Power Rankings - Week 4

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:

• Bin 3: Elite teams, the cream of the crop. Typically the top 6-8 teams in the country. (e.g. Alabama, Clemson)
• Bin 2: Teams that are “solidly ranked.” Not quite elite, but clearly top 25. (e.g. West Virginia, UCF)
• Bin 1: Teams that are “borderline ranked.” You certainly can make a case they are a top 25 team, but certainly can make the case they are not. (e.g. Cal, Boise State)
• Bin 0: Teams that are “solidly unranked.” Decent teams that have a pulse, but are not considered close to being top 25. (e.g. Washington State, Wake Forest)
• Bin -1: Starting to get a little worse here. Slightly above-average non-Power 5 teams and below average Power-5 teams are often found here. (e.g. Northern Illinois, Nebraska)
• Bin -2: Bad/average non-Power 5 teams, and REALLY bad Power 5 teams. (e.g. Nevada, W Michigan)
• Bin -3: Really really bad. There are typically about 10 of these. (e.g. Charlotte, Texas State)

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 4: Shake-Up Outside the Top 10

Aside from a few small changes, the top 8 or so teams remain steady this week. However, many of the top 25 teams ranked outside the top 8 were victims of upsets, resulting in large changes around this part of the rankings. Some of the teams that dropped substantially following upset losses are of course Virginia Tech (from T-13th to 57th after losing to Old Dominion), Boston College (18th to 49th following a loss to Purdue), Mississippi St (12th to 26th after a loss to Kentucky), TCU (17th to 38th), and last week’s flavor of the week Oklahoma State (T-7th to T-28th after a home loss to Texas Tech).

Of course, all of these teams falling means other teams have to rise in the rankings. In this case, many of the teams replacing the big droppers are the teams that beat the teams that fell. Kentucky is the new darling of my ranking system, moving all the way from T-21st to 9th this week after beating Mississippi St. With (pretty convincing) wins at Florida and versus MSU, they are one of just 4 undefeated teams that have played more than one “tuff” game according to my system (the oher three being LSU, Georgia, and ND). We’ll see if it lasts, but they have a great body of work so far.

Other big risers this week are Texas Tech (T-50th to 17th) and Texas (T-50th to 21st) following their nice conference wins. Cal is also quite high now at 14th place, riding their undefeated start and road win versus BYU which is looking great after the Cougars beat Wisconsin.

All in all, there appears to be a steady group of contenders at the top, with a big mash-up of teams behind them that potentially move drastically in the rankings one week to the next.

