Welcome

Over the past few years I have created a straightforward way to rank college football teams. Basically, I wanted a way to combine subjective views towards teams with an objective component. I have tinkered with my formula over the seasons and have what I think is a pretty decent way to compare resumes of different teams. This is NOT a sophisticated algorithm, and should not be treated the same way as Sagarin, KenPom, or other computer rankings found in places like the Massey Ranking Composite. The rankings should also not be used to predict future games; my rankings should be considered a snapshot of how a team’s body of work has been up to this point. Even though it is not the most complicated ranking system ever created, I think its simplicity can be a positive thing.


Basic Idea

I will not go into detail here about how these rankings are calculated, but I will describe the basic concept. Like I mentioned above, these rankings combine subjective and objective features. The subjective component drives the whole process. Every team is placed by me into a bin. There are seven general bins, ranging from -3 to 3. A basic idea of what each bin represents is:


If a team seems to be somewhere in between two of these categories, they can be binned as a “0.5”, “1.5”, etc. For example, Wisconsin is very close to the “elite” bin 3, so bin 2.5 seems warranted.

This is the subjective part of the process. I make the final call which bin a team falls into, but I try to inform myself as much as possible of the consensus of a given team. For example, for a team to be “borderline ranked” (bin 1), they need to at least appear in the “Other Receiving Votes” area of the AP and Coaches polls. I try to make the bins representative of the nationwide media consensus of a given team. Still, there is definitely subjectivity involved.

The objective element of the rankings gives and takes away points from a team depending on the bins of that team’s opponents. For example, beating a team from bin 0 at home by a “non-blowout score” (less than 22 points) rewards that team 0.5 points, and so on. This is the part of the process that I have tinkered with over the years. A team of course loses points for losing a game, depending on the opponent, where the game was played, and whether it was a blowout or not.

So the basic idea of the system is that we have an idea as fans which “bin” a team falls into. Once we determine that, we can get an obective idea of how a team’s resume is depending on the bins of that team’s wins and losses. The final “Score” of the ranking is simply a sum of the bin you are in and the amount of points you have gained/lost from wins and losses.

Week 2: Early Returns

The rankings are back after a week off! The early-season versions are always kind of fun because you get some very wonky results from the early games. Like I discussed last season, THERE WILL BE SOME WEIRD STUFF HERE. You may notice a great team blow out an inferior opponent and move down (like, say Ohio State or Wisonsin). Why? Teams around them are beating better teams. You may also see teams get crushed and move up (like, say Rutgers). Why? Although they’re losing, the teams around them in the rankings are losing to WORSE teams, so Rutgers gets penalized to a lesser degree and ends up moving up.

At this point in the season, presumably bad teams who have played crappy FCS teams and are undefeated will be too high (Illinois), and mediocre teams who lost to decent teams will be too low (Northern Illinois). Things like this will balance out over the course of the season. My early rankings are also quite mean to any team with a loss - just take a look at where teams like Washington, Michigan State, or Florida are in the rankings. At the end of the day, this is a ranking of resumes with a little subjective balance thrown in there, so if you have a loss at this point of the year, your resume isn’t very good, even if the team may end up being great.

I should also mention that right now things are very jumbled in the middle of these rankings, so a team like MSU at 37th isn’t really that far behind a team like Michigan at 20th. Things will get filtered out as more results come in.

There is a lot more information in the rankings this season, including strength of schedule played (congrats to Uconn for having the hardest schedule so far), the strength of schedule remaining (I guess congrats to Arkansas for having the most difficult slate moving forward), the amount of tough games played already, and the amount of tough games remaining. Also returning this week waaaay at the bottom of the page are the plots of teams’ rankings over time. The Pac 12 South plot is particularly intriguing.

