Welcome

Over the past few years I have created a straightforward way to rank college football teams. Basically, I wanted a way to combine subjective views towards teams with an objective component. I have tinkered with my formula over the seasons and have what I think is a pretty decent way to compare resumes of different teams. This is NOT a sophisticated algorithm, and should not be treated the same way as Sagarin, KenPom, or other computer rankings found in places like the Massey Ranking Composite. The rankings should also not be used to predict future games; my rankings should be considered a snapshot of how a team’s body of work has been up to this point. Even though it is not the most complicated ranking system ever created, I think its simplicity can be a positive thing.


Basic Idea

I will not go into detail here about how these rankings are calculated, but I will describe the basic concept. Like I mentioned above, these rankings combine subjective and objective features. The subjective component drives the whole process. Every team is placed by me into a bin. There are seven general bins, ranging from -3 to 3. A basic idea of what each bin represents is:


If a team seems to be somewhere in between two of these categories, they can be binned as a “0.5”, “1.5”, etc. For example, 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 9

How will my rankings differ from the committee, which is about to release its first rankings of the year? Well, Florida will probably not be as high in theirs as it is in mine (8th), although the Gators have a fantastic win (LSU) and two reasonable losses (UK and Georgia). They won’t quite be 8th, but I expect them to be the highest ranked 2-loss team. Kentucky is another team that my rankings like (7th). One thing my system does is ignore style points and focus more on absolute wins and losses. Kentucky has a fantastic win-loss resume: wins at Florida, over Miss State, Missouri, and an excusable OT loss at Texas AM. What they DON’T have are style points - they have looked quite ugly recently, including a 15-14 slog over Missouri last weekend. The committee will ding them for that, meaning they will probably be lower than where I have them at 7th.

And finally we have Alabama. The Tide come in at 3rd in my rankings. Again, my system has no idea that Alabama has passed the eyeball test at an ungodly level by eviscerating everyone they’ve played. My rankings simply look at who they’ve beaten, and they see a list of wins that is not quite as impressive as Clemson’s or Notre Dame’s (yet). The committee will of course take their dominance into account and place them higher than 3rd, although I wouldn’t be shocked if they place the Tide behind Clemson before they play LSU.

Here are the Week 9 rankings, released prior to the Playoff Committee’s first rankings:

