, who were eighth (TAM) and sixth or seventh (Okie State) depending on the poll.  Okie State won by one point.  How many points do you expect a 7th ranked team to beat an 8th ranked team?  Seriously.  Why did either of these teams move when the result is pretty much how you expected it to be?  The aggies couldn't have made this game any closer without winning it.  Yet, they drop in the polls.

Here are my computer rankings based on each teams win/loss record, strength of schedule and actual NCAA average rankings:

TAS	COMPUTER RANKS
1	Alabama	92.91	4	0
2	Oklahoma	88.55	3	0
3	Wisconsin	88.09	4	0
4	Stanford	87.82	3	0
5	Boise St.	85.62	3	0
6	South Fla.	85.58	4	0
7	LSU	85.53	4	0
8	Virginia Tech	84.65	4	0
9	Florida	84.47	4	0
10	Georgia Tech	84.37	4	0
11	Michigan	82.75	4	0
12	Baylor	82.28	3	0
13	Texas	81.77	3	0
14	Oklahoma St.	81.4	4	0
15	Illinois	81.4	4	0
16	Texas Tech	81.31	3	0
17	Clemson	80.79	4	0
18	Nebraska	80.5	4	0
19	Kansas St.	79.37	3	0
20	Houston	78.93	4	0
21	South Carolina	76.49	4	0
22	Iowa St.	74.59	3	0
23	Air Force	71.47	2	1
24	Arkansas	69.1	3	1
25	Temple	69.04	3	1

Laugh if you will at Temple coming in at #25, but the Owls are ranked THIRD in the nation in overall NCAA statistics (all categories) and 8th if you weight critical categories like total defense and total offense heavier than catgeories like fewest penalties or most fumbles.  Their loss to Penn State drops them from 3rd to 25th.  For what it's worth, Penn State is statistically 41st in the country out of 120 teams, and 40th in the TAS Computer rankings.