Power Rankings 9/17/24

Welcome Back!

I had quite a bit of movement in the PR this week, as we are starting to see some wins and losses pile up. With only 3 games to go on, we are still mostly seeing the results of my preseason rankings just being tweaked a little. The closer teams are to each other in points, the more likely they are to move up or down. Most teams are only moving 1 or 2 spaces, if at all.

The big change will happen when I drop my preseason points at the end of this month and thus the rankings will be based solely on the results of this season.

In the top 10, Oregon and Alabama flip at 3 and 4, and Penn State drops from 5 to 7, with Texas and Notre Dame moving back up.

In the 11-25 range, LSU and FSU swap places, as do Oklahoma State and SMU, and Texas A&M and Louisville, and Liberty drops 2 spots to #22, getting jumped in the rankings by Iowa and Miami. 

Some of the bigger movers are

Toledo +3 to #42

Cincinnati +3 to #50

Pittsburgh +5 to #61

Baylor +4 to #74

Texas State -4 to #75

Jacksonville State -4 to #78

Indiana +3 to #88

At the bottom of the list, UMass drops back to the bottom of the list as ULM continues their climb.

As you can see, most of the big movements happen in the middle of the rankings, the 30-100 range. The top and bottom 30s tend to move much less.

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

Rank	Team	Previous
1	Georgia	1
2	Ohio State	2
3	Alabama	4
4	Oregon	3
5	Texas	6
6	Notre Dame	7
7	Penn State	5
8	Clemson	8
9	Kansas State	9
10	Michigan	10
11	Ole Miss	11
12	Oklahoma	12
13	LSU	14
14	FSU	13
15	Tennessee	15
16	Utah	16
17	Missouri	17
18	Oklahoma State	19
19	SMU	18
20	Iowa	21
21	Miami, Fl	22
22	Liberty	20
23	Texas A&M	24
24	Louisville	23
25	NC State	25
26	Boise State	26
27	USC	27
28	Washington	28
29	North Carolina	29
30	Wisconsin	30
31	Memphis	31
32	UCF	32
33	Appalachian State	33
34	Arizona	35
35	West Virginia	34
36	Iowa State	36
37	Kentucky	37
38	Virginia Tech	40
39	Tulane	39
40	Kansas	38
41	UTSA	41
42	Toledo	45
43	Florida	43
44	TCU	42
45	Auburn	46
46	Air Force	44
47	UCLA	47
48	South Carolina	49
49	Miami, OH	48
50	Cincinnati	53
51	Rutgers	50
52	Minnesota	51
53	Georgia Tech	52
54	Texas Tech	54
55	Maryland	55
56	Duke	56
57	Louisiana	57
58	Oregon State	58
59	Nebraska	59
60	Fresno State	60
61	Pittsburgh	66
62	Coastal Carolina	61
63	James Madison	62
64	Arkansas	64
65	Troy	63
66	BYU	67
67	Boston College	65
68	Illinois	68
69	California	69
70	Washington State	70
71	UNLV	73
72	Ohio	72
73	WKU	75
74	Baylor	78
75	Texas State	71
76	Northwestern	76
77	South Alabama	77
78	Jacksonville State	74
79	Syracuse	79
80	Michigan State	82
81	Army	81
82	Wake Forest	80
83	Northern Illinois	83
84	San Jose State	85
85	Purdue	84
86	USF	86
87	Marshall	87
88	Indiana	91
89	Wyoming	88
90	Mississippi State	89
91	Utah State	90
92	Houston	92
93	Colorado	93
94	Bowling Green	95
95	Virginia	94
96	Georgia Southern	97
97	North Texas	96
98	Arizona State	100
99	San Diego State	98
100	UAB	101
101	Rice	99
102	New Mexico State	102
103	Navy	104
104	Colorado State	103
105	Arkansas State	105
106	Eastern Michigan	107
107	East Carolina	106
108	FAU	108
109	Western Michigan	109
110	Central Michigan	110
111	Stanford	111
112	ODU	112
113	Middle Tenn	113
114	Ball State	114
115	Vanderbilt	115
116	Buffalo	117
117	Hawai'i	116
118	Georgia State	118
119	Tulsa	119
120	La Tech	122
121	New Mexico	120
122	Southern Miss	121
123	UConn	123
124	Charlotte	124
125	Sam Houston	126
126	FIU	125
127	UTEP	127
128	Nevada	128
129	ULM	130
130	Kennesaw State	129
131	Akron	131
132	Temple	132
133	Kent State	134
134	UMass	133

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!