Pacific Takes Top 25 11/18: Oregon and Utah fighting it out with other one-loss teams

1. LSU 10-0
2. Ohio State 10-0
3. Clemson 11-0
4. Alabama 9-1
5. Georgia 9-1
6. Oregon 9-1 - People want to rank the Ducks ahead of the one-loss SEC teams, but I don’t see how you do that. Common opponents are a flawed metric, but it just seems fair in this instance with Oregon’s loss coming to Auburn, who Georgia beat, and who Alabama has a great shot at beating, even with a backup QB and with Oregon lacking a win against a ranked opponent.
7. Oklahoma 9-1
8. Utah 9-1 - I’ll add for Utah, that they’re behind Oklahoma with the Sooners now having a win at Baylor. Utah still doesn’t have a signature win and has a bad loss just like Oklahoma at Kansas State
9. Minnesota 9-1
10. Penn State 9-1
11. Baylor 9-1
12. Florida 9-2
13. Wisconsin 8-2
14. Michigan 8-2
15. Notre Dame 8-2
16. Memphis 9-1
17. Cincinnati 9-1
18. SMU 9-1
19. Boise State 9-1
20. Auburn 7-3
21. Iowa 7-3
22. Texas A&M 7-3
23. Oklahoma State 7-3
24. Pitt 7-3
25. Indiana 7-3

On the edge

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