Oklahoma hopes to replace Alabama as center of the football universe. Oklahoma moved up two spots past Alabama and into No. 2 in this week’s Pythagorean Ratings, and could easily move into No. 1 if they defeat a West Virginia team that gave Alabama trouble. However, the fastest moving team is their rival Oklahoma State, which crushed a UT San Antonio team that had looked like the best team from the five non-power conferences.

The fact that Auburn was very lucky to beat fellow Big 12 member K-State (courtesy of a touchdown catch being bobbled into an interception and three missed field goals to leave K-State six points short), and Alabama struggled against a Big 12 team (West Virginia) while Oklahoma destroyed an SEC team (Tennessee) leaves both Oklahoma teams riding high going into Week 4.

Oklahoma has to keep it going in a visit to that same West Virginia team. The Pythagorean Ratings peg them as a healthy 15-point favorite, but most believe the game will be much closer. If they win there is certainly a chance they would move into first with Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston being suspended for the game against Clemson that will start a half hour after Oklahoma kicks off.

The BCS trophy was a few seconds away from staying in the state of Alabama for a fifth straight year in January, but now the game between the Oklahoma rivals could be just as big as the Iron Bowl.

The table below indicates that Oklahoma is ranked second now, that stands as an improvement of two spots from last week, that ff they played the other 127 teams they would be projected to win by an average of 47-17 and win 95% of their games, they are a 15-point favorite against West Virginia, and the game starts at 7:30 p.m. Eastern.

 

