J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2023 Week 3

This is the first release of the 2023 season. 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	Change
1	Washington	3-0	71	73.80	–	–
2	Texas	3-0	30	73.74	0.1%	0.1%
3	Oklahoma	3-0	72	73.36	0.8%	0.6%
4	Miami FL	3-0	21	70.47	5.7%	4.5%
5	Rutgers	3-0	73	70.44	0.1%	4.6%
6	Mississippi	3-0	49	67.77	5.3%	8.2%
7	North Carolina	3-0	45	67.74	0.1%	8.2%
8	Michigan	3-0	122	66.62	2.2%	9.7%
9	Duke	3-0	58	66.31	0.6%	10.2%
10	UCLA	3-0	67	65.43	1.7%	11.4%
11	Florida St	3-0	105	65.14	0.6%	11.7%
12	Washington St	3-0	81	64.87	0.5%	12.1%
13	Ohio St	3-0	84	64.84	0.1%	12.1%
14	Penn St	3-0	80	64.41	0.9%	12.7%
15	Colorado	3-0	69	63.56	1.7%	13.9%
16	Notre Dame	4-0	117	63.42	0.3%	14.1%
17	Syracuse	3-0	100	63.18	0.5%	14.4%
18	Texas A&M	2-1	46	62.52	1.3%	15.3%
19	Iowa	3-0	120	62.24	0.5%	15.7%
20	Oregon St	3-0	104	61.96	0.6%	16.1%
21	Auburn	3-0	87	61.42	1.1%	16.8%
22	Georgia	3-0	106	61.26	0.3%	17.0%
23	Alabama	2-1	53	61.07	0.4%	17.3%
24	Liberty	3-0	132	60.28	1.6%	18.3%
25	Tulane	2-1	34	60.28	0.0%	18.3%
26	USC	3-0	133	60.24	0.1%	18.4%
27	Utah	3-0	85	59.43	1.6%	19.5%
28	Memphis	3-0	107	59.41	0.1%	19.5%
29	BYU	3-0	90	59.22	0.4%	19.8%
30	Air Force	3-0	111	58.98	0.5%	20.1%
31	UCF	3-0	110	58.70	0.6%	20.5%
32	Oregon	3-0	125	58.58	0.2%	20.6%
33	Louisville	3-0	91	58.27	0.6%	21.0%
34	Kentucky	3-0	126	57.48	1.6%	22.1%
35	SMU	2-1	23	57.24	0.5%	22.4%
36	TCU	2-1	44	57.04	0.4%	22.7%
37	Maryland	3-0	128	56.88	0.3%	22.9%
38	Missouri	3-0	77	56.80	0.2%	23.0%
39	Wisconsin	2-1	94	56.77	0.1%	23.1%
40	Wake Forest	3-0	103	56.61	0.3%	23.3%
41	LSU	2-1	29	56.17	0.9%	23.9%
42	Minnesota	2-1	42	56.10	0.1%	24.0%
43	Miami OH	2-1	26	55.06	2.1%	25.4%
44	Coastal Car	2-1	35	54.92	0.3%	25.6%
45	Kansas St	2-1	82	54.57	0.7%	26.1%
46	Appalachian St	2-1	65	54.34	0.5%	26.4%
47	Clemson	2-1	57	53.64	1.4%	27.3%
48	Florida	2-1	50	53.26	0.8%	27.8%
49	Michigan St	2-1	38	53.22	0.1%	27.9%
50	Arkansas	2-1	76	53.11	0.2%	28.0%
51	California	2-1	74	53.00	0.2%	28.2%
52	Kansas	3-0	129	52.62	0.7%	28.7%
53	Georgia St	3-0	131	52.33	0.6%	29.1%
54	Cincinnati	2-1	78	52.31	0.0%	29.1%
55	Rice	2-1	19	52.14	0.3%	29.4%
56	West Virginia	2-1	51	51.46	1.3%	30.3%
57	Fresno St	3-0	123	51.28	0.4%	30.5%
58	South Alabama	2-1	66	50.90	0.7%	31.0%
59	Wyoming	2-1	15	50.73	0.4%	31.3%
60	Army	2-1	97	50.32	0.8%	31.8%
61	Northwestern	1-2	13	50.29	0.0%	31.9%
62	Arizona	2-1	118	50.26	0.1%	31.9%
63	WKU	2-1	56	50.04	0.5%	32.2%
64	UNLV	2-1	37	49.73	0.6%	32.6%
65	Virginia Tech	1-2	27	49.67	0.1%	32.7%
66	Temple	2-1	48	48.82	1.7%	33.9%
67	James Madison	3-0	127	48.81	0.0%	33.9%
68	Toledo	2-1	109	48.78	0.1%	33.9%
69	Purdue	1-2	28	48.73	0.1%	34.0%
70	Marshall	2-0	124	48.67	0.1%	34.0%
71	Boise St	1-2	4	48.65	0.0%	34.1%
72	Tulsa	1-2	1	48.50	0.3%	34.3%
