Auburn takes a commanding lead after beating last week’s #5 Mississippi State. Wait, why is 2-loss Mississippi State still at #18? Let’s take a look at their graph. Their 3 wins each give them a pretty expansive network of indirect “wins”, and their their 2 losses were to excellent teams. Auburn is still undefeated, and K-State has lost only to Okie State, who’s lost only to Texas, who’s lost only to LSU.

1 - Auburn (5-0) (21.158203125)
2 - Arizona State (4-1) (16.125)
3 - Clemson (5-0) (16.10205078125)
4 - Ohio State (5-0) (15.25390625)
5 - Boise State (4-0) (14.86767578125)
6 - Alabama (5-0) (14.0869140625)
7 - SMU (5-0) (13.78125)
8 - Wake Forest (5-0) (13.310546875)
9 - Colorado (3-1) (13.15625)
10 - Georgia (4-0) (12.734375)
11 - Penn State (4-0) (12.1875)
12 - Oklahoma State (4-1) (11.99951171875)
13 - California (4-1) (11.640625)
14 - Washington (4-1) (11.484375)
15 - Michigan State (4-1) (11.2857666015625)
16 - Florida (5-0) (11.080078125)
17 - LSU (4-0) (10.8875732421875)
18 - Mississippi State (3-2) (10.716796875)
19 - Virginia (4-1) (10.53125)
20 - Air Force (3-1) (10.390625)
21 - Texas (3-1) (10.374755859375)
22 - Appalachian State (4-0) (10.22314453125)
23 - Notre Dame (3-1) (10.171875)
24 - Iowa (4-0) (9.18359375)
25 - Wisconsin (4-0) (9.125)