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

2019 Week 3

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 27.83
2 Clemson ACC-A 2 - 0 1 - 0 26.83
3 Ohio St BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 23.74
4 LSU SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 20.18
5 Auburn SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 17.7
6 Oklahoma BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 17.56
7 Georgia SEC-E 2 - 0 1 - 0 17.56
8 Wisconsin BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 16.95
9 Penn St BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 16.76
10 Oregon PAC12-N 1 - 1 0 - 0 16.58
11 Iowa BIG10-W 2 - 0 1 - 0 14.69
12 UCF AAC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 13.76
13 Texas A&M SEC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 13.59
14 USC PAC12-S 2 - 0 1 - 0 13.25
15 Washington St PAC12-N 2 - 0 0 - 0 13.21
16 Mississippi St SEC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 13.02
17 Michigan BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 12.81
18 Washington PAC12-N 1 - 1 0 - 1 11.42
19 Maryland BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 11.23
20 Texas BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 11.11
21 Notre Dame IND 1 - 0 0 - 0 10.42
22 Missouri SEC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 10.19
23 Michigan St BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 9.17
24 Utah PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 8.5
25 Florida SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 8.12
26 Oklahoma St BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 7.93
27 NC State ACC-A 2 - 0 0 - 0 7.79
28 Stanford PAC12-N 1 - 1 0 - 1 7.36
29 Minnesota BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 7.04
30 Kansas St BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 6.71
31 Memphis AAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 6.53
32 Kentucky SEC-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 5.68
33 Virginia ACC-C 2 - 0 1 - 0 5.66
34 Iowa St BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 5.58
35 Appalachian St SUN 2 - 0 0 - 0 5.42
36 California PAC12-N 2 - 0 1 - 0 5.22
37 TCU BIG12 1 - 0 0 - 0 5.06
38 Baylor BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 4.23
39 Northwestern BIG10-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 3.91
40 Wake Forest ACC-A 2 - 0 0 - 0 3.9
41 Miami FL ACC-C 0 - 2 0 - 1 3.85
42 Boise St MWC-M 2 - 0 0 - 0 3.83
43 Texas Tech BIG12 2 - 0 0 - 0 3.18
44 Pittsburgh ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 1 3.13
45 Mississippi SEC-W 1 - 1 1 - 0 2.8
46 Temple AAC-E 1 - 0 0 - 0 2.62
47 Arizona St PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 2.52
48 Utah St MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 2.11
49 North Carolina ACC-C 2 - 0 1 - 0 1.85
50 Fresno St MWC-W 0 - 2 0 - 0 1.85
51 Boston College ACC-A 2 - 0 1 - 0 1.78
52 Purdue BIG10-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 1.53
53 Florida St ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 0 1.44
54 South Carolina SEC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 1.42
55 Georgia Tech ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 1 1.3
56 West Virginia BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 1.17
57 Nebraska BIG10-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.9
58 Houston AAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.46
59 Army IND 1 - 1 0 - 0 0.16
60 Indiana BIG10-E 2 - 0 0 - 0 -0.13
61 Duke ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 0 -0.13
62 Wyoming MWC-M 2 - 0 0 - 0 -0.36
63 Colorado PAC12-S 2 - 0 0 - 0 -0.43
64 Virginia Tech ACC-C 1 - 1 0 - 1 -0.79
65 Syracuse ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 0 -1.59
66 SMU AAC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -2.34
67 Ohio MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.39
68 Tulane AAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.49
69 Arkansas St SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.63
70 Troy SUN 1 - 0 0 - 0 -2.74
71 Arizona PAC12-S 1 - 1 0 - 0 -2.96
72 Toledo MAC-W 0 - 1 0 - 0 -3.4
73 San Diego St MWC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -3.41
74 BYU IND 1 - 1 0 - 0 -3.48
75 Cincinnati AAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -3.77
76 Navy AAC-W 1 - 0 0 - 0 -4.09
77 Arkansas SEC-W 1 - 1 0 - 1 -4.33
78 UCLA PAC12-S 0 - 2 0 - 0 -4.36
79 Air Force MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 -4.6
80 Louisville ACC-A 1 - 1 0 - 0 -4.61
81 Tennessee SEC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -4.68
82 Vanderbilt SEC-E 0 - 2 0 - 1 -4.77
83 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -4.85
84 MTSU CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -4.94
85 Marshall CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -5.53
86 Louisiana SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -5.64
87 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -6.12
88 Miami OH MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -6.89
89 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -6.89
90 N Illinois MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -7.07
91 UAB CUSA-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -7.21
92 Rutgers BIG10-E 1 - 1 0 - 1 -7.68
93 Southern Miss CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -7.76
94 Tulsa AAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -7.84
95 Buffalo MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.07
96 Ga Southern SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.68
97 South Florida AAC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -8.7
98 ULM SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -8.85
99 WKU CUSA-E 1 - 1 1 - 0 -9.41
100 Oregon St PAC12-N 0 - 2 0 - 0 -10.33
101 E Michigan MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.35
102 Nevada MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.45
103 Georgia St SUN 2 - 0 0 - 0 -10.68
104 W Michigan MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -10.77
105 Hawaii MWC-W 2 - 0 0 - 0 -10.92
106 Colorado St MWC-M 1 - 1 0 - 0 -11.24
107 North Texas CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -12.52
108 Coastal Car SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -13.13
109 Kansas BIG12 1 - 1 0 - 0 -13.56
110 Florida Intl CUSA-E 0 - 2 0 - 1 -13.81
111 Charlotte CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -13.88
112 East Carolina AAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -14.52
113 Texas St SUN 0 - 2 0 - 0 -15.08
114 New Mexico MWC-M 1 - 0 0 - 0 -15.59
115 South Alabama SUN 1 - 1 0 - 0 -16.06
116 Rice CUSA-W 0 - 2 0 - 0 -16.28
117 Old Dominion CUSA-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -17.5
118 Ball St MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -17.68
119 Massachusetts IND 0 - 2 0 - 1 -17.74
120 UNLV MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -18.2
121 New Mexico St IND 0 - 2 0 - 0 -18.4
122 Connecticut AAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -18.86
123 San Jose St MWC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -19.35
124 Liberty IND 0 - 2 0 - 0 -20.59
125 Kent MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -21.31
126 Akron MAC-E 0 - 2 0 - 0 -21.66
127 C Michigan MAC-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -22.16
128 Bowling Green MAC-E 1 - 1 0 - 0 -22.77
129 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -24.66
130 UTEP CUSA-W 1 - 1 0 - 0 -25.26