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Prev Rank	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Pld	Tuff Games Rem
1	LSU	6	4-0	(1-0)	1	17	38	2	5
2	Alabama	5.5	4-0	(2-0)	2	21	65	1	3
T3	Clemson	4.75	4-0	(1-0)	T3	84	61	1	3
T3	Georgia	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	5	73	46	2	3
T5	Stanford	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	11	30	38	1	4
T5	Notre Dame	4.75	4-0	(0-0)	T7	18	58	2	3
7	Ohio State	3.75	4-0	(1-0)	T3	96	21	1	4
8	Oklahoma	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	6	46	32	1	5
9	Kentucky	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	T21	80	49	2	3
10	Penn State	3.25	4-0	(1-0)	T7	62	9	0	5
11	Auburn	3.25	3-1	(1-1)	10	18	32	2	4
12	Washington	2.75	3-1	(2-0)	15	21	32	2	6
13	West Virginia	2.5	3-0	(1-0)	T13	100	14	0	5
14	California	2.5	3-0	(0-0)	23	73	44	1	6
15	UCF	2.25	3-0	(1-0)	16	123	75	0	1
16	Miami	2	3-1	(0-0)	20	62	55	1	4
17	Texas Tech	2	3-1	(1-0)	T50	32	21	1	5
18	Duke	1.75	4-0	(0-0)	T21	73	26	0	2
19	BYU	1.75	3-1	(0-0)	30	15	69	2	3
20	Michigan	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	24	46	8	1	4
21	Texas	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	T50	37	18	0	4
22	Wisconsin	1.25	3-1	(1-0)	32	60	62	2	2
23	Colorado	1	3-0	(0-0)	29	128	63	0	3
T24	Oregon	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	19	117	55	1	4
T24	Michigan State	0.75	2-1	(1-0)	42	21	54	2	4
26	Mississippi St	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	12	107	18	0	4
27	S Florida	0.75	4-0	(1-0)	T26	111	71	0	2
T28	OK State	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	T7	73	13	2	4
T28	Boise State	0.5	2-1	(0-0)	25	21	107	2	0
30	Ole Miss	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	T39	37	36	2	4
T31	NC State	0.25	3-0	(0-0)	T35	109	48	0	2
T31	Syracuse	0.25	4-0	(1-0)	T33	125	23	0	4
33	Texas AM	0	2-2	(0-1)	28	5	29	2	5
34	N Texas	0	4-0	(0-0)	T35	117	128	0	0
T35	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	T35	53	42	1	4
T35	San Diego St	0	3-1	(0-0)	T39	46	89	1	2
T35	South Carolina	0	2-1	(1-1)	T43	9	32	1	4
38	TCU	-0.25	2-2	(0-1)	17	8	29	2	4
T39	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	T26	41	55	1	3
T39	Florida	-0.25	3-1	(1-1)	T64	80	45	1	3
41	App State	-0.5	2-1	(0-0)	T43	82	123	1	0
T42	Cincinnati	-0.5	4-0	(0-0)	54	117	73	0	1
T42	Buffalo	-0.5	4-0	(1-0)	T62	120	116	0	0
T44	Indiana	-0.75	3-1	(0-1)	T33	46	14	1	4
T44	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	77	41	10	1	6
T44	Houston	-0.75	3-1	(0-0)	T57	96	79	1	0
T44	Utah	-0.75	2-1	(0-1)	T48	44	28	1	6
48	Arizona St	-0.75	2-2	(0-1)	T43	3	49	3	4
49	Boston College	-1	3-1	(1-0)	18	87	38	1	4
50	Virginia	-1.25	3-1	(1-0)	67	91	58	1	4
51	USC	-1.25	2-2	(1-1)	72	3	51	2	4
52	Arkansas St	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	55	62	127	1	0
T53	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	31	91	42	1	2
T53	Washington St	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	T35	125	18	1	5
T53	Fresno St	-1.5	2-1	(0-0)	T57	87	95	1	1
56	FAU	-1.5	2-2	(0-0)	T52	15	103	2	1
57	Virginia Tech	-1.75	2-1	(1-0)	T13	106	38	0	3
58	Iowa State	-1.75	1-2	(0-1)	60	9	26	2	5
59	Army	-1.75	2-2	(0-0)	66	11	122	2	0
60	Louisiana Tech	-1.75	2-1	(0-0)	T62	40	97	1	2
61	Troy	-2	3-1	(1-0)	T64	73	128	1	1
62	Baylor	-2	3-1	(1-0)	T68	96	2	1	6
63	Toledo	-2	2-1	(0-0)	74	87	102	1	1
