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, Oklahoma 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 3: LSU Grabs #1

LSU makes a big move move this week, jumping from tied for 7th up to 1st place overall. This comes off the heels of their road win over the former #1 team, Auburn. Ranking LSU #1 is a good representation of what my rankings intend to do. In terms of resumes, none are better than LSU’s right now. They have played the 6th most difficult schedule of any team in the country (according to how I score it), which is by far the strongest for any team that is still undefeated. They are also the only undefeated team to have played and won two games that are defined as “tuff” by my rating system (Miami and Auburn). Alabama is looking like an unstoppable force on the field right now (and has a pretty great resume too), but LSU has the best body of work up to this point, so they get the nod at #1 by my formula. I should mention ESPN’s Strength of Record algorithm, which is designed to quantify body of work as well, also has the Tigers first.

An interesting poll result this week was how voters treated Wisconsin, BYU, and Cal. This weekend featured a huge upset when BYU beat Wisconsin on the road. This gave BYU a deserved boost in the polls, as they went from irrelevant to 25th in the AP Poll. Wisconsin fell an appropriate amount down to 18th. However, the team that got left out in this shuffle was the Cal Bears, who are undefeated and own a nice road victory over, you guessed it, BYU two weeks ago. This result shows the lack of perspective polls sometimes have. If Cal beat BYU on the road THIS week, they would jump up considerably. But because the Bears beat BYU when they were on no one’s radar, they get no credit for it at all, and are now well behind BYU in the rankings. My formula-driven approach doesn’t make this mistake, and has Cal at 23rd, BYU at 30th, and Wisconsin all the way at 32nd.

These inconsistencies are what my rankings try to avoid. Here are the Week 3 rankings:

