Let’s go baby, I love this sport!
Here are my standings this week. 23, 24 and 25 are statements
- Oregon
- Texas
- Ohio State
- Georgia
- Tennessee
- Notre Dame
- South Carolina
- Miami (FL)
- SMU
- Boise State
- Penn State
- Ole Miss
- Indiana
- LSU
- Army
- Kansas State
- Iowa State
- Illinois
- Vanderbilt
- Clemson
- Tulane
- Texas A&M
- Kansas
- Auburn
- Oklahoma
Army is pretty high for getting obliterated
I had them 5th going in. I genuinely thought they may be able to absolutely grind the game to a halt against anyone. But a 10 spot drop feels fair.
I’m interested in putting together a computer poll. I’d like to base it off of win probability charts, like what I’ve sometimes seen online.
Does anyone know of a source for this sort of data for college football? I’d love a free resource but if the cost is reasonable I may be willing to pay for one.
Something like this perhaps? The founding mod and I were looking at using this source of data to build a bot that would automate game threads but neither of us had the time and scripting know-how
This is at the very least a good thing to start with.
Thank you for sharing!
I found another site that looks like it might be useful.
Has anyone here used this site before? It’s a paid service and they make you contact their sales team for pricing, so I’m a little wary of it.
Here is my poll. I admit it, my bias is too big for ASU this week. I think they should be a few spots lower, but I wanted to rank ASU above Alabama for once in my life.
The bottom five are the next five in, but are ranked alphabetically.
1 Oregon
2 Ohio State
3 Penn State
4 Texas
5 SMU
6 Boise State
7 Indiana
8 Georgia
9 Notre Dame
10 Miami
11 Tennessee
12 Clemson
13 Arizona State
14 Alabama
15 BYU
16 Iowa State
17 UNLV
18 Ole Miss
19 Tulane
20 Army
21 South Carolina
22 Illinois
23 Texas A&M
24 Louisiana
25 Kansas State
Georgia Tech
Jacksonville State
Louisiana
Missouri
Syracuse
Texas 8&4 forever!
Alabama’s ranking is surprisingly stubborn considering the poll doesn’t take name/conference into consideration.
Computer poll based on resume:
- Oregon (1) | 11 - 0 | LW: 1 ( - )
- Ohio State (1.4) | 10 - 1 | LW: 2 ( - )
- Notre Dame (5.4) | 10 - 1 | LW: 5 (+2)
- Texas (6.6) | 10 - 1 | LW: 3 (-1)
- Penn State (10.9) | 10 - 1 | LW: 6 (+1)
- SMU (13.1) | 10 - 1 | LW: 8 (+2)
- Miami (14) | 10 - 1 | LW: 10 (+3)
- Indiana (15.3) | 10 - 1 | LW: 4 (-4)
- Georgia (19) | 9 - 2 | LW: 9 ( - )
- Boise State (21.5) | 10 - 1 | LW: 11 (+1)
- Alabama (24) | 8 - 3 | LW: 7 (-4)
- Clemson (25.8) | 9 - 2 | LW: 14 (+2)
- Iowa State (27.2) | 9 - 2 | LW: 19 (+6)
- BYU (27.4) | 9 - 2 | LW: 13 (-1)
- Arizona State (29) | 9 - 2 | LW: 22 (+7)
- South Carolina (29.1) | 8 - 3 | LW: 15 (-1)
- Ole Miss (29.2) | 8 - 3 | LW: 12 (-5)
- Tulane (29.4) | 9 - 2 | LW: 21 (+3)
- Tennessee (30.5) | 9 - 2 | LW: 20 (+1)
- Army (31.5) | 9 - 1 | LW: 16 (-4)
- UNLV (32.9) | 9 - 2 | LW: 24 (+3)
- Texas A&M (33.2) | 8 - 3 | LW: 17 (-5)
- Louisville (33.2) | 7 - 4 | LW: 28 (+5)
- Kansas State (33.4) | 8 - 3 | LW: 23 (-1)
- Illinois (35.8) | 8 - 3 | LW: 29 (+4)
- Colorado (37.1) | 8 - 3 | LW: 18 (-8)
- Syracuse (37.3) | 8 - 3 | LW: 30 (+3)
- Missouri (37.4) | 8 - 3 | LW: 26 (-2)
- Louisiana (39.1) | 9 - 2 | LW: 31 (+2)
- Duke (39.3) | 8 - 3 | LW: 33 (+3)
- LSU (39.6) | 7 - 4 | LW: 32 (+1)
- Georgia Tech (43.1) | 7 - 4 | LW: 37 (+5)
- Memphis (43.3) | 9 - 2 | LW: 35 (+2)
- Michigan (44.5) | 6 - 5 | LW: 39 (+5)
- Iowa (45.1) | 7 - 4 | LW: 36 (+1)
My ballot. Computer poll. A little weird that Ole Miss actually moved up a spot but the grouping is incredibly tight for 4 through 7. If Penn State hadn’t struggled so much with Minnesota they would be 4th. Some major movement further down: my hated sooners rise the most spots (from 77th to 45th), followed by Michigan (from 56th to 32nd) and Florida (from 60th to 40th).
