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 6 (10/1/2017)

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 5 - 0 2 - 0 31.61
2 Clemson ACC-A 5 - 0 3 - 0 25.23
3 Ohio St BIG10-E 4 - 1 2 - 0 22.75
4 Oklahoma BIG12 4 - 0 1 - 0 21.99
5 Notre Dame IND 4 - 1 0 - 0 20.49
6 Penn St BIG10-E 5 - 0 2 - 0 20.19
7 Auburn SEC-W 4 - 1 2 - 0 20.17
8 Georgia SEC-E 5 - 0 2 - 0 19.6
9 Miami FL ACC-C 3 - 0 1 - 0 19.26
10 Washington PAC12-N 5 - 0 2 - 0 18.92
11 Oklahoma St BIG12 4 - 1 1 - 1 17.28
12 TCU BIG12 4 - 0 1 - 0 17.05
13 USC PAC12-S 4 - 1 2 - 1 15.18
14 Michigan BIG10-E 4 - 0 1 - 0 15.06
15 Wisconsin BIG10-W 4 - 0 1 - 0 14.24
16 Washington St PAC12-N 5 - 0 2 - 0 13.96
17 Virginia Tech ACC-C 4 - 1 0 - 1 13.92
18 Oregon PAC12-N 4 - 1 1 - 1 13.61
19 Georgia Tech ACC-C 3 - 1 2 - 0 13.18
20 Louisville ACC-A 4 - 1 1 - 1 13.16
21 Florida St ACC-A 1 - 2 1 - 1 12.38
22 Stanford PAC12-N 3 - 2 2 - 1 12.04
23 UCF AAC-E 3 - 0 1 - 0 10.38
24 Texas Tech BIG12 3 - 1 0 - 1 9.76
25 South Florida AAC-E 5 - 0 2 - 0 8.99
26 West Virginia BIG12 3 - 1 1 - 0 8.56
27 Texas BIG12 2 - 2 1 - 0 8.56
28 Michigan St BIG10-E 3 - 1 1 - 0 8.5
29 Florida SEC-E 3 - 1 3 - 0 8.08
30 Duke ACC-C 4 - 1 1 - 1 7.76
31 Texas A&M SEC-W 4 - 1 2 - 0 7.64
32 Mississippi St SEC-W 3 - 2 1 - 2 7.39
33 NC State ACC-A 4 - 1 2 - 0 7.19
34 Kansas St BIG12 3 - 1 1 - 0 6.93
35 Indiana BIG10-E 2 - 2 0 - 2 6.81
36 Iowa BIG10-W 3 - 2 0 - 2 6.78
37 Wake Forest ACC-A 4 - 1 1 - 1 6.51
38 Colorado St MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 0 5.59
39 W Michigan MAC-W 3 - 2 1 - 0 5.47
40 UCLA PAC12-S 3 - 2 1 - 1 5.42
41 San Diego St MWC-W 5 - 0 1 - 0 5.17
42 Minnesota BIG10-W 3 - 1 0 - 1 4.88
43 North Carolina ACC-C 1 - 4 0 - 3 4.47
44 Arizona St PAC12-S 2 - 3 1 - 1 4.39
45 Maryland BIG10-E 3 - 1 1 - 0 4.25
46 Northwestern BIG10-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 4.1
47 Arkansas SEC-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 3.94
48 Toledo MAC-W 3 - 1 0 - 0 3.89
49 Nebraska BIG10-W 3 - 2 2 - 0 3.83
50 Baylor BIG12 0 - 5 0 - 2 3.78
51 Iowa St BIG12 2 - 2 0 - 1 2.99
52 Pittsburgh ACC-C 2 - 3 0 - 1 2.8
53 Utah PAC12-S 4 - 0 1 - 0 2.61
54 SMU AAC-W 4 - 1 1 - 0 2.5
55 California PAC12-N 3 - 2 0 - 2 2.45
56 Boise St MWC-M 2 - 2 1 - 0 2.41
57 Navy AAC-W 4 - 0 3 - 0 2.32
58 Purdue BIG10-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 1.82
59 Virginia ACC-C 3 - 1 0 - 0 1.78
60 Houston AAC-W 3 - 1 1 - 0 1.61
61 LSU SEC-W 3 - 2 0 - 1 1.25
62 Tennessee SEC-E 3 - 2 0 - 2 0.47
63 N Illinois MAC-W 2 - 2 0 - 0 -0.04
64 Colorado PAC12-S 3 - 2 0 - 2 -0.14
65 Arizona PAC12-S 2 - 2 0 - 1 -0.21
66 Kentucky SEC-E 4 - 1 1 - 1 -0.36
67 South Carolina SEC-E 3 - 2 1 - 2 -1.2
68 Memphis AAC-W 3 - 1 0 - 1 -1.67
