Power Rankings - Week 8

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. Utah, 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, USC)
• 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, E Michigan)
• Bin -3: Really really bad. There are typically about 10 of these. (e.g. UTEP, 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, LSU 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 8

Here are the Week 8 rankings:

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Prev Rank	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Pld	Tuff Games Rem
1	Clemson	8	7-0	(4-0)	T3	33	58	2	2
2	Notre Dame	7.75	8-0	(0-0)	1	20	63	3	2
3	Alabama	7.25	8-0	(5-0)	2	56	62	2	1
4	LSU	6.5	7-1	(4-1)	5	17	39	4	2
5	Michigan	6.25	7-1	(5-0)	T8	13	20	4	2
6	Kentucky	4.75	6-1	(4-1)	7	36	50	2	2
7	Florida	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	6	23	64	3	2
T8	Georgia	4	6-1	(4-1)	T8	43	46	3	2
T8	Oklahoma	4	6-1	(3-1)	13	23	49	3	2
10	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	10	28	34	1	3
11	Texas AM	3.75	5-2	(3-1)	11	12	29	4	3
12	Ohio State	3.5	7-1	(4-1)	T3	64	26	2	3
13	Washington St	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	26	87	32	3	3
14	Washington	2.75	6-2	(4-1)	18	27	39	2	2
15	Iowa	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	21	47	41	2	2
16	Stanford	2.75	5-2	(3-1)	17	6	34	3	2
17	UCF	2.25	7-0	(4-0)	14	121	68	0	1
18	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	15	76	11	2	3
19	Penn State	1.75	5-2	(2-2)	19	23	11	3	3
20	NC State	1.75	5-1	(2-1)	12	39	64	1	1
21	Utah	1.75	5-2	(3-2)	T34	14	41	3	2
22	Oregon	1.25	5-2	(2-2)	16	67	70	3	1
23	S Florida	1.25	7-0	(3-0)	20	126	50	0	3
24	Wisconsin	0.75	5-2	(3-1)	32	47	46	2	3
25	App State	0.5	5-1	(3-0)	29	110	107	1	0
26	San Diego St	0.5	6-1	(3-0)	23	83	92	2	1
27	Texas Tech	0.5	5-2	(3-1)	T27	50	10	3	3
28	Miami	-0.25	5-2	(2-1)	36	59	50	2	2
29	Utah State	-0.25	6-1	(3-0)	T30	128	100	1	1
30	Michigan State	-0.5	4-3	(2-2)	25	9	58	3	2
31	Virginia	-0.75	5-2	(3-1)	T39	50	74	4	1
T32	Mississippi St	-0.75	4-3	(1-3)	24	28	29	2	3
T32	Iowa State	-0.75	3-3	(2-2)	37	1	55	5	1
34	Fresno St	-1	6-1	(3-0)	41	107	89	0	1
35	Syracuse	-1	5-2	(2-2)	T42	73	15	1	3
36	USC	-1	4-3	(3-2)	T27	2	58	4	1
37	Houston	-1.25	6-1	(3-0)	38	115	77	1	1
38	South Carolina	-1.25	3-3	(2-3)	T45	3	26	3	3
39	Army	-1.5	5-2	(0-0)	T42	67	125	2	0
T40	Colorado	-1.75	5-2	(2-2)	33	67	55	2	2
T40	Virginia Tech	-1.75	4-2	(3-0)	52	39	57	3	1
T42	Auburn	-1.75	5-3	(2-3)	T48	41	3	4	3
T42	Missouri	-1.75	4-3	(0-3)	T45	22	32	4	2
44	GA Southern	-1.75	6-1	(3-0)	47	121	79	1	1
45	Cincinnati	-2	6-1	(2-1)	22	123	66	0	2
T46	Boston College	-2.25	5-2	(2-1)	44	78	9	2	4
T46	Duke	-2.25	5-2	(1-2)	T30	56	23	1	2
T48	Ole Miss	-2.25	5-3	(1-3)	T34	55	26	3	1
T48	Maryland	-2.25	4-3	(2-2)	T39	15	19	3	3
50	Buffalo	-3	7-1	(4-0)	53	118	130	0	0
51	Boise State	-3.25	5-2	(3-1)	54	87	82	1	0
52	TCU	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	T48	11	50	3	1
53	Tennessee	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	T50	6	58	5	2
54	UAB	-3.5	6-1	(4-0)	61	130	84	0	1
T55	Northwestern	-3.75	4-3	(4-1)	57	33	7	3	3
T55	BYU	-3.75	4-3	(0-0)	63	28	75	2	2
57	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	T59	50	25	2	2
58	Pittsburgh	-3.75	3-4	(2-1)	64	6	34	3	2
T59	W Michigan	-4	6-2	(4-0)	70	99	106	1	0
T59	Louisiana Tech	-4	5-2	(3-1)	62	95	107	1	1
