WDE: Auburn Dashes cdxlii Yards Into the #1 Spot

The Plainsmen are an obvious number one this week, and they certainly control their own destiny in the national title picture.

Conference Rankings 1. Big 12 .5832e 2. Southeastern .56531 3. Big Ten .55975 4. Pacific-10 .53781 5. Atlantic Coast .48966 6. Mountain West .48395 7. Big East .48392 8. Western Athletic .47190 9. USA .45374 10. Sun Belt .36954 11. Mid-American .36887

The only change in this week's conference rankings is that the ACC has passed the Mountain West for the #5 spot; the Big East likely will pass the MWC in the coming weeks. Seriously, don't buy into the Mountain West hype. They don't deserve an automatic BCS bid. Only twice in its history has it finished in the top six conferences: 2008 (when it finished ahead of the Pac-10) and 2009 (ahead of the ACC).

There is little argument among us math geniuses as to who number one is this week.

Not coincidentally, the top three teams this week are the teams with the three biggest quality wins so far this season (Auburn > LSU; Missouri > Oklahoma; Michigan State > Wisconsin).

1. Auburn
2. Missouri
3. Michigan State
4. Texas Christian
5. Boise State
6. Louisiana State
7. Oklahoma
8. Oregon
9. Wisconsin
10. Ohio State
    
11. Utah
    
12. Nebraska
13. Oklahoma State
14. Alabama
15. Arizona
16. Stanford
17. Florida State
18. Mississippi State
19. Nevada
20. South Carolina
    
21. Arkansas
22. Miami (Florida)
23. Hawaii
24. Iowa
25. Kansas State
26. East Carolina
27. Baylor
    
28. North Carolina State
29. Michigan
30. Illinois
31. Southern California
32. West Virginia
    
33. Navy
34. North Carolina
35. Florida
36. Air Force
37. Oregon State
38. Southern Mississippi
39. Temple
    
40. Texas
41. Maryland
42. Northern Illinois
43. San Diego State
44. Northwestern
45. Toledo
46. Texas Tech
    
47. Central Florida
48. Fresno State
49. Clemson
50. Notre Dame
51. Troy
52. Texas A&M
53. Iowa State
54. California
55. Pittsburgh
56. Syracuse
57. Penn State
58. Georgia Tech
59. Colorado
60. Georgia
61. Kentucky
    
62. Washington
63. Purdue
64. Houston
65. Southern Methodist
66. UCLA
    
67. Army
68. Rutgers
69. Ohio
    
70. Tulsa
71. Indiana
72. Virginia Tech
    
73. South Florida
    
74. Miami (Ohio)
75. Brigham Young
76. Louisville
77. Texas-El Paso
78. Idaho
79. Cincinnati
80. Louisiana Tech
81. Arkansas State
82. Tulane
83. Arizona State
84. Colorado State
85. Louisiana-Monroe
86. Connecticut
87. Western Michigan
88. Vanderbilt
89. Tennessee
90. Wyoming
91. Alabama-Birmingham
92. Florida International
93. Rice
94. Boston College
95. Wake Forest
96. Utah State
97. Middle Tennessee State
98. Louisiana-Lafayette
99. Kent State
100. Virginia
101. Marshall
102. Mississippi
103. Nevada-Las Vegas
104. Memphis
105. Buffalo
106. Washington State
107. Florida Atlantic
108. New Mexico State
109. Central Michigan
110. Western Kentucky
111. Bowling Green
112. Duke
113. Eastern Michigan
114. North Texas
115. Kansas
116. New Mexico
117. Minnesota
118. San José State
119. Ball State
120. Akron