I Created a CFB Ranking System

[Firebirdparts]

Fascinating stuff. Amazing number of undefeated teams at this point, but in terms of genuine quality it does look mostly like Alabama followed by everybody else.

 

[bamawriter]

CHAMPIONSHIP EVE RANKING (with CFP/AP/Coaches):

1. Alabama (10-0) - 183.4203 (1/1/1)
2. BYU (10-1) - 172.6840 (17/14/16)
3. Cincinnati (8-0) - 172.4612 (9/6/6)
4. Clemson (9-1) - 167.5525 (3/4/3)
5. Coastal Carolina (11-0) - 165.7662 (12/9/12)
6. Ohio St (5-0) - 164.0349 (4/3/4)
7. Notre Dame (10-0) - 160.5327 (2/2/2)
8. San Jose St (6-0) - 155.8778 (24/25/25)*
9. ULL (9-1) - 155.7009 (19/17/18)
10. Buffalo (5-0) - 152.0507 (UR/23/UR)
11. Iowa St (8-2) - 146.8471 (6/8/8)
12. Miami (8-2) - 144.9398 (18/19/19)
13. USC (5-0) - 143.3007 (13/13/13)
14. Marshall (7-1) - 142.5750 (UR/UR/UR)
15. Georgia (7-2) - 141.9251 (8/10/9)
16. Texas A&M (7-1) - 141.2214 (5/5/5)
17. Indiana (6-1) - 141.1310 (11/7/7)
18. Boise St (5-1) - 141.0730 (UR/UR/UR)
19. Tulsa (5-1) - 140.7743 (23/20/20)
20. Miami (OH) (2-1) - 140.1233 (UR/UR/UR)
21. Oklahoma (7-2) - 138.1144 (10/12/10)
22. Ball St (5-1) - 137.9233 (UR/UR/UR)
23. Texas (6-3) - 135.7437 (20/21/24)
24. Florida (8-2) - 135.6924 (7/11/11)**
25. Appalachian St (8-3) - 134.8925 (UR/UR/UR)

* I want to give a little shoutout to San Jose St. While the idea of them being #8 is absurd, this is a team that has not gotten enough attention. They barely cracked the Top 25 in all polls, but it took until this week. SJSU is, without fail, one of the worst teams in the country every year. They have awful facilities, in the absolute worst place in CA to recruit. And yet, here they are at 6-0, headed to the Mountain West Championship Game. Major props to Coach Brent Brennan and the entire Spartans organization.

** While ranking Florida at 24 is ridiculous, I actually think it's less ridiculous than the Committee having the Gators at #7. They only have two wins over teams with winning records (Missouri and Georgia). I can't help but get the impression that the Committee is trying to bolster A&M's resume in case some craziness happens this weekend.

 

[bamawriter]

NY6 Bowl Matchups as of today (and the G5 can't get into the CFP):

Sugar (CFP) - #1 Alabama vs. #7 Notre Dame
Rose (CFP ) - #4 Clemson vs. #6 Ohio St

Fiesta (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #2 BYU vs. #13 USC
Peach (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #3 Cincinnati vs. #8 San Jose St
Orange (ACC vs. SEC/Big 10/Notre Dame) - #12 Miami vs. #15 Georgia
Cotton (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #5 Coastal Carolina vs. #11 Iowa St

Chances are, only one G5 school is getting into the NY6, so call it BYU.

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

45. Auburn (6-4) - 113.2932
68. Missouri (5-4) - 98.6426
74. Ole Miss (4-4) - 93.3514
76. LSU (4-5) - 90.8236
80. Arkansas (3-7) - 86.0613
82. Kentucky (4-6) - 85.0974
94. Tennessee (3-6) - 78.6244
110. Mississippi St (2-7) - 67.9254
114. South Carolina (2-8) - 59.1704
127. Vanderbilt (0-9) - 21.6217

 

[bamawriter]

The Bottom 10:

118. Utah St (1-5) - 56.5028
119. Arizona (0-5) - 52.1473
120. UMass (0-4) - 48.7529
121. Temple (1-6) - 44.0910
122. UNLV (0-6) - 42.8375
123. FIU (0-5) - 40.2256
124. Bowling Green (0-5) - 39.5293
125. Kansas (0-9) - 34.4036
126. ULM (0-10) - 33.5870
127. Vanderbilt (0-9) - 21.6217

Unless Troy beats ULM by triple digits, there is no mathematical possibility that Vandy climbs out of the last spot. Congrats Commodores.