61	Purdue	-4.25	4-3	(3-1)	79	36	15	1	4
62	FIU	-4.5	5-2	(3-0)	72	119	112	1	0
63	Florida State	-4.75	4-3	(2-3)	76	62	1	2	4
64	Indiana	-4.75	4-4	(1-4)	55	17	20	3	1
65	Arizona St	-4.75	3-4	(1-3)	T50	19	34	4	3
66	Wake Forest	-5	3-4	(0-3)	T59	36	46	3	2
67	OK State	-5.25	4-3	(1-3)	73	93	4	0	4
68	Vanderbilt	-5.25	3-5	(0-4)	T68	10	67	4	1
69	Marshall	-5.25	5-2	(3-1)	T65	115	120	1	0
70	N Illinois	-5.25	4-3	(4-0)	T80	65	92	3	1
71	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	74	115	100	0	1
T72	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	75	50	23	2	3
T72	Kansas State	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	T68	31	34	2	3
74	N Texas	-5.5	6-2	(2-2)	56	123	126	0	0
75	California	-6	4-3	(1-3)	71	74	7	2	4
76	Minnesota	-6	3-4	(0-4)	58	23	44	3	1
77	Arkansas St	-6	4-3	(1-2)	82	74	129	2	0
78	Ohio	-6.5	4-3	(2-1)	78	112	104	2	0
79	Temple	-6.75	5-3	(4-0)	85	85	45	2	3
80	Illinois	-6.75	3-4	(1-3)	77	59	41	3	3
81	Mid Tennessee	-7	4-3	(3-1)	86	80	84	1	1
82	FAU	-7.75	3-4	(1-2)	67	67	113	2	0
83	Hawaii	-8	6-3	(3-1)	T65	127	50	1	2
84	SMU	-8	3-4	(2-1)	90	43	89	2	0
85	Akron	-8	3-3	(1-2)	87	92	124	2	0
86	UL Lafayette	-8.25	3-4	(1-2)	83	72	113	3	0
87	Memphis	-8.5	4-4	(1-3)	T80	109	94	2	0
88	UCLA	-8.5	2-5	(2-2)	91	4	15	3	3
89	E Michigan	-9	4-4	(2-3)	96	77	123	2	0
90	Southern Miss	-9	3-3	(2-1)	92	125	100	1	0
91	Louisville	-9.5	2-5	(0-4)	98	50	5	3	4
T92	Co Carolina	-9.5	4-3	(1-2)	100	100	97	1	1
T92	Liberty	-9.5	4-3	(0-0)	95	119	81	1	2
94	Air Force	-9.75	3-4	(1-3)	101	87	89	2	1
95	Nebraska	-10	1-6	(1-4)	105	4	11	3	2
96	Toledo	-10	3-4	(1-2)	89	100	117	2	0
97	Arizona	-10.25	3-5	(2-3)	88	61	18	2	2
T98	Nevada	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	T106	91	100	0	0
T98	UL Monroe	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	T106	85	120	2	0
100	North Carolina	-10.5	1-5	(1-3)	94	21	69	2	3
101	New Mexico	-11	3-4	(1-2)	93	93	71	1	1
102	Tulane	-11.25	2-5	(1-2)	84	62	73	2	2
103	Charlotte	-11.25	3-4	(2-2)	97	111	84	1	0
104	Kansas	-12	2-5	(0-4)	99	65	11	2	2
105	Arkansas	-12.5	2-6	(0-4)	115	41	20	3	3
106	E Carolina	-12.5	2-5	(0-4)	112	67	98	2	1
107	Georgia St	-12.75	2-5	(1-2)	103	83	99	1	1
108	Miami OH	-13	3-5	(3-1)	111	95	87	1	0
109	Tulsa	-13	1-6	(0-3)	104	47	113	3	0
T110	Colorado St	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	108	31	94	3	0
T110	Ball State	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	102	102	96	2	0
112	Wyoming	-13.25	2-6	(0-4)	116	46	126	3	0
113	Navy	-13.5	2-5	(1-3)	110	103	31	0	3
114	Oregon State	-14	1-6	(0-4)	109	43	6	2	4
115	S Alabama	-14	2-5	(1-2)	120	87	104	2	0
116	Uconn	-14	1-6	(0-4)	117	15	113	4	0
T117	UTSA	-14.5	3-5	(2-2)	T113	114	78	0	0
T117	UNLV	-14.5	2-5	(0-3)	T113	108	79	2	1
119	Umass	-16.25	2-6	(0-0)	118	95	72	2	1
120	Rutgers	-17.25	1-7	(0-5)	119	58	2	2	4
121	San Jose St	-17.75	0-7	(0-3)	126	33	75	3	2
T122	Old Dominion	-18.25	2-6	(1-4)	128	104	128	0	0
T122	W Kentucky	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	122	105	107	1	0
124	C Michigan	-18.5	1-7	(0-4)	121	81	118	2	0
125	N Mexico St	-18.75	2-6	(0-0)	124	106	111	1	1
126	Kent State	-19.25	1-7	(0-4)	123	81	110	2	0
127	Texas St	-19.75	1-6	(0-4)	127	128	82	0	1
128	Bowling Green	-19.75	1-7	(0-4)	125	79	120	1	0
129	Rice	-20.5	1-7	(0-4)	129	95	87	0	1
130	UTEP	-22.25	0-7	(0-3)	130	112	119	0	0

