NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 14

The Errors:
Nothing old, but I noticed my data source is not including playoff games for FCS or Divisions II and III. In the past I always included those games. I guess I'm not this year, because we're 3 weeks deep in the lower division playoffs, and 2 weeks into the FCS playoffs. I can see some sound logic in excluding them, especially since some title games aren't until after the first round of the FBS playoff, meaning they couldn't really factor in, but it's different from what I used to do.

The Top:
This is the interesting part of course, although as I frequently mention, I do wonder what will happen if Army or Navy ever has a really outstanding season. Their game next week isn't just an exhibition. Washington maintains their #1 spot, and my playoff would be rounded out by Michigan, Florida State, and Alabama. It's no secret my system loves an undefeated record, but that's not a golden ticket, as Liberty only made it up to #7. There's much controversy about Florida State missing the playoff, and I'll have to agree that they should have a spot. However, even though Texas beat Alabama, I have them down at #5. Both finished 12-1, but Alabama's schedule was considerably tougher (by my metrics).

The Home Team:
Missouri was inactive for Conference Championship week, and lost two spots to #14. They played Georgia earlier in the year, so their loss and fall from #2 to #6 was probably the biggest factor in the drop. This is probably one of the only years I've ranked Missouri lower than the official polls.

The Bottom:
No movement in the bottom 7 teams, so Kent State retains their last place finish.

Winless and Lossless:
We ended the "Regular Season" with 4 undefeated teams after Alabama took down Georgia, and no winless teams.

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

2023 History and #1s
Week 1 Jacksonville State and San Diego State
Week 2 Notre Dame
Week 3 Notre Dame
Week 4 Penn State
Week 5 Texas
Week 6 Oklahoma
Week 7 Michigan
Week 8 Michigan
Week 9 Ohio State
Week 10 Ohio State
Week 11 Ohio State
Week 12 Georgia
Week 13 Washington