As always, it is an honor for the College Football Champion Index to be included in BCS Computer Guru Ken Massey’s College Football Ranking Composite.
CFCI vs. Computers vs. AP Top 25
| vs. AP Top 25 | # Included |
|---|---|
| C.F.C.I. | 22 |
| Jeff Sagarin Elo Chess | 22 |
| Colley Matrix | 21 |
| Ken Massey | 19 |
| Richard Billingsley | 17 |
| Peter Wolfe | Soon |
| Anderson & Hester | Soon |
The A.P. Top 25 and the CFCI move a bit closer together as the math ranks 22 of the AP Top 25 this week. Alabama moves into the top spot in the College Football Champion Index. While the CFCI remains defensive-oriented, it might be tweaked soon to account for teams scoring more than 44 points per week on average. Over years of data, no team has lost in SEC conference play scoring 44 points or more through four quarters. The numbers of teams scoring more than 40 points and losing are few and far between.
College Football Champion Index Week 7
+/- Wk. 6 Rank Wk. 7 Rank Team CFCI Wk. 7 CFCI Wk. 6 +/-
2 3 1 Alabama 0.8959 0.9329 -0.037
-1 1 2 Florida St. 0.8747 0.9584 -0.0837
3 6 3 Ohio St. 0.8475 0.8949 -0.0474
3 7 4 Miami (FL) 0.8277 0.89 -0.0623
-1 4 5 Oregon 0.8238 0.9164 -0.0926
5 11 6 UCLA 0.8128 0.8473 -0.0345
1 8 7 Louisville 0.8083 0.8835 -0.0752
1 9 8 Clemson 0.8014 0.8557 -0.0543
3 12 9 Baylor 0.74 0.8307 -0.0907
4 14 10 Texas Tech 0.7332 0.7894 -0.0562
6 17 11 Missouri 0.7081 0.7496 -0.0415
7 19 12 Houston 0.686 0.7254 -0.0394
-11 2 13 Oklahoma 0.656 0.954 -0.298
21 35 14 Northern Ill. 0.6441 0.6469 -0.0028
19 34 15 Fresno St. 0.634 0.6477 -0.0137
0 16 16 Michigan St. 0.6203 0.7569 -0.1366
-7 10 17 Florida 0.6196 0.853 -0.2334
-13 5 18 Michigan 0.6184 0.906 -0.2876
7 26 19 Auburn 0.5994 0.684 -0.0846
4 24 20 Virginia Tech 0.5824 0.6952 -0.1128
-3 18 21 LSU 0.5823 0.7317 -0.1494
-1 21 22 Wisconsin 0.5728 0.709 -0.1362
4 27 23 Oklahoma St. 0.5635 0.6836 -0.1201
-11 13 24 Stanford 0.5516 0.8179 -0.2663
3 28 25 South Carolina 0.5414 0.6769 -0.1355
10 36 26 UCF 0.5347 0.6455 -0.1108
-4 23 27 Maryland 0.5299 0.6978 -0.1679
5 33 28 Nebraska 0.5211 0.6482 -0.1271
11 40 29 Iowa 0.5033 0.6307 -0.1274
0 30 30 Cincinnati 0.4699 0.6615 -0.1916
-16 15 31 Washington 0.4476 0.7862 -0.3386
-7 25 32 Southern California 0.4468 0.6941 -0.2473
-4 29 33 Marshall 0.4438 0.6713 -0.2275
13 47 34 BYU 0.4405 0.5928 -0.1523
-15 20 35 Arizona 0.4378 0.7193 -0.2815
3 39 36 Texas A&M 0.4249 0.6325 -0.2076
0 37 37 Penn St. 0.4206 0.6429 -0.2223
13 51 38 Ball St. 0.4134 0.5719 -0.1585
16 55 39 Oregon St. 0.4015 0.5519 -0.1504
4 44 40 Texas 0.3975 0.6043 -0.2068
8 49 41 Notre Dame 0.3945 0.5797 -0.1852
-11 31 42 Bowling Green 0.3778 0.6565 -0.2787
-5 38 43 Navy 0.3769 0.6427 -0.2658
14 58 44 Western Ky. 0.3744 0.5446 -0.1702
5 50 45 Utah 0.3669 0.5751 -0.2082
-5 41 46 Pittsburgh 0.3648 0.625 -0.2602
6 53 47 La.-Lafayette 0.3607 0.5595 -0.1988
6 54 48 Boise St. 0.3561 0.5591 -0.203
-4 45 49 East Carolina 0.3542 0.601 -0.2468
13 63 50 Illinois 0.3521 0.5316 -0.1795
