J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2019 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	Ohio St	7-0	17	76.66	–	–	1
2	Alabama	7-0	68	71.05	11.1%	7.3%	3
3	LSU	7-0	49	70.61	0.9%	7.9%	5
4	Clemson	7-0	42	70.16	0.9%	8.5%	4
5	Penn St	7-0	57	68.53	3.2%	10.6%	7
6	Oklahoma	7-0	92	68.42	0.2%	10.7%	8
7	Wisconsin	6-1	36	68.21	0.4%	11.0%	2
8	Auburn	6-1	15	67.42	1.6%	12.1%	6
9	SMU	7-0	71	65.88	3.0%	14.1%	10
10	Notre Dame	5-1	29	65.37	1.0%	14.7%	12
11	Appalachian St	6-0	106	64.39	1.9%	16.0%	13
12	Baylor	7-0	89	64.23	0.3%	16.2%	15
13	Oregon	6-1	56	64.19	0.1%	16.3%	9
14	Cincinnati	6-1	18	64.17	0.0%	16.3%	14
15	Utah	6-1	79	63.85	0.6%	16.7%	24
16	Georgia	6-1	86	63.69	0.3%	16.9%	16
17	Memphis	6-1	82	62.83	1.7%	18.0%	21
18	Navy	5-1	78	62.60	0.5%	18.3%	22
19	Florida	7-1	72	62.06	1.1%	19.0%	20
20	Texas	5-2	14	61.16	1.8%	20.2%	18
21	Minnesota	7-0	114	60.96	0.4%	20.5%	29
22	Boise St	6-1	91	60.67	0.6%	20.9%	11
23	Iowa St	5-2	44	60.32	0.7%	21.3%	27
24	Iowa	5-2	28	60.27	0.1%	21.4%	25
25	Michigan	5-2	21	59.79	0.9%	22.0%	19
26	UCF	5-2	98	59.46	0.7%	22.4%	28
27	Michigan St	4-3	3	58.80	1.3%	23.3%	26
28	Wake Forest	6-1	74	58.67	0.3%	23.5%	32
29	USC	4-3	8	58.52	0.3%	23.7%	38
30	Washington	5-3	41	58.50	0.0%	23.7%	23
31	Air Force	5-2	62	58.40	0.2%	23.8%	34
32	Louisiana	5-2	81	57.63	1.5%	24.8%	39
33	Virginia	5-2	70	57.16	0.9%	25.4%	44
34	Missouri	5-2	108	56.96	0.4%	25.7%	17
35	Indiana	5-2	80	56.14	1.6%	26.8%	41
36	Tulane	5-2	75	55.96	0.4%	27.0%	30
37	Utah St	4-2	58	55.78	0.4%	27.2%	53
38	San Diego St	6-1	121	55.31	0.9%	27.9%	48
39	Arizona St	5-2	50	55.27	0.1%	27.9%	31
40	Kansas St	4-2	67	54.69	1.1%	28.7%	54
41	Oklahoma St	4-3	37	54.52	0.3%	28.9%	33
42	Texas A&M	4-3	24	54.50	0.0%	28.9%	49
43	Pittsburgh	5-2	31	54.15	0.7%	29.4%	55
44	Louisiana Tech	6-1	125	53.89	0.5%	29.7%	57
45	North Carolina	3-4	7	53.68	0.4%	30.0%	35
46	Temple	5-2	76	53.33	0.7%	30.4%	40
47	TCU	3-3	39	53.27	0.1%	30.5%	37
48	Louisville	4-3	16	53.10	0.3%	30.7%	43
49	Florida St	3-4	4	53.09	0.0%	30.7%	42
50	Wyoming	5-2	115	52.84	0.5%	31.1%	52
51	Duke	4-3	63	52.78	0.1%	31.1%	36
52	Washington St	4-3	93	52.56	0.4%	31.4%	73
53	UAB	6-1	130	52.34	0.4%	31.7%	63
54	Mississippi St	3-4	5	52.13	0.4%	32.0%	50
55	FL Atlantic	4-3	59	51.63	1.0%	32.7%	45
56	South Carolina	3-4	10	51.31	0.6%	33.1%	47
57	Nebraska	4-3	33	51.08	0.5%	33.4%	64
58	California	4-3	53	50.87	0.4%	33.6%	46
59	WKU	5-2	118	50.77	0.2%	33.8%	70
60	Boston College	4-3	102	50.69	0.2%	33.9%	80
61	Georgia St	5-2	117	49.79	1.8%	35.1%	74
62	Hawaii	4-3	51	49.34	0.9%	35.6%	51
63	Texas Tech	3-4	34	49.28	0.1%	35.7%	65
64	Ball St	4-3	105	49.09	0.4%	36.0%	88
65	Arizona	4-3	66	48.91	0.4%	36.2%	56
66	Miami FL	3-4	65	48.86	0.1%	36.3%	58
67	W Michigan	4-4	87	48.85	0.0%	36.3%	60
68	Maryland	3-4	69	48.78	0.1%	36.4%	66
69	C Michigan	5-3	123	48.73	0.1%	36.4%	76
70	Fresno St	3-3	95	48.66	0.1%	36.5%	94
71	Virginia Tech	5-2	124	48.31	0.7%	37.0%	86