Rank Team Score Record Conf Prev Rank Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Pld Tuff Games Rem
1 Clemson 9 8-0 (5-0) 1 27 61 3 1
2 Notre Dame 7.5 8-0 (0-0) 2 42 28 2 3
3 Alabama 6.75 8-0 (5-0) 3 66 45 2 2
4 LSU 6.75 7-1 (4-1) 4 17 48 4 2
5 Michigan 6.25 7-1 (5-0) 5 22 23 3 2
6 Georgia 6 7-1 (5-1) T8 24 61 4 1
7 Kentucky 5.5 7-1 (5-1) 6 42 58 3 1
8 Florida 5 6-2 (4-2) 7 12 84 4 0
9 Oklahoma 3.75 7-1 (4-1) T8 42 33 2 2
10 Washington St 3.25 7-1 (4-1) 13 78 45 2 2
11 UCF 2.75 7-0 (4-0) 17 119 71 0 1
12 Ohio State 2.75 7-1 (4-1) 12 62 20 2 3
13 Penn State 2.75 6-2 (3-2) 19 22 33 3 1
14 West Virginia 2 6-1 (4-1) 18 73 8 2 3
15 Texas 2 6-2 (4-1) 10 35 33 1 2
16 Utah 1.75 6-2 (4-2) 21 35 48 3 2
17 Texas AM 1.75 5-3 (3-2) 11 7 22 5 2
18 Mississippi St 1.25 5-3 (2-3) T32 24 33 2 2
19 Houston 1 7-1 (4-0) 37 107 88 1 0
20 Iowa 1 6-2 (3-2) 15 42 65 1 1
21 Stanford 1 5-3 (3-2) 16 2 56 5 2
22 Michigan State 0.75 5-3 (3-2) 30 7 58 4 2
23 NC State 0.75 5-2 (2-2) 20 15 79 4 0
24 Syracuse 0.25 6-2 (3-2) 35 67 15 2 2
25 S Florida 0.25 7-1 (3-1) 23 104 43 1 2
26 GA Southern 0.25 7-1 (4-0) 44 113 98 1 0
27 Utah State 0 7-1 (4-0) 29 130 98 1 1
28 Washington -0.25 6-3 (4-2) 14 34 42 2 1
29 Fresno St -0.5 7-1 (4-0) 34 114 97 0 1
30 Iowa State -0.5 4-3 (3-2) T32 4 48 4 1
31 Virginia -1 6-2 (4-1) 31 78 68 2 2
32 Boston College -1.25 6-2 (3-1) T46 89 8 2 3
33 Texas Tech -1.25 5-3 (3-2) 27 27 12 3 2
34 Cincinnati -1.5 7-1 (3-1) 45 116 67 0 1
35 Army -1.5 6-2 (0-0) 39 67 124 2 0
36 South Carolina -1.5 4-3 (3-3) 38 9 15 3 3
37 Auburn -1.75 5-3 (2-3) T42 49 5 4 3
38 App State -2 5-2 (3-1) 25 96 113 1 0
39 Miami -2 5-3 (2-2) 28 32 43 3 2
T40 Pittsburgh -2 4-4 (3-1) 58 2 26 4 2
T40 Missouri -2 4-4 (0-4) T42 16 48 5 1
42 Northwestern -2.25 5-3 (5-1) T55 39 8 3 2
T43 Duke -2.25 5-3 (1-3) T46 27 23 3 2
T43 Maryland -2.25 5-3 (3-2) T48 27 6 3 2
T43 Wisconsin -2.25 5-3 (3-2) 24 42 48 3 2
46 San Diego St -2.5 6-2 (3-1) 26 89 88 3 1
47 Ole Miss -2.5 5-3 (1-3) T48 58 23 2 2
48 USC -2.75 4-4 (3-3) 36 4 33 4 1
49 UAB -3 7-1 (5-0) 54 128 85 0 1
50 Oregon -3 5-3 (2-3) 22 67 48 3 1
51 Buffalo -3 7-1 (4-0) 50 121 125 0 0
52 Louisiana Tech -3.25 6-2 (4-1) T59 94 102 1 1
53 Boise State -3.5 6-2 (4-1) 51 94 76 1 2
54 OK State -4 5-3 (2-3) 67 71 7 1 2
55 Virginia Tech -4.25 4-3 (3-1) T40 52 26 2 3
56 Tennessee -4.25 3-5 (1-4) 53 4 61 5 1
T57 Georgia Tech -4.5 4-4 (2-3) T72 50 18 3 2
T57 Arizona St -4.5 4-4 (2-3) 65 27 33 3 2
59 N Illinois -4.5 5-3 (4-0) 70 58 113 2 0
60 Colorado -4.75 5-3 (2-3) T40 75 8 2 3
61 Purdue -4.75 4-4 (3-2) 61 19 33 3 1
T62 Wake Forest -4.75 4-4 (1-3) 66 42 28 3 3
T62 Baylor -4.75 4-4 (2-3) 57 20 61 3 1
64 Vanderbilt -4.75 4-5 (1-4) 68 10 60 4 1
65 FIU -4.75 6-2 (4-0) 62 127 102 1 0
66 N Texas -5 7-2 (3-2) 74 126 113 1 0
67 California -5.5 5-3 (2-3) 75 67 20 0 2
68 Troy -5.5 6-2 (4-0) 71 123 88 0 2
69 Minnesota -5.5 4-4 (1-4) 76 32 48 4 1
