J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2021 Pre-Bowl Games

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	Michigan	12-1	11	72.08	–	–	1
2	Georgia	12-1	30	71.90	0.4%	0.3%	2
3	Ohio St	10-2	8	70.38	3.0%	2.4%	3
4	Alabama	12-1	22	70.13	0.5%	2.7%	4
5	Cincinnati	13-0	74	68.64	2.9%	4.8%	5
6	Notre Dame	11-1	23	68.34	0.6%	5.2%	6
7	Oklahoma St	11-2	36	64.81	6.9%	10.1%	7
8	Michigan St	10-2	15	64.30	1.0%	10.8%	9
9	Wisconsin	8-4	2	64.21	0.2%	10.9%	8
10	Mississippi	10-2	29	64.08	0.3%	11.1%	10
11	Pittsburgh	11-2	71	64.00	0.2%	11.2%	11
12	Baylor	11-2	45	63.88	0.2%	11.4%	12
13	Utah	10-3	56	63.29	1.2%	12.2%	13
14	Iowa	10-3	13	62.22	2.1%	13.7%	14
15	Oklahoma	10-2	58	61.89	0.6%	14.1%	16
16	Penn St	7-5	5	61.81	0.2%	14.3%	15
17	Purdue	8-4	4	61.25	1.1%	15.0%	17
18	NC State	9-3	61	61.08	0.3%	15.3%	19
19	Wake Forest	10-3	53	61.04	0.1%	15.3%	18
20	Clemson	9-3	50	60.92	0.2%	15.5%	20
21	BYU	10-2	65	60.45	0.9%	16.1%	22
22	Arkansas	8-4	17	60.41	0.1%	16.2%	21
23	Texas A&M	8-4	43	60.30	0.2%	16.4%	23
24	Minnesota	8-4	25	60.18	0.2%	16.5%	24
25	UT San Antonio	12-1	112	59.82	0.7%	17.0%	25
26	Oregon	10-3	51	59.63	0.4%	17.3%	26
27	Houston	11-2	115	59.48	0.3%	17.5%	27
28	Boise St	7-5	26	59.00	0.9%	18.2%	29
29	Kentucky	9-3	66	59.00	0.0%	18.2%	28
30	Appalachian St	10-3	100	58.58	0.8%	18.7%	30
31	Air Force	9-3	88	58.41	0.3%	19.0%	31
32	UCLA	8-4	60	58.25	0.3%	19.2%	32
33	San Diego St	11-2	91	57.92	0.6%	19.6%	33
34	Louisiana	12-1	123	57.71	0.4%	19.9%	34
35	Iowa St	7-5	47	57.60	0.2%	20.1%	35
36	Mississippi St	7-5	20	57.50	0.2%	20.2%	36
37	Tennessee	7-5	32	57.44	0.1%	20.3%	37
38	Fresno St	9-3	96	56.97	0.9%	21.0%	40
39	Auburn	6-6	7	56.95	0.0%	21.0%	39
40	Nevada	8-4	89	56.20	1.5%	22.0%	41
41	Miami FL	7-5	24	55.79	0.8%	22.6%	42
42	SMU	8-4	82	55.69	0.2%	22.7%	48
43	Kansas St	7-5	48	55.63	0.1%	22.8%	44
44	Arizona St	8-4	76	55.61	0.0%	22.9%	45
45	Army	8-4	84	55.59	0.0%	22.9%	38
46	WKU	8-5	99	55.57	0.0%	22.9%	43
47	Utah St	10-3	101	55.49	0.2%	23.0%	46
48	LSU	6-6	9	55.40	0.2%	23.1%	47
49	Coastal Car	10-2	130	55.12	0.5%	23.5%	49
50	Oregon St	7-5	64	54.38	1.5%	24.6%	50
51	Louisville	6-6	37	54.18	0.4%	24.8%	51
52	UAB	8-4	95	54.11	0.1%	24.9%	52
53	Washington St	7-5	62	53.98	0.3%	25.1%	53
54	North Carolina	6-6	38	53.60	0.7%	25.6%	54
55	Florida	6-6	52	53.54	0.1%	25.7%	55
56	Texas	5-7	14	53.05	1.0%	26.4%	56
57	UCF	8-4	93	52.80	0.5%	26.7%	59
58	Nebraska	3-9	3	52.68	0.2%	26.9%	57
59	Maryland	6-6	6	52.52	0.3%	27.1%	58
60	Virginia	6-6	28	52.27	0.5%	27.5%	62
61	Illinois	5-7	10	52.27	0.0%	27.5%	61
62	Liberty	7-5	103	52.26	0.0%	27.5%	60
63	Marshall	7-5	117	52.26	0.0%	27.5%	64
64	West Virginia	6-6	40	52.16	0.2%	27.6%	63
65	C Michigan	8-4	116	51.83	0.6%	28.1%	65
66	Toledo	7-5	127	51.63	0.4%	28.4%	66
67	East Carolina	7-5	69	51.55	0.1%	28.5%	67
68	Virginia Tech	6-6	59	51.20	0.7%	29.0%	68
69	N Illinois	9-4	92	50.88	0.6%	29.4%	69
70	W Michigan	7-5	80	50.84	0.1%	29.5%	70
