Lots of discussion on the nets and on the TV about schedule strength in relation to the BCS standings – would an undefeated Penn State and its weak BigTen slate eclipse a one-loss SEC team like Florida, or a slightly blemished Big 12 team?

A more interesting question – see how little love the computers and the pollsters give the USC Trojans after another siege of the college football version of the Dardanelles – the state of Washington.

USC maintains its top spot {#1 nationally in PPG allowed (7.13), Yards per play allowed (3.33) and yards per point allowed (29.70)} on our exclusive BlitzIndex college football defense rankings, but I must highlight that a combined 125-0 destruction of the Washington schools skews the results.

In the Trojan favor I humbly submit their body of work that includes a seperate shutout of Arizona State and the allowance of simply a field goal against Ohio State as evidence of their defensive mastery. The Beavers upset stands out as one of the nation’s most interesting statistical anomalies of the season, even then Trojans only allowed 27 points (for comparison Pitt allows 27 PPG and ranks 77th nationally!).

Full rankings after the jump…

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