NCAA Football Rankings - 18 Sep

There are still a ton of undefeated teams in college football, but only one is projected to finish the season that way, the #1 Georgia Bulldogs. The top 3 teams this week all come from the SEC, with Tennessee jumping up behind Georgia and Alabama, the best ranking for the Volunteers in a long time. Arkansas fell from #4 to #21 after struggling to beat an FCS foe yesterday, and Pittsburgh moved into the top 5 after a strong road win over Western Michigan, one of the top teams from the MAC. Here are my full current rankings, with projected conference champs in bold, runners-up underlined, and playoff teams in red:

						Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L
1	1	Georgia	-28.89	3	0	12	0
2	2	Alabama	-21.11	3	0	10	2
3	11	Tennessee	-18.88	3	0	10	2
4	23	Pittsburgh	-17.53	2	1	9	3
5	9	Cincinnati	-17.09	2	1	10	2
6	3	Clemson	-16.45	3	0	10	2
7	7	Ohio State	-16.22	3	0	10	2
8	13	Oklahoma	-15.98	3	0	8	4
9	5	Michigan	-15.92	3	0	10	2
10	12	UCLA	-15.87	3	0	8	4
11	10	Kentucky	-15.58	3	0	9	3
12	20	Minnesota	-15.53	3	0	10	2
13	24	Kansas	-15.26	3	0	8	4
14	18	Texas	-15.14	2	1	7	5
15	8	Baylor	-14.79	2	1	7	5
16	19	Penn State	-14.57	3	0	9	3
17	26	NC State	-14.42	3	0	10	2
18	38	Maryland	-14.4	3	0	9	3
19	6	Oklahoma State	-13.93	3	0	8	4
20	15	Kansas State	-13.82	2	1	7	5
21	4	Arkansas	-13.52	3	0	9	3
22	28	Michigan St	-13.27	2	1	7	5
23	22	Texas Tech	-13.21	2	1	7	5
24	61	Tulane	-12.59	3	0	9	3
25	35	Miami	-12.45	2	1	9	3
26	29	Utah	-12.44	2	1	9	3
27	16	Iowa State	-12.12	3	0	7	5
28	25	Wake Forest	-11.87	3	0	9	3
29	37	West Virginia	-11.77	1	2	5	7
30	32	Purdue	-11.72	1	2	7	5
31	14	BYU	-11.25	2	1	9	3
32	31	Ole Miss	-10.97	3	0	8	4
33	17	West Kentucky	-9.696	2	1	9	3
34	71	Syracuse	-8.857	3	0	8	4
35	34	Houston	-8.559	1	2	7	5
36	41	Air Force	-8.334	2	1	9	3
37	21	Notre Dame	-8.031	1	2	7	5
38	40	Washington St	-7.344	3	0	9	3
39	73	South Alabama	-7.027	2	1	9	3
40	30	SMU	-7.016	2	1	7	5
41	46	Wisconsin	-7.016	2	1	7	5
42	45	UAB	-6.926	2	1	8	4
43	44	Texas A&M	-6.861	2	1	7	5
44	90	Liberty	-6.352	2	1	9	3
45	68	UCF	-6.204	2	1	8	4
46	72	Oregon	-6.114	2	1	8	4
47	58	Illinois	-5.971	2	1	6	5
48	80	West Michigan	-5.831	1	2	8	4
49	59	Florida State	-5.552	3	0	7	4
50	39	North Carolina	-5.533	3	0	7	4
51	63	USC	-5.366	3	0	8	4
52	57	LSU	-5.282	2	1	6	6
53	53	California	-5.22	2	1	8	4
54	48	Oregon State	-4.982	3	0	8	4
55	50	James Madison	-4.811	2	0	8	3
56	27	South Carolina	-4.714	1	2	6	6
57	47	TCU	-4.389	2	0	5	7
