Power Rankings 11/5/24

Welcome Back!

Personal Note: I apologize for not getting my TWIF Notes published yesterday, but I do most of my prep work for these blogs on Sunday, but I spent that day traveling back home- 2 1/2 hours to the airport, 2 hours IN the airport, 2 1/2 hours in the air, and 2 1/2 hours on the drive home. I know both of my faithful readers were greatly disappointed!

Before I present my Power Rankings, this week continues those maddening mid-week games. Here are my picks for tonight's games.

Tuesday, November 5

Bowling Green @ Central Michigan- The Falcons lead the series 24-19, winning 3 of the last 4 and 8 of the last 11 (since 1996), but the Chippewas have split the last 2. However, BGSU has won the last 3 played in Mount Pleasant, and 5 of the last 6 there. The Falcons have dreams of making the MAC CG and reaching a bowl for the 3rd season in a row. The Chips have dreams of staying out of the MAC basement. BGSU wins.

Miami, Oh @ Ball State- The Redhawks lead the series 23-13-1, winning the last 4, and 7 of the last 8, including 3 of the last 4 played in Muncie. Each of Miami's last 4 wins in the series have been decided by 7 points or less. The Cardinals are only 3-5, but they've won 2 of their last 3, and are 2-2 in the MAC. But the Redhawks have won 3 straight games, and 4 of their last 5. Miami wins.

Power Rankings

I had a lot of movement in the PR again this week, as we are starting to see some wins and losses pile up. I expect the rankings to be pretty volatile the rest of the way as the point differentials are not as large as they were at the start of the season.

The preseason points are long gone, so that means the rankings are based solely on the results of this season.

Usually, I talk about what has changed, and who has moved the most, but I've been so busy just trying to keep up with stats and predictions that I just haven't been able to put the time in to add a narrative. I hope you'll forgive me. 

So today, I'm going to show you how the CFP bracket were set up 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, as UGA will play 2 of the other teams listed the next 2 weeks, for example, and the CG's will have a lot to say about who makes it in..

#8 Tennessee would host #9 Georgia, with the winner moving on to play #1 Indiana

#5 Oregon would host #12 Boise State, with the winner taking on #4 BYU

#6 Notre Dame would host #11 SMU for the privilege of playing #3 Texas

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

This bracket has 4 SEC teams, 3 from the Big Ten, 2 from the ACC, and 1 team each from the Big XII, MWC, and Notre Dame. 

The 1st 5 teams out would be Alabama, Penn State, Louisville, Pitt, and LSU

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

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