Power Rankings 12/14/21

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This will be my final Power Rankings until after the bowls are complete (Jan 4). With only one game this past weekend, I thought it would be interesting to see how my final rankings compare to my preseason rankings. How accurate was I in predicting how the season would turn out? (On Wednesday, I'll do the same with my conference predictions). 

As it turns out, quite a few teams ended up in the same general area (top 25, bottom 25, etc.), but a lot of teams moved a tremendous amount. If you've been following this blog all season, it seemed like some teams never seemed to move very far, but Michigan moved all the way from 27 to 3, Baylor from 62 to 5, Ole Miss from 45 to 8, and Arkansas from 94 to 10. There are many more examples, as you can see below. And there are just as many who moved the other way- Clemson from 2 to 28, LSU from 8 to 67, and Florida from 13 to 76, for example. Have fun perusing the rankings, and feel free to leave a comment!

Here are the new rankings:

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

 

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