2015-11-29

NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 13

If one can define such a thing in the NCAA, the regular season is mostly over. We've still got conference championships and Army-Navy, but most teams know where they stand. That said, the Big 10 title game will be quite important, featuring teams #3 and #4 in my rankings. Depending on what the committee says this week, that game could become a de facto play-in game for the 3rd or 4th playoff position. I'd say Alabama should be safely in the playoff, moving up to #2 in my rankings, ahead of even undefeated Iowa.

I don't talk much about the FCS (formerly Division 1-AA), but I do include their games in my rankings, since most FBS teams have at least one game against an FCS opponent. In case you didn't know, they have a real playoff, and have for years. I saw there were 11 games this week, which struck me as too few for the last week of the regular season, but a peculiar number for the first week of playoffs. I did some digging, and learned that not every conference participates in the FCS playoffs, including the SWAC. Perhaps this wasn't news to you, but it was to me.

Missouri lost their last game and finished 5-7, but there are not enough 6-win teams to fill out all the bowls this year. Everyone around here has their fingers crossed one of those lowest-tier bowls will give Gary Pinkel one final game. Missouri certainly didn't earn it, but I'll take it if it happens.

What if LSU had won their canceled week 1 game against McNeese State?
LSU would move from #28 to #16 with that win, still nowhere near the playoff. But more interestingly, I would have Alabama ranked #1 ahead of Clemson. McNeese State is 10-0 and in the final 8 of the FCS playoffs, so their strength, and therefore LSU's and Alabama's, could continue to increase.

1Clemson12-0
2Alabama11-1
3Iowa12-0
4Michigan State11-1
5Oklahoma11-1
6Ohio State11-1
7North Carolina11-1
8Stanford10-2
9Northwestern10-2
10Houston11-1
11Notre Dame10-2
12Florida State10-2
13Florida10-2
14Oklahoma State10-2
15TCU10-2
16Ole Miss9-3
17Oregon9-3
18Navy9-2
19Temple10-2
20Western Kentucky10-2
21Utah9-3
22Michigan9-3
23Baylor9-2
24Memphis9-3
25Georgia9-3
26BYU9-3
27USC8-4
28LSU8-3
29Toledo9-2
30Bowling Green9-3
31Mississippi State8-4
32Wisconsin9-3
33Miami (FL)8-4
34Pittsburgh8-4
35Texas A&M8-4
36Tennessee8-4
37San Diego State9-3
38UCLA8-4
39Washington State8-4
40Appalachian State9-2
41Arkansas7-5
42Marshall9-3
43California7-5
44Southern Mississippi9-3
45Georgia Southern8-3
46South Florida8-4
47Ohio8-4
48Louisiana Tech8-4
49Penn State7-5
50West Virginia7-4
51Arkansas State8-3
52Air Force8-4
53Texas Tech7-5
54Boise State8-4
55Northern Illinois8-4
56Louisville7-5
57Cincinnati7-5
58Western Michigan7-5
59Auburn6-6
60NC State7-5
61Arizona State6-6
62Central Michigan7-5
63Duke7-5
64Washington6-6
65Arizona6-6
66Utah State6-6
67Middle Tennessee7-5
68Akron7-5
69New Mexico7-5
70Indiana6-6
71Colorado State7-5
72Virginia Tech6-6
73Connecticut6-6
74Minnesota5-7
75Nebraska5-7
76Illinois5-7
77Tulsa6-6
78Missouri5-7
79East Carolina5-7
80Kansas State5-6
81Nevada6-6
82Kentucky5-7
83Virginia4-8
84South Alabama5-6
85San Jose State5-7
86Texas4-7
87Vanderbilt4-8
88Buffalo5-7
89Georgia State5-6
90Florida Intl5-7
91Old Dominion5-7
92UTEP5-7
93Syracuse4-8
94Maryland3-9
95Rutgers4-8
96Colorado4-9
97Georgia Tech3-9
98Rice5-7
99Iowa State3-9
100South Carolina3-9
101Idaho4-8
102Louisiana Lafayette4-7
103Wake Forest3-9
104Troy3-8
105Ball State3-9
106Boston College3-9
107Fresno State3-9
108New Mexico State3-8
109Texas State3-8
110Purdue2-10
111Oregon State2-10
112Florida Atlantic3-9
113Kent State3-9
114SMU2-10
115Tulane3-9
116Miami (OH)3-9
117UNLV3-9
118Texas San Antonio3-9
119Massachusetts3-9
120Hawaii3-10
121Wyoming2-10
122Army2-9
123Charlotte2-10
124North Texas1-11
125Kansas0-12
126Louisiana Monroe1-11
127Eastern Michigan1-11
128UCF0-12

2015 History and #1s
Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0
Week 2 Texas A&M
Week 3 Ohio State
Week 4 Northwestern
Week 5 Northwestern
Week 6 Florida
Week 7 Iowa
Week 8 Michigan State
Week 9 Clemson
Week 10 Clemson
Week 11 Clemson
Week 12 Clemson

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