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2006 Week 3 College Football Team Rankings

2006 rankings calculated with the Classic formula (Ken's 2016-based hybrid, applied retroactively); records, NOW and game results come from official ESPN scores.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
160.495USCPAC1–01.0001+1BYE
2100.509Florida (FLORIDA)SEC2–01.0001+2Beat UCF 42–0
3110.628Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)IND BE2–01.0001+2Beat Cincinnati 33–15
4340.697Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI2–01.0001+2Beat Penn State 41–17
5260.715Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B122–01.0001+2Beat Washington 37–20
6130.733Indiana (INDIANA)B102–01.0001+2Beat Ball State 24–23
7320.779Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC2–01.0001+2Beat Troy 24–17
820.830Louisville (LOUISVILLE)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat Temple 62–0
9-50.871LSUSEC2–01.0001+1Beat Arizona 45–3
1030.981Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Mississippi State 34–0
11-51.050Oregon (OREGON)PAC2–01.0001+1Beat Fresno State 31–24
1231.073Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–01.0001+1Beat Texas 24–7
13231.082Rutgers (RUTGERS)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat Illinois 33–0
14-61.095Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B122–01.0001+1Beat UTEP 38–35
1511.114UCLAPAC2–01.0001+1Beat Rice 26–16
16-81.141West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)IND BE2–01.0001+1Beat FCS 52–3
1761.173Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat Air Force 31–30
18271.178Boise State (BOISE STATE)IND WAC2–01.0001+1Beat Oregon State 42–14
19291.192Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B122–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas State 35–7
20291.205Missouri (MISSOURI)B122–01.0001+1Beat Ole Miss 34–7
21101.219Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Clemson 34–33
22201.219Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B122–01.0001+1Beat UNLV 16–10
23311.265Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC2–01.0001+1Beat South Carolina 18–0
24-81.306Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–01.0001+1Beat FCS 34–10
2501.315TCUMWC2–01.0001+1Beat FCS 46–13
26-251.355Texas (TEXAS)B121–10.50045+1Lost to Ohio State 7–24
27301.361Kansas (KANSAS)B122–01.0001+1Beat UL Monroe 21–19
28421.389Maryland (MARYLAND)ACC2–01.0001+1Beat Middle Tennessee 24–10
29-111.485Michigan (MICHIGAN)B102–01.00010Beat Central Michigan 41–17
30-51.494Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–01.00010Beat Eastern Michigan 52–20
31121.508Houston (HOUSTON)USA2–01.00010Beat Tulane 45–7
32-271.540Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B122–01.00010Beat FCS 56–7
33231.595Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)B122–01.00010Beat Louisiana 51–7
34601.603California (CALIFORNIA)PAC1–10.50045+1Beat Minnesota 42–17
35-101.636Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–01.00010Beat Duke 14–13
36-71.636Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC2–01.00010Beat Vanderbilt 13–10
37141.655Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)ACC2–01.00010Beat North Carolina 35–10
38281.705Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC2–01.00010Beat Nevada 52–21
39331.732Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B122–01.00010Beat Florida Atlantic 45–0
40-201.754Penn State (PENN STATE)B101–10.50045+1Lost to Notre Dame 17–41
41141.755Iowa (IOWA)B102–01.00010Beat Syracuse 20–13
42201.769Ohio (OHIO)MAC2–01.00010Beat Northern Illinois 35–23
4321.788UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND BE1–01.00010BYE
44131.797South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)IND BE2–01.00010Beat Florida International 21–20
45181.797Purdue (PURDUE)B102–01.00010Beat Miami (OH) 38–31
46-121.799Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC1–10.50045+1Lost to Oklahoma 20–37
47181.815Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)MWC2–01.00010Beat Colorado 14–10
48521.823Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC1–10.50045+1Beat Buffalo 48–40
49-201.902Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)SUN1–10.50045+1Lost to Oklahoma State 7–35
50-141.916Navy (NAVY)IND FBSI2–01.00010Beat FCS 21–20
51521.940Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC1–10.50045+1Beat Wyoming 13–12
52-131.942Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC1–10.50045+1Lost to Missouri 7–34
53-142.111Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC1–10.50045+1Lost to LSU 3–45
54-522.155Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC1–10.500450Lost to Boston College 33–34
55212.435BYUMWC1–10.500450Beat Tulsa 49–24
56482.457Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–10.500450Beat Idaho 56–10
57-372.464Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC1–10.500450Lost to Indiana 23–24
58-272.600UTEPUSA1–10.500450Lost to Texas Tech 35–38
59-312.625Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)IND WAC1–10.500450Lost to Oregon 24–31
