NCAA Football Rankings - 6 Sep

Every FBS has now played at least one game, and many of the usual contenders are right back at the top after a strong opening weekend. The defending champs are at #1 after obliterating Oregon, Alabama is right behind them after blanking Utah State, and Clemson is back near the top after a rare off year in 2021. Here are my full current rankings, with projected conference champs in bold, runners-up underlined, and projected playoff teams in red:

						Proj
Rank	LW	Team	Rating	W	L	W	L
1	1	Georgia	-31.79	1	0	11	0
2	3	Alabama	-26.13	1	0	11	1
3	14	Clemson	-25.06	1	0	11	1
4	7	Oklahoma State	-24.1	1	0	10	2
5	2	Ohio State	-23.44	1	0	11	1
6	4	Michigan	-21.7	1	0	11	1
7	12	Baylor	-20.09	1	0	9	3
8	16	Arkansas	-19.22	1	0	10	2
9	8	Utah	-18.97	0	1	10	2
10	6	Notre Dame	-18.31	0	1	10	2
11	29	Kentucky	-18.22	1	0	10	2
12	25	Iowa State	-17.87	1	0	9	3
13	5	Cincinnati	-17.69	0	1	10	2
14	17	Oklahoma	-16.98	1	0	8	4
15	62	Texas Tech	-15.18	1	0	7	5
16	34	Kansas State	-14.87	1	0	8	4
17	31	UCLA	-14.79	1	0	7	5
18	10	Michigan St	-14.38	1	0	9	3
19	13	Penn State	-13.45	1	0	9	3
20	30	Tennessee	-12.6	1	0	8	4
21	11	Pittsburgh	-11.32	1	0	10	2
22	18	NC State	-10.37	1	0	9	3
23	23	Minnesota	-10.14	1	0	8	4
24	24	Purdue	-9.795	0	1	8	4
25	19	Ole Miss	-9.233	1	0	7	5
26	15	Wake Forest	-9.226	1	0	9	3
27	70	South Carolina	-9.217	1	0	7	5
28	37	SMU	-9.134	1	0	9	3
29	21	West Kentucky	-8.769	2	0	10	2
30	64	Illinois	-8.542	1	1	6	5
31	35	BYU	-8.508	1	0	8	4
32	69	Central Michigan	-8.308	0	1	10	2
33	9	Wisconsin	-8.115	1	0	7	5
34	20	Texas A&M	-7.593	1	0	7	5
35	84	TCU	-7.563	1	0	5	7
36	36	Appalachian St	-7.561	0	1	9	3
37	26	Houston	-7.5	1	0	9	3
38	27	Air Force	-6.589	1	0	10	2
39	49	Texas	-6.06	1	0	5	7
40	63	West Virginia	-5.886	0	1	5	7
41	47	Louisiana	-5.847	1	0	10	2
42	46	Mississippi St	-5.791	1	0	6	6
43	58	Washington St	-5.605	1	0	8	4
44	65	Maryland	-5.397	1	0	7	5
45	39	Arizona State	-5.259	1	0	8	4
46	50	Utah State	-5.071	1	1	8	3
47	73	Tulsa	-4.973	0	1	7	5
48	53	Oregon State	-4.816	1	0	8	4
49	28	Iowa	-4.684	1	0	6	6
50	40	Oregon	-4.555	0	1	7	5
51	61	Toledo	-4.424	1	0	9	3
52	59	North Carolina	-4.201	2	0	7	4
53	80	Georgia State	-3.97	0	1	8	4
54	33	Auburn	-3.941	1	0	5	7
55		James Madison	-3.412	1	0	8	3
56	22	Boise State	-3.129	0	1	8	4
57	55	Miami	-3.11	1	0	8	4
58	60	UCF	-3.079	1	0	8	4
59	54	Coastal Carolina	-2.898	1	0	9	3
