Power Rankings - Week 5

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. OK State, 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 5: Notre Dame and Ohio State make Moves

We have two new teams in the top 3 this week. Notre Dame shoots all the way up to tied for first (with LSU) after their convincing win over Stanford. ND now owns 3 “tuff” wins (Michigan, Stanford, and at Wake), the most of any team. They also have a digestible schedule the rest of the way - the only “tuff” games remaining are at Virginia Tech this weekend and at USC (they also play a decent Syracuse team at Yankee Stadium). The idea of an 11-1 or even 12-0 Notre Dame season is not that unrealistic.

Ohio State also moves up the rankings this week, moving all the way to 3rd. Beating a very good Penn State team on the road obviously does good things to your resume. The top 2 teams in the AP Poll, Alabama and Georgia, are tied for 4th in my rankings. This shouldn’t be too controversial when assessing bodies of work, as neither team has played anyone currently in the AP top 25. Alabama’s best win is probably a beatdown at Ole Miss, while Georgia’s is either at Missouri or at South Carolina. I have no doubt that Alabama and Georgia are elite teams, espcially Bama, but they’ll have to play and beat some better teams to be ranked #1 in my formula.

Here are the Week 5 rankings:

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Prev Rank	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Pld	Tuff Games Rem
T1	LSU	6.75	5-0	(2-0)	1	13	37	2	4
T1	Notre Dame	6.75	5-0	(0-0)	T5	9	60	3	2
3	Ohio State	5.75	5-0	(2-0)	7	49	43	2	3
T4	Georgia	5	5-0	(3-0)	T3	72	28	2	4
T4	Alabama	5	5-0	(2-0)	2	72	57	1	2
6	Clemson	4.75	5-0	(2-0)	T3	82	53	1	4
7	Kentucky	4.5	5-0	(3-0)	9	66	51	1	3
8	Stanford	4.5	4-1	(2-0)	T5	8	60	2	3
9	Oklahoma	4	5-0	(2-0)	8	54	28	1	5
10	Washington	3.5	4-1	(2-0)	12	25	45	2	5
11	West Virginia	3.25	4-0	(2-0)	13	79	25	1	4
12	Auburn	3.25	4-1	(1-1)	11	42	20	2	4
13	Penn State	3	4-1	(1-1)	10	19	25	1	4
14	UCF	2.25	4-0	(1-0)	15	125	73	0	1
T15	Miami	2	4-1	(1-0)	16	61	51	1	3
T15	Michigan	2	4-1	(2-0)	20	32	3	1	4
17	Texas	1.75	4-1	(2-0)	21	32	22	0	4
18	NC State	1.75	4-0	(1-0)	T31	89	39	0	2
19	Oregon	1.5	4-1	(1-1)	T24	103	63	2	3
20	Florida	1.5	4-1	(2-1)	T39	56	47	2	3
21	S Florida	1.25	4-0	(1-0)	27	117	74	0	3
22	Colorado	1	4-0	(1-0)	23	112	55	0	3
23	Wisconsin	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	22	89	57	1	2
24	Michigan State	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	T24	45	38	2	4
25	Syracuse	0.75	4-1	(1-1)	T31	72	39	1	4
26	Boise State	0.5	3-1	(1-0)	T28	51	100	2	0
27	TCU	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	38	11	31	2	3
28	Texas Tech	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	17	13	33	2	4
T29	OK State	0	4-1	(1-1)	T28	95	7	1	4
T29	Virginia Tech	0	3-1	(2-0)	57	71	45	2	2
31	Cincinnati	0	5-0	(1-0)	T42	129	69	0	2
T32	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	T35	56	35	1	4
T32	San Diego St	0	3-1	(0-0)	T35	51	86	1	2
34	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	T39	45	54	1	3
T35	Duke	-0.5	4-1	(0-1)	18	39	22	1	2
T35	California	-0.5	3-1	(0-1)	14	51	47	2	5
T35	App State	-0.5	3-1	(1-0)	41	107	113	1	0
T38	Ole Miss	-0.5	3-2	(0-2)	30	13	66	2	2
T38	Texas AM	-0.5	3-2	(1-1)	33	21	17	2	5
T38	South Carolina	-0.5	2-2	(1-2)	T35	2	50	2	3
T41	Indiana	-0.75	4-1	(1-1)	T44	63	3	1	4
T41	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	T44	45	14	1	6
T43	Arizona St	-0.75	3-2	(1-1)	48	13	28	3	4
T43	BYU	-0.75	3-2	(0-0)	19	7	81	2	2
T45	Boston College	-1	4-1	(1-0)	49	106	3	1	5
T45	Washington St	-1	4-1	(1-1)	T53	120	21	1	4
47	USC	-1	3-2	(2-1)	51	5	55	2	3
48	Louisiana Tech	-1	3-1	(1-0)	60	41	117	1	1
49	Houston	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	T44	117	79	1	1
T50	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	T53	105	42	1	2
