Power Rankings 12-13-22

Welcome Back!

This week, I will compare my end-of-season Power Rankings with my Preseason Power Rankings to see how much they changed. It will be fun to see how wrong I was!

The only change from last week to this week is that Army moved up after their win over Navy, and Navy moved down. 

Obviously, there is no way to be completely right on predicting how 131 teams may end up, and it's only going to get harder when we add more teams in the next few years. However, I was exactly right on a few teams, and many were within 10 spots or less of where they started. Below I list the 10 teams I undervalued the most, and the 11 teams (there was a tie for the 10th spot) I overvalued the most. Beside each team in the list I also put their preseason ranking, so you can see for yourself how they compare.

Here are the teams that were undervalued the most, and by how much:

South Alabama +90

Kansas +86

James Madison +85

Tulane +81

Troy +77

Duke +68

Illinois +64

Vanderbilt +64

Texas Tech +61

Oregon State +55

Here are the teams that were overvalued the most, and by how much:

Appalachian State -82

Miami, FL -66

Houston -62

Wisconsin -59

Oklahoma -53

Arizona State -53

Iowa -50

Central Michigan -49

Louisiana -48

Oklahoma State -47

Western Michigan -47

Here are my rankings from 1 to 131 including my preseason rankings. Six of my preseason top 10 ended the season there, as did 4 of my bottom 10, but only 10 of my top 25 ended the season that way.

Rank	Team	Preseason
1	Georgia	3
2	Michigan	5
3	TCU	63
4	Ohio State	2
5	Tennessee	35
6	Alabama	1
7	Kansas State	39
8	Clemson	4
9	Penn State	18
10	Utah	7
11	USC	26
12	FSU	55
13	Texas	34
14	Tulane	95
15	Washington	51
16	Oregon State	71
17	Troy	94
18	Oregon	19
19	LSU	20
20	South Alabama	110
21	South Carolina	66
22	Notre Dame	8
23	Texas Tech	84
24	Mississippi State	42
25	UTSA	52
26	Illinois	90
27	Arkansas	54
28	Ole Miss	36
29	UCLA	45
T30	Washington State	70
T30	Baylor	15
32	Louisville	49
33	Kansas	119
34	Missouri	65
35	James Madison	120
36	Cincinnati	9
37	Kentucky	27
38	Minnesota	38
39	North Carolina	48
40	Wake Forest	28
41	BYU	14
42	Pittsburgh	17
43	UCF	25
44	NC State	16
45	Florida	23
46	Purdue	59
47	Maryland	78
T48	Texas A&M	6
T48	Duke	116
50	Marshall	57
51	Syracuse	86
52	Ohio	104
53	Fresno State	37
54	Air Force	30
55	Boise State	22
56	Auburn	32
57	Oklahoma State	10
58	Vanderbilt	122
59	Coastal Carolina	41
60	Arizona	115
61	Georgia Southern	101
62	West Virginia	62
63	Iowa	13
64	Toledo	50
65	Oklahoma	12
66	SMU	56
67	East Carolina	85
68	WKU	64
69	Michigan State	29
70	Wisconsin	11
71	Eastern Michigan	102
72	San Diego State	33
73	Army	47
74	Georgia Tech	108
75	Memphis	44
76	San Jose State	99
77	UConn	130
78	Southern Miss	111
79	Liberty	46
80	Iowa State	40
81	Wyoming	87
82	North Texas	92
83	Bowling Green	118
84	Indiana	89
85	UAB	58
86	Nebraska	69
87	Middle Tenn	91
88	Kent State	96
89	Navy	81
90	Miami, Fl	24
91	Louisiana	43
92	Georgia State	77
T93	Houston	31
T93	ULM	121
95	New Mexico State	128
96	Utah State	60
97	California	74
98	Tulsa	83
99	Stanford	73
100	Buffalo	93
101	UTEP	112
102	Rutgers	100
103	Appalachian State	21
104	Virginia Tech	75
105	Boston College	61
106	Arizona State	53
107	Rice	125
108	ODU	107
109	Ball State	105
110	Miami, OH	76
111	FAU	79
112	Texas State	123
113	UNLV	127
114	Virginia	72
115	Western Michigan	68
116	Central Michigan	67
117	Colorado State	103
118	Colorado	98
119	La Tech	97
120	Charlotte	113
121	Northwestern	80
122	Arkansas State	106
123	Temple	117
124	FIU	126
125	USF	114
126	Northern Illinois	82
127	Hawai'i	109
128	Akron	129
129	New Mexico	124
130	Nevada	88
131	UMass	131

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!