CFB Rankings 2019 Week 13

Rank Team Score 1 Ohio State 19.90951161 2 Clemson 14.24540672 3 Wisconsin 11.89002804 4 Alabama 11.41172814 5 Utah 9.878855782 6 LSU 9.238238566 7 Michigan 8.872773658 8 Georgia 8.314298208 9 Notre Dame 7.740326401 10 Oregon 7.457260247 11 Penn State 7.171337814 12 Louisiana 6.882119389 13 Memphis 6.507152485 14 Oklahoma 6.480020513 15 UCF 6.296267775 16 Appalachian State 6.090754778 17 Auburn 5.845087713 18 Minnesota 5.582250556 19 Boise State 5.508687006 20 Cincinnati 5.201702238 21 Florida 5.137382943 22 Air Force 4.885855414 23 Baylor 4.622530732 24 Navy 4.617184024 25 Iowa 4.583666499 26 Iowa State 4.25250872 27 SMU 4.227422841 28 Washington 3.83514538 29 Florida Atlantic 3.468846614 30 Virginia 3.260758539 31 USC 3.17280524 32 Texas A&M 3.152785142 33 Oklahoma State 2.518245181 34 Michigan State 2.308550348 35 Indiana 2.26868744 36 Texas 2.258863126 37 Washington State 2.098021426 38 Virginia Tech 2.095559192 39 Wyoming 2.070447286 40 Miami 1.797299171 41 Western Kentucky 1.67675708 42 Wake Forest 1.642822595 43 San Diego State 1.57260449 44 Kansas State 1.481119975 45 Western Michigan 1.393527832 46 Nebraska 1.365366591 47 Tulane 1.312929954 48 Buffalo 1.295403693 49 TCU 1.097917968 50 Missouri 0.893601334 51 Temple 0.826375673 52 Florida State 0.822871961 53 Louisiana Tech 0.802200862 54 Louisville 0.779580053 55 Kentucky 0.777491916 56 Southern Mississippi 0.71690937 57 Tennessee 0.670499721 58 Mississippi State 0.547603405 59 Illinois 0.385842667 60 BYU 0.346872412 61 Central Michigan 0.274312873 62 Arizona State 0.243948121 63 Hawai'i 0.151230124 64 UAB 0.115111457 65 North Carolina 0.052832871 66 Marshall -0.007011947 67 Ohio -0.07252676 68 Arkansas State -0.358475747 69 Oregon State -0.362707602 70 Ole Miss -0.387603638 71 Pittsburgh -0.416220351 72 Ball State -0.52927228 73 California -0.536021722 74 Boston College -0.541027077 75 Army -0.552823568 76 Texas Tech -0.625045636 77 Miami (OH) -0.665661173 78 Georgia Southern -0.752255342 79 Georgia State -0.846503904 80 Houston -0.989856918 81 Fresno State -1.34727339 82 Troy -1.42998472 83 Purdue -1.595310954 84 Utah State -1.642155766 85 UCLA -1.65816397 86 South Carolina -1.816413099 87 San Jose State -1.886907395 88 Eastern Michigan -1.939757308 89 Charlotte -1.982676203 90 Colorado -2.075327002 91 Duke -2.103171431 92 Coastal Carolina -2.169928873 93 Middle Tennessee -2.233130688 94 Liberty -2.359179536 95 Kent State -2.380084644 96 South Florida -2.469459164 97 Stanford -2.483458058 98 Tulsa -2.688996777 99 Florida International -2.815235812 100 Syracuse -3.177574633 101 Toledo -3.208885289 102 UL Monroe -3.232057737 103 North Texas -3.242466383 104 Arizona -3.37228927 105 Colorado State -3.457385186 106 Northwestern -3.469948384 107 NC State -3.569800145 108 Kansas -3.616331475 109 West Virginia -3.715511178 110 Maryland -4.267504625 111 Rice -4.605815791 112 East Carolina -4.645676275 113 Nevada -4.842469527 114 Georgia Tech -4.927926428 115 Arkansas -5.025809757 116 Northern Illinois -5.129984949 117 New Mexico -6.018339712 118 Old Dominion -6.288195398 119 South Alabama -6.520289147 120 UNLV -6.812402185 121 Texas State -6.831291831 122 Vanderbilt -7.125818668 123 UTSA -7.479398761 124 New Mexico State -8.470690167 125 UConn -8.839749256 126 Rutgers -9.025097744 127 UTEP -9.616235441 128 Bowling Green -12.04294719 129 Akron -14.4439939 130 UMass -20.62483771 Iterations: 22