70 Florida State -5.75 4-4 (2-4) 63 39 1 3 4
71 Marshall -5.75 5-2 (3-1) 69 124 110 0 0
72 Ohio -5.75 5-3 (3-1) 78 111 102 2 0
73 Kansas State -6 3-5 (1-4) T72 14 68 4 1
74 Temple -6 5-3 (4-0) 79 78 28 2 2
T75 Indiana -6.25 4-5 (1-5) 64 13 14 4 1
T75 TCU -6.25 3-5 (1-4) 52 18 28 3 1
77 Mid Tennessee -6.25 5-3 (4-1) 81 78 79 1 1
78 W Michigan -7.25 6-3 (4-1) T59 99 102 2 0
79 BYU -7.5 4-4 (0-0) T55 54 71 3 2
80 Akron -7.5 4-3 (2-2) 85 106 113 2 0
81 Arizona -7.75 4-5 (3-3) 97 38 19 2 1
82 Memphis -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 87 110 82 2 1
83 Arkansas St -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 77 83 129 2 0
84 UL Lafayette -8.25 4-4 (2-2) 86 75 113 3 0
85 UCLA -9 2-6 (2-3) 88 1 41 6 2
86 Nevada -9 5-4 (3-2) T98 82 125 1 0
87 Co Carolina -9 5-3 (2-2) T92 100 96 1 0
88 Hawaii -9.5 6-4 (3-2) 83 118 73 2 2
89 Liberty -9.5 4-3 (0-0) T92 120 76 1 2
90 Illinois -9.75 3-5 (1-4) 80 64 33 2 2
91 SMU -10 3-5 (2-2) 84 42 85 2 1
92 Toledo -10.25 4-4 (2-2) 96 103 122 1 0
T93 Tulane -10.25 3-5 (2-2) 102 61 65 3 2
T93 FAU -10.25 3-5 (1-3) 82 65 120 2 0
95 Nebraska -10.5 2-6 (1-4) 95 24 12 3 2
96 UL Monroe -10.75 4-4 (2-2) T98 97 102 2 0
97 North Carolina -11 1-6 (1-4) 100 11 81 4 1
98 Charlotte -11 4-4 (3-2) 103 121 76 1 0
99 Louisville -11.25 2-6 (0-5) 91 39 1 3 3
100 Kansas -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 104 73 17 2 2
101 E Michigan -11.5 4-5 (2-3) 89 85 130 2 0
102 Southern Miss -11.5 3-4 (2-2) 90 124 88 1 1
103 Air Force -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 94 88 100 2 1
104 Oregon State -11.75 2-6 (1-4) 114 20 28 3 2
105 E Carolina -11.75 2-5 (0-4) 106 60 88 3 1
106 Wyoming -12.75 3-6 (1-4) 112 51 127 4 0
107 Navy -13 2-6 (1-3) 113 63 47 2 2
T108 New Mexico -13 3-5 (1-3) 101 89 87 3 0
T108 Miami OH -13 3-5 (3-1) 108 98 88 1 0
110 UTSA -14 3-5 (2-2) T117 111 75 1 1
111 Umass -15 3-6 (0-0) 119 92 48 2 1
112 Arkansas -15.25 2-7 (0-5) 105 57 3 3 3
113 Tulsa -15.25 1-7 (0-4) 109 53 110 2 0
114 S Alabama -15.75 2-6 (1-3) 115 83 113 3 0
T115 Colorado St -16.25 3-6 (2-3) T110 56 74 3 1
T115 Ball State -16.25 3-6 (2-3) T110 108 108 1 0
117 Georgia St -16.5 2-6 (1-3) 107 104 88 1 1
118 Uconn -16.75 1-7 (0-4) 116 35 102 4 0
119 Rutgers -17 1-7 (0-5) 120 54 4 2 4
120 UNLV -17.75 2-6 (0-4) T117 114 68 2 2
121 San Jose St -18.75 1-7 (1-3) 121 72 56 3 2
122 Texas St -19 2-6 (0-4) 127 128 82 0 0
123 Kent State -19.25 1-7 (0-4) 126 86 110 2 0
124 Bowling Green -20.5 1-7 (0-4) 128 93 120 2 0
125 N Mexico St -20.75 2-7 (0-0) 125 101 108 1 0
126 Old Dominion -21 2-7 (1-5) T122 101 127 0 0
127 W Kentucky -21.5 1-7 (0-4) T122 116 101 1 0
T128 C Michigan -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 124 87 119 2 0
T128 Rice -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 129 77 95 1 1
130 UTEP -24.25 0-8 (0-4) 130 109 122 0 0

