CSD Resume Rankings & Computer Rankings Week 9
In honor of the first College Football Playoff Top 25 being revealed on Tuesday, I decided to take a crack at building a computer model that ranked the top 25 “most deserving” teams as opposed to the best teams like my normal model does.
#1 – Alabama (8-0)
#2 – Clemson (8-0)
#3 – Notre Dame (8-0)
#4 – Michigan (7-1)
#5 – Oklahoma (7-1)
#6 – Ohio State (7-1)
#7 – Georgia (7-1)
#8 – LSU (7-1)
#9 – UCF (7-0)
#10 – Penn State (6-2)
#11 – Kentucky (7-1)
#12 – Washington State (7-1)
#13 – Fresno State (7-1)
#14 – Washington (6-3)
#15 – West Virginia (6-1)
#16 – Utah (6-2)
#17 – UAB (7-1)
#18 – Texas (6-2)
#19 – Utah State (7-1)
#20 – Boise State (6-2)
#21 – Texas A&M (5-3)
#22 – Wisconsin (5-3)
#23 – Houston (7-1)
#24 – Virginia (6-2)
#25 – Georgia Southern (7-1)
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 | Michigan | Big Ten |
4 | Oklahoma | Big 12 |
5 | Georgia | SEC |
6 | Utah | Pac-12 |
7 | Louisiana State | SEC |
8 | Notre Dame | Ind |
9 | Mississippi State | SEC |
10 | Penn State | Big Ten |
11 | Ohio State | Big Ten |
12 | Iowa | Big Ten |
13 | Iowa State | Big 12 |
14 | Kentucky | SEC |
15 | Washington | Pac-12 |
16 | Texas A&M | SEC |
17 | Fresno State | MWC |
18 | Washington State | Pac-12 |
19 | Virginia | ACC |
20 | Texas Tech | Big 12 |
21 | West Virginia | Big 12 |
22 | Arizona State | Pac-12 |
23 | Arizona | Pac-12 |
24 | Wisconsin | Big Ten |
25 | Purdue | Big Ten |
26 | Missouri | SEC |
27 | Boston College | ACC |
28 | Auburn | SEC |
29 | Michigan State | Big Ten |
30 | Florida | SEC |
31 | Central Florida | AAC |
32 | Miami (FL) | ACC |
33 | Texas Christian | Big 12 |
34 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
35 | Texas | Big 12 |
36 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 |
37 | Marshall | CUSA |
38 | California | Pac-12 |
39 | Southern California | Pac-12 |
40 | South Carolina | SEC |
41 | Nebraska | Big Ten |
42 | Alabama-Birmingham | CUSA |
43 | Minnesota | Big Ten |
44 | Syracuse | ACC |
45 | North Texas | CUSA |
46 | Stanford | Pac-12 |
47 | North Carolina | ACC |
48 | Cincinnati | AAC |
49 | Boise State | MWC |
50 | North Carolina State | ACC |
51 | Temple | AAC |
52 | San Diego State | MWC |
53 | Northwestern | Big Ten |
54 | Duke | ACC |
55 | Southern Mississippi | CUSA |
56 | Miami (OH) | MAC |
57 | Oregon | Pac-12 |
58 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
59 | Army | Ind |
60 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
61 | Colorado | Pac-12 |
62 | Houston | AAC |
63 | South Florida | AAC |
64 | Buffalo | MAC |
65 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
66 | Indiana | Big Ten |
67 | Baylor | Big 12 |
68 | Tennessee | SEC |
69 | Florida State | ACC |
70 | Appalachian State | Sun Belt |
71 | Mississippi | SEC |
72 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt |
73 | Wyoming | MWC |
74 | Kansas State | Big 12 |
75 | Maryland | Big Ten |
76 | Utah State | MWC |
77 | Ohio | MAC |
78 | Memphis | AAC |
79 | Toledo | MAC |
80 | Wake Forest | ACC |
81 | UCLA | Pac-12 |
82 | Louisiana | Sun Belt |
83 | Southern Methodist | AAC |
84 | Brigham Young | Ind |
85 | Troy | Sun Belt |
86 | Northern Illinois | MAC |
87 | Nevada | MWC |
88 | Air Force | MWC |
89 | Arkansas | SEC |
90 | Louisiana Tech | CUSA |
91 | Eastern Michigan | MAC |
92 | East Carolina | AAC |
93 | Florida International | CUSA |
94 | Tulane | AAC |
95 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt |
96 | Kansas | Big 12 |
97 | Florida Atlantic | CUSA |
98 | Illinois | Big Ten |
99 | Charlotte | CUSA |
100 | Western Michigan | MAC |
101 | Middle Tennessee State | CUSA |
102 | Tulsa | AAC |
103 | Colorado State | MWC |
104 | Oregon State | Pac-12 |
105 | Louisville | ACC |
106 | Hawaii | MWC |
107 | New Mexico | MWC |
108 | Liberty | Ind |
109 | Old Dominion | CUSA |
110 | Louisiana-Monroe | Sun Belt |
111 | Georgia State | Sun Belt |
112 | Navy | AAC |
113 | Coastal Carolina | Sun Belt |
114 | South Alabama | Sun Belt |
115 | Bowling Green State | MAC |
116 | Central Michigan | MAC |
117 | Rutgers | Big Ten |
118 | Akron | MAC |
119 | Texas-El Paso | CUSA |
120 | Texas State | Sun Belt |
121 | Massachusetts | Ind |
122 | Nevada-Las Vegas | MWC |
123 | New Mexico State | Ind |
124 | Ball State | MAC |
125 | San Jose State | MWC |
126 | Western Kentucky | CUSA |
127 | Kent State | MAC |
128 | Texas-San Antonio | CUSA |
129 | Rice | CUSA |
130 | Connecticut | AAC |