NCAA Football Power Rankings, Final

Well this is a little unsatisfying. Clemson beat Alabama in a back and forth game, at least toward the end. But, thanks to a slight strength of schedule difference and their identical records, the result of my algorithm is Alabama still on top. Clemson's opponents won 125/195 games, and Alabama's won 126/196. That's not the only thing that comes into play, but it starts Alabama at #1 for the part of my algorithm that reranks repeatedly based on opponents' ranks until a stable ranking emerges.

In the past I've said that the playoff system practically guarantees I'll rate the champion #1, but I've realized that's not necessarily the case, especially if a very strong team with a stronger record ends up losing, like what happened this year. The top team that loses still gets a very good strength of schedule boost by playing 1 or 2 top-4 teams, so a single loss may not knock them out of the #1 spot, again, as it didn't this year. My rankings mostly tracked with the playoff committee again this year, except for that pesky non-power-conference Western Michigan I'd have put at #3 when the playoff began.

Alabama and Clemson start their quest for 3 consecutive title matchups in less than 8 months.

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

2016 History and #1s

Week 1 Everybody who was 1-0, Except Michigan and California
Week 2 Texas
Week 3 Texas A&M
Week 4 Texas A&M
Week 5 Tennessee
Week 6 Texas A&M
Week 7 Alabama
Week 8 Alabama
Week 9 Alabama
Week 10 Alabama
Week 11 Alabama
Week 12 Alabama
Week 13 Alabama
Week 14 Alabama
Week 15 Alabama
Week 16 Alabama
Week 17 Alabama
Week 18 Alabama
Week 19 Alabama