T50	Fresno St	-1.5	3-1	(0-0)	T53	92	91	1	1
52	Army	-1.5	3-2	(0-0)	59	21	128	2	0
53	Mississippi St	-1.75	3-2	(0-2)	26	87	15	1	4
54	Utah State	-1.75	3-1	(1-0)	64	117	117	1	1
55	Troy	-2	4-1	(2-0)	61	99	124	1	1
56	Marshall	-2	3-1	(1-0)	T66	107	126	1	0
T57	Virginia	-2.25	3-2	(1-1)	50	56	62	2	3
T57	Utah	-2.25	2-2	(0-2)	T44	29	35	2	4
59	GA Southern	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	65	84	106	1	0
60	Wake Forest	-2.75	3-2	(0-1)	69	85	22	1	4
61	Iowa State	-3	1-3	(0-2)	58	6	43	3	3
62	N Texas	-3	4-1	(0-1)	34	121	130	0	0
63	Baylor	-3	3-2	(1-1)	62	56	17	1	4
64	Illinois	-3	2-2	(0-1)	73	65	59	2	2
65	Hawaii	-3	5-1	(2-0)	74	127	88	1	2
66	Florida State	-3.25	3-2	(1-2)	82	49	1	2	5
67	Vanderbilt	-3.25	3-2	(0-1)	76	66	16	1	4
68	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	75	70	114	1	0
69	Buffalo	-3.5	4-1	(1-0)	T42	112	124	0	0
T70	Georgia Tech	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	79	28	13	2	3
T70	Tennessee	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	T77	13	25	3	4
72	Toledo	-4	2-2	(0-0)	63	62	114	2	0
73	Mid Tennessee	-4	2-2	(1-0)	80	25	90	1	1
74	Pittsburgh	-4.25	2-3	(1-1)	72	13	7	2	5
75	FAU	-4.25	2-3	(0-1)	56	21	99	2	0
76	Arkansas St	-4.25	3-2	(0-1)	52	79	128	1	0
77	Ohio	-4.5	2-2	(0-0)	87	92	123	2	0
78	FIU	-4.5	3-2	(1-0)	84	82	121	1	0
T79	Louisville	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	68	32	12	2	5
T79	Kansas State	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	70	31	33	2	4
81	UAB	-5	3-1	(1-0)	89	130	96	0	1
82	W Michigan	-5	3-2	(1-0)	90	66	103	1	0
83	Memphis	-5.25	3-2	(0-2)	T66	126	75	0	2
84	Navy	-5.5	2-2	(1-1)	91	114	64	0	3
85	Southern Miss	-5.5	2-2	(1-0)	88	111	101	1	0
86	Northwestern	-6	1-3	(1-1)	85	20	31	1	5
87	Co Carolina	-6	3-2	(1-1)	81	95	116	2	0
88	North Carolina	-6.25	1-3	(1-1)	86	10	65	2	5
89	Tulane	-6.25	2-3	(1-0)	97	39	70	1	3
T90	Nevada	-6.25	3-2	(1-0)	98	107	81	0	1
T90	UNLV	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	T94	121	91	1	1
92	Arizona	-6.5	2-3	(1-1)	T77	72	49	1	4
93	N Illinois	-6.5	2-3	(2-0)	100	37	93	2	1
94	E Carolina	-6.5	2-2	(0-1)	T103	97	72	1	2
95	New Mexico	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	71	102	76	1	1
96	Liberty	-6.75	2-2	(0-0)	T103	97	83	1	2
97	Purdue	-7	2-3	(1-1)	105	54	7	0	5
98	SMU	-7	2-3	(1-0)	T101	37	70	1	1
99	E Michigan	-7.25	2-3	(0-2)	83	66	103	1	0
100	Ball State	-7.25	2-3	(1-0)	T111	72	97	2	0
101	Nebraska	-7.75	0-4	(0-2)	93	3	11	2	4
102	Tulsa	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	T111	79	76	1	2
103	UL Lafayette	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	107	29	109	2	2
104	Temple	-8	2-3	(1-0)	96	87	67	2	3
105	UCLA	-8	0-4	(0-1)	T101	1	19	2	5
T106	Wyoming	-8.5	2-3	(0-1)	99	72	108	2	1
T106	UTSA	-8.5	2-3	(1-0)	T119	99	93	1	0
108	C Michigan	-8.5	1-4	(0-1)	T113	21	110	2	0
109	Kansas	-8.75	2-3	(0-2)	110	92	2	1	4
T110	Georgia St	-9	2-3	(1-0)	124	99	93	1	2
T110	UL Monroe	-9	2-3	(0-2)	92	91	117	1	1
T110	Air Force	-9	1-3	(0-2)	T94	114	78	0	3
113	Oregon State	-9	1-4	(0-2)	106	27	3	2	4
114	Arkansas	-10	1-4	(0-2)	117	42	39	2	4
115	Rutgers	-10	1-4	(0-2)	T113	32	10	1	5
116	Kent State	-10	1-4	(0-1)	T108	32	110	2	0
117	Uconn	-10	1-4	(0-2)	T108	12	83	3	1
118	W Kentucky	-10.5	1-4	(0-1)	118	56	117	1	0
119	S Alabama	-10.5	1-4	(1-1)	115	42	121	2	0
120	Charlotte	-10.75	2-3	(1-1)	116	123	83	0	0
121	Texas St	-11.25	1-3	(0-1)	127	128	106	0	1
T122	Colorado St	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	128	4	97	3	1
T122	Bowling Green	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	121	63	101	1	0
T122	Miami OH	-11.75	1-4	(1-1)	T119	72	86	1	1
125	San Jose St	-12	0-4	(0-1)	122	45	79	2	2
126	Umass	-12.25	2-4	(0-0)	123	116	68	1	2
127	Rice	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	126	85	88	1	1
128	Old Dominion	-12.5	1-4	(0-2)	125	103	103	1	0
129	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	129	107	127	1	1
130	UTEP	-17.75	0-5	(0-1)	130	124	110	0	0

