J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2017 Pre-Bowls

More information on this system can be found here. Conference rankings are listed at the bottom. Thanks to Ken Massey for the data. These rankings are included on Massey’s ranking composite page.

Rk	Team	Record	SOS	Rating	% Bhnd	% Bhnd 1st	Prev
1	Clemson	12-1	21	72.38	–	–	1
2	Wisconsin	12-1	20	72.34	0.1%	0.1%	2
3	Georgia	12-1	28	71.68	1.3%	1.0%	3
4	Penn St	10-2	15	71.08	1.2%	1.8%	4
5	Ohio St	11-2	6	71.02	0.1%	1.9%	5
6	Alabama	11-1	51	69.70	2.6%	3.7%	6
7	Oklahoma	12-1	41	69.20	1.0%	4.4%	7
8	Notre Dame	9-3	2	69.06	0.3%	4.6%	8
9	UCF	12-0	81	68.63	0.9%	5.2%	9
10	Auburn	10-3	23	67.25	2.7%	7.1%	10
11	Washington	10-2	63	66.21	2.1%	8.5%	11
12	USC	11-2	22	65.49	1.4%	9.5%	12
13	Miami FL	10-2	27	65.18	0.6%	9.9%	13
14	Michigan St	9-3	5	63.42	3.5%	12.4%	14
15	TCU	10-3	50	63.30	0.2%	12.5%	15
16	Michigan	8-4	8	63.18	0.2%	12.7%	16
17	Northwestern	9-3	26	63.10	0.2%	12.8%	17
18	Stanford	9-4	10	62.96	0.3%	13.0%	18
19	Iowa	7-5	3	62.86	0.2%	13.1%	19
20	Virginia Tech	9-3	59	61.54	2.6%	15.0%	20
21	Oklahoma St	9-3	62	61.45	0.2%	15.1%	21
22	Memphis	10-2	76	60.91	1.1%	15.8%	22
23	LSU	9-3	57	60.61	0.6%	16.3%	23
24	NC State	8-4	24	60.55	0.1%	16.3%	24
25	Mississippi St	8-4	43	60.38	0.3%	16.6%	25
26	Boise St	10-3	70	59.97	0.8%	17.1%	26
27	Louisville	8-4	47	59.56	0.8%	17.7%	27
28	Washington St	9-3	48	59.49	0.1%	17.8%	28
29	Boston College	7-5	7	59.33	0.3%	18.0%	29
30	FL Atlantic	10-3	91	58.79	1.1%	18.8%	30
31	Wake Forest	7-5	17	58.71	0.2%	18.9%	31
32	Toledo	11-2	98	58.55	0.3%	19.1%	32
33	Purdue	6-6	9	58.10	0.9%	19.7%	33
34	San Diego St	10-2	96	57.83	0.5%	20.1%	35
35	South Florida	9-2	115	57.79	0.1%	20.2%	34
36	Iowa St	7-5	52	57.54	0.5%	20.5%	36
37	South Carolina	8-4	40	57.04	1.0%	21.2%	37
38	Florida St	6-6	11	55.98	2.1%	22.6%	38
39	Oregon	7-5	53	55.97	0.0%	22.7%	39
40	Arizona St	7-5	30	55.87	0.2%	22.8%	40
41	Fresno St	9-4	84	55.48	0.8%	23.3%	41
42	Texas	6-6	38	55.41	0.1%	23.4%	42
43	Georgia Tech	5-6	19	55.02	0.8%	24.0%	43
44	Houston	7-4	75	54.58	0.9%	24.6%	44
45	Army	9-3	92	54.28	0.6%	25.0%	51
46	Missouri	7-5	67	54.24	0.1%	25.1%	46
47	Utah	6-6	49	54.18	0.1%	25.1%	47
48	Duke	6-6	44	53.94	0.5%	25.5%	49
49	West Virginia	7-5	58	53.92	0.0%	25.5%	48
50	Navy	6-6	32	53.80	0.2%	25.7%	45
51	Texas A&M	7-5	56	53.79	0.0%	25.7%	50
52	Arizona	7-5	74	53.41	0.8%	26.2%	52
53	Troy	10-2	120	53.28	0.2%	26.4%	53
54	UCLA	6-6	14	53.17	0.2%	26.5%	54
55	Kansas St	7-5	72	53.05	0.2%	26.7%	55
56	SMU	7-5	69	52.93	0.2%	26.9%	56
57	Ohio	8-4	114	52.69	0.5%	27.2%	57
58	N Illinois	8-4	97	52.68	0.0%	27.2%	58
59	Kentucky	7-5	55	52.65	0.1%	27.3%	59
60	Indiana	5-7	29	52.52	0.3%	27.4%	60
61	Minnesota	5-7	25	52.16	0.7%	27.9%	61
62	Texas Tech	6-6	45	51.80	0.7%	28.4%	62
63	Mississippi	6-6	61	50.92	1.7%	29.6%	63
64	Virginia	6-6	39	50.88	0.1%	29.7%	64
65	North Texas	9-4	93	50.44	0.9%	30.3%	65
66	California	5-7	46	50.38	0.1%	30.4%	66
67	Marshall	7-5	106	50.14	0.5%	30.7%	67
68	Pittsburgh	5-7	36	50.12	0.0%	30.8%	68
69	Florida	4-7	13	50.03	0.2%	30.9%	69
70	Nebraska	4-8	4	49.96	0.1%	31.0%	70
71	Maryland	4-8	1	49.93	0.1%	31.0%	71