For those of you who actually read this, the game rankings for the upcoming week will be out soon. Here are the Week 2 rankings! (Note: this does not include Coastal Carolina’s victory over Campbell Wednesday afternoon)

Rank Team Score Record Conf Prev Rank Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Pld Tuff Games Rem
1 Clemson 4.5 2-0 (0-0) T3 48 64 1 4
2 Georgia 4 2-0 (1-0) T3 67 60 1 4
3 Auburn 4 2-0 (0-0) 1 34 14 1 6
4 Alabama 3.75 2-0 (0-0) 2 34 49 0 5
T5 Penn State 3.5 2-0 (0-0) T11 11 35 1 4
T5 Stanford 3.5 2-0 (1-0) T11 10 33 1 6
T7 LSU 3.25 2-0 (0-0) T6 48 6 1 6
T7 Notre Dame 3.25 2-0 (0-0) T6 33 27 1 5
9 Ohio State 3 2-0 (1-0) T3 78 19 0 5
10 Oklahoma 2.75 2-0 (0-0) 8 58 42 0 4
T11 Virginia Tech 2.75 2-0 (1-0) 9 67 65 1 4
T11 Mississippi St 2.75 2-0 (0-0) T14 67 24 1 6
13 Wisconsin 2.5 2-0 (0-0) 10 120 52 0 4
14 Boise State 2.5 2-0 (0-0) 18 67 91 0 1
15 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) 13 92 30 0 6
16 TCU 2 2-0 (0-0) T14 100 8 0 5
17 Arizona St 2 2-0 (0-0) T54 38 17 1 7
18 Washington 1.75 1-1 (0-0) 19 29 34 1 6
19 UCF 1.5 2-0 (1-0) 20 117 77 0 1
T20 Miami 1 1-1 (0-0) T26 34 58 1 3
T20 Michigan 1 1-1 (0-0) T26 11 14 1 5
T22 OK State 1 2-0 (0-0) T22 120 3 0 5
T22 Oregon 1 2-0 (0-0) T22 125 54 0 6
T22 Utah 1 2-0 (0-0) T28 92 16 0 7
25 Duke 1 2-0 (0-0) T32 19 42 1 5
26 Texas AM 0.75 1-1 (0-0) T28 27 21 1 5
T27 Kentucky 0.75 2-0 (1-0) T35 48 53 1 5
T27 Colorado 0.75 2-0 (0-0) T54 38 61 1 5
29 USC 0.5 1-1 (0-1) T14 11 47 1 4
30 Boston College 0.5 2-0 (0-0) T28 120 23 0 6
T31 Maryland 0.5 2-0 (0-0) 31 58 35 0 5
T31 Iowa 0.5 2-0 (0-0) T35 38 54 0 3
T31 S Florida 0.5 2-0 (0-0) T35 87 82 0 2
T34 Minnesota 0.25 2-0 (0-0) T54 98 42 0 4
T34 Ole Miss 0.25 2-0 (0-0) T32 92 21 0 5
T34 California 0.25 2-0 (0-0) T32 48 58 0 5
37 Michigan State 0 1-1 (0-0) T14 19 35 1 5
T38 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) T35 102 30 0 3
T38 Wake Forest 0 2-0 (0-0) T35 92 40 0 6
T38 Missouri 0 2-0 (0-0) T35 117 27 0 4
T38 Washington St 0 2-0 (0-0) T35 113 45 0 6
T38 Houston 0 2-0 (0-0) T35 102 94 0 0
43 Louisville -0.25 1-1 (0-0) 50 19 57 1 2
44 Indiana -0.25 2-0 (0-0) T54 64 24 0 5
T45 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) T22 17 54 1 5
T45 San Diego St -0.5 1-1 (0-0) T52 29 82 1 2
T45 App State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) T52 17 129 1 0
T48 Syracuse -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T54 104 38 0 5
T48 Vanderbilt -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T54 98 47 0 4
T48 Baylor -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T54 104 17 0 6
T48 Toledo -0.5 1-0 (0-0) T54 127 100 0 1
T48 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T54 104 108 0 1
T48 N Texas -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T54 113 127 0 0
T54 Florida State -0.75 1-1 (0-1) 67 38 3 1 5
T54 Kansas State -0.75 1-1 (0-0) T35 38 30 1 5
56 Pittsburgh -1 1-1 (0-0) T35 38 6 1 5
57 FAU -1 1-1 (0-0) 68 8 105 1 1
58 Cincinnati -1 2-0 (0-0) T69 58 95 0 1
T59 Rutgers -1.25 1-1 (0-1) T69 11 45 1 5
T59 Arkansas St -1.25 1-1 (0-0) T54 11 128 1 0
T61 Hawaii -1.25 3-0 (1-0) 71 91 108 0 1
T61 E Michigan -1.25 2-0 (0-0) T87 80 96 0 1
T63 Georgia Tech -1.5 1-1 (0-0) T35 67 8 1 6
