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Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2017/8/24 and 2018/1/8
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2017 - 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	34.35	1	37.22	10	41.54	Alabama	1	1	1	13	12-1	1	14	13-1	SEC
2	31.96	5	29.90	3	36.00	Georgia	2	2	2	14	12-2	2	15	13-2	SEC
3	31.55	6	29.72	37	48.43	Oklahoma	8	3	3	14	12-2	5	14	12-2	BIG 12
4	30.71	3	31.15	65	55.71	Central Florida	6	6	6	12	12-0	8	13	13-0	AAC
5	30.35	4	30.06	4	36.04	Clemson	5	4	4	13	11-2	3	14	12-2	ACC
6	28.67	10	22.59	7	39.62	Auburn	10	10	12	13	9-4	9	14	10-4	SEC
7	27.96	7	27.81	39	49.11	Wisconsin	4	7	7	14	13-1	4	14	13-1	BIG 10
8	27.33	2	32.85	12	42.00	Ohio State	3	5	5	14	12-2	7	14	12-2	BIG 10
9	27.02	9	22.79	24	45.85	Penn State	7	8	8	13	11-2	6	13	11-2	BIG 10
10	24.76	8	24.14	5	36.65	Notre Dame	9	11	12	13	10-3	10	13	10-3	FBS-Ind
11	22.30	11	22.13	22	45.17	Miami (FL)	14	13	10	12	9-3	12	13	10-3	ACC
12	20.80	14	19.76	44	49.75	Mississippi State	21	18	20	12	8-4	17	13	9-4	SEC
13	20.21	15	19.71	29	46.69	Texas Christian	11	9	9	13	10-3	13	14	11-3	BIG 12
14	19.06	20	15.82	55	52.75	Washington	13	15	11	12	9-3	11	13	10-3	PAC-12
15	17.87	19	16.95	69	58.65	Oklahoma State	16	14	17	13	10-3	15	13	10-3	BIG 12
16	17.83	16	19.31	43	49.57	Southern California	15	12	10	14	11-3	16	14	11-3	PAC-12
17	17.51	12	21.86	52	51.92	Northwestern	17	16	18	13	10-3	18	13	10-3	BIG 10
18	17.39	13	21.84	11	41.69	Michigan State	12	20	16	13	10-3	14	13	10-3	BIG 10
19	15.24	27	12.91	18	43.67	North Carolina State	19	23	14	12	8-4	21	13	9-4	ACC
20	15.12	23	13.73	16	43.42	Michigan	26			13	8-5	20	13	8-5	BIG 10
21	14.81	22	14.11	8	40.81	Iowa	18			13	8-5	19	13	8-5	BIG 10
22	14.22	32	10.84	53	52.33	Virginia Tech	23	24	21	12	8-4	23	13	9-4	ACC
23	14.09	31	11.69	34	47.50	Stanford	20	22	13	14	9-5	22	14	9-5	PAC-12
24	14.09	34	10.77	48	51.04	Texas	36			13	7-6	28	13	7-6	BIG 12
25	13.98	25	13.06	13	42.46	Wake Forest	31			12	7-5	27	13	8-5	ACC
26	13.69	28	12.70	72	61.75	Memphis	24	21	24	12	9-3	25	13	10-3	AAC
27	13.39	21	14.77	33	47.38	LSU	22	24	15	12	8-4	26	13	9-4	SEC
28	13.27	41	7.60	28	46.50	Iowa State	27			12	7-5	24	13	8-5	BIG 12
29	12.97	33	10.79	88	76.82	South Florida	29	19	19	11	9-2	29	12	10-2	AAC
30	12.25	17	18.61	32	47.33	South Carolina	30		24	12	8-4	32	13	9-4	SEC
31	11.53	36	9.62	36	48.25	Louisville	32			12	7-5	30	13	8-5	ACC
