Power Rankings - Week 7

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. Mississippi St, South Florida)
• Bin 0: Teams that are “solidly unranked.” Decent teams that have a pulse, but are not considered close to being top 25. (e.g. Missouri, Texas Tech)
• 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, Notre Dame 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 7: SEC at the Top

The SEC are dominating this week’s rankings. They have four of my top 7, five of my top 9, and six of my top 11 teams. Three teams in particular - Florida (6th), Kentucky (7th), and Texas AM (11th) - are a lot higher in my rankings than in the AP poll. Florida’s resume is actually quite good. Wins at Tennessee and over LSU look a lot better this week, and their win at Mississippi State is solid as well. Their one loss is of course to Kentucky, who has several other solid wins themselves. And Texas AM is the only team to beat the Wildcats. You won’t find many one-loss teams with better bodies of work than Kentucky and Florida, and Texas AM clearly has the best resume among 2-loss teams (their losses are to Clemson and at Alabama…). They all have top 15 strengths of schedules so far this season, the three most difficult played schedules of anyone in my top 16 teams.

A noteworthy team this week is again LSU. Last week I highlighted that they may be overrated a bit by my rankings this season. They then proceeded to beat Georgia, a huge win. One would think they may advance further up the rankings from their previous ranking of 5th. However, they stayed 5th this week, despite picking up one of the biggest wins of anyone this season. Why didn’t they move up? Their previous big wins had horrible weeks. Auburn is now a 3-loss teams that is clearly out of the top 25 (48th in my rankings), and Miami lost to Virginia to fall down to 36th. Those two big wins have lost a lot of their luster, and my system reflects that.

Here are the Week 7 rankings:

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Prev Rank	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Pld	Tuff Games Rem
1	Notre Dame	7	7-0	(0-0)	1	24	66	3	2
2	Alabama	6.5	7-0	(4-0)	4	59	48	2	3
T3	Clemson	6.25	6-0	(3-0)	3	54	51	1	2
T3	Ohio State	6.25	7-0	(4-0)	2	68	17	1	4
5	LSU	5.75	6-1	(3-1)	5	15	41	4	3
6	Florida	5.75	6-1	(4-1)	7	12	68	4	1
7	Kentucky	4.75	5-1	(3-1)	8	29	57	3	3
T8	Michigan	4.5	6-1	(4-0)	T12	32	8	3	3
T8	Georgia	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	6	36	50	3	2
10	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	9	34	38	1	3
11	Texas AM	3.25	5-2	(3-1)	20	8	19	4	3
12	NC State	3	5-0	(2-0)	15	88	41	0	2
13	Oklahoma	3	5-1	(2-1)	T12	29	49	2	3
14	UCF	2.25	6-0	(3-0)	16	117	69	0	2
15	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	10	71	11	2	3
16	Oregon	2	5-1	(2-1)	T21	94	62	2	2
17	Stanford	2	4-2	(2-1)	19	6	51	2	3
18	Washington	1.5	5-2	(3-1)	11	32	53	2	2
19	Penn State	1.25	4-2	(1-2)	T12	10	22	2	4
20	S Florida	1.25	6-0	(2-0)	24	120	65	0	3
21	Iowa	1.25	5-1	(2-1)	27	47	54	2	2
22	Cincinnati	1	6-0	(2-0)	25	125	67	0	2
23	San Diego St	0.75	5-1	(2-0)	28	61	101	2	1
24	Mississippi St	0.5	4-2	(1-2)	26	68	10	1	4
25	Michigan State	0.25	4-2	(2-1)	T49	18	35	3	3
26	Washington St	0	5-1	(2-1)	30	117	14	1	4
T27	Texas Tech	0	4-2	(2-1)	T36	26	29	3	3
T27	USC	0	4-2	(3-1)	T36	5	57	3	2
29	App State	-0.25	4-1	(2-0)	T33	108	115	1	0
T30	Duke	-0.25	5-1	(1-1)	T33	54	29	1	2
T30	Utah State	-0.25	5-1	(2-0)	35	126	97	1	1
32	Wisconsin	-0.5	4-2	(2-1)	T21	45	64	2	3
33	Colorado	-0.5	5-1	(2-1)	18	89	54	1	2
T34	Ole Miss	-0.5	5-2	(1-2)	T38	47	26	2	2
T34	Utah	-0.5	4-2	(2-2)	T31	18	29	3	3
36	Miami	-1	5-2	(2-1)	17	64	56	2	2
37	Iowa State	-1	3-3	(2-2)	54	2	60	5	1
38	Houston	-1.25	5-1	(2-0)	40	121	75	1	1
T39	Virginia	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	T49	47	71	2	2
T39	Maryland	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	T38	38	6	2	5
41	Fresno St	-1.5	5-1	(2-0)	41	112	86	0	1
T42	Syracuse	-1.5	4-2	(1-2)	T42	74	22	1	3
T42	Army	-1.5	4-2	(0-0)	T44	47	127	2	0
44	Boston College	-1.75	5-2	(2-1)	T49	70	15	2	2
T45	Missouri	-1.75	3-3	(0-3)	T42	10	47	4	3
T45	South Carolina	-1.75	3-3	(2-3)	T31	4	17	3	3
47	GA Southern	-1.75	5-1	(3-0)	47	117	89	1	0
T48	Auburn	-2	4-3	(1-3)	23	41	5	3	4
T48	TCU	-2	3-3	(1-2)	29	9	29	2	2
T50	Tennessee	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	57	13	35	4	3
T50	Arizona St	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	48	13	29	4	3
52	Virginia Tech	-2.5	4-2	(3-0)	53	47	63	2	0
53	Buffalo	-3	6-1	(3-0)	65	121	121	0	0
54	Boise State	-3.25	4-2	(2-1)	56	79	97	1	0
55	Indiana	-3.25	4-3	(1-3)	T44	21	15	3	2
56	N Texas	-3.25	6-1	(2-1)	61	127	113	0	0
57	Northwestern	-3.5	3-3	(3-1)	77	15	29	3	3
58	Minnesota	-3.5	3-3	(0-3)	59	23	57	3	1
T59	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	62	42	26	2	2
T59	Wake Forest	-3.75	3-3	(0-2)	T68	46	41	2	2
61	UAB	-4	5-1	(3-0)	74	129	86	0	1
62	Louisiana Tech	-4	4-2	(2-1)	75	79	109	1	1
63	BYU	-4.25	4-3	(0-0)	60	36	81	2	2
64	Pittsburgh	-4.5	3-4	(2-1)	T68	7	46	3	2
T65	Hawaii	-4.5	6-2	(3-0)	55	127	73	1	2