60382.636Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–10.500450Beat Toledo 31–10
61232.666UABUSA1–10.500450Beat East Carolina 17–12
62-382.687South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC1–10.500450Lost to Georgia 0–18
63-202.786Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)SUN1–10.500450Lost to Maryland 10–24
64122.827Miami (MIAMI)ACC1–10.500450Beat FCS 51–10
65-182.830UNLVMWC1–10.500450Lost to Iowa State 10–16
66292.831Akron (AKRON)MAC1–10.500450Beat NC State 20–17
67432.837Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC1–10.500450Beat Utah State 20–0
68-82.863Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC0–10.000920Lost to Tennessee 30–31
69-182.903Troy (TROY)SUN1–10.500450Lost to Florida State 17–24
7092.931Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–10.500450Beat FCS 38–6
71192.947Baylor (BAYLOR)B121–10.500450Beat FCS 47–10
7213.043Rice (RICE)USA0–20.000920Lost to UCLA 16–26
73-53.053UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)SUN1–10.500450Lost to Kansas 19–21
74313.056Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)USA1–10.500450Beat FCS 45–0
75253.061Utah (UTAH)MWC1–10.500450Beat FCS 45–7
76-193.099Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND BE1–10.500450Lost to Pittsburgh 15–33
77-273.129Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–10.500450Lost to Boise State 14–42
7893.143Hawai'i (HAWAII)IND WAC0–10.000920BYE
79113.163Syracuse (SYRACUSE)IND BE0–20.000920Lost to Iowa 13–20
80263.214Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC1–10.500450Beat FCS 41–7
81183.283Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC0–20.000920Lost to Alabama 10–13
82-723.320Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC1–10.50045-1Lost to Virginia 12–13
83-203.330Illinois (ILLINOIS)B101–10.500450Lost to Rutgers 0–33
84243.339Marshall (MARSHALL)USA1–10.500450Beat FCS 54–31
85-53.423North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC0–20.000920Lost to Virginia Tech 10–35
86-23.443Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC0–20.000920Lost to Michigan 17–41
87-843.456Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B101–10.50045-1Lost to California 17–42
88-213.493UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)USA1–10.500450Lost to Florida 0–42
89133.523Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC0–20.000920Lost to Ohio 23–35
90-563.657Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC1–10.50045-1Lost to Bowling Green 40–48
91-93.686San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)IND WAC1–10.50045-1Beat Stanford 35–34
92-53.688Army (ARMY)IND FBSI1–10.50045-1Beat Kent State 17–14
93233.994North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)SUN1–10.50045-1Beat SMU 24–6
94-184.044Memphis (MEMPHIS)USA1–10.50045-1Beat FCS 33–14
95-444.096Tulsa (TULSA)USA1–10.50045-1Lost to BYU 24–49
96-264.106NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–10.50045-1Lost to Akron 17–20
97-284.119New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND WAC1–10.50045-1Lost to New Mexico 28–34
98-384.343Tulane (TULANE)USA0–10.000920Lost to Houston 7–45
99134.383Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)IND WAC0–10.000920BYE
100184.409New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC1–10.50045+1Beat New Mexico State 34–28
101124.543Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)SUN0–20.000920Lost to Texas A&M 7–51
102-294.623Florida International (FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL)SUN0–20.00092-1Lost to South Florida 20–21
103-234.783East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)USA0–20.00092-1Lost to UAB 12–17
104-295.043Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC0–20.00092-1Lost to Western Michigan 10–31
105-105.083Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC0–20.00092-1Lost to Purdue 31–38
106-865.322Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–10.500450Lost to FCS 17–34
10745.363Stanford (STANFORD)PAC0–20.00092-1Lost to San José State 34–35
108-195.383Nevada (NEVADA)IND WAC0–20.00092-1Lost to Arizona State 21–52
109-165.563Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC0–20.00092-1Lost to Auburn 0–34
110-155.583Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC0–20.00092-1Lost to Michigan State 20–52
111-35.583SMUUSA0–20.00092-1Lost to North Texas 6–24
112-225.703Idaho (IDAHO)IND WAC0–20.00092-1Lost to Washington State 10–56
113-315.943Temple (TEMPLE)IND FBSI0–20.00092-1Lost to Louisville 0–62
11416.443Florida Atlantic (FLORIDA ATLANTIC)SUN0–20.00092-1Lost to Kansas State 0–45
115-316.623San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)MWC0–10.00092-1BYE
116-27.283Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC0–20.00092-2Lost to Army 14–17
117-117.363Utah State (UTAH STATE)IND WAC0–20.00092-2Lost to Arkansas 0–20
118-17.843Colorado (COLORADO)B120–20.000920Lost to Colorado State 10–14
11907.863Duke (DUKE)ACC0–20.000920Lost to Wake Forest 13–14

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