Conference Ranks

The SEC continues to dominate, while the depth of the Big 12 seems to separate it as the 2nd best conference. As for the rest of the Power 5 conferences, good luck choosing between them…

Rank	Conf	Avg
1	SEC	0.4107
2	Big 12	-1
3	ACC	-1.3929
4	Pac 12	-1.5417
5	Big 10	-1.7679
6	Amer	-4.5
7	Ind	-4.7917
8	MW	-5.5
9	S Belt	-6.25
10	MAC	-6.9375
11	CUSA	-7.25

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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	5-0	(2-0)	11	12	4	6
2	Miami	2	4-1	(1-0)	8	11	3	T15
3	NC State	1.75	4-0	(1-0)	13	8	2	18
4	Syracuse	0.75	4-1	(1-1)	10	8	4	25
5	Virginia Tech	0	3-1	(2-0)	9	10	2	T29
6	Duke	-0.5	4-1	(0-1)	5	6	2	T35
7	Boston College	-1	4-1	(1-0)	14	2	5	T45
8	Virginia	-2.25	3-2	(1-1)	7	13	3	T57
9	Wake Forest	-2.75	3-2	(0-1)	12	6	4	60
10	Florida State	-3.25	3-2	(1-2)	6	1	5	66
11	Georgia Tech	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	3	5	3	T70
12	Pittsburgh	-4.25	2-3	(1-1)	2	3	5	74
13	Louisville	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	4	4	5	T79
14	North Carolina	-6.25	1-3	(1-1)	1	14	5	88

Big 10

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	5.75	5-0	(2-0)	9	11	3	3
2	Penn State	3	4-1	(1-1)	2	7	4	13
3	Michigan	2	4-1	(2-0)	4	1	4	T15
4	Wisconsin	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	13	13	2	23
5	Michigan State	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	6	9	4	24
6	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	6	12	3	34
T7	Indiana	-0.75	4-1	(1-1)	11	1	4	T41
T7	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	6	6	6	T41
9	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	14	10	2	T50
10	Illinois	-3	2-2	(0-1)	12	14	2	64
11	Northwestern	-6	1-3	(1-1)	3	8	5	86
12	Purdue	-7	2-3	(1-1)	10	3	5	97
13	Nebraska	-7.75	0-4	(0-2)	1	5	4	101
14	Rutgers	-10	1-4	(0-2)	4	4	5	115