T65	Marshall	-4.5	4-2	(2-1)	78	104	124	1	0
67	FAU	-4.75	3-3	(1-1)	73	65	101	2	0
T68	Vanderbilt	-5	3-4	(0-3)	T63	17	38	3	2
T68	Kansas State	-5	3-4	(1-3)	81	24	38	3	3
70	W Michigan	-5	5-2	(3-0)	80	90	111	1	0
71	California	-5.25	3-3	(0-3)	T44	56	22	2	4
72	FIU	-5.25	4-2	(2-0)	76	108	125	1	0
73	OK State	-5.5	4-3	(1-3)	67	90	3	0	4
74	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	52	115	106	0	1
75	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	T63	42	21	2	2
76	Florida State	-5.75	3-3	(1-3)	79	58	1	2	4
77	Illinois	-6	3-3	(1-2)	58	82	35	2	4
78	Ohio	-6	3-3	(1-1)	T71	86	123	2	0
79	Purdue	-6.25	3-3	(2-1)	90	61	6	0	5
T80	Memphis	-6.25	4-3	(1-3)	82	121	78	1	1
T80	N Illinois	-6.25	4-3	(4-0)	89	76	94	1	1
82	Arkansas St	-6.25	3-3	(0-2)	T71	65	130	1	0
83	UL Lafayette	-6.75	3-3	(1-1)	92	82	93	2	1
84	Tulane	-7	2-4	(1-1)	91	26	77	2	2
85	Temple	-7.25	4-3	(3-0)	94	95	41	2	4
86	Mid Tennessee	-7.25	3-3	(2-1)	66	61	99	1	1
87	Akron	-8	2-3	(0-2)	T87	78	125	2	0
88	Arizona	-8.25	3-4	(2-2)	84	67	19	2	2
89	Toledo	-8.25	3-3	(1-1)	70	108	109	1	0
90	SMU	-8.25	2-4	(1-1)	95	29	80	2	1
91	UCLA	-8.5	1-5	(1-2)	98	1	22	4	3
92	Southern Miss	-8.75	2-3	(1-1)	83	116	115	1	0
93	New Mexico	-9	3-3	(1-1)	T87	108	72	1	1
94	North Carolina	-9.25	1-4	(1-2)	86	40	61	1	4
95	Liberty	-9.25	3-3	(0-0)	108	103	96	1	2
96	E Michigan	-9.25	3-4	(1-3)	107	76	117	2	0
97	Charlotte	-9.5	3-3	(2-1)	113	124	81	0	1
98	Louisville	-9.75	2-5	(0-4)	96	47	2	3	4
99	Kansas	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	104	74	13	1	3
100	Co Carolina	-9.75	3-3	(1-2)	85	100	101	1	0
101	Air Force	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	T99	85	90	2	1
102	Ball State	-10	3-4	(2-1)	106	95	106	2	0
103	Georgia St	-10.25	2-4	(1-1)	110	82	99	1	1
104	Tulsa	-10.25	1-5	(0-3)	102	38	101	3	0
105	Nebraska	-10.5	0-6	(0-4)	93	2	11	3	3
T106	Nevada	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	97	95	94	0	0
T106	UL Monroe	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	T111	72	129	2	0
108	Colorado St	-10.75	3-4	(2-1)	114	34	81	3	1
109	Oregon State	-11	1-5	(0-3)	117	26	9	3	4
110	Navy	-11.25	2-4	(1-2)	101	104	28	0	3
111	Miami OH	-11.25	3-4	(3-1)	T115	98	76	1	1
112	E Carolina	-11.5	2-4	(0-3)	103	86	69	1	2
T113	UTSA	-11.75	3-4	(2-1)	T99	114	84	1	0
T113	UNLV	-11.75	2-4	(0-2)	105	104	86	2	1
115	Arkansas	-12.5	1-6	(0-4)	109	21	41	3	3
116	Wyoming	-12.5	2-5	(0-3)	T111	57	117	3	0
117	Uconn	-12.5	1-5	(0-3)	120	18	90	4	1
118	Umass	-13.5	2-5	(0-0)	124	90	79	2	1
119	Rutgers	-14.25	1-6	(0-4)	119	42	4	2	4
120	S Alabama	-14.25	2-5	(1-2)	126	90	105	2	0
121	C Michigan	-14.5	1-6	(0-3)	118	59	121	2	0
122	W Kentucky	-15.25	1-5	(0-2)	T115	100	119	1	0
123	Kent State	-16	1-6	(0-3)	121	72	111	2	0
124	N Mexico St	-16.25	2-5	(0-0)	122	107	113	1	1
125	Bowling Green	-16.5	1-6	(0-3)	123	81	106	1	0
126	San Jose St	-16.5	0-6	(0-2)	125	47	74	2	3
127	Texas St	-17.25	1-5	(0-3)	127	129	90	0	0
128	Old Dominion	-18.25	1-6	(0-4)	129	102	128	0	0
129	Rice	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	128	98	84	0	1
130	UTEP	-19.5	0-6	(0-2)	130	112	119	1	0