72	NC State	4-3	101	48.16	0.3%	37.2%	59
73	BYU	3-4	11	48.02	0.3%	37.4%	95
74	Marshall	4-3	88	47.95	0.2%	37.5%	90
75	Southern Miss	4-3	90	47.94	0.0%	37.5%	67
76	Kentucky	3-4	26	47.93	0.0%	37.5%	69
77	Stanford	3-4	9	47.88	0.1%	37.5%	62
78	Syracuse	3-4	45	47.87	0.0%	37.6%	68
79	Colorado	3-4	20	47.67	0.4%	37.8%	61
80	Houston	3-4	47	47.58	0.2%	37.9%	85
81	Purdue	2-5	13	47.48	0.2%	38.1%	77
82	Liberty	5-2	129	47.36	0.2%	38.2%	83
83	Mississippi	3-5	32	47.35	0.0%	38.2%	71
84	Oregon St	3-4	60	47.27	0.2%	38.3%	93
85	Illinois	3-4	40	47.19	0.2%	38.4%	104
86	Tulsa	2-5	1	46.92	0.5%	38.8%	79
87	Army	3-4	97	46.65	0.5%	39.1%	72
88	UCLA	2-5	6	46.42	0.5%	39.5%	107
89	Florida Intl	4-3	126	46.22	0.4%	39.7%	92
90	Arkansas St	3-4	43	45.93	0.6%	40.1%	82
91	Ga Southern	3-3	55	45.89	0.1%	40.1%	100
92	West Virginia	3-4	23	45.71	0.4%	40.4%	78
93	South Florida	3-4	46	45.62	0.2%	40.5%	84
94	ULM	3-4	52	45.53	0.2%	40.6%	81
95	Miami OH	3-4	30	45.33	0.4%	40.9%	98
96	Tennessee	2-5	19	45.08	0.5%	41.2%	97
97	E Michigan	4-3	104	44.75	0.6%	41.6%	111
98	Toledo	4-3	120	44.60	0.3%	41.8%	75
99	Troy	3-3	127	44.56	0.1%	41.9%	101
100	Buffalo	3-4	107	44.35	0.4%	42.1%	102
101	Coastal Car	3-4	119	44.03	0.6%	42.6%	96
102	Northwestern	1-5	2	43.96	0.1%	42.7%	91
103	Ohio	3-4	103	43.81	0.3%	42.9%	113
104	Kansas	2-5	38	43.51	0.6%	43.2%	103
105	North Texas	3-4	99	43.49	0.0%	43.3%	106
106	Kent	3-4	85	42.86	1.2%	44.1%	87
107	Nevada	4-3	100	42.85	0.0%	44.1%	89
108	San Jose St	3-4	111	42.71	0.3%	44.3%	99
109	Texas St	2-4	48	41.35	2.7%	46.1%	110
110	East Carolina	3-4	110	41.02	0.7%	46.5%	108
111	Arkansas	2-5	83	40.70	0.6%	46.9%	109
112	MTSU	2-5	54	40.59	0.2%	47.1%	105
113	Georgia Tech	2-5	35	39.97	1.2%	47.9%	119
114	Vanderbilt	2-5	22	39.96	0.0%	47.9%	123
115	Charlotte	2-5	73	39.38	1.1%	48.6%	112
116	N Illinois	2-5	94	39.00	0.8%	49.1%	118
117	UT San Antonio	3-4	116	38.43	1.1%	49.9%	120
118	Colorado St	2-5	112	38.01	0.8%	50.4%	116
119	Bowling Green	2-5	64	37.53	1.0%	51.0%	114
120	UNLV	2-5	96	37.09	0.9%	51.6%	115
121	Rice	0-7	12	36.96	0.3%	51.8%	117
122	New Mexico	2-5	113	35.35	3.2%	53.9%	121
123	Rutgers	1-6	25	34.66	1.4%	54.8%	124
124	South Alabama	1-6	77	34.11	1.1%	55.5%	122
125	Old Dominion	1-6	84	33.54	1.1%	56.3%	125
126	Connecticut	1-6	61	32.50	2.1%	57.6%	126
127	New Mexico St	0-7	27	32.46	0.1%	57.7%	127
128	UTEP	1-5	122	28.82	7.2%	62.4%	128
129	Akron	0-7	109	24.87	7.8%	67.6%	129
130	Massachusetts	1-6	128	22.75	4.2%	70.3%	130

Best win: Ohio St. 42-0 vs. Cincinnati
Worst loss: Massachusetts 45-20 vs. Southern Illinois

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	55.89	76.66	34.66
2	Big 12	55.51	68.42	43.51
3	SEC	55.05	71.05	39.96
4	Pac-12	53.49	64.19	46.42
5	American	53.15	65.88	32.50
6	ACC	52.62	70.16	39.97
7	Mountain West	48.08	60.67	35.35
8	Sun Belt	47.32	64.39	34.11
9	Conference USA	43.71	53.89	28.82
10	MAC	42.81	49.09	24.87

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