College Football 2018
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2018/8/23 and 2019/1/7
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2018 - 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	45.55	1	42.05	8	33.93	Clemson	1	1	1	14	14-0	1	15	15-0	ACC
2	35.99	2	35.20	19	41.32	Alabama	2	2	2	14	13-1	2	15	14-1	SEC
3	29.76	6	24.81	6	33.65	Georgia	5	8	8	13	10-3	3	14	11-3	SEC
4	28.53	3	31.14	38	46.96	Notre Dame	4	5	5	13	12-1	4	13	12-1	FBS-Ind
5	25.42	10	22.62	18	40.79	LSU	7	6	7	12	9-3	7	13	10-3	SEC
6	25.21	4	30.32	50	51.71	Ohio State	3	3	3	14	13-1	5	14	13-1	BIG 10
7	23.91	7	24.18	29	43.32	Oklahoma	6	4	4	14	12-2	6	14	12-2	BIG 12
8	23.69	9	22.74	5	33.18	Florida	9	7	6	11	8-3	11	13	10-3	SEC
9	23.61	8	22.97	20	41.75	Kentucky	14	12	11	12	9-3	9	13	10-3	SEC
10	21.50	5	25.68	7	33.83	Texas A&M	10	16	16	12	8-4	10	13	9-4	SEC
11	21.29	11	21.94	54	53.75	Syracuse	18	15	15	12	9-3	13	13	10-3	ACC
12	20.62	33	10.76	26	42.83	Missouri	23			12	7-5	15	13	8-5	SEC
13	20.59	18	17.25	78	75.25	Central Florida	11	11	12	12	11-1	12	13	12-1	AAC
14	18.73	23	14.08	31	44.08	Auburn	22			12	7-5	21	13	8-5	SEC
15	18.69	19	15.32	12	36.75	Mississippi State	19		22	12	7-5	18	13	8-5	SEC
16	18.13	12	19.99	40	48.58	Michigan	8	14	14	13	10-3	8	13	10-3	BIG 10
17	17.86	15	18.24	47	51.00	Penn State	17	17	17	13	9-4	16	13	9-4	BIG 10
18	17.85	16	18.22	32	45.36	Texas	15	9	9	14	10-4	19	14	10-4	BIG 12
19	17.69	14	18.66	52	52.21	Washington	13	13	10	14	10-4	14	14	10-4	PAC-12
20	16.22	26	12.79	41	48.83	Iowa	20	25	25	12	8-4	20	13	9-4	BIG 10
21	15.75	20	14.81	14	39.18	West Virginia	21	20	22	11	7-4	22	12	8-4	BIG 12
22	14.70	17	17.36	39	48.46	Northwestern	31	21	19	14	9-5	24	14	9-5	BIG 10
23	14.10	27	12.67	61	59.04	North Carolina State	32			12	8-4	29	13	9-4	ACC
24	13.21	13	18.94	67	64.00	Washington State	12	10	13	12	10-2	17	13	11-2	PAC-12
25	13.10	24	13.99	33	45.50	Duke	36			12	7-5	34	13	8-5	ACC
26	13.01	29	11.20	28	43.21	Iowa State	33			12	7-5	28	13	8-5	BIG 12
27	12.93	31	11.00	135	105.00	Hampton	-1			1	1-0	329	10	7-3	FBS-Ind
28	12.64	21	14.47	10	35.31	Pittsburgh	39			13	6-7	31	14	7-7	ACC
29	12.24	25	12.92	15	39.38	South Carolina	37			12	6-6	37	13	7-6	SEC
30	11.82	51	5.29	60	59.00	Virginia	41			12	7-5	35	13	8-5	ACC
31	10.11	32	10.93	44	50.77	Utah	29		21	13	8-5	26	14	9-5	PAC-12
32	10.08	30	11.17	94	81.00	Fresno State	16	18	18	13	11-2	25	14	12-2	MWC
33	9.66	38	8.59	49	51.64	Boston College	42			11	6-5	39	12	7-5	ACC