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Texas A&M

 

[LouderVol]

WEEK ENDING 12/5/20 RANKING (with CFP/AP/Coaches):

1. Alabama (9-0) - 182.3232 (1/1/1)
2. BYU (9-1) - 174.9731 (18/14/16)
3. Cincinnati (8-0) - 172.6781 (8/7/7)
4. Clemson (9-1) - 169.8263 (3/4/3)
5. Coastal Carolina (10-1) - 167.3674 (13/11/13)
6. Ohio St (5-0) - 161.5730 (4/3/4)
7. Notre Dame (10-0) - 158.0247 (2/2/2)
8. ULL (9-1) - 155.6540 (19/17/17)
9. Buffalo (4-0) - 154.2392 (UR/24/UR)
10. Miami (8-1) - 152.9876 (10/9/8)
11. Colorado (4-0) - 152.0704 (21/21/22)
12. Florida (8-1) - 146.8232 (6/6/6)
13. Marshall (7-1) - 146.6920 (UR/UR/UR)
14. San Jose St (5-0) - 146.0981 (UR/UR/UR)
15. Iowa St (8-2) - 146.0482 (7/10/11)
16. Indiana (6-1) - 142.3592 (12/8/9)
17. Texas A&M (7-1) - 142.1151 (5/5/5)
18. Miami (OH) (2-1) - 140.6733 (UR/UR/UR)
19. Tulsa (5-1) - 140.1933 (24/18/19)
20. Oklahoma (7-2) - 137.2268 (11/13/12)
21. Boise St (4-1) - 137.0351 (UR/UR/UR)
22. Northwestern (5-1) - 136.8212 (14/15/14)
23. Georgia (6-2) - 135.7508 (9/12/10)
24. Texas (6-3) - 134.8561 (20/23/23)
25. Appalachian St (7-3) - 131.7109 (UR/UR/UR)

Who did coastal lose to?

 

[Firebirdparts]

Missouri has a winning record? Wow! I was not quite keeping track.

 

[YankeeVol]

Who did coastal lose to?

No one yet

 

[bamawriter]

Who did coastal lose to?

Typo on my part. It's correct in the formula and in this week's post.

 

[rjd970]

CHAMPIONSHIP EVE RANKING (with CFP/AP/Coaches):

1. Alabama (10-0) - 183.4203 (1/1/1)
2. BYU (10-1) - 172.6840 (17/14/16)
3. Cincinnati (8-0) - 172.4612 (9/6/6)
4. Clemson (9-1) - 167.5525 (3/4/3)
5. Coastal Carolina (11-0) - 165.7662 (12/9/12)
6. Ohio St (5-0) - 164.0349 (4/3/4)
7. Notre Dame (10-0) - 160.5327 (2/2/2)
8. San Jose St (6-0) - 155.8778 (24/25/25)*
9. ULL (9-1) - 155.7009 (19/17/18)
10. Buffalo (5-0) - 152.0507 (UR/23/UR)
11. Iowa St (8-2) - 146.8471 (6/8/8)
12. Miami (8-2) - 144.9398 (18/19/19)
13. USC (5-0) - 143.3007 (13/13/13)
14. Marshall (7-1) - 142.5750 (UR/UR/UR)
15. Georgia (7-2) - 141.9251 (8/10/9)
16. Texas A&M (7-1) - 141.2214 (5/5/5)
17. Indiana (6-1) - 141.1310 (11/7/7)
18. Boise St (5-1) - 141.0730 (UR/UR/UR)
19. Tulsa (5-1) - 140.7743 (23/20/20)
20. Miami (OH) (2-1) - 140.1233 (UR/UR/UR)
21. Oklahoma (7-2) - 138.1144 (10/12/10)
22. Ball St (5-1) - 137.9233 (UR/UR/UR)
23. Texas (6-3) - 135.7437 (20/21/24)
24. Florida (8-2) - 135.6924 (7/11/11)**
25. Appalachian St (8-3) - 134.8925 (UR/UR/UR)

* I want to give a little shoutout to San Jose St. While the idea of them being #8 is absurd, this is a team that has not gotten enough attention. They barely cracked the Top 25 in all polls, but it took until this week. SJSU is, without fail, one of the worst teams in the country every year. They have awful facilities, in the absolute worst place in CA to recruit. And yet, here they are at 6-0, headed to the Mountain West Championship Game. Major props to Coach Brent Brennan and the entire Spartans organization.

** While ranking Florida at 24 is ridiculous, I actually think it's less ridiculous than the Committee having the Gators at #7. They only have two wins over teams with winning records (Missouri and Georgia). I can't help but get the impression that the Committee is trying to bolster A&M's resume in case some craziness happens this weekend.

Is margin of victory the main discriminator between Bama and ND calculations?

 

[bamawriter]

Is margin of victory the main discriminator between Bama and ND calculations?

In part. Bama's adjusted MoV is 32.7000 vs. Notre Dame's 20.000. The other part is Bama's SoS is almost 10 points better (48.7433 vs. 38.9347).

