J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2018 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	Clemson	15-0	8	74.17	–	–	2
2	Alabama	14-1	6	72.22	4.0%	2.6%	1
3	Notre Dame	12-1	16	67.03	10.6%	9.6%	3
4	Georgia	11-3	5	66.67	0.7%	10.1%	4
5	Ohio St	13-1	31	66.15	1.1%	10.8%	7
6	Oklahoma	12-2	14	65.75	0.8%	11.4%	6
7	Michigan	10-3	10	64.06	3.4%	13.6%	5
8	UCF	12-1	86	63.42	1.3%	14.5%	8
9	LSU	10-3	19	62.74	1.4%	15.4%	10
10	Texas A&M	9-4	1	61.25	3.0%	17.4%	19
11	Florida	10-3	36	61.20	0.1%	17.5%	17
12	Fresno St	12-2	89	61.10	0.2%	17.6%	12
13	Penn St	9-4	22	60.94	0.3%	17.8%	9
14	Syracuse	10-3	56	60.29	1.3%	18.7%	21
15	Appalachian St	11-2	101	60.22	0.1%	18.8%	20
16	Washington St	11-2	70	60.19	0.1%	18.8%	15
17	Kentucky	10-3	30	60.16	0.1%	18.9%	16
18	Washington	10-4	37	59.75	0.8%	19.5%	13
19	Mississippi St	8-5	12	59.67	0.2%	19.6%	14
20	Iowa	9-4	45	59.38	0.6%	19.9%	24
21	Texas	10-4	20	59.31	0.1%	20.0%	26
22	Utah St	11-2	121	59.11	0.4%	20.3%	27
23	Boise St	10-3	59	58.98	0.3%	20.5%	23
24	Missouri	8-5	21	58.92	0.1%	20.6%	11
25	West Virginia	8-4	42	58.53	0.8%	21.1%	18
26	Auburn	8-5	18	58.01	1.1%	21.8%	30
27	Cincinnati	11-2	104	58.00	0.0%	21.8%	25
28	Army	11-2	100	57.45	1.1%	22.5%	31
29	Utah	9-5	43	56.92	1.1%	23.3%	22
30	Stanford	9-4	46	56.56	0.7%	23.7%	29
31	Northwestern	9-5	9	55.87	1.4%	24.7%	35
32	NC State	9-4	60	55.67	0.4%	24.9%	28
33	Wisconsin	8-5	48	54.83	1.7%	26.1%	46
34	Iowa St	8-5	39	54.66	0.4%	26.3%	34
35	Duke	8-5	32	54.48	0.4%	26.6%	48
36	Troy	10-3	97	54.41	0.1%	26.7%	45
37	Virginia	8-5	67	54.02	0.8%	27.2%	50
38	Ga Southern	10-3	109	53.96	0.1%	27.3%	44
39	Oregon	9-4	76	53.91	0.1%	27.3%	42
40	South Carolina	7-6	13	53.78	0.3%	27.5%	32
41	Ohio	9-4	119	53.76	0.0%	27.5%	47
42	UAB	11-3	120	53.62	0.3%	27.7%	52
43	Boston College	7-5	51	53.59	0.1%	27.8%	41
44	Michigan St	7-6	24	53.54	0.1%	27.8%	36
45	Pittsburgh	7-7	3	53.42	0.2%	28.0%	39
46	Purdue	6-7	4	53.31	0.2%	28.1%	33
47	Oklahoma St	7-6	41	53.03	0.6%	28.5%	54
48	Miami FL	7-6	52	52.67	0.7%	29.0%	37
49	Minnesota	7-6	29	52.51	0.3%	29.2%	59
50	Buffalo	10-4	115	52.48	0.1%	29.2%	38
51	Vanderbilt	6-7	26	51.61	1.8%	30.4%	43
52	Temple	8-5	85	51.37	0.5%	30.7%	40
53	Arizona St	7-6	53	51.24	0.3%	30.9%	49
54	BYU	7-6	64	51.10	0.3%	31.1%	62
55	TCU	7-6	33	50.94	0.3%	31.3%	61
56	Marshall	9-4	117	50.81	0.3%	31.5%	64
57	Wake Forest	7-6	40	50.57	0.5%	31.8%	65
58	Memphis	8-6	111	50.53	0.1%	31.9%	53
59	Georgia Tech	7-6	57	50.46	0.1%	32.0%	51
60	Arkansas St	8-5	110	50.09	0.8%	32.5%	56
61	North Texas	9-4	130	50.01	0.2%	32.6%	57
62	MTSU	8-6	71	49.94	0.1%	32.7%	58
63	Maryland	5-7	23	49.87	0.1%	32.8%	60
64	Baylor	7-6	49	49.75	0.3%	32.9%	77
65	Florida Intl	9-4	128	49.59	0.3%	33.1%	70
66	Houston	8-5	118	49.19	0.8%	33.7%	55
67	Texas Tech	5-7	44	49.14	0.1%	33.7%	68
68	Indiana	5-7	11	48.73	0.8%	34.3%	69
69	USC	5-7	38	48.37	0.7%	34.8%	71
70	California	7-6	66	48.34	0.1%	34.8%	67
71	Miami OH	6-6	78	48.31	0.1%	34.9%	74
