thebiglead has MSU at #17 on their unscientific poll

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http://thebiglead.com/index.php/2010/11/02/college-football-top-25-week-nine/

and here is how they come up with the rankings

http://thebiglead.fantasysportsven.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Week-Nine-Calculations.pdf
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<font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1"><p align="left">win = +1, quality (+.5- +1), road (+.25), emphatic (3 scores) (+.25)</p>

loss = -.5, -.75, -1, -1.25, -1.5 (FCS), road (+.25)</p></font></font></font><font face="Times-Bold" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Bold" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Bold" color="#231f20" size="1">

Mississippi St: </p></font></font></font><font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1"><font face="Times-Roman" color="#231f20" size="1">MEM (1.25) AUB (-.5) LSU (-.25) GEO (1.5) HOU (1.5) FLA (1.75)UAB(1)KEN(1.5) = 7.75</font></font></font>