Conference Ranks

The SEC continues to dominate:

Rank Conf Avg
1 SEC 0.0714
2 Big 12 -2.65
3 ACC -2.8571
4 Big 10 -3.3571
5 Pac 12 -3.6042
6 Amer -7.3958
7 Ind -7.7917
8 S Belt -9.475
9 MW -9.5833
10 CUSA -11.6607
11 MAC -11.7083


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 9 8-0 (5-0) 4 11 1 1
2 NC State 0.75 5-2 (2-2) 3 13 0 23
3 Syracuse 0.25 6-2 (3-2) 12 4 2 24
4 Virginia -1 6-2 (4-1) 13 12 2 31
5 Boston College -1.25 6-2 (3-1) 14 3 3 32
6 Miami -2 5-3 (2-2) 6 10 2 39
7 Pittsburgh -2 4-4 (3-1) 1 7 2 T40
8 Duke -2.25 5-3 (1-3) 4 6 2 T43
9 Virginia Tech -4.25 4-3 (3-1) 11 7 3 55
10 Georgia Tech -4.5 4-4 (2-3) 10 5 2 T57
11 Wake Forest -4.75 4-4 (1-3) 9 9 3 T62
12 Florida State -5.75 4-4 (2-4) 7 1 4 70
13 North Carolina -11 1-6 (1-4) 2 14 1 97
14 Louisville -11.25 2-6 (0-5) 7 1 3 99


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) 4 7 2 5
2 Ohio State 2.75 7-1 (4-1) 13 6 3 12
3 Penn State 2.75 6-2 (3-2) 4 8 1 13
4 Iowa 1 6-2 (3-2) 10 14 1 20
5 Michigan State 0.75 5-3 (3-2) 1 13 2 22
6 Northwestern -2.25 5-3 (5-1) 9 3 2 42
T7 Maryland -2.25 5-3 (3-2) 7 2 2 T43
T7 Wisconsin -2.25 5-3 (3-2) 10 11 2 T43
9 Purdue -4.75 4-4 (3-2) 3 8 1 61
10 Minnesota -5.5 4-4 (1-4) 8 11 1 69
11 Indiana -6.25 4-5 (1-5) 2 5 1 T75
12 Illinois -9.75 3-5 (1-4) 14 8 2 90
13 Nebraska -10.5 2-6 (1-4) 6 4 2 95
14 Rutgers -17 1-7 (0-5) 12 1 4 119


SEC

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Alabama 6.75 8-0 (5-0) 14 7 2 3
2 LSU 6.75 7-1 (4-1) 7 8 2 4
3 Georgia 6 7-1 (5-1) 8 12 1 6
4 Kentucky 5.5 7-1 (5-1) 10 10 1 7
5 Florida 5 6-2 (4-2) 5 14 0 8
6 Texas AM 1.75 5-3 (3-2) 2 4 2 17
7 Mississippi St 1.25 5-3 (2-3) 8 6 2 18
8 South Carolina -1.5 4-3 (3-3) 3 3 3 36
9 Auburn -1.75 5-3 (2-3) 11 2 3 37
10 Missouri -2 4-4 (0-4) 6 8 1 T40
11 Ole Miss -2.5 5-3 (1-3) 13 5 2 47
12 Tennessee -4.25 3-5 (1-4) 1 12 1 56
13 Vanderbilt -4.75 4-5 (1-4) 4 11 1 64
14 Arkansas -15.25 2-7 (0-5) 12 1 3 112


