J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2018 Week 8

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	8-0	41	74.10	–	–	1
2	Clemson	7-0	36	70.64	6.8%	4.7%	6
3	Michigan	7-1	8	70.40	0.5%	5.0%	5
4	Oklahoma	6-1	12	69.59	1.6%	6.1%	4
5	Notre Dame	7-0	21	69.30	0.6%	6.5%	3
6	LSU	7-1	7	69.05	0.5%	6.8%	7
7	Georgia	6-1	27	67.42	3.2%	9.0%	8
8	Iowa	6-1	42	65.34	4.1%	11.8%	13
9	Florida	6-1	28	65.15	0.4%	12.1%	9
10	Kentucky	6-1	31	65.06	0.2%	12.2%	10
11	Ohio St	7-1	54	63.94	2.2%	13.7%	2
12	Texas	6-1	22	63.46	1.0%	14.4%	11
13	Penn St	5-2	26	63.13	0.6%	14.8%	12
14	UCF	7-0	125	62.81	0.6%	15.2%	15
15	Washington	6-2	37	61.63	2.3%	16.8%	25
16	Texas A&M	5-2	13	61.48	0.3%	17.0%	21
17	Appalachian St	5-1	105	61.10	0.8%	17.5%	18
18	NC State	5-1	45	61.03	0.1%	17.6%	14
19	Wisconsin	5-2	35	61.02	0.0%	17.7%	27
20	West Virginia	5-1	79	60.93	0.2%	17.8%	19
21	Fresno St	6-1	110	60.88	0.1%	17.8%	24
22	Utah	5-2	34	60.85	0.1%	17.9%	29
23	Purdue	4-3	17	60.80	0.1%	17.9%	48
24	Washington St	6-1	108	59.53	2.5%	19.7%	35
25	Stanford	5-2	20	59.24	0.6%	20.0%	28
26	Army	5-2	29	59.22	0.0%	20.1%	20
27	Duke	5-2	43	58.91	0.6%	20.5%	16
28	Miami FL	5-2	60	58.89	0.0%	20.5%	33
29	Utah St	6-1	121	58.88	0.0%	20.5%	23
30	Mississippi St	4-3	14	58.59	0.6%	20.9%	22
31	Texas Tech	5-2	56	58.42	0.3%	21.2%	32
32	Cincinnati	6-1	112	58.29	0.3%	21.3%	17
33	Buffalo	7-1	100	58.18	0.2%	21.5%	38
34	Virginia	5-2	52	58.17	0.0%	21.5%	49
35	South Carolina	3-3	1	57.92	0.5%	21.8%	40
36	Auburn	5-3	33	57.89	0.0%	21.9%	50
37	Iowa St	3-3	3	57.82	0.2%	22.0%	30
38	Missouri	4-3	16	57.25	1.1%	22.7%	58
39	UAB	6-1	119	57.05	0.4%	23.0%	47
40	Syracuse	5-2	88	56.94	0.2%	23.2%	37
41	Michigan St	4-3	6	56.80	0.3%	23.3%	26
42	Boston College	5-2	80	56.53	0.5%	23.7%	43
43	Houston	6-1	129	56.10	0.9%	24.3%	45
44	Boise St	5-2	94	56.05	0.1%	24.4%	54
45	North Texas	6-2	117	55.83	0.4%	24.7%	36
46	Colorado	5-2	81	55.36	0.9%	25.3%	34
47	Oregon	5-2	96	55.02	0.7%	25.8%	39
48	South Florida	7-0	130	54.96	0.1%	25.8%	44
49	Mississippi	5-3	38	54.83	0.3%	26.0%	42
50	Maryland	4-3	23	54.82	0.0%	26.0%	31
51	San Diego St	6-1	85	54.58	0.5%	26.3%	46
52	Ga Southern	6-1	126	54.43	0.3%	26.5%	53
53	USC	4-3	10	54.15	0.6%	26.9%	41
54	Northwestern	4-3	18	53.90	0.5%	27.3%	55
55	Temple	5-3	82	53.35	1.1%	28.0%	64
56	Virginia Tech	4-2	78	53.23	0.2%	28.2%	59
57	Troy	6-2	118	52.84	0.8%	28.7%	65
58	TCU	3-4	9	52.76	0.2%	28.8%	51
59	W Michigan	6-2	98	52.61	0.3%	29.0%	63
60	Indiana	4-4	11	52.56	0.1%	29.1%	56
61	Oklahoma St	4-3	84	51.92	1.3%	29.9%	61
62	Baylor	4-3	57	51.63	0.6%	30.3%	60
63	Arizona St	3-4	30	51.39	0.5%	30.6%	57
64	Vanderbilt	3-5	5	51.30	0.2%	30.8%	68
65	Florida Intl	5-2	122	51.28	0.0%	30.8%	66
66	E Michigan	4-4	59	51.18	0.2%	30.9%	75
67	BYU	4-3	53	51.04	0.3%	31.1%	67
68	Marshall	5-2	111	50.91	0.3%	31.3%	78
69	Louisiana Tech	5-2	104	50.44	0.9%	31.9%	62
70	Florida St	4-3	72	50.06	0.8%	32.4%	86
