NR Biggest riser: Notre Dame (23->17)

Wait, UCLA choked and not Pitt? That doesn't sound right...

65.35

0.551

0.62440

78.8 //// 26. South Alabama 78.5 || 27. Duke 77.9 || 28. Texas 77.5 || 29. Air Force 72 || 30. Boise State 70 || 31. Fresno State 65 || 32. James Madison 62.0 || 33. Minnesota 61.6 || 34. Wake Forest 56 || 35. UCF 55 || 36. Ole Miss 54.33 || 37. NC State 54.29 || 38. North Carolina 53.28 || 39. Marshall 53.27 || 40. Ohio 42

(+5) (W v UCLA)

Took the Bruins' lunch money.

Season started off poorly, but they recovered in the end, winning a surprisingly fun Sun Bowl

Difference between Troy is minimal

The bane of my existence. The model has a tier system of parentage within tiers and it all came to a tried and true test when Pitt decided to upset UCLA. Pitt has a horrible score for a Tier 4, but from parentage has 5 children of equal or higher standing that are required to be below. Since head-to-head matters, UCLA and Duke naturally remained below. Separately, JMU was evaluated on an individual basis against Tier 4 schools and determined to be a child of Pitt as well. Since Marshall had equal score to Pitt they were also compared and Marshall was found to be below. Further, Marshall has its own child in Notre Dame leading to a face off within Pitt's children. Regardless by absorbing all these things, Pitt ends up at #22 with it's own 9-4 record.
Losses: #7 Tennessee, UNC, Louisville, Georgia Tech.
Notable wins: #24 Duke, (#26) UCLA.