Conference Ranks

The SEC continues to dominate:

Rank	Conf	Avg
1	SEC	0.1429
2	Big 12	-2
3	ACC	-2.6786
4	Big 10	-2.8929
5	Pac 12	-2.9167
6	Ind	-7
7	Amer	-7.2708
8	MW	-8.4792
9	S Belt	-8.725
10	MAC	-10.7917
11	CUSA	-10.8214

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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	8	7-0	(4-0)	3	11	2	1
2	NC State	1.75	5-1	(2-1)	5	12	1	20
3	Miami	-0.25	5-2	(2-1)	11	9	2	28
4	Virginia	-0.75	5-2	(3-1)	7	14	1	31
5	Syracuse	-1	5-2	(2-2)	13	4	3	35
6	Virginia Tech	-1.75	4-2	(3-0)	5	10	1	T40
T7	Boston College	-2.25	5-2	(2-1)	14	3	4	T46
T7	Duke	-2.25	5-2	(1-2)	10	5	2	T46
9	Pittsburgh	-3.75	3-4	(2-1)	1	7	2	58
10	Florida State	-4.75	4-3	(2-3)	12	1	4	63
11	Wake Forest	-5	3-4	(0-3)	4	8	2	66
12	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	7	5	3	T72
13	Louisville	-9.5	2-5	(0-4)	7	2	4	91
14	North Carolina	-10.5	1-5	(1-3)	2	13	3	100

Big 10

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Michigan	6.25	7-1	(5-0)	3	7	2	5
2	Ohio State	3.5	7-1	(4-1)	14	9	3	12
3	Iowa	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	10	10	2	15
4	Penn State	1.75	5-2	(2-2)	6	3	3	19
5	Wisconsin	0.75	5-2	(3-1)	10	13	3	24
6	Michigan State	-0.5	4-3	(2-2)	2	14	2	30
7	Maryland	-2.25	4-3	(2-2)	4	6	3	T48
8	Northwestern	-3.75	4-3	(4-1)	8	2	3	T55
9	Purdue	-4.25	4-3	(3-1)	9	5	4	61
10	Indiana	-4.75	4-4	(1-4)	5	7	1	64
11	Minnesota	-6	3-4	(0-4)	6	12	1	76
12	Illinois	-6.75	3-4	(1-3)	13	10	3	80
13	Nebraska	-10	1-6	(1-4)	1	3	2	95
14	Rutgers	-17.25	1-7	(0-5)	12	1	4	120