Rank Team Score Record Conf Prev Rank Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Pld Tuff Games Rem
1 LSU 5.75 3-0 (1-0) T7 6 39 2 5
2 Alabama 4.75 3-0 (1-0) 4 18 58 1 4
T3 Clemson 4.5 3-0 (0-0) 1 71 49 1 3
T3 Ohio State 4.5 3-0 (1-0) 9 49 49 1 3
5 Georgia 4 3-0 (1-0) 2 81 47 1 4
6 Oklahoma 3.5 3-0 (1-0) 10 43 29 1 4
T7 Penn State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) T5 49 19 1 5
T7 OK State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) T22 87 13 1 4
T7 Notre Dame 3.5 3-0 (0-0) T7 38 34 1 4
10 Auburn 3.25 2-1 (0-1) 3 5 29 2 5
11 Stanford 3 2-0 (1-0) T5 67 25 0 5
12 Mississippi St 2.75 3-0 (0-0) T11 95 15 1 5
T13 Virginia Tech 2.25 2-0 (1-0) T11 90 57 0 5
T13 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) 15 110 19 0 6
15 Washington 2.25 2-1 (1-0) 18 18 49 2 4
16 UCF 2 2-0 (1-0) 19 127 72 0 1
17 TCU 2 2-1 (0-0) 16 27 19 1 4
18 Boston College 1.75 3-0 (1-0) 30 95 29 1 4
19 Oregon 1.5 3-0 (0-0) T22 130 56 0 5
20 Miami 1.5 2-1 (0-0) T20 27 58 1 3
T21 Duke 1.25 3-0 (0-0) 25 18 45 0 5
T21 Kentucky 1.25 3-0 (1-0) T27 95 25 1 5
23 California 1.25 3-0 (0-0) T34 71 45 1 5
24 Michigan 1 2-1 (0-0) T20 33 19 1 4
25 Boise State 1 2-1 (0-0) 14 8 104 2 0
T26 Iowa 1 3-0 (0-0) T31 78 47 0 4
T26 S Florida 1 3-0 (0-0) T31 71 84 0 2
28 Texas AM 0.75 2-1 (0-0) 26 56 9 1 5
29 Colorado 0.75 3-0 (0-0) T27 105 65 0 3
30 BYU 0.5 2-1 (0-0) T85 3 75 1 3
31 Minnesota 0.5 3-0 (0-0) T34 111 34 0 2
32 Wisconsin 0.25 2-1 (0-0) 13 78 58 0 3
T33 Syracuse 0.25 3-0 (1-0) T48 107 34 0 5
T33 Indiana 0.25 3-0 (0-0) 44 81 19 0 5
T35 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) T38 119 44 0 4
T35 Missouri 0 3-0 (0-0) T38 116 25 0 4
T35 Washington St 0 3-0 (0-0) T38 129 29 0 5
T35 N Texas 0 3-0 (0-0) T48 114 130 0 0
T39 Ole Miss 0 2-1 (0-1) T34 17 49 1 4
T39 San Diego St 0 2-1 (0-0) T45 23 98 1 2
41 Louisville -0.25 2-1 (0-0) 43 49 25 1 3
42 Michigan State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 37 41 61 1 4
T43 Pittsburgh -0.5 2-1 (1-0) 56 38 3 1 5
T43 Arizona St -0.5 2-1 (0-0) 17 23 39 2 5
T43 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) T45 11 43 1 5
T43 App State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) T45 11 128 1 0
47 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) T48 124 122 0 0
T48 Kansas State -0.75 2-1 (0-0) T54 67 4 1 5
T48 Utah -0.75 2-1 (0-1) T22 43 34 1 5
T50 Texas -1 2-1 (0-0) T63 59 7 0 6
T50 Texas Tech -1 2-1 (0-0) T76 64 4 0 6
T52 Vanderbilt -1 2-1 (0-0) T48 33 62 1 3
T52 FAU -1 2-1 (0-0) 57 49 84 1 2
54 Cincinnati -1 3-0 (0-0) 58 111 77 0 1
55 Arkansas St -1.25 2-1 (0-0) T59 27 128 1 0
56 Akron -1.25 2-0 (0-0) T79 90 105 0 1
T57 Wake Forest -1.5 2-1 (0-1) T38 64 42 1 5
T57 Houston -1.5 2-1 (0-0) T38 71 102 1 0
T57 Fresno St -1.5 2-1 (0-0) T76 67 98 1 1
60 Iowa State -1.5 0-2 (0-1) T63 1 38 2 4
61 Tennessee -1.5 2-1 (0-0) T66 81 15 1 4
T62 Buffalo -1.5 3-0 (1-0) T68 119 113 0 0
T62 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) T68 124 69 0 3
T64 Florida -1.75 2-1 (0-1) T74 105 29 0 3
T64 Troy -1.75 2-1 (0-0) T66 49 123 1 1
66 Army -1.75 2-1 (0-0) T76 59 93 1 1
67 Virginia -2 2-1 (0-0) T83 81 54 1 5
T68 Baylor -2.25 2-1 (0-0) T48 81 6 0 6
T68 Memphis -2.25 2-1 (0-1) T83 107 80 0 2
70 Illinois -2.25 2-1 (0-0) T68 111 53 0 2
71 GA Southern -2.25 2-1 (0-0) T79 43 113 1 0
72 USC -2.5 1-2 (0-1) 29 6 64 2 2
73 Navy -2.5 2-1 (1-0) T85 95 67 0 2
74 Toledo -2.5 1-1 (0-0) T48 59 117 1 1
75 Utah State -2.5 2-1 (0-0) 87 95 118 1 1
76 Georgia Tech -2.75 1-2 (0-1) T63 38 12 2 5
77 Maryland -3 2-1 (0-0) T31 78 15 0 6
78 Hawaii -3 3-1 (1-0) T61 76 118 0 2
T79 New Mexico -3 2-1 (0-0) 90 62 83 1 1
T79 UL Lafayette -3 1-1 (0-0) T79 26 86 1 3
81 Florida State -3.25 1-2 (0-2) T54 23 9 2 6
82 Ohio -3.25 1-1 (0-0) T68 90 121 0 0
83 UL Monroe -3.5 2-1 (0-0) T79 62 105 1 1
84 E Michigan -3.75 2-1 (0-1) T61 87 98 0 1
85 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) 94 90 79 0 2
86 Mid Tennessee -4 1-2 (0-0) 93 8 113 1 1
T87 UNLV -4 2-1 (0-0) T91 114 93 1 1
T87 FIU -4 2-1 (1-0) T98 95 107 0 1
89 Nebraska -4.25 0-2 (0-0) T74 11 11 0 5
T90 Nevada -4.25 2-1 (0-0) T98 107 78 0 1
T90 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) T98 90 88 0 1
92 Ball State -4.5 1-2 (0-0) 88 15 118 2 0
93 Co Carolina -4.5 2-1 (0-0) 102 95 93 1 1
T94 Arizona -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 108 49 62 1 3
T94 N Illinois -4.75 1-2 (1-0) 101 33 80 1 1
96 Oregon State -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 73 27 15 1 5
97 Northwestern -5 1-2 (1-0) 72 43 19 0 6
98 Kansas -5 2-1 (0-0) 110 122 1 0 6
99 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) 105 128 93 0 2
100 Rutgers -5 1-2 (0-1) T59 18 39 1 4
101 Uconn -5 1-2 (0-1) 106 11 82 2 2
102 UAB -5.25 2-1 (0-0) 109 122 110 0 1
103 W Michigan -5.25 1-2 (0-0) 111 33 113 1 0
104 Kent State -5.5 1-2 (0-0) 104 27 101 1 1
105 Charlotte -5.5 2-1 (1-0) T112 119 88 0 0
106 SMU -5.75 0-3 (0-0) 103 2 75 3 1
107 S Alabama -5.75 1-2 (1-0) T118 49 93 1 1
108 Tulane -6 1-2 (0-0) 89 95 66 0 3
109 Tulsa -6 1-2 (0-0) T91 71 72 1 1
110 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) 116 126 70 0 2
111 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 117 48 54 1 4
112 Georgia St -6.25 1-2 (0-0) 97 56 112 1 2
113 Wyoming -6.5 1-2 (0-0) 115 76 92 1 2
114 Bowling Green -6.5 1-2 (0-0) T120 43 103 1 1
115 Arkansas -7 1-2 (0-0) 95 95 2 0 6
116 UCLA -7 0-3 (0-0) 96 4 13 1 6
117 Temple -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 126 95 68 0 3
118 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 125 81 91 0 3
119 Purdue -8 0-3 (0-1) 107 56 7 0 6
120 W Kentucky -8 0-3 (0-0) T120 15 124 2 0
121 UTSA -8.25 0-3 (0-0) 114 8 124 2 0
T122 Colorado St -8.5 1-3 (0-1) T122 41 71 2 2
T122 C Michigan -8.5 0-3 (0-1) 124 27 107 1 1
124 Texas St -8.5 1-2 (0-1) T112 116 107 0 1
125 Miami OH -8.75 0-3 (0-0) T122 33 110 1 0
126 Umass -9 1-3 (0-0) T118 66 74 1 1
127 San Jose St -9.25 0-3 (0-0) 128 18 88 2 2
128 UTEP -11.75 0-3 (0-0) 129 87 124 0 0
129 Old Dominion -12 0-3 (0-2) 127 116 87 0 1
130 N Mexico St -14.25 0-4 (0-0) 130 67 127 1 1

