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 16, 2014 at 16:53:57 Pacific.

Quality of wins + Quality of losses, divided by number of games played
RankTeamWLCFPAPUSAESPNQoWQoLBaseScore
1Alabama9152213280155-232123256943325694
2Oregon9123332761895-386552723240272324
3Mississippi State9114442475944-77872468157246815
4Auburn7391617182569939-1096062460333246033
5Georgia821591092568841-1963582372483237248
6Ole Miss82108892361945-692162292729229272
7UCLA82111112112204340-855452118795211879
8Florida State1003112189963001899630189963
9Ohio State9187752016359-2738531742506174250
10Arizona82141513141848626-1211701727456172745
11Utah73232021171948216-2280011720215172021
12Arizona State8261314151905713-1881471717566171756
13Missouri82-1920211917929-2894661628463162846
14TCU9145571631785-86641623121162312
15LSU7417---1799065-979941701071154642
16Baylor8176651409700-264591383241153693
17Georgia Tech92221716161874428-3045821569846142713
18Texas A&M7424---1678080-1272071550873140988
19USC73-2424191611800-2948591316941131694
20Nebraska82162119221393609-914071302202130220
21Michigan State821210981382822-978661284956128495
22Miami (FL)64----1440506-1963861244120124412
23Florida54----1337701-2484301089271121030
24South Carolina55----1550676-3457321204944120494
25Wisconsin82201415131384728-1871461197582119758
26Oklahoma73-2322201187079-246791162400116240
27Kansas State7213121112982543-39307943236104804
28Clemson7319---1117262-16060395665995665
29Colorado State91-222324953380-3985791352391352
30Minnesota7325---1168527-25613891238991238
31Duke82212525251246893-33537991151491151
32Iowa73----1124726-21936290536490536
33West Virginia64----978764-8148689727889727
34Notre Dame7318---1110363-21480289556189556
35Boise State82----883780-12226076152076152
36Tennessee55----947114-18684376027176027
37Louisville73----984204-22871875548675548
38Arkansas55----863709-15380970990070990
39Maryland64----894852-20340969144369144
40Virginia Tech55----1474187-86995460423360423
41California55----848222-24892359929959929
42Northwestern46----1068173-47967158850258850
43Boston College64----1074661-51098156368056368
44Marshall100-181823553065055306555306
45Rutgers64----836108-30935852675052675
46Michigan55----852630-35368049895049895
47Texas65----722920-19430652861448055
48North Carolina55----1100938-63372946720946720
49Penn State64----871661-41780945385245385
50Nevada64----590694-19059140010340010

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Quality of wins + Quality of losses only
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Alabama523256943
2Oregon232723240
3Mississippi State142468157
4Auburn9162460333
5Georgia1592372483
6Ole Miss1082292729
7UCLA11112118795
8Florida State311899630
9Ohio State871742506
10Arizona14151727456
11Utah23201720215
12Arizona State6131717566
13LSU17-1701071
14Missouri-191628463
15TCU451623121
16Georgia Tech22171569846
17Texas A&M24-1550873
18Baylor761383241
19USC-241316941
20Nebraska16211302202
21Michigan State12101284956
22Miami (FL)--1244120
23South Carolina--1204944
24Wisconsin20141197582
25Oklahoma-231162400
26Florida--1089271
27Clemson19-956659
28Kansas State1312943236
29Colorado State-22913523
30Minnesota25-912389
31Duke2125911514
32Iowa--905364
33West Virginia--897278
34Notre Dame18-895561
35Boise State--761520
36Tennessee--760271
37Louisville--755486
38Arkansas--709900
39Maryland--691443
40Virginia Tech--604233
41California--599299
42Northwestern--588502
43Boston College--563680
44Marshall-18553065
45Texas--528614
46Rutgers--526750
47Michigan--498950
48North Carolina--467209
49Penn State--453852
