J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2021 Final

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	Georgia	14-1	12	73.06	–	–	2
2	Michigan	12-2	4	68.90	8.3%	5.7%	1
3	Ohio St	11-2	8	68.83	0.1%	5.8%	3
4	Alabama	13-2	9	68.64	0.4%	6.1%	4
5	Cincinnati	13-1	59	66.37	4.5%	9.1%	5
6	Notre Dame	11-2	27	65.41	1.9%	10.5%	6
7	Oklahoma St	12-2	15	65.35	0.1%	10.6%	7
8	Baylor	12-2	28	64.71	1.3%	11.4%	12
9	Michigan St	11-2	17	63.72	2.0%	12.8%	8
10	Oklahoma	11-2	42	62.68	2.1%	14.2%	15
11	Wisconsin	9-4	3	62.45	0.5%	14.5%	9
12	Pittsburgh	11-3	65	61.53	1.8%	15.8%	11
13	Mississippi	10-3	25	61.30	0.5%	16.1%	10
14	Utah	10-4	51	61.08	0.4%	16.4%	13
15	Clemson	10-3	43	60.69	0.8%	16.9%	20
16	Wake Forest	11-3	58	60.38	0.6%	17.4%	19
17	Arkansas	9-4	19	60.30	0.2%	17.5%	22
18	Purdue	9-4	10	59.93	0.7%	18.0%	17
19	NC State	9-3	64	59.65	0.6%	18.4%	18
20	Iowa	10-4	14	59.59	0.1%	18.4%	14
21	Houston	12-2	108	59.52	0.1%	18.5%	27
22	Minnesota	9-4	35	59.44	0.2%	18.6%	24
23	Texas A&M	8-4	53	58.76	1.4%	19.6%	23
24	Kentucky	10-3	61	58.72	0.1%	19.6%	29
25	Penn St	7-6	7	58.51	0.4%	19.9%	16
26	San Diego St	12-2	79	58.47	0.1%	20.0%	33
27	Boise St	7-5	20	58.43	0.1%	20.0%	28
28	Louisiana	13-1	119	58.37	0.1%	20.1%	34
29	Air Force	10-3	74	58.33	0.1%	20.2%	31
30	UT San Antonio	12-2	100	58.13	0.4%	20.4%	25
31	BYU	10-3	62	58.12	0.0%	20.4%	21
32	Oregon	10-4	49	56.79	2.7%	22.3%	26
33	Appalachian St	10-4	84	56.73	0.1%	22.3%	30
34	Kansas St	8-5	40	56.60	0.3%	22.5%	43
35	Fresno St	10-3	101	56.56	0.1%	22.6%	38
36	WKU	9-5	89	56.53	0.0%	22.6%	46
37	Iowa St	7-6	30	56.52	0.0%	22.6%	35
38	UCLA	8-4	69	56.45	0.1%	22.7%	32
39	Utah St	11-3	96	55.82	1.3%	23.6%	47
40	Tennessee	7-6	29	55.80	0.1%	23.6%	37
41	Coastal Car	11-2	130	55.62	0.4%	23.9%	49
42	Army	9-4	73	55.48	0.3%	24.1%	45
43	SMU	8-4	87	55.05	0.9%	24.6%	42
44	Auburn	6-7	5	54.95	0.2%	24.8%	39
45	UAB	9-4	85	54.70	0.5%	25.1%	52
46	Mississippi St	7-6	32	54.03	1.3%	26.0%	36
47	Miami FL	7-5	39	53.94	0.2%	26.2%	41
48	Nevada	8-5	81	53.70	0.5%	26.5%	40
49	Arizona St	8-5	75	53.39	0.6%	26.9%	44
50	UCF	9-4	95	53.25	0.3%	27.1%	57
51	Liberty	8-5	105	53.20	0.1%	27.2%	62
52	Texas	5-7	6	52.99	0.4%	27.5%	56
53	Louisville	6-7	36	52.58	0.8%	28.0%	51
54	LSU	6-7	13	52.40	0.4%	28.3%	48
55	Maryland	7-6	18	52.34	0.1%	28.4%	59
56	Texas Tech	7-6	41	52.04	0.6%	28.8%	72
57	Oregon St	7-6	67	51.58	0.9%	29.4%	50
58	C Michigan	9-4	115	51.58	0.0%	29.4%	65
59	W Michigan	8-5	88	51.43	0.3%	29.6%	70
60	Washington St	7-6	68	51.38	0.1%	29.7%	53
61	Florida	6-7	50	51.34	0.1%	29.7%	55
62	Nebraska	3-9	2	51.15	0.4%	30.0%	58
63	West Virginia	6-7	21	51.13	0.0%	30.0%	64
64	South Carolina	7-6	38	51.10	0.1%	30.0%	71
65	Marshall	7-6	102	50.95	0.3%	30.3%	63
66	East Carolina	7-5	70	50.79	0.3%	30.5%	67
67	Illinois	5-7	16	50.53	0.5%	30.8%	61
68	North Carolina	6-7	46	50.43	0.2%	31.0%	54
69	Georgia St	8-5	90	50.31	0.2%	31.1%	78
70	Virginia	6-6	44	50.28	0.1%	31.2%	60
71	Miami OH	7-6	112	49.67	1.2%	32.0%	75
