J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2018 Week 12

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	11-0	47	73.51	–	–	1
2	Clemson	11-0	45	71.56	3.9%	2.6%	2
3	Michigan	10-1	15	70.35	2.4%	4.3%	4
4	Georgia	10-1	20	70.25	0.2%	4.4%	3
5	Notre Dame	11-0	23	70.14	0.2%	4.6%	5
6	Oklahoma	10-1	36	66.84	6.6%	9.1%	6
7	UCF	10-0	95	65.87	1.9%	10.4%	10
8	Ohio St	10-1	50	64.25	3.3%	12.6%	7
9	LSU	9-2	30	63.51	1.5%	13.6%	8
10	Washington St	10-1	83	62.57	1.9%	14.9%	12
11	Penn St	8-3	14	62.41	0.3%	15.1%	11
12	West Virginia	8-2	55	61.93	1.0%	15.8%	9
13	Missouri	7-4	3	61.34	1.2%	16.6%	17
14	Fresno St	9-2	102	60.83	1.0%	17.3%	14
15	Mississippi St	7-4	13	60.42	0.8%	17.8%	18
16	Texas	8-3	22	60.40	0.0%	17.8%	22
17	Kentucky	8-3	16	60.25	0.3%	18.0%	21
18	Utah	8-3	46	60.11	0.3%	18.2%	23
19	Iowa	7-4	37	59.83	0.6%	18.6%	24
20	Florida	8-3	33	59.80	0.0%	18.6%	16
21	Texas A&M	7-4	6	59.65	0.3%	18.9%	28
22	Utah St	10-1	127	59.55	0.2%	19.0%	13
23	Boise St	9-2	79	59.32	0.5%	19.3%	25
24	Washington	8-3	54	59.08	0.5%	19.6%	26
25	Cincinnati	9-2	84	58.59	1.0%	20.3%	15
26	Syracuse	8-3	61	58.30	0.6%	20.7%	20
27	Auburn	7-4	31	58.08	0.4%	21.0%	32
28	Appalachian St	8-2	119	57.98	0.2%	21.1%	31
29	Iowa St	6-4	12	57.39	1.2%	21.9%	19
30	Northwestern	7-4	5	57.32	0.1%	22.0%	40
31	Pittsburgh	7-4	17	57.20	0.2%	22.2%	41
32	NC State	7-3	59	57.04	0.3%	22.4%	36
33	South Carolina	6-4	10	56.98	0.1%	22.5%	33
34	Army	9-2	103	56.67	0.6%	22.9%	30
35	Stanford	6-4	24	56.66	0.0%	22.9%	37
36	Michigan St	6-5	1	56.54	0.2%	23.1%	29
37	Wisconsin	7-4	42	56.43	0.2%	23.2%	44
38	Duke	7-4	34	55.85	1.2%	24.0%	35
39	Purdue	5-6	4	55.43	0.8%	24.6%	39
40	Buffalo	9-2	112	55.35	0.2%	24.7%	27
41	Boston College	7-4	57	55.31	0.1%	24.8%	34
42	Troy	9-2	120	54.65	1.3%	25.7%	42
43	Virginia	7-4	69	54.61	0.1%	25.7%	43
44	Temple	7-4	60	54.58	0.1%	25.8%	47
45	Oklahoma St	6-5	38	53.99	1.2%	26.6%	51
46	UAB	9-2	126	53.93	0.1%	26.6%	38
47	Houston	8-3	121	53.87	0.1%	26.7%	50
48	Georgia Tech	7-4	72	53.70	0.3%	26.9%	53
49	Miami FL	6-5	53	53.60	0.2%	27.1%	55
50	Oregon	7-4	65	53.58	0.0%	27.1%	54
51	Ga Southern	8-3	105	53.39	0.4%	27.4%	52
52	Arizona St	6-5	49	52.88	1.0%	28.1%	46
53	Ohio	7-4	110	52.86	0.0%	28.1%	65
54	Vanderbilt	5-6	8	52.86	0.0%	28.1%	59
55	Maryland	5-6	18	52.52	0.7%	28.6%	57
56	North Texas	8-3	129	52.40	0.2%	28.7%	49
57	Texas Tech	5-6	28	52.15	0.5%	29.1%	45
58	Memphis	7-4	123	51.31	1.7%	30.2%	66
59	BYU	6-5	70	51.22	0.2%	30.3%	64
60	Tennessee	5-6	9	51.05	0.3%	30.5%	48
61	Marshall	7-3	124	51.05	0.0%	30.5%	69
62	Indiana	5-6	7	50.82	0.5%	30.9%	63
63	N Illinois	7-4	63	50.52	0.6%	31.3%	58
64	Arkansas St	7-4	107	50.51	0.0%	31.3%	70
65	Mississippi	5-6	35	50.22	0.6%	31.7%	56
66	MTSU	7-4	96	50.14	0.2%	31.8%	61
67	TCU	5-6	26	50.04	0.2%	31.9%	71
68	Florida Intl	8-3	130	49.78	0.5%	32.3%	77
69	San Diego St	7-4	82	49.65	0.3%	32.5%	62
70	Toledo	6-5	92	49.58	0.1%	32.6%	79
71	Minnesota	5-6	27	49.54	0.1%	32.6%	67
