College football SP+ rankings after Week 8

[dystopiamembrane]

SP+ Week 9 Rankings

TEAM	RATING	OFFENSE	DEFENSE	SPEC TMS
1. Ohio St. (7-0)	29.9	44.7 (2)	14.6 (5)	-0.2 (93)
2. Alabama (7-1)	29.7	43.2 (3)	13.8 (4)	0.3 (21)
3. Georgia (7-0)	28.4	40.8 (7)	12.8 (3)	0.4 (5)
4. Michigan (7-0)	25.5	40.4 (9)	15.3 (7)	0.4 (3)
5. Tennessee (7-0)	22.1	45.4 (1)	23.5 (40)	0.2 (47)
6. Texas (5-3)	21.8	40.5 (8)	18.9 (16)	0.2 (35)
7. Ole Miss (7-1)	19.6	39.4 (15)	20.2 (24)	0.4 (11)
8. Oregon (6-1)	17.8	42.5 (4)	24.8 (47)	0.1 (55)
9. Clemson (8-0)	17.6	35.8 (22)	18.3 (14)	0.1 (60)
10. Utah (5-2)	17.0	40.4 (10)	23.7 (42)	0.3 (23)

espn.com article

[AlohaUte]

I don’t understand why the computers have us so highly rated.

[2008 National Champ]

It’s the Special Teams # I find most surprising:

Net Punting – 101
Punt Returns – 29
Kickoff Return Defense – 105
Kickoff Returns – 95

Connelly uses previous year stats in his valuations so there should be some Covey TD’s in there somewhere but you wouldn’t think that would be enough to cover for the other putrid rankings.