NCAA Football Rankings

This list of top 50 teams in the country is based on a simple script I wrote to analyze the strength of schedule of each team based on the win/loss record of their opponents. This should remove all of the bias inherent in the electoral voting systems and appropriately reward wins against strong opponents.

This data was gathered from the ESPN standings on November 12, 2014 at 06:48:18 Pacific.

Quality of wins + Quality of losses, divided by number of games played
RankTeamWLCFPAPUSAESPNQoWQoLBaseScore
1Auburn729999806038-13880590089544
2Mississippi State901111775580077558086175
3Alabama815435768094-12976796585329
4Oregon912343837848-1293382491582491
5Ole Miss8210101010729618-19472942472942
6TCU814554641084-402963705570783
7UCLA8211141514719889-2332369656669656
8Baylor817666588789-1080057798964221
9Florida State903222539512053951259945
10Arizona State816787547465-848053898559887
11Arizona7214171817535538-3572449981455534
12LSU7317202018535200-17153502953502
13Utah632325-22488325-5141443691148545
14Oklahoma63--2424437829-622643160347955
15Texas A&M7324---464070-21546385546385
16Nebraska8116111113426308-1386841244045826
17Ohio State818878508770-9853341023745581
18Georgia7215161415440345-3849840184744649
19Kansas State7213131312397029-162639540343933
20Duke8121191920406385-1809638828943143
21Miami (FL)63----415695-5203136366440407
22Georgia Tech8222242323467271-7219139508039508
23West Virginia64----413797-2950138429638429
24Clemson7219181719356639-1453934210038011
25Boise State72----372291-3247233981937757
26Notre Dame7218151616340908-312033778837532
27Michigan State7212121211365919-3960432631536257
28Colorado State91-2325-355094-1201934307534307
29Florida53----298101-3452126358032947
30Minnesota7225---333731-4784728588431764
31Missouri72----379441-9360228583931759
32USC63----349808-7533727447130496
33Wisconsin7220222221318249-4604527220430244
34Louisville73----319952-6226625768625768
35Iowa63----271140-6390020724023026
36Maryland63----269286-6291920636722929
37Utah State73----244943-2861721632621632
38South Carolina45----256932-6895218798020886
39Tennessee45----217130-2987618725420806
40Nevada63----211285-2950918177620197
41Texas55----267610-7024119736919736
42Marshall90-212125167396016739618599
43Louisiana Tech73----143490-251314097714097
44BYU54----275135-15214412299113665
45California54----158651-3679812185313539
46Stanford54----155779-3619111958813287
47Oklahoma State54----130347-1299711735013038
48Michigan55----215841-8945612638512638
49Air Force72----201270-8822111304912561
50Boston College64----272681-14901112367012367

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Quality of wins + Quality of losses only
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Oregon23824915
2Auburn99805900
3Mississippi State11775580
4Alabama54767965
5Ole Miss1010729424
6UCLA1114696566
7TCU45637055
8Baylor76577989
9Florida State32539512
10Arizona State67538985
11LSU1720535029
12Arizona1417499814
13Texas A&M24-463855
14Utah2325436911
15Oklahoma--431603
16Nebraska1611412440
17Ohio State88410237
18Georgia1516401847
19Kansas State1313395403
20Georgia Tech2224395080
21Duke2119388289
22West Virginia--384296
23Miami (FL)--363664
24Colorado State-23343075
25Clemson1918342100
26Boise State--339819
27Notre Dame1815337788
28Michigan State1212326315
29Minnesota25-285884
30Missouri--285839
31USC--274471
32Wisconsin2022272204
33Florida--263580
34Louisville--257686
35Utah State--216326
36Iowa--207240
37Maryland--206367
38Texas--197369
39South Carolina--187980
40Tennessee--187254
41Nevada--181776