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Rank Change Team Off Def Win% This Week Opponent Time
1 0 Florida St 53 17 97% 20 Clemson 8:00pm
2 2 Oklahoma 47 17 95% 15 West Virginia 7:30pm
3 -1 Alabama 39 15 94% 24 Florida 3:30pm
4 3 Missouri 43 18 93% 25 Indiana 4:00pm
5 0 Auburn 48 21 92% 14 Kansas St Thursday
6 -3 Oregon 48 21 92% 25 Washington St 10:30pm
7 12 Oklahoma St 38 17 91% 0    
8 1 LSU 41 19 90% 13 Mississippi St 7:00pm
9 3 Mississippi 40 19 89% 0    
10 0 Texas A&M 56 27 89% 25 SMU 3:30pm
11 0 Georgia 43 21 88% 25 Troy 12:00pm
12 9 South Carolina 37 19 88% 21 Vanderbilt 7:30pm
13 4 Baylor 49 25 87% 0    
14 -6 Notre Dame 39 21 86% 0    
15 -1 Stanford 30 16 86% 0    
16 -1 Michigan St 26 14 85% 25 E Michigan 12:00pm
17 3 Clemson 45 25 84% -20 Florida St 8:00pm
18 -5 Louisville 39 22 84% 25 Florida Intl 3:30pm
19 -13 USC 35 20 83% 0    
20 13 Mississippi St 33 19 82% -13 LSU 7:00pm
21 -5 BYU 43 25 82% 12 Virginia 3:30pm
22 16 TCU 33 20 80% 0    
23 -5 Virginia Tech 35 22 78% 7 Georgia Tech 12:00pm
24 0 Pittsburgh 39 25 77% 21 Iowa 12:00pm
25 -2 Wisconsin 29 19 77% 21 Bowling Green 12:00pm
26 4 Washington 29 20 76% 25 Georgia St 6:00pm
27 8 Kansas St 28 19 75% -14 Auburn Thursday
28 -1 Ohio St 35 24 75% 0    
29 -3 Tennessee 36 25 75% 0    
30 -8 Arizona St 37 25 74% 0    
31 17 Boston College 37 26 73% 25 Maine 1:00pm
32 20 Arkansas 34 24 73% 15 N Illinois 7:00pm
33 10 Miami FL 39 27 73% -2 Nebraska 8:00pm
34 11 East Carolina 39 28 73% 8 North Carolina 3:30pm
35 18 Texas 28 20 72% 0    
36 3 Nebraska 32 23 72% 2 Miami FL 8:00pm
37 0 Duke 37 27 72% 22 Tulane 12:30pm
38 -13 UCLA 31 22 71% 0    
39 19 Syracuse 30 22 71% 12 Maryland 12:30pm
40 11 Louisiana Tech 40 29 71% 25 Northwestern LA 7:00pm
41 -5 West Virginia 41 31 70% -15 Oklahoma 7:30pm
42 13 Virginia 36 27 70% -12 BYU 3:30pm
43 -14 Georgia Tech 39 29 69% -7 Virginia Tech 12:00pm
44 -10 Utah 34 26 68% 6 Michigan 3:30pm
45 -1 North Carolina 35 27 67% -8 East Carolina 3:30pm
46 8 Kentucky 36 28 66% 0    
47 -16 Navy 35 28 66% 16 Rutgers 3:30pm
48 -20 Arizona 31 25 66% 12 California 10:00pm
49 -8 Florida 22 18 65% -24 Alabama 3:30pm
50 0 Marshall 42 34 64% 20 Akron 2:00pm
51 -19 UT San Antonio 33 27 63% 0    
52 -12 Oregon St 30 25 62% 10 San Diego St 10:30pm
53 11 Cincinnati 31 26 62% 25 Miami OH 7:00pm
54 7 Boise St 32 27 61% 24 ULL 10:30pm
55 -8 UCF 31 27 60% 24 Bethune-Cookman 6:00pm
56 15 Iowa St 32 28 59% 0    
57 -8 W Kentucky 35 32 56% 0    
58 -12 Penn St 27 25 55% 25 Massachusetts 4:00pm
59 21 NC State 32 31 54% 25 Presbyterian 6:00pm
60 -18 North Texas 30 29 54% 25 Nicholls St 3:30pm
61 9 Middle Tenn St 32 32 51% 3 Memphis 7:00pm
62 6 UAB 39 40 49% 0    
63 4 Maryland 26 26 49% -12 Syracuse 12:30pm
64 -4 N Illinois 31 32 49% -15 Arkansas 7:00pm
65 18 Nevada 33 34 49% 0    
66 23 Houston 25 26 48% 18 UNLV 8:00pm
67 -8 Indiana 34 36 48% -25 Missouri 4:00pm
68 -5 Texas Tech 30 31 48% 0    
69 3 San Diego St 30 32 47% -10 Oregon St 10:30pm
70 -5 California 32 34 47% -12 Arizona 10:00pm
71 -9 Michigan 26 28 46% -6 Utah 3:30pm
72 1 San Jose St 32 35 44% -4 Minnesota 4:00pm
73 1 Temple 29 32 44% 25 Delaware St 1:00pm
74 3 Rice 30 33 43% 13 Old Dominion 12:00pm
75 -19 Minnesota 21 24 41% 4 San Jose St 4:00pm
76 -19 Iowa 20 23 41% -21 Pittsburgh 12:00pm
77 2 UTEP 32 37 40% 0    
78 14 Hawaii 31 37 39% -1 Colorado 2:00pm
79 19 FL Atlantic 24 29 39% 8 Wyoming 4:00pm
80 8 Colorado St 28 33 38% 0    
81 0 Rutgers 24 29 38% -16 Navy 3:30pm
82 18 Utah St 17 21 38% -1 Arkansas St 7:00pm
83 -8 Washington St 24 29 38% -25 Oregon 10:30pm
84 7 Memphis 25 32 35% -3 MTSU 7:00pm
85 -7 Fresno St 29 37 35% 22 Southern Utah 10:00pm
86 -20 Arkansas St 24 31 34% 1 Utah St 7:00pm
87 -11 Illinois 27 35 32% 13 Texas St 4:00pm
88 -2 Vanderbilt 20 26 31% -21 South Carolina 7:30pm
89 -20 Ball St 27 36 31% -1 Toledo 7:00pm
90 3 Army 29 39 31% -4 Wake Forest 3:30pm
91 13 Tulane 20 27 31% -22 Duke 12:30pm
92 2 Bowling Green 19 25 30% -21 Wisconsin 12:00pm
93 -8 Tulsa 26 35 29% 0    
94 -4 Old Dominion 31 43 29% -13 Rice 12:00pm
95 4 Colorado 21 31 28% 1 Hawaii 2:00pm
96 5 SMU 21 31 26% -25 Texas A&M 3:30pm
97 11 Florida Intl 22 34 25% -25 Louisville 3:30pm
98 -16 South Alabama 23 35 24% 9 Ga Southern 7:30pm
99 10 Air Force 26 40 24% 0    
100 -4 Northwestern 17 26 23% 11 W Illinois 12:00pm
101 -14 Toledo 22 35 23% 1 Ball St 7:00pm
102 -18 C Michigan 22 35 23% -5 Kansas 3:30pm
103 -1 Wake Forest 16 25 22% 4 Army 3:30pm
104 -9 ULM 18 30 21% 0    
105 5 Wyoming 23 39 19% -8 FL Atlantic 4:00pm
106 7 UNLV 20 34 19% -18 Houston 8:00pm
107 12 Kansas 16 29 18% 5 C Michigan 3:30pm
108 -11 Ohio 20 35 18% 19 Idaho 7:00pm
109 -6 ULL 17 33 16% -24 Boise St 10:30pm
110 -5 Akron 18 34 15% -20 Marshall 2:00pm
111 3 Connecticut 18 34 15% -3 South Florida Friday
112 -5 South Florida 18 35 14% 3 Connecticut Friday
113 2 Ga Southern 17 34 14% -9 South Alabama 7:30pm
114 -2 New Mexico St 20 42 13% 5 New Mexico 8:00pm
115 1 Texas St 16 34 12% -13 Illinois 4:00pm
116 4 New Mexico 20 43 12% -5 New Mexico St 8:00pm
117 4 Massachusetts 15 35 10% -25 Penn St 4:00pm
118 5 Purdue 15 35 10% -11 S Illinois 12:00pm
119 3 Southern Miss 18 43 10% 7 Appalachian St 7:00pm
120 -14 Troy 18 42 10% -25 Georgia 12:00pm
121 5 W Michigan 16 41 8% 7 Murray St 7:00pm
122 -11 Buffalo 15 37 8% 21 Norfolk St 3:30pm
123 -5 Kent 12 30 8% 0    
124 3 E Michigan 17 45 7% -25 Michigan St 12:00pm
125 -8 Idaho 17 47 6% -19 Ohio 7:00pm
126 -1 Appalachian St 14 41 6% -7 Southern Miss 7:00pm
127 -3 Georgia St 14 44 5% -25 Washington 6:00pm
128 0 Miami OH 10 39 3% -25 Cincinnati 7:00pm