Preseason Computer Rankings

August 11, 2019

Over 20 40 of the computer rankings that published final 2018 rankings have published preseason rankings on Dr. Massey's College Football Ranking Composite page. I wonder how my "faith" in computer rankings as being objective can be justified when computer rankings are generated before any games are played. Surely the only way to generate a preseason rating is to begin with last year's ratings and "perturb" them by what must necessarily be subjective analysis (or speculation?)

I can think of no reasonable way to tease a preseason ranking from the ratings I calculate. They are not well-defined until the games graph is connected (there is an A played B played … chain between every pair of teams). This year that occurs fairly early with the games of 14 September (my birthday) but it takes 28 "played"s to do that with an average pathlength over 11. I will likely publish my ratings beginning 29 September, by which time the longest path is 7 and the average path length is just a bit over 4.

In general we don't know how a rating is "tweaked" to generate a preseason ranking, but we can tell what the effect is by comparing the preseason rankings to the final rankings from 2018. With 130 teams there are 8385 team-pairs, and if we count the number of pairs where team A is ranked above team B in the final 2018 ranking but below team B in the preseason ranking (or vice versa) we have a rough measure of how much "tweaking" is done. These are called discordant pairs and the number of them is the distance between these ratings.

In the table below the teams are listed in order of most to least -different preseason rankings compared to the final 2018 rankings by the same ratings. The best, median, and worst rankings for the preseason and final polls are listed. Disc is the sum of the number of discordant pairs that include the team in any rating's list, and ΔMed shows the direction of the change (positive being improvement.) For each rating the number of teams that swapped relative position with the team is shown. The ratings are ordered by most to least -changed. The number of discordant pairs and number of team rankings that were unchanged are shown for each rating at the end of the table.

Source: Massey Ratings College Football Ranking Composite as of Fri Aug 30 06:20:14
(47 computer rankings)

30 Aug 2019 6:56am (US Mountain)

Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
9	39	117	8	17	46	-22	5	6	36	1281	Fresno State	101	66	22	77	42	52	47	46	24	54	49	21	14	24	29	46	48	42	46	20	9	37	40	36	22	42	33	11	41	28	36	25	14	5	3	7	6	2	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	78	118	21	43	82	-35	4	7	36	1256	UAB	63	62	32	76	77	22	60	30	29	39	28	45	16	32	42	58	32	47	22	48	11	45	18	37	21	10	35	19	11	28	32	43	16	16	12	17	5	8	6	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	49	90	49	68	103	19	34	5	8	1194	Florida State	53	48	21	52	36	65	42	54	32	58	48	45	28	42	28	21	37	21	34	38	22	30	23	29	18	34	21	38	20	19	42	28	13	14	13	7	9	3	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
37	88	114	27	58	85	-30	3	8	36	1155	Buffalo	74	47	39	59	38	44	51	43	38	45	36	36	25	32	40	36	31	36	23	37	12	37	17	28	24	35	28	22	13	30	15	10	18	12	14	6	7	3	11	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
20	45	99	32	73	99	28	33	6	8	1150	Nebraska	67	55	32	45	31	27	40	35	34	23	34	71	25	44	35	26	31	42	17	20	15	39	34	31	19	14	50	40	23	10	32	43	9	10	13	9	16	1	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	50	89	36	68	93	18	33	5	9	1146	Southern California	74	62	71	35	28	56	27	38	36	28	27	40	26	37	44	18	30	33	30	43	20	27	15	23	36	16	31	39	16	14	20	29	5	15	20	10	7	10	6	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0
