Weighted Ratings

This system came about following the 2017 regular season in which it became clear that playing and performing well against the best teams did not necessarily put certain teams higher in the ratings than other teams with more average opponents. Wins against better teams are given greater weight in this system, and losses against good teams are penalized less. All of these evaluations are based on the same formula as the unweighted ratings though.

1 Alabama 43.268628

2 Ohio St. 37.306985

3 Penn St. 35.458147

4 Clemson 35.410836

5 Wisconsin 30.033484

6 Washington 28.799632

7 Colorado 27.670309

8 Michigan 26.841181

9 Florida St. 26.795726

10 Oklahoma 25.479138

11 So. California 25.235451

12 Florida 24.782036

13 Tennessee 24.404681

14 Texas A&M 24.356921

15 W. Michigan 24.317495

16 Stanford 24.246933

17 Pittsburgh 23.911438

18 Auburn 23.786097

19 South Florida 23.625301

20 Nebraska 21.955946

21 Boise St. 21.814264

22 Virginia Tech 21.683149

23 Georgia Tech 21.584213

24 Temple 21.161386

25 Louisville 21.002474

26 LSU 20.947420

27 West Virginia 20.533627

28 Iowa 20.463521

29 U. Miami 19.680932

30 Navy 19.470696

31 Houston 19.068872

32 Georgia 18.489527

33 Tulsa 17.936754

34 Memphis 17.923284

35 Arkansas 17.719951

36 App. St. 16.709238

37 North Carolina 16.644667

38 Brigham Young 16.599727

39 Oklahoma St. 16.356157

40 Air Force 15.920441

41 Washington St. 15.662195

42 Minnesota 15.571047

43 Kentucky 15.478318

44 W. Kentucky 14.860800

45 Utah 14.588862

46 Troy 13.994180

47 Idaho 13.878469

48 Vanderbilt 13.711754

49 Kansas St. 13.643671

50 Old Dominion 13.275970

51 San Diego St. 13.094735

52 N. Carolina St. 12.908539

53 Toledo 12.743818

54 Northwestern 12.430531

55 Colorado St. 12.114661

56 Indiana 12.053310

57 E. Michigan 11.963842

58 South Carolina 11.721501

59 Wyoming 11.346487

60 TCU 11.167941

61 Maryland 10.881969

62 New Mexico 10.606693

63 Mississippi St. 10.501514

64 Ole Miss 10.401486

65 Oregon St. 10.270550

66 Boston College 9.537341

67 Wake Forest 9.279946

68 Ohio 8.965881

69 Baylor 8.550590

70 So. Methodist 8.233610

71 Arizona St. 8.080688

72 Missouri 7.887046

73 Arkansas St. 7.693699

74 Cal (Berkeley) 7.217193

75 Oregon 6.896931

76 Mid Tennessee 6.844404

77 Illinois 6.842360

78 Texas Tech 6.196784

79 C. Michigan 6.049930

80 UCLA 5.844819

81 Syracuse 5.652565

82 Army 5.584469

83 Louisiana Tech 5.518148

84 Hawaii 4.910240

85 So. Mississippi 4.776681

86 Texas 4.563086

87 Central Florida 3.584944

88 Rutgers 2.900966

89 Notre Dame 2.876339

90 Duke 2.608404

91 South Alabama 2.444666

92 Tulane 2.161964

93 La.-Lafayette 1.882627

94 Purdue 1.765213

95 Arizona 1.713603

96 Ga. Southern 1.631887

97 No. Illinois 1.547662

98 Michigan St. 1.466131

99 Akron 1.064248

100 Miami U. 0.518953

101 San Jose St. -0.986033

102 TX-S. Antonio -1.087081

103 Bowling Green -1.366857

104 Nevada (Reno) -1.474579

105 Cincinnati -1.739291

106 La.-Monroe -1.799590

107 Iowa St. -1.817725

108 UNLV -2.899557

109 North Texas -3.373608

110 East Carolina -3.453582

111 Kansas -3.770792

112 Virginia -4.325638

113 Kent St. -4.701562

114 Connecticut -5.014570

115 Utah St. -5.471393

116 New Mexico St. -5.482525

117 Georgia St. -5.589662

118 Ball St. -5.766341

119 Florida Int'l -5.879348

120 Florida Atlantic -7.270474

121 UNC-Charlotte -7.796218

122 Rice -8.140872

123 Texas St. -8.981310

124 Marshall -9.430576

125 UTEP -10.334550

126 Massachusetts -10.466590

127 Fresno St. -13.350198

128 Buffalo -15.271389