J-Train College Football Computer Rankings, 2024 Week 3

This is the first release of the 2024 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	Alabama	3-0	57	76.42	–	–
2	Texas	3-0	108	70.72	11.4%	7.5%
3	USC	2-0	82	69.18	3.1%	9.5%
4	Ohio St	2-0	129	67.85	2.7%	11.2%
5	Syracuse	2-0	36	67.21	1.3%	12.1%
6	Penn St	2-0	93	66.05	2.3%	13.6%
7	UCF	3-0	33	64.85	2.4%	15.1%
8	Missouri	3-0	63	64.60	0.5%	15.5%
9	Indiana	3-0	103	64.23	0.7%	15.9%
10	Oklahoma	3-0	115	64.17	0.1%	16.0%
11	Washington St	3-0	52	63.49	1.4%	16.9%
12	Notre Dame	2-1	37	63.36	0.3%	17.1%
13	Georgia	3-0	61	62.78	1.2%	17.9%
14	Utah	3-0	84	62.77	0.0%	17.9%
15	Mississippi	3-0	121	62.70	0.2%	18.0%
16	Miami FL	3-0	119	62.33	0.7%	18.4%
17	Michigan St	3-0	25	62.29	0.1%	18.5%
18	Maryland	2-1	59	61.99	0.6%	18.9%
19	UNLV	3-0	75	61.97	0.0%	18.9%
20	Tennessee	3-0	127	61.97	0.0%	18.9%
21	N Illinois	2-0	9	61.66	0.6%	19.3%
22	Army	2-0	70	61.56	0.2%	19.5%
23	Oregon	3-0	49	61.23	0.7%	19.9%
24	Kansas St	3-0	102	60.66	1.1%	20.6%
25	Oklahoma St	3-0	89	59.81	1.7%	21.7%
26	Arizona St	3-0	86	59.57	0.5%	22.0%
27	Michigan	2-1	21	59.43	0.3%	22.2%
28	Illinois	3-0	111	59.25	0.4%	22.5%
29	Rutgers	2-0	113	59.20	0.1%	22.5%
30	Nebraska	3-0	123	58.75	0.9%	23.1%
31	California	3-0	107	58.30	0.9%	23.7%
32	Louisville	2-0	124	57.97	0.7%	24.1%
33	North Carolina	3-0	105	57.93	0.1%	24.2%
34	Toledo	3-0	126	57.87	0.1%	24.3%
35	Pittsburgh	3-0	125	57.53	0.7%	24.7%
36	Georgia Tech	3-1	67	57.09	0.9%	25.3%
37	ULM	2-0	110	56.90	0.4%	25.5%
38	Navy	2-0	120	56.58	0.6%	26.0%
39	Boise St	1-1	28	56.47	0.2%	26.1%
40	Virginia Tech	2-1	117	56.33	0.3%	26.3%
41	TCU	2-1	30	56.30	0.1%	26.3%
42	Memphis	3-0	128	55.82	1.0%	27.0%
43	Washington	2-1	44	55.73	0.2%	27.1%
44	South Carolina	2-1	101	55.69	0.1%	27.1%
45	LSU	2-1	4	55.61	0.2%	27.2%
46	BYU	3-0	72	55.32	0.6%	27.6%
47	Duke	3-0	99	55.26	0.1%	27.7%
48	Boston College	2-1	54	54.84	0.8%	28.2%
49	Minnesota	2-1	87	54.84	0.0%	28.2%
50	Arkansas	2-1	69	54.73	0.2%	28.4%
51	South Florida	2-1	26	54.65	0.2%	28.5%
52	Clemson	1-1	24	54.45	0.4%	28.8%
53	Iowa St	2-0	66	54.26	0.4%	29.0%
54	Coastal Car	3-0	130	54.13	0.3%	29.2%
55	Sam Houston St	2-1	97	54.11	0.0%	29.2%
56	Louisiana	2-0	131	53.88	0.4%	29.5%
57	Baylor	2-1	71	53.64	0.5%	29.8%
58	San Jose St	3-0	133	53.51	0.3%	30.0%
59	Texas A&M	2-1	50	53.33	0.3%	30.2%
60	WKU	2-1	29	52.86	0.9%	30.8%
61	Texas St	2-1	81	52.19	1.3%	31.7%
62	Wisconsin	2-1	16	52.02	0.3%	31.9%
63	Iowa	2-1	112	51.42	1.2%	32.7%
64	Vanderbilt	2-1	68	51.10	0.6%	33.1%
65	James Madison	2-0	122	51.07	0.1%	33.2%
66	Liberty	3-0	134	50.92	0.3%	33.4%
67	FL Atlantic	1-2	12	50.81	0.2%	33.5%
68	Houston	1-2	22	50.80	0.0%	33.5%
69	SMU	2-1	96	50.48	0.6%	33.9%
70	Cincinnati	2-1	100	50.46	0.0%	34.0%
71	Bowling Green	1-1	6	49.94	1.0%	34.7%
72	Auburn	2-1	118	49.93	0.0%	34.7%