71	South Carolina	6-6	35	50.50	0.7%	29.9%	71
72	Texas Tech	6-6	55	50.18	0.6%	30.4%	72
73	Missouri	6-6	39	49.93	0.5%	30.7%	73
74	Florida St	5-7	41	49.64	0.6%	31.1%	75
75	Miami OH	6-6	104	49.61	0.1%	31.2%	74
76	Rutgers	5-7	21	49.50	0.2%	31.3%	76
77	Syracuse	5-7	46	49.42	0.2%	31.4%	77
78	Georgia St	7-5	87	49.32	0.2%	31.6%	78
79	Tulsa	6-6	63	49.21	0.2%	31.7%	80
80	Boston College	6-6	79	49.02	0.4%	32.0%	79
81	Memphis	6-6	77	48.59	0.9%	32.6%	81
82	California	5-7	78	47.54	2.1%	34.1%	82
83	Navy	4-8	12	47.51	0.1%	34.1%	92
84	TCU	5-7	34	47.45	0.1%	34.2%	84
85	E Michigan	7-5	119	47.42	0.0%	34.2%	83
86	Ball St	6-6	90	47.22	0.4%	34.5%	85
87	USC	4-8	31	47.12	0.2%	34.6%	86
88	UTEP	7-5	126	46.93	0.4%	34.9%	87
89	Wyoming	6-6	105	46.06	1.7%	36.1%	88
90	North Texas	6-6	111	45.80	0.5%	36.5%	89
91	Kent	7-6	97	45.65	0.3%	36.7%	90
92	Georgia Tech	3-9	18	45.64	0.0%	36.7%	91
93	Old Dominion	6-6	121	45.35	0.6%	37.1%	93
94	MTSU	6-6	128	45.22	0.3%	37.3%	94
95	Hawaii	6-7	98	45.01	0.4%	37.6%	95
96	Washington	4-8	67	44.84	0.3%	37.8%	96
97	Indiana	2-10	1	44.67	0.3%	38.0%	97
98	Colorado	4-8	49	43.76	1.8%	39.3%	98
99	Stanford	3-9	16	43.73	0.1%	39.3%	99
100	Northwestern	3-9	19	43.45	0.5%	39.7%	100
101	FL Atlantic	5-7	109	42.97	0.9%	40.4%	101
102	Tulane	2-10	27	42.63	0.7%	40.9%	103
103	South Alabama	5-7	125	42.59	0.1%	40.9%	102
104	San Jose St	5-7	94	42.24	0.7%	41.4%	104
105	Troy	5-7	108	41.88	0.7%	41.9%	105
106	Colorado St	3-9	73	41.63	0.5%	42.2%	106
107	Louisiana Tech	3-9	85	40.16	2.9%	44.3%	107
108	South Florida	2-10	44	40.12	0.1%	44.3%	109
109	ULM	4-8	81	40.09	0.1%	44.4%	108
110	Rice	4-8	72	39.82	0.5%	44.8%	111
111	UNLV	2-10	54	39.81	0.0%	44.8%	110
112	Buffalo	4-8	120	39.49	0.6%	45.2%	112
113	Bowling Green	4-8	114	38.67	1.6%	46.3%	113
114	Charlotte	5-7	129	38.60	0.1%	46.4%	114
115	Duke	3-9	68	38.14	0.9%	47.1%	115
116	Ga Southern	3-9	86	37.69	0.9%	47.7%	116
117	Kansas	2-10	33	37.09	1.2%	48.6%	117
118	New Mexico	3-9	70	37.05	0.1%	48.6%	118
119	Ohio	3-9	118	36.97	0.2%	48.7%	119
120	Texas St	4-8	124	36.79	0.3%	49.0%	120
121	Arizona	1-11	42	36.73	0.1%	49.0%	121
122	Southern Miss	3-9	113	36.35	0.7%	49.6%	122
123	Vanderbilt	2-10	57	35.88	0.9%	50.2%	123
124	Temple	3-9	75	35.49	0.8%	50.8%	124
125	Arkansas St	2-10	107	34.44	2.1%	52.2%	125
126	New Mexico St	2-10	83	33.86	1.1%	53.0%	126
127	Akron	2-10	106	32.59	2.5%	54.8%	127
128	Connecticut	1-11	102	29.70	5.7%	58.8%	128
129	Florida Intl	1-11	122	28.19	3.0%	60.9%	129
130	Massachusetts	1-11	110	27.31	10.4%	62.1%	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	57.97	72.08	43.45
2	SEC	57.35	71.90	35.88
3	Big 12	54.37	64.81	37.09
4	ACC	53.28	64.00	38.14
5	Pac-12	50.74	63.29	36.73
6	American	50.15	68.64	35.49
7	Mountain West	49.65	59.00	37.05
8	Sun Belt	45.42	58.58	34.44
9	MAC	45.23	51.83	32.59
10	Conference USA	45.08	59.82	28.19

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