72	Toledo	7-6	114	48.30	0.0%	34.9%	63
73	Tennessee	5-7	15	48.17	0.3%	35.1%	72
74	Nebraska	4-8	25	48.11	0.1%	35.1%	78
75	Mississippi	5-7	34	47.97	0.3%	35.3%	76
76	Nevada	8-5	103	47.85	0.3%	35.5%	82
77	N Illinois	8-6	63	47.62	0.5%	35.8%	66
78	E Michigan	7-6	113	47.59	0.1%	35.8%	73
79	Kansas St	5-7	47	47.59	0.0%	35.8%	81
80	Tulane	7-6	80	47.55	0.1%	35.9%	86
81	Virginia Tech	6-7	50	47.47	0.2%	36.0%	80
82	Florida St	5-7	17	46.84	1.3%	36.9%	83
83	San Diego St	7-6	79	46.78	0.1%	36.9%	75
84	Arizona	5-7	65	46.41	0.8%	37.4%	84
85	Louisiana	7-7	77	46.39	0.0%	37.5%	79
86	Louisiana Tech	8-5	122	46.28	0.2%	37.6%	94
87	FL Atlantic	5-7	74	45.90	0.8%	38.1%	87
88	Southern Miss	6-5	127	45.85	0.1%	38.2%	92
89	Wyoming	6-6	82	45.78	0.1%	38.3%	89
90	Air Force	5-7	93	45.58	0.4%	38.5%	91
91	W Michigan	7-6	91	44.79	1.6%	39.6%	85
92	Colorado	5-7	75	44.50	0.6%	40.0%	93
93	Hawaii	8-6	106	44.35	0.3%	40.2%	90
94	South Florida	7-6	96	43.98	0.8%	40.7%	88
95	UCLA	3-9	2	43.76	0.4%	41.0%	95
96	ULM	6-6	98	43.31	0.9%	41.6%	97
97	SMU	5-7	69	43.24	0.1%	41.7%	96
98	Liberty	6-6	125	41.65	3.3%	43.9%	99
99	Coastal Car	5-7	84	41.26	0.8%	44.4%	98
100	Charlotte	5-7	90	40.99	0.5%	44.7%	100
101	Illinois	4-8	62	40.38	1.3%	45.6%	102
102	Navy	3-10	54	39.96	0.8%	46.1%	101
103	Kansas	3-9	58	39.83	0.3%	46.3%	104
104	North Carolina	2-9	55	39.36	1.0%	46.9%	105
105	Arkansas	2-10	28	39.35	0.0%	46.9%	103
106	Massachusetts	4-8	81	37.97	2.8%	48.8%	106
107	UNLV	4-8	112	37.54	0.9%	49.4%	108
108	Ball St	4-8	99	37.17	0.7%	49.9%	107
109	Akron	4-8	92	37.06	0.2%	50.0%	109
110	Louisville	2-10	7	37.00	0.1%	50.1%	111
111	New Mexico	3-9	87	36.78	0.5%	50.4%	113
112	Tulsa	3-9	105	36.77	0.0%	50.4%	110
113	Old Dominion	4-8	124	36.45	0.7%	50.9%	114
114	East Carolina	3-9	83	35.98	0.9%	51.5%	112
115	Oregon St	2-10	35	35.98	0.0%	51.5%	115
116	South Alabama	3-9	73	35.77	0.4%	51.8%	117
117	Rutgers	1-11	27	35.76	0.0%	51.8%	116
118	WKU	3-9	126	34.99	1.6%	52.8%	119
119	Texas St	3-9	123	34.72	0.6%	53.2%	118
120	Colorado St	3-9	88	34.68	0.1%	53.2%	120
121	Georgia St	2-10	72	33.83	1.7%	54.4%	121
122	UT San Antonio	3-9	94	33.56	0.6%	54.8%	125
123	Bowling Green	3-9	107	33.47	0.2%	54.9%	122
124	San Jose St	1-11	61	33.33	0.3%	55.1%	124
125	Kent	2-10	95	33.19	0.3%	55.3%	123
126	New Mexico St	3-9	116	32.19	2.0%	56.6%	126
127	C Michigan	1-11	108	30.46	3.5%	58.9%	127
128	Rice	2-11	102	29.81	1.3%	59.8%	128
129	Connecticut	1-11	68	28.80	2.1%	61.2%	129
130	UTEP	1-11	129	26.14	8.8%	64.8%	130

Best win: Clemson 44-16 vs. Alabama
Worst loss: UTEP 30-10 vs. Northern Arizona

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	SEC	57.27	72.22	39.35
2	Big 10	53.10	66.15	35.76
3	Big 12	52.85	65.75	39.83
4	ACC	52.14	74.17	37.00
5	Pac-12	50.49	60.19	35.98
6	Mountain West	45.99	61.10	33.33
7	American	45.73	63.42	28.80
8	Sun Belt	45.40	60.22	33.83
9	MAC	42.85	53.76	30.46
10	Conference USA	42.42	53.62	26.14

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