60	56	LSU	-2.843	0	1	5	7
61	52	Florida	-2.656	1	0	6	6
62	119	Kansas	-2.5	1	0	4	8
63	74	California	-2.386	1	0	8	4
64	43	UAB	-2.222	1	0	9	3
65	77	Missouri	-1.952	1	0	5	7
66	92	North Texas	-1.242	1	1	7	4
67	72	Florida State	-1.162	2	0	5	6
68	113	Arizona	-0.735	1	0	7	5
69	67	Miami (OH)	-0.722	0	1	8	4
70	68	West Michigan	-0.547	0	1	7	5
71	123	Vanderbilt	-0.389	2	0	4	7
72	51	Louisville	-0.21	0	1	4	8
73	32	Nebraska	-0.151	1	1	5	6
74	91	Tulane	0.142	1	0	6	6
75	78	East Carolina	0.8042	0	1	6	6
76	41	Fresno State	0.9522	1	0	8	4
77	44	Nevada	1.2932	2	0	7	4
78	42	Army	3.0691	0	1	7	4
79	83	Memphis	3.1526	0	1	5	7
80	71	Syracuse	3.2357	1	0	5	7
81	100	Colorado	3.2779	0	1	4	8
82	45	San Diego State	3.3502	0	1	6	6
83	38	UT San Antonio	3.5284	0	1	7	5
84	82	USC	4.0041	1	0	4	8
85	90	Old Dominion	4.214	1	0	6	6
86	88	Wyoming	4.67	1	1	6	5
87	79	Rutgers	4.804	1	0	5	7
88	86	Georgia Tech	4.8335	0	1	4	8
89	104	UNLV	4.8773	1	0	5	6
90	81	Mid Tennessee	5.0371	0	1	6	5
91	66	Virginia	5.3091	1	0	5	7
92	89	Washington	5.7499	1	0	5	7
93	75	Boston College	5.9825	0	1	4	8
94	124	Arkansas State	6.4297	1	0	6	6
95	57	Marshall	6.4861	1	0	5	7
96	118	Georgia Southern	6.6207	1	0	5	7
97	102	Northwestern	7.0447	1	0	3	8
98	128	Connecticut	7.4132	1	1	6	5
99	103	South Alabama	7.4977	1	0	6	6
100	87	Navy	7.5482	0	1	3	9
101	76	Virginia Tech	7.5691	0	1	4	8
102	48	Liberty	7.732	1	0	6	6
103	115	Ohio	9.4985	1	0	6	6
104	126	New Mexico St	9.6788	0	2	6	5
105	112	Louisiana Monroe	9.7847	0	1	4	8
106	85	Northern Illinois	9.7913	1	0	4	8
107	106	South Florida	9.8715	0	1	3	9
108	96	Indiana	9.8939	1	0	3	9
109	121	Texas State	10.38	0	1	4	8
110	101	Stanford	11.066	1	0	2	10
111	116	Bowling Green	11.358	0	1	4	8
112	117	Southern Miss	11.792	0	1	3	9
113	108	Troy	11.923	0	1	4	8
114	97	Hawaii	12.021	0	2	4	8
115	105	Kent State	12.047	0	1	4	8
116	93	UTEP	12.208	0	2	6	5
117	98	Ball State	12.21	0	1	4	8
118	95	Florida Atlantic	12.633	1	1	3	8
119	109	San Jose State	14.301	1	0	4	8
120	99	Colorado State	15.03	0	1	3	9
121	122	New Mexico	15.267	1	0	3	9
122	94	Eastern Michigan	15.446	1	0	4	8
123	127	Akron	19.222	1	0	3	9
124	110	Buffalo	20.582	0	1	3	9
125	107	Louisiana Tech	20.732	0	1	3	9
126	120	Duke	21.532	1	0	2	10
127	111	Rice	23.101	0	1	2	10
128	129	Florida Intl	27.017	1	0	2	10
129	130	UMass	27.249	0	1	1	11
130	125	Temple	27.869	0	1	1	11
131	114	Charlotte	28.316	0	2	1	10