23	48	99	49	70	92	22	36	5	6	1133	Virginia Tech	51	42	61	40	29	43	45	46	19	37	33	60	49	29	31	37	33	29	30	24	30	28	19	28	29	29	31	20	31	19	25	15	14	11	8	6	9	3	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
7	47	98	11	26	50	-21	7	7	33	1104	Utah State	70	71	42	65	34	34	60	51	12	11	60	21	40	32	24	27	47	18	30	24	24	28	14	43	22	33	21	7	17	16	31	9	15	11	6	12	4	9	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
20	60	103	50	86	106	26	37	6	4	1101	UCLA	67	60	29	58	31	21	65	50	16	32	48	51	12	37	25	36	33	33	24	17	14	18	31	29	16	37	23	30	19	17	17	45	22	7	7	7	6	0	4	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
15	56	98	39	65	94	9	30	8	9	1083	Tennessee	55	46	43	58	44	22	50	38	42	50	50	25	27	44	20	45	40	18	17	21	28	15	26	23	18	34	14	12	42	25	17	14	12	11	6	5	5	7	11	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
18	74	121	20	47	94	-27	11	8	28	1020	Georgia Southern	55	60	80	38	22	38	30	25	24	26	17	46	29	35	49	11	21	29	21	44	19	21	27	14	40	13	30	36	11	14	14	11	8	12	12	15	6	8	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	94	129	87	107	129	13	34	6	7	972	Louisville	80	46	49	57	13	50	41	39	17	33	37	43	11	30	28	22	21	7	55	30	16	10	8	26	28	30	21	14	30	11	22	1	7	9	3	12	5	5	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
9	39	107	11	26	75	-13	3	9	35	951	Army	77	57	21	72	30	22	32	41	20	12	21	22	26	18	33	34	23	23	44	18	18	27	20	24	37	20	19	22	14	8	20	11	8	12	13	20	0	9	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	46	120	16	55	82	9	26	8	13	910	Baylor	47	31	59	28	22	25	35	30	34	42	38	26	47	31	18	26	24	21	20	23	22	17	12	21	22	25	17	17	19	21	25	10	15	11	2	6	5	5	10	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
21	53	78	24	69	96	16	31	5	11	909	Memphis	51	31	28	29	53	18	35	26	21	53	20	25	28	29	20	19	26	32	30	21	21	29	19	20	22	13	25	38	16	15	15	14	12	15	12	6	8	7	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
18	57	101	18	49	67	-8	6	8	33	906	Ohio	52	54	29	52	26	20	32	47	30	23	37	41	24	34	19	31	34	27	35	15	15	19	23	22	15	18	17	18	13	17	14	6	11	7	8	10	5	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
13	65	104	49	72	99	7	30	7	10	898	Mississippi	70	54	36	44	48	28	25	22	40	27	25	41	21	26	26	13	17	22	33	24	20	15	15	24	15	20	16	15	18	18	17	7	9	9	9	9	10	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	59	107	37	55	82	-4	14	5	28	896	Georgia Tech	47	25	24	30	61	24	42	30	48	25	45	24	23	20	18	26	35	26	27	13	22	19	17	22	16	20	9	10	12	32	14	33	14	7	3	5	2	13	10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
49	88	110	34	72	104	-16	6	6	35	893	Nevada	50	39	35	37	28	33	36	28	22	37	24	24	33	25	27	22	20	25	21	24	28	21	21	14	24	16	26	16	11	17	13	7	16	19	13	14	7	11	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	53	90	19	67	95	14	29	7	11	890	Kansas State	59	33	43	41	25	37	36	24	22	39	17	31	28	42	32	24	21	29	17	26	17	20	23	12	18	16	13	12	13	24	15	11	10	14	12	8	10	5	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
35	83	123	34	71	106	-12	9	9	29	887	North Texas	70	40	38	39	27	54	25	21	41	45	15	26	40	25	30	18	15	19	12	23	27	19	10	23	14	16	16	14	17	13	12	29	6	12	10	9	7	2	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	64	103	49	82	103	18	33	6	8	882	Arizona	51	34	57	43	28	27	32	36	20	25	19	45	29	26	21	11	26	42	24	12	12	18	14	22	14	12	23	18	11	12	13	19	10	10	17	6	8	5	5	22	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
44	78	119	66	104	122	26	35	9	3	876	North Carolina	68	65	26	40	15	26	15	31	15	18	23	42	10	39	32	28	31	9	26	9	4	36	19	18	26	21	22	24	14	18	23	22	11	9	4	22	3	7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
