Power Rankings 12/3/24

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Power Rankings

With the regular season completed, these can be considered the "final" rankings for the season. However, I will update after the conference CG's, and again after the bowls.

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

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

#6 Indiana would host #11 South Carolina for the privilege of playing #3 SMU

#7 Georgia would host #10 Tennessee, with the winner facing #2 Oregon

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

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

Here are my rankings from 1 to 134:

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