Power Rankings 1/5/2021

Welcome Back!

This is my last set of Power Rankings for the 2020 season!  Today, instead of comparing this set to my previous pre-bowl set, I want to compare this last set to my preseason set, one that included all 130 teams (though 3 did not play any games).  Let's see how wrong my preseason picks were!

Below is a list of teams that moved 30 or more places from the preseason rankings, presented high-to-low in the order that they appear in the postseason rankings.  I chose 30 as the cutoff rather arbitrarily, but if I had a team within 30 of where they ended up, I think that's actually pretty good!  

Coastal Carolina +117
San Jose State +109
Ball State +97
Liberty +93
Tulsa +81
Georgia State +66
Rice +65
BYU +60
Kent State +60
Maryland +59
Nevada +54
Tulane +53
Colorado +52
Arkansas +52
UTSA +52
Indiana +50
Buffalo +47
UAB +45
East Carolina +40
Hawai'i +39
Georgia Southern +38
Rutgers +35
Louisiana +31
Ole Miss +30

Michigan -86
Penn State -81
FSU -64
Arkansas State -60
Air Force -56
Navy -56
Virginia Tech -55
Minnesota -53
La Tech -52
Michigan State -51
Washington -48
Southern Miss -47
Baylor -45
South Florida -45
Duke -44
South Carolina -43
Tennessee -42
Temple -42
California -40
Syracuse -40
San Diego State -39
Oregon -38
Kansas State -38
Washington State -37
WKU -36
LSU -35
UCF -34
Wyoming -33
FIU -33
Troy -32

I think we can all agree that CCU, SJSU, Ball State, and Liberty were all the biggest overachievers, and that is reflected in the rankings.  We can also agree that Michigan, Penn State, and FSU were the biggest underachievers.  

While I only had 1 team placed correctly- Alabama at #1- I had 12 teams within 4 places of where they ended up, and 29 (23%) within 10 spots or less.  

And here are the Final Power Rankings!

1	Alabama
2	BYU
3	Coastal Carolina
4	Notre Dame
5	Clemson
6	Cincinnati
7	Iowa State
8	Ohio State
9	Texas A&M
10	Georgia
11	Oklahoma
12	San Jose State
13	Liberty
14	Ball State
15	Indiana
16	Texas
17	North Carolina
18	Miami, Fl
19	Buffalo
20	Tulsa
21	Oklahoma State
22	Northwestern
23	Louisiana
24	Nevada
25	Florida
26	Iowa
27	USC
28	UAB
29	Marshall
30	TCU
31	West Virginia
32	Utah
33	Memphis
34	Boise State
35	Appalachian State
36	NC State
37	Ole Miss
38	Wisconsin
39	Stanford
40	Pittsburgh
T41	Tulane
T41	LSU
43	Auburn
44	Hawai'i
45	Colorado
46	Maryland
47	Oregon
48	Army
49	UCF
50	Arkansas
51	Kentucky
52	Georgia Southern
53	Arizona State
54	Georgia State
55	Missouri
56	Kent State
57	Mississippi State
58	Boston College
59	UCLA
60	SMU
61	UTSA
62	Rice
63	Western Michigan
64	Toledo
65	Miami, Oh
66	Louisville
67	Central Michigan
68	Washington
69	Nebraska
70	Virginia
71	Wake Forest
72	East Carolina
73	San Diego State
T74	Texas Tech
T74	Ohio
T76	Houston
T76	Washington State
78	Air Force
79	Rutgers
80	Virginia Tech
81	Purdue
82	Minnesota
83	Oregon State
84	Kansas State
85	Colorado State
86	Eastern Michigan
87	Fresno State
88	Penn State
89	Georgia Tech
90	FAU
91	Tennessee
92	Michigan State
93	Baylor
94	Middle Tenn
95	California
96	Charlotte
97	FSU
98	Michigan
99	Western Kentucky
100	UMass
101	South Carolina
102	Wyoming
103	New Mexico
104	Arizona
105	Illinois
106	Troy
107	Navy
108	La Tech
109	Utah State
110	UTEP
111	North Texas
112	Akron
113	Temple
114	Duke
115	Texas State
116	South Alabama
117	Bowling Green
118	FIU
119	Northern Illinois
120	UNLV
121	Arkansas State
122	Vanderbilt
123	Southern Miss
124	South Florida
125	Kansas
126	Syracuse
127	ULM

Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends.

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