The College Football Champion Index makes a respectable showing this week. Here’s how each of the currently publishing computer polls and the CFCI fare against the benchmark A.P. Top 25.
Comparison of Computer Rankings to A.P. Top 25
vs. AP Top 25 # Included
C.F.C.I. 19
Colley Matrix 23
Richard Billingsley 21
Jeff Sagarin Elo Chess 20
Ken Massey 20
Peter Wolfe Not Published
Anderson & Hester Not Published
The CFCI narrowly misses ranking Oklahoma State and South Carolina in the Top 25 having each at 27 & 28 respectively.
The top end is starting to shape up. Alabama and Oregon rank mathematically at 3 & 4. Although AP No. 3 Clemson comes in at 9th in the CFCI, A.P. No. 4 Ohio State ranks No. 6 in the CFCI.
In a bit of synchronicity, the Index and A.P. rank Louisville (8), UCLA (11), and Va. Tech (24) the same. Another four teams are ranked within two spots in both rankings, Alabama, Oregon, Ohio St. and Washington.
For those seeing the CFCI for the first time, it is heavily defense-oriented as are BCS Champions.
College Football Champion Index Week 6
+/- Wk. 5 Rank Wk. 6 Rank Team CFCI Wk. 6 CFCI Wk. 5 +/-
2 3 1 Florida St. 0.9584 0.9276 0.0308
-1 1 2 Oklahoma 0.954 0.9488 0.0052
5 8 3 Alabama 0.9329 0.8955 0.0374
1 5 4 Oregon 0.9164 0.9243 -0.0079
4 9 5 Michigan 0.906 0.895 0.011
-2 4 6 Ohio St. 0.8949 0.9273 -0.0324
-5 2 7 Miami (FL) 0.89 0.9362 -0.0462
2 10 8 Louisville 0.8835 0.8896 -0.0061
6 15 9 Clemson 0.8557 0.8458 0.0099
2 12 10 Florida 0.853 0.8701 -0.0171
2 13 11 UCLA 0.8473 0.8582 -0.0109
-1 11 12 Baylor 0.8307 0.8772 -0.0465
1 14 13 Stanford 0.8179 0.849 -0.0311
6 20 14 Texas Tech 0.7894 0.7746 0.0148
-8 7 15 Washington 0.7862 0.8989 -0.1127
2 18 16 Michigan St. 0.7569 0.7781 -0.0212
4 21 17 Missouri 0.7496 0.7678 -0.0182
5 23 18 LSU 0.7317 0.761 -0.0293
5 24 19 Houston 0.7254 0.7254 0
7 27 20 Arizona 0.7193 0.7193 0
9 30 21 Wisconsin 0.709 0.709 0
4 26 22 Georgia 0.704 0.7209 -0.0169
-17 6 23 Maryland 0.6978 0.9193 -0.2215
5 29 24 Virginia Tech 0.6952 0.709 -0.0138
10 35 25 Southern California 0.6941 0.6941 0
7 33 26 Auburn 0.684 0.7009 -0.0169
-2 25 27 Oklahoma St. 0.6836 0.7216 -0.038
8 36 28 South Carolina 0.6769 0.6835 -0.0066
8 37 29 Marshall 0.6713 0.6833 -0.012
-11 19 30 Cincinnati 0.6615 0.7757 -0.1142
10 41 31 Bowling Green 0.6565 0.6526 0.0039
0 32 32 Rutgers 0.6564 0.7011 -0.0447
11 44 33 Nebraska 0.6482 0.6482 0
28 62 34 Fresno St. 0.6477 0.5926 0.0551
14 49 35 Northern Ill. 0.6469 0.6372 0.0097
2 38 36 UCF 0.6455 0.6726 -0.0271
-21 16 37 Penn St. 0.6429 0.8204 -0.1775
10 48 38 Navy 0.6427 0.6375 0.0052
11 50 39 Texas A&M 0.6325 0.6325 0
-18 22 40 Iowa 0.6307 0.7654 -0.1347
11 52 41 Pittsburgh 0.625 0.625 0
-14 28 42 Northwestern 0.62 0.7175 -0.0975
-26 17 43 Georgia Tech 0.6064 0.8003 -0.1939
1 45 44 Texas 0.6043 0.6453 -0.041
13 58 45 East Carolina 0.601 0.6107 -0.0097
28 74 46 Ohio 0.5941 0.551 0.0431
10 57 47 BYU 0.5928 0.611 -0.0182
-17 31 48 North Carolina St. 0.5878 0.703 -0.1152
11 60 49 Notre Dame 0.5797 0.6056 -0.0259