64	Utah State	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	75	111	116	1	1
65	GA Southern	-2.25	2-1	(0-0)	71	44	108	1	0
T66	Memphis	-2.5	3-1	(0-1)	T68	130	73	0	2
T66	Marshall	-2.5	2-1	(0-0)	47	109	123	0	0
68	Louisville	-2.75	2-2	(0-1)	41	32	29	2	4
69	Wake Forest	-3	2-2	(0-1)	T57	46	58	1	3
70	Kansas State	-3	2-2	(0-1)	T48	37	14	2	6
71	New Mexico	-3	2-1	(0-0)	T79	82	84	1	1
72	Pittsburgh	-3.25	2-2	(1-1)	T43	46	1	1	6
73	Illinois	-3.25	2-2	(0-1)	70	73	64	1	2
74	Hawaii	-3.25	4-1	(1-0)	78	122	103	0	2
75	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	56	69	112	1	0
76	Vanderbilt	-3.5	2-2	(0-1)	T52	30	51	1	3
T77	Tennessee	-4	2-2	(0-1)	61	86	5	1	5
T77	Arizona	-4	2-2	(1-0)	T94	62	47	2	5
79	Georgia Tech	-4	1-3	(0-2)	76	11	36	2	4
80	Mid Tennessee	-4	1-2	(0-0)	86	14	93	1	1
81	Co Carolina	-4	3-1	(1-0)	93	113	89	1	1
82	Florida State	-4.25	2-2	(0-2)	81	71	5	1	4
83	E Michigan	-4.5	2-2	(0-1)	84	46	115	1	0
84	FIU	-4.5	2-2	(1-0)	T87	27	130	1	0
85	Northwestern	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	97	32	25	1	6
86	North Carolina	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	111	21	51	1	4
87	Ohio	-4.75	1-2	(0-0)	82	69	123	1	0
88	Southern Miss	-4.75	2-1	(1-0)	99	125	88	0	2
89	UAB	-5	2-1	(0-0)	102	129	111	0	1
90	W Michigan	-5	2-2	(0-0)	103	53	112	1	0
91	Navy	-5.25	2-2	(1-1)	73	100	66	0	2
92	UL Monroe	-5.25	2-2	(0-1)	83	73	121	1	1
93	Nebraska	-5.5	0-3	(0-1)	89	1	14	2	4
T94	UNLV	-6	2-2	(0-0)	T87	107	98	1	1
T94	Air Force	-6	1-2	(0-1)	85	95	84	0	2
96	Temple	-6.25	2-2	(1-0)	117	96	67	1	3
97	Tulane	-6.25	1-3	(0-0)	108	27	70	1	2
98	Nevada	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	T90	100	82	0	1
99	Wyoming	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	113	94	96	1	2
100	N Illinois	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	T94	32	86	1	1
T101	SMU	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	106	5	76	2	1
T101	UCLA	-6.75	0-3	(0-0)	116	2	7	1	6
T103	E Carolina	-6.75	1-2	(0-1)	110	85	71	1	1
T103	Liberty	-6.75	1-2	(0-0)	T90	61	89	0	2
105	Purdue	-7	1-3	(0-1)	119	53	11	0	5
106	Oregon State	-7	1-3	(0-1)	96	32	4	1	6
107	UL Lafayette	-7	1-2	(0-1)	T79	93	78	1	3
T108	Uconn	-7	1-3	(0-1)	101	11	79	3	1
T108	Kent State	-7	1-3	(0-0)	104	18	108	2	0
110	Kansas	-7.25	2-2	(0-1)	98	113	2	0	5
T111	Tulsa	-7.5	1-3	(0-1)	109	62	76	1	1
T111	Ball State	-7.5	1-3	(0-0)	92	41	112	2	0
T113	Rutgers	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	100	27	11	1	5
T113	C Michigan	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	T122	53	82	1	1
115	S Alabama	-8	1-3	(1-0)	107	62	98	1	1
116	Charlotte	-8	2-2	(1-0)	105	116	86	0	0
117	Arkansas	-8.25	1-3	(0-1)	115	53	23	1	5
118	W Kentucky	-8.25	1-3	(0-0)	120	53	116	1	0
T119	Miami OH	-8.5	1-3	(1-0)	125	53	98	1	0
T119	UTSA	-8.5	1-3	(0-0)	121	62	116	1	0
121	Bowling Green	-9.25	1-3	(0-1)	114	71	94	1	0
122	San Jose St	-9.25	0-3	(0-0)	127	21	89	2	2
123	Umass	-9.5	2-3	(0-0)	126	115	68	1	2
124	Georgia St	-9.75	1-3	(0-0)	112	87	98	1	2
125	Old Dominion	-10.25	1-3	(0-2)	129	100	103	0	0
126	Rice	-10.25	1-3	(0-1)	118	100	79	0	3
127	Texas St	-11	1-3	(0-1)	124	120	110	0	1
128	Colorado St	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	T122	7	106	3	1
129	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	130	100	123	1	1
130	UTEP	-15.25	0-4	(0-0)	128	123	116	0	0

