Power Rankings 10/20/2020

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!