71	Minnesota	3-4	19	49.28	1.6%	33.5%	52
72	Tennessee	3-4	15	49.07	0.4%	33.8%	73
73	N Illinois	4-3	40	49.00	0.1%	33.9%	77
74	Arkansas St	4-3	75	48.75	0.5%	34.2%	80
75	Pittsburgh	3-4	24	48.75	0.0%	34.2%	71
76	MTSU	4-3	65	48.43	0.6%	34.6%	84
77	Georgia Tech	3-4	71	48.21	0.4%	34.9%	72
78	Kansas St	3-4	48	47.87	0.7%	35.4%	74
79	Memphis	4-4	116	47.59	0.5%	35.8%	69
80	Toledo	3-4	67	47.07	1.0%	36.5%	81
81	Coastal Car	4-3	91	46.83	0.5%	36.8%	94
82	Ohio	4-3	115	46.80	0.1%	36.8%	92
83	UCLA	2-5	4	46.78	0.0%	36.9%	89
84	Miami OH	3-5	66	46.68	0.2%	37.0%	82
85	ULL	3-4	68	46.25	0.9%	37.6%	85
86	Air Force	3-4	103	46.17	0.2%	37.7%	90
87	Wake Forest	3-4	51	46.07	0.2%	37.8%	70
88	Nebraska	1-6	2	46.01	0.1%	37.9%	104
89	Hawaii	6-3	127	45.94	0.1%	38.0%	76
90	FL Atlantic	3-4	58	45.82	0.2%	38.2%	79
91	Liberty	4-3	102	45.71	0.2%	38.3%	87
92	California	4-3	113	45.41	0.6%	38.7%	97
93	Nevada	4-4	86	45.40	0.0%	38.7%	99
94	Arizona	3-5	77	44.89	1.0%	39.4%	88
95	Southern Miss	3-3	124	44.69	0.4%	39.7%	98
96	Akron	3-3	83	44.25	0.9%	40.3%	95
97	Illinois	3-4	64	44.15	0.2%	40.4%	93
98	New Mexico	3-4	107	43.70	0.9%	41.0%	91
99	SMU	3-4	44	43.59	0.2%	41.2%	100
100	Tulane	2-5	55	43.38	0.4%	41.5%	83
101	Arkansas	2-6	32	43.02	0.7%	41.9%	105
102	ULM	4-4	99	41.01	4.0%	44.7%	106
103	Ball St	3-5	101	40.89	0.2%	44.8%	96
104	Charlotte	3-4	109	40.43	0.9%	45.4%	101
105	Wyoming	2-6	47	39.85	1.2%	46.2%	112
106	Louisville	2-5	49	39.82	0.0%	46.3%	109
107	Kansas	2-5	90	39.72	0.2%	46.4%	102
108	Navy	2-5	92	39.00	1.4%	47.4%	108
109	North Carolina	1-5	39	38.84	0.3%	47.6%	118
110	Colorado St	3-5	87	38.54	0.6%	48.0%	107
111	East Carolina	2-5	74	38.41	0.3%	48.2%	115
112	Tulsa	1-6	50	38.28	0.3%	48.3%	103
113	Massachusetts	2-6	69	37.85	0.8%	48.9%	110
114	Georgia St	2-5	73	37.33	1.0%	49.6%	111
115	UNLV	2-5	106	37.29	0.1%	49.7%	113
116	South Alabama	2-6	76	36.81	0.9%	50.3%	114
117	Old Dominion	2-6	97	36.78	0.1%	50.4%	121
118	C Michigan	1-7	61	36.29	1.0%	51.0%	116
119	UT San Antonio	3-5	120	35.47	1.6%	52.1%	117
120	Rutgers	1-7	46	35.27	0.4%	52.4%	120
121	Kent	1-7	89	34.41	1.7%	53.6%	122
122	Connecticut	1-6	25	34.09	0.6%	54.0%	124
123	Oregon St	1-6	63	33.98	0.2%	54.1%	119
124	New Mexico St	2-6	93	33.26	1.4%	55.1%	123
125	WKU	1-6	114	33.17	0.2%	55.2%	125
126	San Jose St	0-7	62	32.08	2.2%	56.7%	128
127	Bowling Green	1-7	70	30.99	2.2%	58.2%	126
128	Texas St	1-6	128	30.72	0.5%	58.5%	127
129	Rice	1-7	95	29.17	3.1%	60.6%	129
130	UTEP	0-7	123	25.59	10.7%	65.5%	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	59.44	74.10	43.02
2	Big 10	55.53	70.40	35.27
3	Big 12	55.41	69.59	39.72
4	ACC	53.29	70.64	38.84
5	Pac-12	52.35	61.63	33.98
6	American	47.49	62.81	34.09
7	Mountain West	46.61	60.88	32.08
8	Sun Belt	45.61	61.10	30.72
9	MAC	44.86	58.18	30.99
10	Conference USA	43.22	57.05	25.59

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