Power Rankings 11/27/18

Welcome Back!

Before I get to the Rankings, I would like to spend a little time on the conference races.

AAC

In the East, UCF has clinched.

In the West, Memphis clinched the division by beating Houston.

ACC

In the Atlantic Division, Clemson has clinched.

In the Coastal, Pitt has clinched.

Big 12

Oklahoma will play Texas in the Red River Rematch.

Big 10

In the East, Ohio State clinched by defeating Michigan..

Northwestern has already clinched the West.

CUSA

In the East, Middle Tennessee clinched by beating UAB and FIU losing to Marshall.

In the West, UAB has clinched the division.

Independents

Though technically not a conference, I have kind of been treating them as one all year, so why stop now?  Notre Dame is 12-0 and has a 2-game lead over Army (9-2).  BYU is 6-6, and Liberty (!) is 5-6, with UMass and NM St bringing up the rear at 4-8 and 3-9, respectively.

MAC

In the East, Buffalo clinched by beating Bowling Green.

In the West, Northern Illinois has clinched.

MWC

In the Mountain Division, Boise State clinched by defeating Utah State..

In the West, Fresno St has clinched the division..

PAC 12

In the North, Washington clinched by beating Washington State.. 

In the South, Utah has already clinched.

SEC

In the East, Georgia clinched the division.

In the West, Alabama clinched the division.

SBC

In the East, Appalachian State clinched by defeating Troy.

In the West, Louisiana clinched by beating ULM.

The Power Rankings

We have now had 13 full weeks college football, and the rankings have really changed. 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:

There were quite a few major changes, but not as much as last week.  The rankings are now completely comprised of how the teams have done this year.  I already have noticed a little weirdness, so, like last year, I will need to tweak my formula again for next year, and I have a real good idea on how to do that.

There are still a few teams that are, in my opinion, too high or too low, but the vast majority of teams are much closer to where they should be than just a few weeks ago.

There probably won't be a lot of changes after Championship week, obviously, because a lot of teams won't be playing.

The SEC had 4 teams that jumped up 12 spots!  And another that was +10.

The biggest winners were:

Miami, Fl +23
TCU +23
UNLV +21
Washington +20
Va Tech +19
Marshall +18
Mid Tenn +15
Utah +14
Minnesota +14
S Miss +13
Ark St +13
W Mich +13
Wyoming +13
Texas A&M +12
Florida +12
Miss St +12
Missouri +12
Memphis +12
Miami, Oh +11
Baylor +11
Wake Forest +11
Tulsa +11
Boise St +10
Vandy +10
Louisiana +10
Penn State +9
Purdue +9
WKU +9
Temple +8
Ohio +8
Toledo +8
Charlotte +8
USC +8
Ohio State +6
Ga Southern +6
Buffalo +6
Arizona +6
UNC +6
Oregon +5
Iowa +5
Kansas St +5
S Alabama +4
San Diego St +3
UTSA +3
Kent St +3
Rice +3

The biggest losers were:

Nevada -26
Virginia -24
Okla St -24
La Tech -22
SMU -20
Pitt -18
Duke -16
UAB -14
Auburn -13
Boston College -13
N Illinois -13
Tennessee -12
Wisconsin -12
FSU -12
ODU -12
E Mich -11
FIU -11
Ole Miss -11
Ball St -11
Colorado -11
Utah St -10
S Carolina -10
Nebraska -10
USF -9
BYU -8
Ga Tech -8
Houston -8
Maryland -8
Troy -7
NC St -7
Texas Tech -7
Indiana -7
CCU -7
Bowling Green -6
Wash St -5
LSU -5
Army -5
Hawai'i -5
ULM -5
Notre Dame -4
Ariz St -4
FAU -4
Akron -4
Colo St -4
Arkansas -4
Texas St -4
New Mexico -4
Oregon St -4
Michigan -3
N Texas -3
Tulane -3
Mich St -3
Liberty -3
ECU -3

Now, on to the rankings!

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

That's it for today. Feel free to leave a comment.  Tomorrow, I'll give some stats and other interesting tidbits in my weekly Odds and Ends blog.  Until then, may you and your loved ones be blessed!