Conference Ranks

The SEC continues to dominate:

Rank	Conf	Avg
1	SEC	0.375
2	Big 12	-1.8
3	Big 10	-2.5357
4	Pac 12	-2.5625
5	ACC	-2.6786
6	Amer	-5.9167
7	Ind	-6.2917
8	MW	-7.4583
9	S Belt	-8.25
10	MAC	-9.5
11	CUSA	-9.5893

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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	6.25	6-0	(3-0)	8	10	2	T3
2	NC State	3	5-0	(2-0)	14	7	2	12
3	Duke	-0.25	5-1	(1-1)	8	6	2	T30
4	Miami	-1	5-2	(2-1)	11	11	2	36
5	Virginia	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	5	14	2	T39
6	Syracuse	-1.5	4-2	(1-2)	13	5	3	T42
7	Boston College	-1.75	5-2	(2-1)	12	3	2	44
8	Virginia Tech	-2.5	4-2	(3-0)	5	13	0	52
9	Wake Forest	-3.75	3-3	(0-2)	4	7	2	T59
10	Pittsburgh	-4.5	3-4	(2-1)	1	9	2	64
11	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	3	4	2	75
12	Florida State	-5.75	3-3	(1-3)	10	1	4	76
13	North Carolina	-9.25	1-4	(1-2)	2	12	4	94
14	Louisville	-9.75	2-5	(0-4)	5	2	4	98

Big 10

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	6.25	7-0	(4-0)	13	7	4	T3
2	Michigan	4.5	6-1	(4-0)	7	4	3	T8
3	Penn State	1.25	4-2	(1-2)	2	8	4	19
4	Iowa	1.25	5-1	(2-1)	11	12	2	21
5	Michigan State	0.25	4-2	(2-1)	4	10	3	25
6	Wisconsin	-0.5	4-2	(2-1)	10	14	3	32
7	Maryland	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	8	2	5	T39
8	Indiana	-3.25	4-3	(1-3)	5	6	2	55
9	Northwestern	-3.5	3-3	(3-1)	3	9	3	57
10	Minnesota	-3.5	3-3	(0-3)	6	13	1	58
11	Illinois	-6	3-3	(1-2)	14	10	4	77
12	Purdue	-6.25	3-3	(2-1)	12	2	5	79
13	Nebraska	-10.5	0-6	(0-4)	1	5	3	105
14	Rutgers	-14.25	1-6	(0-4)	9	1	4	119

SEC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Alabama	6.5	7-0	(4-0)	13	11	3	2
2	LSU	5.75	6-1	(3-1)	6	8	3	5
3	Florida	5.75	6-1	(4-1)	4	14	1	6
4	Kentucky	4.75	5-1	(3-1)	9	13	3	7
5	Georgia	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	10	12	2	T8
6	Texas AM	3.25	5-2	(3-1)	2	4	3	11
7	Mississippi St	0.5	4-2	(1-2)	14	2	4	24
8	Ole Miss	-0.5	5-2	(1-2)	12	5	2	T34
T9	Missouri	-1.75	3-3	(0-3)	3	10	3	T45
T9	South Carolina	-1.75	3-3	(2-3)	1	3	3	T45
11	Auburn	-2	4-3	(1-3)	11	1	4	T48
12	Tennessee	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	5	6	3	T50
13	Vanderbilt	-5	3-4	(0-3)	7	7	2	T68
14	Arkansas	-12.5	1-6	(0-4)	8	8	3	115

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	6	7	3	10
2	Oklahoma	3	5-1	(2-1)	5	9	3	13
3	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	8	2	3	15
4	Texas Tech	0	4-2	(2-1)	4	5	3	T27
5	Iowa State	-1	3-3	(2-2)	1	10	1	37
6	TCU	-2	3-3	(1-2)	2	5	2	T48
7	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	7	4	2	T59
8	Kansas State	-5	3-4	(1-3)	3	7	3	T68
9	OK State	-5.5	4-3	(1-3)	10	1	4	73
10	Kansas	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	9	3	3	99