72	USC	5-6	40	49.47	0.1%	32.7%	60
73	California	6-4	75	49.42	0.1%	32.8%	76
74	Nebraska	4-7	19	49.39	0.1%	32.8%	84
75	Nevada	7-4	100	49.34	0.1%	32.9%	73
76	E Michigan	6-5	89	49.27	0.1%	33.0%	68
77	Kansas St	5-6	44	48.81	0.9%	33.6%	90
78	Arizona	5-6	56	48.27	1.1%	34.3%	74
79	Miami OH	5-6	64	48.00	0.5%	34.7%	89
80	ULL	6-5	85	47.99	0.0%	34.7%	83
81	Baylor	5-6	41	47.98	0.0%	34.7%	72
82	Florida St	5-6	25	47.97	0.0%	34.7%	91
83	FL Atlantic	5-6	66	47.92	0.1%	34.8%	81
84	Wake Forest	5-6	39	47.56	0.7%	35.3%	78
85	Louisiana Tech	7-4	118	47.43	0.3%	35.5%	75
86	Colorado	5-6	68	46.95	1.0%	36.1%	85
87	South Florida	7-4	114	46.95	0.0%	36.1%	82
88	Tulane	5-6	71	46.56	0.8%	36.7%	80
89	SMU	5-6	51	46.18	0.8%	37.2%	87
90	W Michigan	6-5	98	45.85	0.7%	37.6%	88
91	Air Force	4-7	81	45.73	0.2%	37.8%	86
92	Virginia Tech	4-6	48	45.37	0.7%	38.3%	92
93	Southern Miss	5-5	115	45.36	0.0%	38.3%	95
94	UCLA	3-8	2	45.08	0.6%	38.7%	98
95	Wyoming	5-6	74	45.05	0.1%	38.7%	97
96	Hawaii	7-5	113	44.84	0.4%	39.0%	96
97	ULM	6-5	108	44.16	1.4%	39.9%	93
98	Coastal Car	5-6	77	43.04	2.2%	41.5%	94
99	Illinois	4-7	62	41.41	3.3%	43.7%	100
100	Navy	3-8	43	41.36	0.1%	43.7%	105
101	Arkansas	2-9	29	40.68	1.3%	44.7%	102
102	Kansas	3-8	58	40.57	0.2%	44.8%	103
103	Liberty	4-6	97	40.55	0.0%	44.8%	101
104	North Carolina	2-8	52	40.08	0.9%	45.5%	108
105	Charlotte	4-7	99	39.77	0.6%	45.9%	104
106	Akron	4-6	104	39.55	0.4%	46.2%	99
107	Ball St	4-7	101	39.08	1.0%	46.8%	113
108	East Carolina	3-7	91	38.67	0.8%	47.4%	115
109	Massachusetts	4-8	80	38.62	0.1%	47.5%	107
110	Old Dominion	4-7	116	38.58	0.1%	47.5%	114
111	New Mexico	3-8	88	38.33	0.5%	47.9%	106
112	Oregon St	2-9	32	37.56	1.5%	48.9%	110
113	Louisville	2-9	21	37.48	0.2%	49.0%	109
114	Rutgers	1-10	11	36.89	1.2%	49.8%	116
115	Tulsa	2-9	87	36.52	0.7%	50.3%	111
116	UNLV	3-8	111	36.09	0.9%	50.9%	112
117	Colorado St	3-8	86	35.50	1.2%	51.7%	121
118	Texas St	3-8	125	35.38	0.2%	51.9%	117
119	Bowling Green	3-8	106	34.90	1.0%	52.5%	126
120	South Alabama	2-9	73	34.65	0.5%	52.9%	119
121	Georgia St	2-9	78	34.56	0.2%	53.0%	120
122	Kent	2-9	90	34.30	0.5%	53.3%	118
123	San Jose St	1-10	76	33.26	2.1%	54.7%	124
124	UT San Antonio	3-8	109	33.17	0.2%	54.9%	122
125	WKU	2-9	122	32.86	0.6%	55.3%	128
126	C Michigan	1-10	94	32.52	0.7%	55.8%	125
127	New Mexico St	3-8	117	32.45	0.1%	55.8%	123
128	Connecticut	1-10	67	30.07	4.8%	59.1%	127
129	Rice	1-11	93	28.13	3.9%	61.7%	130
130	UTEP	1-10	128	26.53	11.9%	63.9%	129

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

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	SEC	58.47	73.51	40.68
2	Big 10	54.51	70.35	36.89
3	Big 12	54.01	66.84	40.57
4	ACC	52.55	71.56	37.48
5	Pac-12	51.80	62.57	37.56
6	American	47.54	65.87	30.07
7	Mountain West	46.46	60.83	33.26
8	Sun Belt	45.63	57.98	34.56
9	MAC	44.31	55.35	32.52
10	Conference USA	42.65	53.93	26.53

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