Conference Ranks

Bad week for the Big 10, as seven teams lose to nonconference unranked foes. They fall in the conference rankings as a result:

Rank Conf Avg
1 SEC 0.7679
2 Big 12 -0.025
3 ACC -0.3571
4 Pac 12 -0.9583
5 Big 10 -1.2143
6 Amer -3.3958
7 S Belt -3.725
8 MW -3.7708
9 Ind -4.2083
10 MAC -4.6667
11 CUSA -5.3214


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 3-0 (0-0) 9 10 3 T3
2 Virginia Tech 2.25 2-0 (1-0) 11 13 5 T13
3 Boston College 1.75 3-0 (1-0) 12 5 4 18
4 Miami 1.5 2-1 (0-0) 3 14 3 20
5 Duke 1.25 3-0 (0-0) 1 9 5 T21
6 Syracuse 0.25 3-0 (1-0) 13 6 5 T33
7 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) 14 8 4 T35
8 Louisville -0.25 2-1 (0-0) 7 4 3 41
9 Pittsburgh -0.5 2-1 (1-0) 4 1 5 T43
10 Wake Forest -1.5 2-1 (0-1) 8 7 5 T57
11 Virginia -2 2-1 (0-0) 10 11 5 67
12 Georgia Tech -2.75 1-2 (0-1) 4 3 5 76
13 Florida State -3.25 1-2 (0-2) 2 2 6 81
14 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 6 11 4 111


