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Penn State, at 10-2 and a runner-up in the Big Ten East, is not in the college football playoff discussion. But that doesn’t mean the Nittany Lions haven’t been as good as any team this season. After all, had Penn State had played Ohio State at home and won by 1 point instead of losing on the road the Buckeyes by 1 point, the Nittany Lions wouldn’t be any “better” than they are now, while their record would be much better. An 11-1 Penn State with wins over Ohio State, Iowa, Michigan, and Northwestern, and be a lock to make the college football playoff with a win over Wisconsin in the Big 10 Championship Game.

Penn State ranks 7th in points scored and 7th in points allowed among the 130 teams in the FBS. The Nittany Lions are the only team in the top 10 in both categories, and Alabama (1st in points allowed, 12th in points scored) is the only other team in the top 15 in both; Washington (18th in scoring, 6th in points allowed) is the only other team to rank in the top 20 in both. Penn State has outscored opponents by 26.1 points per game, second to only Alabama (27.6) despite a harder schedule. Penn State lost two games on the road by a total of 4 points; but, even though the Nittany Lions rank 1st in the SRS, the loss to Ohio State — which goes down as the best loss of the season (edging Utah’s 3-point road loss in Washington) — is enough to eliminate them from contention.

As always thanks to Dr. Peter R. Wolfe for providing the weekly game logs. The full week 13 NCAA SRS ratings below:

RkTeamConfDivConf RkGMOVSOSSRSREC
1Penn StateB10B10-East11221.141.462.510-2
2Ohio StateB10B10-East21218.64260.610-2
3WisconsinB10B10-West31220.439.960.312-0
4ClemsonACCACC-Atl11218.541.760.211-1
5AlabamaSECSEC-West11221.738.159.811-1
6GeorgiaSECSEC-East21219.539.759.111-1
7OklahomaB12B1211217.240.757.911-1
8AuburnSECSEC-West31217.140.457.510-2
9Notre DameINDInd11211.945.557.49-3
10WashingtonP12P12-North11218.738.557.110-2
11Central FloridaAmerAmer-East11122.932.255.211-0
12TCUB12B1221216.537.954.410-2
13Miami FLACCACC-Coas21112.741.153.810-1
14Oklahoma StB12B1231213.339.953.29-3
15Virginia TechACCACC-Coas31212.439.752.29-3
16IowaB10B10-West4126.545.251.77-5
17StanfordP12P12-North2121041.651.69-3
18Southern CalP12P12-South3128.641.550.110-2
19MichiganB10B10-East5127.24350.18-4
20Iowa StB12B124127.442.6507-5
21NorthwesternB10B10-West6128.141.749.89-3
22North Carolina StACCACC-Atl4125.343.748.98-4
23Wake ForestACCACC-Atl5126.741.848.57-5
24LouisvilleACCACC-Atl6129.638.848.48-4
25Michigan StB10B10-East7122.944.847.79-3
26Mississippi StSECSEC-West4129.538.247.78-4
27Boston CollegeACCACC-Atl712344.147.27-5
28TexasB12B125125.741.246.96-6
29PurdueB10B10-West8123.942.946.86-6
30LSUSECSEC-West5129.537.146.69-3
31OregonP12P12-North412640.646.57-5
32MemphisAmerAmer-West2111333.546.510-1
33Washington StP12P12-North512640.246.29-3
34Georgia TechACCACC-Coas8110.544.845.35-6
35South FloridaAmerAmer-East31114.529.744.29-2
36Florida StACCACC-Atl9110.443.5445-6
37Boise StMWCMWC-Mntn1129.933.743.69-3
38Kansas StB12B126124.139.543.67-5
39DukeACCACC-Coas10122.940.643.56-6
40Texas TechB12B12712142.543.56-6
41West VirginiaB12B128123.839.343.17-5
42ToledoMACMAC-West11212.330.843.110-2
43ArizonaP12P12-South6126.536.442.97-5
44UtahP12P12-South7124.238.642.86-6
45Florida AtlanticCUSACUSA-East11213.628.742.49-3
46Arizona StP12P12-South8120.841.342.17-5
47IndianaB10B10-East9120.941.1425-7
48San Diego StMWCMWC-West21210.531.141.710-2
49South CarolinaSECSEC-East612338418-4
50MissouriSECSEC-East7125.635.240.87-5