Full ranking:
Rank Change Team Record Points 1 - Ohio State 10-1 839 2 - Notre Dame 10-1 812 3 +1 Texas 10-1 755 4 +1 Ole Miss 8-3 704 5 +4 Georgia 9-2 703 6 -3 Oregon 11-0 698 7 -1 Penn State 10-1 696 8 +4 Tennessee 9-2 671 9 -2 Alabama 8-3 668 10 -3 Indiana 10-1 666 11 +3 SMU 10-1 651 12 +2 Miami (FL) 10-1 649 13 +5 Arizona State 9-2 619 14 -4 South Carolina 8-3 618 15 +1 USC 6-5 617 16 -5 Clemson 9-2 615 17 - Texas A&M 8-3 608 18 +2 Iowa State 9-2 598 19 - BYU 9-2 593 20 -7 Tulane 9-2 585 21 +3 Louisville 7-4 584 22 +1 Iowa 7-4 582 23 -3 Colorado 8-3 579 24 +2 Kansas 5-6 573 25 -3 Virginia Tech 5-6 572 26 +6 Kansas State 8-3 563 27 -2 Minnesota 6-5 547 28 - Boise State 10-1 542 T29 +2 Georgia Tech 7-4 541 T29 +12 TCU 7-4 541 31 +7 Baylor 7-4 539 T32 +1 UNLV 9-2 537 T32 +24 Michigan 6-5 537 34 - Vanderbilt 6-5 530 T35 -9 JMU 8-3 529 T35 +2 California 6-5 529 T37 +7 Illinois 8-3 525 T37 +13 Missouri 8-3 525 T37 +5 LSU 7-4 525 T40 +14 Boston College 6-5 516 T40 +20 Florida 6-5 516 42 +1 Jacksonville State 8-3 514 43 -7 Texas State 6-5 513 44 +6 Arkansas 6-5 509 T45 -6 North Carolina 6-5 508 T45 +32 Oklahoma 6-5 508 T47 -12 Pittsburgh 7-4 506 T47 - Miami (OH) 7-4 506 49 +4 Louisiana 9-2 504 T50 -4 Syracuse 8-3 503 T50 +2 Duke 8-3 503 T50 +11 Nebraska 6-5 503 53 +5 Texas Tech 7-4 502 54 +4 Auburn 5-6 501 55 -7 UCF 4-7 500 T56 -27 Memphis 9-2 492 T56 -27 Washington 6-5 492 58 -9 Wisconsin 5-6 490 59 -19 Army 9-1 488 60 -15 Cincinnati 5-6 487 T61 +3 Ohio 8-3 484 T61 +8 Bowling Green 7-4 484 63 -6 Washington State 8-3 483 64 +6 West Virginia 6-5 479 T65 -10 Northern Illinois 6-5 478 T65 -2 Utah 4-7 478 67 -5 Rutgers 6-5 475 68 -3 Connecticut 7-4 474 69 -2 Kentucky 4-7 462 70 -4 Sam Houston 8-3 461 71 +3 Marshall 8-3 459 72 +3 UCLA 4-7 453 73 +8 South Alabama 6-5 452 74 -6 Toledo 7-4 448 75 -4 Western Kentucky 7-4 447 76 +6 NC State 5-6 444 77 -1 Old Dominion 4-7 439 78 +6 ECU 7-4 437 79 +7 Georgia Southern 7-4 436 80 - Houston 4-7 435 81 -9 Northwestern 4-7 426 82 - Arizona 4-7 424 T83 +3 Fresno State 6-5 422 T83 -4 Virginia 5-6 422 85 -1 Maryland 4-7 419 86 +10 USF 6-5 418 87 +6 Liberty 8-2 417 88 +1 Oklahoma State 3-8 415 89 -16 Navy 7-3 413 T90 -2 Louisiana Tech 4-7 407 T90 +2 FIU 3-8 407 92 +7 Michigan State 5-6 406 93 -2 Colorado State 7-4 405 94 -16 New Mexico 5-6 400 95 -5 San Jose State 6-5 399 96 +6 UTSA 6-5 398 97 -2 Nevada 3-9 396 98 +5 Buffalo 7-4 395 99 -5 Wake Forest 4-7 386 100 +1 Western Michigan 5-6 383 101 -3 UNT 5-6 382 102 -6 Coastal Carolina 5-6 376 103 +3 Oregon State 5-6 375 104 -4 Eastern Michigan 5-6 372 105 -1 Mississippi State 2-9 359 106 +6 Stanford 3-8 358 107 +3 Air Force 4-7 357 T108 +3 Arkansas State 7-4 354 T108 -4 Troy 3-8 354 110 +6 Utah State 4-7 353 111 +4 Georgia State 3-8 347 112 +1 UL Monroe 5-6 343 113 -5 Rice 3-8 339 114 -7 Florida State 2-9 335 115 +2 Wyoming 2-9 331 116 -2 San Diego State 3-8 329 117 +6 UAB 3-8 323 118 +2 FAU 2-9 318 T119 -11 Hawaii 4-7 316 T119 +2 Central Michigan 4-7 316 T121 -2 Appalachian State 5-5 309 T121 +4 Ball State 3-8 309 123 +3 Charlotte 4-7 308 124 +4 Akron 3-8 304 125 -2 Kennesaw State 2-9 303 T126 -4 Temple 3-8 295 T126 -8 UTEP 2-9 295 128 +3 New Mexico State 3-8 278 129 - Middle Tennessee 3-8 267 130 -3 Tulsa 3-8 263 131 +1 Purdue 1-10 256 132 -2 Massachusetts 2-9 254 133 - Southern Mississippi 1-10 216 134 - Kent State 0-11 189