BCS Breakdown: The National Championship Game

Contributing writer Matt Woods breaks down this year’s college football BCS Bowl games. In this post: the BCS National Championship Game, LSU versus Ohio State.

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Power Ratings

By division
Last Updated Thu Jan 05 01:29:47 EST 2006

Home Advantage = 2.1

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
1. Texas (13-0)	71.1	2-0	2-0	3-0
2. USC (12-1)	62.1	3-1	0-0	3-0
3. Ohio State (10-2)	55.9	1-2	3-0	1-0
4. Penn State (11-1)	53.6	1-0	3-1	1-0
5. Virginia Tech (11-2)	48.9	1-0	1-2	6-0
6. West Virginia (10-1)	46.2	0-1	1-0	2-0
7. Notre Dame (9-3)	45.6	0-2	1-0	1-0
8. Oregon (9-2)	45.0	0-1	0-1	3-0
9. LSU (10-2)	44.8	0-0	4-1	1-0
10. UCLA (10-2)	44.1	0-1	1-0	4-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
11. Miami (9-3)	44.0	1-1	1-1	3-1
12. Oklahoma (8-4)	43.9	1-2	0-2	2-0
13. Georgia (10-3)	43.2	1-1	0-2	2-0
14. Wisconsin (10-3)	42.7	0-1	3-1	1-1
15. Texas Tech (7-3)	42.6	0-1	1-1	2-0
16. Alabama (10-2)	42.4	0-1	2-1	1-0
17. Auburn (8-3)	41.7	0-1	2-1	1-1
18. Michigan (7-5)	41.5	1-2	1-2	1-1
19. Florida (9-3)	41.3	0-1	3-1	0-1
20. Boston College (9-3)	41.1	0-1	1-1	3-1

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
21. TCU (11-1)	41.1	0-0	1-0	1-0
22. Clemson (8-4)	39.3	0-0	1-2	4-1
23. Florida State (7-5)	39.1	1-1	2-2	1-2
24. Iowa (6-5)	39.0	0-1	2-2	0-2
25. Minnesota (7-5)	38.3	0-2	1-2	0-1
26. Northwestern (7-5)	38.3	0-3	2-1	0-1
27. Nebraska (7-4)	38.0	0-0	1-2	2-1
28. Louisville (9-3)	37.4	0-2	0-0	1-0
29. California (7-4)	37.1	0-3	0-0	1-0
30. Arizona State (7-5)	36.8	0-4	0-0	1-1

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
31. Colorado (7-6)	35.5	0-2	0-2	1-2
32. Iowa State (6-5)	35.5	0-0	1-1	1-2
33. Georgia Tech (7-5)	35.5	0-1	3-1	1-2
34. Virginia (7-5)	35.0	0-1	2-2	1-2
35. Kansas (6-5)	34.7	0-1	0-2	2-1
36. Stanford (5-5)	34.6	0-4	0-0	1-1
37. North Carolina State (6-5)	34.1	0-1	1-2	2-1
38. Maryland (5-6)	33.3	0-2	0-3	2-1
39. South Carolina (7-5)	33.1	0-0	1-4	0-0
40. North Carolina (5-6)	32.9	0-1	1-2	2-3

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
41. Missouri (7-5)	32.9	0-1	0-0	3-2
42. Purdue (5-6)	32.7	0-2	0-3	0-1
43. Michigan State (5-6)	32.6	1-2	0-2	0-1
44. Texas A&M (4-6)	31.3	0-1	0-3	0-2
45. Baylor (4-6)	29.9	0-1	0-2	1-1
46. Tennessee (5-6)	28.4	1-1	0-3	0-1
47. Kansas State (5-6)	28.4	0-0	0-2	1-3
48. Boise State (8-4)	28.2	0-0	0-2	0-0
49. Oregon State (4-6)	28.1	0-2	0-0	1-3
50. Tulsa (9-4)	27.7	0-0	0-2	0-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
51. South Florida (5-6)	27.6	0-2	0-1	1-1
52. Wake Forest (4-7)	27.3	0-0	1-3	1-3
53. Washington State (3-7)	26.9	0-3	0-0	0-3
54. Utah (7-5)	26.6	0-0	0-1	1-1
55. Navy (8-4)	25.8	0-1	0-0	0-2
56. Fresno State (7-5)	25.6	0-2	0-0	0-0
57. Arizona (2-8)	25.5	1-2	0-0	0-3
58. BYU (5-6)	25.0	0-1	0-2	0-1
59. Rutgers (6-5)	24.6	0-1	0-0	0-2
60. Southern Miss (6-4)	23.9	0-0	0-1	0-1