SEC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	LSU	6.75	5-0	(2-0)	2	8	4	T1
T2	Georgia	5	5-0	(3-0)	12	6	4	T4
T2	Alabama	5	5-0	(2-0)	12	13	2	T4
4	Kentucky	4.5	5-0	(3-0)	10	12	3	7
5	Auburn	3.25	4-1	(1-1)	6	4	4	12
6	Florida	1.5	4-1	(2-1)	8	10	3	20
7	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	8	7	4	T32
T8	South Carolina	-0.5	2-2	(1-2)	1	11	3	T38
T8	Ole Miss	-0.5	3-2	(0-2)	2	14	2	T38
T8	Texas AM	-0.5	3-2	(1-1)	5	3	5	T38
11	Mississippi St	-1.75	3-2	(0-2)	14	1	4	53
12	Vanderbilt	-3.25	3-2	(0-1)	10	2	4	67
13	Tennessee	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	2	5	4	T70
14	Arkansas	-10	1-4	(0-2)	6	9	4	114

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	4	5-0	(2-0)	6	6	5	9
2	West Virginia	3.25	4-0	(2-0)	8	5	4	11
3	Texas	1.75	4-1	(2-0)	5	4	4	17
4	TCU	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	2	7	3	27
5	Texas Tech	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	3	8	4	28
6	OK State	0	4-1	(1-1)	10	2	4	T29
7	Iowa State	-3	1-3	(0-2)	1	10	3	61
8	Baylor	-3	3-2	(1-1)	7	3	4	63
9	Kansas State	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	4	8	4	T79
10	Kansas	-8.75	2-3	(0-2)	9	1	4	109

Pac 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Stanford	4.5	4-1	(2-0)	3	11	3	8
2	Washington	3.5	4-1	(2-0)	5	6	5	10
3	Oregon	1.5	4-1	(1-1)	10	12	3	19
4	Colorado	1	4-0	(1-0)	11	9	3	22
5	California	-0.5	3-1	(0-1)	8	7	5	T35
6	Arizona St	-0.75	3-2	(1-1)	4	4	4	T43
7	Washington St	-1	4-1	(1-1)	12	3	4	T45
8	USC	-1	3-2	(2-1)	2	9	3	47
9	Utah	-2.25	2-2	(0-2)	7	5	4	T57
10	Arizona	-6.5	2-3	(1-1)	9	8	4	92
11	UCLA	-8	0-4	(0-1)	1	2	5	105
12	Oregon State	-9	1-4	(0-2)	6	1	4	113

American

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	4-0	(1-0)	10	7	1	14
2	S Florida	1.25	4-0	(1-0)	8	8	3	21
3	Cincinnati	0	5-0	(1-0)	12	3	2	31
4	Houston	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	8	11	1	49
5	Memphis	-5.25	3-2	(0-2)	11	9	2	83
6	Navy	-5.5	2-2	(1-1)	7	1	3	84
7	Tulane	-6.25	2-3	(1-0)	3	4	3	89
8	E Carolina	-6.5	2-2	(0-1)	6	6	2	94
9	SMU	-7	2-3	(1-0)	2	4	1	98
10	Tulsa	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	4	10	2	102
11	Temple	-8	2-3	(1-0)	5	2	3	104
12	Uconn	-10	1-4	(0-2)	1	12	1	117

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Boise State	0.5	3-1	(1-0)	3	10	0	26
2	San Diego St	0	3-1	(0-0)	3	5	2	T32
3	Fresno St	-1.5	3-1	(0-0)	6	7	1	T50
4	Utah State	-1.75	3-1	(1-0)	10	12	1	54
5	Hawaii	-3	5-1	(2-0)	12	6	2	65
T6	Nevada	-6.25	3-2	(1-0)	8	4	1	T90
T6	UNLV	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	11	7	1	T90
8	New Mexico	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	7	1	1	95
9	Wyoming	-8.5	2-3	(0-1)	5	11	1	T106
10	Air Force	-9	1-3	(0-2)	9	2	3	T110
11	Colorado St	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	1	9	1	T122
12	San Jose St	-12	0-4	(0-1)	2	3	2	125