51CaliforniaP12P12-North912-141.540.45-7
52PittsburghACCACC-Coas1112-2.843.240.45-7
53UCLAP12P12-South1012-2.642.740.16-6
54NavyAmerAmer-West411139.140.16-5
55HoustonAmerAmer-West5114.835.139.97-4
56Fresno StMWCMWC-West3128.930.239.19-3
57MinnesotaB10B10-West1012-1.440.4395-7
58Ohio U.MACMAC-East21210.728.3398-4
59Texas A&MSECSEC-West8121.337.7397-5
60SMUAmerAmer-West612434.938.97-5
61VirginiaACCACC-Coas1212-2.240.938.76-6
62Northern IllinoisMACMAC-West3128.229.938.18-4
63SyracuseACCACC-Atl1312-5.342.837.54-8
64ArmyINDInd211829.1378-3
65NebraskaB10B10-West1112-945.436.54-8
66North CarolinaACCACC-Coas1412-6.142.336.23-9
67MississippiSECSEC-West912-0.936.9366-6
68MarylandB10B10-East1212-1146.835.84-8
69KentuckySECSEC-East1012-2.136.634.57-5
70FloridaSECSEC-East1111-5.539.934.44-7
71TroySUNSun11111.922.434.39-2
72ColoradoP12P12-South1112-2.536.834.35-7
73Colorado StMWCMWC-Mntn4125.628.634.27-5
74Utah StMWCMWC-Mntn5123.330.633.96-6
75TulaneAmerAmer-West712-1.134.833.75-7
76TempleAmerAmer-East812-1.835.333.56-6
77MarshallCUSACUSA-East2126.526.933.47-5
78Central MichiganMACMAC-West4122.730.232.98-4
79Western MichiganMACMAC-West512329.832.86-6
80WyomingMWCMWC-Mntn612428.732.87-5
81Arkansas StSUNSun21013.419.432.87-3
82BuffaloMACMAC-East6122.929.732.76-6
83Eastern MichiganMACMAC-West7121.630.4325-7
84Appalachian StSUNSun3117.224.531.77-4
85RutgersB10B10-East1312-9.541.131.64-8
86ArkansasSECSEC-West1212-7.738.831.14-8
87North TexasCUSACUSA-West3124.126.730.89-3
88BaylorB12B12912-11.341.630.31-11
89Air ForceMWCMWC-Mntn712-1.931.729.85-7
90VanderbiltSECSEC-East1312-5.535.229.65-7
91Miami OHMACMAC-East8120.229.329.55-7
92TennesseeSECSEC-East1412-8.137.529.44-8
93AkronMACMAC-East912-1.230.329.17-5
94Southern MissCUSACUSA-West4126.422.6298-4
95Louisiana TechCUSACUSA-West512226.128.16-6
96TulsaAmerAmer-West912-8.536.327.82-10
97Texas-San AntonioCUSACUSA-West6115.721.827.56-5
98Middle Tennessee StCUSACUSA-East7120.826.427.16-6
99NevadaMWCMWC-West812-6.133.227.13-9
100MassachusettsINDInd311-0.927.526.64-7
101UNLVMWCMWC-West912-328.625.65-7
102IllinoisB10B10-West1412-15.741.225.62-10
103Florida Int'lCUSACUSA-East811-1.526.925.47-4
104Brigham YoungINDInd413-7.232.625.34-9
105CincinnatiAmerAmer-East1012-10.135.325.24-8
106UABCUSACUSA-West9125.319.224.68-4
107Bowling GreenMACMAC-East1012-11.13523.92-10
108New Mexico StSUNSun411-0.624.523.85-6
109ConnecticutAmerAmer-East1112-12.735.923.13-9
110Louisiana-MonroeSUNSun511-4.427.523.14-7
111East CarolinaAmerAmer-East1212-16.738.7223-9
112New MexicoMWCMWC-Mntn1012-9.931.621.83-9
113Western KentuckyCUSACUSA-East1012-1.122.821.76-6
114KansasB12B121012-21.142.321.21-11
115Georgia StSUNSun610-2.823.921.26-4
116Oregon StP12P12-North1212-19.940.720.81-11
117IdahoSUNSun711-5.926.520.63-8
118South AlabamaSUNSun811-5.825.519.74-7
119Hawai`iMWCMWC-West1112-10.429.719.33-9
120Georgia SouthernSUNSun911-10.93019.12-9
121Old DominionCUSACUSA-East1112-9.328.419.15-7
122Louisiana-LafayetteSUNSun1011-7.424.917.55-6
123Kent StMACMAC-East1112-18.934.415.52-10
124Coastal Car.SUNSun1111-11.426.715.32-9
125RiceCUSACUSA-West1212-16.630.113.51-11
126UNC-CharlotteCUSACUSA-East1312-16.828.711.81-11
127San José StMWCMWC-West1213-21.232.511.32-11
128Ball StMACMAC-West1212-18.32910.62-10
129Texas St-San MarcosSUNSun1212-14.324.610.32-10
130UTEPCUSACUSA-West1412-22.430.37.90-12

And here are the weekly ratings. Penn State jumped to #1 not only because Alabama lost, but because the Nittany Lions murdered a Maryland team that was about as good entering the week as the Pitt team that just beat Miami.

