Power Rankings 1/8/19

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Now that the National Championship game is over- boy was I wrong on that one, but I'm not alone- here are my final Power Rankings for the 2018 season.  I've had fun doing these, and I mainly fixed my problem with ties that I had my first year, but I still have too many outliers and odd results.  I've already decided how to tweak my formula for next year.  Basically, I need to take margin of victory into account more than I do.  In my current formula, winning by 9 is the same as winning by 60, and that shouldn't be.  If you have any suggestions, feel free to leave them in the comments below.

The biggest winners were:

Okla St +26
Duke +25
Minnesota +23
TCU +20
Wake Forest +16
Tulane +15
La Tech +15
Texas +14
Ohio +14
Wisconsin +14
Iowa +11
Troy +11
FIU +11
Auburn +11
Northwestern +10
Virginia +10
Marshall +9
Mich St +9
Stanford +8
Nevada +7
Baylor +7
Florida +6
BYU +6
Georgia Southern +5
Army +5


The biggest losers were:

Temple -18
Missouri -17
Cal -16
Ga Tech -15
Hawai'i -15
Memphis -14
Miami, Fl -14
N C State -13
S Carolina -13
Houston -12
Vandy -12
Louisiana -12
Miss St -11
USF -11
Mid Tenn -10
Purdue -10
Pitt -9
N Illinois -9
N Texas -9
W Mich -9
Penn St -7
Ariz St -7
W Virginia -7
Georgia -6
Oklahoma -6
Buffalo -5
Utah -5
Ark St -5
S D St -5
Notre Dame -4
Oregon -4
Miami, Oh -4

Observations:

The lowest ranked Power 5 team is Louisville at #128.  The highest ranked Group of 5 team is UCF at #3.

The Top 25 consists of:

6 SEC teams
2 ACC teams
2 AAC teams
3 MWC teams
2 Big 10 teams
3 PAC 12 teams
2 SBC teams
2 Big 12 teams
2 Independent teams
1 CUSA team
0 MAC teams

The bottom 25 consists of:

4 MAC teams
2 AAC teams
2 ACC teams
5 CUSA teams
3 SBC teams
4 MWC teams
1 Big 10 team
2 Independents
1 PAC 12 team
1 SEC team
0 Big 12 teams


The highest ranked team from each conference is:

ACC- Clemson #1
SEC- Alabama #2
AAC- UCF #3
MWC- Fresno St #5
Big Ten- Ohio St #6
PAC 12- Wash St #7
SBC- App St #9
Big 12- Oklahoma #13
Independent- Notre Dame #18
CUSA- UAB #25
MAC- E Mich #35

The lowest ranked team from each conference is:

MAC- C Mich #130
AAC- UConn #129
ACC- Louisville #128
CUSA- Rice #127
SBC- Ga State #125
MWC- San Jose St #124
Big 10- Rutgers #123
Independent- N Mexico St #12
PAC 12- Oregon St #121
SEC- Arkansas #113
Big 12- Kansas St #91

Now, on to the rankings!

1 Clemson
2 Alabama
3 UCF
4 Syracuse
5 Fresno St
6 Ohio St
7 Wash St
8 Cincinnati
9 App St
10 Georgia
11 Kentucky
12 LSU
13 Oklahoma
14 Michigan
15 Ga Southern
16 Texas A&M
17 Utah St
18 Florida
18 Notre Dame
20 Oregon
21 Army
22 Boise St
23 Washington
24 Texas
25 UAB
26 BYU
27 Stanford
28 Iowa
29 Troy
30 Penn State
31 Iowa St
32 Ariz St
33 Northwestern
34 Nevada
35 E Mich
36 Virginia
37 Miss St
38 West Virginia
39 FIU
40 Buffalo
41 Minnesota
42 Utah
43 Cal
44 Duke
44 Okla St
46 Missouri
47 Auburn
47 Wake Forest
49 Marshall
50 Baylor
51 Miami Oh
52 Temple
53 S Miss
54 Pitt
55 TCU
56 NC State
57 Ga Tech
58 Ohio 
59 Ark St
60 Wisconsin
60 Houston
62 Mid Tenn St
63 Memphis
63 Vandy
65 Tulane
65 Boston College
67 Tennessee
68 Va Tech
69 South Carolina
70 Hawaii
71 N Illinois
71 Purdue
73 La Tech
74 Miami, Fl
75 N Texas
76 Toledo
77 Louisiana
78 Texas Tech
79 Maryland
80 Charlotte
81 Kansas
82 Wyoming
83 UNLV
84 Mich St
85 Indiana
86 W Mich
87 La Monroe
88 Liberty
89 Arizona
90 Air Force
91 Kansas St
92 SMU
93 USC
93 Ole Miss
95 USF
95 FSU
97 Ball St
98 Colorado
99 Illinois
100 Nebraska
101 FAU
102 UCLA
103 Coastal Carolina
104 ECU
105 UNC
106 Tulsa
107 UMass
108 San Diego St
109 WKU
110 UTSA
111 Colo St
112 S Alabama
113 Arkansas
114 Bowling Green
115 ODU
116 Akron
117 Texas St
118 New Mexico
118 Navy
120 Kent St
121 Oregon St
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.  I'm not sure when I'll post another blog.  I'm toying with the idea of a weekly TWIF Notes on Mondays.  Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!

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