CFB Rankings 2019 Week 12

Rank	Team	Score
1	Ohio State	21.71220128
2	Clemson	14.08457927
3	Alabama	12.47648024
4	Wisconsin	12.17638783
5	Utah	9.973394648
6	LSU	9.149935592
7	Georgia	8.617811384
8	Michigan	8.55605761
9	Penn State	8.462248735
10	Oregon	8.076986414
11	Oklahoma	6.986392639
12	Notre Dame	6.844405913
13	UCF	6.792757105
14	Auburn	6.288236749
15	Minnesota	5.945422977
16	Appalachian State	5.853437658
17	Cincinnati	5.765327295
18	Memphis	5.521458592
19	Louisiana	5.278847843
20	Florida	5.025361762
21	SMU	4.988500046
22	Air Force	4.547294857
23	Washington	4.544987129
24	Navy	4.528854394
25	Iowa	4.518968333
26	Boise State	4.414592817
27	Iowa State	4.246074059
28	Baylor	3.998532179
29	Texas A&M	3.60500228
30	Florida Atlantic	3.374470757
31	Indiana	3.119401695
32	Texas	2.953366804
33	USC	2.872015412
34	Oklahoma State	2.543985187
35	Virginia	2.48360325
36	Michigan State	2.211457067
37	Miami	2.178515253
38	Washington State	2.06929296
39	San Diego State	1.853642718
40	Wyoming	1.7502382
41	Southern Mississippi	1.62449038
42	Kansas State	1.556953967
43	Western Michigan	1.419691077
44	Temple	1.404528589
45	TCU	1.38217355
46	Louisiana Tech	1.373748315
47	Tulane	1.352511896
48	Missouri	1.278326289
49	Wake Forest	1.117522399
50	Virginia Tech	0.862565555
51	Florida State	0.840276548
52	Western Kentucky	0.777727033
53	Buffalo	0.756034105
54	Illinois	0.726509474
55	Pittsburgh	0.668293437
56	Mississippi State	0.660693416
57	Kentucky	0.656941705
58	Marshall	0.652093259
59	Tennessee	0.530655169
60	BYU	0.4627571
61	Central Michigan	0.229462738
62	Boston College	0.228619968
63	Nebraska	0.164769106
64	Arizona State	0.021938073
65	Louisville	-0.083864526
66	North Carolina	-0.141976763
67	UAB	-0.154943442
68	Hawai'i	-0.179730436
69	Oregon State	-0.282424176
70	Ball State	-0.345127343
71	Troy	-0.400629961
72	Ole Miss	-0.453298223
73	Texas Tech	-0.512245391
74	Ohio	-0.627325055
75	Miami (OH)	-0.641637387
76	Army	-0.653052013
77	Georgia Southern	-0.688541715
78	Arkansas State	-0.750816098
79	California	-0.757441903
80	Utah State	-0.911991615
81	Fresno State	-1.132652571
82	UCLA	-1.134398696
83	Purdue	-1.177436256
84	Georgia State	-1.272032913
85	Houston	-1.438788188
86	Liberty	-1.60952795
87	South Florida	-1.679180901
88	South Carolina	-1.78581664
89	Syracuse	-1.876406834
90	San Jose State	-1.894109843
91	Maryland	-1.957600156
92	Duke	-1.986723637
93	Tulsa	-2.395376201
94	Stanford	-2.427281982
95	Coastal Carolina	-2.487447083
96	Colorado	-2.595077765
97	Toledo	-2.654734582
98	Kent State	-2.691230525
99	Charlotte	-2.968780111
100	North Texas	-3.055022094
101	Eastern Michigan	-3.080572095
102	Middle Tennessee	-3.165645266
103	Arizona	-3.181710807
104	Northwestern	-3.292427147
105	Colorado State	-3.447073808
106	Kansas	-3.4787347
107	Florida International	-3.674639127
108	West Virginia	-3.685150689
109	UL Monroe	-3.820022613
110	NC State	-3.870032265
111	Northern Illinois	-4.278921368
112	Arkansas	-4.838683424
113	East Carolina	-5.139516507
114	Rice	-5.190698201
115	Nevada	-5.546614866
116	Georgia Tech	-5.626599481
117	Old Dominion	-5.873653884
118	New Mexico	-6.219479283
119	South Alabama	-6.703598092
120	Texas State	-6.865259894
121	UTSA	-7.728864359
122	UNLV	-7.849907608
123	Vanderbilt	-7.958257136
124	Rutgers	-8.213005113
125	UConn	-8.918012731
126	New Mexico State	-9.329175094
127	UTEP	-9.856475098
128	Bowling Green	-11.25723834
129	Akron	-15.58524323
130	UMass	-21.13048436