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 3.75 7-1 (4-1) 7 6 2 9
2 Texas 2 6-2 (4-1) 6 6 2 15
3 West Virginia 2 6-1 (4-1) 9 2 3 14
4 Iowa State -0.5 4-3 (3-2) 1 8 1 30
5 Texas Tech -1.25 5-3 (3-2) 5 3 2 33
6 OK State -4 5-3 (2-3) 8 1 2 54
7 Baylor -4.75 4-4 (2-3) 4 9 1 T62
8 Kansas State -6 3-5 (1-4) 2 10 1 73
9 TCU -6.25 3-5 (1-4) 3 5 1 T75
10 Kansas -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 9 4 2 100


Pac 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Washington St 3.25 7-1 (4-1) 12 9 2 10
2 Utah 1.75 6-2 (4-2) 7 10 2 16
3 Stanford 1 5-3 (3-2) 2 12 2 21
4 Washington -0.25 6-3 (4-2) 6 8 1 28
5 USC -2.75 4-4 (3-3) 3 5 1 48
6 Oregon -3 5-3 (2-3) 9 10 1 50
7 Arizona St -4.5 4-4 (2-3) 5 5 2 T57
8 Colorado -4.75 5-3 (2-3) 11 1 3 60
9 California -5.5 5-3 (2-3) 9 3 2 67
10 Arizona -7.75 4-5 (3-3) 8 2 1 81
11 UCLA -9 2-6 (2-3) 1 7 2 85
12 Oregon State -11.75 2-6 (1-4) 4 4 2 104


American

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 2.75 7-0 (4-0) 12 6 1 11
2 Houston 1 7-1 (4-0) 9 9 0 19
3 S Florida 0.25 7-1 (3-1) 8 2 2 25
4 Cincinnati -1.5 7-1 (3-1) 11 5 1 34
5 Temple -6 5-3 (4-0) 7 1 2 74
6 Memphis -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 10 7 1 82
7 SMU -10 3-5 (2-2) 2 8 1 91
8 Tulane -10.25 3-5 (2-2) 5 4 2 T93
9 E Carolina -11.75 2-5 (0-4) 4 9 1 105
10 Navy -13 2-6 (1-3) 6 3 2 107
11 Tulsa -15.25 1-7 (0-4) 3 12 0 113
12 Uconn -16.75 1-7 (0-4) 1 11 0 118


Mountain West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Utah State 0 7-1 (4-0) 12 9 1 27
2 Fresno St -0.5 7-1 (4-0) 9 8 1 29
3 San Diego St -2.5 6-2 (3-1) 6 7 1 46
4 Boise State -3.5 6-2 (4-1) 8 5 2 53
5 Nevada -9 5-4 (3-2) 4 11 0 86
6 Hawaii -9.5 6-4 (3-2) 11 3 2 88
7 Air Force -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 5 10 1 103
8 Wyoming -12.75 3-6 (1-4) 1 12 0 106
9 New Mexico -13 3-5 (1-3) 6 6 0 T108
10 Colorado St -16.25 3-6 (2-3) 2 4 1 T115
11 UNLV -17.75 2-6 (0-4) 9 2 2 120
12 San Jose St -18.75 1-7 (1-3) 3 1 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 11 0 51
2 N Illinois -4.5 5-3 (4-0) 1 6 0 59
3 Ohio -5.75 5-3 (3-1) 11 2 0 72
4 W Michigan -7.25 6-3 (4-1) 7 2 0 78
5 Akron -7.5 4-3 (2-2) 9 6 0 80
6 Toledo -10.25 4-4 (2-2) 8 10 0 92
7 E Michigan -11.5 4-5 (2-3) 2 12 0 101
8 Miami OH -13 3-5 (3-1) 6 1 0 T108
9 Ball State -16.25 3-6 (2-3) 10 4 0 T115
10 Kent State -19.25 1-7 (0-4) 3 5 0 123
11 Bowling Green -20.5 1-7 (0-4) 5 9 0 124
12 C Michigan -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 4 8 0 T128