T63 Texas -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 72 64 8 0 6
T63 Iowa State -1.5 0-1 (0-0) T35 7 39 1 5
T66 Tennessee -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 73 34 40 1 4
T66 Troy -1.5 1-1 (0-0) T82 38 118 1 2
T68 Illinois -1.5 2-0 (0-0) T74 125 27 0 5
T68 Ohio -1.5 1-0 (0-0) T74 127 119 0 0
T68 Buffalo -1.5 2-0 (0-0) T74 104 111 0 0
T68 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) T74 104 77 0 2
72 Northwestern -1.75 1-1 (1-0) 21 19 24 0 6
73 Oregon State -1.75 1-1 (0-0) 81 11 19 1 6
T74 Florida -2 1-1 (0-1) T22 87 49 0 4
T74 Nebraska -2 0-1 (0-0) T35 27 13 0 6
T76 Texas Tech -2 1-1 (0-0) T82 80 8 0 6
T76 Fresno St -2 1-1 (0-0) T35 67 81 1 1
T76 Army -2 1-1 (0-0) T82 48 98 1 1
T79 Akron -2 1-0 (0-0) T87 127 88 0 2
T79 GA Southern -2 2-0 (0-0) T97 120 82 0 1
T79 UL Lafayette -2 1-0 (0-0) T87 127 73 0 3
T79 UL Monroe -2 2-0 (0-0) T87 104 92 0 2
T83 Virginia -2.25 1-1 (0-0) T54 80 61 0 5
T83 Memphis -2.25 1-1 (0-1) T35 80 90 0 2
T85 Navy -2.5 1-1 (1-0) T100 48 71 0 2
T85 BYU -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 51 29 66 0 4
87 Utah State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 86 48 125 1 1
88 Ball State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) T97 29 108 1 0
89 Tulane -3 1-1 (0-0) T102 87 68 0 3
90 New Mexico -3 1-1 (0-0) T97 19 87 1 1
T91 Tulsa -3.5 1-1 (0-0) T87 67 74 1 1
T91 UNLV -3.5 1-1 (0-0) 104 48 120 1 1
93 Mid Tennessee -3.75 1-1 (0-0) T108 80 82 0 2
94 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) T87 80 75 0 2
95 Arkansas -4 1-1 (0-0) T54 104 1 0 6
96 UCLA -4 0-2 (0-0) 106 2 2 1 8
97 Georgia St -4 1-1 (0-0) T87 67 105 1 1
T98 Nevada -4.25 1-1 (0-0) T87 80 80 0 1
T98 FIU -4.25 1-1 (1-0) T115 67 122 0 1
T98 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) T87 67 111 0 1
101 N Illinois -4.5 0-2 (0-0) T102 4 92 2 1
102 Co Carolina -4.5 1-1 (0-0) 119 48 113 1 0
103 SMU -4.75 0-2 (0-0) T108 2 72 1 2
104 Kent State -4.75 1-1 (0-0) 122 100 77 0 2
105 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) T74 120 82 0 2
106 Uconn -5 0-2 (0-1) T112 1 101 2 1
107 Purdue -5.25 0-2 (0-1) 80 58 8 0 5
108 Arizona -5.25 0-2 (0-0) T100 19 61 1 5
109 UAB -5.25 1-1 (0-0) T74 117 113 0 1
110 Kansas -5.5 1-1 (0-0) T127 104 3 0 5
111 W Michigan -5.5 0-2 (0-0) T115 4 124 1 0
T112 Charlotte -5.5 1-1 (0-0) 105 87 104 0 0
T112 Texas St -5.5 1-1 (0-0) 126 92 113 0 0
114 UTSA -5.75 0-2 (0-0) T115 8 123 1 1
115 Wyoming -6 0-2 (0-0) 111 38 107 1 1
116 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) T127 113 67 0 3
117 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) T82 38 49 1 4
T118 Umass -6.25 1-2 (0-0) 110 66 89 1 1
T118 S Alabama -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 121 19 113 1 1
T120 Bowling Green -6.5 0-2 (0-0) T112 4 120 1 1
T120 W Kentucky -6.5 0-2 (0-0) 96 19 113 1 1
T122 Colorado St -6.75 1-2 (0-1) 114 58 70 0 3
T122 Miami OH -6.75 0-2 (0-0) T115 58 99 0 1
124 C Michigan -7 0-2 (0-0) 107 48 101 1 1
125 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 124 78 97 0 2
126 Temple -8 0-2 (0-0) 120 113 69 0 4
127 Old Dominion -8.5 0-2 (0-1) 125 92 101 0 1
128 San Jose St -8.5 0-2 (0-0) T127 67 75 1 2
129 UTEP -9.5 0-2 (0-0) T127 104 126 0 0
130 N Mexico St -11 0-3 (0-0) 123 38 130 1 0