-11 39 50 Utah 0.5751 0.6687 -0.0936
15 66 51 Ball St. 0.5719 0.5825 -0.0106
-12 40 52 Ole Miss 0.5705 0.661 -0.0905
22 75 53 La.-Lafayette 0.5595 0.5476 0.0119
15 69 54 Boise St. 0.5591 0.5591 0
18 73 55 Oregon St. 0.5519 0.5519 0
-10 46 56 Arizona St. 0.5513 0.6437 -0.0924
-15 42 57 Wyoming 0.55 0.6516 -0.1016
14 72 58 Western Ky. 0.5446 0.5534 -0.0088
17 76 59 UNLV 0.543 0.543 0
-6 54 60 Memphis 0.5424 0.6212 -0.0788
16 77 61 Duke 0.5415 0.5415 0
-28 34 62 Mississippi St. 0.5386 0.6971 -0.1585
-10 53 63 Illinois 0.5316 0.6218 -0.0902
6 70 64 Indiana 0.5303 0.5572 -0.0269
-18 47 65 Utah St. 0.5241 0.6397 -0.1156
-11 55 66 Minnesota 0.5226 0.6188 -0.0962
15 82 67 Boston College 0.5213 0.5084 0.0129
-7 61 68 Texas St. 0.5102 0.6021 -0.0919
-6 63 69 Tennessee 0.5068 0.5919 -0.0851
-14 56 70 Arkansas 0.5059 0.6158 -0.1099
-28 43 71 Kansas 0.5052 0.6491 -0.1439
7 79 72 Tulane 0.5029 0.5253 -0.0224
-6 67 73 Kansas St. 0.5001 0.5813 -0.0812
-10 64 74 Virginia 0.4994 0.5917 -0.0923
9 84 75 Rice 0.496 0.5077 -0.0117
-11 65 76 TCU 0.4946 0.5863 -0.0917
1 78 77 Iowa St. 0.4898 0.5343 -0.0445
2 80 78 Washington St. 0.4848 0.5194 -0.0346
-20 59 79 Syracuse 0.4826 0.6097 -0.1271
-29 51 80 Colorado 0.4775 0.6263 -0.1488
17 98 81 Buffalo 0.4612 0.4408 0.0204
-14 68 82 Vanderbilt 0.4578 0.5647 -0.1069
-2 81 83 South Ala. 0.4531 0.5191 -0.066
8 92 84 Toledo 0.4457 0.4504 -0.0047
10 95 85 Arkansas St. 0.4443 0.4441 0.0002
11 97 86 New Mexico 0.4415 0.4409 0.0006
12 99 87 Colorado St. 0.4393 0.4393 0
-17 71 88 West Virginia 0.4281 0.5561 -0.128
-6 83 89 Kentucky 0.4269 0.5081 -0.0812
-3 87 90 North Texas 0.4233 0.476 -0.0527
9 100 91 Wake Forest 0.423 0.4363 -0.0133
9 101 92 San Jose St. 0.4174 0.4315 -0.0141
10 103 93 San Diego St. 0.4163 0.4239 -0.0076
-9 85 94 Nevada 0.4144 0.487 -0.0726
-9 86 95 North Carolina 0.4141 0.4793 -0.0652
-2 94 96 Troy 0.4113 0.4447 -0.0334
-8 89 97 UTEP 0.4097 0.4629 -0.0532
-10 88 98 Middle Tenn. 0.399 0.4734 -0.0744
7 106 99 Fla. Atlantic 0.3963 0.4009 -0.0046
-10 90 100 California 0.3888 0.4616 -0.0728
7 108 101 South Fla. 0.3817 0.3986 -0.0169
10 112 102 Connecticut 0.3808 0.3808 0
-10 93 103 Army 0.3758 0.45 -0.0742
0 104 104 Tulsa 0.373 0.4128 -0.0398
6 111 105 Louisiana Tech 0.3724 0.3835 -0.0111
-10 96 106 UAB 0.366 0.4413 -0.0753
-5 102 107 UTSA 0.3529 0.424 -0.0711
1 109 108 SMU 0.3527 0.3976 -0.0449
-4 105 109 Eastern Mich. 0.3509 0.4076 -0.0567
9 119 110 Purdue 0.3434 0.3434 0
-4 107 111 Kent St. 0.3345 0.3989 -0.0644
8 120 112 Central Mich. 0.3311 0.3336 -0.0025
-3 110 113 La.-Monroe 0.3237 0.3891 -0.0654
2 116 114 Southern Miss. 0.3173 0.3525 -0.0352
-1 114 115 Air Force 0.3139 0.367 -0.0531
7 123 116 FIU 0.3104 0.2996 0.0108
-4 113 117 Temple 0.3061 0.3696 -0.0635
-1 117 118 Hawaii 0.303 0.3511 -0.0481
-4 115 119 Akron 0.2972 0.3565 -0.0593
-29 91 120 Georgia St. 0.2887 0.4509 -0.1622
0 121 121 Massachusetts 0.2842 0.3233 -0.0391
-4 118 122 Idaho 0.2759 0.3435 -0.0676
-1 122 123 Western Mich. 0.2748 0.3208 -0.046