34	9.46	39	8.18	104	85.29	Appalachian State	27			12	10-2	33	13	11-2	SBC
35	9.31	44	7.28	16	39.62	Vanderbilt	53			12	5-7	42	13	6-7	SEC
36	9.23	41	7.94	56	54.12	Michigan State	40			13	7-6	36	13	7-6	BIG 10
37	9.07	28	11.84	46	50.92	Stanford	25			12	8-4	27	13	9-4	PAC-12
38	8.92	53	5.10	22	42.33	Oklahoma State	38			12	6-6	44	13	7-6	BIG 12
39	8.69	50	5.57	23	42.50	Kansas State	63			11	4-7	52	12	5-7	BIG 12
40	8.49	45	6.80	63	61.58	Wisconsin	35			13	8-5	38	13	8-5	BIG 10
41	8.43	35	10.30	85	76.42	Boise State	24	23	24	13	10-3	30	13	10-3	MWC
42	8.15	63	2.30	30	43.92	Purdue	50			13	6-7	41	13	6-7	BIG 10
43	8.13	22	14.09	24	42.62	Texas Christian	44			12	6-6	48	13	7-6	BIG 12
44	7.98	37	9.79	27	43.21	Baylor	54			12	6-6	50	13	7-6	BIG 12
45	7.45	36	10.26	58	56.73	Minnesota	46			13	7-6	45	13	7-6	BIG 10
46	7.01	42	7.60	96	81.38	Cincinnati	30	24	23	12	10-2	43	13	11-2	AAC
47	6.55	60	2.94	127	91.88	Utah State	26	22	21	12	10-2	32	13	11-2	MWC
48	6.22	48	6.02	100	82.55	Army	28	19	20	11	9-2	40	13	11-2	FBS-Ind
49	6.12	54	4.23	34	45.82	Mississippi	75			11	4-7	58	12	5-7	SEC
50	6.05	56	3.89	51	52.00	Miami (FL)	48			12	6-6	47	13	7-6	ACC
51	5.36	43	7.37	36	46.21	Wake Forest	52			12	6-6	49	13	7-6	ACC
52	5.24	47	6.38	108	86.00	Troy	45			12	9-3	57	13	10-3	SBC
53	5.12	34	10.73	69	64.21	Oregon	34			12	8-4	46	13	9-4	PAC-12
54	5.05	61	2.49	77	75.12	Temple	56			12	8-4	61	13	8-5	AAC
55	4.97	46	6.49	57	55.83	Georgia Tech	55			12	6-6	55	13	7-6	ACC
56	4.86	64	1.55	17	40.45	Texas Tech	59			11	4-7	53	12	5-7	BIG 12
57	4.18	57	3.37	53	52.62	Virginia Tech	71			12	5-7	70	13	6-7	ACC
58	4.10	74	-2.85	21	42.00	Nebraska	77			11	3-8	59	12	4-8	BIG 10
59	3.94	62	2.33	9	35.09	Tennessee	62			11	4-7	65	12	5-7	SEC
60	3.32	49	5.72	13	37.95	Florida State	69			11	4-7	71	12	5-7	ACC
61	3.08	77	-3.02	131	93.83	Ohio University	47			12	8-4	56	13	9-4	MAC
62	2.89	52	5.23	65	62.92	Arizona State	51			13	7-6	51	13	7-6	PAC-12
63	2.42	40	8.08	106	85.88	Alabama Birmingham	43			13	10-3	69	14	11-3	CUSA
64	2.23	67	0.26	74	70.31	Middle Tennessee	68			13	7-6	74	14	8-6	CUSA
65	2.17	69	-0.67	45	50.92	Maryland	64			12	5-7	60	12	5-7	BIG 10
66	1.95	59	3.16	48	51.46	Indiana	67			12	5-7	63	12	5-7	BIG 10
67	1.76	75	-2.85	93	80.81	Memphis	65			13	7-6	66	14	8-6	AAC
68	0.56	80	-3.49	134	97.58	North Texas	70			12	8-4	75	13	9-4	CUSA
69	-0.03	78	-3.23	115	87.29	Houston	78			12	7-5	77	13	8-5	AAC
70	-0.37	70	-0.81	73	69.54	Brigham Young	58			12	6-6	64	13	7-6	FBS-Ind
