Power Rankings 9/24/19

Welcome Back!

The Power Rankings are much improved this year, and so far I'm pretty happy with how they are working.  They are still far from perfect, but they're much better than when I first introduced them 2 years ago.  If you've been following me for 2 years, then you'll know that the 1st year was marred by too many ties in the rankings.  Last year was better, but there were still too many ties.  This week, there are no ties!

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.  A team may win and move down, or lose and move up, or stay the same.  It all depends on how the teams around them did, and how far away they are from the teams above and below..

A majority of teams move only 1 or 2 spaces either way (or stay in the same spot), but 16 of the top 25 moved either up or down.  When I get about 6 weeks into the season, I will begin de-emphasizing my preseason numbers, and there may be quite a few changes then.  Or not.  I'm not really sure.  I guess if my preseason numbers were accurate, there may not be many changes at all!

The biggest winners were:

Pittsburgh +5
Troy +5
Iowa State +4
Missouri +4
FSU +4
Tulane +4
La Tech +4
SMU +4
Louisiana +4
East Carolina +4
USC +3
Appalachian State +3
West Virginia +3
North Texas +3
UAB +3
Central Michigan +3
Coastal Carolina +3
Kent State +3

The biggest losers were:

Stanford -7
Western Michigan -5
Southern Miss -5
Oklahoma State -4
Maryland -4
ULM -4
BYU -3
Tennessee -3
Duke -3
Temple -3
USF -3
Arkansas -3
Georgia Southern -3
Navy -3
Georgia Tech -3
Charlotte -3
UTSA -3

A couple of observations:

The highest ranked G5 team is Notre Dame at #10 (though they're technically not a G5 program).  Next is UCF at #20.  Washington at #9 is the highest ranked Pac 12 team.

The lowest ranked P5 program is Rutgers at #111.


Now, on to the rankings!

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

That's all for now! Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends.  And don't forget to follow me on Twitter: @pbanderson

Until next time, may you and your loved ones be blessed!