Conference Ranks

The SEC has had a dominating start to the season, and it shows in the conference rankings:

Rank Conf Avg
1 SEC 0.7857
2 Pac 12 -0.0208
3 Big 10 -0.0536
4 ACC -0.1964
5 Big 12 -0.375
6 Amer -2.8333
7 S Belt -2.95
8 MW -3.2917
9 MAC -3.6875
10 Ind -3.7917
11 CUSA -4.6607


Next are the rankings within every conference, as well as each team’s national ranking:

ACC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Clemson 4.5 2-0 (0-0) 7 13 4 1
2 Virginia Tech 2.75 2-0 (1-0) 8 14 4 T11
3 Miami 1 1-1 (0-0) 3 11 3 T20
4 Duke 1 2-0 (0-0) 1 8 5 25
5 Boston College 0.5 2-0 (0-0) 14 4 6 30
T6 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) 12 5 3 T38
T6 Wake Forest 0 2-0 (0-0) 11 7 6 T38
8 Louisville -0.25 1-1 (0-0) 1 10 2 43
9 Syracuse -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 13 6 5 T48
10 Florida State -0.75 1-1 (0-1) 4 1 5 T54
11 Pittsburgh -1 1-1 (0-0) 4 2 5 56
12 Georgia Tech -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 8 3 6 T63
13 Virginia -2.25 1-1 (0-0) 10 12 5 T83
14 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 4 9 4 117


Big 10

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Penn State 3.5 2-0 (0-0) 1 8 4 T5
2 Ohio State 3 2-0 (1-0) 11 4 5 9
3 Wisconsin 2.5 2-0 (0-0) 13 13 4 13
4 Michigan 1 1-1 (0-0) 1 3 5 T20
T5 Maryland 0.5 2-0 (0-0) 8 8 5 T31
T5 Iowa 0.5 2-0 (0-0) 7 14 3 T31
7 Minnesota 0.25 2-0 (0-0) 12 11 4 T34
8 Michigan State 0 1-1 (0-0) 4 8 5 37
9 Indiana -0.25 2-0 (0-0) 10 5 5 44
10 Rutgers -1.25 1-1 (0-1) 1 12 5 T59
11 Illinois -1.5 2-0 (0-0) 14 7 5 T68
12 Northwestern -1.75 1-1 (1-0) 4 5 6 72
13 Nebraska -2 0-1 (0-0) 6 2 6 T74
14 Purdue -5.25 0-2 (0-1) 8 1 5 107


SEC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Georgia 4 2-0 (1-0) 8 14 4 2
2 Auburn 4 2-0 (0-0) 3 3 6 3
3 Alabama 3.75 2-0 (0-0) 3 10 5 4
4 LSU 3.25 2-0 (0-0) 6 2 6 T7
5 Mississippi St 2.75 2-0 (0-0) 8 6 6 T11
6 Texas AM 0.75 1-1 (0-0) 2 4 5 26
7 Kentucky 0.75 2-0 (1-0) 6 12 5 T27
8 Ole Miss 0.25 2-0 (0-0) 11 4 5 T34
9 Missouri 0 2-0 (0-0) 14 7 4 T38
10 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) 1 13 5 T45
11 Vanderbilt -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 12 9 4 T48
12 Tennessee -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 3 8 4 T66
13 Florida -2 1-1 (0-1) 10 10 4 T74
14 Arkansas -4 1-1 (0-0) 13 1 6 95