Iterations: 21

CFB Rankings 2019 Week 11

Rank	Team	Score
1	Ohio State	23.32468307
2	Wisconsin	12.71791153
3	Clemson	12.49993542
4	Alabama	12.34910008
5	Georgia	9.101452596
6	Penn State	8.921792391
7	LSU	8.79589649
8	Utah	8.645376826
9	Oklahoma	7.823137179
10	Oregon	7.783060837
11	Auburn	7.243670748
12	UCF	6.95552044
13	Michigan	6.932989477
14	Minnesota	6.575504366
15	Navy	6.301996954
16	Cincinnati	6.191743674
17	Louisiana	5.645206585
18	Notre Dame	5.521089489
19	Memphis	5.458442086
20	Appalachian State	5.198794697
21	SMU	5.194318746
22	Iowa State	4.798173067
23	Florida	4.723851998
24	Baylor	4.58186902
25	Air Force	4.523305304
26	Iowa	4.502499429
27	Washington	4.477236729
28	Boise State	3.879161577
29	Indiana	3.627039753
30	Texas	3.491141656
31	Florida Atlantic	3.380174793
32	Michigan State	3.320409546
33	Texas A&M	3.10925299
34	Louisiana Tech	2.869638087
35	Virginia	2.762867282
36	Kansas State	2.328777903
37	Wyoming	2.304389028
38	Oklahoma State	2.271850112
39	Miami	2.12327961
40	Tulane	2.104913743
41	USC	2.09707295
42	Missouri	1.917664328
43	TCU	1.644187463
44	Wake Forest	1.618400368
45	Western Michigan	1.570541391
46	San Diego State	1.522982139
47	Southern Mississippi	1.39345882
48	Temple	1.230953435
49	Mississippi State	1.175321902
50	Buffalo	0.945247652
51	Washington State	0.894111967
52	Western Kentucky	0.695659933
53	Illinois	0.64588915
54	Tennessee	0.574787542
55	Florida State	0.543144965
56	Duke	0.436666718
57	Pittsburgh	0.421843925
58	North Carolina	0.375019459
59	Nebraska	0.364577255
60	Kentucky	0.293957307
61	BYU	0.261923174
62	Central Michigan	0.142908966
63	Arizona State	0.046900876
64	California	-0.003007378
65	Virginia Tech	-0.032048906
66	Ole Miss	-0.160170376
67	Boston College	-0.185328498
68	Texas Tech	-0.287858893
69	UCLA	-0.311410243
70	Ball State	-0.323121975
71	Oregon State	-0.435909548
72	Georgia State	-0.514681996
73	Hawai'i	-0.542813515
74	Ohio	-0.55812295
75	Marshall	-0.561741956
76	Arkansas State	-0.603113993
77	Army	-0.79104723
78	UAB	-0.806261994
79	Louisville	-0.808982081
80	Fresno State	-0.851101033
81	Houston	-0.911316934
82	South Carolina	-1.065138248
83	Purdue	-1.140103555
84	Miami (OH)	-1.21421682
85	Utah State	-1.378699366
86	South Florida	-1.387705592
87	Troy	-1.410385818
88	Stanford	-1.480165492
89	Liberty	-1.826037667
90	Georgia Southern	-1.875137113
91	San Jose State	-1.89610299
92	Tulsa	-2.08994405
93	Maryland	-2.397098634
94	Coastal Carolina	-2.664720615
95	Colorado	-2.696981877
96	Toledo	-2.699890844
97	North Texas	-2.723987428
98	UL Monroe	-2.871418098
99	Kent State	-2.883346118
100	Kansas	-2.911914004
101	Arizona	-2.94335414
102	Charlotte	-3.061644976
103	Middle Tennessee	-3.158012366
104	Colorado State	-3.229736492
105	Florida International	-3.492717551
106	Northwestern	-3.524572606
107	Eastern Michigan	-3.659135835
108	NC State	-3.666491195
109	Georgia Tech	-3.809733577
110	West Virginia	-4.015915109
111	Syracuse	-4.344119782
112	Arkansas	-4.648848437
113	East Carolina	-4.873190831
114	Northern Illinois	-4.926261706
115	Texas State	-5.478923047
116	Nevada	-5.644302009
117	Rice	-5.860972164
118	New Mexico	-5.985298177
119	Old Dominion	-6.045485483
120	South Alabama	-7.339520466
121	Vanderbilt	-7.573771291
122	UTSA	-7.617332556
123	UNLV	-7.806068151
124	UConn	-8.311511507
125	UTEP	-9.229492506
126	Rutgers	-9.258495364
127	Bowling Green	-9.993090629
128	New Mexico State	-10.85011438
129	Akron	-15.59820835
130	UMass	-20.58999137