72	Tulsa	7-6	63	49.53	0.3%	32.2%	79
73	Toledo	7-6	129	49.35	0.4%	32.4%	66
74	N Illinois	9-5	94	49.19	0.3%	32.7%	69
75	Missouri	6-7	37	48.84	0.7%	33.1%	73
76	Florida St	5-7	48	48.12	1.4%	34.1%	74
77	Syracuse	5-7	52	48.10	0.0%	34.2%	77
78	Virginia Tech	6-7	60	47.96	0.3%	34.3%	68
79	Memphis	6-6	80	47.86	0.2%	34.5%	81
80	Boston College	6-6	92	47.86	0.0%	34.5%	80
81	TCU	5-7	26	47.22	1.3%	35.4%	84
82	Rutgers	5-8	23	47.04	0.4%	35.6%	76
83	Wyoming	7-6	109	46.80	0.5%	35.9%	89
84	Navy	4-8	11	46.57	0.5%	36.2%	83
85	MTSU	7-6	126	46.20	0.7%	36.8%	94
86	UTEP	7-6	121	46.13	0.1%	36.9%	88
87	California	5-7	99	45.78	0.7%	37.3%	82
88	E Michigan	7-6	118	45.33	0.9%	37.9%	85
89	USC	4-8	47	45.08	0.5%	38.3%	87
90	Ball St	6-7	91	44.93	0.3%	38.5%	86
91	North Texas	6-7	110	44.35	1.2%	39.3%	90
92	Hawaii	6-7	103	44.33	0.1%	39.3%	95
93	Old Dominion	6-7	117	44.21	0.2%	39.5%	93
94	Georgia Tech	3-9	31	43.92	0.6%	39.9%	92
95	Kent	7-7	104	43.73	0.4%	40.1%	91
96	Washington	4-8	83	42.99	1.5%	41.2%	96
97	Indiana	2-10	1	42.91	0.2%	41.3%	97
98	FL Atlantic	5-7	111	42.70	0.4%	41.6%	101
99	South Alabama	5-7	127	42.31	0.8%	42.1%	103
100	Colorado	4-8	56	41.94	0.7%	42.6%	98
101	Tulane	2-10	24	41.92	0.0%	42.6%	102
102	Troy	5-7	107	41.92	0.0%	42.6%	105
103	Northwestern	3-9	33	41.80	0.2%	42.8%	100
104	San Jose St	5-7	98	41.77	0.1%	42.8%	104
105	Stanford	3-9	34	41.76	0.0%	42.8%	99
106	Colorado St	3-9	77	40.80	1.9%	44.1%	106
107	ULM	4-8	72	39.82	2.0%	45.5%	109
108	Rice	4-8	71	39.40	0.8%	46.1%	110
109	Louisiana Tech	3-9	93	39.25	0.3%	46.3%	107
110	South Florida	2-10	45	39.12	0.3%	46.4%	108
111	UNLV	2-10	54	38.97	0.3%	46.7%	111
112	Buffalo	4-8	125	38.75	0.4%	47.0%	112
113	Charlotte	5-7	128	38.34	0.8%	47.5%	114
114	Bowling Green	4-8	120	37.69	1.3%	48.4%	113
115	Ga Southern	3-9	82	37.39	0.6%	48.8%	116
116	Kansas	2-10	22	36.96	0.9%	49.4%	117
117	Texas St	4-8	123	36.82	0.3%	49.6%	120
118	New Mexico	3-9	66	36.63	0.4%	49.9%	118
119	Duke	3-9	78	36.61	0.0%	49.9%	115
120	Ohio	3-9	124	36.13	1.0%	50.5%	119
121	Southern Miss	3-9	114	35.94	0.4%	50.8%	122
122	Arizona	1-11	55	34.94	2.0%	52.2%	121
123	Vanderbilt	2-10	57	34.74	0.4%	52.4%	123
124	Temple	3-9	76	34.68	0.1%	52.5%	124
125	Arkansas St	2-10	106	34.21	0.9%	53.2%	125
126	New Mexico St	2-10	86	33.24	1.9%	54.5%	126
127	Akron	2-10	113	31.61	3.3%	56.7%	127
128	Connecticut	1-11	97	29.47	4.3%	59.7%	128
129	Florida Intl	1-11	122	28.13	2.7%	61.5%	129
130	Massachusetts	1-11	116	26.57	10.1%	63.6%	130

Best win: Alabama 41-24 vs. Georgia
Worst loss: Massachusetts 35-10 vs. Maine

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	56.22	68.90	41.80
2	SEC	56.00	73.06	34.74
3	Big 12	54.62	65.35	36.96
4	ACC	51.57	61.53	36.61
5	American	49.52	66.37	34.68
6	Mountain West	49.22	58.47	36.63
7	Pac-12	48.60	61.08	34.94
8	Sun Belt	45.35	58.37	34.21
9	Conference USA	44.64	58.13	28.13
10	MAC	44.12	51.58	31.61

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