50Utah State--427628
Quality of wins
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Alabama523280155
2Oregon232761895
3Auburn9162569939
4Georgia1592568841
5Mississippi State142475944
6Ole Miss1082361945
7UCLA11112204340
8Ohio State872016359
9Utah23201948216
10Missouri-191917929
11Arizona State6131905713
12Florida State311899630
13Georgia Tech22171874428
14Arizona14151848626
15LSU17-1799065
16Texas A&M24-1678080
17TCU451631785
18USC-241611800
19South Carolina--1550676
20Virginia Tech--1474187
21Miami (FL)--1440506
22Baylor761409700
23Nebraska16211393609
24Wisconsin20141384728
25Michigan State12101382822
26Florida--1337701
27Duke21251246893
28Oklahoma-231187079
29Minnesota25-1168527
30Iowa--1124726
31Clemson19-1117262
32Notre Dame18-1110363
33North Carolina--1100938
34Boston College--1074661
35Northwestern--1068173
36Louisville--984204
37Kansas State1312982543
38West Virginia--978764
39Colorado State-22953380
40Tennessee--947114
41Maryland--894852
42East Carolina--892605
43Boise State--883780
44Pittsburgh--882804
45Penn State--871661
46Arkansas--863709
47Michigan--852630
48California--848222
49Washington State--837115
50Rutgers--836108
Quality of losses
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Florida State310
1Marshall-180
3Mississippi State14-7787
4TCU45-8664
5Alabama52-23212
6Oklahoma-23-24679
7Baylor76-26459
8Oregon23-38655
9Kansas State1312-39307
10Colorado State-22-39857
11Louisiana Tech---44703
12Ole Miss108-69216
13Louisiana-Lafayette---78019
14West Virginia---81486
15UCLA1111-85545
16Nebraska1621-91407
17Michigan State1210-97866
18LSU17--97994
19Oklahoma State---105005
20Auburn916-109606
21Arizona1415-121170
22Boise State---122260
23Texas A&M24--127207
24Arkansas---153809
25Clemson19--160603
26Tennessee---186843
27Wisconsin2014-187146
28Utah State---188047
29Arizona State613-188147
30Nevada---190591
31Texas---194306
32Georgia159-196358
33Miami (FL)---196386
34Texas Tech---198602
35Maryland---203409
36Notre Dame18--214802
37Iowa---219362
38Iowa State---224572
39Utah2320-228001
40Louisville---228718
41Washington---238311
42Florida---248430
43California---248923
44Minnesota25--256138
45Ohio State87-273853
46South Alabama---279012
47Cincinnati---280092
48Missouri-19-289466
49USC-24-294859
50Georgia Tech2217-304582
Strength of Schedule
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Arkansas--1709318
2Auburn9161570415
3Texas A&M24-1285635
4Tennessee--1284587
5LSU17-1272207
6Ole Miss1081264236
7Alabama521187119
8Washington State--1155084
9Colorado--1095940
10UCLA11111048137
11South Carolina--1039715
12Stanford--1038398
13West Virginia--1019806
14Florida--1005575
15Kentucky--986169
16Utah2320962083
17Mississippi State14958909
18California--941783
19Vanderbilt--889566
20USC-24886046
21Georgia159884285
22Kansas State1312830602
23Arizona1415825218
24Texas--797707
25Oklahoma State--789071
26Iowa State--775217
27Oregon23768310
28Texas Tech--765682
29Kansas--765516
30Arizona State613756352
31Virginia--727083
32Miami (FL)--719707
33Oregon State--711999
34Washington--692488
35Missouri-19663471
36Northwestern--660743
37Michigan--648898
38Maryland--627395
39Purdue--623435
40Notre Dame18-619872
41Indiana--614440
42Minnesota25-601655
43Rutgers--577242
44Clemson19-568023
45Illinois--563986
46Oklahoma-23546040
47Virginia Tech--536081
48North Carolina--524306
49Wisconsin2014510235
50Michigan State1210496265
51Syracuse--492034
52TCU45464124
53Georgia Tech2217458110
54Florida State31455213
55Nebraska1621422818
56Louisville--347493
57Pittsburgh--346668
58Wake Forest--331786
59Boston College--322286
60Iowa--286319
