Power Rankings 11/19/24

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Personal Note: I apologize for not getting my TWIF Notes published yesterday, but I have decided to end that particular blog, as it simply takes up too much of my time. If any of you liked it, or if it was your favorite, I apologize. I hope you understand. I am also considering making this my last year of doing this blog in-season as a regular feature, and I'm still undecided on my whether I will continue my preseason team and conference previews. Moving back into full time teaching has put a strain on my time.

Before I present my Power Rankings, this week continues those maddening mid-week games. But I think this is the last of them! Here are my picks for tonight's games.


Tuesday, November 19

Akron @ Kent State- The Zips lead the series 36-28-2, winning 31-27 last year, but the Golden Flashes have won 4 of the last 5, and 5 of the last 7 played in Kent (since 2010), including the last 2. These are 2 of the worst teams in the FBS (see my rankings below), but Akron at least has had an FBS win each of the last 2 years. KSU has lost their last 20 FBS games, and their last 19 games overall. At some point, that streak will have to end, as all streaks do, but I'm doubtful it will end this year. Zips win a close one between 2 terrible teams in the worst game of the week.

Western Michigan @ Central Michigan- The Broncos lead the series 53-40-2, winning the last 2, and 10 of the last 13, including the last 6 played in Mt. Pleasant. In fact, CMU's last win at home in this series was in 2010. The Chippewas are 3-7/1-5, losers of 5 in a row, the last 3 by double digits each.WMU is 5-5/4-2, looking to secure a bowl bid, and hoping to stay in the MAC title race, but they've lost their last 2 games. Broncos win.

Northern Illinois @ Miami, OH- The Redhawks lead the series 11-9, winning the last 3 (since 2018), and also owning a victory in the 2010 MAC CG. Both teams are 6-4 overall, but Miami is 5-1 in the MAC, and very close to securing a berth in the MAC CG. The Huskies are only 3-3 in the conference, but they have wins over BGSU and WMU, and their victory over Notre Dame in week 2 proves they can beat just about any team, but they have been maddeningly inconsistent, with losses to Buffalo and Ball State. NIU could pull the upset, but I'm going with the Redhawks at home.


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. This will change a lot over the next few weeks.

#8 Alabama would host #9 Georgia, with the winner moving on to play #1 Oregon

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

#6 Notre Dame would host #11 Penn State for the privilege of playing #3 Miami

#7 Ohio State would host #10 Ole Miss, with the winner facing Texas


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


The 1st 5 teams out would be SMU, Clemson, Tennessee, South Carolina, and BYU.


Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:


RankTeamPrevious
1Oregon2
2Texas3
3Indiana1
4Notre Dame4
5Ohio State7
6Alabama6
7Georgia12
8Ole Miss5
9Penn State11
10Miami, Fl9
11SMU13
12Clemson15
13Tennessee10
14Tulane17
15South Carolina14
16Boise State19
17BYU8
18Army18
19Texas A&M20
20UNLV23
21Colorado25
22Arizona State27
23Pittsburgh24
24Vanderbilt26
25Louisville16
26LSU22
27Illinois34
28Iowa State37
29Georgia Tech30
30Syracuse43
31Baylor41
32James Madison33
33Washington State21
34Arkansas31
35Kansas State29
36Florida56
37Missouri35
38Duke36
39Minnesota39
40Iowa40
41Louisiana28
42USC51
43Wisconsin46
44Memphis52
45California38
46Boston College44
47Kansas74
48Virginia45
49North Carolina55
50South Alabama68
51Michigan49
52Washington62
53Marshall57
54Sam Houston48
55Navy42
56TCU50
57Virginia Tech54
58West Virginia47
59WKU32
60Oklahoma58
61Rutgers70
62Texas Tech60
63Cincinnati53
64Jacksonville State64
65Miami, OH71
66Ohio73
67Bowling Green75
68Texas State80
69East Carolina69
70Auburn86
71UCLA61
72Nebraska65
73Colorado State78
74Kentucky84
75Toledo83
76Northern Illinois77
77San Jose State67
78UConn76
79UCF79
80Michigan State72
81NC State82
82USF92
83North Texas63
84Georgia Southern59
85Liberty87
86Northwestern85
87Houston66
88Utah81
89ODU89
90Arizona102
91Maryland91
92Wake Forest90
93Fresno State95
94Buffalo97
95Oklahoma State96
96ULM88
97UTSA105
98Arkansas State100
99Western Michigan93
100Stanford111
101Coastal Carolina99
102Nevada104
103New Mexico113
104La Tech114
105Hawai'i94
106Appalachian State106
107Mississippi State107
108Charlotte101
109Oregon State98
110Eastern Michigan103
111Utah State116
112Rice109
113San Diego State108
114Troy124
115Ball State110
116Air Force123
117FIU112
118FSU115
119Temple117
120Purdue120
121Wyoming119
122Akron121
123Central Michigan118
124UAB122
125Middle Tennessee128
126Tulsa126
127UMass125
128UTEP131
129Georgia State127
130Southern Miss129
131Kennesaw State132
132FAU130
133New Mexico State133
134Kent State134



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!   

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