DateTm_ConfPFOppPAH/RW/LDiffMOVOpp_ConfSOSSRS
11-25-2017Penn State_B1066Maryland3RoadWin6345B1035.880.8
11-25-2017Georgia_SEC38Georgia Tech7RoadWin3129ACC45.374.3
11-25-2017Stanford_P1238Notre Dame20HomeWin1815IND57.472.4
11-24-2017Iowa_B1056Nebraska14RoadWin4234.5B1036.571
11-25-2017Washington_P1241Washington St14HomeWin2724P1246.270.2
11-25-2017Auburn_SEC26Alabama14HomeWin129SEC59.868.8
11-25-2017Wisconsin_B1031Minnesota0RoadWin3129B103968
11-25-2017Oklahoma_B1259West Virginia31HomeWin2824.5B1243.167.6
11-25-2017Clemson_ACC34South Carolina10RoadWin2425.5SEC4166.5
11-25-2017Boston College_ACC42Syracuse14RoadWin2827.5ACC37.565
11-25-2017Ohio State_B1031Michigan20RoadWin1114B1050.164.1
11-25-2017Michigan St_B1040Rutgers7RoadWin3330B1031.661.6
11-25-2017Louisville_ACC44Kentucky17RoadWin2727SEC34.561.5
11-25-2017Memphis_Amer70East Carolina13HomeWin5739Amer2261
11-24-2017Pittsburgh_ACC24Miami FL14HomeWin107ACC53.860.8
11-25-2017Oregon_P1269Oregon St10HomeWin5940P1220.860.8
11-25-2017LSU_SEC45Texas A&M21HomeWin2421SEC3960
11-25-2017Duke_ACC31Wake Forest23RoadWin811ACC48.559.5
11-24-2017Toledo_MAC37Western Michigan10HomeWin2724MAC32.856.8
11-25-2017Northwestern_B1042Illinois7RoadWin3531B1025.656.6
11-23-2017Mississippi_SEC31Mississippi St28RoadWin37SEC47.754.7
11-24-2017Texas Tech_B1227Texas23RoadWin47B1246.953.9
11-25-2017Florida St_ACC38Florida22RoadWin1619SEC34.453.4
11-25-2017Utah_P1234Colorado13HomeWin2118P1234.352.3
11-25-2017Oklahoma St_B1258Kansas17HomeWin4131B1221.252.2
11-25-2017Arizona St_P1242Arizona30HomeWin129P1242.951.9
11-25-2017Temple_Amer43Tulsa22RoadWin2124Amer27.851.8
11-24-2017Virginia Tech_ACC10Virginia0RoadWin1013ACC38.751.7
11-25-2017Fresno St_MWC28Boise St17HomeWin118MWC43.651.6
11-24-2017Central Florida_Amer49South Florida42HomeWin77Amer44.251.2
11-25-2017Vanderbilt_SEC42Tennessee24RoadWin1821SEC29.450.4
11-24-2017TCU_B1245Baylor22HomeWin2320B1230.350.3
11-25-2017Kansas St_B1220Iowa St19HomeWin10B125050
11-25-2017Purdue_B1031Indiana24HomeWin77B104249
11-25-2017Alabama_SEC14Auburn26RoadLoss-12-9SEC57.548.5
11-24-2017South Florida_Amer42Central Florida49RoadLoss-7-7Amer55.148.1
11-24-2017Troy_SUN62Texas St-San Marcos9HomeWin5337SUN10.347.3
11-24-2017Houston_Amer24Navy14HomeWin107Amer40.147.1
11-25-2017Michigan_B1020Ohio State31HomeLoss-11-14B1060.646.6
11-24-2017Buffalo_MAC31Ohio U.24HomeWin77MAC3946
11-25-2017North Carolina St_ACC33North Carolina21HomeWin129ACC36.245.2
11-25-2017Appalachian St_SUN31Georgia St10RoadWin2124SUN21.245.2
11-24-2017Central Michigan_MAC31Northern Illinois24HomeWin77MAC38.145.1