CUSA

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UAB -3 7-1 (5-0) 14 4 1 49
2 Louisiana Tech -3.25 6-2 (4-1) 4 8 1 52
3 FIU -4.75 6-2 (4-0) 13 8 0 65
4 N Texas -5 7-2 (3-2) 12 11 0 66
5 Marshall -5.75 5-2 (3-1) 10 10 0 71
6 Mid Tennessee -6.25 5-3 (4-1) 3 3 1 77
7 FAU -10.25 3-5 (1-3) 1 12 0 T93
8 Charlotte -11 4-4 (3-2) 9 2 0 98
9 Southern Miss -11.5 3-4 (2-2) 10 5 1 102
10 UTSA -14 3-5 (2-2) 7 1 1 110
11 Old Dominion -21 2-7 (1-5) 5 14 0 126
12 W Kentucky -21.5 1-7 (0-4) 8 7 0 127
13 Rice -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 2 6 1 T128
14 UTEP -24.25 0-8 (0-4) 6 13 0 130


Sun Belt

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 GA Southern 0.25 7-1 (4-0) 8 5 0 26
2 App State -2 5-2 (3-1) 4 7 0 38
3 Troy -5.5 6-2 (4-0) 9 2 2 68
4 Arkansas St -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 2 10 0 83
5 UL Lafayette -8.25 4-4 (2-2) 1 7 0 84
6 Co Carolina -9 5-3 (2-2) 6 4 0 87
7 UL Monroe -10.75 4-4 (2-2) 5 6 0 96
8 S Alabama -15.75 2-6 (1-3) 2 7 0 114
9 Georgia St -16.5 2-6 (1-3) 7 2 1 117
10 Texas St -19 2-6 (0-4) 10 1 0 122


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 7.5 8-0 (0-0) 1 1 3 2
2 Army -1.5 6-2 (0-0) 3 6 0 35
3 BYU -7.5 4-4 (0-0) 2 3 2 79
4 Liberty -9.5 4-3 (0-0) 6 4 2 89
5 Umass -15 3-6 (0-0) 4 2 1 111
6 N Mexico St -20.75 2-7 (0-0) 5 5 0 125

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 0.5714
2 SEC W -0.4286
3.5 ACC Atl -1.8571
3.5 Big 10 E -1.8571
5 Big 12 -2.65
6 Pac 12 N -2.7083
7 ACC Coast -3.8571
8 Pac 12 S -4.5
9 Big 10 W -4.8571
10 Amer E -5.5
11 S Belt E -6.55
12 Ind -7.7917
13 Amer W -9.2917
14 MW Moun -9.5
15 MW West -9.6667
16.5 MAC E -11.5
16.5 CUSA E -11.5
18 CUSA W -11.8214
19 MAC W -11.9167
20 S Belt W -12.4


Next are the rankings within every division, as well as each team’s national ranking, now with PLOTS!:

ACC Coastal

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Virginia -1 6-2 (4-1) 7 6 2 31
2 Miami -2 5-3 (2-2) 4 5 2 39
3 Pittsburgh -2 4-4 (3-1) 1 3 2 T40
4 Duke -2.25 5-3 (1-3) 3 2 2 T43
5 Virginia Tech -4.25 4-3 (3-1) 6 3 3 55
6 Georgia Tech -4.5 4-4 (2-3) 5 1 2 T57
7 North Carolina -11 1-6 (1-4) 2 7 1 97


ACC Atlantic

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Clemson 9 8-0 (5-0) 2 6 1 1
2 NC State 0.75 5-2 (2-2) 1 7 0 23
3 Syracuse 0.25 6-2 (3-2) 6 4 2 24
4 Boston College -1.25 6-2 (3-1) 7 3 3 32
5 Wake Forest -4.75 4-4 (1-3) 5 5 3 T62
6 Florida State -5.75 4-4 (2-4) 3 1 4 70
7 Louisville -11.25 2-6 (0-5) 3 1 3 99


SEC East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Georgia 6 7-1 (5-1) 6 5 1 6
2 Kentucky 5.5 7-1 (5-1) 7 3 1 7
3 Florida 5 6-2 (4-2) 4 7 0 8
4 South Carolina -1.5 4-3 (3-3) 2 1 3 36
5 Missouri -2 4-4 (0-4) 5 2 1 T40
6 Tennessee -4.25 3-5 (1-4) 1 5 1 56
7 Vanderbilt -4.75 4-5 (1-4) 3 4 1 64


