J-Train Computer Rankings, 2016 Pre-Bowls

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	Alabama	13-0	16	72.79	–	–	1
2	Ohio St	11-1	1	69.63	6.6%	4.3%	2
3	Michigan	10-2	9	67.84	3.8%	6.8%	3
4	Washington	12-1	43	67.53	0.6%	7.2%	4
5	Clemson	12-1	27	66.01	3.2%	9.3%	5
6	Penn St	11-2	6	64.66	2.8%	11.2%	6
7	Wisconsin	10-3	5	62.54	4.4%	14.1%	7
8	USC	9-3	4	62.51	0.1%	14.1%	8
9	Colorado	10-3	15	61.54	2.0%	15.5%	9
10	Oklahoma	10-2	40	61.45	0.2%	15.6%	10
11	W Michigan	13-0	118	61.31	0.3%	15.8%	11
12	Florida St	9-3	20	60.61	1.5%	16.7%	12
13	Louisville	9-3	59	59.81	1.7%	17.8%	13
14	LSU	7-4	7	59.72	0.2%	18.0%	14
15	Stanford	9-3	22	59.42	0.6%	18.4%	15
16	Auburn	8-4	18	59.24	0.4%	18.6%	16
17	Boise St	10-2	73	58.49	1.6%	19.7%	17
18	Nebraska	9-3	30	57.45	2.2%	21.1%	19
19	South Florida	10-2	83	57.33	0.2%	21.2%	18
20	Miami FL	8-4	57	57.01	0.7%	21.7%	20
21	Washington St	8-4	35	56.91	0.2%	21.8%	22
22	Tennessee	8-4	21	56.91	0.0%	21.8%	23
23	Texas A&M	8-4	34	56.86	0.1%	21.9%	25
24	West Virginia	10-2	66	56.86	0.0%	21.9%	24
25	Temple	10-3	85	56.83	0.1%	21.9%	21
26	Florida	8-4	19	56.59	0.5%	22.3%	26
27	Houston	9-3	78	56.28	0.6%	22.7%	27
28	WKU	10-3	103	55.96	0.7%	23.1%	28
29	Iowa	8-4	44	55.73	0.5%	23.4%	29
30	Oklahoma St	9-3	64	55.61	0.2%	23.6%	30
31	Minnesota	8-4	46	55.39	0.5%	23.9%	31
32	Virginia Tech	9-4	52	55.21	0.4%	24.2%	32
33	Pittsburgh	8-4	45	54.95	0.6%	24.5%	33
34	Utah	8-4	47	54.91	0.1%	24.6%	34
35	Appalachian St	9-3	96	54.65	0.6%	24.9%	36
36	Tulsa	9-3	84	54.48	0.4%	25.2%	35
37	BYU	8-4	76	53.95	1.1%	25.9%	38
38	Toledo	9-3	107	53.80	0.3%	26.1%	39
39	Kansas St	8-4	71	53.30	1.0%	26.8%	40
40	North Carolina	8-4	67	53.17	0.3%	27.0%	41
41	Memphis	8-4	74	52.67	1.1%	27.6%	42
42	Navy	9-4	65	52.64	0.1%	27.7%	37
43	Georgia Tech	8-4	48	52.58	0.1%	27.8%	43
44	San Diego St	10-3	122	52.26	0.7%	28.2%	44
45	Northwestern	6-6	24	52.03	0.5%	28.5%	45
46	Air Force	9-3	101	51.79	0.5%	28.9%	46
47	Troy	9-3	116	51.70	0.2%	29.0%	47
48	Arkansas	7-5	28	51.28	0.9%	29.6%	48
49	Colorado St	7-5	68	51.08	0.4%	29.8%	49
50	Georgia	7-5	41	50.76	0.7%	30.3%	50
51	NC State	6-6	37	50.69	0.1%	30.4%	51
52	Kentucky	7-5	38	50.54	0.3%	30.6%	52
53	Vanderbilt	6-6	33	49.85	1.5%	31.5%	53
54	Wyoming	8-5	72	49.75	0.2%	31.7%	54
55	Old Dominion	9-3	126	49.68	0.1%	31.8%	55
56	Mississippi	5-7	3	49.62	0.1%	31.8%	56
57	Louisiana Tech	8-5	113	48.89	1.5%	32.8%	57
58	Maryland	6-6	32	48.81	0.2%	32.9%	58
59	UCF	6-6	70	48.68	0.3%	33.1%	59
60	Indiana	6-6	29	48.62	0.1%	33.2%	60
61	Mississippi St	5-7	26	48.39	0.5%	33.5%	61
62	TCU	6-6	62	48.29	0.2%	33.7%	62
63	California	5-7	10	47.61	1.4%	34.6%	63
64	New Mexico	8-4	112	47.55	0.1%	34.7%	64
65	Notre Dame	4-8	36	47.14	0.9%	35.2%	65
66	UCLA	4-8	11	46.91	0.5%	35.6%	66
67	Baylor	6-6	77	46.76	0.3%	35.8%	67
68	Oregon St	4-8	8	46.18	1.2%	36.6%	68
69	Oregon	4-8	13	46.08	0.2%	36.7%	69
70	Idaho	8-4	104	46.03	0.1%	36.8%	70
