Despite a close call against Vanderbilt, Texas reclaims the top spot in this week's SP+ rankings.
For maybe the first time in the 2024 college football season, we had a week in which nothing really happened.in Week 9: Two top-five teams narrowly survived upset bids, Texas A&M made a statement, the Group of 5 playoff race crystallized and Pitt's defense outscored both its opponent and its own offense . But only four teams ranked in the AP Top 25 lost, and they all lost to higher-ranked teams.
No one wants to be the top dog at the moment, and once again, we've got an interesting near-logjam at the top. The top five teams in this week's SP+ rankings are separated by only 1.6 points, and that batch includes two two-loss teams. Meanwhile, only one of the FBS' eight remaining unbeaten teams is currently in the SP+ top seven. It's a funky world out there at the moment.it's a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency.
Most of this week's movement came at the Group of 5 level, and particularly in the MAC, where SP+ basically whiffed on every Week 9 game. But among power conference teams, Alabama made a nice statement in an easy win against Missouri -- albeit a Missouri without a functional starting quarterback -- and two ACC teams that had suffered countless tight losses, North Carolina and Cal, both enjoyed surprisingly easy wins and saw their ratings improve as well.Oregon State: down 5.
We have movement! While it's hard for these rankings to change while everyone's playing conference games, the MAC's odd, unpredictable week, combined with Liberty's disappointing performance in a loss to Kennesaw State, meant the MAC hopped out of the cellar and ahead of Conference USA. The AAC crept closer to the Sun Belt, too, and the Big Ten is now quite a bit closer to the ACC than the SEC .Here's what the new 12-team CFP would look like based on updated SP+ projections .
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