55	83	102	43	68	90	-15	4	6	37	875	Middle Tenn State	49	37	37	33	28	24	35	36	23	23	24	32	22	25	26	21	24	29	17	20	22	30	18	21	17	15	21	22	15	24	16	12	11	12	14	5	10	9	8	5	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
21	65	93	23	45	79	-20	9	10	28	864	Troy	74	60	26	45	21	24	24	24	25	22	18	30	26	41	33	30	19	32	15	10	15	33	21	22	20	9	15	32	7	9	7	10	8	12	11	14	6	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
23	61	97	34	66	98	5	33	6	8	849	Indiana	38	34	34	41	29	24	45	23	43	19	22	27	26	21	24	35	28	32	13	20	34	14	20	15	14	13	15	13	13	18	14	11	9	17	17	6	14	4	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	53	105	35	50	79	-3	15	9	23	847	Purdue	49	27	26	34	54	38	24	25	44	39	30	25	22	23	16	25	20	18	23	15	26	19	13	16	10	17	15	16	17	14	17	22	10	15	7	9	13	8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	88	122	56	106	124	18	32	7	8	845	Arkansas	69	61	28	42	17	20	15	27	69	19	31	37	15	34	29	26	21	5	30	10	14	26	10	26	16	11	19	13	29	7	20	0	10	8	3	16	1	2	4	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
55	90	116	53	78	106	-12	7	5	35	844	Miami-Ohio	42	28	38	30	34	29	24	36	36	38	27	23	25	18	20	21	22	15	28	19	25	22	18	16	12	23	21	16	19	19	16	4	12	11	15	9	10	7	4	8	0	1	3	0	0	0	0
5	42	75	12	29	59	-13	15	9	23	842	Cincinnati	60	42	47	33	16	49	11	25	16	9	23	22	14	15	32	22	19	16	35	36	24	21	25	20	42	16	15	18	15	12	26	17	5	13	0	19	4	6	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
15	81	111	58	90	110	9	28	6	13	840	South Florida	47	33	54	27	15	53	38	29	23	16	25	6	73	19	20	24	28	10	23	29	22	15	16	27	19	20	17	6	12	17	18	8	3	13	7	7	5	5	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
13	40	86	15	47	108	7	26	8	13	827	Minnesota	45	25	41	33	26	25	28	27	24	17	26	23	20	20	17	25	27	22	23	12	18	17	32	17	11	22	18	18	12	22	19	9	6	7	7	7	66	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
36	78	105	46	81	105	3	28	6	13	825	San Diego State	53	32	42	33	20	51	20	21	16	27	22	27	51	26	20	21	20	16	19	26	19	20	14	13	14	12	18	12	19	16	18	29	3	10	6	8	6	8	8	6	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
5	37	92	9	27	59	-10	12	9	26	814	Appalachian State	36	74	23	46	14	13	8	34	15	21	27	27	44	45	26	21	28	17	30	13	15	19	14	17	19	22	19	8	15	9	17	12	7	10	14	16	1	2	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	79	109	43	74	97	-5	15	5	27	811	Florida Intl	62	33	31	35	26	37	27	17	22	22	20	31	16	26	32	21	14	22	18	25	26	15	13	14	15	18	19	14	14	22	11	21	13	14	8	15	6	2	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
10	36	78	24	51	72	15	25	9	13	809	Miami-Florida	47	31	52	34	33	12	28	26	13	15	16	43	36	23	26	17	11	20	20	22	28	28	14	16	28	15	26	20	8	11	13	15	6	9	23	5	2	13	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
44	69	102	47	66	99	-3	19	5	23	809	Maryland	41	36	31	35	32	50	41	17	32	18	24	25	20	19	24	13	18	21	17	14	25	17	11	25	14	18	14	13	13	13	12	9	15	17	17	6	18	4	16	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
19	58	112	37	59	73	1	20	7	20	808	BYU	52	34	61	34	54	19	24	25	25	26	24	24	28	22	17	16	16	24	21	15	22	11	21	18	19	24	11	12	15	17	11	10	15	9	3	7	6	7	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
21	71	113	51	74	113	3	26	9	12	807	Houston	49	32	42	32	25	35	24	20	36	30	17	34	14	16	20	13	29	12	24	21	48	23	23	10	20	13	24	10	7	15	12	12	5	13	7	10	10	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
31	82	110	71	91	110	9	30	8	9	804	Western Michigan	59	31	26	33	27	37	56	26	11	45	35	10	33	18	12	26	25	15	20	17	18	17	12	18	18	22	13	9	21	24	19	10	6	10	3	7	3	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