11-25-2017Middle Tennessee St_CUSA41Old Dominion10HomeWin3126CUSA19.145.1
11-24-2017San Diego St_MWC35New Mexico10HomeWin2522MWC21.843.8
11-25-2017Iowa St_B1219Kansas St20RoadLoss-10B1243.643.6
11-25-2017Arkansas St_SUN67Louisiana-Monroe50RoadWin1720SUN2343
11-24-2017Florida Int'l_CUSA41Western Kentucky17HomeWin2421CUSA21.742.7
11-25-2017Southern Miss_CUSA28Marshall27RoadWin17CUSA33.440.4
11-24-2017UCLA_P1230California27HomeWin30P1240.440.4
11-24-2017California_P1227UCLA30RoadLoss-30P1240.140.1
11-25-2017North Carolina_ACC21North Carolina St33RoadLoss-12-9ACC48.939.9
11-25-2017Indiana_B1024Purdue31RoadLoss-7-7B1046.839.8
11-24-2017Virginia_ACC0Virginia Tech10HomeLoss-10-13ACC52.139.1
11-25-2017Tulane_Amer38SMU41RoadLoss-30Amer38.938.9
11-25-2017Louisiana Tech_CUSA20Texas-San Antonio6HomeWin1411CUSA27.538.5
11-24-2017Missouri_SEC48Arkansas45RoadWin37SEC31.138.1
11-25-2017Notre Dame_IND20Stanford38RoadLoss-18-15P1251.636.6
11-24-2017Texas_B1223Texas Tech27HomeLoss-4-7B1243.536.5
11-25-2017South Carolina_SEC10Clemson34HomeLoss-24-25.5ACC60.234.7
11-21-2017Miami OH_MAC28Ball St7RoadWin2124MAC10.634.6
11-24-2017Baylor_B1222TCU45RoadLoss-23-20B1254.434.4
11-25-2017Air Force_MWC38Utah St35HomeWin30MWC33.933.9
11-24-2017Arkansas_SEC45Missouri48HomeLoss-3-7SEC40.833.8
11-25-2017Florida Atlantic_CUSA31UNC-Charlotte12RoadWin1922CUSA11.833.8
11-25-2017SMU_Amer41Tulane38HomeWin30Amer33.733.7
11-24-2017Miami FL_ACC14Pittsburgh24RoadLoss-10-7ACC40.433.4
11-25-2017West Virginia_B1231Oklahoma59RoadLoss-28-24.5B1257.933.4
11-25-2017Washington St_P1214Washington41RoadLoss-27-24P1257.133.1
11-25-2017Arizona_P1230Arizona St42RoadLoss-12-9P1242.133.1
11-24-2017Navy_Amer14Houston24RoadLoss-10-7Amer39.932.9
11-25-2017San José St_MWC20Wyoming17HomeWin30MWC32.832.8
11-25-2017Nevada_MWC23UNLV16HomeWin77MWC25.632.6
11-25-2017Wake Forest_ACC23Duke31HomeLoss-8-11ACC43.532.5
11-25-2017North Texas_CUSA30Rice14RoadWin1619CUSA13.532.5
11-25-2017Brigham Young_IND30Hawai`i20RoadWin1013MWC19.332.3
11-21-2017Bowling Green_MAC31Eastern Michigan34RoadLoss-30MAC3232
11-25-2017Minnesota_B100Wisconsin31HomeLoss-31-29B1060.331.3
11-25-2017Boise St_MWC17Fresno St28RoadLoss-11-8MWC39.131.1
11-25-2017Georgia Southern_SUN34Louisiana-Lafayette24RoadWin1013SUN17.530.5
11-25-2017Georgia Tech_ACC7Georgia38HomeLoss-31-29SEC59.130.1
11-25-2017Utah St_MWC35Air Force38RoadLoss-30MWC29.829.8
11-23-2017Mississippi St_SEC28Mississippi31HomeLoss-3-7SEC3629
11-25-2017New Mexico St_SUN17Idaho10HomeWin77SUN20.627.6
11-25-2017UAB_CUSA28UTEP7HomeWin2118CUSA7.925.9
