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NCAA Football Team Rankings After Week 4 (Sept. 27)

Authored by Christopher Reina - 27th September, 2010 - 1:34 am

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With many teams now having played four games, the Trench Counter rankings have begun to look increasingly like the standard AP and Coaches rankings.

Ohio State and Alabama, the two favorites to meet in the BCS National Championship Game are ranked first and fifth respectively.

Over time, the Trench Counter will more closely resemble the standard rankings, but it will always tell us less about reputation and flukes and more about who controls the line of scrimmage.

The scoreboard is where games are officially won and lost, but they are largely decided by the team that wins the battles of yards per pass, yards per carry, penalty yards lost, first downs, and turnovers.

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Special thanks to William Pilat for his work compiling our data.

RANK	SCHOOL	CONFERENCE	AVERAGE TC
1	Ohio State	Big 10	26.7
2	Oregon	Pac-10	23.7
3	Iowa	Big 10	23.2
4	Wisconsin	Big 10	19.8
5	Alabama	SEC	19.8
6	Navy	Independent	18.9
7	Stanford	Pac-10	18.6
8	Nebraska	Big 12	17.3
9	Texas A&M	Big 12	17.2
10	San Diego State	Mountain West	16.7
11	Michigan	Big 10	16.4
12	Michigan State	Big 10	16.0
13	TCU	Mountain West	14.6
14	Army	Independent	14.2
15	California	Pac-10	13.2
16	Oklahoma State	Big 12	13.1
17	Boise State	WAC	12.7
18	Air Force	Mountain West	12.6
19	Kentucky	SEC	12.3
20	Northwestern	Big 10	12.1
21	Utah	Mountain West	11.7
22	Auburn	SEC	11.5
23	Virginia	ACC	11.4
24	Florida	SEC	11.2
25	Missouri	Big 12	11.1
26	North Carolina State	ACC	10.4
27	Syracuse	Big East	10.0
28	Arizona	Pac-10	9.6
29	Houston	C-USA	9.5
30	Virginia Tech	ACC	9.5
31	Mississippi	SEC	9.3
32	Clemson	ACC	9.2
33	Florida State	ACC	8.8
34	Indiana	Big 10	8.8
35	Rutgers	Big East	8.5
36	Kansas State	Big 12	8.5
37	Nevada	WAC	8.1
38	Connecticut	Big East	7.6
39	Penn State	Big 10	7.6
40	Texas	Big 12	7.3
41	Arkansas	SEC	7.3
42	West Virginia	Big East	7.3
43	Georgia Tech	ACC	7.1
44	Mississippi State	SEC	6.8
45	Idaho	WAC	6.7
46	South Carolina	SEC	5.7
47	UTEP	C-USA	5.1
48	Miami (FL)	ACC	4.4
49	Texas Tech	Big 12	4.1
50	LSU	SEC	4.1
51	Oklahoma	Big 12	4.0
52	SMU	C-USA	3.8
53	UCF	C-USA	3.5
54	Tulsa	C-USA	3.5
55	Tennessee	SEC	3.4
56	USC	Pac-10	3.3
57	Boston College	ACC	3.2
58	Kansas	Big 12	3.1
59	South Florida	Big East	3.0
60	Maryland	ACC	3.0
61	Baylor	Big 12	2.7
62	Buffalo	Mid-American	2.4
63	Troy	Sun Belt	2.2
64	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	1.9
65	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.9
66	Arizona State	Pac-10	1.5
67	Southern Miss	C-USA	1.0
68	Georgia	SEC	0.6
69	Louisville	Big East	0.5
70	Minnesota	Big 10	0.4
71	Hawaii	WAC	0.1
72	Toledo	Mid-American	-0.2
73	Cincinnati	Big East	-0.3
74	Illinois	Big 10	-0.5
75	Pittsburgh	Big East	-0.9
76	Notre Dame	Independent	-1.1
77	Purdue	Big 10	-1.3
78	Middle Tennessee State	Sun Belt	-1.4
79	Tulane	C-USA	-1.6
80	Kent State	Mid-American	-2.0
81	Utah State	WAC	-2.3
82	Colorado	Big 12	-2.4
83	Fresno State	WAC	-2.5
84	UNLV	Mountain West	-2.6
85	Temple	Mid-American	-2.8
86	BYU	Mountain West	-3.8
87	UCLA	Pac-10	-4.0
88	UAB	C-USA	-4.2
89	LA Lafayette	Sun Belt	-4.4
90	North Carolina	ACC	-4.6
91	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-5.1
92	Washington	Pac-10	-5.4
93	North Texas	Sun Belt	-5.5
94	Oregon State	Pac-10	-5.6
95	East Carolina	C-USA	-5.9
96	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-6.1
97	Ohio	Mid-American	-6.3
98	Iowa State	Big 12	-6.8
99	Florida Atlantic	Sun Belt	-7.0
100	Duke	ACC	-7.6
101	Florida International	Sun Belt	-8.2
102	Marshall	C-USA	-8.3
103	Vanderbilt	SEC	-8.3
104	LA Monroe	Sun Belt	-8.7
105	Wake Forest	ACC	-8.9
106	Rice	C-USA	-9.3
107	Memphis	C-USA	-9.4
108	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-10.2
109	Ball State	Mid-American	-10.8
110	Louisiana Tech	WAC	-11.0
111	Akron	Mid-American	-11.4
112	Wyoming	Mountain West	-11.7
113	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-11.7
114	Western Kentucky	Sun Belt	-12.8
115	New Mexico State	WAC	-14.0
116	Washington State	Pac-10	-14.3
117	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-14.9
118	Colorado State	Mountain West	-15.0
119	San Jose State	WAC	-16.6
120	New Mexico	Mountain West	-23.8

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