25	56	95	26	61	96	5	25	7	15	801	Texas Tech	34	27	31	35	26	21	26	27	25	23	21	32	34	24	31	19	27	36	18	18	16	18	18	21	19	16	14	26	23	15	15	13	7	15	13	6	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	40	80	30	45	67	5	28	5	14	801	TCU	46	30	40	27	45	26	24	26	31	19	26	33	26	16	18	22	21	19	24	25	15	21	18	27	19	15	16	15	15	13	19	9	5	12	6	7	6	9	4	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	53	102	31	44	70	-9	8	10	29	798	Boston College	51	35	20	34	56	18	30	19	20	29	33	29	17	25	17	20	24	14	21	14	13	20	15	26	10	33	17	15	16	20	21	10	14	7	9	8	3	7	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	29	61	25	43	64	14	38	6	3	794	Michigan State	45	35	38	33	32	15	38	34	35	10	18	24	23	22	15	24	18	27	18	19	14	18	13	20	15	18	26	16	13	13	14	23	18	6	10	9	4	6	12	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
26	81	112	52	77	96	-4	14	9	24	791	Tulane	64	39	32	35	38	28	24	17	35	12	20	23	32	22	24	16	21	17	11	23	26	17	22	15	16	18	16	11	16	12	12	7	7	12	15	9	8	9	5	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
38	83	102	48	72	98	-11	15	8	24	790	Northern Illinois	48	39	31	33	27	26	21	24	46	26	24	19	26	28	24	20	15	23	16	18	28	14	14	17	15	12	16	17	14	11	11	18	5	9	14	13	5	13	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	0
10	30	75	8	14	41	-16	5	7	35	770	Kentucky	66	12	22	24	23	31	21	34	12	41	20	35	13	20	22	22	29	22	13	17	9	17	13	28	23	16	31	6	10	15	25	30	17	5	1	8	3	4	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
41	63	106	43	60	85	-3	14	9	24	769	California	46	31	35	25	55	27	26	20	24	28	21	22	35	22	19	21	18	23	12	19	22	12	15	12	15	17	8	13	13	15	14	12	10	12	18	6	5	11	4	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	0
43	62	87	38	56	90	-6	13	10	24	759	Temple	50	45	28	33	28	28	25	22	24	21	16	26	29	30	17	14	19	23	15	11	46	16	17	11	16	20	16	13	14	12	19	14	9	11	5	4	4	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
25	45	84	25	42	70	-3	16	6	25	758	Pittsburgh	46	30	37	27	24	28	19	25	22	19	19	29	18	20	18	18	22	20	20	13	44	16	15	20	11	14	14	17	23	11	17	16	12	10	7	9	7	11	5	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0
Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
35	54	91	23	53	86	-1	15	9	23	757	Vanderbilt	52	28	36	34	27	27	26	35	24	33	21	25	19	25	15	16	19	18	30	17	30	10	14	18	16	16	10	17	14	13	13	12	6	10	7	8	7	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
49	81	97	37	71	92	-10	14	5	28	752	Arkansas State	46	40	37	33	25	27	23	21	28	22	20	32	25	17	27	23	15	17	19	18	23	17	14	11	12	16	15	20	11	13	11	13	3	10	9	7	10	7	8	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
30	70	90	38	62	85	-8	10	11	26	745	Marshall	52	29	30	37	25	30	24	19	24	27	13	32	25	21	29	29	16	22	19	16	27	16	15	15	18	12	16	18	11	9	8	10	9	12	8	5	6	2	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	42	100	21	43	74	1	20	5	22	742	Virginia	61	29	34	17	27	47	16	24	20	24	21	33	17	22	19	18	23	16	29	25	14	17	20	14	13	16	19	17	15	10	13	7	6	7	7	7	5	7	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
23	56	92	23	51	81	-5	20	7	20	742	Wake Forest	63	31	21	24	40	24	26	16	23	26	18	24	22	28	19	21	13	17	15	13	14	15	20	18	12	16	17	17	17	13	14	29	12	9	10	8	5	6	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
33	80	99	50	83	101	3	21	8	18	741	Toledo	60	34	57	35	18	38	23	23	21	18	15	14	18	17	17	29	25	9	20	25	14	17	12	14	24	12	16	15	13	13	13	14	11	10	9	9	1	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
70	94	120	61	82	94	-12	5	6	36	736	Eastern Michigan	40	33	27	34	20	34	32	24	18	27	23	18	23	16	16	21	18	13	22	23	16	18	15	19	13	19	12	10	15	18	16	21	10	9	6	9	8	5	8	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
