J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2018 Week 9

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	55	73.41	–	–	1
2	Clemson	8-0	34	71.74	3.3%	2.3%	2
3	Michigan	7-1	9	70.48	2.5%	4.0%	3
4	Georgia	7-1	16	69.93	1.1%	4.7%	7
5	LSU	7-1	6	69.39	1.1%	5.5%	6
6	Oklahoma	7-1	25	69.26	0.3%	5.7%	4
7	Notre Dame	8-0	32	68.39	1.7%	6.8%	5
8	Kentucky	7-1	28	65.19	6.3%	11.2%	10
9	Penn St	6-2	20	64.63	1.1%	12.0%	13
10	Ohio St	7-1	51	64.48	0.3%	12.2%	11
11	Iowa	6-2	26	63.67	1.6%	13.3%	8
12	West Virginia	6-1	73	63.38	0.6%	13.7%	20
13	Florida	6-2	15	63.33	0.1%	13.7%	9
14	UCF	7-0	124	62.85	0.9%	14.4%	14
15	Fresno St	7-1	107	62.65	0.4%	14.7%	21
16	Utah	6-2	48	61.91	1.5%	15.7%	22
17	Mississippi St	5-3	11	60.95	1.9%	17.0%	30
18	Washington St	7-1	94	60.91	0.1%	17.0%	24
19	Iowa St	4-3	1	60.33	1.1%	17.8%	37
20	Texas	6-2	27	60.25	0.2%	17.9%	12
21	Army	6-2	37	60.19	0.1%	18.0%	26
22	Utah St	7-1	122	59.67	1.0%	18.7%	29
23	Michigan St	5-3	4	59.50	0.3%	18.9%	41
24	Syracuse	6-2	72	59.06	0.9%	19.5%	40
25	Texas A&M	5-3	8	59.02	0.1%	19.6%	16
26	Purdue	4-4	12	58.83	0.4%	19.9%	23
27	South Carolina	4-3	3	58.68	0.3%	20.1%	35
28	Buffalo	7-1	100	58.66	0.0%	20.1%	33
29	Boston College	6-2	74	58.47	0.4%	20.4%	42
30	NC State	5-2	30	58.47	0.0%	20.4%	18
31	Washington	6-3	53	58.42	0.1%	20.4%	15
32	Cincinnati	7-1	111	58.36	0.1%	20.5%	32
33	Houston	7-1	123	58.34	0.0%	20.5%	43
34	Appalachian St	5-2	88	57.82	1.0%	21.2%	17
35	Ga Southern	7-1	110	57.54	0.6%	21.6%	52
36	Texas Tech	5-3	31	57.51	0.1%	21.7%	31
37	Auburn	5-3	40	57.50	0.0%	21.7%	36
38	Missouri	4-4	5	57.45	0.1%	21.7%	38
39	Stanford	5-3	19	57.42	0.1%	21.8%	25
40	Wisconsin	5-3	41	57.22	0.4%	22.0%	19
41	Virginia	6-2	77	57.10	0.2%	22.2%	34
42	Boise St	6-2	92	56.96	0.3%	22.4%	44
43	Miami FL	5-3	44	56.81	0.3%	22.6%	28
44	Northwestern	5-3	14	56.65	0.3%	22.8%	54
45	UAB	7-1	127	56.40	0.5%	23.2%	39
46	Maryland	5-3	33	56.12	0.6%	23.5%	50
47	Duke	5-3	43	56.09	0.1%	23.6%	27
48	North Texas	7-2	128	55.18	1.8%	24.8%	45
49	Oklahoma St	5-3	59	54.69	1.0%	25.5%	61
50	Mississippi	5-3	47	54.49	0.4%	25.8%	49
51	Temple	5-3	81	53.63	1.7%	26.9%	55
52	Vanderbilt	4-5	10	53.07	1.1%	27.7%	64
53	Troy	6-2	117	52.75	0.6%	28.1%	57
54	South Florida	7-1	126	52.45	0.6%	28.6%	48
55	San Diego St	6-2	85	52.38	0.1%	28.7%	51
56	Arizona St	4-4	36	52.33	0.1%	28.7%	63
57	Pittsburgh	4-4	17	52.24	0.2%	28.8%	75
58	USC	4-4	18	52.03	0.4%	29.1%	53
59	Oregon	5-3	91	51.57	0.9%	29.7%	47
60	Louisiana Tech	6-2	108	51.55	0.0%	29.8%	69
61	Minnesota	4-4	23	51.46	0.2%	29.9%	71
62	Florida Intl	6-2	129	51.42	0.1%	29.9%	65
63	Indiana	4-5	13	51.05	0.7%	30.5%	60
64	Colorado	5-3	103	51.00	0.1%	30.5%	46
65	Georgia Tech	4-4	76	50.76	0.5%	30.9%	77
66	TCU	3-5	22	50.57	0.4%	31.1%	58
67	Toledo	4-4	67	50.45	0.2%	31.3%	80
68	MTSU	5-3	82	50.30	0.3%	31.5%	76
69	Marshall	5-2	119	50.11	0.4%	31.7%	68
70	BYU	4-4	56	49.95	0.3%	32.0%	67