5 56 51 Arizona St. 0.3435 0.5513 -0.2078
-6 46 52 Ohio 0.3416 0.5941 -0.2525
13 66 53 Minnesota 0.3411 0.5226 -0.1815
22 76 54 TCU 0.3392 0.4946 -0.1554
-23 32 55 Rutgers 0.3364 0.6564 -0.32
5 61 56 Duke 0.3354 0.5415 -0.2061
-35 22 57 Georgia 0.3345 0.704 -0.3695
-1 57 58 Wyoming 0.3329 0.55 -0.2171
3 62 59 Mississippi St. 0.3159 0.5386 -0.2227
21 81 60 Buffalo 0.3134 0.4612 -0.1478
14 75 61 Rice 0.3131 0.496 -0.1829
-20 42 62 Northwestern 0.3106 0.62 -0.3094
-3 60 63 Memphis 0.3093 0.5424 -0.2331
7 71 64 Kansas 0.3019 0.5052 -0.2033
-17 48 65 North Carolina St. 0.3017 0.5878 -0.2861
6 72 66 Tulane 0.3003 0.5029 -0.2026
-24 43 67 Georgia Tech 0.2969 0.6064 -0.3095
0 68 68 Texas St. 0.296 0.5102 -0.2142
0 69 69 Tennessee 0.2829 0.5068 -0.2239
21 91 70 Wake Forest 0.282 0.423 -0.141
8 79 71 Syracuse 0.2814 0.4826 -0.2012
-13 59 72 UNLV 0.2771 0.543 -0.2659
-21 52 73 Ole Miss 0.2736 0.5705 -0.2969
8 82 74 Vanderbilt 0.2686 0.4578 -0.1892
8 83 75 South Ala. 0.2651 0.4531 -0.188
14 90 76 North Texas 0.2641 0.4233 -0.1592
7 84 77 Toledo 0.2636 0.4457 -0.1821
-13 65 78 Utah St. 0.259 0.5241 -0.2651
-12 67 79 Boston College 0.2538 0.5213 -0.2675
8 88 80 West Virginia 0.2448 0.4281 -0.1833
11 92 81 San Jose St. 0.2326 0.4174 -0.1848
-9 73 82 Kansas St. 0.2289 0.5001 -0.2712
2 85 83 Arkansas St. 0.2286 0.4443 -0.2157
-6 78 84 Washington St. 0.2256 0.4848 -0.2592
-11 74 85 Virginia 0.2218 0.4994 -0.2776
-22 64 86 Indiana 0.2157 0.5303 -0.3146
8 95 87 North Carolina 0.2056 0.4141 -0.2085
17 105 88 Louisiana Tech 0.2051 0.3724 -0.1673
-12 77 89 Iowa St. 0.1992 0.4898 -0.2906
3 93 90 San Diego St. 0.1992 0.4163 -0.2171
11 102 91 Connecticut 0.1956 0.3808 -0.1852
-22 70 92 Arkansas 0.1934 0.5059 -0.3125
-13 80 93 Colorado 0.1932 0.4775 -0.2843
7 101 94 South Fla. 0.1851 0.3817 -0.1966
-1 94 95 Nevada 0.1838 0.4144 -0.2306
7 103 96 Army 0.1817 0.3758 -0.1941
-1 96 97 Troy 0.1808 0.4113 -0.2305
6 104 98 Tulsa 0.1798 0.373 -0.1932
-12 87 99 Colorado St. 0.1786 0.4393 -0.2607
-1 99 100 Fla. Atlantic 0.174 0.3963 -0.2223
-12 89 101 Kentucky 0.1631 0.4269 -0.2638
-4 98 102 Middle Tenn. 0.1619 0.399 -0.2371
10 113 103 La.-Monroe 0.1579 0.3237 -0.1658
-18 86 104 New Mexico 0.1513 0.4415 -0.2902
16 121 105 Massachusetts 0.1482 0.2842 -0.136
11 117 106 Temple 0.147 0.3061 -0.1591
5 112 107 Central Mich. 0.1447 0.3311 -0.1864
6 114 108 Southern Miss. 0.1422 0.3173 -0.1751
-3 106 109 UAB 0.1411 0.366 -0.2249
-2 108 110 SMU 0.141 0.3527 -0.2117
0 111 111 Kent St. 0.1325 0.3345 -0.202
-15 97 112 UTEP 0.1281 0.4097 -0.2816
-6 107 113 UTSA 0.1236 0.3529 -0.2293
-4 110 114 Purdue 0.1191 0.3434 -0.2243
-15 100 115 California 0.1167 0.3888 -0.2721
0 116 116 FIU 0.115 0.3104 -0.1954
-8 109 117 Eastern Mich. 0.1142 0.3509 -0.2367
0 118 118 Hawaii 0.1111 0.303 -0.1919
5 124 119 Miami (OH) 0.1055 0.2697 -0.1642
-1 119 120 Akron 0.1015 0.2972 -0.1957
-1 120 121 Georgia St. 0.0943 0.2887 -0.1944
-7 115 122 Air Force 0.0883 0.3139 -0.2256
0 123 123 Western Mich. 0.0853 0.2748 -0.1895
