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 7 (10/8/2017)

Rank Team Conf Record Conf Record Rk Points
1 Alabama SEC-W 6 - 0 3 - 0 28.56
2 Ohio St BIG10-E 5 - 1 3 - 0 26.7
3 Clemson ACC-A 6 - 0 4 - 0 24.41
4 Penn St BIG10-E 6 - 0 3 - 0 21.77
5 Oklahoma BIG12 4 - 1 1 - 1 20.53
6 Georgia SEC-E 6 - 0 3 - 0 20.42
7 Notre Dame IND 5 - 1 0 - 0 20.04
8 Washington PAC12-N 6 - 0 3 - 0 19.3
9 Miami FL ACC-C 4 - 0 2 - 0 18.26
10 Auburn SEC-W 5 - 1 3 - 0 18.18
11 Wisconsin BIG10-W 5 - 0 2 - 0 16.82
12 Oklahoma St BIG12 4 - 1 1 - 1 15.84
13 Washington St PAC12-N 6 - 0 3 - 0 15.68
14 USC PAC12-S 5 - 1 3 - 1 15.44
15 TCU BIG12 5 - 0 2 - 0 14.41
16 Florida St ACC-A 1 - 3 1 - 2 14.17
17 Michigan BIG10-E 4 - 1 1 - 1 13.73
18 Virginia Tech ACC-C 5 - 1 1 - 1 11.8
19 Georgia Tech ACC-C 3 - 1 2 - 0 11.64
20 Stanford PAC12-N 4 - 2 3 - 1 11.22
21 Texas Tech BIG12 4 - 1 1 - 1 11.18
22 Louisville ACC-A 4 - 2 1 - 2 11.08
23 NC State ACC-A 5 - 1 3 - 0 11.07
24 Texas BIG12 3 - 2 2 - 0 10.82
25 Michigan St BIG10-E 4 - 1 2 - 0 10.5
26 Iowa BIG10-W 4 - 2 1 - 2 10.39
27 Texas A&M SEC-W 4 - 2 2 - 1 10.09
28 Oregon PAC12-N 4 - 2 1 - 2 9.99
29 UCF AAC-E 4 - 0 2 - 0 9.77
30 Iowa St BIG12 3 - 2 1 - 1 9.5
31 South Florida AAC-E 5 - 0 2 - 0 8.68
32 Wake Forest ACC-A 4 - 2 1 - 2 8.38
33 Indiana BIG10-E 3 - 2 0 - 2 7.55
34 West Virginia BIG12 3 - 2 1 - 1 7.43
35 Kansas St BIG12 3 - 2 1 - 1 7.4
36 San Diego St MWC-W 6 - 0 2 - 0 7.31
37 Mississippi St SEC-W 3 - 2 1 - 2 6.01
38 Florida SEC-E 3 - 2 3 - 1 5.88
39 UCLA PAC12-S 3 - 2 1 - 1 5.42
40 W Michigan MAC-W 4 - 2 2 - 0 5.32
41 Duke ACC-C 4 - 2 1 - 2 5.2
42 Arizona PAC12-S 3 - 2 1 - 1 5.09
43 Northwestern BIG10-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 4.63
44 Utah PAC12-S 4 - 1 1 - 1 4.61
45 Arizona St PAC12-S 2 - 3 1 - 1 4.42
46 Purdue BIG10-W 3 - 2 1 - 1 4.19
47 Colorado St MWC-M 4 - 2 2 - 0 4.18
48 Virginia ACC-C 4 - 1 1 - 0 4.09
49 Boise St MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 0 3.75
50 Navy AAC-W 5 - 0 3 - 0 3.27
51 Houston AAC-W 4 - 1 2 - 0 3.22
52 Minnesota BIG10-W 3 - 2 0 - 2 3.08
53 LSU SEC-W 4 - 2 1 - 1 3.08
54 Nebraska BIG10-W 3 - 3 2 - 1 2.91
55 South Carolina SEC-E 4 - 2 2 - 2 2.85
56 Baylor BIG12 0 - 5 0 - 2 2.03
57 North Carolina ACC-C 1 - 5 0 - 3 1.43
58 Memphis AAC-W 4 - 1 1 - 1 1.19
59 Maryland BIG10-E 3 - 2 1 - 1 1.12
60 Arkansas SEC-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 1.05
61 Pittsburgh ACC-C 2 - 4 0 - 2 0.73
62 Colorado PAC12-S 3 - 3 0 - 3 0.44
63 California PAC12-N 3 - 3 0 - 3 0.37
64 Toledo MAC-W 4 - 1 1 - 0 0.37