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 2.75 2-0 (0-0) 3 10 4 10
2 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) 6 7 6 15
3 TCU 2 2-0 (0-0) 7 3 5 16
4 OK State 1 2-0 (0-0) 10 1 5 T22
5 Baylor -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 8 6 6 T48
6 Kansas State -0.75 1-1 (0-0) 2 7 5 T54
T7 Texas -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 3 6 T63
T7 Iowa State -1.5 0-1 (0-0) 1 9 5 T63
9 Texas Tech -2 1-1 (0-0) 5 3 6 T76
10 Kansas -5.5 1-1 (0-0) 8 1 5 110


Pac 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Stanford 3.5 2-0 (1-0) 2 5 6 T5
2 Arizona St 2 2-0 (0-0) 7 3 7 17
3 Washington 1.75 1-1 (0-0) 6 6 6 18
T4 Oregon 1 2-0 (0-0) 12 9 6 T22
T4 Utah 1 2-0 (0-0) 10 2 7 T22
6 Colorado 0.75 2-0 (0-0) 7 11 5 T27
7 USC 0.5 1-1 (0-1) 3 8 4 29
8 California 0.25 2-0 (0-0) 9 10 5 T34
9 Washington St 0 2-0 (0-0) 11 7 6 T38
10 Oregon State -1.75 1-1 (0-0) 3 4 6 73
11 UCLA -4 0-2 (0-0) 1 1 8 96
12 Arizona -5.25 0-2 (0-0) 5 11 5 108


American

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 1.5 2-0 (1-0) 12 7 1 19
2 S Florida 0.5 2-0 (0-0) 7 8 2 T31
3 Houston 0 2-0 (0-0) 9 10 0 T38
4 Cincinnati -1 2-0 (0-0) 4 11 1 58
5 Memphis -2.25 1-1 (0-1) 6 9 2 T83
6 Navy -2.5 1-1 (1-0) 3 4 2 T85
7 Tulane -3 1-1 (0-0) 7 2 3 89
8 Tulsa -3.5 1-1 (0-0) 5 6 1 T91
9 SMU -4.75 0-2 (0-0) 2 5 2 103
10 Uconn -5 0-2 (0-1) 1 12 1 106
11 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) 10 1 3 116
12 Temple -8 0-2 (0-0) 10 3 4 126


Mountain West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Boise State 2.5 2-0 (0-0) 7 8 1 14
2 San Diego St -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 2 6 2 T45
3 Hawaii -1.25 3-0 (1-0) 12 10 1 T61
4 Fresno St -2 1-1 (0-0) 7 5 1 T76
5 Utah State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 12 1 87
6 New Mexico -3 1-1 (0-0) 1 7 1 90
7 UNLV -3.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 11 1 T91
8 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) 10 2 2 94
9 Nevada -4.25 1-1 (0-0) 10 4 1 T98
10 Wyoming -6 0-2 (0-0) 3 9 1 115
11 Colorado St -6.75 1-2 (0-1) 6 1 3 T122
12 San Jose St -8.5 0-2 (0-0) 7 2 2 128


MAC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Toledo -0.5 1-0 (0-0) 10 6 1 T48
2 E Michigan -1.25 2-0 (0-0) 7 4 1 T61
T3 Ohio -1.5 1-0 (0-0) 10 10 0 T68
T3 Buffalo -1.5 2-0 (0-0) 9 9 0 T68
5 Akron -2 1-0 (0-0) 10 2 2 T79
6 Ball State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 8 0 88
7 N Illinois -4.5 0-2 (0-0) 1 3 1 101
8 Kent State -4.75 1-1 (0-0) 8 1 2 104
9 W Michigan -5.5 0-2 (0-0) 1 12 0 111
10 Bowling Green -6.5 0-2 (0-0) 1 11 1 T120
11 Miami OH -6.75 0-2 (0-0) 6 5 1 T122
12 C Michigan -7 0-2 (0-0) 5 7 1 124