58	54	Tulsa	-4.099	2	1	7	5
59	65	East Carolina	-3.876	2	1	7	5
60	33	Appalachian St	-3.825	2	1	8	4
61	42	Mississippi St	-3.716	2	1	6	6
62	60	Central Michigan	-3.54	1	2	8	4
63	76	Memphis	-3.454	2	1	7	5
64	49	Louisville	-3.234	1	2	5	7
65	64	Utah State	-2.921	1	2	6	5
66	87	Washington	-2.774	3	0	8	4
67	75	Vanderbilt	-2.488	3	1	4	7
68	62	Iowa	-1.882	2	1	6	6
69	36	Louisiana	-1.867	2	1	7	5
70	94	Southern Miss	-1.753	1	2	6	6
71	55	Toledo	-1.699	2	1	8	4
72	89	Army	-1.65	1	2	7	4
73	67	Florida	-1.199	2	1	5	7
74	78	UT San Antonio	-1.153	1	2	7	5
75	84	Boise State	-1.107	2	1	7	5
76	70	Miami (OH)	-0.974	1	2	8	4
77	79	Coastal Carolina	-0.918	3	0	8	4
78	74	Missouri	-0.883	2	1	5	7
79	82	Virginia Tech	-0.336	2	1	5	7
80	52	Fresno State	0.7308	1	2	7	5
81	92	UNLV	0.9244	2	1	6	5
82	43	Auburn	0.9652	2	1	4	8
83	86	Mid Tennessee	1.158	2	1	7	5
84	51	Arizona State	1.4726	1	2	5	7
85	81	Arkansas State	1.9922	1	2	6	6
86	91	Old Dominion	2.1063	1	2	5	7
87	113	Indiana	2.7122	3	0	5	7
88	56	Georgia State	2.7943	0	3	4	8
89	99	Virginia	2.8218	2	1	5	7
90	96	South Florida	2.9908	1	2	4	8
91	85	Louisiana Monroe	3.0793	1	2	5	7
92	69	Marshall	3.0904	2	1	6	6
93	88	San Diego State	3.7747	1	2	6	6
94	77	Georgia Southern	4.0318	2	1	6	6
95	100	Northern Illinois	4.8591	1	2	5	7
96	108	Rice	5.276	2	1	6	6
97	104	Wyoming	5.4359	3	1	7	4
98	66	North Texas	5.5603	2	2	4	7
99	110	Kent State	5.8455	1	2	6	6
100	83	Rutgers	6.0391	3	0	5	7
101	116	Ball State	6.8335	1	2	5	7
102	117	Louisiana Tech	7.6784	1	2	5	7
103	98	Florida Atlantic	7.8835	2	2	4	7
104	103	Colorado	7.9178	0	3	3	9
105	109	Navy	8.0475	0	2	2	10
106	106	Texas State	8.4127	1	2	4	8
107	101	Boston College	8.4521	1	2	3	9
108	122	Duke	8.8187	3	0	5	7
109	97	Nevada	8.8475	2	2	4	7
110	107	Troy	9.3257	1	2	3	9
111	93	Arizona	9.8274	2	1	5	7
112	123	Eastern Michigan	9.9433	2	1	6	6
113	118	Connecticut	10.178	1	3	4	7
114	105	Georgia Tech	10.328	1	2	2	10
115	121	Bowling Green	10.53	1	2	4	8
116	95	Nebraska	10.592	1	3	2	9
117	112	Hawaii	10.942	1	3	5	7
118	124	New Mexico	11.236	2	1	4	8
119	102	UTEP	11.464	1	3	4	7
120	111	Ohio	11.564	1	2	5	7
121	114	Stanford	12.627	1	1	2	10
122	115	New Mexico St	12.849	0	4	4	7
123	129	UMass	13.619	1	2	4	8
124	127	Buffalo	13.665	0	3	3	9
125	120	Northwestern	15.362	1	2	0	11
126	119	San Jose State	16.893	1	1	3	9
127	126	Akron	17.341	1	2	3	9
128	125	Colorado State	18.846	0	3	2	10
129	130	Charlotte	19.417	1	3	3	8
130	128	Temple	19.429	1	2	2	10
131	131	Florida Intl	24.515	1	1	2	10