Bryan Wilson Empirical Ratings
College Football Ratings
NOTE: The "Rk Points" Column provides a predictive value for each team in future games. To make a game prediction, subtract the values of the two teams involved to predict winner and margin of victory. Add 3.4 points to the home team, if there is one.

You can estimate chances of an upset by finding the point difference in this table:


PREVIOUS YEAR RANKINGS

Note: Conference affiliations and conference records on rankings before 2014 may be wrong because they were generated after-the-fact using conference standings in the 2014 season.
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Archived Rankings by Week (2015-2019)

SYSTEM RANKINGS

2017 Week 2 (9/5/2017)

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 28.33
2 Clemson ACC-A 1 - 0 0 - 0 23.33
3 Ohio St BIG10-E 1 - 0 1 - 0 22.9
4 Michigan BIG10-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 19.02
5 Oklahoma BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 18.24
6 LSU SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 17.53
7 Florida St ACC-A 0 - 1 0 - 0 16.29
8 USC PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 15.99
9 Wisconsin BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 15.54
10 Oklahoma St BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 15.22
11 Auburn SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 13.71
12 Stanford PAC12-N 1 - 0 0 - 0 13.59
13 Notre Dame IND 1 - 0 0 - 0 13.25
14 Washington PAC12-N 1 - 0 0 - 0 13.24
15 Penn St BIG10-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 13.17
16 Tennessee SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 11.71
17 Georgia SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 11.61
18 Texas A&M SEC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 10.53
19 Florida SEC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 10.29
20 Mississippi SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 10
21 Oregon PAC12-N 1 - 0 0 - 0 9.55
22 Baylor BIG12 0 - 1 0 - 0 9.16
23 Louisville ACC-A 1 - 0 0 - 0 9.05
24 Pittsburgh ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 9.01
25 Virginia Tech ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 8.55
26 Arkansas SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 8.52
27 Miami FL ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 8.3
28 Kansas St BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 8
29 Michigan St BIG10-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 7.82
30 Mississippi St SEC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 7.69
31 Iowa BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 7.58
32 Georgia Tech ACC-C 0 - 1 0 - 0 7.24
33 West Virginia BIG12 0 - 1 0 - 0 6.65
34 UCLA PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.63
35 North Carolina ACC-C 0 - 1 0 - 0 6.33
36 Washington St PAC12-N 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.31
37 Nebraska BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.3
38 TCU BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.28
39 WKU CUSA-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.03
40 South Carolina SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 5.76
41 Utah PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 5.19
42 Texas Tech BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 4.92
43 California PAC12-N 1 - 0 0 - 0 4.02
44 Boise St MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 3.94
45 Northwestern BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 3.77
46 BYU IND 1 - 1 1 - 0 2.91
47 Indiana BIG10-E 0 - 1 0 - 1 2.86
48 Missouri SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 2.64
49 San Diego St MWC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 2.38
50 W Michigan MAC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 2.09
51 NC State ACC-A 0 - 1 0 - 0 2.01
52 Houston AAC-W 0 - 0 0 - 0 1.54
53 Arizona St PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 1.32
54 Texas BIG12 0 - 1 0 - 0 1.01
55 Colorado PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 0.71
56 Toledo MAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 0.67
57 Minnesota BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 0.63
58 South Florida AAC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 0.27
59 Vanderbilt SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 0.12
60 Colorado St MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.02
61 Navy AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -0.05
62 Maryland BIG10-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -0.26
63 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -0.58
64 Duke ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 -0.58
65 Iowa St BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 -0.66
66 Kentucky SEC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -1.34
67 Memphis AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -1.56
68 Arizona PAC12-S 1 - 0 0 - 0 -1.77
69 Syracuse ACC-A 1 - 0 0 - 0 -1.79
70 Arkansas St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -1.89
71 Appalachian St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -3
72 Air Force MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 -3.33
73 Temple AAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -3.38
74 Tulsa AAC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -3.64
75 UCF AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -3.86
76 N Illinois MAC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -4.11
77 Oregon St PAC12-N 1 - 1 0 - 0 -4.19
78 Boston College ACC-A 1 - 0 0 - 0 -4.87
79 Purdue BIG10-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -5.2
80 Virginia ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 -5.58
81 Wake Forest ACC-A 1 - 0 0 - 0 -5.7
82 Rutgers BIG10-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -5.83
83 New Mexico MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 -6.32
84 Utah St MWC-M 0 - 1 0 - 0 -6.35
85 Ga Southern SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -7.04
86 Nevada MWC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -7.11
87 Bowling Green MAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -7.75
88 UAB CUSA-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -8.04
89 Illinois BIG10-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -8.05
90 Cincinnati AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -8.73
91 Wyoming MWC-M 0 - 1 0 - 0 -8.73
92 Marshall CUSA-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -8.85
93 Troy SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -8.97
94 East Carolina AAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -9.36
95 Ohio MAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -9.78
96 Coastal Car SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -9.87
97 Southern Miss CUSA-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -10.29
98 Old Dominion CUSA-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -10.46
99 MTSU CUSA-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -10.48
100 Idaho SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -11.11
101 San Jose St MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -11.17
102 ULL SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -11.21
103 SMU AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -11.92
104 C Michigan MAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -12.27
105 Ball St MAC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -12.57
106 Army IND 1 - 0 1 - 0 -12.81
107 UNLV MWC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -13.05
108 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 0 - 0 0 - 0 -13.81
109 South Alabama SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -14.06
110 Kansas BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 -14.58
111 Buffalo MAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -14.85
112 Fresno St MWC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -14.93
113 Hawaii MWC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -15.7
114 Kent MAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -16.07
115 Akron MAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -16.25
116 Tulane AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -16.89
117 North Texas CUSA-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -16.96
118 E Michigan MAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -17.04
119 ULM SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -17.24
120 Georgia St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -17.37
121 Connecticut AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -17.81
122 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -17.84
123 Miami OH MAC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -18
124 Massachusetts IND 0 - 2 0 - 0 -18.9
125 Rice CUSA-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -19.13
126 New Mexico St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -19.81
127 UTEP CUSA-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -20.46
128 Florida Intl CUSA-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -21.98
129 Texas St SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -24.42
130 Charlotte CUSA-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 -26.98