College Football Power Ratings Through Week 9

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Hey guys, my computer has churned out a new set of rankings through this past weekend's games. Things of note:
1) Notre Dame climbs up to #2 after their schlacking of now #5 Oklahoma.
2) Kansas State takes a big rise to #6 after their beatdown of Texas Tech.
3) Florida remains a hair ahead of Georgia after that crazy game in Jacksonville
4) I feel pretty confident in these power ratings. Now that I have a way to figure out what the spread should be for games, it seems to be within 3 points of the Vegas spread about 70-80% of the time (just testing out the marquee games of the week). However, it seems to be broken for games with huge lines (for example, it said Oregon should've been a 13 point favorite against Colorado). I'll have to find a fix for that.
5) My flight out of Baltimore back home to Detroit was fine, so I have escaped the wrath of the Frankenstorm. Yeah! Here's my computer's top 25.

1 Alabama
2 Notre Dame
3 Florida
4 Georgia
5 Oklahoma
6 Kansas State
7 Florida State
8 Oregon
9 South Carolina
10 LSU
11 Clemson
12 USC
13 Ohio State
14 Oklahoma State
15 Nebraska
16 Texas
17 Oregon State
18 Texas A&M
19 BYU
20 Texas Tech
21 Rutgers
22 Stanford
23 Boise State
24 North Carolina
25 Tennessee

Next 5 out: UCF, UCLA, Mississippi State, Penn State, West Virginia

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