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	0.6071
2	Big 12	-0.4
3	Pac 12	-0.8542
4	ACC	-1.2143
5	Big 10	-1.5
6	Amer	-3.875
7	Ind	-4.2917
8	MW	-4.6458
9	S Belt	-5.1
10	MAC	-5.5625
11	CUSA	-6.0357

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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	4.75	4-0	(1-0)	9	14	3	T3
2	Miami	2	3-1	(0-0)	6	11	4	16
3	Duke	1.75	4-0	(0-0)	8	4	2	18
T4	NC State	0.25	3-0	(0-0)	13	9	2	T31
T4	Syracuse	0.25	4-0	(1-0)	14	3	4	T31
6	Boston College	-1	3-1	(1-0)	10	7	4	49
7	Virginia	-1.25	3-1	(1-0)	11	12	4	50
8	Virginia Tech	-1.75	2-1	(1-0)	12	7	3	57
9	Louisville	-2.75	2-2	(0-1)	3	5	4	68
10	Wake Forest	-3	2-2	(0-1)	4	12	3	69
11	Pittsburgh	-3.25	2-2	(1-1)	4	1	6	72
12	Georgia Tech	-4	1-3	(0-2)	1	6	4	79
13	Florida State	-4.25	2-2	(0-2)	7	2	4	82
14	North Carolina	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	2	10	4	86

Big 10

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	3.75	4-0	(1-0)	14	8	4	7
2	Penn State	3.25	4-0	(1-0)	11	2	5	10
3	Michigan	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	7	1	4	20
4	Wisconsin	1.25	3-1	(1-0)	10	13	2	22
5	Michigan State	0.75	2-1	(1-0)	2	11	4	T24
6	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	5	12	3	T39
T7	Indiana	-0.75	3-1	(0-1)	7	6	4	T44
T7	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	5	3	6	T44
9	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	13	10	2	T53
10	Illinois	-3.25	2-2	(0-1)	12	14	2	73
11	Northwestern	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	4	9	6	85
12	Nebraska	-5.5	0-3	(0-1)	1	6	4	93
13	Purdue	-7	1-3	(0-1)	9	4	5	105
14	Rutgers	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	3	4	5	T113

SEC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	LSU	6	4-0	(1-0)	3	8	5	1
2	Alabama	5.5	4-0	(2-0)	5	14	3	2
3	Georgia	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	10	11	3	T3
4	Kentucky	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	11	12	3	9
5	Auburn	3.25	3-1	(1-1)	4	5	4	11
6	Mississippi St	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	14	2	4	26
7	Ole Miss	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	7	7	4	30
8	Texas AM	0	2-2	(0-1)	1	4	5	33
T9	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	8	9	4	T35
T9	South Carolina	0	2-1	(1-1)	2	5	4	T35
11	Florida	-0.25	3-1	(1-1)	11	10	3	T39
12	Vanderbilt	-3.5	2-2	(0-1)	6	13	3	76
13	Tennessee	-4	2-2	(0-1)	13	1	5	T77
14	Arkansas	-8.25	1-3	(0-1)	8	3	5	117

