The Schmitz Index: Week 12

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 No. 1 team in the nation.

The Schmitz Index ranks the FBS teams on Win/Loss Percentage (50 percent), Strength of Schedule (25 percent), Margin of Victory (15 percent), Points Scored (five percent), and Net Average Yards (five percent).

Strength of Schedule considers opponents' and opponents' opponents' ratings in the other categories. Margin of Victory collapses runaway scores so as to lessen the impact of blowouts on the overall rankings.

LSU retains the top spot this week, but Oregon falls five spots after losing to Arizona in the desert.  This opened the door for Kansas to move to number two after crushing Iowa State.

Missouri's seventeen-point win over Kansas State allows them to leapfrog Arizona State for the Number 5 slot.

 

	Team	Index	Pvs			Team	Index	Pvs
1	LSU (10-1)	100.00	1		61	East Carolina (6-5)	64.54	59
2	Kansas (11-0)	97.04	3		62	Kansas St. (5-6)	63.77	56
3	West Virginia (9-1)	95.84	5		63	Navy (7-4)	63.76	68
4	Ohio St. (11-1)	94.51	7		64	Colorado (5-6)	63.63	61
5	Missouri (10-1)	93.81	8		65	Arizona (5-6)	61.96	77
6	Arizona St. (9-1)	92.19	6		66	Southern Miss (6-5)	61.66	75
7	Oregon (8-2)	91.56	2		67	Maryland (5-6)	61.61	62
8	Oklahoma (9-2)	91.10	4		68	Vanderbilt (5-6)	60.91	66
9	Florida (8-3)	90.79	9		69	Iowa (6-6)	60.07	60
10	Texas (9-2)	88.09	10		70	Wyoming (5-6)	59.40	67
11	Georgia (9-2)	87.74	12		71	Northwestern (6-6)	59.19	70
12	Boise St. (10-1)	87.58	11		72	Nevada (5-5)	58.26	73
13	Hawaii (10-0)	85.71	16		73	Florida Atlantic (5-5)	58.25	71
14	Virginia Tech (9-2)	85.38	19		74	Miami (OH) (6-5)	58.22	79
15	USC (8-2)	84.71	13		75	Cent. Michigan (6-5)	58.02	69
16	South Florida (8-3)	84.43	23		76	Middle Tenn. St. (5-6)	56.45	78
17	Boston Coll. (9-2)	84.29	24		77	Memphis (6-5)	56.44	83
18	Cincinnati (8-3)	82.67	14		78	Washington St. (4-7)	56.31	72
19	Tennessee (8-3)	82.46	22		79	N.C. State (4-6)	56.01	74
20	Illinois (9-3)	82.37	25		80	Pittsburgh (4-6)	55.78	76
21	Virginia (9-2)	82.23	17		81	LA Monroe (5-6)	55.07	88
22	Connecticut (9-2)	81.99	20		82	West. Kentucky (7-4)	55.03	85
23	Clemson (8-3)	81.61	15		83	Washington (3-8)	54.67	92
24	BYU (8-2)	81.32	28		84	Arkansas St. (5-6)	54.52	84
25	Penn St. (8-4)	80.02	18		85	Louisiana Tech (5-6)	53.47	87
26	Wisconsin (9-3)	78.65	26		86	North Carolina (4-8)	52.82	81
27	UCF (8-3)	78.28	30		87	Toledo (5-6)	52.36	80
28	Utah (8-3)	77.70	34		88	San Diego St. (4-6)	51.03	82
29	Tulsa (8-3)	77.53	32		89	W. Michigan (4-7)	50.19	98
30	California (7-4)	76.59	21		90	Mississippi (3-8)	49.83	93
31	Air Force (9-3)	76.15	38		91	Stanford (3-7)	49.59	91
32	Auburn (7-4)	76.11	29		92	Buffalo (4-7)	49.18	86
33	Michigan (8-4)	75.62	27		93	Akron (4-7)	48.79	89
34	Troy (7-3)	75.52	33		94	UTEP (4-7)	48.29	90
35	Michigan St. (7-5)	75.10	39		95	Tulane (4-7)	46.87	102
36	Florida St. (7-4)	74.32	36		96	Temple (4-7)	46.28	103
37	Rutgers (7-4)	74.00	40		97	Ohio (4-7)	46.20	96
38	Arkansas (7-4)	73.65	41		98	San Jose St. (4-7)	45.75	94
39	Wake Forest (7-4)	73.29	42		99	Rice (4-7)	45.12	95
40	Kentucky (6-4)	73.18	31		100	Iowa St. (3-9)	44.54	97
41	Oregon St. (7-4)	72.90	45		101	East. Michigan (4-8)	43.63	111
42	Texas Tech (7-5)	71.47	54		102	Notre Dame (2-9)	43.17	110
43	Georgia Tech (7-4)	71.44	44		103	UNLV (2-9)	42.78	99
44	Oklahoma St. (6-5)	71.18	50		104	Army (3-8)	41.88	105
45	Alabama (6-5)	69.79	35		105	Colorado St. (2-9)	41.20	107
46	Purdue (7-5)	69.74	37		106	Baylor (3-9)	41.04	101
47	Houston (7-4)	69.03	52		107	Marshall (2-9)	40.92	106
48	South Carolina (6-5)	68.76	47		108	New Mexico St. (4-8)	40.66	100
49	Fresno St. (7-4)	68.38	51		109	Kent St. (3-8)	40.02	104
50	Indiana (7-5)	68.18	57		110	Syracuse (2-9)	38.87	109
51	Texas A&M (6-5)	67.84	53		111	LA Lafayette (3-8)	38.52	114
52	Ball St. (6-5)	66.68	64		112	Duke (1-10)	36.88	108
53	Nebraska (5-6)	66.64	55		113	Minnesota (1-11)	35.90	113
54	New Mexico (7-4)	66.54	48		114	UAB (2-9)	35.20	112
55	Miami (FL) (6-5)	66.27	43		115	Utah St. (1-10)	34.23	117
56	Bowling Green (7-4)	66.11	63		116	SMU (1-10)	33.01	115
57	Louisville (5-5)	66.03	46		117	North Texas (1-9)	30.39	116
58	Mississippi St. (6-5)	65.89	49		118	Northern Illinois (2-9)	29.69	118
59	TCU (6-5)	65.47	65		119	Idaho (1-10)	28.81	119
60	UCLA (5-5)	65.20	58		120	Florida Intl. (0-10)	24.20	120

      (Through November 17, 2007)