SEC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Alabama	7.25	8-0	(5-0)	14	12	1	3
2	LSU	6.5	7-1	(4-1)	5	8	2	4
3	Kentucky	4.75	6-1	(4-1)	9	10	2	6
4	Florida	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	7	13	2	7
5	Georgia	4	6-1	(4-1)	12	9	2	T8
6	Texas AM	3.75	5-2	(3-1)	4	5	3	11
7	Mississippi St	-0.75	4-3	(1-3)	8	5	3	T32
8	South Carolina	-1.25	3-3	(2-3)	1	3	3	38
T9	Missouri	-1.75	4-3	(0-3)	6	7	2	T42
T9	Auburn	-1.75	5-3	(2-3)	10	1	3	T42
11	Ole Miss	-2.25	5-3	(1-3)	13	3	1	T48
12	Tennessee	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	2	11	2	53
13	Vanderbilt	-5.25	3-5	(0-4)	3	14	1	68
14	Arkansas	-12.5	2-6	(0-4)	10	2	3	105

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	4	6-1	(3-1)	3	8	2	T8
2	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	4	6	3	10
3	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	9	3	3	18
4	Texas Tech	0.5	5-2	(3-1)	6	2	3	27
5	Iowa State	-0.75	3-3	(2-2)	1	10	1	T32
6	TCU	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	2	9	1	52
7	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	6	5	2	57
8	OK State	-5.25	4-3	(1-3)	10	1	4	67
9	Kansas State	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	5	6	3	T72
10	Kansas	-12	2-5	(0-4)	8	3	2	104

Pac 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Washington	2.75	6-2	(4-1)	6	8	2	14
2	Washington St	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	12	5	3	13
3	Stanford	2.75	5-2	(3-1)	3	6	2	16
4	Utah	1.75	5-2	(3-2)	4	9	2	21
5	Oregon	1.25	5-2	(2-2)	9	12	1	22
6	USC	-1	4-3	(3-2)	1	11	1	36
7	Colorado	-1.75	5-2	(2-2)	9	10	2	T40
8	Arizona St	-4.75	3-4	(1-3)	5	6	3	65
9	California	-6	4-3	(1-3)	11	2	4	75
10	UCLA	-8.5	2-5	(2-2)	2	3	3	88
11	Arizona	-10.25	3-5	(2-3)	8	4	2	97
12	Oregon State	-14	1-6	(0-4)	7	1	4	114

American

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	7-0	(4-0)	10	5	1	17
2	S Florida	1.25	7-0	(3-0)	12	3	3	23
3	Houston	-1.25	6-1	(3-0)	9	7	1	37
4	Cincinnati	-2	6-1	(2-1)	11	4	2	45
5	Temple	-6.75	5-3	(4-0)	6	2	3	79
6	SMU	-8	3-4	(2-1)	2	8	0	84
7	Memphis	-8.5	4-4	(1-3)	8	9	0	87
8	Tulane	-11.25	2-5	(1-2)	4	6	2	102
9	E Carolina	-12.5	2-5	(0-4)	5	10	1	106
10	Tulsa	-13	1-6	(0-3)	3	11	0	109
11	Navy	-13.5	2-5	(1-3)	7	1	3	113
12	Uconn	-14	1-6	(0-4)	1	11	0	116

Mountain West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	San Diego St	0.5	6-1	(3-0)	4	8	1	26
2	Utah State	-0.25	6-1	(3-0)	12	10	1	29
3	Fresno St	-1	6-1	(3-0)	9	6	1	34
4	Boise State	-3.25	5-2	(3-1)	5	5	0	51
5	Hawaii	-8	6-3	(3-1)	11	1	2	83
6	Air Force	-9.75	3-4	(1-3)	5	6	1	94
7	Nevada	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	7	10	0	T98
8	New Mexico	-11	3-4	(1-2)	8	2	1	101
9	Colorado St	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	1	9	0	T110
10	Wyoming	-13.25	2-6	(0-4)	3	12	0	112
11	UNLV	-14.5	2-5	(0-3)	10	4	1	T117
12	San Jose St	-17.75	0-7	(0-3)	2	3	2	121

MAC

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-3	7-1	(4-0)	12	12	0	50
2	W Michigan	-4	6-2	(4-0)	8	5	0	T59
3	N Illinois	-5.25	4-3	(4-0)	1	2	1	70
4	Ohio	-6.5	4-3	(2-1)	11	4	0	78
5	Akron	-8	3-3	(1-2)	6	11	0	85
6	E Michigan	-9	4-4	(2-3)	2	10	0	89
7	Toledo	-10	3-4	(1-2)	9	7	0	96
8	Miami OH	-13	3-5	(3-1)	7	1	0	108
9	Ball State	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	10	3	0	T110
10	C Michigan	-18.5	1-7	(0-4)	4	8	0	124
11	Kent State	-19.25	1-7	(0-4)	4	6	0	126
12	Bowling Green	-19.75	1-7	(0-4)	3	9	0	128

