Power Rankings 11-29-23

Welcome Back!

I apologize for this being a day late (my Odds and Ends will come out Thursday, and my Paul's Picks on Friday), but I've just been super busy, and it took me a while to update my rankings.

There are quite a few changes in the Power Rankings again this week, as everything is now based on what the teams have accomplished this season. 

The Top 10 had had quite a bit of movement, as did the bottom 10, but there was a lot of movement in between. 

Most teams moved 9 spots or less. Here are the teams that moved up at least 10 places:

Kentucky +11 to #47

Wisconsin +21 to #60

California +11 to #64

Marshall +12 to #85

USF +11 to #92

Twice as many teams dropped 10 or more places:

UCLA -11 to #39

South Alabama -11 to #50

Air Force -12 to #56

Jacksonville State -10 to #59

Texas Tech -11 to #66

Fresno State -10 to #75

Georgia Southern -10 to #77

Arkansas State -13 to #97

Boston College -10 to #89

Virginia -12 to #90

As you can tell, fewer teams moved a lot of spots. I feel these rankings more accurately reflect what has transpired this season. Remember, I use a point system, so none of this is my opinion.

CFP Top 25

The penultimate CFP rankings were revealed last night, and there were almost no surprises. I was interested in seeing how my weekly Power Rankings would compare to the CFP poll, and I would have to say I'm pretty pleased at the accuracy. 21 of my Top 25 made it in the CP Top 25, and my Top 7 were ranked within the Top 8, but slightly shuffled. Some of the more extreme differences are:

1) I have Washington at #9 (down from #8), but they are #3 in the CFP

2) I have Notre Dame at #12 (same as last week); CFP has them at #17

3) I value Oregon more highly, at #2, while the CFP has them at #5, Ohio State at #4 (vs CFP #6), Arizona at #10 (vs CFP #15), and Liberty at #19 while the CFP has them at #24

4) I undervalue Michigan (my #5 vs CFP #2), Missouri (my #15 vs CFP #9), Ole Miss (#17 vs #12), and Louisville (#18 vs #14)

7) My top 25 teams that were left out are #13 SMU,  #16 James Madison,  and #20 Troy, and #24 Toledo - notice that all are G5 teams

8) The CFP Top 25 teams from outside my top 25 are Tennessee (my #26 vs CFP #21), Tulane (my #27 vs CFP #22), Oklahoma State (my #38 vs CFP #18), and Iowa (my #33 vs CFP #16).

Here's the same info in a handy-dandy chart form:

Rank	Team	CFP Rank
1	Georgia	1
2	Oregon	5
3	FSU	4
4	Ohio State	6
5	Michigan	2
6	Texas	7
7	Alabama	8
8	Penn State	10
9	Washington	3
10	Arizona	15
11	Oklahoma	12
12	Notre Dame	17
13	SMU
14	LSU	13
15	Missouri	9
16	James Madison
17	Ole Miss	11
18	Louisville	14
19	Liberty	24
20	Troy
21	Clemson	23
22	Oregon State	20
23	Kansas State	25
24	Toledo
25	NC State	19
26	Tennessee	21
27	Tulane	22
33	Iowa	16
38	Oklahoma State	18

Power Rankings

As stated before, this year I am listing where the teams were ranked last week as well.

Here are the new rankings:

Rank	Team	Previous
1	Georgia	1
2	Oregon	4
3	FSU	3
4	Ohio State	2
5	Michigan	5
6	Texas	7
7	Alabama	6
8	Penn State	9
9	Washington	8
10	Arizona	13
11	Oklahoma	10
12	Notre Dame	12
13	SMU	14
14	LSU	16
15	Missouri	19
16	James Madison	21
17	Ole Miss	18
18	Louisville	11
19	Liberty	17
20	Troy	22
21	Clemson	23
22	Oregon State	15
23	Kansas State	20
24	Toledo	25
25	NC State	31
26	Tennessee	26
27	Tulane	30
28	Utah	27
29	Kansas	34
30	North Carolina	24
31	Miami, Fl	36
32	Miami, OH	29
33	Iowa	35
34	Texas A&M	32
35	Iowa State	40
36	UNLV	33
37	West Virginia	37
38	Oklahoma State	38
39	UCLA	28
40	San Jose State	43
41	Virginia Tech	50
42	Appalachian State	48
43	Duke	42
44	UCF	46
45	Boise State	51
46	Memphis	45
47	Kentucky	58
48	UTSA	41
49	Georgia Tech	47
50	South Alabama	39
51	New Mexico State	57
52	Wyoming	60
53	Ohio	53
54	USC	52
55	Texas State	61
56	Air Force	44
57	Auburn	56
58	Maryland	64
59	Jacksonville State	49
60	Wisconsin	81
61	Northwestern	66
62	Florida	63
63	Coastal Carolina	54
64	California	75
65	South Carolina	62
66	Texas Tech	55
67	Rutgers	59
68	Washington State	70
69	Bowling Green	73
70	Syracuse	72
71	Illinois	68
72	Rice	76
73	ODU	77
74	Louisiana	83
75	Fresno State	65
76	TCU	69
77	Georgia Southern	67
78	Arkansas	71
79	WKU	87
80	Utah State	82
81	Army	85
82	Nebraska	80
83	Mississippi State	86
84	Purdue	89
85	Marshall	97
86	Northern Illinois	90
87	Arkansas State	74
88	Georgia State	84
89	Boston College	79
90	Virginia	78
91	Colorado	92
92	USF	103
93	BYU	93
94	Navy	88
95	North Texas	100
96	Arizona State	91
97	Pittsburgh	99
98	Houston	95
99	Ball State	105
100	Minnesota	94
101	Colorado State	98
102	Michigan State	96
103	UAB	102
104	Cincinnati	101
105	Wake Forest	104
106	Middle Tenn	107
107	Western Michigan	106
108	FAU	108
109	Indiana	109
110	San Diego State	119
111	New Mexico	110
112	Baylor	111
113	Central Michigan	112
114	Hawai'i	116
115	Eastern Michigan	118
116	East Carolina	113
117	Tulsa	120
118	Buffalo	115
119	Charlotte	114
120	Stanford	117
121	UConn	125
122	La Tech	123
123	Sam Houston	126
124	Southern Miss	122
125	Vanderbilt	124
126	UMass	121
127	UTEP	128
128	ULM	127
129	Temple	130
130	FIU	129
131	Akron	131
132	Kent State	132
133	Nevada	133

I will update these rankings after the conference championship games this weekend, and then again after all the bowl games have been completed.

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!