Pac 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oregon	2	5-1	(2-1)	11	12	2	16
2	Stanford	2	4-2	(2-1)	3	8	3	17
3	Washington	1.5	5-2	(3-1)	7	9	2	18
4	Washington St	0	5-1	(2-1)	12	2	4	26
5	USC	0	4-2	(3-1)	2	11	2	T27
6	Colorado	-0.5	5-1	(2-1)	10	10	2	33
7	Utah	-0.5	4-2	(2-2)	5	6	3	T34
8	Arizona St	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	4	6	3	T50
9	California	-5.25	3-3	(0-3)	8	4	4	71
10	Arizona	-8.25	3-4	(2-2)	9	3	2	88
11	UCLA	-8.5	1-5	(1-2)	1	4	3	91
12	Oregon State	-11	1-5	(0-3)	6	1	4	109

American

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	6-0	(3-0)	8	5	2	14
2	S Florida	1.25	6-0	(2-0)	9	3	3	20
3	Cincinnati	1	6-0	(2-0)	12	4	2	22
4	Houston	-1.25	5-1	(2-0)	10	7	1	38
5	Memphis	-6.25	4-3	(1-3)	10	9	1	T80
6	Tulane	-7	2-4	(1-1)	2	8	2	84
7	Temple	-7.25	4-3	(3-0)	6	2	4	85
8	SMU	-8.25	2-4	(1-1)	3	10	1	90
9	Tulsa	-10.25	1-5	(0-3)	4	12	0	104
10	Navy	-11.25	2-4	(1-2)	7	1	3	110
11	E Carolina	-11.5	2-4	(0-3)	5	5	2	112
12	Uconn	-12.5	1-5	(0-3)	1	11	1	117

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	San Diego St	0.75	5-1	(2-0)	4	11	1	23
2	Utah State	-0.25	5-1	(2-0)	11	9	1	T30
3	Fresno St	-1.5	5-1	(2-0)	10	5	1	41
4	Boise State	-3.25	4-2	(2-1)	5	9	0	54
5	Hawaii	-4.5	6-2	(3-0)	12	2	2	T65
6	New Mexico	-9	3-3	(1-1)	9	1	1	93
7	Air Force	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	6	7	1	101
8	Nevada	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	7	8	0	T106
9	Colorado St	-10.75	3-4	(2-1)	1	4	1	108
10	UNLV	-11.75	2-4	(0-2)	8	5	1	T113
11	Wyoming	-12.5	2-5	(0-3)	3	12	0	116
12	San Jose St	-16.5	0-6	(0-2)	2	3	3	126

MAC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-3	6-1	(3-0)	12	9	0	53
2	W Michigan	-5	5-2	(3-0)	8	6	0	70
3	Ohio	-6	3-3	(1-1)	7	11	0	78
4	N Illinois	-6.25	4-3	(4-0)	3	2	1	T80
5	Akron	-8	2-3	(0-2)	5	12	0	87
6	Toledo	-8.25	3-3	(1-1)	11	5	0	89
7	E Michigan	-9.25	3-4	(1-3)	3	8	0	96
8	Ball State	-10	3-4	(2-1)	9	3	0	102
9	Miami OH	-11.25	3-4	(3-1)	10	1	1	111
10	C Michigan	-14.5	1-6	(0-3)	1	9	0	121
11	Kent State	-16	1-6	(0-3)	2	6	0	123
12	Bowling Green	-16.5	1-6	(0-3)	6	3	0	125

