Power Rankings 9/15/2020

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Welcome Back!

Since 34 FBS teams played this past weekend- not quite half, but getting closer- we had a lot more movement this week.  I should explain that I use a point system to come up with my preseason rankings, and as the season goes on, I will drop these off one by one.  This year, I will begin dropping these off after the games on October 3rd, to allow each of the teams to at least play 2 games.  While I like to have a few more games happen before I start dropping these, it can't be helped this year.  One of the last ratings I will drop will be my coach bonus, as that one obviously affects the team all year.  However, with the resignation of the USM head coach, I have already dropped the coach bonus for Southern Miss.  What this all means is that a team may not move up when it wins, or move down when it loses.  A lot depends on what happens with the teams around them, and how far away from those teams they started.  For example, even though North Carolina won handily, they were far enough behind Houston (who didn't play) and West Virginia (who also won handily) that they didn't move up.  In fact, Louisiana leapfrogged above them while Missouri dropped below.  Anyway, here are the teams that moved the most:

Louisiana +4

Iowa State -2

Houston -2

Missouri -2

All other teams either stayed the same or moved only one spot up or down.

The top 12 are unchanged (Texas and Memphis swapped spots again at 13 and 14), as are numbers 65-77 (I have dropped ODU from the rankings, as they have cancelled their season, but have chosen to keep Air Force, even though they are only scheduled to play 2 games- Navy and Army).

Should the Big Ten decide to start play in mid-October, I will re-insert them into the rankings, but the good Big Ten teams will be at a disadvantage, since they won't have added points for wins.  However, the bad teams will have an advantage because they won't have lost points for losses.  The Pac 12 is also considering a late start.  Should that happen, I may delay dropping preseason points until late October/early November, and then maybe drop them 2 at a time.  Or do it all at once.  Who knows.  What a weird season...

I think that this is the 1st time in the 4 years I've been doing these that there are no ties!

And here are the new Power Rankings!

1 Alabama
2 Clemson
3 Oklahoma
4 Georgia
5 LSU
6 Notre Dame
7 Oklahoma State
8 Florida
9 UCF
10 Auburn
11 Appalachian State
12 Texas A&M
13 Texas
14 Memphis
15 Cincinnati
16 TCU
17 Virginia Tech
18 Miami, Fl
19 La Tech
20 Kentucky
21 Mississippi State
22 FSU
23 Marshall
24 Louisville
25 Air Force
26 Arkansas State
27 Iowa State
28 NC State
29 Kansas State
30 Navy
31 Louisiana
32 West Virginia
33 Houston
34 North Carolina
35 Missouri
36 Baylor
37 Western Kentucky
38 Pittsburgh
39 Troy
40 Army
41 BYU
42 South Carolina
43 Wake Forest
44 FAU
45 Virginia
46 Tennessee
47 SMU
48 South Florida
49 Duke
50 Temple
51 Southern Miss
52 UAB
53 Ole Miss
54 FIU
55 Boston College
56 Georgia Southern
57 Middle Tenn 
58 Syracuse
59 Texas Tech
60 Georgia Tech
61 Tulane
62 North Texas
63 Arkansas
64 ULM
65 Vanderbilt
66 Tulsa
67 Liberty
68 Charlotte
69 Georgia State
70 UTSA
71 East Carolina
72 Coastal Carolina
73 Kansas
74 South Alabama
75 Rice
76 Texas State
77 UTEP


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

Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends.  

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