Week 10 College Football Rankings

by Patrick Rhamey

Note: despite the many upsets this past weekend, they were not predicted by any existing ranking system, further emphasizing the need for a ranking constructed purely on past evidence and not future speculation

Explanation: a fair ranking on the network of wins and losses.

Top 25 (Full Rankings)

Each team's win score (value of wins) minus their loss score (cost of losses) in parentheses.

  1. Notre Dame (42)
  2. LSU (36.82)
  3. Florida (36.45)
  4. Alabama (36.14)
  5. Ohio State (35.95)
  6. Oregon (35.9)
  7. Kansas State (34.63)
  8. Georgia (33.8)
  9. South Carolina (32.45)
  10. Oregon State (31.37)
  11. Stanford (31.14)
  12. Louisville (30.38)
  13. Arizona (28.93)
  14. Texas Tech (28.75)
  15. West Virginia (26.98)
  16. USC (26.12)
  17. Oklahoma (26.11)
  18. Mississippi State (25.9)
  19. Louisiana Tech (25.47)
  20. Washington (25.44)
  21. Texas (25.36)
  22. Texas A&M (24.22)
  23. Iowa State (23.32)
  24. Toledo (22.8)
  25. Oklahoma State (20.18)

Week 9 College Football Rankings

by Patrick Rhamey

Explanation: how to create fair rankings.

Top 25 (Full Rankings)

Each team's win score (value of wins) minus their loss score (cost of losses) in parentheses.​

  1. ​Florida (36.19)
  2. Notre Dame (35.87)​
  3. LSU (34.3)​
  4. Alabama (33.49)​
  5. Oregon State​ (32.79)
  6. Kansas State (32.54)​
  7. Oregon (32.2)​
  8. Ohio State (31.26)​
  9. Stanford (28.88)​
  10. Texas Tech (28.67)​
  11. Louisville (26.7)​
  12. West Virginia (26.18)​
  13. Rutgers (26.18)​
  14. Oklahoma (26.1)​
  15. Mississippi State (25.84)​
  16. South Carolina (25.59)​
  17. Ohio (25.59)​
  18. USC (25.15)​
  19. Georgia (24.78)​
  20. Arizona (23.92)​
  21. Texas (23.53)​
  22. Louisiana Tech (23.37)​
  23. Michigan (22.26)​
  24. Texas A&M (22.06)​
  25. Iowa State (20.76)​

Week 8 College Football Rankings

by Patrick Rhamey

Top 25 (Full Rankings)​​

Each team's win score (value of wins minus the value of losses) is in parantheses

  1. ​Florida (32.68)
  2. Notre Dame​ (31.7)
  3. Kansas State​ (29.05)
  4. LSU​ (27.97)
  5. Alabama​ (27.87)
  6. Ohio State​ (26.49)
  7. Texas Tech​ (26.35)
  8. Oregon State​ (26.34)
  9. Oregon​ (26.31)
  10. Stanford​ (24.29)
  11. West Virginia​ (23.99)
  12. Rutgers​ (23.79)
  13. Oklahoma​ (23.38)
  14. South Carolina​ (23.32)
  15. Iowa State​ (22.88)
  16. Ohio​ (22.6)
  17. Louisville​ (21.84)
  18. USC​ (21.53)
  19. Mississippi State​ (21.23)
  20. Texas A&M​ (20.68)
  21. Georgia​ (20.03)
  22. Louisiana Tech​ (20)
  23. Washington​ (18.18)
  24. TCU​ (18.06)
  25. Cincinnati​ (17.35)

Week 7 College Football Rankings

by Patrick Rhamey

​Top 25 (Full Rankings)

Each team's win score (value of wins minus the value of losses) is in parantheses

  1. ​Florida (25.2)
  2. Notre Dame​ (23.41)
  3. Oregon​ (23.13)
  4. Ohio State​ (22.17)
  5. Stanford​ (21.85)
  6. South Carolina​ (21.38)
  7. Kansas State​ (20.9)
  8. Oregon State​ (20.32)
  9. West Virginia​ (20.17)
  10. LSU​ (19.56)
  11. Alabama​ (18.84)
  12. Iowa State​ (17.96)
  13. Georgia​ (17.83)
  14. Ohio​ (16.95)
  15. Washington​ (16.94)
  16. Texas Tech​ (16.93)
  17. Louisiana Tech​ (16.53)
  18. Rutgers​ (16.3)
  19. Michigan State​ (15.15)
  20. Louisville​ (15.09)
  21. Oklahoma​ (14.68)
  22. Florida State​ (14.6)
  23. Mississippi State​ (14.53)
  24. Miami​ (14.25)
  25. Duke​ (14.05)