Statistically Ranking College Football's Top 27 Teams

The season is drawing to an end, and with many teams finishing up their season this past week, it seems like a good time to examine how the season has fallen.

These rankings are based on Jeff Sagarin's ratings and are very cut and dry. Teams are rewarded for playing and winning against better teams. The better the teams, the more points gained through a win. Teams are punished for losing to teams. Losing to better teams result in fewer deductions than losing to worse teams.

Beating the number one team in the country gets a team 120 points. Beating the worst team in the country gets a team just one point. Losing to the best team in the country results in a deduction of one point, and losing to the worst team in the country results in a deduction of 120 points.

The maximum score possibly attained through this system is 1,428. This would result in playing the number two team and winning for 12 straight weeks. Conversely, the minimum score possibly attained through this system is -1,428. This would result in playing the second-worst team every week and losing every time.

Here are the top 27 teams in the country. The number after the team is the number of points achieved thus far in the season.

1. Oklahoma 709
2. Texas 639
3. Florida 627
4. Alabama 593
5. Oregon 586
6. Penn State 584
7. USC 551
8. Texas Tech 549
9. Utah 530
10. Georgia 522
11. Ohio State 520
12. Mizzou 407
13. Michigan State 392
14. Florida State 387
15. Georgia Tech 384
16. Cincinnati 371
17. Boston College 352
18. Oklahoma State 348
19. Oregon State 326
20. Boise State 313
21. TCU 312
22. Pittsburgh 262
23. LSU 253
24. Northwestern 249
25. Ball State 226
26. Iowa 207
27. BYU 184

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