For the fourth week in a row, the CFCI ranks Alabama and Florida State as Nos. 1 & 2, and in the Top 8 there is no change this week. The CFCI didn’t bite on Stanford and had The Cardinals at No. 9 last week before dropping its second loss of the season last night.
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.
College Football Champion Index Week 12
+/- Wk. 11 Rank Wk. 12 Rank Team CFCI Wk. 12 CFCI Wk. 11 +/-
0 1 1 Alabama 0.9903 0.9862 0.0041
0 2 2 Florida St. 0.9807 0.9805 0.0002
0 3 3 Ohio St. 0.9339 0.9438 -0.0099
0 4 4 Baylor 0.8349 0.8622 -0.0273
0 5 5 Oregon 0.7973 0.8055 -0.0082
0 6 6 Clemson 0.7708 0.7859 -0.0151
0 7 7 Auburn 0.7529 0.7701 -0.0172
0 8 8 Michigan St. 0.7205 0.7345 -0.014
2 11 9 Louisville 0.7053 0.7206 -0.0153
0 10 10 Northern Ill. 0.691 0.6962 -0.0052
1 12 11 Fresno St. 0.6751 0.6751 0
1 13 12 Texas A&M 0.6554 0.6554 0
2 15 13 Oklahoma St. 0.6382 0.6477 -0.0095
2 16 14 Missouri 0.6376 0.6376 0
-1 14 15 LSU 0.6375 0.6375 0
3 19 16 Wisconsin 0.6033 0.6113 -0.008
0 17 17 UCF 0.5919 0.6183 -0.0264
0 18 18 Oklahoma 0.5742 0.5851 -0.0109
-10 9 19 Stanford 0.5739 0.7095 -0.1356
0 20 20 South Carolina 0.559 0.5773 -0.0183
0 21 21 UCLA 0.5482 0.5715 -0.0233
4 26 22 Cincinnati 0.5336 0.5517 -0.0181
1 24 23 Arizona St. 0.5323 0.5556 -0.0233
6 30 24 East Carolina 0.4844 0.4943 -0.0099
9 34 25 Minnesota 0.4785 0.4785 0
2 28 26 Michigan 0.4654 0.4887 -0.0233
6 33 27 La.-Lafayette 0.4628 0.4813 -0.0185
3 31 28 Southern California 0.4595 0.4856 -0.0261
8 37 29 Duke 0.457 0.4715 -0.0145
-8 22 30 Miami (FL) 0.4555 0.5625 -0.107
-6 25 31 Nebraska 0.4552 0.5531 -0.0979
-9 23 32 Texas 0.4525 0.5578 -0.1053
6 39 33 Ole Miss 0.4498 0.4561 -0.0063
11 45 34 Bowling Green 0.4438 0.4463 -0.0025
6 41 35 Notre Dame 0.4433 0.4433 0
6 42 36 Marshall 0.4316 0.4503 -0.0187
-10 27 37 Ball St. 0.4235 0.5382 -0.1147
8 46 38 BYU 0.4212 0.4264 -0.0052
15 54 39 North Texas 0.407 0.407 0
-8 32 40 Washington 0.4022 0.4871 -0.0849
10 51 41 Boise St. 0.3978 0.4065 -0.0087
-13 29 42 Georgia 0.3956 0.4854 -0.0898
9 52 43 Rice 0.3926 0.401 -0.0084
5 49 44 Penn St. 0.3889 0.3974 -0.0085
-9 36 45 Virginia Tech 0.3867 0.4723 -0.0856
-11 35 46 Buffalo 0.3866 0.4841 -0.0975
-9 38 47 Houston 0.3864 0.4735 -0.0871
10 58 48 Iowa 0.3845 0.3845 0
4 53 49 Toledo 0.3785 0.4001 -0.0216
11 61 50 Utah St. 0.3756 0.3758 -0.0002
-11 40 51 Georgia Tech 0.3712 0.4667 -0.0955
5 57 52 Kansas St. 0.3638 0.3858 -0.022
-9 44 53 Arizona 0.3625 0.439 -0.0765
6 60 54 Maryland 0.3541 0.3685 -0.0144
-12 43 55 Rutgers 0.3457 0.4288 -0.0831
11 67 56 Western Ky. 0.3437 0.3437 0
-9 48 57 Florida 0.3376 0.402 -0.0644
-11 47 58 Texas Tech 0.3354 0.4167 -0.0813
9 68 59 Vanderbilt 0.3307 0.3412 -0.0105
4 64 60 Boston College 0.3306 0.3426 -0.012
8 69 61 Navy 0.3302 0.3389 -0.0087
4 66 62 Arkansas St. 0.3289 0.3433 -0.0144
-13 50 63 Texas St. 0.3257 0.3996 -0.0739
-8 56 64 Oregon St. 0.3254 0.3888 -0.0634
0 65 65 North Carolina 0.3253 0.3441 -0.0188
4 70 66 San Diego St. 0.3156 0.3279 -0.0123
6 73 67 Middle Tenn. 0.3147 0.3149 -0.0002
-13 55 68 Ohio 0.3131 0.3939 -0.0808
-10 59 69 Pittsburgh 0.3116 0.3695 -0.0579
5 75 70 Tulane 0.3112 0.3115 -0.0003