SEC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Alabama 6.75 8-0 (5-0) 7 6 2 3
2 LSU 6.75 7-1 (4-1) 2 7 2 4
3 Texas AM 1.75 5-3 (3-2) 1 3 2 17
4 Mississippi St 1.25 5-3 (2-3) 3 5 2 18
5 Auburn -1.75 5-3 (2-3) 4 2 3 37
6 Ole Miss -2.5 5-3 (1-3) 6 4 2 47
7 Arkansas -15.25 2-7 (0-5) 5 1 3 112


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) 3 5 2 5
2 Ohio State 2.75 7-1 (4-1) 7 4 3 12
3 Penn State 2.75 6-2 (3-2) 3 6 1 13
4 Michigan State 0.75 5-3 (3-2) 1 7 2 22
5 Maryland -2.25 5-3 (3-2) 5 2 2 T43
6 Indiana -6.25 4-5 (1-5) 2 3 1 T75
7 Rutgers -17 1-7 (0-5) 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 6-2 (3-2) 5 7 1 20
2 Northwestern -2.25 5-3 (5-1) 4 1 2 42
3 Wisconsin -2.25 5-3 (3-2) 5 5 2 T43
4 Purdue -4.75 4-4 (3-2) 1 3 1 61
5 Minnesota -5.5 4-4 (1-4) 3 5 1 69
6 Illinois -9.75 3-5 (1-4) 7 3 2 90
7 Nebraska -10.5 2-6 (1-4) 2 2 2 95


Big 12

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Oklahoma 3.75 7-1 (4-1) 7 6 2 9
2 Texas 2 6-2 (4-1) 6 6 2 15
3 West Virginia 2 6-1 (4-1) 9 2 3 14
4 Iowa State -0.5 4-3 (3-2) 1 8 1 30
5 Texas Tech -1.25 5-3 (3-2) 5 3 2 33
6 OK State -4 5-3 (2-3) 8 1 2 54
7 Baylor -4.75 4-4 (2-3) 4 9 1 T62
8 Kansas State -6 3-5 (1-4) 2 10 1 73
9 TCU -6.25 3-5 (1-4) 3 5 1 T75
10 Kansas -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 9 4 2 100


Pac 12 North

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Washington St 3.25 7-1 (4-1) 6 4 2 10
2 Stanford 1 5-3 (3-2) 1 6 2 21
3 Washington -0.25 6-3 (4-2) 3 3 1 28
4 Oregon -3 5-3 (2-3) 4 5 1 50
5 California -5.5 5-3 (2-3) 4 1 2 67
6 Oregon State -11.75 2-6 (1-4) 2 2 2 104


Pac 12 South

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Utah 1.75 6-2 (4-2) 4 6 2 16
2 USC -2.75 4-4 (3-3) 2 3 1 48
3 Arizona St -4.5 4-4 (2-3) 3 3 2 T57
4 Colorado -4.75 5-3 (2-3) 6 1 3 60
5 Arizona -7.75 4-5 (3-3) 5 2 1 81
6 UCLA -9 2-6 (2-3) 1 5 2 85


American East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UCF 2.75 7-0 (4-0) 6 4 1 11
2 S Florida 0.25 7-1 (3-1) 4 2 2 25
3 Cincinnati -1.5 7-1 (3-1) 5 3 1 34
4 Temple -6 5-3 (4-0) 3 1 2 74
5 E Carolina -11.75 2-5 (0-4) 2 5 1 105
6 Uconn -16.75 1-7 (0-4) 1 6 0 118


American West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Houston 1 7-1 (4-0) 5 5 0 19
2 Memphis -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 6 3 1 82
3 SMU -10 3-5 (2-2) 1 4 1 91
4 Tulane -10.25 3-5 (2-2) 3 2 2 T93
5 Navy -13 2-6 (1-3) 4 1 2 107
6 Tulsa -15.25 1-7 (0-4) 2 6 0 113