MAC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	8	9	0	68
2	Buffalo	-3.5	4-1	(1-0)	12	12	0	69
3	Toledo	-4	2-2	(0-0)	4	9	0	72
4	Ohio	-4.5	2-2	(0-0)	11	11	0	77
5	W Michigan	-5	3-2	(1-0)	6	5	0	82
6	N Illinois	-6.5	2-3	(2-0)	3	2	1	93
7	E Michigan	-7.25	2-3	(0-2)	6	5	0	99
8	Ball State	-7.25	2-3	(1-0)	9	3	0	100
9	C Michigan	-8.5	1-4	(0-1)	1	7	0	108
10	Kent State	-10	1-4	(0-1)	2	7	0	116
T11	Bowling Green	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	5	4	0	T122
T11	Miami OH	-11.75	1-4	(1-1)	9	1	1	T122

CUSA

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Louisiana Tech	-1	3-1	(1-0)	3	10	1	48
2	Marshall	-2	3-1	(1-0)	9	13	0	56
3	N Texas	-3	4-1	(0-1)	11	14	0	62
4	Mid Tennessee	-4	2-2	(1-0)	2	3	1	73
5	FAU	-4.25	2-3	(0-1)	1	6	0	75
6	FIU	-4.5	3-2	(1-0)	5	12	0	78
7	UAB	-5	3-1	(1-0)	14	5	1	81
8	Southern Miss	-5.5	2-2	(1-0)	10	7	0	85
9	UTSA	-8.5	2-3	(1-0)	7	4	0	T106
10	W Kentucky	-10.5	1-4	(0-1)	4	10	0	118
11	Charlotte	-10.75	2-3	(1-1)	12	1	0	120
12	Rice	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	6	2	1	127
13	Old Dominion	-12.5	1-4	(0-2)	8	8	0	128
14	UTEP	-17.75	0-5	(0-1)	13	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	3-1	(1-0)	9	5	0	T35
2	Troy	-2	4-1	(2-0)	7	9	1	55
3	GA Southern	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	4	2	0	59
4	Arkansas St	-4.25	3-2	(0-1)	3	10	0	76
5	Co Carolina	-6	3-2	(1-1)	6	6	0	87
6	UL Lafayette	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	1	4	2	103
T7	Georgia St	-9	2-3	(1-0)	7	1	2	T110
T7	UL Monroe	-9	2-3	(0-2)	5	7	1	T110
9	S Alabama	-10.5	1-4	(1-1)	2	8	0	119
10	Texas St	-11.25	1-3	(0-1)	10	2	1	121

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	6.75	5-0	(0-0)	2	1	2	T1
2	BYU	-0.75	3-2	(0-0)	1	3	2	T43
3	Army	-1.5	3-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	52
4	Liberty	-6.75	2-2	(0-0)	4	4	2	96
5	Umass	-12.25	2-4	(0-0)	6	2	2	126
6	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	5	5	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 E	0.5
2	SEC W	0.3214
3	Big 10 E	0
4	Pac 12 N	-0.1667
5	ACC Atl	-0.6429
6	Big 12	-1
7	ACC Coast	-2.1429
8	Pac 12 S	-2.9167
9	Amer E	-3.5
10	Big 10 W	-3.5357
11	S Belt E	-3.95
12	Ind	-4.7917
13	MW West	-4.8333
14	Amer W	-5.5
15	MW Moun	-6.1667
16	MAC W	-6.4167
17	CUSA E	-6.9286
18	MAC E	-7.4583
19	CUSA W	-7.5714
20	S Belt W	-8.55

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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	4-1	(1-0)	6	5	3	T15
2	Virginia Tech	0	3-1	(2-0)	7	4	2	T29
3	Duke	-0.5	4-1	(0-1)	4	3	2	T35
4	Virginia	-2.25	3-2	(1-1)	5	6	3	T57
5	Georgia Tech	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	3	2	3	T70
6	Pittsburgh	-4.25	2-3	(1-1)	2	1	5	74
7	North Carolina	-6.25	1-3	(1-1)	1	7	5	88

ACC Atlantic

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Clemson	4.75	5-0	(2-0)	4	7	4	6
2	NC State	1.75	4-0	(1-0)	6	5	2	18
3	Syracuse	0.75	4-1	(1-1)	3	5	4	25
4	Boston College	-1	4-1	(1-0)	7	2	5	T45
5	Wake Forest	-2.75	3-2	(0-1)	5	4	4	60
6	Florida State	-3.25	3-2	(1-2)	2	1	5	66
7	Louisville	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	1	3	5	T79

