Week 3 Rankings Update

 

I'm currently in Wabash, Indiana for work this week.  I won't be able to update my Week 3 rankings until I get back.  I'll probably update both Week 3 & Week 4 rankings this weekend.

It worked out perfectly that the Colts had their home opener on Monday night against the NY Jets.  Unfortunately, for the home team Colts it was not a good game, but I had a great time.  It was my first time experiencing an NFL game live.  I've heard many times from multiple people how great Lucas Oil Stadium is and the city of Indianapolis.  I have to agree.  The stadium is amazing and every seat has a great view.  Our seats were in the upper section about 9 rows from the top.  The picture above was taken from my seat.  Below are some additional pictures of the stadium both inside and out.

 

Week 2 Recap

Week 2 was another exciting week of college football.  There were some good games, such as Oklahoma vs Tennessee and Oregon vs Michigan State.  Both of these games everyone was looking forward to during the summer and they didn't disappoint.  On the other hand, there were some teams that performed badly, like Auburn who almost lost (and probably should have) to an FCS team Jacksonville State and South Carolina losing at home to Kentucky.

On the other hand, the night ended with another thrilling BYU hail mary pass.  The victim this time was Boise State.  To make the Broncos feel even worse, there was still 45 seconds left and their 1st play was a pick six to make the final score 35-24.

2015 Week 2 Rankings

Here are my rankings for week 2:

Preseason						Equal
Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev		Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev
1	Alabama	2 - 0	155	1		1	Texas A&M	2 - 0	61	1
2	USC	2 - 0	152	3		2	Alabama	2 - 0	60	4
3	Ohio St.	2 - 0	151	2		3	Florida St.	2 - 0	58	13
3	UCLA	2 - 0	151	7		4	USC	2 - 0	56	2
5	Michigan St.	2 - 0	148	6		5	Clemson	1 - 1	55	28
6	Florida St.	2 - 0	144	8		6	Tennessee	1 - 1	51	4
7	TCU	2 - 0	143	12		7	UCLA	2 - 0	50	4
8	Georgia	2 - 0	142	10		7	Ohio St.	2 - 0	50	13
8	Clemson	2 - 0	142	14		9	Notre Dame	2 - 0	49	3
8	Georgia Tech	2 - 0	142	14		10	Georgia Tech	2 - 0	47	16
11	Baylor	2 - 0	141	4		10	Ole Miss	2 - 0	47	37
12	Notre Dame	2 - 0	140	5		12	Duke	2 - 0	45	13
13	Stanford	1 - 1	137	35		12	Georgia	1 - 1	45	26
14	Arizona St.	1 - 1	134	36		12	Kansas St.	2 - 0	45	35
15	Texas A&M	2 - 0	133	14		15	Oklahoma	2 - 0	44	4
15	Ole Miss	2 - 0	133	20		15	California	2 - 0	44	12
17	Arizona	2 - 0	132	24		15	Oklahoma St.	2 - 0	44	28
18	Auburn	2 - 0	130	9		18	West Virginia	2 - 0	43	9
18	Wisconsin	1 - 1	130	40		19	Air Force	2 - 0	41	37
20	LSU	1 - 0	128	26		20	Missouri	2 - 0	40	28
21	Oklahoma	2 - 0	126	12		20	Baylor	2 - 0	40	28
22	Oregon	1 - 1	123	14		20	Boston College	2 - 0	40	35
23	Missouri	2 - 0	121	21		23	North Carolina St.	2 - 0	39	19
23	Oklahoma St.	2 - 0	121	22		24	Miami (FL)	2 - 0	38	21
23	Kansas St.	2 - 0	121	29		24	Utah	2 - 0	38	34
						24	Pittsburgh	2 - 0	38	60

2015 Week 1 Rankings (Revised)

I had to revise my rankings for week 1 because I realized my strength of schedule for each teach had their opponents in alphabetical order instead of by date order. Therefore, there were some slight differences in the SOS points given and therefore the overall points value and rankings. Like all teams and officials in week 1, I too made mistakes.

 

Preseason						Equal
Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev		Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev
1	Alabama	1 - 0	155	3		1	Texas A&M	1 - 0	35	27
2	Ohio St.	1 - 0	153	1		2	USC	1 - 0	31	8
3	USC	1 - 0	152	8		3	Notre Dame	1 - 0	31	11
4	Baylor	1 - 0	150	4		4	Alabama	1 - 0	29	3
5	Notre Dame	1 - 0	149	11		4	UCLA	1 - 0	29	13
6	Michigan St.	1 - 0	148	5		4	Arkansas	1 - 0	29	18
7	UCLA	1 - 0	145	13		4	Oklahoma	1 - 0	29	19
8	Florida St.	1 - 0	144	10		4	Tennessee	1 - 0	29	25
9	Auburn	1 - 0	143	6		9	Mississippi St.	1 - 0	27	26
10	Georgia	1 - 0	141	9		9	Florida	1 - 0	27	36
11	Arkansas	1 - 0	140	18		9	West Virginia	1 - 0	27	42
12	TCU	1 - 0	139	2		12	California	1 - 0	26	42
12	Oklahoma	1 - 0	139	19		13	Ohio St.	1 - 0	25	1
14	Oregon	1 - 0	137	7		13	Florida St.	1 - 0	25	10
14	Clemson	1 - 0	137	12		13	Duke	1 - 0	25	48
14	Georgia Tech	1 - 0	137	16		16	Michigan St.	1 - 0	24	5
14	Texas A&M	1 - 0	137	27		16	Georgia Tech	1 - 0	24	16
18	Tennessee	1 - 0	133	25		16	Iowa St.	1 - 0	24	77
19	Mississippi St.	1 - 0	130	26		19	North Carolina St.	1 - 0	23	36
20	Ole Miss	1 - 0	128	17		19	Oregon St.	1 - 0	23	75
21	Missouri	1 - 0	125	24		21	Miami (FL)	1 - 0	22	45
22	Oklahoma St.	1 - 0	121	28		21	Temple	1 - 0	22	65
23	Florida	1 - 0	120	36		21	Maryland	1 - 0	22	67
24	Arizona	1 - 0	118	22		21	Wake Forest	1 - 0	22	86
24	Utah	1 - 0	118	30		21	Ohio	1 - 0	22	89

