J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2017 Final

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	Wisconsin	13-1	13	72.58	–	–	2
2	Alabama	13-1	24	71.70	1.8%	1.2%	6
3	Ohio St	12-2	5	71.69	0.0%	1.2%	5
4	Penn St	11-2	10	71.45	0.5%	1.6%	4
5	Georgia	13-2	9	71.34	0.2%	1.7%	3
6	Clemson	12-2	12	70.20	2.2%	3.3%	1
7	UCF	13-0	71	69.02	2.4%	4.9%	9
8	Notre Dame	10-3	3	68.74	0.6%	5.3%	8
9	Oklahoma	12-2	29	68.45	0.6%	5.7%	7
10	Auburn	10-4	11	66.16	4.6%	8.9%	10
11	Michigan St	10-3	6	64.32	3.7%	11.4%	14
12	Washington	10-3	59	64.24	0.2%	11.5%	11
13	TCU	11-3	47	63.57	1.3%	12.4%	15
14	Miami FL	10-3	18	63.56	0.0%	12.4%	13
15	Iowa	8-5	2	63.53	0.1%	12.5%	19
16	USC	11-3	22	63.13	0.8%	13.0%	12
17	Northwestern	10-3	26	62.93	0.4%	13.3%	17
18	Oklahoma St	10-3	56	62.42	1.0%	14.0%	21
19	Michigan	8-5	7	61.68	1.5%	15.0%	16
20	NC State	9-4	27	61.15	1.1%	15.8%	24
21	Mississippi St	9-4	36	61.13	0.0%	15.8%	25
22	Stanford	9-5	21	60.73	0.8%	16.3%	18
23	LSU	9-4	39	60.35	0.8%	16.9%	23
24	Boise St	11-3	66	60.27	0.1%	17.0%	26
25	FL Atlantic	11-3	91	59.62	1.3%	17.9%	30
26	Memphis	10-3	74	59.54	0.1%	18.0%	22
27	Virginia Tech	9-4	58	59.53	0.0%	18.0%	20
28	Wake Forest	8-5	20	58.75	1.6%	19.1%	31
29	Iowa St	8-5	45	58.24	1.0%	19.8%	36
30	Louisville	8-5	48	58.18	0.1%	19.9%	27
31	South Carolina	9-4	35	58.17	0.0%	19.9%	37
32	South Florida	10-2	111	58.02	0.3%	20.1%	35
33	Purdue	7-6	14	58.01	0.0%	20.1%	33
34	Boston College	7-6	8	57.53	1.0%	20.7%	29
35	Washington St	9-4	54	56.96	1.1%	21.5%	28
36	Florida St	7-6	23	56.64	0.6%	22.0%	38
37	Texas	7-6	43	56.52	0.2%	22.1%	42
38	Fresno St	10-4	82	56.11	0.8%	22.7%	41
39	San Diego St	10-3	92	56.00	0.2%	22.9%	34
40	Toledo	11-3	100	55.50	1.0%	23.5%	32
41	Army	10-3	89	55.46	0.1%	23.6%	45
42	Navy	7-6	34	55.05	0.8%	24.2%	50
43	Troy	11-2	120	54.95	0.2%	24.3%	53
44	Duke	7-6	53	54.80	0.3%	24.5%	48
45	Kansas St	8-5	68	54.37	0.9%	25.1%	55
46	Georgia Tech	5-6	28	54.20	0.3%	25.3%	43
47	Utah	7-6	64	54.06	0.3%	25.5%	47
48	Oregon	7-6	57	53.84	0.4%	25.8%	39
49	Arizona St	7-6	33	53.37	0.9%	26.5%	40
50	Texas A&M	7-6	51	53.29	0.2%	26.6%	51
51	Ohio	9-4	118	53.21	0.2%	26.7%	57
52	Houston	7-5	73	53.20	0.0%	26.7%	44
53	Missouri	7-6	62	52.79	0.8%	27.3%	46
54	West Virginia	7-6	55	52.46	0.7%	27.7%	49
55	Kentucky	7-6	49	52.43	0.1%	27.8%	59
56	Indiana	5-7	30	52.34	0.2%	27.9%	60
57	Minnesota	5-7	25	51.97	0.7%	28.4%	61
58	Appalachian St	9-4	122	51.92	0.1%	28.5%	74
59	Arizona	7-6	78	51.61	0.6%	28.9%	52
60	Texas Tech	6-7	42	51.21	0.8%	29.4%	62
61	Mississippi	6-6	60	50.93	0.6%	29.8%	63
62	Marshall	8-5	106	50.54	0.8%	30.4%	67
63	SMU	7-6	70	50.37	0.3%	30.6%	56
64	UCLA	6-7	31	50.37	0.0%	30.6%	54
65	N Illinois	8-5	97	50.17	0.4%	30.9%	58
66	Wyoming	8-5	99	50.11	0.1%	31.0%	75
67	Maryland	4-8	1	49.92	0.4%	31.2%	71
68	Temple	7-6	77	49.83	0.2%	31.3%	79
69	Florida	4-7	15	49.65	0.4%	31.6%	69
70	Pittsburgh	5-7	44	49.61	0.1%	31.6%	68