32	11.49	26	12.95	82	70.46	Fresno State	39			13	9-4	41	14	10-4	MWC
33	11.28	37	9.43	21	45.00	Boston College	34			13	7-6	34	13	7-6	ACC
34	11.02	67	0.25	15	42.90	Georgia Tech	51			10	4-6	31	11	5-6	ACC
35	10.48	42	7.42	46	50.31	Purdue	42			13	7-6	33	13	7-6	BIG 10
36	9.98	18	18.25	51	51.79	Washington State	33		23	12	8-4	36	13	9-4	PAC-12
37	9.87	30	12.52	79	68.07	Boise State	25	25	22	14	11-3	35	14	11-3	MWC
38	9.75	60	2.45	47	50.62	Duke	44			12	6-6	39	13	7-6	ACC
39	9.13	39	7.82	17	43.50	Florida State	35			12	6-6	38	13	7-6	ACC
40	8.24	45	6.76	64	55.67	Kansas State	37			12	7-5	37	13	8-5	BIG 12
41	7.50	40	7.68	75	63.38	Houston	52			12	7-5	47	12	7-5	AAC
42	7.47	38	8.49	31	47.29	Texas A&M	46			12	6-6	50	13	7-6	SEC
43	7.33	53	4.90	63	55.62	Navy	45			13	7-6	45	13	7-6	AAC
44	6.58	43	7.04	30	47.04	West Virginia	50			12	6-6	48	13	7-6	BIG 12
45	6.11	50	5.70	59	53.88	Oregon	48			12	6-6	44	13	7-6	PAC-12
46	6.10	54	4.69	26	46.23	Indiana	61			11	4-7	49	12	5-7	BIG 10
47	5.72	47	6.22	61	54.67	Utah	47			12	6-6	46	13	7-6	PAC-12
48	5.62	24	13.17	85	74.71	Army	40			12	9-3	54	13	10-3	FBS-Ind
49	5.43	48	6.12	19	43.96	Texas Tech	54			12	5-7	51	13	6-7	BIG 12
50	4.89	44	6.77	97	82.85	Florida Atlantic	28		25	13	10-3	42	14	11-3	CUSA
51	4.57	51	5.09	49	51.12	Kentucky	56			12	6-6	61	13	7-6	SEC
52	4.34	29	12.65	2	26.59	Maryland	73			11	3-8	60	12	4-8	BIG 10
53	4.31	55	3.83	62	55.04	Missouri	53			12	6-6	53	13	7-6	SEC
54	4.21	49	5.73	56	52.85	Arizona State	49			13	7-6	52	13	7-6	PAC-12
55	3.51	78	-3.59	38	48.45	Pittsburgh	62			11	4-7	58	12	5-7	ACC
56	3.32	59	2.79	57	52.92	Minnesota	67			12	5-7	57	12	5-7	BIG 10
57	3.23	61	2.16	74	62.50	Temple	63			12	6-6	64	13	7-6	AAC
58	3.07	68	-0.06	121	93.67	Appalachian State	55			12	8-4	67	13	9-4	SBC
59	2.92	64	0.79	70	59.42	Arizona	58			12	6-6	55	13	7-6	PAC-12
60	2.42	62	2.14	60	54.09	Mississippi	60			11	5-6	63	12	6-6	SEC
61	2.29	46	6.65	86	75.33	San Diego State	41			12	9-3	56	13	10-3	MWC
62	1.63	52	4.98	41	49.23	UCLA	59			13	6-7	62	13	6-7	PAC-12
63	1.19	82	-4.51	58	53.36	California	70			11	4-7	59	12	5-7	PAC-12
64	1.07	35	9.75	120	93.50	Troy	38			12	10-2	69	13	11-2	SBC
65	0.88	56	3.51	23	45.18	Florida	71			11	4-7	68	11	4-7	SEC
66	0.40	89	-7.95	122	94.38	Ohio University	57			12	8-4	66	13	9-4	MAC
67	-0.01	65	0.41	6	39.27	Syracuse	74			11	3-8	71	12	4-8	ACC
68	-0.25	58	3.14	94	80.50	Wyoming	68			12	7-5	75	13	8-5	MWC
