NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 18

13 more bowls actually caused more than half of the teams to change position this week, with San Jose State going from #19 to #10, and all teams higher staying put. Like I said, the movers were too numerous to mention, but I couldn't resist investigating why Colorado and UNLV swapped spots at #115 and #116.

UNLV played both Air Force and Minnesota, two teams who lost this week. Colorado played Fresno State and UCLA, who also lost this week, but also played Arizona State, bowl winners. Apparently this was enough to tick their strength of schedule up just enough to put them ahead of not 4, but now 5 FBS teams.

1	Notre Dame	12-0
2	Ohio State	12-0
3	Alabama	12-1
4	Florida	11-1
5	Stanford	11-2
6	Kansas State	11-1
7	Oregon	11-1
8	Georgia	11-2
9	Northern Illinois	12-1
10	San Jose State	11-2
11	Texas A&M	10-2
12	Oklahoma	10-2
13	Florida State	11-2
14	South Carolina	10-2
15	Utah State	11-2
16	LSU	10-2
17	Kent State	11-2
18	Nebraska	10-3
19	Boise State	11-2
20	Cincinnati	10-3
21	Clemson	10-2
22	Louisville	10-2
23	Oregon State	9-4
24	Texas	9-4
25	Tulsa	10-3
26	UCLA	9-5
27	UCF	10-4
28	Toledo	9-4
29	Baylor	8-5
30	Northwestern	9-3
31	Ball State	9-4
32	Arkansas State	9-3
33	Rutgers	9-4
34	Arizona	8-5
35	San Diego State	9-4
36	Syracuse	8-5
37	Fresno State	9-4
38	Michigan	8-4
39	Wisconsin	8-5
40	Louisiana Tech	9-3
41	Penn State	8-4
42	Louisiana-Lafayette	9-4
43	Texas Tech	8-5
44	Arizona State	8-5
45	Mississippi State	8-4
46	Ohio	9-4
47	North Carolina	8-4
48	Vanderbilt	8-4
49	Oklahoma State	7-5
50	Brigham Young	8-5
51	Michigan State	7-6
52	Navy	8-5
53	USC	7-5
54	West Virginia	7-6
55	Middle Tennessee	8-4
56	Miami (FL)	7-5
57	East Carolina	8-5
58	Louisiana-Monroe	8-5
59	TCU	7-6
60	Washington	7-6
61	Virginia Tech	7-6
62	Bowling Green	8-5
63	North Carolina State	7-5
64	Iowa State	6-6
65	Southern Methodist	7-6
66	Ole Miss	6-6
67	Pittsburgh	6-6
68	Central Michigan	7-6
69	Duke	6-7
70	Western Kentucky	7-6
71	Purdue	6-6
72	Nevada	7-6
73	Minnesota	6-7
74	Rice	7-6
75	Georgia Tech	6-7
76	Missouri	5-7
77	Utah	5-7
78	Tennessee	5-7
79	Wake Forest	5-7
80	Air Force	6-7
81	Arkansas	4-8
82	Connecticut	5-7
83	Iowa	4-8
84	Houston	5-7
85	Marshall	5-7
86	Troy	5-7
87	Virginia	4-8
88	Temple	4-7
89	Indiana	4-8
90	Miami (OH)	4-8
91	Buffalo	4-8
92	Wyoming	4-8
93	North Texas	4-8
94	Colorado State	4-8
95	California	3-9
96	Western Michigan	4-8
97	Maryland	4-8
98	South Florida	3-9
98	Memphis	4-8
100	Auburn	3-9
101	Washington State	3-9
102	Florida Atlantic	3-9
103	New Mexico	4-9
104	Kentucky	2-10
105	Florida International	3-9
106	UTEP	3-9
107	UAB	3-9
108	Eastern Michigan	2-10
109	Hawaii	3-9
110	Illinois	2-10
111	Boston College	2-10
112	Army	2-10
113	Kansas	1-11
114	Tulane	2-10
115	Colorado	1-11
116	UNLV	2-11
117	Idaho	1-11
118	Akron	1-11
119	New Mexico State	1-11
120	Southern Miss	0-12

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