Big 10

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Ohio State 4.5 3-0 (1-0) 6 11 3 T3
2 Penn State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 6 4 5 T7
3 Michigan 1 2-1 (0-0) 3 4 4 24
4 Iowa 1 3-0 (0-0) 9 10 4 T26
5 Minnesota 0.5 3-0 (0-0) 13 8 2 31
6 Wisconsin 0.25 2-1 (0-0) 9 13 3 32
7 Indiana 0.25 3-0 (0-0) 12 4 5 T33
8 Michigan State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 4 14 4 42
9 Illinois -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 13 12 2 70
10 Maryland -3 2-1 (0-0) 9 3 6 77
11 Nebraska -4.25 0-2 (0-0) 1 2 5 89
12 Northwestern -5 1-2 (1-0) 5 4 6 97
13 Rutgers -5 1-2 (0-1) 2 9 4 100
14 Purdue -8 0-3 (0-1) 8 1 6 119


SEC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 LSU 5.75 3-0 (1-0) 2 9 5 1
2 Alabama 4.75 3-0 (1-0) 5 13 4 2
3 Georgia 4 3-0 (1-0) 8 11 4 5
4 Auburn 3.25 2-1 (0-1) 1 7 5 10
5 Mississippi St 2.75 3-0 (0-0) 10 3 5 12
6 Kentucky 1.25 3-0 (1-0) 10 5 5 T21
7 Texas AM 0.75 2-1 (0-0) 7 2 5 28
8 Missouri 0 3-0 (0-0) 14 5 4 T35
9 Ole Miss 0 2-1 (0-1) 4 12 4 T39
10 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) 3 10 5 T43
11 Vanderbilt -1 2-1 (0-0) 6 14 3 T52
12 Tennessee -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 8 3 4 61
13 Florida -1.75 2-1 (0-1) 13 7 3 T64
14 Arkansas -7 1-2 (0-0) 10 1 6 115


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 3.5 3-0 (1-0) 3 9 4 6
2 OK State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 8 6 4 T7
3 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) 9 7 6 T13
4 TCU 2 2-1 (0-0) 2 7 4 17
5 Kansas State -0.75 2-1 (0-0) 6 2 5 T48
T6 Texas -1 2-1 (0-0) 4 5 6 T50
T6 Texas Tech -1 2-1 (0-0) 5 2 6 T50
8 Iowa State -1.5 0-2 (0-1) 1 10 4 60
9 Baylor -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 7 4 6 T68
10 Kansas -5 2-1 (0-0) 10 1 6 98


Pac 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Stanford 3 2-0 (1-0) 8 3 5 11
2 Washington 2.25 2-1 (1-0) 3 8 4 15
3 Oregon 1.5 3-0 (0-0) 12 9 5 19
4 California 1.25 3-0 (0-0) 9 7 5 23
5 Colorado 0.75 3-0 (0-0) 10 12 3 29
6 Washington St 0 3-0 (0-0) 11 4 5 T35
7 Arizona St -0.5 2-1 (0-0) 4 6 5 T43
8 Utah -0.75 2-1 (0-1) 6 5 5 T48
9 USC -2.5 1-2 (0-1) 2 11 2 72
10 Arizona -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 7 10 3 T94
11 Oregon State -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 5 2 5 96
12 UCLA -7 0-3 (0-0) 1 1 6 116


American

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 2 2-0 (1-0) 12 5 1 16
2 S Florida 1 3-0 (0-0) 3 11 2 T26
3 Cincinnati -1 3-0 (0-0) 10 8 1 54
4 Houston -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 3 12 0 T57
5 Memphis -2.25 2-1 (0-1) 9 9 2 T68
6 Navy -2.5 2-1 (1-0) 6 2 2 73
7 Uconn -5 1-2 (0-1) 2 10 2 101
8 SMU -5.75 0-3 (0-0) 1 7 1 106
9 Tulane -6 1-2 (0-0) 6 1 3 108
10 Tulsa -6 1-2 (0-0) 3 5 1 109
11 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) 11 4 2 110
12 Temple -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 6 3 3 117


Mountain West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Boise State 1 2-1 (0-0) 1 10 0 25
2 San Diego St 0 2-1 (0-0) 3 8 2 T39
3 Fresno St -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 6 8 1 T57
4 Utah State -2.5 2-1 (0-0) 10 11 1 75
5 Hawaii -3 3-1 (1-0) 7 11 2 78
6 New Mexico -3 2-1 (0-0) 5 4 1 T79
7 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) 9 3 2 85
8 UNLV -4 2-1 (0-0) 12 7 1 T87
9 Nevada -4.25 2-1 (0-0) 11 2 1 T90
10 Wyoming -6.5 1-2 (0-0) 7 6 2 113
11 Colorado St -8.5 1-3 (0-1) 4 1 2 T122
12 San Jose St -9.25 0-3 (0-0) 2 5 2 127


