The Schmitz Index (Week 9)

The Schmitz Index has been updated based on previous comments received.  It is not one of the BCS Computer Indexes. 

In 1999, I was convinced that Virginia Tech was the best team in the nation (behind QB Michael Vick).  I created the Schmitz Index to prove it.  It didn't work—no matter what I tried, VT was not the #1 team in the nation.

The Schmitz Index ranks the FBS teams on W/L Pct. (50%), Strength of Schedule (25%), a Margin of Victory that collapses runaway scores (15%), Points Scored (5%) and Net Average Yards (5%).  SOS previously looked only at opponents' W/L Pct, and opponent's opponnent's W/L Pct.  Now it looks at their rating on the other categories above as well.

The "Previous" notation in this week's index compares this week to last week's on the same formula.  Therefore, it won't match up with the "Previous" notation posted on the Week 8 numbers.

	Team Index Pvs     Team Index Pvs 1  Arizona St. (8-0)    100.00 2   61  Mississippi St. (5-4) 65.56 70 2  LSU (7-1)      97.91 1   62  Indiana (5-4) 64.15 53 3  Oregon (7-1)      97.59 3   63  Maryland (4-4) 62.46 60 4  Ohio St. (9-0)      97.20 4   64  Nebraska (4-5) 62.40 64 5  Kansas (8-0)      96.85 5   65  Northwestern (5-4) 61.84 62 6  West Virginia (7-1)      94.24 7   66  TCU (4-4) 60.44 68 7  Boston Coll. (8-0)      93.09 8   67  Cent. Michigan (5-4) 59.74 78 8  Oklahoma (7-1)      92.92 6   68  UTEP (4-4) 58.83 69 9  Missouri (7-1)      86.68 12   69  Navy (4-4) 58.74 54  10  Boise St. (7-1)      85.52 18   70  Bowling Green (4-4) 58.25 65 11  Connecticut (7-1)      85.20 17   71  Iowa (4-5) 57.82 82 12  Hawaii (8-0)      85.11 16   72  Florida Atlantic (4-4) 57.70 66 13  California (6-2)      84.89 9   73  Middle Tenn. St. (4-5) 57.57 77 14  Texas (7-2)      84.46 19   74  Nevada (4-4) 57.54 79 15  Auburn (6-3)      83.78 20   75  Washington St. (3-5) 56.69 88 16  South Florida (6-2)      83.72 10   76  Stanford (3-5) 56.48 71 17  Florida (5-3)      82.97 11   77  Southern Miss (4-4) 56.33 72 18  USC (6-2)      81.65 14   78  Buffalo (4-5) 55.16 85 19  Georgia (6-2)      81.15 33   79  West. Kentucky (5-3) 54.50 80 20  Michigan (7-2)      81.13 27   80  Miami (OH) (4-5) 54.38 73 21  Purdue (7-2)      80.70 30   81  Pittsburgh (3-5) 53.74 74 22  Wake Forest (6-2)      80.26 25   82  Arizona (3-6) 53.59 89 23  Alabama (6-2)      80.14 24   83  North Carolina (3-6) 52.74 75 24  Virginia (7-2)      80.14 13   84  LA Monroe (3-5) 52.00 100 25  Clemson (6-2)      79.96 34   85  Toledo (4-5) 51.68 96 26  Penn St. (6-3)      79.84 15   86  Arkansas St. (3-5) 51.22 81 27  Cincinnati (6-2)      77.76 26   87  Akron (3-5) 50.89 76 28  Virginia Tech (6-2)      77.74 21   88  Memphis (4-4) 50.49 93 29  Wisconsin (7-2)      77.72 38   89  Louisiana Tech (3-5) 50.16 98 30  Kansas St. (5-3)      76.86 41   90  New Mexico St. (4-5) 49.57 83 31  Tennessee (5-3)      76.74 43   91  N.C. State (2-5) 49.02 108 32  Troy (6-2)      76.55 37   92  Mississippi (2-7) 48.39 87 33  New Mexico (6-2)      75.50 44   93  Temple (3-5) 48.09 86 34  BYU (5-2)      74.49 35   94  Army (3-5) 47.06 92 35  Illinois (6-3)      74.36 48   95  Baylor (3-6) 46.52 90 36  South Carolina (6-3)      74.35 29   96  W. Michigan (3-6) 46.24 84 37  Florida St. (5-3)      74.21 50   97  San Jose St. (3-5) 46.12 95 38  Kentucky (5-3)      73.78 23   98  Kent St. (3-6) 45.57 91 39  Texas A&M (6-3)      73.41 32   99  UNLV (2-7) 44.79 97 40  Houston (5-3)      72.89 51   100  Washington (1-7) 44.79 94 41  UCLA (5-3)      72.81 22   101  Ohio (3-6) 44.58 109 42  Oklahoma St. (5-3)      72.72 40   102  San Diego St. (2-5) 44.12 102 43  Rutgers (5-3)      72.65 28   103  East. Michigan (3-6) 42.80 111 44  Georgia Tech (5-3)      72.26 42   104  Syracuse (2-6) 42.74 103 45  Colorado (5-4)      72.22 55   105  Duke (1-7) 41.42 99 46  Oregon St. (5-3)      71.98 56   106  Colorado St. (1-7) 40.96 101 47  Arkansas (5-3)      71.98 52   107  Notre Dame (1-7) 40.75 106 48  Utah (6-3)      71.89 49   108  Tulane (2-6) 38.58 105 49  UCF (5-3)      71.69 59   109  UAB (2-6) 37.92 107 50  Michigan St. (5-4)      71.25 31   110  Rice (2-6) 37.53 104 51  Wyoming (5-3)      70.79 57   111  Minnesota (1-8) 35.79 110 52  Louisville (5-3)      70.60 61   112  Iowa St. (1-8) 33.62 113 53  Air Force (6-3)      70.08 36   113  SMU (1-7) 32.58 112 54  Fresno St. (6-3)      70.07 39   114  Marshall (1-7) 31.98 120 55  Miami (FL) (5-3)      70.00 46   115  North Texas (1-7) 29.61 114 56  Tulsa (5-3)      69.28 58   116  Idaho (1-8) 29.19 116 57  Vanderbilt (5-3)      68.68 63   117  LA Lafayette (1-7) 28.89 117 58  Texas Tech (5-4)      67.19 47   118  Utah St. (0-8) 28.87 115 59  Ball St. (5-4)      66.67 45   119  Florida Intl. (0-8) 24.76 119 60  East Carolina (5-4)      66.57 67   120  Northern Illinois (1-8) 24.69 118
	Through games completed on October 28, 2007.