71	W Michigan	6-3	96	49.81	0.3%	32.1%	59
72	N Illinois	5-3	50	49.77	0.1%	32.2%	73
73	E Michigan	4-5	52	49.56	0.4%	32.5%	66
74	Baylor	4-4	46	49.40	0.3%	32.7%	62
75	Tennessee	3-5	7	49.34	0.1%	32.8%	72
76	Virginia Tech	4-3	84	49.11	0.5%	33.1%	56
77	Ohio	5-3	118	49.06	0.1%	33.2%	82
78	Florida St	4-4	49	49.03	0.1%	33.2%	70
79	Arizona	4-5	64	48.87	0.3%	33.4%	94
80	Nevada	5-4	65	48.51	0.7%	33.9%	93
81	California	5-3	98	48.45	0.1%	34.0%	92
82	Wake Forest	4-4	62	48.27	0.4%	34.2%	87
83	ULL	4-4	75	47.84	0.9%	34.8%	85
84	Memphis	4-4	115	47.65	0.4%	35.1%	79
85	Kansas St	3-5	24	47.55	0.2%	35.2%	78
86	Coastal Car	5-3	99	47.31	0.5%	35.6%	81
87	Miami OH	3-5	69	46.79	1.0%	36.3%	84
88	Arkansas St	4-4	86	46.57	0.4%	36.6%	74
89	Nebraska	2-6	21	46.47	0.2%	36.7%	88
90	Akron	4-3	93	46.02	0.9%	37.3%	96
91	UCLA	2-6	2	45.86	0.3%	37.5%	83
92	Hawaii	6-4	112	45.55	0.6%	37.9%	89
93	Air Force	3-5	95	45.17	0.8%	38.5%	86
94	Liberty	4-3	109	45.03	0.3%	38.7%	91
95	Tulane	3-5	68	44.77	0.5%	39.0%	100
96	FL Atlantic	3-5	57	44.51	0.5%	39.4%	90
97	SMU	3-5	35	43.73	1.5%	40.4%	99
98	Southern Miss	3-4	125	42.67	2.1%	41.9%	95
99	Kansas	3-5	79	42.37	0.6%	42.3%	107
100	Illinois	3-5	63	42.05	0.7%	42.7%	97
101	Wyoming	3-6	58	42.04	0.0%	42.7%	105
102	Charlotte	4-4	114	41.59	0.9%	43.3%	104
103	New Mexico	3-5	104	41.43	0.3%	43.6%	98
104	Arkansas	2-7	42	41.35	0.2%	43.7%	101
105	ULM	4-4	105	40.62	1.4%	44.7%	102
106	Navy	2-6	60	39.88	1.5%	45.7%	108
107	Massachusetts	3-6	83	39.57	0.6%	46.1%	113
108	North Carolina	1-6	29	39.36	0.4%	46.4%	109
109	Oregon St	2-6	45	39.28	0.2%	46.5%	123
110	Ball St	3-6	106	38.57	1.4%	47.5%	103
111	Louisville	2-6	54	38.38	0.4%	47.7%	106
112	East Carolina	2-5	78	38.22	0.3%	47.9%	111
113	South Alabama	2-6	70	37.49	1.4%	48.9%	116
114	Tulsa	1-7	66	36.73	1.5%	50.0%	112
115	Georgia St	2-6	87	36.47	0.5%	50.3%	114
116	Colorado St	3-6	101	36.30	0.3%	50.5%	110
117	C Michigan	1-8	61	36.09	0.4%	50.8%	118
118	Rutgers	1-7	38	35.99	0.2%	51.0%	120
119	UT San Antonio	3-5	120	35.38	1.2%	51.8%	119
120	Old Dominion	2-7	102	34.80	1.1%	52.6%	117
121	Kent	1-7	89	34.45	0.7%	53.1%	121
122	UNLV	2-6	121	34.18	0.5%	53.4%	115
123	San Jose St	1-7	90	34.15	0.0%	53.5%	126
124	Connecticut	1-7	39	33.61	1.1%	54.2%	122
125	Texas St	2-6	130	33.36	0.5%	54.5%	128
126	New Mexico St	2-7	97	32.60	1.5%	55.6%	124
127	WKU	1-7	116	31.71	1.8%	56.8%	125
128	Bowling Green	1-7	71	31.34	0.7%	57.3%	127
129	Rice	1-8	80	29.68	3.3%	59.6%	129
130	UTEP	0-8	113	26.34	10.6%	64.1%	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	59.51	73.41	41.35
2	Big 10	55.62	70.48	35.99
3	Big 12	55.53	69.26	42.37
4	ACC	53.21	71.74	38.38
5	Pac-12	52.34	61.91	39.28
6	American	47.52	62.85	33.61
7	Mountain West	46.58	62.65	34.15
8	Sun Belt	45.78	57.82	33.36
9	MAC	45.05	58.66	31.34
10	Conference USA	42.97	56.40	26.34

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