J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2018 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	Alabama	13-0	27	74.04	–	–	1
2	Clemson	13-0	37	72.04	4.0%	2.7%	2
3	Notre Dame	12-0	25	69.14	5.9%	6.6%	3
4	Georgia	11-2	4	69.13	0.0%	6.6%	4
5	Michigan	10-2	15	66.88	4.6%	9.7%	5
6	Oklahoma	12-1	32	66.53	0.7%	10.1%	6
7	Ohio St	12-1	34	66.27	0.5%	10.5%	7
8	UCF	12-0	90	65.88	0.8%	11.0%	8
9	Penn St	9-3	23	62.39	7.1%	15.7%	9
10	LSU	9-3	22	61.93	0.9%	16.4%	10
11	Missouri	8-4	6	61.47	0.9%	17.0%	11
12	Fresno St	11-2	95	60.90	1.2%	17.7%	12
13	Washington	10-3	43	60.88	0.0%	17.8%	13
14	Mississippi St	8-4	19	60.76	0.2%	17.9%	14
15	Washington St	10-2	72	60.54	0.5%	18.2%	15
16	Kentucky	9-3	29	60.24	0.6%	18.6%	16
17	Florida	9-3	39	60.13	0.2%	18.8%	17
18	West Virginia	8-3	51	60.07	0.1%	18.9%	18
19	Texas A&M	8-4	2	59.91	0.3%	19.1%	19
20	Appalachian St	10-2	105	59.60	0.6%	19.5%	20
21	Syracuse	9-3	57	59.42	0.4%	19.7%	21
22	Utah	9-4	38	58.95	1.0%	20.4%	22
23	Boise St	10-3	66	58.85	0.2%	20.5%	23
24	Iowa	8-4	46	58.75	0.2%	20.6%	24
25	Cincinnati	10-2	100	58.74	0.0%	20.7%	25
26	Texas	9-4	24	58.07	1.4%	21.6%	26
27	Utah St	10-2	124	58.04	0.1%	21.6%	27
28	NC State	9-3	79	57.17	1.8%	22.8%	28
29	Stanford	8-4	35	57.08	0.2%	22.9%	29
30	Auburn	7-5	14	56.81	0.5%	23.3%	30
31	Army	10-2	106	56.38	0.9%	23.9%	31
32	South Carolina	7-5	10	56.11	0.5%	24.2%	32
33	Purdue	6-6	8	55.33	1.6%	25.3%	33
34	Iowa St	8-4	49	54.98	0.7%	25.7%	34
35	Northwestern	8-5	12	54.98	0.0%	25.7%	35
36	Michigan St	7-5	17	54.93	0.1%	25.8%	36
37	Miami FL	7-5	55	54.67	0.5%	26.2%	37
38	Buffalo	10-3	117	54.30	0.8%	26.7%	38
39	Pittsburgh	7-6	3	54.23	0.1%	26.8%	39
40	Temple	8-4	83	54.13	0.2%	26.9%	40
41	Boston College	7-5	45	54.04	0.2%	27.0%	41
42	Oregon	8-4	76	54.01	0.1%	27.1%	42
43	Vanderbilt	6-6	11	53.77	0.5%	27.4%	43
44	Ga Southern	9-3	114	53.66	0.2%	27.5%	44
45	Troy	9-3	113	53.44	0.4%	27.8%	45
46	Wisconsin	7-5	47	53.37	0.1%	27.9%	46
47	Ohio	8-4	115	53.12	0.5%	28.3%	47
48	Duke	7-5	36	52.77	0.7%	28.7%	48
49	Arizona St	7-5	53	52.69	0.2%	28.8%	49
50	Virginia	7-5	70	52.62	0.1%	28.9%	50
51	Georgia Tech	7-5	56	52.46	0.3%	29.1%	51
52	UAB	10-3	121	52.42	0.1%	29.2%	52
53	Memphis	8-5	102	52.31	0.2%	29.3%	53
54	Oklahoma St	6-6	48	51.65	1.3%	30.2%	54
55	Houston	8-4	119	51.50	0.3%	30.4%	56
56	Arkansas St	8-4	110	51.50	0.0%	30.4%	55
57	North Texas	9-3	130	51.30	0.4%	30.7%	57
58	MTSU	8-5	84	51.17	0.3%	30.9%	58
59	Minnesota	6-6	26	50.99	0.4%	31.1%	59
60	Maryland	5-7	16	50.44	1.1%	31.9%	60
61	TCU	6-6	33	50.33	0.2%	32.0%	61
62	BYU	6-6	61	50.10	0.5%	32.3%	62
63	Toledo	7-5	112	49.93	0.3%	32.6%	63
64	Marshall	8-4	116	49.91	0.0%	32.6%	64
65	Wake Forest	6-6	40	49.76	0.3%	32.8%	65
66	N Illinois	8-5	65	49.57	0.4%	33.1%	66
67	California	7-5	67	49.39	0.4%	33.3%	67
68	Texas Tech	5-7	42	49.24	0.3%	33.5%	68
69	Indiana	5-7	7	49.19	0.1%	33.6%	69
70	Florida Intl	8-4	128	49.09	0.2%	33.7%	70
71	USC	5-7	28	49.08	0.0%	33.7%	71