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	6	10	5	8
2	West Virginia	2.5	3-0	(1-0)	9	4	5	13
3	Texas Tech	2	3-1	(1-0)	3	7	5	17
4	Texas	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	4	6	4	21
5	OK State	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	7	3	4	T28
6	TCU	-0.25	2-2	(0-1)	1	9	4	38
7	Iowa State	-1.75	1-2	(0-1)	2	8	5	58
8	Baylor	-2	3-1	(1-0)	8	1	6	62
9	Kansas State	-3	2-2	(0-1)	4	4	6	70
10	Kansas	-7.25	2-2	(0-1)	10	1	5	110

Pac 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Stanford	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	5	6	4	T5
2	Washington	2.75	3-1	(2-0)	4	5	6	12
3	California	2.5	3-0	(0-0)	9	7	6	14
4	Colorado	1	3-0	(0-0)	12	12	3	23
5	Oregon	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	10	11	4	T24
6	Utah	-0.75	2-1	(0-1)	7	4	6	T44
7	Arizona St	-0.75	2-2	(0-1)	2	9	4	48
8	USC	-1.25	2-2	(1-1)	2	10	4	51
9	Washington St	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	11	3	5	T53
10	Arizona	-4	2-2	(1-0)	8	8	5	T77
11	UCLA	-6.75	0-3	(0-0)	1	2	6	T101
12	Oregon State	-7	1-3	(0-1)	6	1	6	106

American

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	3-0	(1-0)	11	8	1	15
2	S Florida	0.75	4-0	(1-0)	9	4	2	27
3	Cincinnati	-0.5	4-0	(0-0)	10	6	1	T42
4	Houston	-0.75	3-1	(0-0)	6	11	0	T44
5	Memphis	-2.5	3-1	(0-1)	12	6	2	T66
6	Navy	-5.25	2-2	(1-1)	8	1	2	91
7	Temple	-6.25	2-2	(1-0)	6	2	3	96
8	Tulane	-6.25	1-3	(0-0)	3	3	2	97
9	SMU	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	1	9	1	T101
10	E Carolina	-6.75	1-2	(0-1)	5	4	1	T103
11	Uconn	-7	1-3	(0-1)	2	11	1	T108
12	Tulsa	-7.5	1-3	(0-1)	4	9	1	T111

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Boise State	0.5	2-1	(0-0)	2	11	0	T28
2	San Diego St	0	3-1	(0-0)	4	4	2	T35
3	Fresno St	-1.5	2-1	(0-0)	6	6	1	T53
4	Utah State	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	11	12	1	64
5	New Mexico	-3	2-1	(0-0)	5	2	1	71
6	Hawaii	-3.25	4-1	(1-0)	12	9	2	74
T7	Air Force	-6	1-2	(0-1)	8	2	2	T94
T7	UNLV	-6	2-2	(0-0)	10	8	1	T94
9	Nevada	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	9	1	1	98
10	Wyoming	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	7	7	2	99
11	San Jose St	-9.25	0-3	(0-0)	2	4	2	122
12	Colorado St	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	1	10	1	128

MAC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-0.5	4-0	(1-0)	12	11	0	T42
2	Toledo	-2	2-1	(0-0)	11	5	1	63
3	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	8	7	0	75
4	E Michigan	-4.5	2-2	(0-1)	4	10	0	83
5	Ohio	-4.75	1-2	(0-0)	8	12	0	87
6	W Michigan	-5	2-2	(0-0)	5	7	0	90
7	N Illinois	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	2	2	1	100
8	Kent State	-7	1-3	(0-0)	1	6	0	T108
9	Ball State	-7.5	1-3	(0-0)	3	7	0	T111
10	C Michigan	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	5	1	1	T113
11	Miami OH	-8.5	1-3	(1-0)	5	4	0	T119
12	Bowling Green	-9.25	1-3	(0-1)	10	3	0	121