71	-0.90	55	4.14	122	88.88	Georgia Southern	49			12	9-3	67	13	10-3	SBC
72	-1.13	76	-2.93	59	58.17	Southern California	66			12	5-7	68	12	5-7	PAC-12
73	-2.43	73	-2.52	117	88.17	Marshall	61			12	8-4	81	13	9-4	CUSA
74	-2.71	82	-4.42	130	93.08	Buffalo	57			13	9-4	76	14	10-4	MAC
75	-2.71	58	3.29	64	61.62	California	60			12	6-6	72	13	7-6	PAC-12
76	-2.84	81	-3.70	68	64.18	Colorado	88			11	4-7	80	12	5-7	PAC-12
77	-3.37	86	-5.85	66	63.45	Arizona	83			11	4-7	79	12	5-7	PAC-12
78	-3.48	72	-1.53	79	75.38	Tulane	80			12	6-6	82	13	7-6	AAC
79	-4.38	103	-10.98	84	76.27	Florida Atlantic	95			11	4-7	90	12	5-7	CUSA
80	-4.41	71	-0.85	37	46.96	UCLA	87			12	3-9	84	12	3-9	PAC-12
81	-4.45	89	-6.66	42	49.27	Kansas	97			11	3-8	97	12	3-9	BIG 12
82	-4.46	94	-7.52	80	75.55	Wyoming	82			11	5-6	85	12	6-6	MWC
83	-4.63	68	0.16	112	86.38	Louisiana Tech	86			12	7-5	96	13	8-5	CUSA
84	-6.50	91	-6.96	121	88.83	Arkansas State	72			12	7-5	83	13	8-5	SBC
85	-6.75	83	-4.77	133	94.79	Florida International	76			12	8-4	95	13	9-4	CUSA
86	-7.03	95	-7.88	105	85.42	Miami (OH)	79			12	6-6	86	12	6-6	MAC
87	-7.04	66	0.47	95	81.32	Northern Illinois	73			14	8-6	91	14	8-6	MAC
88	-7.12	65	0.73	113	86.83	Nevada Reno	74			12	7-5	87	13	8-5	MWC
89	-7.82	92	-7.27	90	79.83	San Diego State	81			12	6-6	94	13	7-6	MWC
90	-8.31	99	-10.10	109	86.15	Southern Mississippi	89			10	5-5	105	11	6-5	CUSA
91	-8.53	84	-5.26	83	75.96	Louisiana Lafayette	93			13	6-7	99	14	7-7	SBC
92	-8.57	100	-10.38	126	91.83	Toledo	84			12	6-6	92	13	7-6	MAC
93	-8.94	87	-6.02	98	82.32	Louisiana Monroe	96			11	5-6	111	12	6-6	SBC
94	-9.27	93	-7.48	89	79.50	South Florida	91			12	6-6	103	13	7-6	AAC
95	-9.55	102	-10.97	129	92.42	Eastern Michigan	85			12	6-6	93	13	7-6	MAC
96	-9.66	101	-10.46	62	60.27	Illinois	100			11	3-8	100	12	4-8	BIG 10
97	-9.80	88	-6.60	72	69.41	Southern Methodist	98			11	4-7	106	12	5-7	AAC
98	-9.84	107	-12.07	111	86.36	Air Force	92			11	4-7	88	12	5-7	MWC
99	-9.96	115	-17.12	35	45.85	North Carolina	99			10	1-9	108	11	2-9	ACC
100	-10.02	113	-16.45	25	42.64	Arkansas	105			11	1-10	104	12	2-10	SEC
101	-11.23	85	-5.50	114	86.96	Hawaii	90			13	7-6	107	14	8-6	MWC
102	-11.96	90	-6.76	107	85.96	Western Michigan	94			12	6-6	110	13	7-6	MAC
103	-12.03	96	-8.50	11	35.82	Louisville	106			11	1-10	112	12	2-10	ACC
104	-12.44	108	-12.16	76	74.00	East Carolina	115			11	3-8	126	12	3-9	AAC
105	-12.52	112	-15.75	101	83.45	Liberty	101			10	4-6	115	12	6-6	FBS-Ind
