College Football 2016
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2016/8/25 and 2017/1/9
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2016 - Ranking of Division FBS teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	38.46	2	32.18	4	31.82	Alabama	1	2	2	14	13-1	1	15	14-1	SEC
2	33.35	1	39.69	6	32.54	Clemson	2	1	1	14	13-1	2	15	14-1	ACC
3	27.28	9	23.52	28	43.38	Washington	4	4	4	13	11-2	3	14	12-2	PAC-12
4	26.69	7	23.83	49	49.00	Michigan	7	10	10	13	10-3	4	13	10-3	BIG 10
5	26.22	3	28.47	33	44.00	Ohio State	3	6	6	13	11-2	5	13	11-2	BIG 10
6	23.93	5	24.44	58	52.04	Oklahoma	5	5	3	13	11-2	6	13	11-2	BIG 12
7	21.84	8	23.74	22	42.00	Southern California	8	3	5	13	10-3	7	13	10-3	PAC-12
8	21.41	27	12.39	11	36.59	LSU	11	13	13	11	7-4	8	12	8-4	SEC
9	21.06	4	26.31	5	32.38	Florida State	6	8	8	12	9-3	9	13	10-3	ACC
10	20.51	13	19.36	40	46.54	Wisconsin	9	9	9	14	11-3	10	14	11-3	BIG 10
11	20.49	11	20.09	52	49.79	Penn State	10	7	7	14	11-3	11	14	11-3	BIG 10
12	20.24	6	24.03	15	38.67	Tennessee	20	22	24	12	8-4	15	13	9-4	SEC
13	19.97	10	22.67	60	52.33	Oklahoma State	14	11	11	12	9-3	13	13	10-3	BIG 12
14	18.29	29	11.94	68	56.15	Louisville	19	21	21	13	9-4	14	13	9-4	ACC
15	17.76	16	17.61	42	46.96	Miami (FL)	17	20	20	12	8-4	12	13	9-4	ACC
16	17.49	12	20.03	31	43.69	Florida	15	14	14	13	9-4	20	13	9-4	SEC
17	17.12	14	17.94	10	35.92	Colorado	18	17	17	13	9-4	17	14	10-4	PAC-12
18	16.10	15	17.75	44	47.96	Virginia Tech	16	16	16	13	9-4	18	14	10-4	ACC
19	15.70	35	10.51	30	43.67	Washington State	28			12	8-4	21	13	8-5	PAC-12
20	15.69	33	10.68	35	44.67	Texas A&M	30			12	7-5	22	13	8-5	SEC
21	15.29	24	13.58	13	38.17	Auburn	21	24	22	12	7-5	19	13	8-5	SEC
22	14.72	17	16.05	36	44.77	Stanford	12	12	12	13	10-3	16	13	10-3	PAC-12
23	13.15	21	13.76	111	86.42	Western Michigan	13	15	15	13	12-1	23	14	13-1	MAC
24	12.67	34	10.67	53	49.88	Minnesota	33			12	8-4	27	13	9-4	BIG 10
25	12.62	26	12.74	59	52.21	Kansas State	25			12	8-4	26	13	9-4	BIG 12
26	12.34	19	15.74	45	48.04	Iowa	34			12	8-4	28	13	8-5	BIG 10
27	12.08	31	10.74	41	46.88	North Carolina State	42			12	6-6	31	13	7-6	ACC
28	11.64	20	14.59	55	50.42	Nebraska	35			13	9-4	32	13	9-4	BIG 10
29	11.57	25	12.98	47	48.67	West Virginia	22	18	18	12	9-3	25	13	10-3	BIG 12
30	11.44	23	13.71	43	47.42	Utah	31	23	23	12	8-4	30	13	9-4	PAC-12
31	10.95	28	12.19	12	37.82	North Carolina	29			11	6-5	24	13	8-5	ACC
32	9.82	41	6.95	23	42.12	Pittsburgh	27			12	7-5	29	13	8-5	ACC
33	9.65	32	10.69	37	45.04	Northwestern	44			12	7-5	35	13	7-6	BIG 10
34	9.53	18	15.75	29	43.42	Georgia Tech	26			12	8-4	33	13	9-4	ACC
35	8.62	52	3.40	119	88.04	Western Kentucky	24			13	10-3	34	14	11-3	CUSA
36	8.38	39	8.05	32	43.71	Arkansas	47			12	6-6	46	13	7-6	SEC
37	7.78	43	5.96	70	64.88	Brigham Young	40			12	8-4	36	13	9-4	FBS-Ind
38	7.42	22	13.72	26	42.83	Georgia	43			12	7-5	45	13	8-5	SEC
39	7.32	38	9.32	76	72.27	Boise State	32			13	10-3	38	13	10-3	MWC
40	6.97	47	4.01	54	50.04	Texas Christian	54			12	5-7	48	13	6-7	BIG 12
41	6.85	42	6.02	118	87.96	San Diego State	37	25	22	13	10-3	41	14	11-3	MWC
42	6.76	49	3.83	19	40.96	California	60			12	5-7	51	12	5-7	PAC-12
