The top four teams in the power rankings remain unchanged after all four recorded road wins this past week. Three of the top four teams are ranked in this week’s BCS Top 25. Boise State is fifth, Houston is 11th, while Southern Mississippi comes in at 22nd.
Toledo is the only team to fall out of the top 10 after a wild 63-60 loss at home against Northern Illinois. The Huskies are 10th in this week’s rankings.
This week will feature two top-10 matchups that could decide conference championships. Boise State will host TCU on Saturday in what figures to be this year’s biggest game in the Mountain West Conference. Arkansas State and Louisiana will meet in Jonesboro on Saturday in a key game in the Sun Belt race. Arkansas State has yet to lose a Sun Belt contest this year, while Louisiana has only lost to Western Kentucky, (whose only league loss is to Arkansas State).
Here is a look at this week’s rankings:
| Rank | School | W-L | Next | LW |
| 1. | Boise State | 8-0 | 11/12 vs. TCU | 1 |
| Broncos beating teams by an average of 27.13 ppg this season. Closest margin of victory: 11. | ||||
| 2. | Houston | 9-0 | 11/10 at Tulane | 2 |
| Cougars are off to the best start in school history. | ||||
| 3. | Southern Mississippi | 8-1 | 11/12 vs. Central Florida | 3 |
| Off to best start since 1996 when team also started 8-1 en route to an 8-3 record. | ||||
| 4. | TCU | 7-2 | 11/12 at Boise State | 4 |
| Horned Frogs have won 21-straight Mountain West Conference games. | ||||
| 5. | Arkansas State | 7-2 | 11/12 vs. Louisiana | 6 |
| Seven wins in a single season is the most by the Red Wolves since 1987. | ||||
| 6. | Louisiana | 8-2 | 11/12 at Arkansas State | 7 |
| Reached the eight-win plateau for only the third time in last 35 years (8, 1993 and 9, 1976) | ||||
| 7. | Tulsa | 6-3 | 11/12 vs. Marshall | 8 |
| Won five straight games since starting the season 1-3 and 10 straight in C-USA play. | ||||
| 8. | BYU | 6-3 | 11/12 vs. Idaho | 9 |
| Cougars coming of bye week before first meeting with the Vandals since 1955. | ||||
| 9. | Nevada | 5-3 | 11/12 vs. Hawaii | 10 |
| Won four straight games after starting season 1-3; averaging 44.75 ppg in last four games. | ||||
| 10. | Northern Illinois | 6-3 | 11/8 at Bowling Green | NR |
| Huskies control own destiny in MAC West after wild 63-60 win at Toledo. | ||||
Dropped out: Toledo 5
Others to watch (in alphabetical order): Ball State (6-4), Louisiana Tech (5-4), Ohio (6-3), San Diego State (5-3), SMU (6-3), Temple (5-4), Toledo (5-4), Western Kentucky (5-4), Wyoming (5-3)