73	Northwestern	2-1	104	49.56	0.7%	35.2%
74	Fresno St	2-1	94	49.54	0.0%	35.2%
75	Oregon St	2-1	74	49.30	0.5%	35.5%
76	Ohio	2-1	46	49.30	0.0%	35.5%
77	Kansas	1-2	8	49.25	0.1%	35.6%
78	Texas Tech	2-1	43	49.20	0.1%	35.6%
79	Kentucky	1-2	55	48.93	0.5%	36.0%
80	East Carolina	2-1	116	48.18	1.5%	37.0%
81	Virginia	2-1	51	48.11	0.1%	37.1%
82	Buffalo	2-1	92	47.82	0.6%	37.4%
83	Tulane	1-2	5	47.32	1.0%	38.1%
84	Ga Southern	2-1	91	47.16	0.3%	38.3%
85	Stanford	1-1	39	47.07	0.2%	38.4%
86	Colorado	2-1	83	46.74	0.6%	38.8%
87	NC State	2-1	78	46.57	0.3%	39.1%
88	West Virginia	1-2	7	46.43	0.3%	39.2%
89	Appalachian St	2-1	64	46.09	0.7%	39.7%
90	UCLA	1-1	47	45.39	1.4%	40.6%
91	Georgia St	2-1	41	45.22	0.3%	40.8%
92	Arkansas St	2-1	77	44.94	0.5%	41.2%
93	Florida Intl	1-2	62	44.92	0.0%	41.2%
94	Marshall	1-1	38	44.67	0.5%	41.5%
95	Purdue	1-1	9	44.54	0.3%	41.7%
96	Arizona	2-1	114	44.43	0.2%	41.9%
97	Mississippi St	1-2	18	44.27	0.3%	42.1%
98	North Texas	2-1	106	44.11	0.3%	42.3%
99	E Michigan	2-1	132	43.80	0.6%	42.7%
100	Connecticut	1-2	19	43.69	0.2%	42.8%
101	Utah St	1-2	1	43.65	0.1%	42.9%
102	Wake Forest	1-2	32	43.04	1.2%	43.7%
103	Florida	1-2	20	42.15	1.8%	44.8%
104	UAB	1-2	31	41.52	1.2%	45.7%
105	W Michigan	1-2	14	41.23	0.6%	46.0%
106	Tulsa	1-2	56	40.57	1.3%	46.9%
107	Florida St	0-3	15	40.28	0.6%	47.3%
108	Hawaii	1-2	79	39.89	0.8%	47.8%
109	UT San Antonio	1-2	65	39.85	0.1%	47.9%
110	South Alabama	1-2	98	39.63	0.4%	48.1%
111	Akron	1-2	2	39.56	0.1%	48.2%
112	Colorado St	1-2	17	39.41	0.3%	48.4%
113	San Diego St	1-2	42	38.89	1.0%	49.1%
114	Rice	1-2	53	38.80	0.2%	49.2%
115	Ball St	1-1	13	38.67	0.3%	49.4%
116	Air Force	1-2	45	38.35	0.7%	49.8%
117	Nevada	1-3	109	38.22	0.3%	50.0%
118	Old Dominion	0-3	34	37.86	0.7%	50.5%
119	C Michigan	1-2	58	37.82	0.1%	50.5%
120	Louisiana Tech	1-1	90	37.57	0.5%	50.8%
121	Southern Miss	1-2	60	36.31	2.5%	52.5%
122	Temple	0-3	3	35.90	0.8%	53.0%
123	MTSU	1-2	27	35.78	0.2%	53.2%
124	New Mexico St	1-2	73	35.10	1.4%	54.1%
125	Miami OH	0-2	76	34.98	0.2%	54.2%
126	Charlotte	1-2	40	34.46	1.0%	54.9%
127	Jacksonville St	0-3	48	33.35	2.2%	56.4%
128	Troy	0-3	88	32.32	2.1%	57.7%
129	Massachusetts	0-3	80	29.95	4.7%	60.8%
130	Kennesaw	0-3	85	29.45	1.0%	61.5%
131	UTEP	0-3	35	28.40	2.1%	62.8%
132	Wyoming	0-3	23	28.25	0.3%	63.0%
133	Kent	0-3	11	27.38	1.7%	64.2%
134	New Mexico	0-3	95	23.44	7.9%	69.3%

Best win: Alabama 63-0 vs. WKU
Worst loss: Kent 23-17 vs. St Francis PA

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	Big 10	57.94	69.18	44.54
2	SEC	57.44	76.42	42.15
3	Pac-12	56.40	63.49	49.30
4	Big 12	54.03	64.85	44.43
5	ACC	53.81	67.21	40.28
6	American	46.44	61.56	34.46
7	Sun Belt	45.88	56.90	32.32
8	MAC	44.17	61.66	27.38
9	Mountain West	42.63	61.97	23.44
10	Conference USA	40.25	54.11	28.40

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