J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2019 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	Ohio St	13-0	3	76.99	–	–	1
2	LSU	13-0	27	71.84	10.3%	6.7%	2
3	Clemson	13-0	83	70.77	2.1%	8.1%	3
4	Wisconsin	10-3	1	66.68	8.1%	13.4%	4
5	Alabama	10-2	69	66.61	0.1%	13.5%	5
6	Oklahoma	12-1	47	65.67	1.9%	14.7%	6
7	Georgia	11-2	24	65.67	0.0%	14.7%	7
8	Penn St	10-2	22	65.43	0.5%	15.0%	8
9	Memphis	12-1	52	65.30	0.3%	15.2%	9
10	Notre Dame	10-2	21	65.29	0.0%	15.2%	10
11	Oregon	11-2	42	64.87	0.8%	15.7%	11
12	Utah	11-2	58	64.77	0.2%	15.9%	12
13	Michigan	9-3	2	64.52	0.5%	16.2%	13
14	Appalachian St	12-1	96	63.86	1.3%	17.1%	14
15	Auburn	9-3	8	63.74	0.2%	17.2%	15
16	Florida	10-2	53	63.42	0.6%	17.6%	16
17	Boise St	12-1	92	63.36	0.1%	17.7%	17
18	Navy	10-2	64	62.28	2.1%	19.1%	19
19	Baylor	11-2	56	62.28	0.0%	19.1%	18
20	Iowa	9-3	15	61.68	1.2%	19.9%	20
21	SMU	10-2	54	61.42	0.5%	20.2%	21
22	Air Force	10-2	89	60.98	0.9%	20.8%	22
23	Minnesota	10-2	67	60.64	0.7%	21.2%	23
24	UCF	9-3	94	60.45	0.4%	21.5%	24
25	Cincinnati	10-3	19	60.32	0.3%	21.7%	25
26	Louisiana	10-3	91	59.49	1.6%	22.7%	26
27	FL Atlantic	10-3	85	59.22	0.5%	23.1%	27
28	USC	8-4	14	58.52	1.4%	24.0%	28
29	Washington	7-5	45	57.25	2.5%	25.6%	29
30	Texas	7-5	9	56.79	0.9%	26.2%	30
31	Oklahoma St	8-4	46	56.26	1.1%	26.9%	31
32	Iowa St	7-5	33	56.24	0.0%	27.0%	32
33	Kansas St	8-4	55	56.16	0.1%	27.1%	33
34	Virginia	9-4	60	56.00	0.3%	27.3%	34
35	Texas A&M	7-5	26	55.57	0.8%	27.8%	35
36	Indiana	8-4	63	55.29	0.6%	28.2%	36
37	Michigan St	6-6	6	53.76	3.1%	30.2%	37
38	San Diego St	9-3	123	53.56	0.4%	30.4%	38
39	Temple	8-4	75	53.54	0.0%	30.5%	39
40	Wake Forest	8-4	74	53.50	0.1%	30.5%	40
41	Tennessee	7-5	36	53.37	0.3%	30.7%	41
42	Virginia Tech	8-4	104	53.28	0.2%	30.8%	42
43	Kentucky	7-5	77	53.05	0.5%	31.1%	43
44	Arizona St	7-5	49	52.73	0.6%	31.5%	44
45	North Carolina	6-6	48	52.57	0.3%	31.7%	45
46	Tulane	6-6	38	52.32	0.5%	32.0%	46
47	WKU	8-4	110	52.17	0.3%	32.2%	47
48	Marshall	8-4	86	52.17	0.0%	32.2%	48
49	Mississippi St	6-6	11	52.00	0.3%	32.5%	49
50	Louisville	7-5	31	51.92	0.2%	32.6%	50
51	Wyoming	7-5	101	51.64	0.6%	32.9%	51
52	Hawaii	9-5	80	51.59	0.1%	33.0%	52
53	Louisiana Tech	9-3	129	51.54	0.1%	33.1%	53
54	Buffalo	7-5	120	51.49	0.1%	33.1%	54
55	BYU	7-5	70	51.46	0.1%	33.2%	55
56	Florida St	6-6	30	51.42	0.1%	33.2%	56
57	Miami FL	6-6	66	51.37	0.1%	33.3%	57
58	California	7-5	44	51.14	0.4%	33.6%	58
59	TCU	5-7	29	51.14	0.0%	33.6%	59
60	Washington St	6-6	71	51.03	0.2%	33.7%	60
61	Ga Southern	7-5	72	50.99	0.1%	33.8%	61
62	Utah St	7-5	50	50.90	0.2%	33.9%	62
63	Pittsburgh	7-5	51	50.33	1.1%	34.6%	63
64	Missouri	6-6	78	50.32	0.0%	34.6%	64
65	Nebraska	5-7	18	50.17	0.3%	34.8%	65
66	W Michigan	7-5	119	50.00	0.3%	35.1%	66
67	C Michigan	8-5	124	49.96	0.1%	35.1%	67
68	Boston College	6-6	62	49.92	0.1%	35.2%	68
69	Illinois	6-6	57	49.55	0.7%	35.6%	69
70	Miami OH	8-5	82	49.13	0.8%	36.2%	70
71	Southern Miss	7-5	106	49.10	0.1%	36.2%	71
