Power Rankings 9/18/18

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Welcome Back!

We have now had 3 full weeks college football, and the rankings are shaking up a little, especially in the middle. We will explore the rankings a little, and what they mean.

First, a few clarifications about the rankings.  I assign a point value to each win and loss.  Depending on how far away a team is from the ones above or below, and how those teams did, a team may move up or down, or may not move at all.  For example, despite FSU's loss to Virginia Tech in week 1, they did not move down.  This was due to the fact that they played a quality opponent, and that they had a relatively large lead over the team behind them, Boise State.  That difference has been whittled to almost nothing, and another loss, assuming the teams below them win, could drop them 2-4 spaces.

Some general observations:
Alabama's lead at the top is so large it may take more than 1 loss to unseat them.  The same with Clemson at #2.  The top 4 remained unchanged. There are several spots that are extremely close: 8-19, 12-13, 20-21, 26-27, 30-31, 39-40, 50-51, 52-54, 55-57, 59-60, and several more.  These listed are only a point apart!  This means that a good game or a bad game could move teams several spaces up or down.  

When we get about halfway through the season, I will deemphasize the preseason rankings, which means teams may make big jumps at that time.  Or maybe not.  We'll have to see.

The biggest winners were:
Pitt +6
Syracuse +6
Kansas +5
Washington St +4
Akron +4
Kentucky +3
Utah State +3
FIU +3
UConn +3

The biggest losers were:

Nebraska -6
Northwestern -4
Mid Tenn -4
Rutgers -4
Georgia State -4
Wisconsin -3
Ohio -3
Arizona State -3
Toledo -3
Northern Illinois -3
Tulane -3
Miami, Ohio -3
Louisiana -3


Now, on to the rankings!

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Georgia
4 Washington
5 Oklahoma
6 Ohio St
7 Miami, Fl
8 Wisconsin
9 Michigan
10 Auburn
11 Stanford
12 Mich St
13 Penn State
14 Notre Dame
15 USC
16 TCU
17 Miss St
18 Boise St
19 FSU
20 Texas A&M
21 Texas
22 West Virginia
23 LSU
24 Va Tech
25 Utah
26 Okla St
27 Florida
28 Iowa
29 Kansas St
30 South Carolina
31 Oregon
32 Missouri
33 FAU
34 Boston College
35 NC State
36 Louisville
37 UCF
38 Arizona
39 Ga Tech
40 Duke
41 Memphis
42 Iowa St
43 Northwestern
44 San Diego St
45 Fresno St
46 Wake Forest
47 Texas Tech
48 UCLA
49 Pitt
50 Wash St
51 Houston
52 Ole Miss
53 Kentucky
54 Ohio 
55 Nebraska
56 Ariz St
57 Cal
58 Navy
59 USF
60 Maryland
61 Baylor
62 Colorado
63 Purdue
64 UNC
65 Ark St
66 Indiana
67 Toledo
68 Syracuse
69 N Illinois
70 Minnesota
71 Tennessee
72 App St
73 Marshall
74 Arkansas
75 Utah St
76 La Tech
77 Army
78 Virginia
79 Mid Tenn St
80 Troy
81 Temple
82 Vandy
83 BYU
84 N Texas
85 Wyoming
86 Air Force
87 W Mich
88 Akron
89 Buffalo
90 UAB
91 Tulane
92 SMU
93 Colo St
94 Cincinnati
95 Rutgers
96 FIU
97 S Miss
98 Illinois
99 Miami Oh
100 Nevada
101 Tulsa
102 UNLV
103 Oregon St
104 E Mich
105 La Monroe
106 New Mexico
107 ODU
108 Ga Southern
109 C Mich
110 Kansas
111 UMass
112 UTSA
113 WKU
114 UConn
115 Louisiana
116 Hawaii
117 Ga St
118 S Alabama
119 Coastal Carolina
120 New Mexico St
121 Ball St
122 Bowling Green
123 ECU
124 Rice
125 Kent St
126 Liberty
127 Charlotte
128 UTEP
129 Texas St
130 San Jose St

That's it for today. Feel free to leave a comment, or to follow this blog (no idea how you do that, but the website says it's possible).  Tomorrow I'll give some stats and other interesting tidbits.  However, it may be a little later than usual since I have to be at school by 7:30, instead of the usual 12:30.  Until then, may you and your loved ones be blessed!

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