73	Mississippi St	2-1	54	48.39	0.2%	34.4%
74	Texas St	2-1	112	48.30	0.2%	34.6%
75	Ga Southern	2-1	114	47.99	0.6%	35.0%
76	Ohio	3-1	116	47.80	0.4%	35.2%
77	NC State	2-1	88	47.77	0.1%	35.3%
78	South Carolina	1-2	5	47.58	0.4%	35.5%
79	ULM	2-1	32	47.51	0.1%	35.6%
80	Tennessee	2-1	115	47.49	0.0%	35.6%
81	Louisiana	2-1	121	47.33	0.3%	35.9%
82	Georgia Tech	1-2	8	47.24	0.2%	36.0%
83	Colorado St	0-2	2	47.16	0.2%	36.1%
84	Nebraska	1-2	70	46.98	0.4%	36.3%
85	San Diego St	2-2	17	46.96	0.0%	36.4%
86	Indiana	1-2	11	46.25	1.4%	37.3%
87	Texas Tech	1-2	43	46.22	0.1%	37.4%
88	Utah St	1-2	14	45.77	0.9%	38.0%
89	Jacksonville St	2-1	102	45.76	0.0%	38.0%
90	Illinois	1-2	24	45.70	0.1%	38.1%
91	Bowling Green	1-2	7	45.44	0.5%	38.4%
92	Old Dominion	1-2	61	45.43	0.0%	38.4%
93	Navy	1-2	12	45.12	0.6%	38.9%
94	Iowa St	1-2	40	44.95	0.3%	39.1%
95	Houston	1-2	62	44.46	1.0%	39.8%
96	UT San Antonio	1-2	93	44.27	0.4%	40.0%
97	Vanderbilt	2-2	98	44.19	0.2%	40.1%
98	New Mexico St	2-2	89	44.17	0.0%	40.2%
99	E Michigan	2-1	75	44.17	0.0%	40.2%
100	Arkansas St	1-2	3	43.14	2.0%	41.6%
101	MTSU	1-2	20	43.08	0.1%	41.6%
102	Southern Miss	1-2	10	42.73	0.7%	42.1%
103	Louisiana Tech	2-2	99	42.66	0.1%	42.2%
104	Pittsburgh	1-2	59	42.41	0.5%	42.5%
105	Baylor	1-2	47	42.39	0.0%	42.6%
106	Florida Intl	3-1	130	42.36	0.1%	42.6%
107	Massachusetts	1-3	60	42.19	0.3%	42.8%
108	Oklahoma St	2-1	119	42.14	0.1%	42.9%
109	San Jose St	1-3	25	41.85	0.6%	43.3%
110	W Michigan	1-2	9	41.18	1.3%	44.2%
111	Sam Houston St	0-2	6	40.96	0.4%	44.5%
112	Ball St	1-2	18	40.69	0.5%	44.9%
113	Troy	1-2	63	39.94	1.5%	45.9%
114	New Mexico	1-2	52	39.83	0.2%	46.0%
115	South Florida	1-2	36	39.79	0.1%	46.1%
116	Charlotte	1-2	41	39.71	0.1%	46.2%
117	Boston College	1-2	83	39.50	0.4%	46.5%
118	Kent	1-2	33	38.53	1.9%	47.8%
119	FL Atlantic	1-2	68	38.07	0.9%	48.4%
120	North Texas	1-2	108	37.30	1.5%	49.5%
121	Akron	1-2	55	37.09	0.4%	49.7%
122	C Michigan	1-2	22	36.83	0.5%	50.1%
123	UAB	1-2	86	36.37	0.9%	50.7%
124	East Carolina	0-3	16	35.41	1.9%	52.0%
125	UTEP	1-3	79	34.92	1.0%	52.7%
126	Stanford	1-2	96	33.71	2.4%	54.3%
127	Virginia	0-3	64	32.60	2.2%	55.8%
128	Hawaii	1-3	101	31.87	1.5%	56.8%
129	Arizona St	1-2	92	31.23	1.3%	57.7%
130	N Illinois	1-2	113	31.21	0.0%	57.7%
131	Connecticut	0-3	95	30.96	3.3%	58.1%
132	Buffalo	0-3	39	30.11	3.5%	59.2%
133	Nevada	0-3	31	26.27	9.8%	64.4%

Best win: Miami 48-33 vs. Texas A&M
Worst loss: Nevada 33-6 vs. Idaho

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	56.39	70.44	45.70
2	Pac-12	56.34	73.80	31.23
3	SEC	55.61	67.77	44.19
4	ACC	54.33	70.47	32.60
5	Big 12	53.80	73.74	42.14
6	Sun Belt	48.02	54.92	39.94
7	American	45.89	60.28	35.41
8	Mountain West	44.92	58.98	26.27
9	Conference USA	44.92	60.28	34.92
10	MAC	41.41	55.06	30.11

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