September 2, 2025

FBS Rankings for Week 1

Rank  FBS Team .................  Conf  RRWP
                                      
   1  Ohio State ...............  B10   .810
   2  Oregon ...................  B10   .763
   3  Notre Dame ...............  FBSI  .756
   4  Penn State ...............  B10   .744
   5  Texas ....................  SEC   .733
   6  Indiana ..................  B10   .732
   7  Georgia ..................  SEC   .723
   8  Mississippi ..............  SEC   .717
   9  Minnesota ................  B10   .705
  10  Arizona State ............  B12   .703
  11  Florida ..................  SEC   .701
  12  South Carolina ...........  SEC   .690
  13  Iowa State ...............  B12   .690
  14  Tennessee ................  SEC   .687
  15  SMU ......................  ACC   .685
  16  LSU ......................  SEC   .677
  17  Brigham Young ............  B12   .671
  18  USC ......................  B10   .670
  19  TCU ......................  B12   .663
  20  Illinois .................  B10   .663
  21  Michigan .................  B10   .662
  22  Texas A&M ................  SEC   .661
  23  Miami Florida ............  ACC   .657
  24  Tulane ...................  AAC   .653
  25  Clemson ..................  ACC   .653
  26  Army .....................  AAC   .652
  27  Iowa .....................  B10   .652
  28  Kansas ...................  B12   .649
  29  Alabama ..................  SEC   .648
  30  Colorado .................  B12   .647
  31  Louisville ...............  ACC   .646
  32  Memphis ..................  AAC   .646
  33  Kansas State .............  B12   .644
  34  Missouri .................  SEC   .641
  35  Baylor ...................  B12   .638
  36  Navy .....................  AAC   .637
  37  Nebraska .................  B10   .636
  38  Vanderbilt ...............  SEC   .635
  39  Boise State ..............  MWC   .629
  40  Arkansas .................  SEC   .629
  41  Washington ...............  B10   .628
  42  Ohio .....................  MAC   .625
  43  Wisconsin ................  B10   .623
  44  Georgia Tech .............  ACC   .623
  45  Syracuse .................  ACC   .621
  46  Rutgers ..................  B10   .619
  47  Texas Tech ...............  B12   .619
  48  Virginia Tech ............  ACC   .617
  49  UNLV .....................  MWC   .616
  50  Marshall .................  SBC   .615
  51  Auburn ...................  SEC   .609
  52  Oklahoma .................  SEC   .609
  53  UCLA .....................  B10   .609
  54  Connecticut ..............  FBSI  .609
  55  Duke .....................  ACC   .608
  56  Jacksonville State .......  CUSA  .602
  57  Miami Ohio ...............  MAC   .601
  58  Boston College ...........  ACC   .600
  59  West Virginia ............  B12   .597
  60  Texas-San Antonio ........  AAC   .596
  61  Louisiana-Lafayette ......  SBC   .594
  62  South Florida ............  AAC   .594
  63  Michigan State ...........  B10   .592
  64  Utah .....................  B12   .589
  65  Houston ..................  B12   .589
  66  NC State .................  ACC   .582
  67  East Carolina ............  AAC   .579
  68  Texas State ..............  SBC   .577
  69  James Madison ............  SBC   .576
  70  Pittsburgh ...............  ACC   .575
  71  Cincinnati ...............  B12   .573
  72  Western Kentucky .........  CUSA  .573
  73  Arizona ..................  B12   .572
  74  Central Florida ..........  B12   .572
  75  Kentucky .................  SEC   .570
  76  Rice .....................  AAC   .569
  77  California ...............  ACC   .568
  78  South Alabama ............  SBC   .567
  79  Old Dominion .............  SBC   .565
  80  Virginia .................  ACC   .562
  81  North Carolina ...........  ACC   .561
  82  Georgia Southern .........  SBC   .559
  83  Bowling Green ............  MAC   .558
  84  Colorado State ...........  MWC   .556
  85  Northern Illinois ........  MAC   .555
  86  Buffalo ..................  MAC   .555
  87  Northwestern .............  B10   .554
  88  North Texas ..............  AAC   .552
  89  Maryland .................  B10   .548
  90  Sam Houston State ........  CUSA  .545
  91  Mississippi State ........  SEC   .545
  92  Washington State .........  FBSI  .544
  93  Missouri State ...........  CUSA  .544
  94  Arkansas State ...........  SBC   .544
  95  Appalachian State ........  SBC   .538
  96  Charlotte ................  AAC   .537
  97  Louisiana Tech ...........  CUSA  .533
  98  Wake Forest ..............  ACC   .529
  99  New Mexico ...............  MWC   .528
 100  Florida State ............  ACC   .528
 101  Liberty ..................  CUSA  .527
 102  Fresno State .............  MWC   .527
 103  Toledo ...................  MAC   .526
 104  Utah State ...............  MWC   .526
 105  UAB ......................  AAC   .524
 106  Purdue ...................  B10   .519
 107  Air Force ................  MWC   .518
 108  Wyoming ..................  MWC   .518
 109  Oklahoma State ...........  B12   .515
 110  San Jose State ...........  MWC   .513
 111  Florida Intl .............  CUSA  .513
 112  Troy .....................  SBC   .512
 113  Western Michigan .........  MAC   .511
 114  Temple ...................  AAC   .504
 115  Hawai`i ..................  MWC   .499
 116  Louisiana-Monroe .........  SBC   .498
 117  Coastal Carolina .........  SBC   .495
 118  Stanford .................  ACC   .490
 119  San Diego State ..........  MWC   .490
 120  Central Michigan .........  MAC   .482
 121  Delaware .................  CUSA  .481
 122  Florida Atlantic .........  AAC   .479
 123  Akron ....................  MAC   .476
 124  New Mexico State .........  CUSA  .470
 125  UTEP .....................  CUSA  .465
 126  Tulsa ....................  AAC   .459
 127  Oregon State .............  FBSI  .456
 128  Ball State ...............  MAC   .448
 129  Massachusetts ............  MAC   .447
 130  Georgia State ............  SBC   .446
 131  Nevada ...................  MWC   .441
 132  Eastern Michigan .........  MAC   .436
 133  Kennesaw .................  CUSA  .415
 134  Middle Tennessee State ...  CUSA  .413
 135  Kent .....................  MAC   .337
 136  Southern Mississippi .....  SBC   .240

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

I am confused how UCLA is ranked several spots above Utah even though Utah gave them a beatdown 43-10. It can't be head to head competition and it's clearly not SOS (since Utah had a harder opponent in your rankings than UCLA did). This suggests that your algorithym is faulty. A primary consideration should be head to head. A secondary consideration should be strength of schedule. Other lesser considerations may include previous season (for first week only), rankings of players, home vs. away, coach's record, etc.

Pat Laffaye said...

It's simply because it's very early and the first few weeks of the new season includes a lot of last year's scores. Both teams were 5-7 and you can't ignore last season results, otherwise you will get unreliable ratings. Gradually, say by Week 5, the rankings will only have this season's data. At that point, the rankings will begin to sort themselves out and start to make sense. In the NFL this happens much sooner, because the team are better connected.