29	48	74	25	37	60	-11	11	4	32	728	Duke	52	28	27	16	32	24	17	19	35	33	25	24	16	22	19	24	21	36	17	12	9	18	19	15	15	10	19	17	13	15	17	23	4	6	6	4	4	4	6	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
29	47	77	25	51	68	4	25	5	17	727	Arizona State	49	35	32	24	31	23	20	24	28	18	23	26	23	12	16	19	20	22	17	14	29	11	15	23	12	13	14	21	17	11	15	10	10	10	9	7	4	10	7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
50	89	117	46	85	117	-4	16	7	24	727	Louisiana Tech	49	35	30	42	35	25	22	17	21	28	19	25	21	23	18	23	13	18	18	19	30	17	8	17	12	18	15	10	11	12	10	9	4	12	9	9	9	8	1	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
39	84	103	44	90	99	6	28	9	10	722	Southern Miss	44	32	27	31	31	25	22	21	22	27	25	17	17	16	8	17	20	49	15	9	38	13	16	16	11	26	11	10	9	22	6	16	13	11	5	4	4	5	7	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0
13	29	70	9	23	51	-6	14	6	27	719	West Virginia	32	24	23	28	27	14	43	46	29	9	43	19	11	18	16	27	53	9	3	10	11	23	12	24	12	18	22	8	9	16	19	10	15	9	7	5	4	3	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0
13	36	73	18	31	62	-5	10	13	24	713	North Carolina State	48	22	22	20	43	15	29	30	33	16	21	22	16	16	13	32	24	37	16	12	10	18	40	16	14	15	10	18	11	18	13	9	9	6	1	6	3	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
12	33	75	18	40	86	7	25	6	16	703	Oklahoma State	48	27	42	27	34	24	26	23	23	12	21	21	17	13	21	16	23	17	16	23	22	18	21	15	18	11	16	17	11	15	14	8	6	9	6	3	5	9	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
4	27	57	19	38	53	11	31	8	8	702	Wisconsin	47	27	29	18	26	29	24	22	15	29	20	24	17	15	24	17	13	13	18	32	9	20	30	13	26	11	26	14	10	11	9	18	10	7	7	5	8	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
60	95	117	53	89	114	-6	21	6	20	701	Hawaii	44	38	34	30	27	19	36	15	12	9	19	14	12	30	23	25	12	10	14	15	26	7	9	13	20	20	19	15	5	29	3	8	5	12	20	8	7	6	4	23	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
57	86	109	54	80	104	-6	7	7	33	696	Wyoming	40	29	33	29	27	22	18	35	18	14	21	19	30	16	21	19	18	16	20	11	21	21	15	15	13	17	17	10	14	16	9	7	8	11	17	8	5	3	6	2	0	5	0	0	0	0	0
11	26	96	8	18	36	-8	9	8	30	689	Syracuse	87	31	30	11	22	45	16	24	28	25	27	10	15	12	25	10	23	14	24	25	8	9	13	25	20	2	8	9	14	6	13	11	4	8	7	5	9	6	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
54	99	125	54	98	120	-1	17	6	24	685	Kansas	27	40	18	25	14	32	22	38	18	21	30	31	16	20	13	21	24	16	23	16	12	7	12	11	14	25	7	12	18	12	14	1	10	6	5	13	5	2	21	10	0	0	3	0	0	0	0
7	27	48	17	36	57	9	34	4	9	684	Oregon	35	24	21	23	18	18	28	31	24	17	21	23	17	14	12	18	23	19	19	13	11	19	17	26	12	23	15	12	14	18	23	14	18	7	2	12	4	3	9	1	4	1	1	0	0	0	0
54	78	97	60	88	104	10	32	5	10	663	Colorado	38	38	19	35	16	26	20	17	16	29	12	27	32	26	21	15	11	17	19	10	12	17	21	20	12	11	17	15	13	13	5	7	7	6	11	9	6	8	5	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
44	80	108	58	92	106	12	29	7	11	641	Air Force	63	18	23	20	19	26	30	15	19	24	15	13	10	13	22	23	12	22	17	10	7	25	28	16	16	15	14	16	19	13	6	3	9	6	10	10	1	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
27	102	127	81	104	118	2	17	9	21	633	Navy	73	22	51	19	11	31	16	13	14	14	17	3	16	10	26	12	16	9	23	23	14	5	8	11	27	18	8	9	13	18	15	1	15	5	2	10	4	12	12	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
14	30	102	19	33	48	3	24	8	15	632	Iowa State	65	26	26	25	21	25	25	13	28	24	20	21	18	13	13	18	15	16	21	16	9	15	19	15	12	11	11	12	11	11	13	15	7	10	1	6	1	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
13	34	69	12	29	79	-5	12	7	28	619	Northwestern	39	25	24	20	14	16	15	24	29	17	23	17	20	14	14	14	17	25	15	13	12	22	25	15	12	15	11	22	13	12	13	11	13	9	1	3	3	5	3	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