MAC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Akron -1.25 2-0 (0-0) 10 5 1 56
2 Buffalo -1.5 3-0 (1-0) 12 8 0 T62
3 Toledo -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 8 10 1 74
4 Ohio -3.25 1-1 (0-0) 10 12 0 82
5 E Michigan -3.75 2-1 (0-1) 9 2 1 84
6 Ball State -4.5 1-2 (0-0) 1 11 0 92
7 N Illinois -4.75 1-2 (1-0) 4 1 1 T94
8 W Michigan -5.25 1-2 (0-0) 4 8 0 103
9 Kent State -5.5 1-2 (0-0) 2 3 1 104
10 Bowling Green -6.5 1-2 (0-0) 7 4 1 114
11 C Michigan -8.5 0-3 (0-1) 2 6 1 T122
12 Miami OH -8.75 0-3 (0-0) 4 7 0 125


CUSA

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 N Texas 0 3-0 (0-0) 8 14 0 T35
2 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 12 10 0 47
3 FAU -1 2-1 (0-0) 4 2 2 T52
4 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) 12 1 3 T62
5 Mid Tennessee -4 1-2 (0-0) 1 9 1 86
6 FIU -4 2-1 (1-0) 7 7 1 T87
7 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) 14 6 2 99
8 UAB -5.25 2-1 (0-0) 11 8 1 102
9 Charlotte -5.5 2-1 (1-0) 10 4 0 105
10 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 5 5 3 118
11 W Kentucky -8 0-3 (0-0) 3 11 0 120
12 UTSA -8.25 0-3 (0-0) 1 11 0 121
13 UTEP -11.75 0-3 (0-0) 6 11 0 128
14 Old Dominion -12 0-3 (0-2) 9 3 1 129


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) 1 9 0 T43
2 Arkansas St -1.25 2-1 (0-0) 3 9 0 55
3 Troy -1.75 2-1 (0-0) 5 8 1 T64
4 GA Southern -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 4 7 0 71
5 UL Lafayette -3 1-1 (0-0) 2 1 3 T79
6 UL Monroe -3.5 2-1 (0-0) 8 4 1 83
7 Co Carolina -4.5 2-1 (0-0) 9 2 1 93
8 S Alabama -5.75 1-2 (1-0) 5 2 1 107
9 Georgia St -6.25 1-2 (0-0) 7 6 2 112
10 Texas St -8.5 1-2 (0-1) 10 5 1 124


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 2 1 4 T7
2 BYU 0.5 2-1 (0-0) 1 3 3 30
3 Army -1.75 2-1 (0-0) 3 5 1 66
4 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) 6 4 1 T90
5 Umass -9 1-3 (0-0) 4 2 1 126
6 N Mexico St -14.25 0-4 (0-0) 5 6 1 130

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 1.4643
2 Pac 12 N 0.5417
3 ACC Atl 0.2143
4 Big 10 E 0.1071
5 SEC E 0.0714
6 Big 12 -0.025
7 ACC Coast -0.9286
8 Pac 12 S -2.4583
9 Big 10 W -2.5357
10 Amer E -2.7917
11 S Belt E -3.05
12 MW West -3.6667
13 MW Moun -3.875
14 Amer W -4
15 Ind -4.2083
16 S Belt W -4.4
17 MAC E -4.4583
18 MAC W -4.875
19 CUSA E -5
20 CUSA W -5.6429


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 Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Virginia Tech 2.25 2-0 (1-0) 7 6 5 T13
2 Miami 1.5 2-1 (0-0) 2 7 3 20
3 Duke 1.25 3-0 (0-0) 1 3 5 T21
4 Pittsburgh -0.5 2-1 (1-0) 3 1 5 T43
5 Virginia -2 2-1 (0-0) 6 4 5 67
6 Georgia Tech -2.75 1-2 (0-1) 3 2 5 76
7 North Carolina -6.25 0-2 (0-0) 5 4 4 111