SEC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Georgia	5	5-0	(3-0)	7	3	4	T4
2	Kentucky	4.5	5-0	(3-0)	5	7	3	7
3	Florida	1.5	4-1	(2-1)	3	5	3	20
4	Missouri	0	3-1	(0-1)	3	4	4	T32
5	South Carolina	-0.5	2-2	(1-2)	1	6	3	T38
6	Vanderbilt	-3.25	3-2	(0-1)	5	1	4	67
7	Tennessee	-3.75	2-3	(0-2)	2	2	4	T70

SEC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	LSU	6.75	5-0	(2-0)	1	4	4	T1
2	Alabama	5	5-0	(2-0)	6	6	2	T4
3	Auburn	3.25	4-1	(1-1)	4	3	4	12
T4	Ole Miss	-0.5	3-2	(0-2)	1	7	2	T38
T4	Texas AM	-0.5	3-2	(1-1)	3	2	5	T38
6	Mississippi St	-1.75	3-2	(0-2)	7	1	4	53
7	Arkansas	-10	1-4	(0-2)	4	5	4	114

Big 10 East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	5.75	5-0	(2-0)	6	7	3	3
2	Penn State	3	4-1	(1-1)	1	5	4	13
3	Michigan	2	4-1	(2-0)	2	1	4	T15
4	Michigan State	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	4	6	4	24
T5	Indiana	-0.75	4-1	(1-1)	7	1	4	T41
T5	Maryland	-0.75	3-1	(1-0)	4	4	6	T41
7	Rutgers	-10	1-4	(0-2)	2	3	5	115

Big 10 West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Wisconsin	0.75	3-1	(1-0)	6	6	2	23
2	Iowa	-0.25	3-1	(0-1)	3	5	3	34
3	Minnesota	-1.5	3-1	(0-1)	7	4	2	T50
4	Illinois	-3	2-2	(0-1)	5	7	2	64
5	Northwestern	-6	1-3	(1-1)	2	3	5	86
6	Purdue	-7	2-3	(1-1)	4	1	5	97
7	Nebraska	-7.75	0-4	(0-2)	1	2	4	101

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	4	5-0	(2-0)	6	6	5	9
2	West Virginia	3.25	4-0	(2-0)	8	5	4	11
3	Texas	1.75	4-1	(2-0)	5	4	4	17
4	TCU	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	2	7	3	27
5	Texas Tech	0.25	3-2	(1-1)	3	8	4	28
6	OK State	0	4-1	(1-1)	10	2	4	T29
7	Iowa State	-3	1-3	(0-2)	1	10	3	61
8	Baylor	-3	3-2	(1-1)	7	3	4	63
9	Kansas State	-4.75	2-3	(0-2)	4	8	4	T79
10	Kansas	-8.75	2-3	(0-2)	9	1	4	109

Pac 12 North

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Stanford	4.5	4-1	(2-0)	1	5	3	8
2	Washington	3.5	4-1	(2-0)	2	3	5	10
3	Oregon	1.5	4-1	(1-1)	5	6	3	19
4	California	-0.5	3-1	(0-1)	4	4	5	T35
5	Washington St	-1	4-1	(1-1)	6	2	4	T45
6	Oregon State	-9	1-4	(0-2)	3	1	4	113

Pac 12 South

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Colorado	1	4-0	(1-0)	6	5	3	22
2	Arizona St	-0.75	3-2	(1-1)	3	2	4	T43
3	USC	-1	3-2	(2-1)	2	5	3	47
4	Utah	-2.25	2-2	(0-2)	4	3	4	T57
5	Arizona	-6.5	2-3	(1-1)	5	4	4	92
6	UCLA	-8	0-4	(0-1)	1	1	5	105

American East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	4-0	(1-0)	5	4	1	14
2	S Florida	1.25	4-0	(1-0)	4	5	3	21
3	Cincinnati	0	5-0	(1-0)	6	2	2	31
4	E Carolina	-6.5	2-2	(0-1)	3	3	2	94
5	Temple	-8	2-3	(1-0)	2	1	3	104
6	Uconn	-10	1-4	(0-2)	1	6	1	117