43	6.39	44	5.38	99	81.96	Appalachian State	36			13	10-3	42	13	10-3	SBC
44	5.98	62	0.46	98	81.38	Temple	39			13	9-4	39	14	10-4	AAC
45	5.80	36	9.92	89	78.21	South Florida	23	19	19	12	10-2	37	13	11-2	AAC
46	5.59	30	11.33	38	45.38	Kentucky	53			12	6-6	58	13	7-6	SEC
47	5.07	53	3.35	56	50.62	Mississippi State	58			12	5-7	53	13	6-7	SEC
48	4.29	59	1.42	14	38.36	Mississippi	51			11	4-7	49	12	5-7	SEC
49	4.22	51	3.69	8	35.41	Oregon State	75			11	3-8	64	12	4-8	PAC-12
50	3.77	72	-1.30	107	85.75	Tulsa	38			12	9-3	44	13	10-3	AAC
51	3.75	48	3.94	113	87.46	Air Force	45			12	9-3	55	13	10-3	MWC
52	3.54	57	2.33	24	42.25	UCLA	70			12	4-8	59	12	4-8	PAC-12
53	3.46	45	5.28	62	54.00	Wake Forest	57			12	6-6	61	13	7-6	ACC
54	3.08	66	-0.44	103	83.62	Toledo	48			12	8-4	52	13	9-4	MAC
55	3.03	60	1.28	7	33.14	Oregon	73			11	3-8	65	12	4-8	PAC-12
56	3.01	46	4.59	18	40.71	Vanderbilt	55			12	5-7	63	13	6-7	SEC
57	2.91	37	9.47	63	54.12	Boston College	64			12	6-6	67	13	7-6	ACC
58	2.88	54	3.31	66	55.83	Texas	68			12	5-7	60	12	5-7	BIG 12
59	2.27	61	0.76	74	68.27	Wyoming	61			13	7-6	66	14	8-6	MWC
60	1.79	64	-0.19	79	74.17	Houston	41			12	8-4	50	13	9-4	AAC
61	1.27	56	2.42	67	56.00	Indiana	67			13	6-7	69	13	6-7	BIG 10
62	1.15	83	-6.62	61	53.92	Notre Dame	66			12	4-8	56	12	4-8	FBS-Ind
63	0.33	67	-0.66	57	50.91	Texas Tech	71			11	4-7	71	12	5-7	BIG 12
64	0.18	55	2.94	39	46.04	South Carolina	72			12	5-7	79	13	6-7	SEC
65	0.11	69	-1.09	64	55.04	Maryland	77			12	5-7	73	13	6-7	BIG 10
66	0.06	71	-1.15	65	55.62	Baylor	52			12	6-6	62	13	7-6	BIG 12
67	0.04	74	-1.84	73	67.96	Colorado State	62			12	6-6	68	13	7-6	MWC
68	-0.34	40	7.48	122	88.71	Troy	46			12	9-3	70	13	10-3	SBC
69	-0.46	63	-0.13	88	77.77	Navy	50		25	13	8-5	57	14	9-5	AAC
70	-0.71	70	-1.11	9	35.64	Arizona	92			11	2-9	85	12	3-9	PAC-12
71	-0.80	77	-3.14	129	92.67	Arkansas State	69			12	8-4	78	13	8-5	SBC
72	-1.00	50	3.83	21	42.00	Arizona State	74			11	4-7	77	12	5-7	PAC-12
73	-1.72	76	-3.01	46	48.64	Iowa State	89			11	3-8	86	12	3-9	BIG 12
74	-1.81	75	-1.99	128	91.62	Old Dominion	59			12	9-3	76	13	10-3	CUSA
75	-2.37	68	-1.01	25	42.68	Missouri	81			11	3-8	89	12	4-8	SEC
76	-2.42	84	-6.93	106	85.23	Louisiana Tech	56			13	8-5	74	14	9-5	CUSA
77	-2.44	58	1.96	110	86.33	New Mexico	65			12	8-4	75	13	9-4	MWC
78	-3.46	78	-3.38	78	73.33	Memphis	49			12	7-5	72	13	8-5	AAC
79	-3.71	87	-7.62	34	44.55	Michigan State	84			11	2-9	81	12	3-9	BIG 10
80	-4.30	65	-0.37	27	43.27	Duke	79			11	3-8	82	12	4-8	ACC
81	-4.32	73	-1.37	102	83.58	Idaho	63			12	8-4	87	13	9-4	SBC
82	-4.97	82	-6.36	51	49.41	Virginia	102			11	2-9	113	12	2-10	ACC
83	-5.25	91	-8.31	112	86.88	Texas San Antonio	93			12	5-7	93	13	6-7	CUSA
84	-5.61	80	-3.96	16	39.64	Syracuse	82			11	3-8	90	12	4-8	ACC
85	-6.05	79	-3.72	20	41.82	Illinois	99			11	2-9	98	12	3-9	BIG 10
86	-6.13	85	-7.14	83	74.88	Central Florida	78			12	5-7	83	13	6-7	AAC
87	-6.34	89	-7.87	109	86.19	Ohio University	80			13	7-6	91	14	8-6	MAC
88	-6.88	81	-5.99	82	74.73	Hawaii	91			13	6-7	96	14	7-7	MWC
89	-7.34	96	-9.56	96	80.41	Northern Illinois	88			11	5-6	99	12	5-7	MAC
90	-8.38	94	-9.47	121	88.42	Miami (OH)	96			12	6-6	116	13	6-7	MAC
