Tuesday, October 28, 2014

NCAAF 2014: SBPI [SportsBoss Power Index] through Week NINE



Here are the Top 25 rankings through action on Saturday October 25th.  The columns OFF/DEF/TOTAL represent where each team checks in statistically in each; we also include the AP Poll, USA Today Poll, ESPN’s FPI & Sagarin’s rankings which can all be used as a solid comparison tool followed by each team’s SOS adjusted RATING and RANK:

Team
OFF
DEF
TOTAL
AP
USAT
FPI
SAG
RATING
RANK
Alabama
2
8
2
3
3
1
1
313.0
1
Auburn
3
28
5
4
4
2
2
290.4
2
Michigan State
1
2
1
8
5
14
12
287.0
3
Baylor
5
5
3
12
12
12
7
270.4
4
Mississippi
40
9
10
7
9
3
3
268.8
5
Georgia
12
20
9
9
8
4
5
262.2
6
Ohio State
8
12
4
13
13
9
16
256.3
7
Mississippi State
9
44
12
1
1
5
4
253.1
8
Clemson
49
5
11
22
21
19
19
252.5
9
TCU
5
26
6
10
10
10
8
251.3
10
USC
11
45
18


13
20
250.8
11
LSU
40
20
19
16
17
11
9
249.7
12
Nebraska
18
11
7
17
16
24
18
244.6
13
West Virginia
30
38
22
20
22

25
241.6
14
Notre Dame
26
24
15
6
7
15
14
239.2
15
Miami (Florida)
45
24
24



29
233.1
16
Oklahoma
34
48
28
19
20
8
6
229.2
17
Stanford
74
4
21


18
22
227.8
18
Boise State
24
28
15



36
226.9
19
Memphis
36
14
14



46
225.8
20
Louisville
72
1
17



28
223.1
21
Kansas State
26
46
25
11
11
23
11
222.2
22
Arkansas
14
69
33


21
31
221.6
23
Wisconsin
52
7
12


20
17
220.2
24
Iowa
61
10
20



38
216.2
25

Breakdown of Top 25 by conference:

AAC
1

ACC
3

B10
5

B12
5

CUSA
0

IND
1
ND
MAC
0

MWC
1

P12
2

SEC
7

SUN
0


Strength of each conference taking average ranking of ALL TEAMS:

SEC
27.86
P12
42.58
B12
46.80
ACC
48.79
B10
53.71
IND
70.75
MWC
76.17
AAC
83.91
CUSA
84.62
MAC
92.62
SUN
93.45

Biggest MOVERS in overall ranking since last week (minimum 15 spot change in ranking):

Team
Week 9
Week 10
Change
abs val
UCF
79
54
25
25
UTEP
94
76
18
18
UTSA
84
100
(16)
16
Virginia Tech
29
45
(16)
16
Michigan
63
78
(15)
15

Next up let’s look at the Top 10 non-Power 5 conference teams:

Team
OFF
DEF
TOTAL
AP
USAT
FPI
SAG
RATING
RANK
Boise State
24
28
15



36
226.9
19
Memphis
36
14
14



46
225.8
20
Marshall
5
34
8
23
23

34
195.5
33
Utah State
71
13
28



65
192.6
36
East Carolina
18
50
22
21
19

39
190.0
38
Western Michigan
14
60
28



85
183.1
46
Arkansas State
54
52
41



67
177.1
50
Louisiana Tech
72
35
42



63
175.5
51
Air Force
26
53
27



96
174.3
52
Central Michigan
63
40
38



92
174.1
53

Lastly here are the Bottom 10 teams according to College Football SBPI:

Team
OFF
DEF
TOTAL
AP
USAT
FPI
SAG
RATING
RANK
Georgia State
79
126
119



127
90.2
119
Troy
98
118
120



125
84.1
120
South Florida
121
101
121



99
81.9
121
Southern Mississippi
110
119
122



107
79.8
122
Wyoming
106
123
123



102
78.4
123
Vanderbilt
128
101
126



97
68.4
124
Kent State
122
110
124



124
67.5
125
UNLV
123
119
126



121
61.6
126
Eastern Michigan
120
121
125



128
59.3
127
SMU
127
128
128



126
35.7
128

For each of comparison remember I have adjusted “SAG” ranks to just show FBS/1A teams – that gives a better feel for where he ranks the FCS teams compared to the College Football SBPI.

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