CUSA

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
T1 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 9 8 1 T48
T1 N Texas -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 12 14 0 T48
3 FAU -1 1-1 (0-0) 1 7 1 57
4 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) 9 1 2 T68
5 Mid Tennessee -3.75 1-1 (0-0) 6 2 2 93
6 FIU -4.25 1-1 (1-0) 4 11 1 T98
7 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) 14 2 2 105
8 UAB -5.25 1-1 (0-0) 13 9 1 109
9 Charlotte -5.5 1-1 (0-0) 7 6 0 T112
10 UTSA -5.75 0-2 (0-0) 1 12 1 114
11 W Kentucky -6.5 0-2 (0-0) 3 9 1 T120
12 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 5 4 2 125
13 Old Dominion -8.5 0-2 (0-1) 8 5 1 127
14 UTEP -9.5 0-2 (0-0) 9 13 0 129


Sun Belt

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 App State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 2 10 0 T45
2 Arkansas St -1.25 1-1 (0-0) 1 9 0 T59
3 Troy -1.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 8 2 T66
T4 GA Southern -2 2-0 (0-0) 9 2 1 T79
T4 UL Lafayette -2 1-0 (0-0) 10 1 3 T79
T4 UL Monroe -2 2-0 (0-0) 8 3 2 T79
7 Georgia St -4 1-1 (0-0) 6 4 1 97
8 Co Carolina -4.5 1-1 (0-0) 5 5 0 102
9 Texas St -5.5 1-1 (0-0) 7 5 0 T112
10 S Alabama -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 3 5 1 T118


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 3.25 2-0 (0-0) 2 1 5 T7
2 Army -2 1-1 (0-0) 4 4 1 T76
3 BYU -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 1 2 4 T85
4 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) 6 5 1 T98
5 Umass -6.25 1-2 (0-0) 5 3 1 T118
6 N Mexico St -11 0-3 (0-0) 3 6 0 130

Division Ranks

For those who are even more curious, here are the same analyses but by division instead of conference. I know the plot is a little busy, but it gives a decent idea of how the divisions fall.

Rank Div Avg
1 SEC W 1.5357
2 Big 10 E 0.9286
3 Pac 12 N 0.7917
4 ACC Atl 0.5
5 SEC E 0.0357
6 Big 12 -0.375
7 Pac 12 S -0.8333
8 ACC Coast -0.8929
9 Big 10 W -1.0357
10 S Belt E -2.5
11 Amer W -2.6667
12 Amer E -3
13 MW Moun -3.25
14 MW West -3.3333
15 S Belt W -3.4
16 MAC W -3.5417
17 Ind -3.7917
18 MAC E -3.8333
19 CUSA E -4.2857
20 CUSA W -5.0357


Next are the rankings within every division, as well as each team’s national ranking, now with PLOTS!:

ACC Coastal

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Virginia Tech 2.75 2-0 (1-0) -1.375 7 4 T11
2 Miami 1 1-1 (0-0) -0.625 5 3 T20
3 Duke 1 2-0 (0-0) -0.125 3 5 25
4 Pittsburgh -1 1-1 (0-0) -0.75 1 5 56
5 Georgia Tech -1.5 1-1 (0-0) -1.375 2 6 T63
6 Virginia -2.25 1-1 (0-0) -1.625 6 5 T83
7 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) -0.75 4 4 117


ACC Atlantic

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Clemson 4.5 2-0 (0-0) -0.875 7 4 1
2 Boston College 0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.75 2 6 30
T3 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) -2.25 3 3 T38
T3 Wake Forest 0 2-0 (0-0) -1.875 5 6 T38
5 Louisville -0.25 1-1 (0-0) -0.125 6 2 43
6 Syracuse -0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 4 5 T48
7 Florida State -0.75 1-1 (0-1) -0.75 1 5 T54