 

[bamawriter]

FINAL RANKINGS (with CFP/AP/Coaches):

1. Alabama (11-0) - 184.4595 (1/1/1)
2. Cincinatti (9-0) - 173.3195 (8/6/6)
3. Clemson (10-1) - 172.3749 (2/2/2)
4. Ohio St (6-0) - 172.2577 (3/3/3)
5. BYU (10-1) - 171.2879 (16/13/15)
6. Coastal Carolina (11-0) - 165.7662 (12/9/11)
7. San Jose St (7-0) - 159.7547 (22/19/20)
8. ULL (9-1) - 155.2924 (19/16/17)
9. Notre Dame (10-1) - 154.2638 (4/4/4)
10. Ball St (6-1) - 149.1105 (UR/UR/UR)
11. Miami (8-2) - 145.4858 (18/18/18)
12, Indiana (6-1) - 143.0960 (11/7/8)
13, Texas A&M (8-1) - 142.5487 (5/5/5)
14. Oklahoma (8-2) - 142.2864 (6/8/7)
15. Iowa St (8-3) - 142.0860 (10/12/12)
16. Buffalo (5-1) - 140.5470 (UR/UR/UR)
17. Georgia (7-2) - 140.4886 (9/11/9)
18. Tulsa (5-2) - 136.7877 (24/22/25)
19. Texas (6-3) - 134.8355 (20/20/24)
20. Florida (8-3) - 133.7576 (7/10/10)
21. Appalachian St (8-3) - 133.7576 (UR/UR/UR)
22. Marshall (7-2) - 133.3259 (UR/UR/UR)
23. Miami (OH) (2-1) - 133.3106 (UR/UR/UR)
24. UAB (6-3) - 132.9828 (UR/UR/UR)
25. Boise St (5-2) - 132.9759 (UR/UR/UR)

 

[bamawriter]

NY6 Bowl Matchups as of today (and the G5 can't get into the CFP):

Sugar (CFP) - #3 Clemson vs. #4 Ohio St
Rose (CFP ) - #1 Alabama vs. #9 Notre Dame
Same Exact Matchups.

Fiesta (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #5 BYU vs. #41 Oregon
Peach (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #2 Cincinnati vs. #6 Coastal Carolina
Orange (ACC vs. SEC/Big 10/Notre Dame) - #11 Miami vs. #12 Indiana
Cotton (At-Large vs. At-Large) - #7 San Jose St vs. #14 Oklahoma

Chances are, only one G5 school is getting into the NY6, so call it Cincinnati.

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

46. Auburn (6-4) - 113.9183
70. LSU (5-5) - 95.9351
76. Missouri (5-5) - 88.2626
78. Ole Miss (4-5) - 87.8209
80. Arkansas (3-7) - 85.1007
82. Kentucky (4-6) - 83.2241
92. Mississippi St (3-7) - 77.3664
97. Tennessee (3-7) - 76.2274
114. South Carolina (2-8) - 57.4126
127. Vanderbilt (0-9) - 20.8241

 

[bamawriter]

The Bottom 10:

118. Utah St (1-5) - 51.9655
119. Arizona (0-5) - 49.5873
120. UMass (0-4) - 45.4369
121. Temple (1-6) - 44.0910
122. UNLV (0-6) - 42.8653
123. FIU (0-5) - 40.2256
124. Bowling Green (0-5) - 34.8560
125. ULM (0-10) - 33.6497
126. Kansas (0-9) - 33.4954
127. Vanderbilt (0-9) - 20.8241

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Texas A&M. The Aggies have held onto the belt the entire season.

 

[LouderVol]

The Bottom 10:

118. Utah St (1-5) - 51.9655
119. Arizona (0-5) - 49.5873
120. UMass (0-4) - 45.4369
121. Temple (1-6) - 44.0910
122. UNLV (0-6) - 42.8653
123. FIU (0-5) - 40.2256
124. Bowling Green (0-5) - 34.8560
125. ULM (0-10) - 33.6497
126. Kansas (0-9) - 33.4954
127. Vanderbilt (0-9) - 20.8241

Current Champions of Life (Lineal Title): Texas A&M. The Aggies have held onto the belt the entire season.

how did A&M hold onto it since they lost to Bama?

 

[bamawriter]

how did A&M hold onto it since they lost to Bama?

Bama was ineligible because they'd actually won a real championship in the recent past. Bama's actually won several non-title matchups since Butch created the award.

 

[LouderVol]

Bama was ineligible because they'd actually won a real championship in the recent past. Bama's actually won several non-title matchups since Butch created the award.

At the time they hadnt won anything. Didnt win anything last year either.

 

[bamawriter]

At the time they hadnt won anything. Didnt win anything last year either.