CUSA

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	N Texas	0	4-0	(0-0)	11	13	0	34
2	FAU	-1.5	2-2	(0-0)	2	6	1	56
3	Louisiana Tech	-1.75	2-1	(0-0)	4	5	2	60
4	Marshall	-2.5	2-1	(0-0)	9	12	0	T66
5	Mid Tennessee	-4	1-2	(0-0)	1	4	1	80
6	FIU	-4.5	2-2	(1-0)	3	14	0	84
7	Southern Miss	-4.75	2-1	(1-0)	13	3	2	88
8	UAB	-5	2-1	(0-0)	14	8	1	89
9	Charlotte	-8	2-2	(1-0)	10	2	0	116
10	W Kentucky	-8.25	1-3	(0-0)	5	9	0	118
11	UTSA	-8.5	1-3	(0-0)	6	9	0	T119
12	Old Dominion	-10.25	1-3	(0-2)	7	6	0	125
13	Rice	-10.25	1-3	(0-1)	7	1	3	126
14	UTEP	-15.25	0-4	(0-0)	12	9	0	130

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	App State	-0.5	2-1	(0-0)	6	8	0	41
2	Arkansas St	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	2	9	0	52
3	Troy	-2	3-1	(1-0)	4	10	1	61
4	GA Southern	-2.25	2-1	(0-0)	1	5	0	65
5	Co Carolina	-4	3-1	(1-0)	9	2	1	81
6	UL Monroe	-5.25	2-2	(0-1)	4	7	1	92
7	UL Lafayette	-7	1-2	(0-1)	8	1	3	107
8	S Alabama	-8	1-3	(1-0)	2	3	1	115
9	Georgia St	-9.75	1-3	(0-0)	7	3	2	124
10	Texas St	-11	1-3	(0-1)	10	6	1	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	4.75	4-0	(0-0)	3	1	3	T5
2	BYU	1.75	3-1	(0-0)	2	3	3	19
3	Army	-1.75	2-2	(0-0)	1	5	0	59
4	Liberty	-6.75	1-2	(0-0)	4	4	2	T103
5	Umass	-9.5	2-3	(0-0)	6	2	2	123
6	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	5	6	1	129

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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	1.1071
2	Pac 12 N	0.375
3	SEC E	0.1071
4	Big 10 E	0
5	Big 12	-0.4
6	ACC Atl	-0.8214
7	ACC Coast	-1.6071
8	Pac 12 S	-2.0833
9	Amer E	-2.9167
10	Big 10 W	-3
11	S Belt E	-3.7
12	Ind	-4.2917
13	MW West	-4.375
14	Amer W	-4.8333
15	MW Moun	-4.9167
16	MAC E	-5.5417
17	CUSA E	-5.5714
18	MAC W	-5.5833
19.5	CUSA W	-6.5
19.5	S Belt W	-6.5

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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	Miami	2	3-1	(0-0)	4	6	4	16
2	Duke	1.75	4-0	(0-0)	5	2	2	18
3	Virginia	-1.25	3-1	(1-0)	6	7	4	50
4	Virginia Tech	-1.75	2-1	(1-0)	7	4	3	57
5	Pittsburgh	-3.25	2-2	(1-1)	3	1	6	72
6	Georgia Tech	-4	1-3	(0-2)	1	3	4	79
7	North Carolina	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	2	5	4	86

ACC Atlantic

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Clemson	4.75	4-0	(1-0)	4	7	3	T3
T2	NC State	0.25	3-0	(0-0)	6	5	2	T31
T2	Syracuse	0.25	4-0	(1-0)	7	2	4	T31
4	Boston College	-1	3-1	(1-0)	5	4	4	49
5	Louisville	-2.75	2-2	(0-1)	1	3	4	68
6	Wake Forest	-3	2-2	(0-1)	2	6	3	69
7	Florida State	-4.25	2-2	(0-2)	3	1	4	82

SEC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Georgia	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	4	5	3	T3
2	Kentucky	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	5	6	3	9
T3	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	3	3	4	T35
T3	South Carolina	0	2-1	(1-1)	1	2	4	T35
5	Florida	-0.25	3-1	(1-1)	5	4	3	T39
6	Vanderbilt	-3.5	2-2	(0-1)	2	7	3	76
7	Tennessee	-4	2-2	(0-1)	7	1	5	T77