CUSA

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UAB	-3.5	6-1	(4-0)	14	2	1	54
2	Louisiana Tech	-4	5-2	(3-1)	3	7	1	T59
3	FIU	-4.5	5-2	(3-0)	11	9	0	62
4	Marshall	-5.25	5-2	(3-1)	10	12	0	69
5	N Texas	-5.5	6-2	(2-2)	12	13	0	74
6	Mid Tennessee	-7	4-3	(3-1)	2	2	1	81
7	FAU	-7.75	3-4	(1-2)	1	10	0	82
8	Southern Miss	-9	3-3	(2-1)	13	6	0	90
9	Charlotte	-11.25	3-4	(2-2)	7	2	0	103
10	UTSA	-14.5	3-5	(2-2)	9	1	0	T117
T11	W Kentucky	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	6	7	0	T122
T11	Old Dominion	-18.25	2-6	(1-4)	5	14	0	T122
13	Rice	-20.5	1-7	(0-4)	3	5	1	129
14	UTEP	-22.25	0-7	(0-3)	8	11	0	130

Sun Belt

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	App State	0.5	5-1	(3-0)	7	7	0	25
2	GA Southern	-1.75	6-1	(3-0)	9	1	1	44
3	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	8	5	1	71
4	Arkansas St	-6	4-3	(1-2)	2	10	0	77
5	UL Lafayette	-8.25	3-4	(1-2)	1	8	0	86
6	Co Carolina	-9.5	4-3	(1-2)	6	3	1	T92
7	UL Monroe	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	4	9	0	T98
8	Georgia St	-12.75	2-5	(1-2)	3	4	1	107
9	S Alabama	-14	2-5	(1-2)	5	6	0	115
10	Texas St	-19.75	1-6	(0-4)	10	2	1	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	7.75	8-0	(0-0)	1	1	2	2
2	Army	-1.5	5-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	39
3	BYU	-3.75	4-3	(0-0)	2	3	2	T55
4	Liberty	-9.5	4-3	(0-0)	6	4	2	T92
5	Umass	-16.25	2-6	(0-0)	4	2	1	119
6	N Mexico St	-18.75	2-6	(0-0)	5	5	1	125

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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	0.25
2	SEC W	0.0357
3	Pac 12 N	-1.75
4	ACC Atl	-1.8214
5	Big 10 E	-1.8929
6	Big 12	-2
7	ACC Coast	-3.5357
8	Big 10 W	-3.8929
9	Pac 12 S	-4.0833
10	Amer E	-5.2917
11	S Belt E	-5.8
12	Ind	-7
13	MW Moun	-8.4583
14	MW West	-8.5
15	Amer W	-9.25
16	MAC W	-10
17	CUSA E	-10.3214
18	CUSA W	-11.3214
19	MAC E	-11.5833
20	S Belt W	-11.65

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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	-0.25	5-2	(2-1)	7	4	2	28
2	Virginia	-0.75	5-2	(3-1)	4	7	1	31
3	Virginia Tech	-1.75	4-2	(3-0)	3	5	1	T40
4	Duke	-2.25	5-2	(1-2)	6	1	2	T46
5	Pittsburgh	-3.75	3-4	(2-1)	1	3	2	58
6	Georgia Tech	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	4	1	3	T72
7	North Carolina	-10.5	1-5	(1-3)	2	6	3	100

ACC Atlantic

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Clemson	8	7-0	(4-0)	1	6	2	1
2	NC State	1.75	5-1	(2-1)	3	7	1	20
3	Syracuse	-1	5-2	(2-2)	6	4	3	35
4	Boston College	-2.25	5-2	(2-1)	7	3	4	T46
5	Florida State	-4.75	4-3	(2-3)	5	1	4	63
6	Wake Forest	-5	3-4	(0-3)	2	5	2	66
7	Louisville	-9.5	2-5	(0-4)	4	2	4	91

