Home stretch now, who is who? Submit your ballot here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8NFsNvzr51rjxe5WE_WRWbrhkAMrX6pWjex1dacaiplQSsQ/viewform?fbzx=39910275387990179
Here is my poll.
1 Indiana
2 Ohio State
3 Texas A & M
4 Georgia
5 Oregon
6 Texas Tech
7 Ole Miss
8 BYU
9 Oklahoma
10 Utah
11 Alabama
12 USC
13 Notre Dame
14 Virginia
15 Vanderbilt
16 Miami
17 Georgia Tech
18 North Texas
19 James Madison
20 Michigan
21 Texas
22 Houston
23 Tulane
24 Navy
25 San Diego State
26 Nebraska
27 Cincinnati
28 Louisville
29 Arizona State
30 Arizona
Before last week’s game I felt pretty confident that Cincy wouldn’t win another game this year
I still feel the same way
Algorithm says:
1 WIndiana - 11-0 - 177.82 2 Texas A&M - 10-0 - 171.62 3 Ohio State - 10-0 - 163.89 4 Ole Miss - 10-1 - 163.09 5 Texas Tech - 10-1 - 161.62 6 Alabama - 8-2 - 160.5 7 Georgia - 9-1 - 160.22 8 Georgia Tech - 9-1 - 155.57 9 Oklahoma - 8-2 - 154.56 10 BYU - 9-1 - 153.95 11 North Texas - 9-1 - 151.11 12 South Florida - 7-3 - 149.22 13 Virginia - 9-2 - 146.42 14 Houston - 8-2 - 145.16 15 Tulane - 8-2 - 144.14 16 San Diego State - 8-2 - 143.95 17 Oregon - 9-1 - 143.67 18 Michigan - 8-2 - 143.5 19 USC - 8-2 - 143.5 20 James Madison - 9-1 - 143.33 21 Notre Dame - 8-2 - 142.44 22 Wake Forest - 7-3 - 142.38 23 Miami (FL) - 8-2 - 142.28 24 Louisville - 7-3 - 141.56 25 Western Kentucky - 8-2 - 141.01 26 Arizona State - 7-3 - 140.22 27 Texas - 7-3 - 139.91 28 New Mexico - 7-3 - 138.69 29 Navy - 8-2 - 138.16 30 Utah - 8-2 - 136.66Bottom:
127 Purdue - 2-9 - 51.33 128 1-AA Team - 4-118 - 49.51 129 Nevada - 2-8 - 47.78 130 Tulsa - 3-7 - 47.56 131 UTEP - 2-8 - 41.73 132 Middle Tennessee - 1-9 - 29.17 133 Charlotte - 1-9 - 10 134 Georgia State - 1-9 - 10 135 Oklahoma State - 1-9 - 10 136 Boston College - 1-10 - 9 137 UnwinningMass - 0-10 - 0Texas Tech jumps into 2nd, all but tied with Texas A&M and Ohio State. Bama and Texas drop as expected. But the big movement can be found in the back half and beyond. Miami, Arizona, and Mizzou shoot up into the rankings, with honorable mentions to ECU and Navy who don’t quite make it in. USF, Iowa, Pitt, and Cincy plummet to 35+.
And let’s not forget about North Texas, who continues to creep up, now sitting at 14! This really highlights how I built the poll for the most deserving (vs. best) teams. Do I think they are the 14th best team: probably not. But, outside of their one loss, they’ve won big, compensating for their relatively weak schedule. I might look into tightening the margin of victory guardrails a bit more next year, though…
- Indiana
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Notre Dame
- Ole Miss
- Utah
- Oregon
- Oklahoma
- Alabama
- BYU
- USC
- North Texas
- Vanderbilt
- Michigan
- James Madison
- Virginia
- Texas
- Tulane
- Miami
- Arizona
- Georgia Tech
- Arizona State
- Missouri
Full Rankings
Rank Team Record Rating SOS 1 Indiana (11-0) 1443 982 2 Texas Tech (10-1) 1423 964 3 Texas A&M (10-0) 1421 1035 4 Ohio State (10-0) 1420 965 5 Georgia (9-1) 1399 1036 6 Notre Dame (8-2) 1396 1060 7 Ole Miss (10-1) 1363 994 8 Utah (8-2) 1360 1014 9 Oregon (9-1) 1354 941 10 Oklahoma (8-2) 1336 1042 11 Alabama (8-2) 1319 1107 12 BYU (9-1) 1319 1037 13 USC (8-2) 1314 1076 14 North Texas (9-1) 1270 911 15 Vanderbilt (8-2) 1261 960 16 Michigan (8-2) 1250 1062 17 James Madison (9-1) 1238 844 18 Virginia (9-2) 1233 947 19 Texas (7-3) 1216 1064 20 Tulane (8-2) 1215 1034 21 Miami (8-2) 1215 978 22 Arizona (7-3) 1211 984 23 Georgia Tech (9-1) 1201 886 24 Arizona State (7-3) 1195 1028 25 Missouri (7-3) 1194 966 26 East Carolina (7-3) 1193 950 27 SMU (7-3) 1189 936 28 Navy (8-2) 1179 959 29 Tennessee (7-3) 1176 966 30 Wake Forest (7-3) 1174 952 31 Houston (8-2) 1172 933 32 Nebraska (7-3) 1168 963 33 San Diego State (8-2) 1162 872 34 Illinois (7-3) 1158 1045 35 South Florida (7-3) 1158 977 36 Iowa (6-4) 1151 1008 37 Pittsburgh (7-3) 1151 915 38 Washington (7-3) 1148 953 39 Cincinnati (7-3) 1144 950 40 UConn (8-3) 1140 809 41 Memphis (8-3) 1113 900 42 LSU (6-4) 1110 1051 43 Old Dominion (7-3) 1102 908 44 Clemson (5-5) 1098 997 45 Fresno State (7-3) 1098 864 46 Hawai’i (7-3) 1094 876 47 Western Kentucky (8-2) 1092 804 48 Iowa State (6-4) 1089 1036 49 UNLV (8-2) 1086 857 50 Western Michigan (7-4) 1084 878 51 New Mexico (7-3) 1082 859 52 Jacksonville State (7-3) 1074 820 53 Missouri State (7-3) 1066 884 54 Minnesota (6-4) 1064 988 55 Kansas State (5-5) 1063 984 56 Kentucky (5-5) 1060 1037 57 Army (5-4) 1059 935 58 Louisville (7-3) 1055 959 59 Southern Miss (7-3) 1047 845 60 Kennesaw State (7-3) 1046 901 61 California (6-4) 1043 914 62 Toledo (6-4) 1037 860 63 Baylor (5-5) 1031 996 64 Duke (5-5) 1016 1026 65 Boise State (6-4) 1016 978 66 TCU (6-4) 1015 1005 67 Central Michigan (7-4) 1010 815 68 Northwestern (5-5) 1008 1008 69 Penn State (4-6) 1006 1024 70 Washington State (5-5) 1002 988 71 Ohio (7-4) 997 846 72 Florida State (5-5) 994 1009 73 Arkansas State (5-5) 994 868 74 UTSA (5-5) 991 960 75 Coastal Carolina (6-4) 986 866 76 Rutgers (5-5) 984 989 77 Kansas (5-5) 983 1013 78 Miami (OH) (6-5) 977 884 79 South Carolina (3-7) 976 1133 80 Florida (3-7) 975 1130 81 NC State (5-5) 970 1084 82 Georgia Southern (5-5) 970 953 83 Auburn (4-6) 969 1112 84 West Virginia (4-7) 965 1035 85 Florida Atlantic (4-6) 960 946 86 Mississippi State (5-6) 959 1055 87 Wisconsin (3-7) 955 1157 88 Florida International (5-5) 954 904 89 Temple (5-5) 951 931 90 Rice (5-5) 949 930 91 Troy (6-4) 947 871 92 UCLA (3-7) 939 1127 93 Utah State (5-5) 936 946 94 North Carolina (4-6) 935 918 95 UCF (4-6) 925 1019 96 Marshall (5-5) 919 921 97 Louisiana (4-6) 903 922 98 Air Force (3-7) 887 952 99 Maryland (4-6) 872 990 100 Colorado (3-7) 868 1104 101 Texas State (4-6) 865 950 102 Virginia Tech (3-7) 864 1018 103 Eastern Michigan (4-7) 862 829 104 Wyoming (4-6) 860 915 105 Liberty (4-6) 853 879 106 Louisiana Tech (5-5) 852 877 107 Delaware (5-5) 846 862 108 Arkansas (2-8) 845 1090 109 Stanford (3-7) 844 1060 110 Tulsa (3-7) 833 916 111 Michigan State (3-7) 824 1039 112 Akron (5-7) 818 806 113 Syracuse (3-7) 800 1052 114 South Alabama (3-7) 800 897 115 Kent State (4-7) 795 878 116 UAB (3-7) 785 1006 117 Ball State (4-6) 778 858 118 Purdue (2-9) 770 1084 119 Buffalo (5-6) 765 828 120 App State (4-6) 762 872 121 New Mexico State (3-7) 752 915 122 Sam Houston (2-8) 748 943 123 San José State (3-7) 748 908 124 Nevada (2-8) 746 918 125 Northern Illinois (3-8) 741 872 126 UTEP (2-8) 731 886 127 Colorado State (2-8) 721 992 128 Boston College (1-10) 719 1031 129 Oklahoma State (1-9) 705 1061 130 Oregon State (2-9) 690 1001 131 UL Monroe (3-7) 668 933 132 Charlotte (1-9) 653 967 133 Middle Tennessee (1-9) 635 910 134 Bowling Green (3-8) 626 885 135 Georgia State (1-9) 615 981 136 Massachusetts (0-11) 466 901




