Oregon State Football Fall Again in SP+ Rankings After Embarrassing Air Force Loss
It's been a challenging season for the Oregon State Beavers, who have now lost five football games in a row following Saturday's 28-0 shutout at Air Force. That result has moved the Beavers down nine more spots in ESPN's latest SP+ college football rankings.
The 4-6 Beavers entered the weekend at #91 in the nation in SP+, but now find themselves #100 out of 134 FBS teams. Their overall SP+ rating also dropped nearly three full points from -6.4 to -9.2.
"What is SP+? In a single sentence, it's a tempo- and opponent-adjusted measure of college football efficiency."
- Bill Connelly, ESPN
ESPN's Bill Connelly, the creator of the SP+ system, added this thought on Oregon State:
"After a competitive loss to UNLV in Week 8, Oregon State found itself one spot behind Tulane at No. 68 in SP+. The Beavers are now 75 spots behind the Green Wave. They've underachieved against SP+ projections for six straight games and underachieved by 36.3 points in a dire shutout loss to Air Force on Saturday. Things have fallen apart in Trent Bray's first season in charge."
Oregon State face a siginificant challenge this week, against the Washington State Cougars. The Cougs find themselves at #58 in the nation in SP+ rating this week, down five spots from where they were heading into their loss against New Mexico. OSU host WSU this week with kickoff scheduled for 4 PM PT on The CW.
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Joe Londergan joined the SI brand in 2023 with G5 Football Daily. With over 15 years of experience in covering and working directly in college and pro sports, Joe's expertise has been featured in Front Office Sports, SB Nation, and XRAY.FM. He is a member of both the Football Writers' Association of America and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers' Association. Joe holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Louisville and a master's degree in sports administration from Seattle University. Outside of his writing career, Joe enjoys golfing, although he admits that while he hits driver decently, his short game is a liability.