Power Rankings 10/20/2020

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Welcome Back!

I had quite a bit of movement in the Rankings this week, though most teams moved only 1 or 2 spots.  The Big Ten and Mountain West begin play this week, so I expect a lot more movement next week, as 48 games are scheduled (before any postponements/cancellations) as opposed to the 25-35 of the last 2-3 weeks.

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.  In the past, I have done these one by one, but with the staggered starts this year, I may wait until all conferences have started playing and then drop them by 2 or 3, maybe even 4, at a time.  The Pac 12  has announced that they will start games the week of November 7, so I may want to wait until mid-November before dropping these, giving all teams a body of work, but maybe I'll just drop them all at once sometime in November.  Anyway, here are the teams that moved the most this week:

FSU +3
West Virginia +3
South Carolina +3
Wake Forest +3
UAB +3

Louisiana -5
Tennessee -4
Syracuse -4
Middle Tennessee -4
WKU -3
Virginia -3
Duke -3

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

The top 16 spots were unchanged.

UTEP is no longer last!  That spot has been taken by UMass.

In all, 65 of the 127 teams listed moved up or down at least 1 spot, which was 8 less than last week.

Several of the biggest movers didn't play; they moved because of how the teams around them did.  

I have no ties this week!

And here are the new Power Rankings!

1

Alabama

2

Clemson

3

Ohio State

4

Georgia

5

Oklahoma

6

Notre Dame

7

LSU

8

Penn State

9

Oklahoma State

10

Wisconsin

11

Oregon

12

Michigan

13

Boise State

14

Florida

15

UCF

16

Auburn

17

Texas A&M

18

Iowa 

19

Appalachian State

20

USC

21

Washington

22

Utah

23

Cincinnati

24

Texas

25

Memphis

26

Virginia Tech

27

TCU

28

Stanford

29

San Diego State

30

Miami, Fl

31

Minnesota

32

Marshall

33

Ohio

34

Toledo

35

Kentucky

36

Michigan State

37

La Tech

38

Iowa State

39

FSU

40

Washington State

41

Air Force

42

Mississippi State

43

Kansas State

44

NC State

45

Arizona State

46

Northwestern

47

North Carolina

48

Arkansas State

49

West Virginia

50

Louisville

51

Navy

52

Missouri

53

Houston

54

BYU

55

Louisiana

56

Troy

57

Baylor

58

Pittsburgh

59

Army

60

South Carolina

61

SMU

62

Wake Forest

63

Western Kentucky

64

Utah State

65

FAU

66

Tennessee

67

California

68

Buffalo

69

Temple

70

UAB

71

Virginia

72

Western Michigan

73

Wyoming

74

Fresno State

75

Duke

76

Southern Miss

77

Ole Miss

78

South Florida

79

Northern Illinois

80

Nevada

81

Nebraska

82

Boston College

83

FIU

84

Indiana

85

Georgia Southern

86

Hawai'i

87

Arizona

88

UCLA

89

Central Michigan

90

Syracuse

91

Middle Tenn

92

Texas Tech

93

Miami, Oh

94

Georgia Tech

95

Tulane

96

Purdue

97

North Texas

98

Colorado State

99

Colorado

100

Liberty

101

Arkansas

102

Tulsa

103

Eastern Michigan

104

Vanderbilt

105

Illinois

106

Charlotte

107

Georgia State

108

ULM

109

Maryland

110

UTSA

111

Ball State

112

East Carolina

113

UNLV

114

Oregon State

115

Coastal Carolina

116

New Mexico

117

Kent State

118

Rutgers

119

Bowling Green

120

Akron

121

San Jose State

122

South Alabama

123

Kansas

124

Rice

125

Texas State

126

UTEP

127

UMass

Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends.

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

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