69	-0.62	85	-5.71	67	56.45	Tulane	79			11	4-7	73	12	5-7	AAC
70	-1.12	71	-1.86	42	49.42	Virginia	72			12	5-7	72	13	6-7	ACC
71	-1.15	66	0.30	77	64.17	Southern Methodist	66			12	6-6	74	13	7-6	AAC
72	-1.25	70	-1.60	73	61.86	Colorado	85			11	4-7	77	12	5-7	PAC-12
73	-1.70	63	1.08	9	41.32	Arkansas	84			11	3-8	82	12	4-8	SEC
74	-2.82	57	3.37	111	87.27	Toledo	43			13	10-3	65	14	11-3	MAC
75	-3.28	72	-1.94	54	52.36	Vanderbilt	78			11	4-7	83	12	5-7	SEC
76	-3.41	74	-2.94	27	46.33	Nebraska	75			12	4-8	76	12	4-8	BIG 10
77	-3.73	91	-9.20	96	82.75	Louisiana Tech	77			12	6-6	84	13	7-6	CUSA
78	-3.92	84	-5.20	66	55.91	East Carolina	108			11	3-8	100	12	3-9	AAC
79	-4.01	87	-6.76	119	92.12	Marshall	69			13	8-5	79	13	8-5	CUSA
80	-4.62	95	-10.25	35	47.68	North Carolina	90			11	2-9	80	12	3-9	ACC
81	-5.94	80	-3.75	101	84.83	Northern Illinois	64			12	7-5	81	13	8-5	MAC
82	-6.35	69	-1.12	87	76.73	North Texas	65			13	8-5	94	14	9-5	CUSA
83	-6.49	77	-3.03	14	42.68	Rutgers	94			11	3-8	87	12	4-8	BIG 10
84	-7.47	76	-2.96	109	86.88	Florida International	81			12	7-5	97	13	8-5	CUSA
85	-7.73	88	-7.84	114	90.19	Middle Tennessee	88			13	7-6	101	13	7-6	CUSA
86	-7.83	83	-4.64	45	50.14	Tennessee	91			11	3-8	95	12	4-8	SEC
87	-7.95	97	-10.60	98	83.21	Colorado State	80			12	6-6	89	13	7-6	MWC
88	-8.57	73	-2.57	81	69.27	Air Force	92			11	4-7	107	12	5-7	MWC
89	-8.58	79	-3.64	112	87.88	Central Michigan	76			12	7-5	99	13	8-5	MAC
90	-8.88	75	-2.94	130	100.00	Alabama Birmingham	96			12	7-5	119	13	8-5	CUSA
91	-8.88	113	-19.64	116	91.14	Miami (OH)	100			11	4-7	96	12	5-7	MAC
92	-9.27	102	-13.37	95	81.67	Utah State	93			12	5-7	92	13	6-7	MWC
93	-9.39	106	-15.95	107	86.45	Buffalo	87			11	5-6	88	12	6-6	MAC
94	-9.85	105	-15.27	25	45.86	Baylor	109			11	1-10	114	12	1-11	BIG 12
95	-10.01	94	-10.24	131	100.27	Arkansas State	86			11	6-5	103	12	7-5	SBC
96	-10.54	98	-12.06	106	86.42	Eastern Michigan	95			12	5-7	102	12	5-7	MAC
97	-10.92	93	-10.00	99	83.73	Western Michigan	82			11	5-6	98	12	6-6	MAC
98	-11.36	99	-12.18	80	68.64	Nevada Reno	106			11	3-8	121	12	3-9	MWC
99	-11.99	104	-14.51	68	57.64	Connecticut	113			11	2-9	130	12	3-9	AAC
100	-12.15	115	-20.04	76	63.46	Tulsa	107			12	2-10	115	12	2-10	AAC
101	-12.23	81	-4.13	90	77.65	Akron	89			13	6-7	112	14	7-7	MAC
102	-12.30	92	-9.30	71	61.45	Cincinnati	101			11	3-8	122	12	4-8	AAC
103	-12.53	101	-13.27	126	97.65	Texas San Antonio	97			10	5-5	117	11	6-5	CUSA
