J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2023 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 Change
1 Michigan 8-0 92 72.01 2 1
2 Florida St 7-0 30 71.05 1.9% 1.3% 8 6
3 Ohio St 7-0 17 70.64 0.8% 1.9% 5 2
4 Texas 6-1 11 70.09 1.1% 2.7% 4 0
5 Oklahoma 7-0 57 70.03 0.1% 2.8% 1 -4
6 Washington 7-0 86 67.79 4.5% 5.9% 3 -3
7 Alabama 7-1 18 67.21 1.2% 6.7% 9 2
8 Penn St 6-1 55 65.88 2.7% 8.5% 6 -2
9 Mississippi 6-1 10 64.16 3.4% 10.9% 10 1
10 Oregon St 6-1 47 64.10 0.1% 11.0% 13 3
11 Oregon 6-1 84 63.87 0.5% 11.3% 14 3
12 Notre Dame 6-2 16 63.75 0.2% 11.5% 12 0
13 North Carolina 6-1 82 63.07 1.4% 12.4% 7 -6
14 James Madison 7-0 70 62.87 0.4% 12.7% 18 4
15 Georgia 7-0 117 62.76 0.2% 12.8% 17 2
16 LSU 6-2 12 62.69 0.1% 12.9% 19 3
17 Kansas St 5-2 21 62.56 0.3% 13.1% 27 10
18 Utah 6-1 14 62.12 0.9% 13.7% 20 2
19 Air Force 7-0 118 61.91 0.4% 14.0% 15 -4
20 Duke 5-2 22 61.48 0.9% 14.6% 11 -9
21 Missouri 7-1 52 61.32 0.3% 14.8% 25 4
22 Liberty 7-0 131 60.28 2.1% 16.3% 21 -1
23 Wisconsin 5-2 56 59.68 1.2% 17.1% 22 -1
24 Iowa 6-2 67 59.59 0.2% 17.3% 16 -8
25 UCLA 5-2 45 59.16 0.9% 17.8% 30 5
26 Tennessee 5-2 28 59.07 0.2% 18.0% 23 -3
27 USC 6-2 88 59.01 0.1% 18.1% 29 2
28 Miami FL 5-2 54 58.60 0.8% 18.6% 26 -2
29 Louisville 6-1 80 58.50 0.2% 18.8% 28 -1
30 Troy 5-2 40 58.32 0.4% 19.0% 32 2
31 Tulane 6-1 97 58.10 0.4% 19.3% 31 0
32 Clemson 4-3 6 57.58 1.0% 20.0% 24 -8
33 Texas A&M 4-3 51 57.08 1.0% 20.7% 35 2
34 Maryland 5-2 89 57.06 0.0% 20.8% 37 3
35 Rutgers 6-2 91 57.06 0.0% 20.8% 34 -1
36 Kansas 5-2 61 55.93 2.3% 22.3% 42 6
37 Oklahoma St 5-2 39 55.73 0.4% 22.6% 54 17
38 Georgia St 6-1 105 55.68 0.1% 22.7% 41 3
39 Washington St 4-3 5 55.27 0.8% 23.3% 33 -6
40 Iowa St 4-3 8 55.09 0.4% 23.5% 36 -4
41 Memphis 5-2 85 54.82 0.5% 23.9% 45 4
42 Arizona 4-3 60 54.52 0.6% 24.3% 39 -3
43 Florida 5-2 78 54.49 0.0% 24.3% 43 0
44 Minnesota 4-3 13 54.49 0.0% 24.3% 50 6
45 Toledo 7-1 125 53.88 1.2% 25.2% 56 11
46 Wyoming 5-2 32 53.77 0.2% 25.3% 44 -2
47 SMU 5-2 113 53.52 0.5% 25.7% 46 -1
48 TCU 4-4 31 53.22 0.6% 26.1% 38 -10
49 Kentucky 5-2 102 52.90 0.7% 26.5% 53 4
50 Ga Southern 5-2 109 52.89 0.0% 26.6% 55 5
51 Nebraska 4-3 66 52.79 0.2% 26.7% 59 8
52 UNLV 6-1 123 52.64 0.3% 26.9% 51 -1
53 Syracuse 4-3 29 52.54 0.2% 27.0% 49 -4
54 Fresno St 6-1 130 52.43 0.2% 27.2% 52 -2
55 South Alabama 4-3 94 52.14 0.6% 27.6% 63 8
56 WKU 4-3 71 51.73 0.8% 28.2% 48 -8
57 BYU 5-2 98 51.60 0.3% 28.4% 64 7
58 Miami OH 6-2 120 51.44 0.3% 28.6% 47 -11
59 West Virginia 4-3 42 51.32 0.2% 28.7% 40 -19
60 Colorado 4-3 73 50.77 1.1% 29.5% 60 0
61 NC State 4-3 43 50.69 0.1% 29.6% 61 0
62 Coastal Car 4-3 62 50.45 0.5% 29.9% 68 6
63 Jacksonville St 6-2 115 49.87 1.2% 30.8% 73 10
64 Mississippi St 4-3 36 49.82 0.1% 30.8% 74 10
65 Ohio 6-2 126 49.67 0.3% 31.0% 58 -7
66 Virginia Tech 3-4 59 49.64 0.0% 31.1% 67 1
67 Boston College 4-3 53 49.56 0.2% 31.2% 90 23
68 Texas Tech 3-5 33 49.55 0.0% 31.2% 57 -11
69 Auburn 3-4 15 49.35 0.4% 31.5% 70 1
70 UT San Antonio 4-3 119 48.78 1.1% 32.3% 88 18
71 Texas St 5-2 128 48.69 0.2% 32.4% 79 8
72 Purdue 2-5 9 48.27 0.8% 33.0% 72 0
73 Louisiana 4-3 104 48.21 0.1% 33.1% 75 2
