College Football Champion Index Week 14

With this being the second to last Index ranking of the season, the College Football Champion Index correctly ranks BCS Nos. 1 and 2 while ranking 21 of the final BCS Top 25. However, the CFCI is not too far off with more teams inclusive in its rankings. BCS ranked teams Clemson and West Virginia just missed the CFCI Top 25 by ranking Nos. 26 and 27.

Compared to the last few weeks, the CFCI loses some of its accuracy although continues to rank three other teams (Stanford, Georgia, and Penn St.) within one position of their actual BCS rankings. When compared to the USA Today and Harris Polls, the CFCI ranks five teams within one position of their respective rankings in those polls in addition to scoring LSU and Alabama as Nos. 1 and 2. (Stanford, Wisconsin, Georgia, Oklahoma and Penn St.)

With one game left to play for the top-ranked schools and some tweaks certain in the off season, we’ll see how the CFCI shakes out

College Football Champion Index™ Week 14

PR Change	PI Change	Wk. 13 PR	Wk. 13 PI	PR	Performance	CFCI Week 14	Elimination	ER	Wk. 13 EI	Wk. 13 ER	EI Change	ER Change
0	-0.017	1	0.981	1	0.964	LSU	0.964	1	0.981	1	-0.017	0
0	-0.035	2	0.956	2	0.921	Alabama	0.614	2	0.637	3	-0.023	1
2	-0.006	6	0.902	4	0.896	Stanford	0.597	3	0.602	5	-0.005	2
2	-0.009	18	0.848	16	0.839	Boise St.	0.559	4	0.565	6	-0.006	2
-11	-0.043	14	0.86	25	0.817	Houston	0.544	5	0.86	2	-0.316	-3
-7	-0.022	28	0.819	35	0.797	Oklahoma St.	0.531	6	0.546	7	-0.015	1
0	-0.023	3	0.931	3	0.908	Wisconsin	0.454	7	0.465	8	-0.011	1
7	0.021	12	0.864	5	0.885	Southern Miss.	0.442	8	0.432	13	0.010	5
3	0.007	9	0.876	6	0.883	Michigan	0.441	9	0.438	11	0.003	2
10	0.026	17	0.848	7	0.874	TCU	0.437	10	0.424	17	0.013	7
7	0.014	16	0.849	9	0.863	South Carolina	0.431	11	0.425	16	0.006	5
-2	-0.018	8	0.877	10	0.859	Oregon	0.429	12	0.439	10	-0.010	-2
-1	-0.021	13	0.863	14	0.842	Arkansas St.	0.421	13	0.431	14	-0.010	1
-12	-0.088	5	0.923	17	0.835	Virginia Tech	0.417	14	0.615	4	-0.198	-10
13	0.020	41	0.79	28	0.810	Arkansas	0.405	15	0.395	18	0.010	3
15	0.022	53	0.769	38	0.791	Kansas St.	0.395	16	0.385	19	0.010	3
-4	-0.061	4	0.924	8	0.863	Georgia	0.345	17	0.462	9	-0.117	-8
17	0.031	29	0.815	12	0.846	BYU	0.338	18	0.326	22	0.012	4
-9	-0.043	10	0.875	19	0.832	Michigan St.	0.333	19	0.437	12	-0.104	-7
-7	-0.034	15	0.859	22	0.825	Oklahoma	0.330	20	0.43	15	-0.100	-5
-5	-0.021	19	0.842	24	0.821	Cincinnati	0.328	21	0.337	20	-0.009	-1
4	0.004	35	0.799	31	0.803	Penn St.	0.321	22	0.32	24	0.001	2
-5	-0.015	31	0.811	36	0.796	Northern Ill.	0.318	23	0.325	23	-0.007	0
7	0.011	44	0.784	37	0.795	Nebraska	0.318	24	0.313	26	0.005	2
6	0.009	46	0.78	40	0.789	Baylor	0.316	25	0.312	27	0.004	2
18	0.027	59	0.757	41	0.784	Clemson	0.313	26	0.303	28	0.010	2
-3	-0.009	42	0.786	45	0.777	West Virginia	0.311	27	0.314	25	-0.003	-2
-4	-0.035	7	0.886	11	0.851	Temple	0.284	28	0.295	29	-0.011	1
-2	-0.025	11	0.87	13	0.845	Florida St.	0.282	29	0.29	30	-0.008	1
