First off, we’ve got the resume rankings. This evaluates the strength of the teams you beat and the teams you lost to relative to every other team in the country. If Team A goes 12-0 against the #12 SOS in the country and wins every game on a last-second field goal and Team B goes 12-0 against the #13 SOS in the country blowing every team out 77-0, it makes no difference. In the eyes of this model, the saying goes, “A win is a win is a win.” If you want a ranking that takes things like game control into account, scroll down to the second set of rankings, which judge who are actually the best teams in the country, not just the best resumes
#1 – Alabama (12-0)
#2 – Notre Dame (12-0)
#3 – Clemson (12-0)
#4 – Ohio State (11-1)
#5 – Oklahoma (11-1)
#6 – Georgia (11-1)
#7 – Michigan (10-2)
#8 – UCF (11-0)
#9 – LSU (9-3)
#10 – Washington State (10-2)
#11 – Penn State (9-3)
#12 – Texas (9-3)
#13 – Florida (9-3)
#14 – Texas A&M (8-4)
#15 – Kentucky (9-3)
#16 – Washington (9-3)
#17 – Utah (9-3)
#18 – Syracuse (9-3)
#19 – Boise State (10-2)
#20 – West Virginia (8-3)
#21 – Cincinnati (10-2)
#22 – Army (9-2)
#23 – Northwestern (8-4)
#24 – Auburn (7-5)
#25 – Fresno State (10-2)
Alright, now it is time for the CSD Computer Rankings. The model is predictive and forward-looking, not recursive and resume based. It is meant to predict who would win if two teams played tomorrow, and so as the season moves on, early season results are counted less and less (See: Michigan ahead of Notre Dame)
Rank | Team | Conf |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama | SEC |
2 | Clemson | ACC |
3 | Georgia | SEC |
4 | Ohio State | Big Ten |
5 | Michigan | Big Ten |
6 | Notre Dame | Ind |
7 | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
8 | Mississippi State | SEC |
9 | Washington | Pac-12 |
10 | Louisiana State | SEC |
11 | Penn State | Big Ten |
12 | Missouri | SEC |
13 | Texas A&M | SEC |
14 | Miami (FL) | ACC |
15 | Iowa | Big Ten |
16 | Florida | SEC |
17 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
18 | Utah | Pac-12 |
19 | Stanford | Pac-12 |
20 | Central Florida | AAC |
21 | Texas | Big 12 |
22 | Texas Christian | Big 12 |
23 | Auburn | SEC |
24 | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
25 | Oregon | Pac-12 |
26 | Arizona State | Pac-12 |
27 | Fresno State | MWC |
28 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
29 | South Carolina | SEC |
30 | Southern California | Pac-12 |
31 | Iowa State | Big 12 |
32 | Washington State | Pac-12 |
33 | Michigan State | Big Ten |
34 | Nebraska | Big Ten |
35 | Virginia | ACC |
36 | Wake Forest | ACC |
37 | Kansas State | Big 12 |
38 | Arizona | Pac-12 |
39 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
40 | Syracuse | ACC |
41 | Minnesota | Big Ten |
42 | Memphis | AAC |
43 | Brigham Young | Ind |
44 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
45 | Ohio | MAC |
46 | Cincinnati | AAC |
47 | Temple | AAC |
48 | Kentucky | SEC |
49 | Boise State | MWC |
50 | Mississippi | SEC |
51 | Purdue | Big Ten |
52 | North Carolina State | ACC |
53 | Appalachian State | Sun Belt |
54 | Marshall | CUSA |
55 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
56 | Northwestern | Big Ten |
57 | UCLA | Pac-12 |
58 | Baylor | Big 12 |
59 | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA |
60 | California | Pac-12 |
61 | Kansas | Big 12 |
62 | Buffalo | MAC |
63 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
64 | Texas Tech | Big 12 |
65 | Colorado | Pac-12 |
66 | Maryland | Big Ten |
67 | Boston College | ACC |
68 | Wyoming | MWC |
69 | North Carolina | ACC |
70 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt |
71 | Utah State | MWC |
72 | Florida State | ACC |
73 | Houston | AAC |
74 | Illinois | Big Ten |
75 | Indiana | Big Ten |
76 | Florida Atlantic | CUSA |
77 | North Texas | CUSA |
78 | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA |
79 | Miami (OH) | MAC |
80 | Nevada | MWC |
81 | Florida International | CUSA |
82 | Tennessee | SEC |
83 | Eastern Michigan | MAC |
84 | Toledo | MAC |
85 | San Diego State | MWC |
86 | Air Force | MWC |
87 | Tulane | AAC |
88 | Army | Ind |
89 | Duke | ACC |
90 | Louisiana | Sun Belt |
91 | Southern Mississippi | CUSA |
92 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA |
93 | Troy | Sun Belt |
94 | Northern Illinois | MAC |
95 | Western Michigan | MAC |
96 | South Florida | AAC |
97 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt |
98 | Colorado State | MWC |
99 | Southern Methodist | AAC |
100 | Arkansas | SEC |
101 | East Carolina | AAC |
102 | Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt |
103 | Tulsa | AAC |
104 | Hawaii | MWC |
105 | Charlotte | CUSA |
106 | Navy | AAC |
107 | Texas State | Sun Belt |
108 | Bowling Green State | MAC |
109 | Oregon State | Pac-12 |
110 | Rutgers | Big Ten |
111 | Louisville | ACC |
112 | Nevada-Las Vegas | MWC |
113 | Western Kentucky | CUSA |
114 | Old Dominion | CUSA |
115 | Ball State | MAC |
116 | Massachusetts | Ind |
117 | Kent State | MAC |
118 | New Mexico State | Ind |
119 | South Alabama | Sun Belt |
120 | Liberty | Ind |
121 | Akron | MAC |
122 | New Mexico | MWC |
123 | Rice | CUSA |
124 | San Jose State | MWC |
125 | Georgia State | Sun Belt |
126 | Texas-El Paso | CUSA |
127 | Texas-San Antonio | CUSA |
128 | Central Michigan | MAC |
129 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt |
130 | Connecticut | AAC |