74 UCF 3-4 58 48.13 0.2% 33.2% 91 17
75 Marshall 4-3 77 47.92 0.4% 33.5% 76 1
76 Georgia Tech 3-4 24 47.68 0.5% 33.8% 62 -14
77 Illinois 3-5 23 47.51 0.3% 34.0% 83 6
78 Houston 3-4 63 47.48 0.1% 34.1% 87 9
79 California 3-4 26 47.38 0.2% 34.2% 84 5
80 Arkansas 2-6 19 47.23 0.3% 34.4% 78 -2
81 San Jose St 3-5 35 46.89 0.7% 34.9% 98 17
82 South Carolina 2-5 2 46.75 0.3% 35.1% 71 -11
83 Michigan St 2-5 1 46.57 0.4% 35.3% 77 -6
84 Boise St 3-4 72 46.49 0.2% 35.4% 86 2
85 Rice 4-3 107 46.34 0.3% 35.7% 101 16
86 Wake Forest 4-3 100 46.19 0.3% 35.9% 92 6
87 Bowling Green 4-4 83 46.12 0.1% 36.0% 89 2
88 Virginia 2-5 4 46.12 0.0% 36.0% 107 19
89 Appalachian St 3-4 101 45.81 0.6% 36.4% 65 -24
90 Utah St 3-5 46 45.53 0.6% 36.8% 69 -21
91 Northwestern 3-4 20 45.31 0.4% 37.1% 81 -10
92 Baylor 3-4 25 45.02 0.6% 37.5% 102 10
93 New Mexico St 5-3 133 44.96 0.1% 37.6% 99 6
94 Cincinnati 2-5 37 44.48 1.0% 38.2% 80 -14
95 N Illinois 4-4 112 44.29 0.4% 38.5% 100 5
96 Tulsa 3-4 65 44.24 0.1% 38.6% 66 -30
97 Navy 3-4 76 44.21 0.0% 38.6% 97 0
98 Old Dominion 4-3 111 43.92 0.6% 39.0% 105 7
99 Pittsburgh 2-5 44 43.64 0.6% 39.4% 85 -14
100 Colorado St 3-4 87 43.51 0.2% 39.6% 95 -5
101 FL Atlantic 3-4 90 43.31 0.4% 39.9% 82 -19
102 Indiana 2-5 3 42.99 0.6% 40.3% 96 -6
103 Arkansas St 3-4 64 42.90 0.2% 40.4% 93 -10
104 South Florida 4-4 103 42.56 0.7% 40.9% 104 0
105 Army 2-5 49 41.98 1.2% 41.7% 103 -2
106 MTSU 2-6 34 41.53 0.9% 42.3% 108 2
107 San Diego St 3-5 81 41.21 0.7% 42.8% 94 -13
108 Vanderbilt 2-6 48 39.94 2.5% 44.5% 112 4
109 Stanford 2-5 27 39.93 0.0% 44.6% 106 -3
110 North Texas 3-4 122 39.89 0.1% 44.6% 115 5
111 UAB 2-6 41 39.82 0.1% 44.7% 109 -2
112 Arizona St 1-6 7 39.64 0.4% 45.0% 121 9
113 Louisiana Tech 3-5 116 39.58 0.1% 45.0% 113 0
114 New Mexico 3-4 114 39.52 0.1% 45.1% 122 8
115 E Michigan 4-4 132 39.07 0.9% 45.8% 110 -5
116 ULM 2-5 79 38.84 0.5% 46.1% 114 -2
117 W Michigan 2-6 74 38.42 0.9% 46.7% 116 -1
118 Buffalo 3-5 124 38.22 0.4% 46.9% 120 2
119 Charlotte 2-5 75 37.88 0.7% 47.4% 125 6
120 C Michigan 4-4 121 37.56 0.6% 47.8% 111 -9
121 Connecticut 1-6 93 37.19 0.7% 48.4% 117 -4
122 Florida Intl 4-4 129 37.01 0.4% 48.6% 124 2
123 Southern Miss 1-6 38 36.15 1.7% 49.8% 118 -5
124 East Carolina 1-6 68 35.88 0.6% 50.2% 119 -5
125 Sam Houston St 0-7 69 35.49 0.8% 50.7% 127 2
126 Ball St 2-6 95 35.16 0.7% 51.2% 130 4
127 UTEP 2-6 108 34.60 1.1% 52.0% 123 -4
128 Massachusetts 1-7 96 34.51 0.2% 52.1% 128 0
129 Nevada 1-6 50 33.32 2.4% 53.7% 132 3
130 Hawaii 2-6 110 33.29 0.1% 53.8% 126 -4
131 Temple 2-6 99 32.30 4.6% 55.2% 129 -2
132 Kent 1-7 106 28.37 12.3% 60.6% 131 -1
133 Akron 1-7 127 28.15 10.3% 60.9% 133 0

Best win: Florida St 45-24 vs. LSU
Worst loss: Nevada 33-6 vs. Idaho

Rk Conference Rating Best Team Worst Team
1 Big 10 55.70 72.01 42.99
2 SEC 55.34 67.21 39.94
3 Pac-12 55.30 67.79 39.64
4 Big 12 54.30 70.09 44.48
5 ACC 54.02 71.05 43.64
6 Sun Belt 48.91 62.87 36.15
7 Mountain West 45.88 61.91 33.29
8 American 44.40 58.10 32.30
9 Conference USA 43.90 60.28 34.60
10 MAC 40.86 53.88 28.15

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

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