16	35	75	13	38	71	3	32	7	8	618	South Carolina	52	26	29	36	27	25	22	15	15	14	19	28	19	17	15	17	12	18	13	13	12	15	15	13	14	10	12	11	15	11	10	6	9	6	1	6	4	9	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
34	91	118	59	92	118	1	22	6	19	610	Florida Atlantic	32	28	45	20	14	13	24	24	23	25	20	10	27	11	9	21	19	16	17	9	10	19	11	12	15	16	11	9	20	12	11	16	8	6	3	11	3	3	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
14	27	68	9	25	39	-2	16	9	22	604	Boise State	25	38	19	50	19	8	15	25	41	7	21	16	13	13	11	26	18	17	13	12	10	14	14	12	13	10	10	23	8	11	13	6	9	11	9	5	3	10	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	26	63	12	24	54	-2	16	10	21	601	Stanford	27	17	23	20	50	19	16	22	22	11	14	19	9	10	10	17	11	23	17	17	10	17	26	15	11	22	9	8	12	11	11	11	15	8	7	2	5	8	16	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	99	120	90	101	119	2	26	9	12	595	Illinois	38	40	21	52	61	9	17	21	9	17	21	5	9	18	11	25	18	6	15	9	3	20	8	13	11	17	9	9	18	13	7	3	17	1	4	9	4	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
62	91	113	77	97	105	6	27	6	14	595	SMU	37	34	42	22	27	12	20	19	31	8	20	6	27	21	8	26	22	6	9	7	13	14	12	13	12	17	12	8	14	13	14	4	12	3	4	7	4	4	5	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	96	130	66	89	111	-7	15	10	22	591	UL Lafayette	51	25	29	27	27	15	19	14	20	16	11	14	13	13	20	17	11	10	12	18	13	16	15	11	15	14	14	12	27	8	6	11	7	12	15	7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
32	105	122	96	117	128	12	32	8	7	575	Western Kentucky	90	25	23	12	20	31	17	13	22	27	21	2	10	12	10	7	9	19	16	18	17	7	21	11	16	21	11	4	13	10	3	0	10	3	6	4	3	4	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
9	22	52	15	29	42	7	29	8	10	550	Utah	33	20	24	20	24	15	18	16	19	11	10	22	19	20	10	14	11	12	14	13	26	12	18	11	10	10	13	9	10	10	10	19	12	9	6	7	4	4	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
62	105	130	88	110	128	5	29	9	9	549	Oregon State	34	45	18	60	36	2	16	25	16	9	20	0	7	17	12	26	13	10	13	12	14	6	10	17	12	13	9	7	9	9	4	0	6	15	10	2	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
3	20	98	4	13	26	-7	6	10	31	548	UCF	88	34	1	58	12	24	23	22	12	9	17	13	3	11	15	18	10	18	13	6	10	4	10	5	12	11	8	13	15	8	16	0	6	5	4	4	2	0	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
72	106	126	89	116	128	10	30	10	7	538	Rutgers	42	52	26	49	14	3	19	16	11	12	14	0	11	19	16	15	6	15	12	10	10	13	26	12	14	10	9	13	14	5	7	0	5	9	7	10	5	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	21	65	6	24	41	3	19	11	17	521	Missouri	51	19	24	22	25	26	16	15	9	8	5	28	39	13	13	10	11	7	9	13	17	7	25	3	16	7	10	14	8	6	9	8	4	6	6	4	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	110	127	84	101	120	-9	5	7	35	509	UNC-Charlotte	33	21	26	15	12	32	16	17	15	19	16	4	18	10	22	3	12	20	23	24	12	9	8	14	18	13	12	8	7	8	10	4	3	1	4	5	4	5	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
104	119	130	95	108	126	-11	2	10	35	503	Massachusetts	32	19	24	22	22	14	23	13	12	5	19	3	21	7	13	14	17	16	9	16	6	17	16	14	10	9	21	14	8	12	11	0	10	3	2	7	3	3	6	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0
82	103	120	86	114	124	11	34	6	7	477	Tulsa	40	20	13	12	36	15	14	14	7	9	13	2	29	11	16	17	10	20	9	12	15	11	12	13	15	15	13	12	9	7	4	0	3	4	5	4	4	5	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
8	18	67	6	16	32	-2	14	8	25	472	Texas	59	14	24	18	23	18	14	7	13	36	9	2	8	5	8	12	11	8	7	14	10	4	13	11	12	29	4	9	6	14	6	0	12	8	5	6	2	3	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
68	102	129	66	96	113	-6	10	10	27	468	UL Monroe	35	20	27	22	29	14	10	13	10	11	8	14	14	12	16	9	6	6	9	9	24	7	8	6	13	12	11	12	29	5	8	1	10	6	5	3	5	6	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