Had won the SEC the year before that and the NC the year before that. It's like a fighter that misses his weight cut. The fight still happens, but he can't win the title at the lower weight class.

 

[LouderVol]

Had won the SEC the year before that and the NC the year before that. It's like a fighter that misses his weight cut. The fight still happens, but he can't win the title at the lower weight class.

Unhu.

Your circus your monkeys.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

 

[bamawriter]

Unhu.

Your circus your monkeys.

Whatever helps you sleep at night.

It's neither here nor there. If Bama had won it off A&M (and were recent champs not excluded, the belt never makes its way to A&M), they'd have had to surrender it anyway.

 

[bamawriter]

New Season, New Ranking.

2021 Week 4 Ranking (with AP/Coaches):

1. Michigan (4-0) - 195.1875 (14/14)
2. Georgia (4-0) - 187.0400 (2/2)
3. Arkansas (4-0) - 169.3050 (8/11)
4. Texas (3-1) - 167.8850 (UR/UR)
5. Alabama (4-0) - 167.3800 (1/1)
6. Ole Miss (3-0) - 164.8067 (12/12)
7. Kentucky (4-0) - 161.9900 (UR/UR)
8. Rutgers (3-1) - 159.7425 (UR/UR0
9. Oregon (4-0) - 159.1400 (3/3)
10. Michigan St (4-0) - 157.2775 (17/t16)
11. Florida (3-1) - 155.9000 (10/9)
12. UCLA (3-1) - 155.7125 (20/20)
13. Iowa (4-0) - 154.3400 (5/5)
14. Western Michigan (3-1) - 154.0700 (UR/UR)
15. Cincinnati (3-0) - 153.0500 (7/8)
16. Penn St (4-0) - 152.7100 (4/6)
17. Oklahoma St (4-0) - 152.2375 (19/18)
18. Notre Dame (4-0) - 152.0950 (9/7)
19. SMU (4-0) - 151.9642 (UR/UR)
20. Oregon St (3-1) - 149.9900 (UR/UR)
21. Boise St (2-2) - 148.8383 (UR/UR)
22. Baylor (4-0) - 146.1975 (21/24)
23. Kansas St (3-1) - 146.0483 (UR/UR)
24. Oklahoma (4-0) - 144.6150 (6/4)
25. UTSA (4-0) - 144.3625 (UR/UR)

Commentary: The SEC is pretty good. 6 teams in the top 11.

 

[bamawriter]

The Rest of the SEC:

30. Texas A&M (3-1) - 139.9325 (15/13)
37. LSU (3-1) - 134.9500
45. Mississippi St (2-2) - 129.5325
47. Missouri (2-2) - 128.6625
53. Auburn (3-1) - 125.7550 (22/22)
57. South Carolina (2-2) - 123.1875
67. Tennessee (2-2) - 116.5250
122. Vanderbilt (1-3) - 61.8750

 

[McDad]

New Season, New Ranking.

2021 Week 4 Ranking (with AP/Coaches):

1. Michigan (4-0) - 195.1875 (14/14)
2. Georgia (4-0) - 187.0400 (2/2)
3. Arkansas (4-0) - 169.3050 (8/11)
4. Texas (3-1) - 167.8850 (UR/UR)
5. Alabama (4-0) - 167.3800 (1/1)
6. Ole Miss (3-0) - 164.8067 (12/12)
7. Kentucky (4-0) - 161.9900 (UR/UR)
8. Rutgers (3-1) - 159.7425 (UR/UR0
9. Oregon (4-0) - 159.1400 (3/3)
10. Michigan St (4-0) - 157.2775 (17/t16)
11. Florida (3-1) - 155.9000 (10/9)
12. UCLA (3-1) - 155.7125 (20/20)
13. Iowa (4-0) - 154.3400 (5/5)
14. Western Michigan (3-1) - 154.0700 (UR/UR)
15. Cincinnati (3-0) - 153.0500 (7/8)
16. Penn St (4-0) - 152.7100 (4/6)
17. Oklahoma St (4-0) - 152.2375 (19/18)
18. Notre Dame (4-0) - 152.0950 (9/7)
19. SMU (4-0) - 151.9642 (UR/UR)
20. Oregon St (3-1) - 149.9900 (UR/UR)
21. Boise St (2-2) - 148.8383 (UR/UR)
22. Baylor (4-0) - 146.1975 (21/24)
23. Kansas St (3-1) - 146.0483 (UR/UR)
24. Oklahoma (4-0) - 144.6150 (6/4)
25. UTSA (4-0) - 144.3625 (UR/UR)

Commentary: The SEC is pretty good. 6 teams in the top 11.

Is Rutgers better than all those teams following them???

 

[bamawriter]

Is Rutgers better than all those teams following them???

Heck no. This is a much improved Rutgers team, but that could mean a decent bowl at best.