Power Rankings 12-12-23

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Before I get to the Power Rankings, I want to give the top 10 teams in my statistical analysis that I use for those Power Rankings. These are the teams that did the best this season offensively and defensively combined, based on a formula I devised.

1. Georgia

2. SMU

3. Oregon

4. Notre Dame

5. Penn State

6. Texas

7. Ohio State

8. Michigan

9. Troy

10. FSU

Here are the teams that did the worst statistically:

133. Nevada

132. ULM

131. Vanderbilt

130. FIU

129. Kent State

128. Stanford

127. BYU

126. Temple

125. Michigan State

124. Arizona State

CFP Top 25

The final CFP rankings were revealed last Sunday (Dec 3), and there were a few controversial 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. 23 of my Top 25 made it in the CP Top 25, and my Top 9 were ranked within the Top 10, but the order is very different. Some of the more extreme differences are:

1) I have Georgia at #1 (same as last week), but they are #6 in the CFP.

2) I have FSU at #2 (up from #3); CFP has them at #5.

3) I value Ohio State more highly (#5 vs CFP #7), as well as Oregon (my #6 vs #8), SMU (my #10 vs #24), Arizona (my #11 vs #14), Notre Dame (my #12 vs #16), Liberty (my #18 vs #23), Clemson (my #20 vs #22), and Kansas State (my #23 vs #25).

4) I undervalue Michigan (my #3 vs CFP #1), Alabama (my #7 vs #4), Washington (my #8 vs #2), Missouri (my #14 vs #9), LSU (my #16 vs #13, Ole Miss (my #19 vs #11), Louisville (my #21 vs #15), Oregon State (my #22 vs #19), NC State (my #24 vs #18), and Tennessee (my #25 vs #21)

7) My top 25 teams that were left out are #15 James Madison and #17 Troy - notice that both are G5 teams, but JMU was ineligible anyway.

8) The CFP Top 25 teams from outside my top 25 are Oklahoma State (my #44 vs CFP #20) and Iowa (my #36 vs CFP #17).

9) My 4-team playoff would have #4 Texas vs #1 Georgia, and #3 Michigan vs #2 FSU.

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

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

Power Rankings

There are only a few changes in the Power Rankings this week, as only 22 teams played. 

 

Most teams moved 2 spots or less. Here are the teams that moved up at least 3 places:

SMU +3 to #10

Troy +3 to #17

Miami, Oh +6 to #26

Boise State +11 to #34

Memphis +3 to #43

Almost twice as many teams dropped 3 or more places:

Oregon -4 to #6

Louisville -3 to #21

Toledo -3 to #27

Iowa -3 to #36

Oklahoma State -6 to #44

UNLV -9 to #45

Appalachian State -6 to #48

New Mexico State -6 to #57

Navy -4 to #98

I feel these rankings more accurately reflect what has transpired this season compared to seasons past. Remember, I use a point system, so none of this is my opinion.

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

I will update these rankings after all the bowl games have been completed.

Feel free to leave a comment. Come back tomorrow for my Conference Call! 

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