Power Rankings 11/26/24

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Before I present my Power Rankings, we have 2 mid-week games. Here are my picks for tonight's games.

Tuesday, November 19

Toledo @ Akron- The Rockets lead the series 13-9, winning the last 4, including in the 2017 MAC CG. Toledo is 7-4/4-3, and were just eliminated from the MAC CG race, so I'm not sure how motivated they'll be, as some of their best players may be eyeing the transfer portal. However, the Zips are only 3-8/2-5, and have been one of the worst FBS teams for the last 6 seasons (a combined 10-55 in that span, with 4 of those wins vs FCS teams). Rockets win.

Kent State @ Buffalo- The Bulls lead the series 15-14, winning 24-6 last year, but the Golden Flashes have won 2 of the last 3, including the last time they played in UB Stadium. The Bulls are still (barely) alive in the MAC title chase, so they should handle KSU easily, sending the Flashes to their 1st winless season since they were 0-11 in 1998 under HC Dean Pees in his 1st year. Bulls trample the Flashes.

Power Rankings

As we get into the last few weeks of the season, there is still a lot of movement, but teams are pretty much settled into "brackets" of 30 teams or so, and most movement is within those brackets instead of between them.

I'm going to continue to show you how the CFP bracket would be set up if the committee were using my Power Rankings. For the purposes of this exercise, I'll use the highest ranking conference member as its champion. Please realize this is based on where they are now, not where I expect them to finish.

#8 Georgia would host #9 Penn State, with the winner moving on to play #1 Texas

#5 Notre Dame would host #12 Boise State, with the winner taking on #4 Tulane

#6 Ohio State would host #11 Tennessee for the privilege of playing #3 SMU

#7 Indiana would host #10 Miami, with the winner facing Oregon

This bracket has 3 SEC teams, 4 from the Big Ten, 2 from the ACC and 1 team each from the AAC and MWC, along with Notre Dame. Notice that in this iteration, the Big XII would be left out.

The 1st 5 teams out would be Ole Miss, Clemson, South Carolina, Alabama, and BYU.

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

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

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!