Power Rankings 8/24/21

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Welcome Back!

While I'm positive every single one of you read and memorized all 15 of my college football previews, I thought it would be a good idea to present my top 130 all at once, just in case you missed some, or in case you didn't memorize the order.  I'm also going to compare my top 25 to the AP top 25, just for fun!  So let's start there.

AP Top 25                My Ranking

1. Alabama               1
2. Oklahoma             3     
3. Clemson                2
4. Ohio State            4
5. Georgia                5
6. Texas A&M          7
7. Iowa State            14
8. Cincinnati            9
9. Notre Dame         6
10. North Carolina   29   
11. Oregon                10
12. Wisconsin            11
13. Florida                13
14. Miami, FL           23
15. USC                    19
16. LSU                    8
17. Indiana                33
18. Iowa                    15
19. Penn State            12
20. Washington         16
21. Texas                   25
22. Coastal Carolina  48
23. Louisiana            24
24. Utah                     18
25. Arizona State        30

So... according to my rankings, the AP is overrating CCU, Indiana, North Carolina, Iowa State, Miami, and Arizona State the most, and underrating Oklahoma State, UCF, Auburn, Appalachian State, LSU, Penn State, and Utah the most.

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 130:

1

Alabama

2

Clemson

3

Oklahoma

4

Ohio State

5

Georgia

6

Notre Dame

7

Texas A&M

8

LSU

9

Cincinnati

10

Oregon

11

Wisconsin

12

Penn State

13

Florida

14

Iowa State

15

Iowa 

16

Washington

17

Oklahoma State

18

Utah

19

USC

20

UCF

21

Auburn

22

Appalachian St

23

Miami, Fl

24

Louisiana

25

Texas

26

TCU

27

Michigan

28

Boise State

29

North Carolina

30

Arizona State

31

NC State

32

Stanford

33

Indiana

34

BYU

35

Minnesota

36

FSU

37

West Virginia

38

Memphis

39

Nevada

40

Northwestern

41

Virginia Tech

42

Liberty

43

Kentucky

44

Pittsburgh

45

Ole Miss

46

UAB

47

Mississippi State

48

Coastal Carolina

49

San Diego State

50

Missouri

51

SMU

52

Toledo

53

Wake Forest

54

Boston College

55

Washington State

56

Virginia

57

Kansas State

58

La Tech

59

Air Force

60

Army

61

Baylor

62

Houston

63

UCLA

64

Colorado

65

California

66

Marshall

67

Louisville

68

Fresno State

69

Tennessee

70

Nebraska

71

Hawai'i

72

Western Mich

73

Ga Southern

74

Wyoming

75

FAU

76

Michigan State

77

Tulane

78

Ohio

79

Texas Tech

80

Ball State

81

Navy

82

Buffalo

83

Tulsa

84

Arkansas State

85

Purdue

86

Troy

87

San Jose State

88

WKU

89

Temple

90

Utah State

91

Duke

92

UTSA

93

Georgia Tech

94

Arkansas

95

Miami, Oh

96

Syracuse

97

Illinois

98

Central Michigan

99

South Carolina

100

Middle Tenn

101

Maryland

102

Rutgers

103

Georgia State

104

FIU

105

North Texas

106

Southern Miss

107

Oregon State

108

Arizona

109

East Carolina

110

Colorado State

111

Eastern Mich

112

Kent State

113

South Florida

114

Northern Illinois

115

Charlotte

116

Vanderbilt

117

New Mexico

118

ULM

119

Rice

120

Kansas

121

Texas State

122

South Alabama

123

Old Dominion

124

UNLV

125

Bowling Green

126

UConn

127

New Mexico St

128

UTEP

129

Akron

130

UMass
 
Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! Follow me on Twitter: @pbanderson

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

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