The Jeff Mentzer College Football Rankings
As I have been encouraged to publish my rankings, I will not tell you how I come up with these numbers, but I will let you know my top 25. I rank all of the teams, but the following is just the top 25.
Have fun and let's see if my #1 Texas is really better than my #2 of USC.
- Texas 1.0000
- USC 1.0000
- Oregon 0.9897
- West Virginia 0.9571
- Penn State 0.9527
- Ohio State 0.9388
- Georgia 0.8670
- TCU 0.8668
- Alabama 0.8395
- Virginia Tech 0.8219
- Auburn 0.7943
- Notre Dame 0.7863
- LSU 0.7820
- Miami (FL) 0.7613
- Louisville 0.7600
- Texas Tech 0.7382
- UCLA 0.7063
- Florida 0.6824
- Wisconsin 0.6283
- Oklahoma 0.6169
- Boston College 0.5706
- Michigan 0.5699
- Minnesota 0.5248
- Northwestern 0.5145
- South Carolina 0.4940
How this top 25 has fared in the bowl games this year.
#1 Texas to play #2 USC
#5 Penn State to play #30 Florida State
#3 Oregon lost to #20 Oklahoma
#4 West Virginia beat #7 Georgia
#6 Ohio State beat #12 Notre Dame
#8 TCU beat #40 Iowa State
#9 Alabama beat #16 Texas Tech
#10 Virgina Tech beat #15 Louisville
#11 Auburn lost to #19 Wisconsin
#13 LSU beat #14 Miami (FL)
#17 UCLA beat #24 Northwestern
#18 Florida beat #29 Iowa
#21 Boston College beat #26 Boise State
#22 Michigan lost to #32 Nebraska
#23 Minnesota lost to #50 Virginia
#25 South Carolina lost to #46 Missouri
9 wins to 5 losses so far for the higher ranked teams with 2 to go. I guess that's not too bad.
Stay tuned for the post bowl rankings.
JSM
I find this intrigueing. I'd say the only bad beat is #3 losing to #20.
ReplyDeleteYou've got some other losses where the gap is pretty big, but the higher ranked team is ranked in the 20's which (I think) would/should indicate that team doesn't have overwhelming talent to begin with.
Perhaps a "hot team" factor in your formula? i.e. some bonus figure that grows with a current season winning streak and reverts to zero at any point a team takes a loss?