Power Rankings 11/24/2020

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I have now dropped all of my preseason factors, so the resulting rankings are based solely on what the teams have accomplished this year.  However, because of the staggered starts, and the uneven schedules, there are quite a few “odd” placements.  You will need to look no further than my #1, but since that team has no more games scheduled (though they could add more), they cannot add any more points to their total.  I should explain that I use my own formula to award points for each game, either positive or negative depending on the outcome.  These include a strength of schedule component and a margin of victory component.

Here are the teams that moved the most this week:

San Jose State +86

Tulsa +84

Arkansas +76

North Carolina +69

Kent State +68

Coastal Carolina +66

Maryland +65

Ball State +54

Oregon State +54

Colorado +50

Rice +45

UTSA +44

UCLA +43

Indiana +40

Rutgers +39

BYU +38

Western Michigan +37

Pittsburgh +34

Purdue +33

Ole Miss +32

Colorado State +31

Illinois +31

Nevada +29

Northwestern +28

Liberty +27

Texas Tech +27

Charlotte +27

Nebraska +26

East Carolina +26

Central Michigan +25

West Virginia +22

Missouri +22

UTEP +22

Georgia State +19

Tennessee +19

NC State +17

Boston College +17

UMass +17

Georgia Southern +15

Iowa State +14

Tulane +14

Bowling Green +14

Arizona +13

Georgia Tech +13

SMU +12

Houston +11

Miami. Fl +10

 

Penn State -80

Troy -75

Arkansas State -56

Temple -54

LSU -53

San Diego State -52

La Tech -50

Michigan -49

Utah State -47

FIU -47

Appalachian State -45

Ohio -45

Michigan State -42

Virginia Tech -42

Utah -41

Kentucky -41

UCF -40

Washington State -36

Mississippi State -32

Minnesota -31

Northern Illinois -31

UAB -30

South Florida -30

Southern Miss -30

Wisconsin -29

Duke -29

Washington -27

California -27

Toledo -26

South Carolina -26

Wyoming -26

Fresno State -25

Memphis -24

Army -24

Stanford -23

Iowa -22

Boise State -20

Syracuse -20

TCU -19

North Texas -19

Arizona State -18

Air Force -18

Ohio State -17

Eastern Michigan -17

Navy -16

FAU -15

ULM -14

Georgia -13

Oregon -13

Auburn -13

Oklahoma -11

FSU -10

 

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

 

Both the top and the bottom were changed, and quite drastically.  Call it a market correction, if you want, but the rankings are also affected by the vast differences in the number of games each team has played.  BYU having played 9 games, and winning all 9, allows it to be ahead of all other undefeated teams, who have played 2 or more fewer games, in most cases.

In all, 124 of the 127 teams listed moved up or down at least 1 spot, which was 5 more than last week.

A whopping 100 teams moved 10+ spots up or down!  I do not expect that to happen again; the next few weeks should show only modest movements, though I could be wrong.  With the dropping of all preseason points, most of the teams are much closer than they were, so even a few points could move a team 5-10 spots, depending on what happens to the teams around them.

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

Ties returned to the rankings.  When there are fewer data points, the chances for ties go up.  Oh well...

And here are the new Power Rankings!

1	BYU
2	Alabama
3	Coastal Carolina
4	Notre Dame
5	Cincinnati
6	Tulsa
7	Miami, Fl
8	Liberty
9	Marshall
10	Indiana
11	Clemson
12	San Jose State
13	Florida
14	Northwestern
15	Iowa State
16	North Carolina
17	Oklahoma
18	Georgia
19	Texas
20	Texas A&M
21	Ohio State
22	Nevada
23	Maryland
24	Western Michigan
25	USC
26	NC State
27	Oregon
28	SMU
29	Oklahoma State
30	West Virginia
31	Boise State
T32	Auburn
T32	Arkansas
34	Colorado
T35	FAU
T35	Missouri
37	Buffalo
38	Wake Forest
39	Kent State
40	Memphis
41	Wisconsin
42	Pittsburgh
43	Central Michigan
44	Louisiana
45	Boston College
46	Purdue
47	UCF
48	Iowa
49	Washington
50	Tulane
51	Army
52	Kansas State
53	Appalachian State
54	UAB
55	Ole Miss
56	Fresno State
57	Virginia
58	Ball State
59	UTSA
60	Houston
61	UCLA
62	Georgia Southern
63	Oregon State
64	Washington State
65	TCU
66	Nebraska
67	Arizona State
68	LSU
69	Colorado State
70	Texas Tech
71	Toledo
72	Miami, Oh
73	Utah
74	Rice
75	Georgia State
76	Arizona
77	San Diego State
78	Kentucky
T79	Hawai'i
T79	Michigan
81	Rutgers
82	Charlotte
T83	Illinois
T83	Louisville
85	Air Force
86	Ohio
87	Georgia Tech
88	South Carolina
89	Wyoming
90	Mississippi State
91	Minnesota
92	Tennessee
93	Stanford
94	North Texas
95	Michigan State
96	Virginia Tech
97	La Tech
98	East Carolina
99	Navy
100	Baylor
101	UMass
T102	Middle Tenn
T102	Duke
104	UTEP
105	Western Kentucky
106	Utah State
107	Bowling Green
108	California
109	FSU
110	Akron
111	Troy
112	Eastern Michigan
113	Northern Illinois
114	UNLV
115	Vanderbilt
116	New Mexico
117	South Alabama
118	Kansas
119	Texas State
120	Temple
121	Arkansas State
122	FIU
123	South Florida
124	Penn State
125	Syracuse
126	Southern Miss
127	ULM

Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends.

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