Power Rankings 12/7/21

Welcome Back!

With only the conference championship games being played, there wasn't a lot of movement, of course, but there was some. What I want to take a few moments to see is how my rankings compare with the final CFP rankings. As I looked at the 2 side-by-side, there were an awful lot of similarities. We agreed on 9 of the top 10 (remember, mine is a formula, not a committee), and 22 of the top 25. However, once we get outside the top 9, there is quite a difference in placement. Our top 4 is the same, but I have UGA and Michigan reversed. My rankings have Baylor at #5 ahead of Notre Dame and Ohio State (because of the extra points from playing an extra game). Other than those 2 differences, our top 9s are the same!

The biggest difference comes at the #10 spot- my formula has Arkansas, which is #21 in the CFP- but my 11-12-13 are 12-10-11 in the CFP. My 15 is #14 in the CFP, and we agree on #16. My 19 is #17, my 20 is #18, and my 24 is #22. For the most part, we agree on the tiers. Like I mentioned above, I have Arkansas much higher than the committee, as is Louisiana (18 vs 23), and I also have UCLA at #14, Oregon State at #17, and UTSA at #23, which are not included in the CFP. Teams which I have lower than the CFP are Iowa at #22 (vs #15) and BYU at #25 (vs 13 for the CFP). I also did not include Clemson, SDSU, or Texas A&M, which are ranked 19, 24, and 25, respectively. I have them as 28, 30, and 48, in the same order. All in all, I would say my Power Rankings came out pretty comparable to the CFP and AP polls.


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

Here are the new rankings:

Rank

Team

Previous

1

Alabama

3

2

Georgia

1

3

Michigan

4

4

Cincinnati

5

5

Baylor

6

6

Notre Dame

2

7

Ohio State

7

8

Ole Miss

8

9

Oklahoma State

10

10

Arkansas

9

11

Pittsburgh

14

12

Michigan State

11

13

Utah

22

14

UCLA

12

15

Oregon

13

16

Oklahoma

16

17

Oregon State

17

18

Louisiana

23

19

Wake Forest

15

20

NC State

21

21

Houston

20

22

Iowa 

18

23

UTSA

30

24

Kentucky

24

25

BYU

25

26

Mississippi State

26

27

Purdue

27

28

Clemson

28

29

Appalachian State

29

30

San Diego State

19

31

Fresno State

31

32

Wisconsin

32

33

Air Force

33

34

Utah State

53

35

Penn State

34

36

East Carolina

35

37

Kansas State

36

38

SMU

37

39

Arizona State

38

40

Louisville

39

41

Boise State

40

42

Tennessee

41

43

Coastal Carolina

42

44

Texas Tech

43

45

WKU

45

46

Army

46

47

Minnesota

47

48

Texas A&M

48

49

Washington State

44

50

Nevada

49

51

South Carolina

50

52

Central Michigan

51

53

Maryland

52

54

Iowa State

54

55

Georgia State

55

56

Auburn

56

57

Miami, Fl

57

58

West Virginia

58

59

Northern Illinois

66

60

Virginia

59

61

Syracuse

60

62

North Carolina

61

63

UAB

62

64

Tulsa

63

65

UCF

64

66

Virginia Tech

65

67

LSU

67

68

Texas

68

69

FSU

69

70

Illinois

70

71

Missouri

71

72

California

76

73

Western Michigan

72

74

Marshall

73

75

Rutgers

74

76

Florida

75

77

North Texas

77

78

Boston College

78

79

Eastern Michigan

79

80

Nebraska

80

81

Kent State

82

82

UTEP

83

83

Old Dominion

84

84

Liberty

85

85

Colorado

86

86

Navy

87

87

FAU

81

88

TCU

88

89

Miami, Oh

89

90

Middle Tenn

90

91

Georgia Tech

92

92

Toledo

93

93

Ball State

94

94

Stanford

95

95

USC

91

96

San Jose State

96

97

South Alabama

97

98

Memphis

98

99

Wyoming

99

100

ULM

100

101

Troy

101

102

Colorado State

102

103

Hawai'i

103

104

UNLV

104

105

Washington

105

106

Charlotte

106

107

Arizona

107

108

Indiana

108

109

Kansas

109

110

Duke

110

111

USF

111

112

Tulane

112

113

New Mexico

113

114

Northwestern

114

115

Bowling Green

115

116

Rice

116

117

Texas State

117

118

Georgia Southern

118

119

Buffalo

119

120

Vanderbilt

120

121

Temple

121

122

Ohio

122

123

Arkansas State

123

124

Southern Miss

124

125

New Mexico State

125

126

UMass

126

127

Akron

127

128

La Tech

128

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!

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