61North Carolina State--280832
62Southern Miss--260160
63Ohio State87247184
64Baylor76200912
65Wyoming--174828
66Penn State--118364
67Fresno State--18813
68San Jose State--16127
69Duke212515819
70Boise State---41807
71Nevada---56289
72Navy---161177
73SMU---165290
74Louisiana Tech---174737
75UNLV---192084
76UAB---204317
77Tulane---223325
78New Mexico---251589
79Utah State---253598
80Florida Atlantic---262206
81BYU---268092
82Colorado State-22-273286
83Georgia State---310662
84Hawaii---313813
85Louisiana-Lafayette---326513
86Middle Tennessee---359036
87Louisiana-Monroe---382737
88Rice---399539
89Florida International---423851
90Troy---431290
91South Florida---446548
92UTSA---467938
93San Diego State---474596
94Connecticut---479775
95Air Force---482438
96Arkansas State---494961
97Memphis---496421
98South Alabama---500930
99Eastern Michigan---507301
100Tulsa---513890
101Western Kentucky---555030
102Toledo---564886
103North Texas---582349
104Cincinnati---583778
105New Mexico State---584887
106Old Dominion---589002
107East Carolina---599389
108Appalachian State---612717
109Ball State---631838
110Temple---633812
111UCF---637929
112UTEP---648262
113Miami (OH)---671328
114Kent State---695592
115Idaho---699023
116Georgia Southern---762759
117Western Michigan---769386
118Central Michigan---838682
119Houston---851757
120Ohio---870396
121Bowling Green---870939
122Army---871839
123Texas State---880437
124Northern Illinois---884087
125Marshall-18-943524
126Buffalo---998562
127Akron---1063936
128Massachusetts---1078568
Strength of Played Games
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Arkansas--1317199
2Auburn9161244721
3Tennessee--1197362
4LSU17-1131218
5Texas A&M24-1130992
6South Carolina--967066
7Washington State--959727
8Ole Miss108946430
9Alabama52941086
10Kentucky--910621
11West Virginia--888971
12California--878681
13UCLA1111877900
14Utah2320836821
15Florida--815612
16Mississippi State14805258
17Oregon23796009
18Stanford--766589
19Miami (FL)--744996
20Georgia159741571
21Northwestern--700039
22Colorado--651595
23Washington--637416
24Texas--635395
25Clemson19-613032
26Virginia Tech--611643
27Kansas State1312591370
28Texas Tech--585958
29USC-24584610
30Purdue--571806
31Vanderbilt--566723
32Arizona State613548319
33Kansas--544472
34Virginia--542248
35Iowa State--528497
36Oklahoma-23526889
37Maryland--524825
38Oklahoma State--519138
39Missouri-19516454
40Arizona1415481440
41Indiana--477137
42Syracuse--465776
43Illinois--459751
44North Carolina--453504
45Oregon State--416075
46Notre Dame18-412629
47Michigan--405503
48Michigan State1210398205
49TCU45390038
50Rutgers--379603
51Minnesota25-351677
52Wisconsin2014328459
53Southern Miss--312584
54Florida State31277815
55Pittsburgh--257054
56Nebraska1621241043
57Louisville--236689
58North Carolina State--234111
59Georgia Tech2217220862
60Ohio State87204510
61Nevada--191607
62Wyoming--189951
63Wake Forest--180211
64Boston College--167121
65SMU--166509
66Baylor7678086
67Fresno State--53230
68Duke212549481
69San Jose State--48496
70Iowa--36341
71Navy--11274
72Penn State---7784
73Boise State---34190
74Louisiana Tech---60274
75Hawaii---65917
76Florida Atlantic---117191
77UNLV---157667
78Louisiana-Monroe---169517
79Louisiana-Lafayette---173937
80UAB---180726
81Tulane---186331
82Colorado State-22-213484
83Cincinnati---215443
84Memphis---218729
85Middle Tennessee---224201
86Utah State---235461
87Arkansas State---254731
88East Carolina---282816
89UTSA---291895
90New Mexico---296449
91Florida International---318479
92Connecticut---321402
93BYU---328021
94Toledo---341452