SEC East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Georgia 4 2-0 (1-0) -1.375 7 4 2
2 Kentucky 0.75 2-0 (1-0) -0.875 5 5 T27
3 Missouri 0 2-0 (0-0) -2.625 1 4 T38
4 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) 0 6 5 T45
5 Vanderbilt -0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2 3 4 T48
6 Tennessee -1.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.625 2 4 T66
7 Florida -2 1-1 (0-1) -1.75 4 4 T74


SEC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Auburn 4 2-0 (0-0) -0.625 3 6 3
2 Alabama 3.75 2-0 (0-0) -0.625 7 5 4
3 LSU 3.25 2-0 (0-0) -0.875 2 6 T7
4 Mississippi St 2.75 2-0 (0-0) -1.375 6 6 T11
5 Texas AM 0.75 1-1 (0-0) -0.25 4 5 26
6 Ole Miss 0.25 2-0 (0-0) -1.875 4 5 T34
7 Arkansas -4 1-1 (0-0) -2.375 1 6 95


Big 10 East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Penn State 3.5 2-0 (0-0) 0.125 4 4 T5
2 Ohio State 3 2-0 (1-0) -1.5 2 5 9
3 Michigan 1 1-1 (0-0) 0.125 1 5 T20
4 Maryland 0.5 2-0 (0-0) -1 4 5 T31
5 Michigan State 0 1-1 (0-0) -0.125 4 5 37
6 Indiana -0.25 2-0 (0-0) -1.125 3 5 44
7 Rutgers -1.25 1-1 (0-1) 0.125 7 5 T59


Big 10 West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Wisconsin 2.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.75 6 4 13
2 Iowa 0.5 2-0 (0-0) -0.75 7 3 T31
3 Minnesota 0.25 2-0 (0-0) -2 5 4 T34
4 Illinois -1.5 2-0 (0-0) -3 4 5 T68
5 Northwestern -1.75 1-1 (1-0) -0.125 3 6 72
6 Nebraska -2 0-1 (0-0) -0.25 2 6 T74
7 Purdue -5.25 0-2 (0-1) -1 1 5 107


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 2.75 2-0 (0-0) -1 10 4 10
2 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) -1.875 7 6 15
3 TCU 2 2-0 (0-0) -2.125 3 5 16
4 OK State 1 2-0 (0-0) -2.75 1 5 T22
5 Baylor -0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 6 6 T48
6 Kansas State -0.75 1-1 (0-0) -0.75 7 5 T54
T7 Texas -1.5 1-1 (0-0) -1.125 3 6 T63
T7 Iowa State -1.5 0-1 (0-0) 0.5 9 5 T63
9 Texas Tech -2 1-1 (0-0) -1.625 3 6 T76
10 Kansas -5.5 1-1 (0-0) -2.375 1 5 110


Pac 12 North

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Stanford 3.5 2-0 (1-0) 0.25 2 6 T5
2 Washington 1.75 1-1 (0-0) -0.375 3 6 18
3 Oregon 1 2-0 (0-0) -3 5 6 T22
4 California 0.25 2-0 (0-0) -0.875 6 5 T34
5 Washington St 0 2-0 (0-0) -2.5 4 6 T38
6 Oregon State -1.75 1-1 (0-0) 0.125 1 6 73


Pac 12 South

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Arizona St 2 2-0 (0-0) -0.75 3 7 17
2 Utah 1 2-0 (0-0) -1.875 2 7 T22
3 Colorado 0.75 2-0 (0-0) -0.75 5 5 T27
4 USC 0.5 1-1 (0-1) 0.125 4 4 29
5 UCLA -4 0-2 (0-0) 0.875 1 8 96
6 Arizona -5.25 0-2 (0-0) -0.125 5 5 108


American East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 1.5 2-0 (1-0) -2.625 3 1 19
2 S Florida 0.5 2-0 (0-0) -1.75 4 2 T31
3 Cincinnati -1 2-0 (0-0) -1 5 1 58
4 Uconn -5 0-2 (0-1) 1.875 6 1 106
5 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) -2.5 1 3 116
6 Temple -8 0-2 (0-0) -2.5 2 4 126