SEC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	LSU	6	4-0	(1-0)	2	6	5	1
2	Alabama	5.5	4-0	(2-0)	4	7	3	2
3	Auburn	3.25	3-1	(1-1)	3	4	4	11
4	Mississippi St	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	7	1	4	26
5	Ole Miss	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	5	5	4	30
6	Texas AM	0	2-2	(0-1)	1	3	5	33
7	Arkansas	-8.25	1-3	(0-1)	6	2	5	117

Big 10 East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	3.75	4-0	(1-0)	7	6	4	7
2	Penn State	3.25	4-0	(1-0)	6	2	5	10
3	Michigan	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	4	1	4	20
4	Michigan State	0.75	2-1	(1-0)	1	7	4	T24
T5	Indiana	-0.75	3-1	(0-1)	4	5	4	T44
T5	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	3	3	6	T44
7	Rutgers	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	2	4	5	T113

Big 10 West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Wisconsin	1.25	3-1	(1-0)	5	6	2	22
2	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	3	5	3	T39
3	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	7	4	2	T53
4	Illinois	-3.25	2-2	(0-1)	6	7	2	73
5	Northwestern	-4.75	1-2	(1-0)	2	3	6	85
6	Nebraska	-5.5	0-3	(0-1)	1	2	4	93
7	Purdue	-7	1-3	(0-1)	4	1	5	105

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	3.75	4-0	(2-0)	6	10	5	8
2	West Virginia	2.5	3-0	(1-0)	9	4	5	13
3	Texas Tech	2	3-1	(1-0)	3	7	5	17
4	Texas	1.5	3-1	(1-0)	4	6	4	21
5	OK State	0.5	3-1	(0-1)	7	3	4	T28
6	TCU	-0.25	2-2	(0-1)	1	9	4	38
7	Iowa State	-1.75	1-2	(0-1)	2	8	5	58
8	Baylor	-2	3-1	(1-0)	8	1	6	62
9	Kansas State	-3	2-2	(0-1)	4	4	6	70
10	Kansas	-7.25	2-2	(0-1)	10	1	5	110

Pac 12 North

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Stanford	4.75	4-0	(2-0)	2	4	4	T5
2	Washington	2.75	3-1	(2-0)	1	3	6	12
3	California	2.5	3-0	(0-0)	4	5	6	14
4	Oregon	0.75	3-1	(0-1)	5	6	4	T24
5	Washington St	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	6	2	5	T53
6	Oregon State	-7	1-3	(0-1)	3	1	6	106

Pac 12 South

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Colorado	1	3-0	(0-0)	6	6	3	23
2	Utah	-0.75	2-1	(0-1)	4	2	6	T44
3	Arizona St	-0.75	2-2	(0-1)	2	4	4	48
4	USC	-1.25	2-2	(1-1)	2	5	4	51
5	Arizona	-4	2-2	(1-0)	5	3	5	T77
6	UCLA	-6.75	0-3	(0-0)	1	1	6	T101

American East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	3-0	(1-0)	6	5	1	15
2	S Florida	0.75	4-0	(1-0)	4	2	2	27
3	Cincinnati	-0.5	4-0	(0-0)	5	4	1	T42
4	Temple	-6.25	2-2	(1-0)	3	1	3	96
5	E Carolina	-6.75	1-2	(0-1)	2	2	1	T103
6	Uconn	-7	1-3	(0-1)	1	6	1	T108

American West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Houston	-0.75	3-1	(0-0)	4	6	0	T44
2	Memphis	-2.5	3-1	(0-1)	6	3	2	T66
3	Navy	-5.25	2-2	(1-1)	5	1	2	91
4	Tulane	-6.25	1-3	(0-0)	2	2	2	97
5	SMU	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	1	4	1	T101
6	Tulsa	-7.5	1-3	(0-1)	3	4	1	T111