American West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Houston	-1.25	3-1	(0-0)	5	6	1	49
2	Memphis	-5.25	3-2	(0-2)	6	4	2	83
3	Navy	-5.5	2-2	(1-1)	4	1	3	84
4	Tulane	-6.25	2-3	(1-0)	2	2	3	89
5	SMU	-7	2-3	(1-0)	1	2	1	98
6	Tulsa	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	3	5	2	102

MW Mountain

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Boise State	0.5	3-1	(1-0)	2	4	0	26
2	Utah State	-1.75	3-1	(1-0)	6	6	1	54
3	New Mexico	-6.5	2-2	(0-0)	4	1	1	95
4	Wyoming	-8.5	2-3	(0-1)	3	5	1	T106
5	Air Force	-9	1-3	(0-2)	5	2	3	T110
6	Colorado St	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	1	3	1	T122

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	3	2	T32
2	Fresno St	-1.5	3-1	(0-0)	3	5	1	T50
3	Hawaii	-3	5-1	(2-0)	6	4	2	65
T4	Nevada	-6.25	3-2	(1-0)	4	2	1	T90
T4	UNLV	-6.25	2-2	(0-0)	5	5	1	T90
6	San Jose St	-12	0-4	(0-1)	1	1	2	125

MAC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Akron	-3.25	2-1	(0-0)	3	4	0	68
2	Buffalo	-3.5	4-1	(1-0)	6	6	0	69
3	Ohio	-4.5	2-2	(0-0)	5	5	0	77
4	Kent State	-10	1-4	(0-1)	1	3	0	116
T5	Bowling Green	-11.75	1-4	(0-1)	2	2	0	T122
T5	Miami OH	-11.75	1-4	(1-1)	4	1	1	T122

MAC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Toledo	-4	2-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	72
2	W Michigan	-5	3-2	(1-0)	4	3	0	82
3	N Illinois	-6.5	2-3	(2-0)	2	1	1	93
4	E Michigan	-7.25	2-3	(0-2)	4	3	0	99
5	Ball State	-7.25	2-3	(1-0)	6	2	0	100
6	C Michigan	-8.5	1-4	(0-1)	1	5	0	108

C-USA East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Marshall	-2	3-1	(1-0)	6	7	0	56
2	Mid Tennessee	-4	2-2	(1-0)	2	2	1	73
3	FAU	-4.25	2-3	(0-1)	1	3	0	75
4	FIU	-4.5	3-2	(1-0)	4	6	0	78
5	W Kentucky	-10.5	1-4	(0-1)	3	5	0	118
6	Charlotte	-10.75	2-3	(1-1)	7	1	0	120
7	Old Dominion	-12.5	1-4	(0-2)	5	4	0	128

C-USA West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Louisiana Tech	-1	3-1	(1-0)	1	6	1	48
2	N Texas	-3	4-1	(0-1)	5	7	0	62
3	UAB	-5	3-1	(1-0)	7	3	1	81
4	Southern Miss	-5.5	2-2	(1-0)	4	4	0	85
5	UTSA	-8.5	2-3	(1-0)	3	2	0	T106
6	Rice	-12.25	1-4	(0-1)	2	1	1	127
7	UTEP	-17.75	0-5	(0-1)	6	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	3-1	(1-0)	5	3	0	T35
2	Troy	-2	4-1	(2-0)	3	5	1	55
3	GA Southern	-2.25	3-1	(1-0)	1	2	0	59
4	Co Carolina	-6	3-2	(1-1)	2	4	0	87
5	Georgia St	-9	2-3	(1-0)	3	1	2	T110

Sun Belt West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Arkansas St	-4.25	3-2	(0-1)	3	5	0	76
2	UL Lafayette	-7.75	1-3	(0-1)	1	2	2	103
3	UL Monroe	-9	2-3	(0-2)	4	3	1	T110
4	S Alabama	-10.5	1-4	(1-1)	2	4	0	119
5	Texas St	-11.25	1-3	(0-1)	5	1	1	121

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	6.75	5-0	(0-0)	2	1	2	T1
2	BYU	-0.75	3-2	(0-0)	1	3	2	T43
3	Army	-1.5	3-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	52
4	Liberty	-6.75	2-2	(0-0)	4	4	2	96
5	Umass	-12.25	2-4	(0-0)	6	2	2	126
6	N Mexico St	-14.25	1-4	(0-0)	5	5	1	129