95Georgia State---344094
96Eastern Michigan---371021
97Kent State---378331
98North Texas---391093
99Rice---407970
100Ball State---408404
101South Florida---408951
102San Diego State---411779
103UCF---414390
104Troy---433675
105Appalachian State---434254
106Tulsa---453467
107New Mexico State---500520
108Air Force---502545
109Old Dominion---513246
110Western Kentucky---518091
111Houston---531058
112Temple---538158
113South Alabama---570102
114UTEP---577651
115Miami (OH)---610093
116Buffalo---631663
117Idaho---643588
118Georgia Southern---691132
119Akron---697037
120Texas State---702194
121Ohio---723853
122Bowling Green---734659
123Western Michigan---748385
124Massachusetts---761306
125Northern Illinois---791722
126Central Michigan---807552
127Marshall-18-820430
128Army---820516
Strength of Games Remaining
RankTeamCFPAPScore
1Colorado--444345
2Arkansas--392119
3Arizona1415343778
4Auburn916325694
5Vanderbilt--322842
6Ole Miss108317805
7USC-24301435
8Oregon State--295924
9Stanford--271809
10Oklahoma State--269933
11Minnesota25-249978
11Iowa--249978
13Iowa State--246720
14Alabama52246033
15Michigan--243394
16Kansas State1312239231
17Georgia Tech2217237248
18Kansas--221044
19Arizona State613208032
20Notre Dame18-207242
21Rutgers--197639
22Washington State--195357
23Florida--189963
24Virginia--184835
25Wisconsin2014181775
25Nebraska1621181775
27Texas Tech--179724
28Florida State31177398
29UCLA1111170236
30Texas--162312
31Boston College--155165
32Texas A&M24-154642
33Mississippi State14153651
34Wake Forest--151574
35Missouri-19147017
36Georgia159142713
37LSU17-140988
38Indiana--137302
39West Virginia--130835
40Penn State--126148
41Utah2320125262
42Baylor76122825
43Louisville--110803
44Illinois--104235
45Maryland--102570
46Michigan State121098060
47Pittsburgh--89614
48Tennessee--87224
49Kentucky--75548
50TCU4574086
51South Carolina--72648
52North Carolina--70802
53South Alabama--69172
54California--63101
55BYU--59929
56Washington--55071
57Purdue--51628
58North Carolina State--46720
59New Mexico--44859
60Ohio State8742673
61Georgia State--33432
62Syracuse--26258
63Air Force--20107
64Oklahoma-2319151
65Rice--8431
66Troy--2385
67Boise State---7617
68Wyoming---15123
69Utah State---18137
70Western Michigan---21001
71UAB---23590
72Miami (FL)---25288
73Oregon23-27698
74Central Michigan---31130
75San Jose State---32369
76Duke2125-33661
77UNLV---34416
77Fresno State---34416
79Western Kentucky---36939
80Tulane---36993
81South Florida---37596
82Northwestern---39295
83Clemson19--45008
84Army---51322
85Southern Miss---52423
86Idaho---55435
87Colorado State-22-59802
88Tulsa---60423
89Miami (OH)---61234
90San Diego State---62816
91UTEP---70610
92Georgia Southern---71627
93Virginia Tech---75561
94Old Dominion---75756
95New Mexico State---84367
96Northern Illinois---92365
97Temple---95653
98Florida International---105371
99Louisiana Tech---114463
100Marshall-18-123094
101Middle Tennessee---134834
102Bowling Green---136280
102Eastern Michigan---136280
104Florida Atlantic---145015
105Ohio---146542
106Louisiana-Lafayette---152576
107Connecticut---158372
108Navy---172452
109UTSA---176043
110Texas State---178242
111Appalachian State---178463
112North Texas---191256
113Louisiana-Monroe---213219
114Toledo---223434
114Ball State---223434
116UCF---223539
117Arkansas State---240229
118Nevada---247896
118Hawaii---247896
120Memphis---277691
121East Carolina---316572
122Kent State---317261
122Massachusetts---317261
124Houston---320699
125SMU---331799
126Buffalo---366898
126Akron---366898
128Cincinnati---368334
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