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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2006 Postseason
2005 Postseason

Archived Rankings by Week (2015-2019)

SYSTEM RANKINGS

2006 Postseason

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Florida SEC-E 13 - 1 8 - 1 27.51
2 Louisville ACC-A 12 - 1 4 - 0 26.09
3 LSU SEC-W 11 - 2 6 - 2 25.2
4 USC PAC12-S 11 - 2 7 - 2 25.05
5 Ohio St BIG10-E 12 - 1 8 - 0 22.83
6 BYU IND 11 - 2 0 - 0 21.07
7 West Virginia BIG12 11 - 2 0 - 0 19.8
8 Rutgers BIG10-E 11 - 2 1 - 0 19.21
9 California PAC12-N 10 - 3 7 - 2 18.9
10 Michigan BIG10-E 11 - 2 7 - 1 18.86
11 Arkansas SEC-W 10 - 4 7 - 2 18.69
12 Boise St MWC-M 13 - 0 6 - 0 18.59
13 Wisconsin BIG10-W 12 - 1 7 - 1 17.62
14 Virginia Tech ACC-C 10 - 3 6 - 2 17.22
15 Oklahoma BIG12 11 - 3 4 - 1 16.79
16 Auburn SEC-W 11 - 2 6 - 2 16.31
17 Tennessee SEC-E 9 - 4 5 - 3 16.02
18 South Carolina SEC-E 8 - 5 3 - 5 15.87
19 Georgia SEC-E 9 - 4 4 - 4 14.75
20 TCU BIG12 11 - 2 2 - 0 14.48
21 Hawaii MWC-W 11 - 3 5 - 1 14.4
22 Oregon St PAC12-N 10 - 4 6 - 3 13.37
23 Wake Forest ACC-A 11 - 3 7 - 3 13.22
24 Texas BIG12 10 - 3 5 - 1 13.06
25 Boston College ACC-A 10 - 3 4 - 3 12.93
26 Notre Dame IND 10 - 3 1 - 0 12.02
27 Penn St BIG10-E 9 - 4 5 - 3 10.68
28 Clemson ACC-A 8 - 5 5 - 2 10.59
29 South Florida AAC-E 9 - 4 3 - 1 10.52
30 Nebraska BIG10-W 9 - 5 0 - 0 10.27
31 UCLA PAC12-S 7 - 6 6 - 4 9.94
32 Cincinnati AAC-E 8 - 5 2 - 0 9.91
33 Kentucky SEC-E 8 - 5 4 - 4 8.99
34 Georgia Tech ACC-C 9 - 5 6 - 2 8.64
35 Florida St ACC-A 7 - 6 3 - 4 8.32
36 Arizona St PAC12-S 7 - 6 5 - 5 7.06
37 Arizona PAC12-S 6 - 6 4 - 5 6.92
38 Texas A&M SEC-W 9 - 4 1 - 0 6.62
39 Missouri SEC-E 8 - 5 1 - 1 6.58
40 Oklahoma St BIG12 7 - 6 2 - 4 5.93
41 Utah PAC12-S 8 - 5 0 - 1 5.42
42 Nevada MWC-W 8 - 5 4 - 3 5.29
43 Houston AAC-W 10 - 4 5 - 0 5.13
44 Maryland BIG10-E 9 - 4 1 - 0 4.92
45 Texas Tech BIG12 8 - 5 3 - 3 4.82
46 Oregon PAC12-N 7 - 6 4 - 5 4.54
47 Pittsburgh ACC-C 6 - 6 2 - 1 4.47
48 Washington St PAC12-N 6 - 6 4 - 5 4.18
49 Alabama SEC-W 6 - 7 2 - 6 3.55
50 Miami FL ACC-C 7 - 6 3 - 5 3.41
51 C Michigan MAC-W 10 - 4 8 - 1 3.22
52 Minnesota BIG10-W 6 - 7 3 - 5 3
53 Southern Miss CUSA-W 9 - 5 2 - 0 2.77
54 Navy AAC-W 9 - 4 3 - 1 2.69
55 Washington PAC12-N 5 - 7 3 - 6 0.26
56 San Jose St MWC-W 9 - 4 4 - 3 0.16
57 Iowa BIG10-W 6 - 7 2 - 6 -0.06
58 Tulsa AAC-W 8 - 5 4 - 2 -0.36