5	0.000	20	0.841	15	0.841	Ohio	0.280	30	0.337	21	-0.057	-9
4	-0.007	24	0.834	20	0.827	Toledo	0.276	31	0.278	32	-0.002	1
14	0.026	40	0.791	26	0.817	Georgia Tech	0.272	32	0.264	37	0.008	5
3	0.000	33	0.809	30	0.809	Louisiana Tech	0.270	33	0.27	34	0.000	1
-13	-0.032	30	0.812	43	0.780	FIU	0.260	34	0.271	33	-0.011	-1
0	-0.001	47	0.776	47	0.775	Notre Dame	0.258	35	0.259	38	-0.001	3
14	0.028	64	0.744	50	0.772	Virginia	0.257	36	0.248	40	0.009	4
-14	-0.029	37	0.795	51	0.766	San Diego St.	0.255	37	0.265	35	-0.010	-2
-1	-0.005	52	0.77	53	0.765	Rutgers	0.255	38	0.257	39	-0.002	1
-20	-0.037	38	0.793	58	0.756	Tulsa	0.252	39	0.264	36	-0.012	-3
-2	-0.004	69	0.736	71	0.732	La.-Lafayette	0.244	40	0.245	41	-0.001	1
4	-0.005	22	0.837	18	0.832	Texas	0.238	41	0.279	31	-0.041	-10
3	-0.002	32	0.811	29	0.809	Utah St.	0.231	42	0.232	44	-0.001	2
-17	-0.042	71	0.734	88	0.692	Wyoming	0.231	43	0.245	42	-0.014	-1
1	-0.006	34	0.807	33	0.801	Nevada	0.229	44	0.231	45	-0.002	1
9	0.014	43	0.784	34	0.798	North Carolina	0.228	45	0.224	47	0.004	2
-12	-0.030	27	0.819	39	0.789	Missouri	0.225	46	0.234	43	-0.009	-3
2	0.000	48	0.775	46	0.775	Louisville	0.221	47	0.221	49	0.000	2
-7	-0.016	45	0.782	52	0.766	Utah	0.219	48	0.223	48	-0.004	0
-4	-0.009	50	0.773	54	0.764	North Carolina St.	0.218	49	0.221	50	-0.003	1
-25	-0.042	36	0.795	61	0.753	California	0.215	50	0.227	46	-0.012	-4
-11	-0.017	51	0.77	62	0.753	Air Force	0.215	51	0.22	51	-0.005	0
-1	-0.007	63	0.752	64	0.745	Iowa	0.213	52	0.215	54	-0.002	2
-5	-0.012	60	0.756	65	0.744	Western Mich.	0.213	53	0.216	52	-0.003	-1
-5	-0.014	62	0.753	67	0.739	Washington	0.211	54	0.215	53	-0.004	-1
-1	-0.002	67	0.738	68	0.736	Western Ky.	0.210	55	0.211	55	-0.001	0
-9	-0.035	23	0.837	32	0.802	Texas A&M	0.200	56	0.209	56	-0.009	0
-4	-0.003	80	0.701	84	0.698	SMU	0.200	57	0.2	58	0.000	1
7	0.009	49	0.773	42	0.782	Northwestern	0.196	58	0.193	62	0.003	4
13	0.019	57	0.761	44	0.780	Ohio St.	0.195	59	0.19	66	0.005	7
-8	-0.012	83	0.694	91	0.682	Auburn	0.195	60	0.198	59	-0.003	-1
7	0.009	55	0.765	48	0.774	Mississippi St.	0.194	61	0.191	64	0.003	3
-16	-0.030	39	0.792	55	0.762	Illinois	0.190	62	0.198	60	-0.008	-2
5	0.002	61	0.755	56	0.757	Miami (FL)	0.189	63	0.189	68	0.000	5
11	0.018	68	0.738	57	0.756	Eastern Mich.	0.189	64	0.184	71	0.005	7
-3	-0.007	56	0.762	59	0.755	Arizona St.	0.189	65	0.191	65	-0.002	0
-6	-0.012	54	0.767	60	0.755	Vanderbilt	0.189	66	0.192	63	-0.003	-3
10	0.021	73	0.73	63	0.751	Florida	0.188	67	0.183	73	0.005	6
-8	-0.019	58	0.759	66	0.740	Pittsburgh	0.185	68	0.19	67	-0.005	-1
1	0.000	70	0.735	69	0.735	Purdue	0.184	69	0.184	72	0.000	3
4	-0.004	25	0.83	21	0.826	South Fla.	0.184	70	0.207	57	-0.023	-13
8	0.030	78	0.703	70	0.733	Wake Forest	0.183	71	0.176	76	0.007	5
-1	-0.009	26	0.821	27	0.812	UCF	0.180	72	0.182	74	-0.002	2
1	0.003	91	0.682	90	0.685	Marshall	0.171	73	0.17	78	0.001	5
-5	-0.007	88	0.687	93	0.680	Iowa St.	0.170	74	0.196	61	-0.026	-13
-1	0.007	102	0.65	103	0.657	Ball St.	0.164	75	0.163	79	0.001	4