75	108	130	73	100	124	-8	12	9	26	461	Liberty	39	26	32	13	17	17	9	9	10	12	11	10	8	14	24	12	7	7	6	21	20	17	5	7	19	7	11	11	9	10	5	0	6	4	4	11	2	3	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
8	21	55	6	14	29	-7	8	8	31	456	Washington State	47	32	17	4	19	11	11	11	21	7	14	9	1	18	11	9	12	17	10	12	10	14	14	17	11	8	7	10	9	3	16	9	5	4	5	6	5	1	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
79	114	127	93	109	125	-5	9	8	30	454	Akron	35	17	36	18	16	9	18	16	10	18	17	3	10	20	11	16	18	8	10	9	5	15	8	15	8	12	10	13	7	5	3	1	5	6	5	6	7	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
59	111	127	102	112	126	1	22	9	16	452	Colorado State	60	24	30	17	15	24	13	8	9	10	11	3	14	12	15	13	8	10	18	16	12	11	5	8	11	6	10	5	8	9	9	0	7	2	4	3	3	4	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
92	115	128	88	101	127	-14	9	10	28	443	Coastal Carolina	37	27	35	15	15	12	14	8	14	9	8	5	11	18	19	7	9	12	10	17	10	18	9	7	13	7	20	9	11	5	4	0	6	2	2	7	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	11	40	6	25	55	14	32	8	7	430	Auburn	29	18	33	23	26	15	14	5	9	10	5	11	18	14	19	2	5	9	5	16	13	10	16	5	12	8	12	11	5	9	5	10	5	5	3	4	4	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
79	112	126	102	112	130	0	21	7	19	410	Ball State	32	16	15	19	32	18	15	9	9	11	10	4	13	13	12	7	9	10	9	16	7	10	10	14	8	16	8	7	11	8	3	0	3	6	3	3	5	3	3	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
6	17	35	6	20	37	3	19	10	18	403	Iowa	31	23	24	18	22	6	13	8	10	5	9	14	13	14	7	6	7	8	4	13	8	10	11	17	10	14	8	4	2	8	7	9	8	7	7	4	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	14	52	6	18	28	4	25	8	14	395	Penn State	26	13	7	17	37	15	9	5	32	8	6	10	13	5	10	8	6	14	8	9	13	7	16	3	10	9	8	6	5	4	7	8	2	10	10	7	1	5	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
6	15	56	7	16	29	1	17	7	23	391	Washington	25	12	5	21	44	12	19	12	13	7	7	3	3	5	3	9	5	10	10	8	18	4	18	5	9	18	6	10	6	16	3	2	8	9	8	6	2	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	18	40	3	19	44	1	18	9	20	390	Mississippi State	28	18	17	22	23	7	11	10	13	1	7	16	13	14	11	6	12	4	4	13	15	6	8	7	11	5	11	4	9	8	11	11	3	7	7	9	4	2	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
81	114	125	104	113	125	-1	13	9	25	384	New Mexico	42	18	19	18	9	13	13	11	10	8	11	2	15	11	10	9	10	8	6	10	11	10	9	10	12	8	9	7	11	6	3	0	6	5	6	4	4	5	3	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
90	113	126	100	114	126	1	27	11	9	384	East Carolina	38	23	17	13	18	11	14	13	7	13	13	2	13	15	7	4	11	10	9	8	10	10	8	10	9	9	7	6	6	9	7	0	2	4	7	5	4	10	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
73	122	130	105	128	130	6	23	15	9	378	Central Michigan	50	15	56	3	5	18	3	4	39	11	9	0	1	7	15	7	9	4	10	19	3	5	9	6	13	6	7	6	11	8	10	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
67	119	129	105	123	127	4	22	7	18	375	Texas State	23	12	7	12	58	18	11	9	8	13	17	2	2	12	4	10	14	23	11	6	12	13	7	2	2	11	3	5	9	10	1	0	11	3	2	2	1	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
82	119	127	99	116	123	-3	12	10	25	374	Old Dominion	40	9	21	21	20	9	16	5	7	14	10	3	8	10	6	12	10	10	10	12	8	10	9	8	7	10	7	7	10	8	5	0	9	6	4	2	3	2	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	108	124	96	108	123	0	14	12	21	369	UNLV	27	15	25	13	18	12	13	7	10	12	10	4	13	9	9	6	8	11	8	10	9	12	10	7	10	9	8	8	7	5	2	0	3	7	5	4	14	2	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
72	121	129	98	121	127	0	17	12	18	327	Bowling Green	49	15	15	15	16	12	9	5	7	6	6	3	8	9	7	9	5	9	10	8	11	9	16	4	8	5	5	7	6	8	5	0	5	3	3	2	2	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