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
61. Toledo (8-3)	23.9	0-0	0-0	0-0
62. Arkansas (3-7)	23.8	0-2	0-3	0-1
63. Pittsburgh (4-6)	23.5	0-2	0-0	0-2
64. Colorado State (6-6)	23.1	0-0	0-2	0-1
65. Nevada (9-3)	23.0	0-0	0-0	0-0
66. Vanderbilt (4-6)	22.9	0-1	0-2	0-1
67. Northern Illinois (6-5)	22.5	0-0	0-1	0-1
68. Indiana (3-7)	22.4	0-1	0-4	0-0
69. Louisiana Tech (7-4)	22.2	0-0	0-1	0-1
70. Oklahoma State (3-7)	22.1	0-1	1-1	0-2

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
71. New Mexico (6-5)	21.7	0-0	0-1	0-0
72. Central Florida (8-5)	21.0	0-0	0-0	0-1
73. Central Michigan (6-5)	21.0	0-1	0-0	0-0
74. San Diego State (5-7)	20.8	0-2	0-1	0-0
75. Memphis (6-5)	20.5	0-0	0-0	0-0
76. Washington (2-9)	19.7	0-4	0-0	0-2
77. Connecticut (4-6)	19.5	0-1	0-0	0-2
78. Miami (OH) (7-4)	19.0	0-1	0-0	0-0
79. Western Michigan (6-4)	18.2	0-0	0-0	0-1
80. Air Force (4-7)	18.0	0-0	0-1	0-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
81. UTEP (7-4)	17.8	0-0	0-0	0-0
82. SMU (5-6)	17.5	0-0	1-0	0-0
83. East Carolina (5-6)	17.5	0-1	0-0	0-0
84. Bowling Green (6-5)	17.0	0-0	0-1	0-0
85. Army (3-7)	16.8	0-0	0-2	0-1
86. Akron (7-6)	16.7	0-0	0-0	0-0
87. Hawaii (5-7)	16.4	0-1	0-1	0-0
88. Houston (4-6)	16.3	0-1	0-0	0-1
89. Ball State (4-7)	16.1	0-0	0-3	0-0
90. Wyoming (4-7)	16.1	0-0	0-2	0-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
91. UAB (4-6)	15.7	0-0	0-0	0-0
92. Illinois (2-9)	15.6	0-2	0-2	0-2
93. Kentucky (2-8)	14.8	0-0	0-3	0-2
94. Cincinnati (3-7)	14.4	0-2	0-0	0-1
95. Mississippi (2-8)	12.1	0-1	0-2	0-0
96. Marshall (3-7)	11.7	0-1	0-0	0-0
97. Mississippi State (2-8)	11.1	0-1	0-4	0-0
98. Ohio (4-7)	10.7	0-1	0-0	0-1
99. Eastern Michigan (4-7)	10.7	0-0	0-1	0-0
100. Duke (0-10)	6.4	0-1	0-3	0-3

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
101. Louisiana-Lafayette (5-5)	6.1	0-1	0-0	0-0
102. UNLV (2-9)	5.2	0-0	0-1	0-0
103. Syracuse (1-10)	4.9	0-2	0-1	0-2
104. Arkansas State (5-6)	4.6	0-0	0-0	0-0
105. Louisiana-Monroe (5-5)	4.0	0-0	0-1	0-0
106. Middle Tenn. St (4-7)	3.5	0-0	0-1	0-1
107. Utah State (3-8)	2.0	0-0	0-1	0-0
108. Rice (1-10)	1.1	0-2	0-0	0-0
109. Tulane (1-9)	0.7	0-0	0-0	0-0
110. San Jose State (2-8)	0.4	0-0	0-0	0-0

Team	Rating	v. Top 10	v. 11-25	v. 26-40
111. Florida Intl (3-6)	-0.1	0-0	0-1	0-0
112. Idaho (2-9)	-1.1	0-0	0-0	0-0
113. Troy St (3-7)	-1.4	0-0	0-0	0-1
114. North Texas (2-9)	-4.4	0-1	0-0	0-0
115. Fla Atlantic (2-9)	-4.7	0-0	0-1	0-2
116. Temple (0-11)	-5.1	0-0	0-3	0-3
117. Buffalo (1-10)	-6.3	0-0	0-0	0-0
118. Kent (0-10)	-9.5	0-0	0-0	0-0
119. New Mexico State (0-12)	-13.0	0-0	0-0	0-2

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