SEC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Kentucky	4.75	6-1	(4-1)	6	4	2	6
2	Florida	4.5	6-1	(4-1)	5	6	2	7
3	Georgia	4	6-1	(4-1)	7	3	2	T8
4	South Carolina	-1.25	3-3	(2-3)	1	1	3	38
5	Missouri	-1.75	4-3	(0-3)	4	2	2	T42
6	Tennessee	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	2	5	2	53
7	Vanderbilt	-5.25	3-5	(0-4)	3	7	1	68

SEC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Alabama	7.25	8-0	(5-0)	7	7	1	3
2	LSU	6.5	7-1	(4-1)	2	6	2	4
3	Texas AM	3.75	5-2	(3-1)	1	4	3	11
4	Mississippi St	-0.75	4-3	(1-3)	3	4	3	T32
5	Auburn	-1.75	5-3	(2-3)	4	1	3	T42
6	Ole Miss	-2.25	5-3	(1-3)	6	3	1	T48
7	Arkansas	-12.5	2-6	(0-4)	4	2	3	105

Big 10 East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Michigan	6.25	7-1	(5-0)	2	4	2	5
2	Ohio State	3.5	7-1	(4-1)	7	6	3	12
3	Penn State	1.75	5-2	(2-2)	5	2	3	19
4	Michigan State	-0.5	4-3	(2-2)	1	7	2	30
5	Maryland	-2.25	4-3	(2-2)	3	3	3	T48
6	Indiana	-4.75	4-4	(1-4)	4	4	1	64
7	Rutgers	-17.25	1-7	(0-5)	6	1	4	120

Big 10 West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Iowa	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	5	4	2	15
2	Wisconsin	0.75	5-2	(3-1)	5	7	3	24
3	Northwestern	-3.75	4-3	(4-1)	3	1	3	T55
4	Purdue	-4.25	4-3	(3-1)	4	3	4	61
5	Minnesota	-6	3-4	(0-4)	2	6	1	76
6	Illinois	-6.75	3-4	(1-3)	7	4	3	80
7	Nebraska	-10	1-6	(1-4)	1	2	2	95

Big 12

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Oklahoma	4	6-1	(3-1)	3	8	2	T8
2	Texas	3.75	6-1	(4-0)	4	6	3	10
3	West Virginia	2.25	5-1	(3-1)	9	3	3	18
4	Texas Tech	0.5	5-2	(3-1)	6	2	3	27
5	Iowa State	-0.75	3-3	(2-2)	1	10	1	T32
6	TCU	-3.25	3-4	(1-3)	2	9	1	52
7	Baylor	-3.75	4-3	(2-2)	6	5	2	57
8	OK State	-5.25	4-3	(1-3)	10	1	4	67
9	Kansas State	-5.5	3-4	(1-3)	5	6	3	T72
10	Kansas	-12	2-5	(0-4)	8	3	2	104

Pac 12 North

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Washington	2.75	6-2	(4-1)	2	5	2	14
2	Washington St	2.75	6-1	(3-1)	6	3	3	13
3	Stanford	2.75	5-2	(3-1)	1	4	2	16
4	Oregon	1.25	5-2	(2-2)	4	6	1	22
5	California	-6	4-3	(1-3)	5	2	4	75
6	Oregon State	-14	1-6	(0-4)	3	1	4	114

Pac 12 South

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Utah	1.75	5-2	(3-2)	3	4	2	21
2	USC	-1	4-3	(3-2)	1	6	1	36
3	Colorado	-1.75	5-2	(2-2)	6	5	2	T40
4	Arizona St	-4.75	3-4	(1-3)	4	3	3	65
5	UCLA	-8.5	2-5	(2-2)	2	1	3	88
6	Arizona	-10.25	3-5	(2-3)	5	2	2	97

American East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UCF	2.25	7-0	(4-0)	4	4	1	17
2	S Florida	1.25	7-0	(3-0)	6	2	3	23
3	Cincinnati	-2	6-1	(2-1)	5	3	2	45
4	Temple	-6.75	5-3	(4-0)	3	1	3	79
5	E Carolina	-12.5	2-5	(0-4)	2	5	1	106
6	Uconn	-14	1-6	(0-4)	1	6	0	116

American West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Houston	-1.25	6-1	(3-0)	6	3	1	37
2	SMU	-8	3-4	(2-1)	1	4	0	84
3	Memphis	-8.5	4-4	(1-3)	5	5	0	87
4	Tulane	-11.25	2-5	(1-2)	3	2	2	102
5	Tulsa	-13	1-6	(0-3)	2	6	0	109
6	Navy	-13.5	2-5	(1-3)	4	1	3	113