71	MTSU	8-4	125	45.98	0.1%	36.8%	71
72	Wake Forest	6-6	60	45.85	0.3%	37.0%	73
73	Ohio	8-5	119	45.84	0.0%	37.0%	72
74	Texas	5-7	53	45.63	0.4%	37.3%	74
75	South Carolina	6-6	50	45.50	0.3%	37.5%	75
76	Texas Tech	5-7	61	45.40	0.2%	37.6%	76
77	Boston College	6-6	69	45.37	0.1%	37.7%	77
78	Army	7-5	124	45.12	0.5%	38.0%	84
79	Arkansas St	7-5	120	44.96	0.3%	38.2%	78
80	Arizona St	5-7	25	44.77	0.4%	38.5%	79
81	E Michigan	7-5	98	44.39	0.8%	39.0%	80
82	Michigan St	3-9	12	44.28	0.2%	39.2%	81
83	Missouri	4-8	31	44.05	0.5%	39.5%	82
84	UT San Antonio	6-6	108	43.51	1.1%	40.2%	83
85	Southern Miss	6-6	109	43.20	0.6%	40.7%	86
86	SMU	5-7	54	42.95	0.5%	41.0%	85
87	C Michigan	6-6	99	42.52	0.9%	41.6%	87
88	Duke	4-8	42	42.44	0.2%	41.7%	88
89	N Illinois	5-7	90	42.26	0.4%	42.0%	89
90	ULL	6-6	111	41.78	1.0%	42.6%	90
91	Syracuse	4-8	23	41.51	0.6%	43.0%	92
92	Ga Southern	5-7	87	41.51	0.0%	43.0%	91
93	Arizona	3-9	14	41.45	0.1%	43.1%	93
94	Miami OH	6-6	121	40.79	1.4%	44.0%	94
95	South Alabama	6-6	123	40.58	0.4%	44.2%	95
96	Tulane	4-8	75	40.03	1.2%	45.0%	96
97	Illinois	3-9	17	40.02	0.0%	45.0%	97
98	Utah St	3-9	56	39.82	0.4%	45.3%	98
99	Akron	5-7	95	39.78	0.1%	45.4%	100
100	Hawaii	6-7	93	39.77	0.0%	45.4%	99
101	Iowa St	3-9	55	39.72	0.1%	45.4%	101
102	Cincinnati	4-8	63	39.57	0.3%	45.6%	102
103	Rutgers	2-10	2	39.17	0.8%	46.2%	103
104	Purdue	3-9	39	38.02	2.4%	47.8%	104
105	North Texas	5-7	106	37.73	0.6%	48.2%	105
106	Ball St	4-8	114	37.12	1.3%	49.0%	107
107	East Carolina	3-9	58	36.93	0.4%	49.3%	106
108	Bowling Green	4-8	91	36.78	0.3%	49.5%	108
109	UNLV	4-8	97	36.60	0.4%	49.7%	109
110	Kent	3-9	88	36.36	0.5%	50.0%	111
111	San Jose St	4-8	86	36.32	0.1%	50.1%	110
112	Nevada	5-7	128	36.04	0.6%	50.5%	112
113	ULM	4-8	89	36.03	0.0%	50.5%	113
114	Charlotte	4-8	110	35.63	0.8%	51.1%	114
115	Virginia	2-10	51	35.59	0.1%	51.1%	115
116	Georgia St	3-9	94	35.46	0.3%	51.3%	116
117	Florida Intl	4-8	102	34.60	1.8%	52.5%	117
118	Kansas	2-10	49	34.26	0.7%	52.9%	118
119	Connecticut	3-9	80	33.85	0.9%	53.5%	119
120	New Mexico St	3-9	81	33.73	0.2%	53.7%	120
121	Marshall	3-9	100	33.66	0.1%	53.8%	121
122	UTEP	4-8	127	33.14	1.1%	54.5%	122
123	Massachusetts	2-10	79	32.87	0.6%	54.8%	123
124	Rice	3-9	105	32.49	0.8%	55.4%	124
125	FL Atlantic	3-9	115	32.17	0.7%	55.8%	125
126	Fresno St	1-11	82	30.88	2.7%	57.6%	126
127	Texas St	2-10	92	28.35	5.3%	61.1%	127
128	Buffalo	2-10	117	27.81	1.1%	61.8%	128

Best win: Michigan 49-10 vs. Penn St.
Worst loss: Akron 20-41 vs. Buffalo

Rk	Conference	Rating	Best Team	Worst Team
1	SEC	53.72	72.79	44.05
2	Big 10	53.16	69.63	38.02
3	Pac-12	52.98	67.53	41.45
4	ACC	51.49	66.01	35.59
5	Big 12	48.73	61.45	34.26
6	American	47.69	57.33	33.85
7	Mountain West	44.19	58.49	30.88
8	MAC	42.40	61.31	27.81
9	Sun Belt	41.34	54.65	28.35
10	Conference USA	40.51	55.96	32.17

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