Power Rankings 10-18-22

Welcome Back!

After 7 weeks, I have finally dropped all of my preseason factors. This means that we have one more week of extreme volatility this week, but that now the rankings are based solely on the results from this year. 

While I will still list who moved up or down the most, I would prefer that you focus on where each team actually is, as the movement was still affected by the final elimination of the preseason points. You will notice that I have new teams at both the top and the bottom!

We also have the return of ties. Those of you who have been following this blog from its inception may remember that my 1st year of Power Rankings was littered with ties- sometimes I would have several teams tied for the same ranking even. As I have refined my formula, those have occurred less and less. But this week, they rear their ugly heads, as I have a tie at #77 and at #99.

While there are still a few anomalies, as in some teams I feel are too high and some too low, by and large, I'm pretty pleased with where 90% or more of the teams are placed. Again, my goal is not so much to be correct right now, but to be correct at the end of the season.

Here are the teams that improved the most:

Georgia Southern +69 to #32

Kansas +67 to #12

Stanford +66 to #55

ODU +55 to #43

Vanderbilt +52 to #65

Georgia Tech +50 to #50

Tulane +49 to #23

Rice +45 to #51

UNLV +44 to #53

TCU +41 to #7

Duke +41 to #72

Ohio +39 to #66

LSU +34 to #30

West Virginia +33 to #54

Indiana +33 to #83

ULM +31 to #81

Washington +30 to #45

Texas State +29 to #70

Rutgers +28 to #75

San Jose State +27 to #42

Arizona +27 to #77

UConn +27 to #96

Texas +26 to #18

Syracuse +24 to #9

Missouri +23 to #62

Southern Miss +23 to #86

Bowling Green +23 to #92

Illinois +22 to #3

USC +22 to #10

FSU +20 to #22

Ball State +20 to #82

Here are the teams that dropped the most:

Houston -58 to #108

Western Michigan -55 to #127

Nevada -51 to #129

Coastal Carolina -50 to #56

Notre Dame -49 to #64

Wisconsin -49 to #107

Miami, Oh -47 to #102

Pittsburgh -44 to #80

Appalachian State -43 to #113

Army -42 to #104

Iowa State -41 to #76

Marshall -41 to #101

Baylor -40 to #60

California -40 to #103

Fresno State -40 to #111

San Diego State -37 to #93

Cincinnati -35 to #47

Arizona State -31 to #90

Nebraska -31 to #97

Louisiana -31 to #119

NC State -29 to #44

James Madison -27 to #31

Liberty -24 to #48

Oklahoma -24 to #69

Boise State -23 to #74

Central Michigan -23 to #118

Middle Tennessee -22 to #89

Utah State -22 to #105

BYU -20 to #41

Air Force -20 to #57

NOTE: Much of the big jumps are due to strength of schedule. For example, Cincinnati and Liberty are a combined 11-2, but they dropped 35 and 24 spots respectively because they haven't beaten quality opponents, and the wins they do have, for the most part, have been close. 

Anyway, here are my rankings from 1 to 131 (LW stands for Last Week's Ranking). One thing that is new is that I have added the AP rankings in a separate column, so you can see how my rankings compare to the AP Poll. Notice how my rankings are more closely aligned with the AP Poll.

Rank	Team	LW	AP
1	Tennessee	7	3
2	Ohio State	2	2
3	Illinois	25	18
4	Georgia	1	1
5	Michigan	5	4
6	Alabama	3	6
7	TCU	48	8
8	Clemson	9	5
9	Syracuse	33	14
10	USC	32	12
11	Ole Miss	11	7
12	Kansas	79
13	UCLA	10	9
14	Oregon State	29
15	Mississippi State	16	24
16	North Carolina	26	22
17	Penn State	17	16
18	Texas	44	20
19	Wake Forest	13	13
20	South Alabama	34
21	Arkansas	31
22	FSU	42
23	Tulane	72	25
24	Utah	18	15
25	Kansas State	27	17
26	Oregon	23	10
27	Oklahoma State	8	11
28	Maryland	46
29	Troy	47
30	LSU	64
31	James Madison	4
32	Georgia Southern	101
33	Texas Tech	49
34	UTSA	19
35	Purdue	39
36	South Carolina	53
37	UCF	38
38	Toledo	22
39	Kentucky	43	19
40	Washington State	40
41	BYU	21
42	San Jose State	69
43	ODU	98
44	NC State	15	23
45	Washington	75
46	Minnesota	28
47	Cincinnati	12	21
48	Liberty	24
49	Texas A&M	30
50	Georgia Tech	100
51	Rice	96
52	Florida	41
53	UNLV	97
54	West Virginia	87
55	Stanford	121
56	Coastal Carolina	6
57	Air Force	37
58	Auburn	54
59	Louisville	57
60	Baylor	20
61	Memphis	68
62	Missouri	85
63	Notre Dame	14
64	East Carolina	73
65	Vanderbilt	117
66	Ohio	105
67	WKU	61
68	Wyoming	77
69	Oklahoma	45
70	Texas State	99
71	UAB	52
72	Duke	113
73	Buffalo	84
74	Boise State	51
75	Rutgers	103
76	Iowa State	35
T77	Arizona	104
T77	SMU	65
79	Miami, Fl	76
80	Pittsburgh	36
81	ULM	112
82	Ball State	102
83	Indiana	116
84	Michigan State	81
85	Iowa	74
86	Southern Miss	109
87	North Texas	89
88	Eastern Michigan	80
89	Middle Tenn	67
90	Arizona State	59
91	Georgia State	91
92	Bowling Green	115
93	San Diego State	56
94	Kent State	86
95	Navy	94
96	UConn	123
97	Nebraska	66
98	UTEP	93
T99	Boston College	92
T99	Tulsa	90
101	Marshall	60
102	Miami, OH	55
103	California	63
104	Army	62
105	Utah State	83
106	FAU	107
107	Wisconsin	58
108	Houston	50
109	La Tech	110
110	Virginia Tech	106
111	Fresno State	71
112	USF	119
113	Appalachian State	70
114	Colorado	126
115	Temple	124
116	Northern Illinois	118
117	Arkansas State	120
118	Central Michigan	95
119	Louisiana	88
120	New Mexico	111
121	Colorado State	108
122	Hawai'i	122
123	New Mexico State	129
124	Northwestern	127
125	Virginia	114
126	FIU	128
127	Western Michigan	82
128	UMass	131
129	Nevada	78
130	Charlotte	125
131	Akron	130

Feel free to leave a comment. Check out my TWIF Notes from yesterday, and come back tomorrow for my Odds and Ends! 

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