Iterations: 21

College Football Rankings Methodology

These rankings were created to make sense of the crazy college football world we live in, with the playoff committee giving rankings based on arbitrary metrics posed by ESPN and other outlets.  In creating this, I wanted to form an unbiased ranking to show definitively which team is better than others.  The rankings are based strictly on the score of each game and the opponent of the respective game.  Previous seasons are not taken into account in the current season's rankings.  Additionally, only FBS teams are ranked.  Any opponent outside of the (currently) 130 FBS teams is given the rating of the lowest FBS team in the current iteration.

As a starting point, the win-loss percentage of each team is used.  Each game is given a rating per team based on the scoreline of the game and the strength of the opponent played.  Any win, no matter how weak the opponent is, is better than any loss, no matter how strong the opponent.  The ratings of each game are then summed and run through another formula to be normalized.  That is, they are strictly between 0 and 1.  This normalized rating is then used in place of the win-loss percentage, and this process repeats until a definitive ranking is formed.  In this way, not only are any one team's opponents being analyzed, but also the opponents' opponents, as well as the opponents' opponents' opponents, and so on.

On each iteration of the rankings calculations, the separation between each team's normalized ratings and the next ranked team's normalized ratings is calculated as well as the difference between each team's normalized ratings compared to that same team's normalized ratings after the previous iteration.  These are used to determine when the rankings have converged.  To do this, the minimum separation and maximum difference metrics are compared.  Both of these numbers are strictly decreasing as the number of iterations increases.  If the maximum difference is less than the minimum separation by a factor of 10 (i.e. the normalized rating that changed the most changed by at least a factor of 10 less than the smallest difference between any two teams' ratings), then I determine that the rankings have converged.

These rankings, along with other advanced computer rankings, media polls, etc. can be found at Ken Massey's Ranking Composite (https://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm).  I would like to thank Ken for his dedication to this massive project he has undertaken for decades.  These rankings are compared in his project to other, similar rankings, along with relative statistics on his website.  Be sure to check it out.