72	Arkansas St	7-5	93	49.09	0.0%	36.2%	72
73	UAB	9-4	128	48.68	0.8%	36.8%	73
74	Oregon St	5-7	37	48.48	0.4%	37.0%	74
75	Ohio	6-6	118	48.42	0.1%	37.1%	75
76	Duke	5-7	43	47.72	1.4%	38.0%	77
77	Georgia St	7-5	103	47.71	0.0%	38.0%	76
78	South Carolina	4-8	4	47.66	0.1%	38.1%	78
79	Tulsa	4-8	5	47.58	0.2%	38.2%	79
80	Mississippi	4-8	35	47.29	0.6%	38.6%	80
81	Colorado	5-7	13	47.25	0.1%	38.6%	81
82	Charlotte	7-5	114	47.13	0.2%	38.8%	82
83	Ball St	5-7	98	46.65	0.9%	39.4%	83
84	Houston	4-8	23	46.43	0.4%	39.7%	85
85	Purdue	4-8	17	46.38	0.1%	39.8%	84
86	UCLA	4-8	10	46.26	0.3%	39.9%	86
87	Texas Tech	4-8	65	46.09	0.3%	40.1%	87
88	Syracuse	5-7	73	45.97	0.2%	40.3%	88
89	ULM	5-7	61	45.92	0.1%	40.4%	89
90	Kent	6-6	99	45.54	0.8%	40.9%	91
91	Stanford	4-8	12	45.25	0.6%	41.2%	92
92	West Virginia	5-7	39	45.20	0.1%	41.3%	93
93	Liberty	7-5	130	45.14	0.1%	41.4%	94
94	Army	5-8	109	44.96	0.4%	41.6%	90
95	South Florida	4-8	28	44.90	0.1%	41.7%	96
96	Troy	5-7	108	44.85	0.1%	41.7%	95
97	Florida Intl	6-6	125	44.66	0.4%	42.0%	97
98	Nevada	7-5	115	44.66	0.0%	42.0%	98
99	E Michigan	6-6	122	44.46	0.4%	42.2%	99
100	Fresno St	4-8	88	44.38	0.2%	42.4%	100
101	San Jose St	5-7	102	44.14	0.5%	42.7%	101
102	Northwestern	3-9	20	43.95	0.4%	42.9%	102
103	Coastal Car	5-7	117	43.64	0.6%	43.3%	103
104	Maryland	3-9	16	43.54	0.2%	43.4%	104
105	Toledo	6-6	111	43.36	0.4%	43.7%	105
106	MTSU	4-8	87	43.28	0.2%	43.8%	106
107	Arizona	4-8	40	42.79	1.0%	44.4%	107
108	Colorado St	4-8	97	41.90	1.8%	45.6%	108
109	N Illinois	5-7	113	41.41	1.0%	46.2%	109
110	NC State	4-8	81	41.28	0.3%	46.4%	110
111	Kansas	3-9	32	41.10	0.4%	46.6%	111
112	North Texas	4-8	121	40.78	0.6%	47.0%	112
113	East Carolina	4-8	105	39.58	2.4%	48.6%	113
114	Georgia Tech	3-9	34	39.27	0.6%	49.0%	114
115	UNLV	4-8	100	39.12	0.3%	49.2%	116
116	Rice	3-9	84	39.10	0.0%	49.2%	115
117	Arkansas	2-10	25	38.70	0.8%	49.7%	117
118	Vanderbilt	3-9	41	38.29	0.8%	50.3%	118
119	Texas St	3-9	68	37.63	1.3%	51.1%	119
120	Rutgers	2-10	7	37.43	0.4%	51.4%	120
121	South Alabama	2-10	59	36.97	0.9%	52.0%	121
122	UT San Antonio	4-8	112	36.58	0.8%	52.5%	122
123	Bowling Green	3-9	90	34.92	3.3%	54.6%	123
124	New Mexico	2-10	76	34.88	0.1%	54.7%	124
125	Connecticut	2-10	79	33.36	3.0%	56.7%	125
126	New Mexico St	2-10	107	32.29	2.1%	58.1%	126
127	Old Dominion	1-11	95	32.28	0.0%	58.1%	127
128	UTEP	1-11	126	27.26	10.0%	64.6%	128
129	Akron	0-12	116	25.13	4.2%	67.4%	129
130	Massachusetts	1-11	127	22.66	4.9%	70.6%	130

Best win: Ohio St. 38-7 vs. Wisconsin
Worst loss: Massachusetts 45-20 vs. Southern Illinois

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	55.43	76.99	37.43
2	SEC	54.82	71.84	38.29
3	Big 12	53.69	65.67	41.10
4	Pac-12	52.53	64.87	42.79
5	American	52.29	65.30	33.36
6	ACC	51.09	70.77	39.27
7	Mountain West	48.43	63.36	34.88
8	Sun Belt	48.02	63.86	36.97
9	Conference USA	44.57	59.22	27.26
10	MAC	44.21	51.49	25.13

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