72	C Michigan	8-4	102	49.40	1.0%	31.7%	72
73	Syracuse	4-8	12	49.31	0.2%	31.9%	73
74	Appalachian St	8-4	126	49.08	0.4%	32.2%	74
75	Wyoming	7-5	103	48.76	0.6%	32.6%	75
76	Colorado St	7-5	109	48.60	0.3%	32.9%	76
77	W Michigan	6-6	89	48.32	0.5%	33.2%	79
78	Arkansas St	7-4	129	48.31	0.0%	33.2%	78
79	Temple	6-6	79	48.29	0.0%	33.3%	77
80	Tulane	5-7	68	47.98	0.6%	33.7%	80
81	Utah St	6-6	95	47.95	0.1%	33.7%	81
82	Buffalo	6-6	101	47.87	0.2%	33.9%	82
83	Florida Intl	8-4	112	47.75	0.2%	34.0%	83
84	Colorado	5-7	65	47.66	0.2%	34.1%	84
85	Vanderbilt	5-7	54	47.50	0.3%	34.4%	85
86	Akron	7-6	83	47.28	0.4%	34.7%	86
87	Southern Miss	8-4	123	47.08	0.4%	35.0%	87
88	Rutgers	4-8	16	46.67	0.8%	35.5%	88
89	Louisiana Tech	6-6	108	46.65	0.0%	35.5%	89
90	E Michigan	5-7	90	46.20	0.9%	36.2%	90
91	Arkansas	4-8	34	45.77	0.8%	36.8%	91
92	UAB	8-4	130	45.40	0.7%	37.3%	92
93	Tennessee	4-8	37	45.34	0.1%	37.4%	93
94	North Carolina	3-9	33	45.33	0.0%	37.4%	94
95	Air Force	5-7	77	45.22	0.2%	37.5%	95
96	UT San Antonio	6-5	127	45.05	0.3%	37.8%	96
97	MTSU	6-6	111	44.98	0.1%	37.9%	97
98	Miami OH	5-7	105	44.22	1.5%	38.9%	98
99	UNLV	5-7	107	41.92	4.6%	42.1%	99
100	Nevada	3-9	78	41.08	1.6%	43.2%	100
101	BYU	4-9	82	40.96	0.2%	43.4%	102
102	WKU	6-6	121	40.96	0.0%	43.4%	101
103	New Mexico St	6-6	122	40.89	0.1%	43.5%	104
104	Tulsa	2-10	60	40.86	0.1%	43.5%	103
105	Cincinnati	4-8	71	40.62	0.5%	43.9%	105
106	Illinois	2-10	18	40.55	0.1%	44.0%	106
107	Georgia St	6-5	128	39.58	1.9%	45.3%	107
108	Connecticut	3-9	66	39.00	1.1%	46.1%	108
109	ULM	4-8	99	38.81	0.4%	46.4%	109
110	Massachusetts	4-8	117	38.72	0.2%	46.5%	110
111	Old Dominion	5-7	110	38.67	0.1%	46.6%	112
112	New Mexico	3-9	87	38.66	0.0%	46.6%	111
113	Baylor	1-11	42	38.56	0.2%	46.7%	113
114	East Carolina	3-9	64	37.93	1.3%	47.6%	114
115	Idaho	4-8	119	37.75	0.3%	47.8%	115
116	South Alabama	4-8	116	37.40	0.7%	48.3%	116
117	Bowling Green	2-10	80	36.36	2.1%	49.8%	117
118	Oregon St	1-11	31	36.32	0.1%	49.8%	118
119	ULL	5-7	124	35.33	2.0%	51.2%	119
120	Hawaii	3-9	104	34.88	0.9%	51.8%	120
121	Kansas	1-11	35	34.64	0.5%	52.1%	121
122	Kent	2-10	73	33.27	2.7%	54.0%	122
123	Coastal Car	3-9	125	32.25	2.0%	55.4%	123
124	Rice	1-11	85	31.76	1.0%	56.1%	125
125	Ga Southern	2-10	113	31.69	0.1%	56.2%	124
126	Ball St	2-10	94	31.62	0.1%	56.3%	126
127	San Jose St	2-11	88	30.83	1.6%	57.4%	127
128	Texas St	2-10	118	29.71	2.2%	59.0%	128
129	Charlotte	1-11	100	29.37	0.7%	59.4%	129
130	UTEP	0-12	86	27.23	7.1%	62.4%	130

Best win: Iowa 55-24 vs. Ohio St.
Worst loss: Coastal Carolina 10-52 vs. Western Illinois

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	58.35	72.34	40.55
2	ACC	56.99	72.38	45.33
3	SEC	56.21	71.68	45.34
4	Pac-12	55.09	66.21	36.32
5	Big 12	53.89	69.20	34.64
6	American	50.28	68.63	37.93
7	Mountain West	45.93	59.97	30.83
8	MAC	45.71	58.55	31.62
9	Conference USA	43.16	58.79	27.23
10	Sun Belt	39.51	53.28	29.71

SOS = Strength of schedule ranking based on games played
% Bhnd = Percentage of the average team’s rating a team is behind the next highest-ranked team
% Bhnd 1st = Percentage a team is behind the number one team