CUSA

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	N Texas	-3.25	6-1	(2-1)	13	8	0	56
2	UAB	-4	5-1	(3-0)	14	4	1	61
3	Louisiana Tech	-4	4-2	(2-1)	3	7	1	62
4	Marshall	-4.5	4-2	(2-1)	7	12	0	T65
5	FAU	-4.75	3-3	(1-1)	2	6	0	67
6	FIU	-5.25	4-2	(2-0)	8	13	0	72
7	Mid Tennessee	-7.25	3-3	(2-1)	1	5	1	86
8	Southern Miss	-8.75	2-3	(1-1)	11	9	0	92
9	Charlotte	-9.5	3-3	(2-1)	12	1	1	97
10	UTSA	-11.75	3-4	(2-1)	10	2	0	T113
11	W Kentucky	-15.25	1-5	(0-2)	5	10	0	122
12	Old Dominion	-18.25	1-6	(0-4)	6	14	0	128
13	Rice	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	4	2	1	129
14	UTEP	-19.5	0-6	(0-2)	9	10	0	130

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	App State	-0.25	4-1	(2-0)	7	8	0	29
2	GA Southern	-1.75	5-1	(3-0)	9	1	0	47
3	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	8	7	1	74
4	Arkansas St	-6.25	3-3	(0-2)	1	10	0	82
5	UL Lafayette	-6.75	3-3	(1-1)	3	3	1	83
6	Co Carolina	-9.75	3-3	(1-2)	6	5	0	100
7	Georgia St	-10.25	2-4	(1-1)	3	4	1	103
8	UL Monroe	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	2	9	0	T106
9	S Alabama	-14.25	2-5	(1-2)	5	6	0	120
10	Texas St	-17.25	1-5	(0-3)	10	2	0	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	7	7-0	(0-0)	1	1	2	1
2	Army	-1.5	4-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	T42
3	BYU	-4.25	4-3	(0-0)	2	3	2	63
4	Liberty	-9.25	3-3	(0-0)	5	4	2	95
5	Umass	-13.5	2-5	(0-0)	4	2	1	118
6	N Mexico St	-16.25	2-5	(0-0)	6	5	1	124

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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	0.6071
2	SEC W	0.1429
3	Big 10 E	-0.9286
4	Pac 12 N	-1.7917
5	Big 12	-1.8
6	ACC Atl	-1.8929
7	Pac 12 S	-3.3333
8	ACC Coast	-3.4643
9	Big 10 W	-4.1429
10	Amer E	-4.4583
11	S Belt E	-5.5
12	Ind	-6.2917
13	MW West	-7.3333
14	Amer W	-7.375
15	MW Moun	-7.5833
16	MAC W	-8.875
17	CUSA E	-9.25
18	CUSA W	-9.9286
19	MAC E	-10.125
20	S Belt W	-11

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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	Duke	-0.25	5-1	(1-1)	6	2	2	T30
2	Miami	-1	5-2	(2-1)	7	4	2	36
3	Virginia	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	4	7	2	T39
4	Virginia Tech	-2.5	4-2	(3-0)	4	6	0	52
5	Pittsburgh	-4.5	3-4	(2-1)	1	3	2	64
6	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	3	1	2	75
7	North Carolina	-9.25	1-4	(1-2)	2	5	4	94

ACC Atlantic

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Clemson	6.25	6-0	(3-0)	3	7	2	T3
2	NC State	3	5-0	(2-0)	7	5	2	12
3	Syracuse	-1.5	4-2	(1-2)	6	4	3	T42
4	Boston College	-1.75	5-2	(2-1)	5	3	2	44
5	Wake Forest	-3.75	3-3	(0-2)	1	5	2	T59
6	Florida State	-5.75	3-3	(1-3)	4	1	4	76
7	Louisville	-9.75	2-5	(0-4)	2	2	4	98

SEC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Florida	5.75	6-1	(4-1)	3	7	1	6
2	Kentucky	4.75	5-1	(3-1)	6	6	3	7
3	Georgia	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	7	5	2	T8
T4	Missouri	-1.75	3-3	(0-3)	2	4	3	T45
T4	South Carolina	-1.75	3-3	(2-3)	1	1	3	T45
6	Tennessee	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	4	2	3	T50
7	Vanderbilt	-5	3-4	(0-3)	5	3	2	T68