ACC Atlantic

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Clemson 4.5 3-0 (0-0) 4 7 3 T3
2 Boston College 1.75 3-0 (1-0) 5 3 4 18
3 Syracuse 0.25 3-0 (1-0) 6 4 5 T33
4 NC State 0 2-0 (0-0) 7 6 4 T35
5 Louisville -0.25 2-1 (0-0) 2 2 3 41
6 Wake Forest -1.5 2-1 (0-1) 3 5 5 T57
7 Florida State -3.25 1-2 (0-2) 1 1 6 81


SEC East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Georgia 4 3-0 (1-0) 3 6 4 5
2 Kentucky 1.25 3-0 (1-0) 5 2 5 T21
3 Missouri 0 3-0 (0-0) 7 2 4 T35
4 South Carolina -0.5 1-1 (0-1) 1 5 5 T43
5 Vanderbilt -1 2-1 (0-0) 2 7 3 T52
6 Tennessee -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 3 1 4 61
7 Florida -1.75 2-1 (0-1) 6 4 3 T64


SEC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 LSU 5.75 3-0 (1-0) 2 5 5 1
2 Alabama 4.75 3-0 (1-0) 4 7 4 2
3 Auburn 3.25 2-1 (0-1) 1 4 5 10
4 Mississippi St 2.75 3-0 (0-0) 6 3 5 12
5 Texas AM 0.75 2-1 (0-0) 5 2 5 28
6 Ole Miss 0 2-1 (0-1) 3 6 4 T39
7 Arkansas -7 1-2 (0-0) 6 1 6 115


Big 10 East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Ohio State 4.5 3-0 (1-0) 4 6 3 T3
2 Penn State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 4 2 5 T7
3 Michigan 1 2-1 (0-0) 2 2 4 24
4 Indiana 0.25 3-0 (0-0) 7 2 5 T33
5 Michigan State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 3 7 4 42
6 Maryland -3 2-1 (0-0) 6 1 6 77
7 Rutgers -5 1-2 (0-1) 1 5 4 100


Big 10 West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Iowa 1 3-0 (0-0) 4 5 4 T26
2 Minnesota 0.5 3-0 (0-0) 6 4 2 31
3 Wisconsin 0.25 2-1 (0-0) 4 7 3 32
4 Illinois -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 6 6 2 70
5 Nebraska -4.25 0-2 (0-0) 1 2 5 89
6 Northwestern -5 1-2 (1-0) 2 3 6 97
7 Purdue -8 0-3 (0-1) 3 1 6 119


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 3.5 3-0 (1-0) 3 9 4 6
2 OK State 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 8 6 4 T7
3 West Virginia 2.25 2-0 (0-0) 9 7 6 T13
4 TCU 2 2-1 (0-0) 2 7 4 17
5 Kansas State -0.75 2-1 (0-0) 6 2 5 T48
T6 Texas -1 2-1 (0-0) 4 5 6 T50
T6 Texas Tech -1 2-1 (0-0) 5 2 6 T50
8 Iowa State -1.5 0-2 (0-1) 1 10 4 60
9 Baylor -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 7 4 6 T68
10 Kansas -5 2-1 (0-0) 10 1 6 98


Pac 12 North

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Stanford 3 2-0 (1-0) 3 2 5 11
2 Washington 2.25 2-1 (1-0) 1 5 4 15
3 Oregon 1.5 3-0 (0-0) 6 6 5 19
4 California 1.25 3-0 (0-0) 4 4 5 23
5 Washington St 0 3-0 (0-0) 5 3 5 T35
6 Oregon State -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 2 1 5 96


Pac 12 South

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Colorado 0.75 3-0 (0-0) 6 6 3 29
2 Arizona St -0.5 2-1 (0-0) 3 3 5 T43
3 Utah -0.75 2-1 (0-1) 4 2 5 T48
4 USC -2.5 1-2 (0-1) 2 5 2 72
5 Arizona -4.75 1-2 (0-0) 5 4 3 T94
6 UCLA -7 0-3 (0-0) 1 1 6 116


American East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 2 2-0 (1-0) 6 3 1 16
2 S Florida 1 3-0 (0-0) 2 6 2 T26
3 Cincinnati -1 3-0 (0-0) 4 4 1 54
4 Uconn -5 1-2 (0-1) 1 5 2 101
5 E Carolina -6 1-1 (0-0) 5 2 2 110
6 Temple -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 3 1 3 117