42Marshall-21167396
43Louisiana Tech--140977
44Michigan--126385
45Boston College--123670
46BYU--122991
47California--121853
48Stanford--119588
49Oklahoma State--117350
50Air Force--113049
Quality of wins
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Oregon23837848
2Auburn99806038
3Mississippi State11775580
4Alabama54768094
5Ole Miss1010729618
6UCLA1114719889
7TCU45641084
8Baylor76588789
9Arizona State67547465
10Florida State32539512
11Arizona1417535538
12LSU1720535200
13Ohio State88508770
14Utah2325488325
15Georgia Tech2224467271
16Texas A&M24-464070
17Georgia1516440345
18Oklahoma--437829
19Nebraska1611426308
20Miami (FL)--415695
21West Virginia--413797
22Duke2119406385
23Kansas State1313397029
24Missouri--379441
25Boise State--372291
26Michigan State1212365919
27Clemson1918356639
28Colorado State-23355094
29USC--349808
30Notre Dame1815340908
31Minnesota25-333731
32Louisville--319952
33Wisconsin2022318249
34Virginia Tech--309290
35Florida--298101
36BYU--275135
37Boston College--272681
38Iowa--271140
39Maryland--269286
40Texas--267610
41South Carolina--256932
42North Carolina--254080
43Utah State--244943
44East Carolina--243621
45Penn State--237202
46Pittsburgh--229886
47Tennessee--217130
48Michigan--215841
49UCF--213058
50Nevada--211285
Quality of losses
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Florida State320
1Mississippi State110
1Marshall-210
4Alabama54-129
5Auburn99-138
6LSU1720-171
7Ole Miss1010-194
8Texas A&M24--215
9Kansas State1313-1626
10Louisiana Tech---2513
11Notre Dame1815-3120
12TCU45-4029
13Oklahoma---6226
14Arizona State67-8480
15Baylor76-10800
16Colorado State-23-12019
17Oregon23-12933
18Oklahoma State---12997
19Louisiana-Lafayette---13174
20Nebraska1611-13868
21Clemson1918-14539
22Arkansas---14848
23Duke2119-18096
24UCLA1114-23323
25Utah State---28617
26Washington---29365
27West Virginia---29501
28Nevada---29509
29Tennessee---29876
30Boise State---32472
31Florida---34521
32Arkansas State---34606
33Arizona1417-35724
34Stanford---36191
35California---36798
36Georgia1516-38498
37Michigan State1212-39604
38South Alabama---39870
39Wisconsin2022-46045
40Minnesota25--47847
41Texas Tech---49130
42Utah2325-51414
43Miami (FL)---52031
44Kentucky---61678
45Louisville---62266
46Maryland---62919
47Georgia Southern---63142
48Iowa State---63190
49Iowa---63900
50South Carolina---68952
Strength of Schedule
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Arkansas--505676
2Auburn99457863
3Ole Miss1010404963
4Alabama54403198
5LSU1720399332
6West Virginia--381084
7Texas A&M24-375443
8Kansas State1313348123
9Tennessee--348069
10Texas--346612
11Kansas--341697
12Washington State--335739
13Iowa State--325063
14UCLA1114323748
15Oklahoma State--323009
16Texas Tech--312346
17Stanford--312206
18Mississippi State11311247
19Colorado--310485
20South Carolina--292385
21Utah2325281981
22California--271885
23USC--268338
24Kentucky--259014
25Arizona1417245155
26Georgia1516244623
27Oklahoma--240011
28Oregon23225538
29Washington--225222
30Florida--224074
31Miami (FL)--223294
32Arizona State67222742
33Virginia--214856
34TCU45214017
35Northwestern--211658
36Oregon State--211253
37Minnesota25-209146
38Syracuse--198571
39Vanderbilt--191219
40Purdue--188103
41Notre Dame1815187142
42Florida State32179615
43North Carolina--177011
44Michigan--169120
45Virginia Tech--162712
46Maryland--161376
47Illinois--161197
48Wisconsin2022149198
49Indiana--149028
50Rutgers--147130
51Clemson1918146010
52Wake Forest--143422
53Missouri--136355
54Louisville--135141
55Michigan State1212130329
56Baylor76126341
57Georgia Tech2224122121