SEC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Alabama	6.5	7-0	(4-0)	6	7	3	2
2	LSU	5.75	6-1	(3-1)	2	5	3	5
3	Texas AM	3.25	5-2	(3-1)	1	3	3	11
4	Mississippi St	0.5	4-2	(1-2)	7	2	4	24
5	Ole Miss	-0.5	5-2	(1-2)	5	4	2	T34
6	Auburn	-2	4-3	(1-3)	4	1	4	T48
7	Arkansas	-12.5	1-6	(0-4)	3	5	3	115

Big 10 East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Ohio State	6.25	7-0	(4-0)	7	5	4	T3
2	Michigan	4.5	6-1	(4-0)	4	3	3	T8
3	Penn State	1.25	4-2	(1-2)	1	6	4	19
4	Michigan State	0.25	4-2	(2-1)	2	7	3	25
5	Maryland	-1.25	4-2	(2-1)	5	2	5	T39
6	Indiana	-3.25	4-3	(1-3)	3	4	2	55
7	Rutgers	-14.25	1-6	(0-4)	6	1	4	119

Big 10 West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Iowa	1.25	5-1	(2-1)	5	5	2	21
2	Wisconsin	-0.5	4-2	(2-1)	4	7	3	32
3	Northwestern	-3.5	3-3	(3-1)	2	3	3	57
4	Minnesota	-3.5	3-3	(0-3)	3	6	1	58
5	Illinois	-6	3-3	(1-2)	7	4	4	77
6	Purdue	-6.25	3-3	(2-1)	6	1	5	79
7	Nebraska	-10.5	0-6	(0-4)	1	2	3	105

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	6	7	3	10
2	Oklahoma	3	5-1	(2-1)	5	9	3	13
3	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	8	2	3	15
4	Texas Tech	0	4-2	(2-1)	4	5	3	T27
5	Iowa State	-1	3-3	(2-2)	1	10	1	37
6	TCU	-2	3-3	(1-2)	2	5	2	T48
7	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	7	4	2	T59
8	Kansas State	-5	3-4	(1-3)	3	7	3	T68
9	OK State	-5.5	4-3	(1-3)	10	1	4	73
10	Kansas	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	9	3	3	99

Pac 12 North

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oregon	2	5-1	(2-1)	5	6	2	16
2	Stanford	2	4-2	(2-1)	1	4	3	17
3	Washington	1.5	5-2	(3-1)	3	5	2	18
4	Washington St	0	5-1	(2-1)	6	2	4	26
5	California	-5.25	3-3	(0-3)	4	3	4	71
6	Oregon State	-11	1-5	(0-3)	2	1	4	109

Pac 12 South

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	USC	0	4-2	(3-1)	2	6	2	T27
2	Colorado	-0.5	5-1	(2-1)	6	5	2	33
3	Utah	-0.5	4-2	(2-2)	4	3	3	T34
4	Arizona St	-2.25	3-3	(1-2)	3	3	3	T50
5	Arizona	-8.25	3-4	(2-2)	5	1	2	88
6	UCLA	-8.5	1-5	(1-2)	1	2	3	91

American East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	6-0	(3-0)	4	4	2	14
2	S Florida	1.25	6-0	(2-0)	5	2	3	20
3	Cincinnati	1	6-0	(2-0)	6	3	2	22
4	Temple	-7.25	4-3	(3-0)	3	1	4	85
5	E Carolina	-11.5	2-4	(0-3)	2	4	2	112
6	Uconn	-12.5	1-5	(0-3)	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	5-1	(2-0)	5	2	1	38
2	Memphis	-6.25	4-3	(1-3)	5	4	1	T80
3	Tulane	-7	2-4	(1-1)	1	3	2	84
4	SMU	-8.25	2-4	(1-1)	2	5	1	90
5	Tulsa	-10.25	1-5	(0-3)	3	6	0	104
6	Navy	-11.25	2-4	(1-2)	4	1	3	110