85	119	126	100	120	128	1	24	13	10	326	Georgia State	14	14	24	11	27	14	16	9	9	7	11	0	13	3	3	8	12	13	8	9	9	6	15	5	5	5	4	6	13	7	6	0	6	3	4	3	1	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
91	122	127	103	122	130	0	25	12	10	326	Texas-San Antonio	28	29	29	14	11	20	14	6	5	5	7	0	13	11	8	4	3	9	3	10	10	6	9	8	7	3	5	7	7	4	8	0	5	4	1	3	4	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
100	118	128	100	120	129	2	22	10	15	313	San Jose State	27	13	23	8	24	5	9	10	9	13	12	0	9	3	7	8	8	13	17	4	2	7	15	5	8	5	2	5	7	4	8	0	5	1	4	6	2	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
94	124	129	97	118	127	-6	13	10	24	296	South Alabama	34	15	20	14	15	14	11	3	6	5	1	0	10	6	4	4	8	6	5	10	5	9	9	7	3	3	8	14	9	4	3	0	2	5	6	4	5	3	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
106	120	130	110	125	129	5	27	9	11	291	Kent State	13	2	12	11	14	13	17	10	13	10	8	0	18	3	7	8	8	14	6	3	5	12	15	6	1	5	5	6	8	8	12	0	5	1	1	3	1	3	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
2	12	36	2	11	23	-1	10	9	28	272	Texas A&M	28	7	24	14	9	17	7	6	11	6	6	4	9	6	9	0	5	3	3	6	12	4	7	4	10	2	2	1	7	6	4	3	6	7	3	0	2	6	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
95	123	130	109	124	130	1	20	13	14	263	New Mexico State	15	7	26	13	10	14	18	5	10	4	4	1	16	13	2	6	8	8	6	5	12	7	9	6	1	2	3	3	3	4	3	0	6	3	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
4	10	31	5	10	26	0	16	13	18	242	Florida	18	5	22	11	7	15	5	4	10	5	5	4	3	4	9	0	6	5	11	10	9	2	5	3	15	3	1	1	7	4	5	0	1	6	6	0	2	5	3	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	7	17	4	9	21	2	31	7	9	194	LSU	8	7	7	10	11	8	7	9	10	2	13	1	3	3	6	4	7	3	5	2	6	1	7	4	3	4	1	1	2	6	7	0	7	3	3	3	2	2	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
1	8	59	5	9	59	1	27	13	7	187	Michigan	11	5	24	5	7	4	2	7	9	6	3	6	1	6	1	4	1	4	3	2	8	3	10	2	2	1	5	2	4	3	3	0	12	2	4	5	6	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
3	7	43	2	4	15	-3	5	13	29	172	Notre Dame	40	4	6	4	11	6	2	5	8	3	2	4	1	6	3	3	3	4	5	3	2	2	3	4	4	1	4	6	7	1	2	0	3	0	3	3	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
110	128	130	122	129	130	1	23	20	4	172	Connecticut	21	16	17	13	19	1	11	0	1	0	3	0	17	2	2	0	3	1	1	4	4	1	0	10	1	10	1	0	6	1	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
97	128	130	118	127	129	-1	12	18	17	128	Rice	29	3	4	7	3	3	3	2	0	5	2	0	0	5	2	3	2	5	2	2	5	1	10	1	0	2	2	5	2	4	1	0	5	1	0	1	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	5	12	3	5	27	0	9	22	16	115	Oklahoma	3	3	2	6	8	21	5	2	8	2	3	2	2	2	0	2	3	3	2	2	6	1	4	1	2	2	2	2	1	3	2	0	0	2	1	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Best	Med	Worst	2018 Best	2018 Med	2018 Worst	ΔMed	Better	Same	Worse	Disc	team	LSD	MGS	RTP	CGV	DWI	PFZ	ARG	BMC	LOG	FEI	FPI	JNG	ENG	DES	LAZ	PIR	TRP	KEE	BWE	HOW	PPP	DII	CTW	DOK	RUD	TPR	PGH	PAY	KLN	SMS	SAG	BIL	BDF	KEL	KPK	MAS	SOR	CSL	MOR	BAS	HAT	RWP	KAM	NUT	MAR	DCI	BRN
2	5	23	2	4	12	-1	13	17	17	114	Ohio State	2	3	1	4	6	3	4	5	16	2	9	2	4	1	0	3	1	9	7	2	2	0	2	3	2	1	1	4	1	4	1	0	0	0	2	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	4	16	3	5	11	1	17	19	11	98	Georgia	12	4	3	5	7	5	1	0	4	0	0	3	2	8	1	2	0	3	2	2	10	1	4	0	1	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	2	1	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
101	130	130	112	130	130	0	11	29	7	83	UTEP	29	5	1	3	1	5	0	1	1	17	1	0	0	6	0	0	2	3	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	2	10	1	2	4	0	14	31	2	24	Alabama	1	1	1	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1	1	5	1	1	2	0	0	33	14	21	Clemson	2	3	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

											Same:	1	3	2	6	3	2	8	7	3	7	8	16	8	5	7	9	10	6	6	7	7	7	9	7	9	8	5	7	6	8	10	46	9	8	12	12	16	22	21	52	72	91	81	130	130	128	130
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