58Nebraska1611112980
59Iowa--99570
60Southern Miss--97974
61North Carolina State--94518
62Boston College--91998
63Wyoming--87660
64Pittsburgh--82532
65San Jose State--44608
66Ohio State8826507
67Fresno State--24874
68Boise State--15825
69Nevada--13687
70Duke21196102
71Louisiana Tech---13635
72Louisiana-Lafayette---24238
73Utah State---25437
74Penn State---28774
75UNLV---32409
76Navy---33998
77Georgia State---35959
78UAB---36199
79New Mexico---39701
80Colorado State-23-46569
81Louisiana-Monroe---50030
82BYU---61779
83SMU---62394
84Hawaii---70619
85Florida Atlantic---90514
86Troy---90831
87Arkansas State---92461
88Rice---96555
89Air Force---97128
90Middle Tennessee---103147
91Florida International---114092
92New Mexico State---118780
93South Alabama---119789
94Appalachian State---120932
95Tulane---121097
96San Diego State---130886
97UTSA---137760
98Western Kentucky---153304
99UTEP---155368
100Connecticut---166208
101Idaho---170104
102Eastern Michigan---176443
103North Texas---180545
104Tulsa---182937
105Georgia Southern---183555
106Old Dominion---184814
107South Florida---191094
108Memphis---195015
109Texas State---215940
110Ball State---227737
111Toledo---231144
112Western Michigan---244967
113Cincinnati---245253
114Temple---249898
115Kent State---251159
116Miami (OH)---259075
117Central Michigan---259240
118UCF---265252
119Army---272201
120East Carolina---277868
121Marshall-21-291393
122Ohio---294019
123Bowling Green---315004
124Northern Illinois---318239
125Houston---319182
126Buffalo---342548
127Massachusetts---374431
128Akron---380668
Strength of Played Games
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Arkansas--347471
2LSU1720342185
3Tennessee--333189
4West Virginia--328268
5Auburn99327884
6Ole Miss1010308026
7Texas A&M24-290181
8UCLA1114279964
9Washington State--264813
10Texas--262789
11Oregon23244803
12Kansas State1313242128
13Alabama54227478
14South Carolina--224710
15Utah2325223360
16Oklahoma--222700
17Iowa State--214922
18California--214435
19Kentucky--212440
20Syracuse--196648
21Texas Tech--191287
22Oklahoma State--191095
23Purdue--187693
24TCU45182053
25Stanford--180465
26Colorado--179448
27Kansas--179023
28Northwestern--176485
29Mississippi State11176320
30Washington--172044
31Virginia--170806
32Arizona State67169564
33Miami (FL)--169132
34North Carolina--149002
35USC--147611
36Southern Miss--146848
37Florida--143242
38Virginia Tech--131544
39Arizona1417125683
40Clemson1918125173
41Notre Dame1815122605
42Illinois--118636
43Georgia1516115571
44North Carolina State--103595
45Maryland--102696
46Wake Forest--101327
47Michigan--100609
48Indiana--100297
49Rutgers--95804
50SMU--94986
51Florida State3293894
52Louisville--91144
53Minnesota25-87493
54Michigan State121286352
55Vanderbilt--84237
56Nevada--82632
57Wyoming--80695
58Baylor7668440
59San Jose State--67514
60Missouri--58402
61Oregon State--57836
62Wisconsin202248580
63Georgia Tech222439460
64Pittsburgh--38357
65Boston College--35843
66Hawaii--31687
67Nebraska161127943
68Boise State--27159
69Fresno State--26013
70Louisiana-Lafayette--25526
71Iowa--19222
72Louisiana Tech--18248
73Navy--13299
74Duke211911537
75Louisiana-Monroe---474
76Ohio State88-10034
77Utah State---11601
78Arkansas State---16125
79Middle Tennessee---20312
80BYU---23265
81Colorado State-23-28337
82Penn State---37134
83UAB---41465
84UNLV---44937
85Troy---48684
86Memphis---51808
87Florida Atlantic---57820
88Georgia State---58175
89UTSA---72809
90Ball State---77847
91Florida International---81797
92Appalachian State---85630
93New Mexico---85877
94Tulane---92099
