2014 NCAA Playoff Points Rankings: Week 6

If it's a fall Saturday with a ton of chaos, it's a great Saturday. And boy, was it a great Saturday.

I've called out the various polls of college football to be a general farce, but I do still think it's noteworthy that four of the top six and five of the top eight teams in the polls all lost this past weekend. More importantly, I've reached a milestone. Only ten teams remain undefeated at this stage. And so through six weeks, even though it's probably premature, I can build the playoff field. More on that later.

For now, I want to see what the weekend of chaos did to all the numbers. Since most of the games were in conference this week, a lot of the conferences will get pretty equal win boosts. Playoff points, both First and Second Degree... might be a different story.

If you need a refresher, here's an expanded explanation of how the Playoff Points system works. For reference, you can also view last week's rankings here. Let's see the damage.

American Athletic
Wins: 1.91 (11th; LW: 10th)
PP1: 2.18 (9th; LW: 9th)
PP2: 0.91 (9th; LW: 9th)

ACC
Wins: 3.50 (4th; LW: 4th)
PP1: 6.57 (5th; LW: 5th)
PP2: 2.84 (5th; LW: 5th)

Big 10
Wins: 3.64 (2nd; LW: 2nd)
PP1: 7.14 (4th; LW: 4th)
PP2: 2.89 (4th; LW: 3rd)

Big XII
Wins: 3.10 (6th; LW: 6th)
PP1: 5.10 (6th; LW: 6th)
PP2: 3.21 (3rd; LW: 1st)

Conference USA
Wins: 2.62 (8th; LW: 7th)
PP1: 3.92 (8th; LW: 7th)
PP2: 1.61 (7th; LW: 7th)

Independents
Wins: 3.25 (5th; LW: 5th)
PP1: 7.75 (2nd; LW: 2nd)
PP2: 2.26 (6th; LW: 6th)

MAC
Wins: 2.23 (9th; LW: 9th)
PP1: 2.08 (10th; LW: 10th)
PP2: 0.67 (10th; LW: 10th)

Mountain West
Wins: 2.67 (7th; LW: 8th)
PP1: 4.00 (7th; LW: 8th)
PP2: 1.60 (8th; LW: 8th)

Pac 12
Wins: 3.58 (3rd; LW: 3rd)
PP1: 7.42 (3rd; LW: 3rd)
PP2: 3.45 (2nd; LW: 4th)

SEC
Wins: 3.71 (1st; LW: 1st)
PP1: 8.79 (1st; LW: 1st)
PP2: 3.59 (1st; LW: 2nd)

Sun Belt
Wins: 2.00 (10th; LW: 11th)
PP1: 1.64 (11th; LW: 11th)
PP2: 0.38 (11th; LW: 11th)

Photo by Rogelio V. Solis (AP)

Most of the numbers stayed pretty constant, though there was some flip-flopping. Most of the hype coming into the week was how the SEC West was 25-1 and hadn't really cannibalized itself yet. Well, it cannibalized itself, but the division pretty much single-handedly gave the conference first place spots across the board. Of course, when it comes to the playoffs, while the strength of your conference is important, your individual resume as a team is more important. Speaking of individual resumes, if you want to see the actual numbers for each team, you can view those here.

I will pore over the information gleaned from this week and have another post up this afternoon. Many pundits decided to start building their field for the College Football Playoff. As tempted as I was, I refused to build a playoff field until I had enough qualifiers without screwing over any undefeated teams. However, of the ten remaining unbeatens, we're guaranteed a maximum of five remaining that way by the time we hit December (four conference champs, plus Notre Dame, though that FSU-ND matchup looming soon might have something to say about it).

Photo by Robert Franklin (South Bend Tribune)

In the meantime: do you have any thoughts about the picture of the college football landscape? Remember, in the Death to the BCS Playoffs, the ten conference champions make it, plus six at-large teams. All the undefeated teams will make it in in the opening iteration of the bracket. Keeping this in mind, how do you think seeds should be aligned? Remember, since the first three rounds are played on the campus of the higher seed, home field is a major factor. Based on six weeks of play, who deserves the most home games? Leave comments below, or you can hit me up on Twitter.

Check back later for the first version of the bracket!