91	-8.64	98	-10.63	115	87.64	Army	76			11	6-5	94	13	8-5	FBS-Ind
92	-9.95	93	-8.78	77	72.68	Southern Methodist	87			11	4-7	95	12	5-7	AAC
93	-10.08	117	-18.87	69	61.91	Utah State	101			11	2-9	100	12	3-9	MWC
94	-10.76	97	-9.59	86	75.86	Cincinnati	98			11	3-8	112	12	4-8	AAC
95	-10.94	90	-8.15	114	87.50	Southern Mississippi	85			12	6-6	104	13	7-6	CUSA
96	-11.10	92	-8.34	101	83.33	Eastern Michigan	86			12	6-6	120	13	7-6	MAC
97	-11.15	95	-9.54	105	85.17	Louisiana Lafayette	94			12	5-7	110	13	6-7	SBC
98	-11.29	86	-7.31	130	92.96	Middle Tennessee	83			12	7-5	111	13	8-5	CUSA
99	-12.05	103	-13.47	100	82.27	Akron	103			11	4-7	124	12	5-7	MAC
100	-12.13	100	-11.04	92	78.82	Tulane	100			11	3-8	114	12	4-8	AAC
101	-12.28	101	-11.33	85	75.41	Georgia Southern	90			11	4-7	118	12	5-7	SBC
102	-12.63	88	-7.77	48	48.95	Purdue	104			11	2-9	126	12	3-9	BIG 10
103	-14.07	108	-15.13	17	39.64	Rutgers	113			11	1-10	130	12	2-10	BIG 10
104	-14.33	107	-15.08	108	86.05	Bowling Green	109			11	3-8	137	12	4-8	MAC
105	-14.36	102	-13.13	94	79.33	Central Michigan	95			12	5-7	129	13	6-7	MAC
106	-14.92	104	-14.33	126	90.95	Nevada Reno	105			11	4-7	133	12	5-7	MWC
107	-15.70	99	-10.73	75	72.14	San Jose State	106			11	3-8	135	12	4-8	MWC
108	-16.12	109	-16.10	72	65.09	Massachusetts	121			11	1-10	148	12	2-10	FBS-Ind
109	-16.15	105	-14.74	50	49.36	Kansas	114			11	1-10	138	12	2-10	BIG 12
110	-16.63	114	-17.51	71	64.95	East Carolina	107			11	2-9	134	12	3-9	AAC
111	-16.94	110	-16.34	97	81.18	South Alabama	97			11	4-7	136	13	6-7	SBC
112	-17.07	113	-17.50	124	90.41	Ball State	111			11	3-8	143	12	4-8	MAC
113	-17.29	106	-14.90	87	77.05	Louisiana Monroe	112			11	3-8	140	12	4-8	SBC
114	-17.80	111	-16.42	127	91.54	Florida International	116			12	4-8	152	12	4-8	CUSA
115	-18.91	115	-17.73	120	88.38	North Texas	108			12	4-8	149	13	5-8	CUSA
116	-19.10	121	-23.35	80	74.35	Kent State	117			10	2-8	161	12	3-9	MAC
117	-20.54	119	-21.90	125	90.45	UNC Charlotte	120			11	3-8	162	12	4-8	CUSA
118	-21.21	118	-20.94	91	78.64	Nevada Las Vegas	110			11	3-8	159	12	4-8	MWC
119	-21.68	112	-16.95	84	75.05	Connecticut	119			11	2-9	156	12	3-9	AAC
120	-21.72	116	-18.16	90	78.29	New Mexico State	118			12	3-9	166	12	3-9	SBC
121	-22.53	123	-25.80	116	87.64	Florida Atlantic	125			11	2-9	165	12	3-9	CUSA
122	-23.36	120	-23.13	117	87.68	Rice	124			11	2-9	170	12	3-9	CUSA
123	-23.84	122	-23.52	93	79.14	Georgia State	115			11	2-9	157	12	3-9	SBC
124	-24.85	124	-26.72	131	97.55	Texas El Paso	122			11	3-8	171	12	4-8	CUSA
125	-25.53	125	-26.89	104	84.45	Marshall	123			11	2-9	193	12	3-9	CUSA
126	-25.98	128	-31.55	81	74.73	Fresno State	126			11	0-11	191	12	1-11	MWC
127	-26.47	126	-28.30	123	88.95	Buffalo	127			11	2-9	209	12	2-10	MAC
128	-34.24	127	-29.36	95	80.18	Texas State	128			11	1-10	225	12	2-10	SBC

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College Football 2016Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2016/8/25 and 2017/1/9Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2016
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2016/8/25 and 2017/1/9
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)