NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 18

Every team has played in their bowl, with the semi-final winners still to play one more game. Alabama took over the #1 spot by beating previous #3 Michigan State, while Clemson only beat a #6 team in my rankings, Oklahoma. That doesn't necessarily mean I consider Alabama now favored to win, just that they have proven themselves against a stronger group of teams. Obviously considerably stronger, since even at 13-1 they are ahead of a 14-0 team. Stanford vs Iowa was a #4 vs #5 in my rankings, so Stanford moved all the way up to #3 with their win. Unfortunately for them, it's too late to reach the playoff.

What if LSU had won their canceled week 1 game against McNeese State?
LSU would go from #26 to #14 if they had won that game. However, with that win, they might have been in position for a better bowl opponent, which would have boosted them even higher if they won that bowl. Of course, it's all speculation, and their 3 losses are really what sunk their chances this year.

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

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
Week 13 Clemson
Week 14 Clemson
Week 15 Clemson
Week 16 Clemson
Week 17 Clemson