Explanation of 2015 Rankings Part 2

Another point I forgot to mention in my previous post is that due to the fact my polls are solely based on actual results from games played that week, my polls are very fluid. That being said, if a team has a bye that week, they don't earn any points and therefore will definitely drop in that week's polls. So of you might think this isn't fair. All teams, well I should say most teams (Arizona not being one of them this year), have at least one bye week during the season. Due to this, I believe it all evens out. In Week 1 we had the perfect example of the fluidity of my polls. LSU was ranked #14 & #13 in the AP & Coaches polls respectively in the preseason polls. Since their game with McNeese St was cancelled due to weather, they dropped out of both of my polls. Now this week, they'll likely jump back in since they'll be playing at Mississippi St this Saturday, that is if they win. Another note regarding LSU is that this cancelled game might really hurt them at the end of the season. This game with McNeese St is not being rescheduled. Therefore, LSU will only have 11 regular season games instead of 12. This game was a lock for a win and they probably would have won by 20+ points, but since McNeese St is a FCS team, they would be getting a deduction for that. Even with that FCS deduction, they still would have quality points that they won't be able to make up. I'll keep an eye on LSU this year (hard for me to say that since I'm a USC fan and still don't like LSU after their bitching and moaning of splitting the national championship with USC in 2003 when USC was ranked #1 in both polls at the end of the regular season and got screwed by the BCS title game) to see how this missing game affects them. If it makes a big difference I'll have to think of a way to fix this for next year.

A Note Regarding my Week 1 Polls

Some of you might be curious why Ohio St is not number 1 in either one of my polls.  Well, as stated in a previous post, I added SOS component this year.  If you take a look at Ohio St schedule, it's not very daunting.  The B1G 10 isn't very strong this year with the exception of Ohio St and Michigan St.  There's a huge drop-off to the next tier of Penn St, Wisconsin, Nebraska and Michigan.  Week 1 results are not going to help Ohio St's SOS since the 4 teams listed in the next tier all lost in Week 1.  However, Michigan St plays a top 10 team in Oregon this week and I think they'll win so that will help the SOS.

For the same reason, that is why a bunch of teams ranked lower jumped up higher in my polls since they won their games by a large margin of victory (MOV) and also got bonus points for being in the top 50 of SOS rankings.

As I mentioned earlier, the SOS is recalculated each week so one week a team might get the maximum bonus points and another week in the year they either don't get as many or none at all, depending on how well the teams on their schedule do.  I'm really curious to see how this new added piece will work this season and see if I can the 4 teams in the playoffs correct.

2015 Week 1 Rankings

Here's my first polls for 2015:

Preseason						Equal
Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev		Ranking	Team	Record	Points	Prev
1	Alabama	1 - 0	157	3		1	Texas A&M	1 - 0	35	27
2	USC	1 - 0	152	8		2	Mississippi St.	1 - 0	33	26
3	Ohio St.	1 - 0	151	1		3	Alabama	1 - 0	31	3
4	Baylor	1 - 0	150	4		3	USC	1 - 0	31	8
5	Notre Dame	1 - 0	149	11		3	Notre Dame	1 - 0	31	11
6	Michigan St.	1 - 0	146	5		3	Arkansas	1 - 0	31	18
7	Georgia	1 - 0	145	9		7	Oklahoma	1 - 0	29	19
8	UCLA	1 - 0	143	13		7	Tennessee	1 - 0	29	25
9	Florida St.	1 - 0	142	10		7	Florida	1 - 0	29	36
9	Arkansas	1 - 0	142	18		10	UCLA	1 - 0	27	13
11	Auburn	1 - 0	141	6		11	Wake Forest	1 - 0	26	86
12	TCU	1 - 0	139	2		12	Georgia	1 - 0	25	9
12	Oregon	1 - 0	139	7		12	Duke	1 - 0	25	48
12	Oklahoma	1 - 0	139	19		12	Oregon St.	1 - 0	25	75
15	Clemson	1 - 0	137	12		15	California	1 - 0	24	42
15	Texas A&M	1 - 0	137	27		15	Iowa St.	1 - 0	24	77
17	Mississippi St.	1 - 0	136	26		17	Ohio St.	1 - 0	23	1
18	Ole Miss	1 - 0	134	17		17	Florida St.	1 - 0	23	10
19	Georgia Tech	1 - 0	133	16		19	Michigan St.	1 - 0	22	5
19	Tennessee	1 - 0	133	25		19	Ole Miss	1 - 0	22	17
21	Missouri	1 - 0	127	24		19	Missouri	1 - 0	22	24
22	Florida	1 - 0	122	36		19	Ohio	1 - 0	22	89
23	Arizona	1 - 0	120	22		23	N. Carolina St.	1 - 0	21	36
24	Oklahoma St.	1 - 0	119	28		23	West Virginia	1 - 0	21	42
25	Utah	1 - 0	116	30		23	Illinois	1 - 0	21	68