59 Vanderbilt SEC-E 4 - 8 1 - 7 -0.43
60 Kansas BIG12 6 - 6 2 - 2 -0.57
61 Kansas St BIG12 7 - 6 3 - 2 -1.01
62 Mississippi SEC-W 4 - 8 2 - 7 -1.07
63 Wyoming MWC-M 6 - 6 5 - 2 -1.58
64 Purdue BIG10-W 8 - 6 5 - 4 -1.63
65 East Carolina AAC-E 7 - 6 3 - 3 -1.64
66 Virginia ACC-C 5 - 7 4 - 4 -1.66
67 W Michigan MAC-W 8 - 5 6 - 2 -2.77
68 New Mexico MWC-M 6 - 7 3 - 3 -3.02
69 Syracuse ACC-A 4 - 8 0 - 3 -3.17
70 Mississippi St SEC-W 3 - 9 1 - 7 -3.23
71 Connecticut AAC-E 4 - 8 0 - 3 -3.76
72 N Illinois MAC-W 7 - 6 5 - 3 -4.18
73 Air Force MWC-M 4 - 8 3 - 2 -5.45
74 Ball St MAC-W 5 - 7 5 - 3 -5.54
75 MTSU CUSA-E 7 - 6 3 - 0 -5.65
76 Northwestern BIG10-W 4 - 8 2 - 6 -6.25
77 Michigan St BIG10-E 4 - 8 1 - 7 -6.89
78 Colorado PAC12-S 2 - 10 0 - 1 -6.93
79 Ohio MAC-E 9 - 5 7 - 2 -6.95
80 Indiana BIG10-E 5 - 7 3 - 5 -7.26
81 Rice CUSA-W 7 - 6 2 - 0 -7.54
82 NC State ACC-A 3 - 9 2 - 5 -7.66
83 SMU AAC-W 6 - 6 2 - 2 -7.69
84 Troy SUN 8 - 5 2 - 1 -7.99
85 Fresno St MWC-W 4 - 8 1 - 5 -7.99
86 ULM SUN 4 - 8 1 - 2 -8.89
87 North Carolina ACC-C 3 - 9 2 - 6 -9.34
88 Marshall CUSA-E 5 - 7 2 - 1 -10.08
89 Baylor BIG12 4 - 8 2 - 5 -10.21
90 Stanford PAC12-N 1 - 11 1 - 8 -10.69
91 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 10 1 - 8 -10.75
92 San Diego St MWC-W 3 - 9 3 - 3 -11.65
93 Colorado St MWC-M 4 - 8 2 - 5 -12.2
94 New Mexico St SUN 4 - 8 0 - 1 -12.4
95 Iowa St BIG12 4 - 8 0 - 5 -13.14
96 UTEP CUSA-W 5 - 7 1 - 2 -14.22
97 UCF AAC-E 4 - 8 1 - 4 -14.51
98 Akron MAC-E 5 - 7 3 - 5 -14.52
99 Toledo MAC-W 5 - 7 3 - 5 -14.6
100 Kent MAC-E 6 - 6 5 - 3 -15.47
101 Alabama Birmingham CUSA-E 3 - 9 0 - 4 -15.7
102 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 5 - 7 2 - 1 -15.79
103 ULL SUN 6 - 6 1 - 2 -16
104 UNLV MWC-W 2 - 10 1 - 6 -16.84
105 Tulane AAC-W 4 - 8 1 - 3 -16.93
106 Memphis AAC-W 2 - 10 0 - 4 -16.93
107 Duke ACC-C 0 - 12 0 - 8 -17.64
108 Arkansas St SUN 6 - 6 2 - 1 -17.97
109 Miami OH MAC-E 1 - 10 1 - 6 -18.54
110 Idaho SUN 4 - 8 1 - 0 -19.93
111 Army IND 3 - 9 1 - 1 -20.01
112 Buffalo MAC-E 2 - 9 1 - 6 -21.52
113 Bowling Green MAC-E 4 - 8 3 - 5 -21.94
114 E Michigan MAC-W 1 - 11 1 - 7 -24.17
115 North Texas CUSA-W 3 - 9 1 - 3 -25.18
116 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 3 - 10 1 - 0 -25.22
117 Utah St MWC-M 1 - 11 1 - 5 -25.85
118 Temple AAC-E 1 - 11 0 - 1 -26.82
119 Florida Intl CUSA-E 0 - 12 0 - 3 -32.05