2	0.012	75	0.709	73	0.721	Navy	0.160	76	0.158	80	0.002	4
5	0.013	79	0.703	74	0.716	Texas Tech	0.159	77	0.156	81	0.003	4
-10	-0.026	65	0.741	75	0.715	Hawaii	0.159	78	0.185	69	-0.026	-9
-2	-0.011	74	0.725	76	0.714	Syracuse	0.159	79	0.181	75	-0.022	-4
8	0.019	86	0.688	78	0.707	Tennessee	0.157	80	0.153	85	0.004	5
-14	-0.038	66	0.739	80	0.701	Connecticut	0.156	81	0.185	70	-0.029	-11
7	0.016	90	0.683	83	0.699	North Texas	0.155	82	0.152	86	0.003	4
-4	0.002	81	0.696	85	0.698	UTEP	0.155	83	0.155	82	0.000	-1
23	0.041	72	0.732	49	0.773	La.-Monroe	0.155	84	0.146	88	0.009	4
-4	0.000	82	0.695	86	0.695	East Carolina	0.154	85	0.154	83	0.000	-2
-4	-0.002	85	0.688	89	0.686	UCLA	0.152	86	0.172	77	-0.020	-9
-10	-0.012	84	0.69	94	0.678	Bowling Green	0.151	87	0.153	84	-0.002	-3
6	0.023	105	0.64	99	0.663	San Jose St.	0.147	88	0.142	89	0.005	1
-7	-0.014	98	0.664	105	0.650	Kent St.	0.144	89	0.148	87	-0.004	-2
1	0.016	109	0.628	108	0.644	Kentucky	0.143	90	0.14	92	0.003	2
-1	0.009	76	0.705	77	0.714	Miami (OH)	0.143	91	0.141	90	0.002	-1
10	0.024	89	0.683	79	0.707	Washington St.	0.141	92	0.137	93	0.004	1
13	0.023	94	0.677	81	0.700	Rice	0.140	93	0.135	95	0.005	2
15	0.035	97	0.664	82	0.699	Arizona	0.140	94	0.133	97	0.007	3
7	0.023	103	0.647	96	0.670	Boston College	0.134	95	0.129	99	0.005	4
2	0.008	99	0.661	97	0.669	Army	0.134	96	0.132	98	0.002	2
5	0.021	77	0.705	72	0.726	Fresno St.	0.132	97	0.141	91	-0.009	-6
6	0.017	93	0.677	87	0.694	Colorado St.	0.126	98	0.135	94	-0.009	-4
3	0.011	95	0.67	92	0.681	New Mexico St.	0.124	99	0.134	96	-0.010	-3
1	0.012	96	0.665	95	0.677	Buffalo	0.123	100	0.121	102	0.002	2
12	0.042	110	0.627	98	0.669	Central Mich.	0.122	101	0.114	107	0.008	6
2	0.011	106	0.639	104	0.650	Oregon St.	0.118	102	0.116	103	0.002	1
1	0.014	108	0.631	107	0.645	Duke	0.117	103	0.115	105	0.002	2
-2	0.005	107	0.637	109	0.642	Minnesota	0.117	104	0.116	104	0.001	0
-1	0.007	111	0.627	112	0.634	Troy	0.115	105	0.125	100	-0.010	-5
-1	0.019	114	0.602	115	0.621	UAB	0.113	106	0.109	109	0.004	3
-8	-0.017	92	0.679	100	0.662	Middle Tenn.	0.110	107	0.123	101	-0.013	-6
-14	-0.028	87	0.687	101	0.659	Maryland	0.110	108	0.115	106	-0.005	-2
-6	-0.001	104	0.642	110	0.641	Colorado	0.107	109	0.107	111	0.000	2
1	0.019	112	0.62	111	0.639	Kansas	0.106	110	0.103	112	0.003	2
3	0.042	116	0.592	113	0.634	Ole Miss	0.106	111	0.099	115	0.007	4
-1	0.012	113	0.61	114	0.622	Idaho	0.104	112	0.111	108	-0.007	-4
-1	0.019	115	0.598	116	0.617	UNLV	0.103	113	0.109	110	-0.006	-3
-2	0.004	100	0.654	102	0.658	Indiana	0.101	114	0.101	113	0.000	-1
-5	-0.002	101	0.652	106	0.650	Tulane	0.100	115	0.1	114	0.000	-1
0	0.021	117	0.574	117	0.595	Memphis	0.099	116	0.096	116	0.003	0
2	0.037	120	0.538	118	0.575	Akron	0.088	117	0.083	119	0.005	2
-1	0.001	118	0.569	119	0.570	Fla. Atlantic	0.088	118	0.095	117	-0.007	-1
-1	0.007	119	0.542	120	0.549	New Mexico	0.084	119	0.09	118	-0.006	-1
-2	-0.018	21	0.84	23	0.822	Southern California	0.000	120	0	120	0.000	0