Power Ranking 8-23-22

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.  But before that, I'm going to compare my top 25 to the AP top 25, just for fun!  So let's start there.

AP Rank	Team	My Rank
1	Alabama	1
2	Ohio State	2
3	Georgia	3
4	Clemson	4
5	Notre Dame	8
6	Texas A&M	6
7	Utah	7
8	Michigan	5
9	Oklahoma	12
10	Baylor	15
11	Oregon	19
12	Oklahoma State	10
13	NC State	16
14	USC	26
15	Michigan State	29
16	Miami, Fl	24
17	Pittsburgh	17
18	Wisconsin	11
19	Arkansas	54
20	Kentucky	27
21	Ole Miss	36
22	Wake Forest	28
23	Cincinnati	9
24	Houston	31
25	BYU	14
28	Iowa	13
29	Penn State	18
30	LSU	20
42	Appalachian State	21
40	Boise State	22
37	Florida	23
33	UCF	25

As you can see, we mostly agree on the top 8, with only Michigan and Notre Dame flip-flopping at 5 and 8. After that, there is much disagreement. According to my rankings, the AP is overrating Arkansas (35 spots), Ole Miss (15 spots), Michigan State (14 spots), USC (12 spots), Oregon and Miami (8 spots each), and Houston and Kentucky (7 spots each) the most, and underrating Cincinnati (14 spots), BYU (9 spots), and Wisconsin (7 spots) the most. They also undervalued App State (21 spots), Boise State (18 spots), Iowa (15 spots), Florida (14 spots), Penn State (11 spots) LSU (10 spots), and UCF (8 spots).

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 131:

1 Alabama 2 Ohio State 3 Georgia 4 Clemson 5 Michigan 6 Texas A&M 7 Utah 8 Notre Dame 9 Cincinnati 10 Oklahoma State 11 Wisconsin 12 Oklahoma 13 Iowa 14 BYU 15 Baylor 16 NC State 17 Pittsburgh 18 Penn State 19 Oregon 20 LSU 21 Appalachian State 22 Boise State 23 Florida 24 Miami, Fl 25 UCF 26 USC 27 Kentucky 28 Wake Forest 29 Michigan State 30 Air Force 31 Houston 32 Auburn 33 San Diego State 34 Texas 35 Tennessee 36 Ole Miss 37 Fresno State 38 Minnesota 39 Kansas State 40 Iowa State 41 Coastal Carolina 42 Mississippi State 43 Louisiana 44 Memphis 45 UCLA 46 Liberty 47 Army 48 North Carolina 49 Louisville 50 Toledo 51 Washington 52 UTSA 53 Arizona State 54 Arkansas 55 FSU 56 SMU 57 Marshall 58 UAB 59 Purdue 60 Utah State 61 Boston College 62 West Virginia 63 TCU 64 WKU 65 Missouri 66 South Carolina 67 Central Michigan 68 Western Michigan 69 Nebraska 70 Washington State 71 Oregon State 72 Virginia 73 Stanford 74 California 75 Virginia Tech 76 Miami, OH 77 Georgia State 78 Maryland 79 FAU 80 Northwestern 81 Navy 82 Northern Illinois 83 Tulsa 84 Texas Tech 85 East Carolina 86 Syracuse 87 Wyoming 88 Nevada 89 Indiana 90 Illinois 91 Middle Tenn 92 North Texas 93 Buffalo 94 Troy 95 Tulane 96 Kent State 97 La Tech 98 Colorado 99 San Jose State 100 Rutgers 101 Georgia Southern 102 Eastern Michigan 103 Colorado State 104 Ohio 105 Ball State 106 Arkansas State 107 ODU 108 Georgia Tech 109 Hawai'i 110 South Alabama 111 Southern Miss 112 UTEP 113 Charlotte 114 USF 115 Arizona 116 Duke 117 Temple 118 Bowling Green 119 Kansas 120 James Madison 121 ULM 122 Vanderbilt 123 Texas State 124 New Mexico 125 Rice 126 FIU 127 UNLV 128 New Mexico State 129 Akron 130 UConn 131 UMass

 

I will update these rankings each week throughout the season.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

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