104	-12.98	86	-5.97	118	91.62	Southern Mississippi	83			12	7-5	118	13	8-5	CUSA
105	-13.25	96	-10.39	50	51.25	Illinois	111			12	2-10	123	12	2-10	BIG 10
106	-14.30	90	-8.72	128	97.91	Georgia State	99			11	7-4	143	12	7-5	SBC
107	-14.49	100	-12.57	127	97.65	New Mexico State	98			13	7-6	132	13	7-6	SBC
108	-15.66	108	-17.26	84	73.68	New Mexico	117			11	2-9	140	12	3-9	MWC
109	-15.67	107	-17.14	78	67.17	Brigham Young	104			12	3-9	129	13	4-9	FBS-Ind
110	-16.35	112	-19.49	104	86.09	Nevada Las Vegas	102			11	5-6	131	12	5-7	MWC
111	-16.61	119	-21.75	105	86.32	Massachusetts	105			11	3-8	134	12	4-8	FBS-Ind
112	-17.77	111	-18.50	91	77.77	Bowling Green	118			11	2-9	152	12	2-10	MAC
113	-18.32	103	-14.14	124	95.71	Western Kentucky	103			12	5-7	154	13	6-7	CUSA
114	-18.52	110	-17.76	110	87.18	Old Dominion	112			11	4-7	147	12	5-7	CUSA
115	-18.75	114	-19.90	40	49.14	Oregon State	120			11	0-11	159	12	1-11	PAC-12
116	-18.89	109	-17.49	125	95.73	Coastal Carolina	119			11	3-8	180	12	3-9	FBS-Ind
117	-19.70	121	-22.91	123	95.36	Idaho	114			11	3-8	144	12	4-8	SBC
118	-20.89	123	-24.32	102	85.27	Georgia Southern	122			11	2-9	184	12	2-10	SBC
119	-21.65	118	-20.32	129	97.95	Louisiana Lafayette	116			11	4-7	170	12	5-7	SBC
120	-21.82	120	-22.17	20	44.95	Kansas	123			11	0-11	158	12	1-11	BIG 12
121	-22.00	116	-20.15	103	85.38	Louisiana Monroe	110			12	4-8	161	12	4-8	SBC
122	-23.44	117	-20.26	108	86.64	Hawaii	121			11	2-9	160	12	3-9	MWC
123	-24.44	122	-24.09	89	77.58	Rice	126			12	1-11	196	12	1-11	CUSA
124	-25.03	127	-26.92	113	89.45	South Alabama	115			11	3-8	175	12	4-8	SBC
125	-27.82	124	-24.96	115	90.36	Texas State	127			11	1-10	216	12	2-10	SBC
126	-29.42	128	-28.02	117	91.41	Ball State	129			11	1-10	215	12	2-10	MAC
127	-29.60	125	-25.71	92	78.36	Kent State	124			11	1-10	201	12	2-10	MAC
128	-29.67	126	-25.74	100	84.68	UNC Charlotte	128			11	1-10	217	12	1-11	CUSA
129	-32.77	129	-29.95	83	73.21	San Jose State	125			12	1-11	212	13	2-11	MWC
130	-34.75	130	-32.58	93	80.12	Texas El Paso	130			12	0-12	253	12	0-12	CUSA

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College Football 2017Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2017/8/24 and 2018/1/8Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2017
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2017/8/24 and 2018/1/8
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)