Power Rankings 11/30/21

Welcome Back!

There is quite a bit of movement this week, and I'm pretty pleased with how this is ending up. This is my 3rd year doing these, and its gotten better each year, but there are still inconsistencies that I need to work out, and so I will make some more changes before next season, and hopefully they will make even more sense. Most of the teams are where I feel they should be, but I'm still baffled at the placement of a few (you'll see what I mean when you look at the rankings below). I use a formula, so none of this is subjective, except for the weight I give to each part of the formula. That is perhaps where I'll make my next adjustments.

Anyway, the rankings are now entirely based on results from this year, with nothing from the preseason. 

The teams that moved the most were:

UTSA -15 to #30

Minnesota +14 to #47

Virginia -13 to #59

Tulsa +13 to #63

Northern Illinois -19 to #66

LSU +12 to #67

Texas +16 to #68

Western Michigan +15 to #72

North Texas +17 to #77

FAU -14 to #81

UTEP -10 to #83

Hawaii +11 to #103

The top 2 and bottom 2 spots were unchanged.  11 teams didn't move (it was 4 last week, and 7, 12, 21, 18, 12, 26, 32, 41 and 53 the weeks before), 18 moved 1 spot (12 last week), 21 moved 2 (7 last week), 19 moved 3 (3 last week), 15 moved 4 (4 last week), 3 moved 5, 11 moved 6, 6 moved 7, 7 moved 8, 7 moved 9, 1 moved 10, 1 moved 11, 1 moved 12, 2 moved 13, 2 moved 14, 2 moved 15, 1 moved 16, 1 moved 17, 0 moved 18, and 1 moved 19.

This week, I also list the previous rank, for your convenience!

Here are the new rankings:

Rank	Team	Previous
1	Georgia	1
2	Notre Dame	2
3	Alabama	4
4	Michigan	7
5	Cincinnati	6
6	Baylor	5
7	Ohio State	3
8	Ole Miss	9
9	Arkansas	8
10	Oklahoma State	10
11	Michigan State	11
12	UCLA	14
13	Oregon	17
14	Pittsburgh	16
15	Wake Forest	18
16	Oklahoma	13
17	Oregon State	12
18	Iowa	21
19	San Diego State	25
20	Houston	19
21	NC State	24
22	Utah	23
23	Louisiana	22
24	Kentucky	32
25	BYU	26
26	Mississippi State	20
27	Purdue	30
28	Clemson	35
29	Appalachian State	29
30	UTSA	15
31	Fresno State	34
32	Wisconsin	28
33	Air Force	39
34	Penn State	36
35	East Carolina	33
36	Kansas State	27
37	SMU	31
38	Arizona State	42
39	Louisville	37
40	Boise State	38
41	Tennessee	43
42	Coastal Carolina	45
43	Texas Tech	44
44	Washington State	48
45	WKU	54
46	Army	49
47	Minnesota	61
48	Texas A&M	40
49	Nevada	51
50	South Carolina	41
51	Central Michigan	55
52	Maryland	58
53	Utah State	52
54	Iowa State	62
55	Georgia State	59
56	Auburn	50
57	Miami, Fl	63
58	West Virginia	57
59	Virginia	46
60	Syracuse	53
61	North Carolina	56
62	UAB	68
63	Tulsa	76
64	UCF	64
65	Virginia Tech	74
66	Northern Illinois	47
67	LSU	79
68	Texas	84
69	FSU	60
70	Illinois	75
71	Missouri	69
72	Western Michigan	87
73	Marshall	65
74	Rutgers	66
75	Florida	83
76	California	72
77	North Texas	94
78	Boston College	71
79	Eastern Michigan	70
80	Nebraska	77
81	FAU	67
82	Kent State	85
83	UTEP	73
84	Old Dominion	86
85	Liberty	78
86	Colorado	80
87	Navy	91
88	TCU	81
89	Miami, Oh	82
90	Middle Tenn	98
91	USC	89
92	Georgia Tech	88
93	Toledo	96
94	Ball State	97
95	Stanford	93
96	San Jose State	92
97	South Alabama	95
98	Memphis	99
99	Wyoming	90
100	ULM	102
101	Troy	100
102	Colorado State	101
103	Hawai'i	114
104	UNLV	105
105	Washington	103
106	Charlotte	104
107	Arizona	107
108	Indiana	109
109	Kansas	110
110	Duke	106
111	USF	111
112	Tulane	108
113	New Mexico	113
114	Northwestern	112
115	Bowling Green	118
116	Rice	119
117	Texas State	123
118	Georgia Southern	121
119	Buffalo	115
120	Vanderbilt	122
121	Temple	117
122	Ohio	116
123	Arkansas State	120
124	Southern Miss	127
125	New Mexico State	128
126	UMass	124
127	Akron	125
128	La Tech	126
129	UConn	129
130	FIU	130

Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends, and check out my TWIF Notes from yesterday. Follow me on Twitter (@pbanderson)

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