American West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Houston 0 2-0 (0-0) -2.25 6 0 T38
2 Memphis -2.25 1-1 (0-1) -1.625 5 2 T83
3 Navy -2.5 1-1 (1-0) -0.875 2 2 T85
4 Tulane -3 1-1 (0-0) -1.75 1 3 89
5 Tulsa -3.5 1-1 (0-0) -1.375 4 1 T91
6 SMU -4.75 0-2 (0-0) 0.875 3 2 103


MW Mountain

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Boise State 2.5 2-0 (0-0) -1.375 4 1 14
2 Utah State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.875 6 1 87
3 New Mexico -3 1-1 (0-0) -0.125 3 1 90
4 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) -1.625 2 2 94
5 Wyoming -6 0-2 (0-0) -0.75 5 1 115
6 Colorado St -6.75 1-2 (0-1) -1 1 3 T122


MW West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 San Diego St -0.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.375 4 2 T45
2 Hawaii -1.25 3-0 (1-0) -1.833 5 1 T61
3 Fresno St -2 1-1 (0-0) -1.375 3 1 T76
4 UNLV -3.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.875 6 1 T91
5 Nevada -4.25 1-1 (0-0) -1.625 2 1 T98
6 San Jose St -8.5 0-2 (0-0) -1.375 1 2 128


MAC East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
T1 Ohio -1.5 1-0 (0-0) -3.25 5 0 T68
T1 Buffalo -1.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 4 0 T68
3 Akron -2 1-0 (0-0) -3.25 2 2 T79
4 Kent State -4.75 1-1 (0-0) -2.125 1 2 104
5 Bowling Green -6.5 0-2 (0-0) 0.625 6 1 T120
6 Miami OH -6.75 0-2 (0-0) -1 3 1 T122


MAC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Toledo -0.5 1-0 (0-0) -3.25 3 1 T48
2 E Michigan -1.25 2-0 (0-0) -1.625 2 1 T61
3 Ball State -2.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.375 5 0 88
4 N Illinois -4.5 0-2 (0-0) 0.625 1 1 101
5 W Michigan -5.5 0-2 (0-0) 0.625 6 0 111
6 C Michigan -7 0-2 (0-0) -0.875 4 1 124


C-USA East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 5 1 T48
2 FAU -1 1-1 (0-0) 0.375 4 1 57
3 Mid Tennessee -3.75 1-1 (0-0) -1.625 1 2 93
4 FIU -4.25 1-1 (1-0) -1.375 7 1 T98
5 Charlotte -5.5 1-1 (0-0) -1.75 3 0 T112
6 W Kentucky -6.5 0-2 (0-0) -0.125 6 1 T120
7 Old Dominion -8.5 0-2 (0-1) -1.875 2 1 127


C-USA West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 N Texas -0.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.5 7 0 T48
2 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 1 2 T68
3 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) -2.75 2 2 105
4 UAB -5.25 1-1 (0-0) -2.625 4 1 109
5 UTSA -5.75 0-2 (0-0) 0.375 5 1 114
6 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) -1.5 3 2 125
7 UTEP -9.5 0-2 (0-0) -2.375 6 0 129


Sun Belt East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 App State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 0 5 0 T45
2 Troy -1.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.75 4 2 T66
3 GA Southern -2 2-0 (0-0) -2.75 1 1 T79
4 Georgia St -4 1-1 (0-0) -1.375 2 1 97
5 Co Carolina -4.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.875 3 0 102


Sun Belt West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Arkansas St -1.25 1-1 (0-0) 0.125 5 0 T59
T2 UL Lafayette -2 1-0 (0-0) -3.25 1 3 T79
T2 UL Monroe -2 2-0 (0-0) -2.375 2 2 T79
4 Texas St -5.5 1-1 (0-0) -1.875 3 0 T112
5 S Alabama -6.25 0-2 (0-0) -0.125 3 1 T118


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Diff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 3.25 2-0 (0-0) -0.5 1 5 T7
2 Army -2 1-1 (0-0) -0.875 4 1 T76
3 BYU -2.5 1-1 (0-0) -0.375 2 4 T85
4 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) -1.375 5 1 T98
5 Umass -6.25 1-2 (0-0) -1.25 3 1 T118
6 N Mexico St -11 0-3 (0-0) -0.75 6 0 130