NCAA Football Power Rankings, Week 16

Bowl games have begun, and with them several weeks of only slight tweaks to my ratings. Division II and Division III had their title games this weekend, so congratulations to Texas A&M-Commerce who beat West Florida, and Mount Union, who shut out last year's champions, Mary Hardin-Baylor. In the FCS, North Carolina A&T beat last year's Celebration Bowl champs Grambling State, to take their 3rd title in its 3-year existence. North Dakota State and Sam Houston State won their semifinals and will face off for the FCS title in January.

As for the FBS bowls, only one ranked team took part, #25 Boise State. They're usually ranked much higher in my system, as they were this year at #16, and they now rise to #9. Troy was unranked but #24 for me, and also won, reaching #15.

The subtle changes at the very bottom of the chart are always a curiosity to me, because those teams are nowhere near bowl-eligible, aren't even thinking of playing another game until next autumn, but still shift a little. This week Charlotte gained 4 spots to #123, just based on strength of schedule changes. Texas State also gained 1 spot up to #127, while San Jose State to lose 2 down to #128.

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

2017 History and #1s
Week 1 South Florida
Week 2 UCLA
Week 3 Georgia
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Week 7 Alabama
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Week 9 Georgia
Week 10 Georgia
Week 11 Alabama
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Week 13 Wisconsin
Week 14 Georgia
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