65 Kentucky SEC-E 5 - 1 2 - 1 0.27
66 SMU AAC-W 4 - 2 1 - 1 0.1
67 N Illinois MAC-W 3 - 2 1 - 0 -0.16
68 Appalachian St SUN 3 - 2 2 - 0 -1.1
69 Tennessee SEC-E 3 - 2 0 - 2 -1.11
70 Air Force MWC-M 1 - 4 0 - 2 -1.35
71 Syracuse ACC-A 3 - 3 1 - 1 -1.39
72 Mississippi SEC-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 -1.53
73 Boston College ACC-A 2 - 4 0 - 3 -1.59
74 Vanderbilt SEC-E 3 - 3 0 - 3 -1.9
75 Utah St MWC-M 3 - 3 1 - 1 -2.33
76 Tulane AAC-W 3 - 2 1 - 1 -2.68
77 New Mexico MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 1 -4.28
78 Arkansas St SUN 2 - 2 1 - 0 -4.64
79 Troy SUN 4 - 1 1 - 0 -5.33
80 Tulsa AAC-W 1 - 5 0 - 2 -5.53
81 FL Atlantic CUSA-E 3 - 3 2 - 0 -6.19
82 Army IND 4 - 2 1 - 0 -6.25
83 Fresno St MWC-W 3 - 2 2 - 0 -6.26
84 UNLV MWC-W 2 - 3 1 - 1 -6.45
85 Buffalo MAC-E 3 - 3 1 - 1 -6.58
86 Temple AAC-E 3 - 3 1 - 2 -7.12
87 Oregon St PAC12-N 1 - 5 0 - 3 -7.19
88 Missouri SEC-E 1 - 4 0 - 3 -7.28
89 UT San Antonio CUSA-W 3 - 1 0 - 1 -8.29
90 North Texas CUSA-W 3 - 2 2 - 0 -8.71
91 Marshall CUSA-E 4 - 1 1 - 0 -8.92
92 Wyoming MWC-M 3 - 2 1 - 0 -9.02
93 BYU IND 1 - 5 1 - 0 -9.14
94 Louisiana Tech CUSA-W 3 - 3 1 - 1 -9.39
95 Cincinnati AAC-E 2 - 4 0 - 2 -9.42
96 Akron MAC-E 3 - 3 2 - 0 -9.62
97 Rutgers BIG10-E 1 - 4 0 - 2 -10.19
98 Ohio MAC-E 4 - 2 1 - 1 -10.33
99 New Mexico St SUN 2 - 4 0 - 2 -10.54
100 Illinois BIG10-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 -10.64
101 Nevada MWC-W 1 - 5 1 - 1 -11.21
102 Southern Miss CUSA-W 3 - 2 1 - 1 -11.79
103 MTSU CUSA-E 3 - 3 1 - 1 -12.25
104 Bowling Green MAC-E 1 - 5 1 - 1 -12.34
105 WKU CUSA-E 3 - 2 1 - 1 -12.42
106 ULM SUN 3 - 2 3 - 0 -12.81
107 Miami OH MAC-E 2 - 4 1 - 1 -13.15
108 ULL SUN 2 - 3 1 - 1 -13.17
109 Ga Southern SUN 0 - 4 0 - 1 -14.38
110 E Michigan MAC-W 2 - 3 0 - 2 -14.73
111 East Carolina AAC-E 1 - 5 1 - 2 -14.92
112 Georgia St SUN 2 - 2 1 - 0 -15.61
113 C Michigan MAC-W 3 - 3 1 - 1 -15.93
114 UAB CUSA-E 3 - 2 1 - 1 -15.96
115 Idaho SUN 2 - 3 1 - 1 -16.58
116 Connecticut AAC-E 1 - 4 0 - 3 -16.91
117 Kansas BIG12 1 - 4 0 - 2 -17.59
118 Hawaii MWC-W 2 - 4 0 - 3 -17.62
119 Old Dominion CUSA-E 2 - 3 0 - 1 -17.86
120 Massachusetts IND 0 - 6 0 - 0 -18.8
121 South Alabama SUN 1 - 4 0 - 1 -19.4
122 Coastal Car SUN 1 - 4 0 - 2 -19.55
123 Ball St MAC-W 2 - 4 0 - 2 -21.72
124 Kent MAC-E 1 - 5 0 - 2 -21.98
125 San Jose St MWC-W 1 - 6 0 - 3 -22.27
126 Florida Intl CUSA-E 3 - 2 2 - 1 -22.85
127 UTEP CUSA-W 0 - 6 0 - 2 -23.98
128 Rice CUSA-W 1 - 5 1 - 1 -24.01
129 Texas St SUN 1 - 5 0 - 2 -26.9
130 Charlotte CUSA-E 0 - 6 0 - 2 -28.83