MW Mountain

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Utah State	-0.25	5-1	(2-0)	6	4	1	T30
2	Boise State	-3.25	4-2	(2-1)	3	4	0	54
3	New Mexico	-9	3-3	(1-1)	5	1	1	93
4	Air Force	-9.75	2-4	(0-3)	4	3	1	101
5	Colorado St	-10.75	3-4	(2-1)	1	2	1	108
6	Wyoming	-12.5	2-5	(0-3)	2	6	0	116

MW West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	San Diego St	0.75	5-1	(2-0)	2	6	1	23
2	Fresno St	-1.5	5-1	(2-0)	5	3	1	41
3	Hawaii	-4.5	6-2	(3-0)	6	1	2	T65
4	Nevada	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	3	5	0	T106
5	UNLV	-11.75	2-4	(0-2)	4	3	1	T113
6	San Jose St	-16.5	0-6	(0-2)	1	2	3	126

MAC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-3	6-1	(3-0)	6	4	0	53
2	Ohio	-6	3-3	(1-1)	4	5	0	78
3	Akron	-8	2-3	(0-2)	2	6	0	87
4	Miami OH	-11.25	3-4	(3-1)	5	1	1	111
5	Kent State	-16	1-6	(0-3)	1	3	0	123
6	Bowling Green	-16.5	1-6	(0-3)	3	2	0	125

MAC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	W Michigan	-5	5-2	(3-0)	4	4	0	70
2	N Illinois	-6.25	4-3	(4-0)	2	1	1	T80
3	Toledo	-8.25	3-3	(1-1)	6	3	0	89
4	E Michigan	-9.25	3-4	(1-3)	2	5	0	96
5	Ball State	-10	3-4	(2-1)	5	2	0	102
6	C Michigan	-14.5	1-6	(0-3)	1	6	0	121

C-USA East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Marshall	-4.5	4-2	(2-1)	5	5	0	T65
2	FAU	-4.75	3-3	(1-1)	2	3	0	67
3	FIU	-5.25	4-2	(2-0)	6	6	0	72
4	Mid Tennessee	-7.25	3-3	(2-1)	1	2	1	86
5	Charlotte	-9.5	3-3	(2-1)	7	1	1	97
6	W Kentucky	-15.25	1-5	(0-2)	3	4	0	122
7	Old Dominion	-18.25	1-6	(0-4)	4	7	0	128

C-USA West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	N Texas	-3.25	6-1	(2-1)	6	5	0	56
2	UAB	-4	5-1	(3-0)	7	3	1	61
3	Louisiana Tech	-4	4-2	(2-1)	1	4	1	62
4	Southern Miss	-8.75	2-3	(1-1)	5	6	0	92
5	UTSA	-11.75	3-4	(2-1)	4	1	0	T113
6	Rice	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	2	1	1	129
7	UTEP	-19.5	0-6	(0-2)	3	7	0	130

Sun Belt East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	App State	-0.25	4-1	(2-0)	3	5	0	29
2	GA Southern	-1.75	5-1	(3-0)	5	1	0	47
3	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	4	4	1	74
4	Co Carolina	-9.75	3-3	(1-2)	2	3	0	100
5	Georgia St	-10.25	2-4	(1-1)	1	2	1	103

Sun Belt West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Arkansas St	-6.25	3-3	(0-2)	1	5	0	82
2	UL Lafayette	-6.75	3-3	(1-1)	3	2	1	83
3	UL Monroe	-10.5	3-4	(1-2)	2	4	0	T106
4	S Alabama	-14.25	2-5	(1-2)	4	3	0	120
5	Texas St	-17.25	1-5	(0-3)	5	1	0	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	7	7-0	(0-0)	1	1	2	1
2	Army	-1.5	4-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	T42
3	BYU	-4.25	4-3	(0-0)	2	3	2	63
4	Liberty	-9.25	3-3	(0-0)	5	4	2	95
5	Umass	-13.5	2-5	(0-0)	4	2	1	118
6	N Mexico St	-16.25	2-5	(0-0)	6	5	1	124