95North Texas---97521
96Western Kentucky---98127
97Connecticut---99559
98South Alabama---107851
99New Mexico State---111642
100South Florida---112601
101Cincinnati---113347
102UTEP---119816
103Rice---120511
104UCF---123090
105Air Force---128430
106Kent State---130474
107Idaho---134323
108Eastern Michigan---136544
109Tulsa---137781
110Toledo---145867
111Georgia Southern---152542
112San Diego State---160404
113East Carolina---162084
114Old Dominion---163948
115Western Michigan---167866
116Texas State---179945
117Central Michigan---185473
118Houston---199611
119Buffalo---199938
120Bowling Green---208987
121Temple---218572
122Miami (OH)---229564
123Army---231782
124Massachusetts---235411
125Akron---238058
126Ohio---240313
127Marshall-21-251023
128Northern Illinois---286206
Strength of Games Remaining
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Alabama54175720
2Kansas--162673
3Arkansas--158205
4Oregon State--153417
5Mississippi State11134926
6Oklahoma State--131913
7Stanford--131741
8Colorado--131037
9Auburn99129979
10Georgia1516129052
11Minnesota25-121653
12Texas Tech--121059
13USC--120727
14Arizona1417119471
15Iowa State--110141
16Vanderbilt--106981
17Kansas State1313105995
18Wisconsin2022100618
19Ole Miss101096937
20Florida State3285721
21Texas A&M24-85262
22Nebraska161185036
23Texas--83822
24Georgia Tech222482660
25Florida--80832
26Iowa--80347
27Missouri--77952
28Washington State--70926
29Michigan--68511
30South Carolina--67675
31Notre Dame181564536
32Maryland--58679
33Utah232558621
34Baylor7657900
35California--57449
36LSU172057146
37Boston College--56155
38Miami (FL)--54162
39Washington--53178
39Arizona State6753178
41West Virginia--52815
42Rutgers--51325
43Indiana--48730
44Kentucky--46574
45New Mexico--46176
46Pittsburgh--44175
47Virginia--44049
48Louisville--43997
49Michigan State121243976
50UCLA111443784
51Illinois--42560
52Wake Forest--42095
53Ohio State8836542
54Northwestern--35173
55TCU4531963
56Air Force--31301
57Virginia Tech--31167
58San Diego State--29517
59North Carolina--28008
60Rice--23955
61Georgia State--22216
62Clemson191820836
63Oklahoma--17311
64Tennessee--14879
65UNLV--12527
66Penn State--8360
67Wyoming--6964
68UAB--5266
69Syracuse--1923
70Purdue--410
71Fresno State---1138
72Duke2119-5434
73New Mexico State---7137
74North Carolina State---9077
75Boise State---11334
76South Alabama---11937
77Utah State---13836
78Colorado State-23-18231
79Oregon23-19264
80Old Dominion---20866
81San Jose State---22906
82Tulane---28997
83Miami (OH)---29510
84Georgia Southern---31012
85Temple---31325
86Louisiana Tech---31884
87Northern Illinois---32033
88Florida International---32294
89Florida Atlantic---32694
90Appalachian State---35301
91UTEP---35551
92Idaho---35781
93Texas State---35995
94BYU---38513
95Eastern Michigan---39899
96Marshall-21-40370
97Army---40419
98Troy---42147
99Tulsa---45155
100Navy---47297
101Southern Miss---48874
102Louisiana-Monroe---49556
103Louisiana-Lafayette---49764
104Ohio---53706
105Western Kentucky---55176
106UTSA---64950
107Connecticut---66649
108Nevada---68945
109Central Michigan---73766
110Arkansas State---76335
111Western Michigan---77100
112South Florida---78492
113Middle Tennessee---82835
114North Texas---83023
115Toledo---85276
116Hawaii---102307
117Bowling Green---106016
118East Carolina---115784
119Houston---119570
120Kent State---120684
121Cincinnati---131906
122Massachusetts---139019
123UCF---142162
124Buffalo---142609
124Akron---142609
126Memphis---143207
127Ball State---149889
128SMU---157381
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