Inspired by the "Goals" poster, NoseGuard came up with a few of his own and e-mailed them to us:

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Rank	Team	Delta
1	Alabama	--
2	Boise State	1
3	Utah	1
4	Florida	--
5	Oklahoma	--
6	Texas	--
7	Southern Cal	--
8	Penn State	--
9	Ohio State	1
10	Ball State	3
11	Texas Tech	--
12	TCU	3
13	Cincinnati	3
14	Oregon	4
15	Boston College	5
16	Oklahoma State	7
17	Georgia Tech	7
18	Michigan State	1
19	Northwestern	3
20	Georgia	6
21	Mississippi	2
22	Missouri	10
23	Iowa	3
24	Pittsburgh	2
25	Virginia Tech	1

Dropped Out: Oregon State (#17), Western Michigan (#21), Florida State (#25).

1. Alabama - vs Auburn - W 36-0

2. Boise State - vs Fresno State - W 61-10

3.Utah - idle

I will obstinately cling to my lunatic fringe status by keeping Utah and Boise State ranked ahead of Florida et al, but I am shifting Boise ahead of the Utes since, even though their 1A opponents have a combined 63-69 record, Boise has bested 8 bowl (eligible) teams while Utah has only beaten 5.  And for the record, everyone else below them (save Ball State, whom I decided to move into the top ten anyway for beating a relatively solid Western Michigan team to stay undefeated) has a loss despite playing "the best football in the country," and when it comes to this poll, right or wrong, that's the first thing I'm going to look at, "quality wins" be damned.

4. Florida - at FSU - W 45-15

5. Oklahoma - at Oklahoma State - W 61-41

My ratinale for ranking OU ahead of Texas can be found here.

6. Texas - vs TAMU - W 49-9

7. Southern Cal - vs Notre Dame - W 38-3

8. Penn State - idle

9. Ohio State - idle

10. Ball State - vs Western Michigan - W 45-22

11. Texas Tech - at Baylor - W 35-28

12. TCU - idle

13. Cincinnati - vs Syracuse - W 30-10

14. Oregon - at Oregon State - WW 65-38

15. Boston College - vs Maryland - W 28-21

16. Oklahoma State - vs Oklahoma - L 41-61

17. Georgia Tech - at Georgia - W 45-42

18. Michigan State - idle

19. Northwestern - idle

20. Georgia - vs Georgia Tech - L 42-45

21. Ole Miss - vs Mississippi State - W 45-0

22. Mizzou - vs Kansas - L 37-40

23. Oregon State - vs Oregon - L 38-65

23. Iowa - idle

24. Pitt - vs West Virginia - W 19-15

25. Virginia Tech - vs Virginia - W 17-14

Dropped Out: Western Michigan (#21), Florida State (#25).

...this week's wallpaper, by the way...

To refresh your memories (or if this is the first time you've seen this), each individual rush is considered on it's own, and measured by it's "success." A run is considered successful if it gets 40% of the yardage needed to move the chains on first down, 60% of the yardage needed on second down, and 100% of the yardage needed on third or fourth down. This is a much more accurate overall picture of how well a running back does in a game than just the total yardage or ypc averages because it ignores big run outliers that can skew those kinds of stats.  First up, Glen Coffee:

Coffee had some good success in the early goings but his production slipped some in the second half, though most of that was due to Alabama doing nothing but run and Auburn doing nothing but play the run.  Next, Mark Ingram:

Interestingly, while Coffee's numbers dropped in the second half, Ingram was able to gain more yardage and was more successful, with his second half performance looking better success rate wise than Coffee did in either half (though he certainly takes the prize for overall performance).  Finally, the mop up crew:

Upchurch managed a perfect 100% in clean up duty, though he did only carry two times, while Griffin and Grant didn't fare nearly as well.