106	-12.93	104	-11.00	4	29.00	Virginia U-Lynchburg	-1			1	0-1	532	10	3-7	NoCon
107	-13.03	79	-3.34	3	16.50	North Dakota	-1			1	0-1	148	11	6-5	FBS-Ind
108	-13.52	97	-9.38	99	82.36	UNC Charlotte	102			11	4-7	124	12	5-7	CUSA
109	-15.17	98	-9.44	86	76.50	Coastal Carolina	103			11	4-7	122	12	5-7	SBC
110	-15.45	109	-13.37	91	79.86	Colorado State	112			11	3-8	129	12	3-9	MWC
111	-15.89	116	-17.18	70	66.29	Navy	104			12	2-10	118	13	3-10	AAC
112	-16.45	118	-20.96	103	83.59	New Mexico	114			11	2-9	119	12	3-9	MWC
113	-16.51	106	-11.27	43	50.00	Oregon State	110			11	1-10	125	12	2-10	PAC-12
114	-17.22	114	-16.90	55	54.04	Rutgers	117			12	1-11	127	12	1-11	BIG 10
115	-17.65	105	-11.27	87	78.64	Massachusetts	108			11	3-8	131	12	4-8	FBS-Ind
116	-17.79	110	-14.39	82	75.59	South Alabama	119			11	2-9	153	12	3-9	SBC
117	-17.83	122	-21.79	102	83.50	Tulsa	113			11	2-9	128	12	3-9	AAC
118	-18.59	119	-21.34	124	91.73	Western Kentucky	118			11	3-8	145	12	3-9	CUSA
119	-18.78	111	-14.90	97	81.50	Texas San Antonio	123			12	3-9	162	12	3-9	CUSA
120	-19.33	117	-19.81	75	70.77	San Jose State	120			11	1-10	137	12	1-11	MWC
121	-21.98	124	-22.42	118	88.41	Ball State	111			11	3-8	142	12	4-8	MAC
122	-22.10	120	-21.44	125	91.77	Old Dominion	116			11	3-8	163	12	4-8	CUSA
123	-23.16	121	-21.54	128	91.91	Texas State	124			11	2-9	171	12	3-9	SBC
124	-23.36	125	-24.06	120	88.77	Bowling Green	121			11	2-9	158	12	3-9	MAC
125	-24.20	127	-25.76	81	75.59	Georgia State	122			11	1-10	152	12	2-10	SBC
126	-25.26	123	-21.98	88	79.32	Akron	109			11	3-8	154	12	4-8	MAC
127	-25.57	126	-25.05	119	88.55	Nevada Las Vegas	107			11	3-8	147	12	4-8	MWC
128	-25.78	130	-27.84	123	89.86	New Mexico State	125			11	2-9	172	12	3-9	FBS-Ind
129	-26.33	128	-26.55	116	88.14	Kent State	126			11	1-10	167	12	2-10	MAC
130	-29.60	129	-26.65	92	80.71	Rice	128			12	1-11	198	13	2-11	CUSA
131	-30.30	131	-30.09	71	68.95	Connecticut	129			11	0-11	188	12	1-11	AAC
132	-30.38	132	-31.05	132	94.55	Texas El Paso	130			11	1-10	214	12	1-11	CUSA
133	-31.26	133	-35.23	110	86.23	Central Michigan	127			11	0-11	177	12	1-11	MAC

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College Football 2018Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2018/8/23 and 2019/1/7Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2018
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2018/8/23 and 2019/1/7
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)