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 3 (9/10/2017)

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 25.87
2 Clemson ACC-A 2 - 0 0 - 0 23.43
3 Oklahoma BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 21.35
4 Ohio St BIG10-E 1 - 1 1 - 0 19.42
5 USC PAC12-S 2 - 0 1 - 0 19.4
6 LSU SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 18.28
7 Michigan BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 17.85
8 Oklahoma St BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 16.63
9 Penn St BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 16.53
10 Washington PAC12-N 2 - 0 0 - 0 13.9
11 Auburn SEC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 13.8
12 Notre Dame IND 1 - 1 0 - 0 13.72
13 Florida St ACC-A 0 - 1 0 - 0 13.31
14 Stanford PAC12-N 1 - 1 0 - 1 13.14
15 Georgia SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 12.37
16 Kansas St BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 12.29
17 Louisville ACC-A 2 - 0 1 - 0 11.81
18 Wisconsin BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 11.71
19 Tennessee SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 11.51
20 Texas A&M SEC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 10.86
21 Miami FL ACC-C 1 - 0 0 - 0 10.84
22 Mississippi St SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 10.77
23 TCU BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 10.54
24 Oregon PAC12-N 2 - 0 0 - 0 10.43
25 Virginia Tech ACC-C 2 - 0 0 - 0 10.43
26 Mississippi SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 10.21
27 Michigan St BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 9.92
28 West Virginia BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 9.33
29 Iowa BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 8.71
30 UCLA PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 8.7
31 Florida SEC-E 0 - 1 0 - 0 8.42
32 Washington St PAC12-N 2 - 0 0 - 0 8.3
33 Georgia Tech ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 0 8.09
34 Duke ACC-C 2 - 0 0 - 0 7.44
35 Pittsburgh ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 0 7.33
36 Texas BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 6.83
37 Utah PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 6.81
38 Texas Tech BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 6.53
39 North Carolina ACC-C 0 - 2 0 - 1 6.41
40 South Carolina SEC-E 2 - 0 1 - 0 6.09
41 California PAC12-N 2 - 0 0 - 0 5.18
42 Iowa St BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 4.7
43 Boise St MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 4.28
44 Nebraska BIG10-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 3.91
45 Minnesota BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 3.83
46 Arkansas SEC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 3.34
47 Indiana BIG10-E 1 - 1 0 - 1 3.33
48 Maryland BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 2.91
49 Baylor BIG12 0 - 2 0 - 0 2.66
50 NC State ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 0 2.53
51 BYU IND 1 - 2 1 - 0 2.12
52 W Michigan MAC-W 0 - 2 0 - 0 2.02
53 San Diego St MWC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 2.01
54 Colorado PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 1.94
55 Toledo MAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 1.24
56 Tulsa AAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 1.18
57 Houston AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 0.68
58 Northwestern BIG10-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.62
59 Vanderbilt SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 0.33
60 Arizona St PAC12-S 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.17
61 Wake Forest ACC-A 2 - 0 1 - 0 0.13
62 Navy AAC-W 2 - 0 1 - 0 0.06
63 Colorado St MWC-M 2 - 1 0 - 0 -0.06
64 South Florida AAC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 -0.46
65 Kentucky SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 -1.42
66 Temple AAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -1.64
67 Purdue BIG10-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -1.76
68 Memphis AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -2.06
69 Appalachian St SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.07
70 WKU CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.17
71 Missouri SEC-E 1 - 1 0 - 1 -2.35
72 UCF AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -2.45
73 Air Force MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 -2.68
74 Arkansas St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -2.79
75 Arizona PAC12-S 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.93
76 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -4.07
77 Cincinnati AAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -4.61
78 N Illinois MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -5.09
79 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -6.21
80 Virginia ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 0 -6.54
81 UNLV MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -7.16
82 Ga Southern SUN 0 - 2 0 - 0 -7.18
83 Boston College ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 1 -7.37
84 C Michigan MAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -7.74
85 Oregon St PAC12-N 1 - 2 0 - 0 -7.98
86 Rutgers BIG10-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -8.04
87 Syracuse ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.09
88 Coastal Car SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -8.24
89 Bowling Green MAC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -8.25
90 Wyoming MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.55
91 Troy SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.75
92 SMU AAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -9.17
93 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -9.36
94 Fresno St MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -9.59
95 Ball St MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -9.79
96 Nevada MWC-W 0 - 2 0 - 0 -9.82
97 MTSU CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -9.98
98 New Mexico MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.32
99 East Carolina AAC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -10.38
100 Utah St MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.65
101 ULL SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.96
102 Southern Miss CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -11.09
103 Ohio MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -11.71
104 Old Dominion CUSA-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 -11.86
105 Army IND 2 - 0 1 - 0 -11.93
106 Marshall CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -12.07
107 E Michigan MAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -13.12
108 South Alabama SUN 0 - 2 0 - 0 -13.71
109 Tulane AAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 1 -13.89
110 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -14.63
111 Kent MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -14.79
112 Buffalo MAC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -15.15
113 Hawaii MWC-W 2 - 1 0 - 0 -15.48
114 Akron MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.17
115 New Mexico St SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.21
116 Miami OH MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.47
117 Idaho SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.65
118 Kansas BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.66
119 Rice CUSA-W 1 - 1 1 - 0 -17.07
120 ULM SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -17.61
121 Georgia St SUN 0 - 1 0 - 0 -18.19
122 San Jose St MWC-W 1 - 2 0 - 0 -18.69
123 Connecticut AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 -19.03
124 Massachusetts IND 0 - 3 0 - 0 -20
125 North Texas CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -20.77
126 UAB CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -21.36
127 UTEP CUSA-W 0 - 2 0 - 1 -22.62
128 Florida Intl CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -23.08
129 Texas St SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -23.35
130 Charlotte CUSA-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -24.17