My 2006 College Football Rankings

For those of you who are unfamiliar with my rankings, I began doing this a few years ago for both college football and college basketball after being disappointed with the "more popular" rankings. I found that the bigger polls are slow to respond to drastic changes in a team's performance and are hellbent to stick with their original preseason rankings as much as possible. Also, especially with the coaches poll, it is obvious to see that the coaches who vote obviously do not have the time to carefully evaluate all teams worthy of being ranked. Well, I guess I don't either, but I have had a favorable response to my rankings in the past, so I guess I know what I am doing! Here are my inaugural 2006 rankings:

Rank...Team.............Record..........Last Week's Result.....Prev. Rank

1. Ohio State.....(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. N. Illinois, 35-12...---
2. Texas.............(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. N. Texas, 56-7......---
3. Auburn..........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Wash. St., 40-14...---
4. USC................(1-0, 0-0)...Won @ Arkansas, 50-14....---
5. Notre Dame...(1-0, 0-0)...Won @ GA Tech, 14-10.....---
6. LSU.................(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. LA-Laf., 45-3.......---
7. West Virginia.(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Marshall, 42-10...---
8. Florida............(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Sou. Miss., 34-7....---
9. Florida State..(1-0, 1-0)...Won @ Miami (FL), 13-10.---
10. Miami (FL).....(0-1, 0-1)...Lost vs. Florida St., 13-10..---
11. Virginia Tech..(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. N'eastern, 38-0....---
12. Louisville.........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Kentucky, 59-28..---
13. Georgia............(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. West. KY, 48-12...---
14. Iowa.................(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Montana, 41-7......---
15. Penn State.......(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Akron, 34-16.........---
16. Oregon.............(1-0, 1-0)...Won vs. Stanford, 48-10....---
17. Nebraska.........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. LA Tech, 49-10....---
18. Tennessee........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. California, 35-18..---
19. Michigan...........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Vanderbilt, 27-7..---
20. Clemson............(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. FL Atlantic, 54-6.---
21. TCU...................(1-0, 0-0)...Won @ Baylor, 17-7...........---
22. Texas Tech.......(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. SMU, 35-3............---
23. Alabama............(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. Hawaii, 25-17.......---
24. Arizona State....(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. North. AZ, 35-14.---
25. Oklahoma..........(1-0, 0-0)...Won vs. UAB, 17-10..........---

Here are the teams I have ranked #26-#50, in order: Georgia Tech, Boise State, UCLA, Tulsa, Minnesota, South Carolina, California, Texas A&M, Rutgers, Wyoming, Wisconsin, Fresno State, UNLV, Pittsburgh, Boston College, Purdue, Arizona, South Florida, Oregon State, Northwestern, Utah, Iowa State, UAB, Toledo, Northern Illinois