11-24-2017Northern Illinois_MAC24Central Michigan31RoadLoss-7-7MAC32.925.9
11-24-2017Ohio U._MAC24Buffalo31RoadLoss-7-7MAC32.725.7
11-25-2017Texas A&M_SEC21LSU45RoadLoss-24-21SEC46.625.6
11-25-2017Connecticut_Amer21Cincinnati22RoadLoss-10Amer25.225.2
11-25-2017Florida_SEC22Florida St38HomeLoss-16-19ACC43.924.9
11-25-2017Colorado_P1213Utah34RoadLoss-21-18P1242.824.8
11-21-2017Eastern Michigan_MAC34Bowling Green31HomeWin30MAC23.923.9
11-25-2017Cincinnati_Amer22Connecticut21HomeWin10Amer23.123.1
11-21-2017Akron_MAC24Kent St14HomeWin107MAC15.522.5
11-25-2017Kansas_B1217Oklahoma St58RoadLoss-41-31B1253.222.2
11-21-2017Kent St_MAC14Akron24RoadLoss-10-7MAC29.122.1
11-25-2017Marshall_CUSA27Southern Miss28HomeLoss-1-7CUSA2922
11-25-2017Kentucky_SEC17Louisville44HomeLoss-27-27ACC48.421.4
11-25-2017UNC-Charlotte_CUSA12Florida Atlantic31HomeLoss-19-22CUSA42.420.4
11-25-2017UNLV_MWC16Nevada23RoadLoss-7-7MWC27.120.1
11-25-2017Syracuse_ACC14Boston College42HomeLoss-28-27.5ACC47.219.7
11-24-2017New Mexico_MWC10San Diego St35RoadLoss-25-22MWC41.719.7
11-24-2017Western Michigan_MAC10Toledo37RoadLoss-27-24MAC43.119.1
11-25-2017Illinois_B107Northwestern42HomeLoss-35-31B1049.818.8
11-25-2017Rutgers_B107Michigan St40HomeLoss-33-30B1047.717.7
11-25-2017Maryland_B103Penn State66HomeLoss-63-45B1062.517.5
11-24-2017Nebraska_B1014Iowa56HomeLoss-42-34.5B1051.617.1
11-25-2017Texas-San Antonio_CUSA6Louisiana Tech20RoadLoss-14-11CUSA28.117.1
11-25-2017Idaho_SUN10New Mexico St17RoadLoss-7-7SUN23.816.8
11-25-2017Louisiana-Monroe_SUN50Arkansas St67HomeLoss-17-20SUN32.812.8
11-25-2017Hawai`i_MWC20Brigham Young30HomeLoss-10-13IND25.312.3
11-25-2017Rice_CUSA14North Texas30HomeLoss-16-19CUSA30.811.8
11-25-2017Wyoming_MWC17San José St20RoadLoss-30MWC11.311.3
11-25-2017Tulsa_Amer22Temple43HomeLoss-21-24Amer33.59.5
11-25-2017Tennessee_SEC24Vanderbilt42HomeLoss-18-21SEC29.68.6
11-25-2017Georgia St_SUN10Appalachian St31HomeLoss-21-24SUN31.77.7
11-25-2017East Carolina_Amer13Memphis70RoadLoss-57-39Amer46.57.5
11-25-2017UTEP_CUSA7UAB28RoadLoss-21-18CUSA24.66.6
11-25-2017Oregon St_P1210Oregon69RoadLoss-59-40P1246.56.5
11-25-2017Louisiana-Lafayette_SUN24Georgia Southern34HomeLoss-10-13SUN19.16.1
11-21-2017Ball St_MAC7Miami OH28HomeLoss-21-24MAC29.55.5
11-24-2017Western Kentucky_CUSA17Florida Int'l41RoadLoss-24-21CUSA25.44.4
11-25-2017Old Dominion_CUSA10Middle Tennessee St41RoadLoss-31-26CUSA27.11.1
11-24-2017Texas St-San Marcos_SUN9Troy62RoadLoss-53-37SUN34.3-2.7

Finally, here are the conference/division ratings through 13 weeks:

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