72	Tennessee	5-7	5	49.00	0.2%	33.8%	72
73	E Michigan	7-5	109	48.88	0.3%	34.0%	73
74	Miami OH	6-6	73	48.73	0.3%	34.2%	74
75	San Diego St	7-5	85	48.45	0.6%	34.6%	75
76	Mississippi	5-7	30	48.42	0.1%	34.6%	76
77	Baylor	6-6	52	48.35	0.1%	34.7%	77
78	Nebraska	4-8	21	48.29	0.1%	34.8%	78
79	Louisiana	7-6	78	48.03	0.5%	35.1%	79
80	Virginia Tech	6-6	54	47.97	0.1%	35.2%	80
81	Kansas St	5-7	44	47.56	0.8%	35.8%	81
82	Nevada	7-5	104	47.39	0.4%	36.0%	82
83	Florida St	5-7	13	47.17	0.4%	36.3%	83
84	Arizona	5-7	60	47.09	0.1%	36.4%	84
85	W Michigan	7-5	94	46.95	0.3%	36.6%	85
86	Tulane	6-6	75	46.67	0.6%	37.0%	86
87	FL Atlantic	5-7	74	46.16	1.0%	37.7%	87
88	South Florida	7-5	98	46.04	0.2%	37.8%	88
89	Wyoming	6-6	81	46.02	0.0%	37.8%	89
90	Hawaii	8-5	111	45.67	0.7%	38.3%	90
91	Air Force	5-7	99	45.66	0.0%	38.3%	91
92	Southern Miss	6-5	127	45.59	0.1%	38.4%	92
93	Colorado	5-7	68	45.18	0.8%	39.0%	93
94	Louisiana Tech	7-5	123	44.80	0.8%	39.5%	94
95	UCLA	3-9	1	44.52	0.6%	39.9%	95
96	SMU	5-7	62	44.19	0.7%	40.3%	96
97	ULM	6-6	101	43.46	1.5%	41.3%	97
98	Coastal Car	5-7	82	41.53	3.9%	43.9%	98
99	Liberty	6-6	126	41.44	0.2%	44.0%	99
100	Charlotte	5-7	97	40.96	1.0%	44.7%	100
101	Navy	3-10	41	40.90	0.1%	44.8%	101
102	Illinois	4-8	63	40.63	0.6%	45.1%	102
103	Arkansas	2-10	20	39.90	1.5%	46.1%	103
104	Kansas	3-9	58	39.83	0.1%	46.2%	104
105	North Carolina	2-9	50	39.79	0.1%	46.3%	105
106	Massachusetts	4-8	80	38.26	3.1%	48.3%	106
107	Ball St	4-8	91	37.99	0.5%	48.7%	107
108	UNLV	4-8	108	37.83	0.3%	48.9%	108
109	Akron	4-8	86	37.74	0.2%	49.0%	109
110	Tulsa	3-9	92	37.63	0.2%	49.2%	110
111	Louisville	2-10	9	37.12	1.0%	49.9%	111
112	East Carolina	3-9	71	37.05	0.1%	50.0%	112
113	New Mexico	3-9	87	36.74	0.6%	50.4%	113
114	Old Dominion	4-8	122	36.66	0.2%	50.5%	114
115	Oregon St	2-10	31	36.49	0.3%	50.7%	115
116	Rutgers	1-11	18	36.29	0.4%	51.0%	116
117	South Alabama	3-9	77	35.85	0.9%	51.6%	117
118	Texas St	3-9	120	34.89	1.9%	52.9%	118
119	WKU	3-9	125	34.88	0.0%	52.9%	119
120	Colorado St	3-9	88	34.73	0.3%	53.1%	120
121	Georgia St	2-10	69	34.39	0.7%	53.6%	121
122	Bowling Green	3-9	96	34.25	0.3%	53.7%	122
123	Kent	2-10	89	33.86	0.8%	54.3%	123
124	San Jose St	1-11	64	33.45	0.8%	54.8%	124
125	UT San Antonio	3-9	103	33.39	0.1%	54.9%	125
126	New Mexico St	3-9	118	32.05	2.7%	56.7%	126
127	C Michigan	1-11	93	31.40	1.3%	57.6%	127
128	Rice	2-11	107	29.83	3.2%	59.7%	128
129	Connecticut	1-11	59	29.70	0.3%	59.9%	129
130	UTEP	1-11	129	26.18	10.6%	64.6%	130

Best win: LSU 36-16 vs. Georgia
Worst loss: UTEP 10-30 vs. Northern Arizona

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	SEC	57.97	74.04	39.90
2	Big 10	53.48	66.88	36.29
3	Big 12	52.66	66.53	39.83
4	ACC	52.23	72.04	37.12
5	Pac-12	51.32	60.88	36.49
6	American	47.06	65.88	29.70
7	Mountain West	46.14	60.90	33.45
8	Sun Belt	45.64	59.60	34.39
9	MAC	43.89	54.30	31.40
10	Conference USA	42.31	52.42	26.18

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