69 Vanderbilt SEC-E 3 - 2 0 - 2 -1.79
70 Boston College ACC-A 2 - 3 0 - 2 -1.9
71 Mississippi SEC-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 -2.06
72 Utah St MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 0 -2.31
73 Appalachian St SUN 2 - 2 1 - 0 -2.34
74 Air Force MWC-M 1 - 3 0 - 2 -2.7
75 Tulsa AAC-W 1 - 4 0 - 1 -3.07
76 Fresno St MWC-W 2 - 2 1 - 0 -3.87
77 UNLV MWC-W 2 - 2 1 - 0 -4.02
78 New Mexico MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 1 -4.05
79 Syracuse ACC-A 2 - 3 0 - 1 -4.1
80 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 3 - 0 0 - 0 -4.52
81 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 3 - 2 1 - 0 -5.26
82 Marshall CUSA-E 3 - 1 0 - 0 -6.01
83 WKU CUSA-E 2 - 2 0 - 1 -6.02
84 Arkansas St SUN 1 - 2 0 - 0 -6.15
85 Troy SUN 4 - 1 1 - 0 -7.32
86 Ohio MAC-E 4 - 1 1 - 0 -7.58
87 Oregon St PAC12-N 1 - 4 0 - 2 -7.65
88 Temple AAC-E 2 - 3 0 - 2 -8.02
89 Wyoming MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 0 -8.36
90 Cincinnati AAC-E 2 - 3 0 - 1 -8.75
91 Missouri SEC-E 1 - 3 0 - 2 -9.14
92 BYU IND 1 - 4 1 - 0 -9.93
93 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 -10
94 Tulane AAC-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 -10.17
95 Rutgers BIG10-E 1 - 4 0 - 2 -10.47
96 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 2 - 3 1 - 0 -10.62
97 Ga Southern SUN 0 - 3 0 - 0 -10.72
98 North Texas CUSA-W 3 - 2 2 - 0 -10.95
99 East Carolina AAC-E 1 - 4 1 - 1 -11.09
100 New Mexico St SUN 2 - 3 0 - 1 -11.1
101 Army IND 3 - 2 1 - 0 -11.11
102 Miami OH MAC-E 2 - 3 1 - 0 -11.41
103 Buffalo MAC-E 3 - 2 1 - 0 -11.89
104 Idaho SUN 2 - 2 1 - 0 -11.89
105 Nevada MWC-W 0 - 5 0 - 1 -11.99
106 ULL SUN 1 - 3 0 - 1 -14.05
107 E Michigan MAC-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 -14.08
108 Old Dominion CUSA-E 2 - 2 0 - 0 -14.15
109 Akron MAC-E 2 - 3 1 - 0 -14.38
110 MTSU CUSA-E 2 - 3 0 - 1 -14.69
111 Connecticut AAC-E 1 - 3 0 - 2 -14.7
112 Southern Miss CUSA-W 2 - 2 0 - 1 -14.86
113 Hawaii MWC-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 -15.63
114 Georgia St SUN 1 - 2 0 - 0 -15.69
115 ULM SUN 2 - 2 2 - 0 -16.01
116 Kansas BIG12 1 - 3 0 - 1 -16.3
117 C Michigan MAC-W 2 - 3 0 - 1 -16.3
118 Ball St MAC-W 2 - 3 0 - 1 -16.7
119 South Alabama SUN 1 - 4 0 - 1 -17.8
120 Bowling Green MAC-E 0 - 5 0 - 1 -17.82
121 Massachusetts IND 0 - 6 0 - 0 -17.87
122 UAB CUSA-E 2 - 2 0 - 1 -19.27
123 Florida Intl CUSA-E 3 - 1 2 - 0 -20.58
124 Kent MAC-E 1 - 4 0 - 1 -21.51
125 Coastal Car SUN 1 - 3 0 - 1 -22.82
126 San Jose St MWC-W 1 - 5 0 - 2 -22.98
127 Rice CUSA-W 1 - 4 1 - 1 -23.16
128 Texas St SUN 1 - 4 0 - 1 -24.69
129 UTEP CUSA-W 0 - 5 0 - 1 -25.64
130 Charlotte CUSA-E 0 - 5 0 - 1 -28.62