NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 16

There wasn't much movement today, with only one FBS game taking place, Navy defeating Army. There were also 4 FCS games, and 2 games each at Division II and III, which still affect the rankings, though they aren't likely to change an FBS team as you go further down the divisions due to who plays who. I do think that it's kind of interesting that the playoffs and bowls are already set before the FBS season officially ends. Would the whole thing have to be put on hold for a week if Army or Navy were 11-0 going into this game?

None of my top 25 teams changed positions after these games. The highest-ranked team affected was Utah, who fell one spot behind #28 Cincinnati to #29. Neither team actually played Army or Navy, but they were so closely scored that the subtle shifts in their opponents strengths caused them to swap.

Next up was Air Force, who played both Army and Navy, and jumped up one place to #31 over #32 USC. Georgia Southern got a direct boost from the Navy win, and moved up 1 spot to #39, moving Toledo to #40.

Notre Dame also benefited from the Navy win, moving from #46 up to a tie for #44, and bumping North Carolina State down to #46.

Navy, of course, got the biggest boost, from #70 to #54. As far as relative ordering, a few pairs of the teams they passed swapped places too, including Western Kentucky and Tennessee at #55-56, North Carolina and Arkansas at #57-58, and Houston and Texas at #69-70.

Army interestingly stayed right at #101. They did lose 7 spots in my overall rankings of all 720 teams, but the teams they fell behind were all FCS or below.

Finally, Louisiana-Monroe wrested the #107 spot from Southern Miss, who falls to #108.

I'll probably post weekly updates of these rankings throughout the bowl season, but it's practically a lock my #1 team at the end will be the winner of the playoff, because the strength of 2 victories over 2 top 4 teams should lift any of the 4 of them to the top.

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

2014 History and #1s

Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0
Week 2 LSU
Week 3 Oklahoma
Week 4 North Carolina State
Week 5 Nebraska
Week 6 Auburn
Week 7 Mississippi State
Week 8 Florida State
Week 9 Mississippi State
Week 10 Mississippi State
Week 11 Mississippi State
Week 12 Florida State
Week 13 Florida State
Week 14 Florida State
Week 15 Florida State