NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 18

23 bowls were played since last Saturday. As an interesting point of reference, in 1999 there were a total of 23 bowl games all postseason.

My rankings have a bit of vindication this week. While my top 6 stayed the same, the playoff games pitted #1 Alabama vs #4 Washington, and #2 Clemson vs #5 Ohio State, with Ohio State the better team in the real rankings. Alabama won, of course, but so did Clemson, and in a dominating 31-0 shutout. So, I'll get a #1 vs. #2 matchup in the championship, most likely putting the winner on top. I say "most likely" because Alabama has quite a lead in the raw numbers that are used to rank the teams, and both teams would be 14-1 if Clemson wins.

1	Alabama	14-0
2	Clemson	13-1
3	Western Michigan	13-0
4	Washington	12-2
5	Ohio State	11-2
6	Penn State	11-2
7	Florida State	10-3
8	South Florida	11-2
9	Western Kentucky	11-3
10	San Diego State	11-3
11	Oklahoma	10-2
12	Michigan	10-3
13	West Virginia	10-3
14	Wisconsin	10-3
15	Oklahoma State	10-3
16	Boise State	10-3
17	Colorado	10-4
18	Virginia Tech	10-4
19	Stanford	10-3
20	Appalachian State	10-3
21	Tennessee	9-4
22	Tulsa	10-3
23	Temple	10-4
24	Air Force	10-3
25	Georgia Tech	9-4
26	Troy	10-3
27	USC	9-3
28	Miami	9-4
29	Old Dominion	10-3
30	Navy	9-5
31	Louisville	9-4
32	LSU	8-4
33	Nebraska	9-4
34	Utah	9-4
35	Minnesota	9-4
36	Kansas State	9-4
37	Houston	9-4
38	Toledo	9-4
39	North Carolina	8-5
40	BYU	9-4
41	Auburn	8-4
42	Idaho	9-4
43	Florida	8-4
44	Pittsburgh	8-5
45	Washington State	8-5
46	Georgia	8-5
47	New Mexico	9-4
48	Texas A&M	8-5
49	Louisiana Tech	9-5
50	Iowa	8-4
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	Central Michigan	6-7
80	California	5-7
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	Ball State	4-8
111	Illinois	3-9
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