American West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Houston -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 2 6 0 T57
2 Memphis -2.25 2-1 (0-1) 6 5 2 T68
3 Navy -2.5 2-1 (1-0) 4 2 2 73
4 SMU -5.75 0-3 (0-0) 1 4 1 106
5 Tulane -6 1-2 (0-0) 4 1 3 108
6 Tulsa -6 1-2 (0-0) 2 3 1 109


MW Mountain

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Boise State 1 2-1 (0-0) 1 5 0 25
2 Utah State -2.5 2-1 (0-0) 6 6 1 75
3 New Mexico -3 2-1 (0-0) 3 3 1 T79
4 Air Force -3.75 1-1 (0-0) 5 2 2 85
5 Wyoming -6.5 1-2 (0-0) 4 4 2 113
6 Colorado St -8.5 1-3 (0-1) 2 1 2 T122


MW West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 San Diego St 0 2-1 (0-0) 2 4 2 T39
2 Fresno St -1.5 2-1 (0-0) 3 4 1 T57
3 Hawaii -3 3-1 (1-0) 4 6 2 78
4 UNLV -4 2-1 (0-0) 6 3 1 T87
5 Nevada -4.25 2-1 (0-0) 5 1 1 T90
6 San Jose St -9.25 0-3 (0-0) 1 2 2 127


MAC East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Akron -1.25 2-0 (0-0) 4 3 1 56
2 Buffalo -1.5 3-0 (1-0) 6 5 0 T62
3 Ohio -3.25 1-1 (0-0) 4 6 0 82
4 Kent State -5.5 1-2 (0-0) 1 1 1 104
5 Bowling Green -6.5 1-2 (0-0) 3 2 1 114
6 Miami OH -8.75 0-3 (0-0) 2 4 0 125


MAC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Toledo -2.5 1-1 (0-0) 5 5 1 74
2 E Michigan -3.75 2-1 (0-1) 6 2 1 84
3 Ball State -4.5 1-2 (0-0) 1 6 0 92
4 N Illinois -4.75 1-2 (1-0) 3 1 1 T94
5 W Michigan -5.25 1-2 (0-0) 3 4 0 103
6 C Michigan -8.5 0-3 (0-1) 2 3 1 T122


C-USA East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Marshall -0.5 2-0 (0-0) 7 6 0 47
2 FAU -1 2-1 (0-0) 3 1 2 T52
3 Mid Tennessee -4 1-2 (0-0) 1 5 1 86
4 FIU -4 2-1 (1-0) 4 4 1 T87
5 Charlotte -5.5 2-1 (1-0) 6 3 0 105
6 W Kentucky -8 0-3 (0-0) 2 7 0 120
7 Old Dominion -12 0-3 (0-2) 5 2 1 129


C-USA West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 N Texas 0 3-0 (0-0) 4 7 0 T35
2 Louisiana Tech -1.5 2-0 (0-0) 6 1 3 T62
3 Southern Miss -5 1-1 (0-0) 7 3 2 99
4 UAB -5.25 2-1 (0-0) 5 4 1 102
5 Rice -7.75 1-2 (0-0) 2 2 3 118
6 UTSA -8.25 0-3 (0-0) 1 5 0 121
7 UTEP -11.75 0-3 (0-0) 3 5 0 128


Sun Belt East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 App State -0.5 1-1 (0-0) 1 5 0 T43
2 Troy -1.75 2-1 (0-0) 3 4 1 T64
3 GA Southern -2.25 2-1 (0-0) 2 3 0 71
4 Co Carolina -4.5 2-1 (0-0) 5 1 1 93
5 Georgia St -6.25 1-2 (0-0) 4 2 2 112


Sun Belt West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Arkansas St -1.25 2-1 (0-0) 2 5 0 55
2 UL Lafayette -3 1-1 (0-0) 1 1 3 T79
3 UL Monroe -3.5 2-1 (0-0) 4 3 1 83
4 S Alabama -5.75 1-2 (1-0) 3 2 1 107
5 Texas St -8.5 1-2 (0-1) 5 4 1 124


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 3.5 3-0 (0-0) 2 1 4 T7
2 BYU 0.5 2-1 (0-0) 1 3 3 30
3 Army -1.75 2-1 (0-0) 3 5 1 66
4 Liberty -4.25 1-1 (0-0) 6 4 1 T90
5 Umass -9 1-3 (0-0) 4 2 1 126
6 N Mexico St -14.25 0-4 (0-0) 5 6 1 130