MW Mountain

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Utah State	-0.25	6-1	(3-0)	6	5	1	29
2	Boise State	-3.25	5-2	(3-1)	3	2	0	51
3	Air Force	-9.75	3-4	(1-3)	3	3	1	94
4	New Mexico	-11	3-4	(1-2)	5	1	1	101
5	Colorado St	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	1	4	0	T110
6	Wyoming	-13.25	2-6	(0-4)	2	6	0	112

MW West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	San Diego St	0.5	6-1	(3-0)	2	5	1	26
2	Fresno St	-1	6-1	(3-0)	4	4	1	34
3	Hawaii	-8	6-3	(3-1)	6	1	2	83
4	Nevada	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	3	6	0	T98
5	UNLV	-14.5	2-5	(0-3)	5	3	1	T117
6	San Jose St	-17.75	0-7	(0-3)	1	2	2	121

MAC East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Buffalo	-3	7-1	(4-0)	6	6	0	50
2	Ohio	-6.5	4-3	(2-1)	5	2	0	78
3	Akron	-8	3-3	(1-2)	3	5	0	85
4	Miami OH	-13	3-5	(3-1)	4	1	0	108
5	Kent State	-19.25	1-7	(0-4)	2	3	0	126
6	Bowling Green	-19.75	1-7	(0-4)	1	4	0	128

MAC West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	W Michigan	-4	6-2	(4-0)	4	3	0	T59
2	N Illinois	-5.25	4-3	(4-0)	1	1	1	70
3	E Michigan	-9	4-4	(2-3)	2	6	0	89
4	Toledo	-10	3-4	(1-2)	5	4	0	96
5	Ball State	-13.25	3-5	(2-2)	6	2	0	T110
6	C Michigan	-18.5	1-7	(0-4)	3	5	0	124

C-USA East

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	FIU	-4.5	5-2	(3-0)	7	4	0	62
2	Marshall	-5.25	5-2	(3-1)	6	6	0	69
3	Mid Tennessee	-7	4-3	(3-1)	2	1	1	81
4	FAU	-7.75	3-4	(1-2)	1	5	0	82
5	Charlotte	-11.25	3-4	(2-2)	5	1	0	103
T6	W Kentucky	-18.25	1-6	(0-3)	4	3	0	T122
T6	Old Dominion	-18.25	2-6	(1-4)	3	7	0	T122

C-USA West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	UAB	-3.5	6-1	(4-0)	7	2	1	54
2	Louisiana Tech	-4	5-2	(3-1)	1	5	1	T59
3	N Texas	-5.5	6-2	(2-2)	5	7	0	74
4	Southern Miss	-9	3-3	(2-1)	6	4	0	90
5	UTSA	-14.5	3-5	(2-2)	4	1	0	T117
6	Rice	-20.5	1-7	(0-4)	1	3	1	129
7	UTEP	-22.25	0-7	(0-3)	3	6	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	5-1	(3-0)	3	5	0	25
2	GA Southern	-1.75	6-1	(3-0)	5	1	1	44
3	Troy	-5.5	5-2	(3-0)	4	4	1	71
4	Co Carolina	-9.5	4-3	(1-2)	2	2	1	T92
5	Georgia St	-12.75	2-5	(1-2)	1	3	1	107

Sun Belt West

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Arkansas St	-6	4-3	(1-2)	2	5	0	77
2	UL Lafayette	-8.25	3-4	(1-2)	1	3	0	86
3	UL Monroe	-10.25	4-4	(2-2)	3	4	0	T98
4	S Alabama	-14	2-5	(1-2)	4	2	0	115
5	Texas St	-19.75	1-6	(0-4)	5	1	1	127

Independents

Rank	Team	Score	Record	Conf	Played Sch Rank	Rem Sch Rank	Tuff Games Rem	NatlRank
1	Notre Dame	7.75	8-0	(0-0)	1	1	2	2
2	Army	-1.5	5-2	(0-0)	3	6	0	39
3	BYU	-3.75	4-3	(0-0)	2	3	2	T55
4	Liberty	-9.5	4-3	(0-0)	6	4	2	T92
5	Umass	-16.25	2-6	(0-0)	4	2	1	119
6	N Mexico St	-18.75	2-6	(0-0)	5	5	1	125