MW Mountain

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Utah State 0 7-1 (4-0) 6 4 1 27
2 Boise State -3.5 6-2 (4-1) 5 2 2 53
3 Air Force -11.5 3-5 (1-4) 3 5 1 103
4 Wyoming -12.75 3-6 (1-4) 1 6 0 106
5 New Mexico -13 3-5 (1-3) 4 3 0 T108
6 Colorado St -16.25 3-6 (2-3) 2 1 1 T115


MW West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Fresno St -0.5 7-1 (4-0) 4 5 1 29
2 San Diego St -2.5 6-2 (3-1) 3 4 1 46
3 Nevada -9 5-4 (3-2) 2 6 0 86
4 Hawaii -9.5 6-4 (3-2) 6 3 2 88
5 UNLV -17.75 2-6 (0-4) 4 2 2 120
6 San Jose St -18.75 1-7 (1-3) 1 1 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 51
2 Ohio -5.75 5-3 (3-1) 5 2 0 72
3 Akron -7.5 4-3 (2-2) 4 4 0 80
4 Miami OH -13 3-5 (3-1) 3 1 0 T108
5 Kent State -19.25 1-7 (0-4) 1 3 0 123
6 Bowling Green -20.5 1-7 (0-4) 2 5 0 124


MAC West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 N Illinois -4.5 5-3 (4-0) 1 3 0 59
2 W Michigan -7.25 6-3 (4-1) 4 1 0 78
3 Toledo -10.25 4-4 (2-2) 5 5 0 92
4 E Michigan -11.5 4-5 (2-3) 2 6 0 101
5 Ball State -16.25 3-6 (2-3) 6 2 0 T115
6 C Michigan -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 3 4 0 T128


C-USA East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 FIU -4.75 6-2 (4-0) 7 4 0 65
2 Marshall -5.75 5-2 (3-1) 6 5 0 71
3 Mid Tennessee -6.25 5-3 (4-1) 2 2 1 77
4 FAU -10.25 3-5 (1-3) 1 6 0 T93
5 Charlotte -11 4-4 (3-2) 5 1 0 98
6 Old Dominion -21 2-7 (1-5) 3 7 0 126
7 W Kentucky -21.5 1-7 (0-4) 4 3 0 127


C-USA West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 UAB -3 7-1 (5-0) 7 2 1 49
2 Louisiana Tech -3.25 6-2 (4-1) 2 5 1 52
3 N Texas -5 7-2 (3-2) 6 6 0 66
4 Southern Miss -11.5 3-4 (2-2) 5 3 1 102
5 UTSA -14 3-5 (2-2) 4 1 1 110
6 Rice -21.75 1-8 (0-5) 1 4 1 T128
7 UTEP -24.25 0-8 (0-4) 3 7 0 130


Sun Belt East

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 GA Southern 0.25 7-1 (4-0) 4 4 0 26
2 App State -2 5-2 (3-1) 1 5 0 38
3 Troy -5.5 6-2 (4-0) 5 1 2 68
4 Co Carolina -9 5-3 (2-2) 2 3 0 87
5 Georgia St -16.5 2-6 (1-3) 3 1 1 117


Sun Belt West

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Arkansas St -8.25 4-4 (1-3) 2 5 0 83
2 UL Lafayette -8.25 4-4 (2-2) 1 3 0 84
3 UL Monroe -10.75 4-4 (2-2) 4 2 0 96
4 S Alabama -15.75 2-6 (1-3) 2 3 0 114
5 Texas St -19 2-6 (0-4) 5 1 0 122


Independents

Rank Team Score Record Conf Played Sch Rank Rem Sch Rank Tuff Games Rem NatlRank
1 Notre Dame 7.5 8-0 (0-0) 1 1 3 2
2 Army -1.5 6-2 (0-0) 3 6 0 35
3 BYU -7.5 4-4 (0-0) 2 3 2 79
4 Liberty -9.5 4-3 (0-0) 6 4 2 89
5 Umass -15 3-6 (0-0) 4 2 1 111
6 N Mexico St -20.75 2-7 (0-0) 5 5 0 125