71	Nebraska	4-8	4	49.54	0.1%	31.8%	70
72	North Texas	9-5	90	49.23	0.6%	32.2%	65
73	California	5-7	61	48.85	0.8%	32.7%	66
74	Louisiana Tech	7-6	103	48.70	0.3%	32.9%	89
75	Virginia	6-7	50	48.63	0.1%	33.0%	64
76	Syracuse	4-8	19	48.62	0.0%	33.0%	73
77	Colorado St	7-6	104	47.82	1.6%	34.1%	76
78	Vanderbilt	5-7	52	47.59	0.5%	34.4%	85
79	Arkansas St	7-5	129	47.50	0.2%	34.6%	78
80	Tulane	5-7	67	47.49	0.0%	34.6%	80
81	Buffalo	6-6	102	47.42	0.1%	34.7%	82
82	W Michigan	6-6	93	47.27	0.3%	34.9%	77
83	C Michigan	8-5	105	46.96	0.6%	35.3%	72
84	Utah St	6-7	95	46.61	0.7%	35.8%	81
85	Rutgers	4-8	17	46.36	0.5%	36.1%	88
86	Colorado	5-7	75	46.31	0.1%	36.2%	84
87	Florida Intl	8-5	108	46.26	0.1%	36.3%	83
88	Southern Miss	8-5	121	45.99	0.5%	36.6%	87
89	Arkansas	4-8	32	45.95	0.1%	36.7%	91
90	MTSU	7-6	113	45.83	0.2%	36.9%	97
91	Akron	7-7	79	45.81	0.0%	36.9%	86
92	E Michigan	5-7	94	45.42	0.8%	37.4%	90
93	Tennessee	4-8	40	45.20	0.4%	37.7%	93
94	Air Force	5-7	76	45.01	0.4%	38.0%	95
95	UT San Antonio	6-5	128	44.88	0.3%	38.2%	96
96	North Carolina	3-9	38	44.55	0.7%	38.6%	94
97	UAB	8-5	130	44.12	0.8%	39.2%	92
98	Miami OH	5-7	112	43.66	0.9%	39.8%	98
99	New Mexico St	7-6	123	42.70	1.9%	41.2%	103
100	UNLV	5-7	110	41.70	2.0%	42.5%	99
101	Georgia St	7-5	127	41.70	0.0%	42.5%	107
102	BYU	4-9	83	40.89	1.6%	43.7%	101
103	Tulsa	2-10	63	40.43	0.9%	44.3%	104
104	Nevada	3-9	81	40.41	0.0%	44.3%	100
105	Cincinnati	4-8	72	40.40	0.0%	44.3%	105
106	Illinois	2-10	16	40.36	0.1%	44.4%	106
107	WKU	6-7	126	39.96	0.8%	45.0%	102
108	ULM	4-8	96	39.16	1.6%	46.0%	109
109	Massachusetts	4-8	117	39.07	0.2%	46.2%	110
110	Baylor	1-11	41	38.68	0.8%	46.7%	113
111	New Mexico	3-9	86	38.55	0.3%	46.9%	112
112	Idaho	4-8	119	38.38	0.3%	47.1%	115
113	Old Dominion	5-7	114	38.33	0.1%	47.2%	111
114	Connecticut	3-9	69	38.32	0.0%	47.2%	108
115	South Alabama	4-8	115	38.17	0.3%	47.4%	116
116	East Carolina	3-9	65	37.47	1.4%	48.4%	114
117	ULL	5-7	125	35.82	3.3%	50.7%	119
118	Bowling Green	2-10	84	35.74	0.1%	50.8%	117
119	Oregon St	1-11	46	34.77	1.9%	52.1%	118
120	Kansas	1-11	37	34.56	0.4%	52.4%	121
121	Hawaii	3-9	109	34.46	0.2%	52.5%	120
122	Coastal Car	3-9	124	32.84	3.2%	54.8%	123
123	Ga Southern	2-10	107	32.35	1.0%	55.4%	125
124	Kent	2-10	80	32.35	0.0%	55.4%	122
125	Rice	1-11	87	31.24	2.2%	57.0%	124
126	San Jose St	2-11	88	30.66	1.2%	57.8%	127
127	Ball St	2-10	101	30.49	0.4%	58.0%	126
128	Texas St	2-10	116	30.40	0.2%	58.1%	128
129	Charlotte	1-11	98	29.34	2.1%	59.6%	129
130	UTEP	0-12	85	27.08	6.8%	62.7%	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	58.33	72.58	40.36
2	SEC	56.19	71.70	45.20
3	ACC	56.14	70.20	44.55
4	Big 12	54.05	68.45	34.56
5	Pac-12	53.19	64.24	34.77
6	American	49.93	69.02	37.47
7	Mountain West	45.64	60.27	30.66
8	MAC	44.50	55.50	30.49
9	Conference USA	42.94	59.62	27.08
10	Sun Belt	40.49	54.95	30.40

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