MW Mountain

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Boise State	0.5	2-1	(0-0)	2	5	0	T28
2	Utah State	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	6	6	1	64
3	New Mexico	-3	2-1	(0-0)	3	1	1	71
4	Air Force	-6	1-2	(0-1)	5	1	2	T94
5	Wyoming	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	4	3	2	99
6	Colorado St	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	1	4	1	128

MW West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	San Diego St	0	3-1	(0-0)	2	2	2	T35
2	Fresno St	-1.5	2-1	(0-0)	3	4	1	T53
3	Hawaii	-3.25	4-1	(1-0)	6	6	2	74
4	UNLV	-6	2-2	(0-0)	5	5	1	T94
5	Nevada	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	4	1	1	98
6	San Jose St	-9.25	0-3	(0-0)	1	2	2	122

MAC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-0.5	4-0	(1-0)	6	5	0	T42
2	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	3	4	0	75
3	Ohio	-4.75	1-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	87
4	Kent State	-7	1-3	(0-0)	1	3	0	T108
5	Miami OH	-8.5	1-3	(1-0)	2	2	0	T119
6	Bowling Green	-9.25	1-3	(0-1)	5	1	0	121

MAC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Toledo	-2	2-1	(0-0)	6	3	1	63
2	E Michigan	-4.5	2-2	(0-1)	3	6	0	83
3	W Michigan	-5	2-2	(0-0)	4	4	0	90
4	N Illinois	-6.75	1-3	(1-0)	1	2	1	100
5	Ball State	-7.5	1-3	(0-0)	2	4	0	T111
6	C Michigan	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	4	1	1	T113

C-USA East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	FAU	-1.5	2-2	(0-0)	2	3	1	56
2	Marshall	-2.5	2-1	(0-0)	6	6	0	T66
3	Mid Tennessee	-4	1-2	(0-0)	1	2	1	80
4	FIU	-4.5	2-2	(1-0)	3	7	0	84
5	Charlotte	-8	2-2	(1-0)	7	1	0	116
6	W Kentucky	-8.25	1-3	(0-0)	4	5	0	118
7	Old Dominion	-10.25	1-3	(0-2)	5	3	0	125

C-USA West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	N Texas	0	4-0	(0-0)	4	7	0	34
2	Louisiana Tech	-1.75	2-1	(0-0)	1	3	2	60
3	Southern Miss	-4.75	2-1	(1-0)	6	2	2	88
4	UAB	-5	2-1	(0-0)	7	4	1	89
5	UTSA	-8.5	1-3	(0-0)	2	5	0	T119
6	Rice	-10.25	1-3	(0-1)	3	1	3	126
7	UTEP	-15.25	0-4	(0-0)	5	5	0	130

Sun Belt East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	App State	-0.5	2-1	(0-0)	3	4	0	41
2	Troy	-2	3-1	(1-0)	2	5	1	61
3	GA Southern	-2.25	2-1	(0-0)	1	3	0	65
4	Co Carolina	-4	3-1	(1-0)	5	1	1	81
5	Georgia St	-9.75	1-3	(0-0)	4	2	2	124

Sun Belt West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Arkansas St	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	1	5	0	52
2	UL Monroe	-5.25	2-2	(0-1)	3	4	1	92
3	UL Lafayette	-7	1-2	(0-1)	4	1	3	107
4	S Alabama	-8	1-3	(1-0)	1	2	1	115
5	Texas St	-11	1-3	(0-1)	5	3	1	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	4.75	4-0	(0-0)	3	1	3	T5
2	BYU	1.75	3-1	(0-0)	2	3	3	19
3	Army	-1.75	2-2	(0-0)	1	5	0	59
4	Liberty	-6.75	1-2	(0-0)	4	4	2	T103
5	Umass	-9.5	2-3	(0-0)	6	2	2	123
6	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	5	6	1	129