-8 63 71 Mississippi St. 0.2907 0.3469 -0.0562
-10 62 72 Syracuse 0.2873 0.3584 -0.0711
6 79 73 Tennessee 0.2868 0.2868 0
3 77 74 Memphis 0.2864 0.3021 -0.0157
11 86 75 UTSA 0.2746 0.2744 0.0002
-5 71 76 Utah 0.2727 0.3291 -0.0564
7 84 77 Colorado St. 0.271 0.2847 -0.0137
10 88 78 UNLV 0.2689 0.269 -0.0001
4 83 79 SMU 0.2683 0.2797 -0.0114
7 87 80 Fla. Atlantic 0.2674 0.2696 -0.0022
-9 72 81 San Jose St. 0.2656 0.3214 -0.0558
-6 76 82 Northwestern 0.2606 0.3083 -0.0477
-9 74 83 South Ala. 0.2583 0.3126 -0.0543
8 92 84 La.-Monroe 0.2522 0.2522 0
-7 78 85 Louisiana Tech 0.2432 0.2968 -0.0536
11 97 86 Arkansas 0.2428 0.2428 0
-7 80 87 Indiana 0.242 0.2907 -0.0487
6 94 88 Washington St. 0.242 0.2525 -0.0105
-8 81 89 Wyoming 0.2389 0.2882 -0.0493
-8 82 90 North Carolina St. 0.2375 0.2822 -0.0447
5 96 91 Colorado 0.2343 0.2418 -0.0075
7 99 92 Wake Forest 0.2333 0.2336 -0.0003
-3 90 93 TCU 0.2281 0.2691 -0.041
-9 85 94 South Fla. 0.224 0.2564 -0.0324
-4 91 95 Illinois 0.2209 0.2598 -0.0389
8 104 96 Army 0.2203 0.2203 0
-8 89 97 Troy 0.2195 0.272 -0.0525
-5 93 98 New Mexico 0.2172 0.2555 -0.0383
1 100 99 Central Mich. 0.2165 0.2239 -0.0074
-5 95 100 West Virginia 0.2128 0.2483 -0.0355
0 101 101 Kansas 0.2099 0.2168 -0.0069
-4 98 102 Kentucky 0.2039 0.2394 -0.0355
4 107 103 Virginia 0.2033 0.2033 0
4 108 104 Nevada 0.1987 0.2056 -0.0069
1 106 105 Akron 0.1951 0.2046 -0.0095
3 109 106 UTEP 0.1943 0.1973 -0.003
7 114 107 Air Force 0.1919 0.1919 0
-6 102 108 Tulsa 0.1886 0.2246 -0.036
-6 103 109 UAB 0.1819 0.2191 -0.0372
7 117 110 Kent St. 0.1813 0.1845 -0.0032
7 118 111 Eastern Mich. 0.1707 0.1706 1E-04
-7 105 112 UConn 0.1683 0.1943 -0.026
0 113 113 Temple 0.1649 0.1921 -0.0272
-4 110 114 Iowa St. 0.1634 0.1921 -0.0287
1 116 115 California 0.163 0.1872 -0.0242
8 124 116 New Mexico St. 0.1572 0.1572 0
-6 111 117 Massachusetts 0.1554 0.176 -0.0206
-6 112 118 Purdue 0.1495 0.1738 -0.0243
6 125 119 Idaho 0.1492 0.1492 0
-5 115 120 FIU 0.1479 0.171 -0.0231
0 121 121 Hawaii 0.1459 0.1677 -0.0218
-2 120 122 Western Mich. 0.1452 0.1649 -0.0197
-1 122 123 Georgia St. 0.1396 0.1605 -0.0209
[In the event that anyone looks closely at the numbers, there was an error that didn’t change the rankings, but the raw number was off. It’s corrected.]
A brief explanation of the College Football Champion Index
The CFCI is obviously not like other polls or computers. It’s based upon a series of posts which define objective, static, statistical standards of BCS Champions over the course of a season, recruiting strength over four classes, and lastly wins and losses. The College Football Champion Index has as a premise that if a fan looks at a team correctly, that a team is not defined by their opponents or conference. As such, there is no consideration for strength of schedule or conference.
While wins or loses are hugely important (no team has been a BCS Champion with more than 2 losses since 2000), a team’s performance in any given week can cause its score (and ranking) to go down. Unlike most polls, the CFCI is defensive-oriented because those are team stats most consistent with BCS Champions.
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