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--12.05.2006--

Some CFB Ladder Season Information

Strength of Schedule Even though there is some Strength of Schedule already built into the ladder, I decided to do a little experiment. I took each of the season finale top 25 teams (and I may do it with all 119 some point in the future) and looked at their opponents during the season. I added up the ratings of each opposing team and then took the average. Below is each of the top 25 and the average rating of all their opponents this season. The resulting number demonstrates the quality of their opponents and a representation of "Strength of Schedule". I may try to figure out a way to include this in the final rankings. More on that another day.

1) Ohio State -- 995.9
2) Oklahoma -- 884.3
3) Louisville -- 1071.8
4) Boise State -- 863.5
5) Florida -- 1085.9
6) LSU -- 1082.0
7) Virginia Tech -- 947.2
8) Wisconsin -- 825.0
9) Brigham Young -- 887.8
10) Michigan -- 1140.3
11) Wake Forest -- 882.0
12) USC -- 1159.6
13) West Virginia -- 1018.6
14) Notre Dame -- 1035.7
15) Auburn -- 981.7
16) Rutgers -- 1005.3
17) Tennessee -- 1117.5
18) Oregon State -- 1127.1
19) TCU -- 865
20) Hawaii -- 925.8
21) Houston -- 853.3
22) Arkansas -- 1031.3
23) Texas A&M -- 933.4
24) Central Michigan -- 919.2
25) Rice -- 953

--12.04.2006--

CFB Ladder Rankings - Regular Season Finale

Here's a full listing for every team in CFB as of the final conference championship played. If this were an official ranking system supported by the college bowls, teams would need at least a rating of 1000 to qualify as "bowl-eligible" and only teams above 1500 would qualify to be picked for the current BCS bowls.

BCS Eligible
1) 1820 Ohio State
2) 1716 Oklahoma
3) 1706 Louisville
4) 1697 Boise State
5) 1693 Florida
6) 1653 LSU
7) 1613 Virginia Tech
8) 1608 Wisconsin
9) 1599 Brigham Young
10) 1598 Michigan
11) 1564 Wake Forest
12) 1548 USC
13) 1519 West Virginia
14) 1509 Notre Dame

Bowl Eligible
15) 1485 Auburn
16) 1464 Rutgers
17) 1460 Tennessee
18) 1448 Oregon State
19) 1437 TCU
20) 1430 Hawaii
21) 1413 Houston
22) 1396 Arkansas
23) 1396 Texas A&M
24) 1385 Central Michigan
25) 1353 Rice
26) 1352 Texas
27) 1348 California
28) 1333 Nebraska
29) 1330 UCLA
30) 1297 Nevada
31) 1291 South Florida
32) 1287 Cincinnati
33) 1283 Navy
34) 1268 Georgia
35) 1267 Penn State
36) 1263 South Carolina
37) 1253 Boston College
38) 1251 Ohio
39) 1223 Maryland
40) 1208 Clemson
41) 1190 Georgia Tech
42) 1165 East Carolina
43) 1161 Texas Tech
44) 1159 Arizona State
45) 1152 San Jose State
46) 1143 Tulsa
47) 1140 Purdue
48) 1135 Western Michigan
49) 1131 Southern Miss
50) 1130 Minnesota
51) 1116 Kentucky
52) 1113 Missouri
53) 1103 Arizona
54) 1103 Kansas State
55) 1075 Troy
56) 1075 Utah
57) 1057 Northern Illinois
58) 1054 Middle Tennessee State
59) 1045 Florida State
60) 1022 Oregon
61) 1018 Oklahoma State

Done for the year.
62) 991 New Mexico
63) 981 Miami (FL)
64) 967 Southern Methodist
65) 964 Ball State
66) 951 Wyoming
67) 948 Kansas
68) 935 Pittsburgh
69) 922 Washington State
70) 916 Virginia
71) 905 Alabama
72) 899 Arkansas State
73) 890 Iowa
74) 888 Marshall
75) 887 Florida Atlantic
76) 870 Indiana
77) 870 Kent State
78) 833 Mississippi
79) 831 Washington
80) 830 Northwestern
81) 823 Syracuse
82) 818 Toledo
83) 809 Fresno State
84) 808 Louisiana-Lafayette
85) 788 Akron
86) 787 Connecticut
87) 767 Louisiana-Monroe
88) 737 Baylor
89) 733 Vanderbilt
90) 722 Tulane
91) 695 UTEP
92) 691 North Carolina
93) 677 Michigan State
94) 673 New Mexico State
95) 662 Air Force
96) 662 UCF
97) 654 Mississippi State
98) 639 Iowa State
99) 625 San Diego State
100) 621 Idaho
101) 581 Colorado
102) 557 Buffalo
103) 538 Colorado State
104) 530 Miami (OH)
105) 525 North Carolina State
106) 522 Army
107) 514 Stanford
108) 503 Bowling Green
109) 502 Temple
110) 493 Louisiana Tech
111) 490 Illinois
112) 485 Memphis
113) 469 North Texas
114) 462 UNLV
115) 420 UAB
116) 413 Utah State
117) 408 Eastern Michigan
118) 275 Duke
119) 203 Florida International

CFB Ladder Rankings - Week 14

Regular Season Finale. The games have all been played and now it's time for the bowl games. If this ladder ranking system were the official college rankings, the bowl matchups would be based on this ranking. More on this when I post the full 119-team rankings.

Team (BCS Standing) -- Points -- Last Week's Ladder
1) Ohio State (1) -- 1820 -- Last 1
2) Oklahoma (10) -- 1716 -- Last 6
3) Louisville (6) -- 1706 -- Last 4
4) Boise State (8) -- 1697 -- Last 3
5) Florida (2) -- 1693 -- Last 9
6) LSU (4) -- 1653 -- Last 5
7) Virginia Tech (15) -- 1613 -- Last 7
8) Wisconsin (7) -- 1608 -- Last 8
9) Brigham Young (20) -- 1599 -- Last 10
10) Michigan (3) -- 1598 -- Last 11
11) Wake Forest (14) -- 1564 -- Last 17
12) USC (5) -- 1548 -- Last 2
13) West Virginia (13) -- 1519 -- Last 20
14) Notre Dame (11) -- 1509 -- Last 14
15) Auburn (9) -- 1485 -- Last 15
16) Rutgers (16) -- 1464 -- Last 12
17) Tennessee (17) -- 1460 -- Last 18
18) Oregon State (22) -- 1448 -- Last NR
19) TCU (NR) -- 1437 -- Last 22
20) Hawaii (NR) -- 1430 -- Last 13
21) Houston (NR) -- 1413 -- Last NR
22) Arkansas (12) -- 1396 -- Last 15
23) Texas A&M (21) -- 1396 -- Last 21
24) Central Michigan (NR) -- 1385 -- Last NR
25) Rice (NR) -- 1353 -- Last 24

BCS Teams Not On This List:
26) Texas (19) -- 1352
27) California (18) -- 1348
28) Nebraska (23) -- 1333
29) UCLA (25) -- 1330
37) Boston College (24) -- 1253

Dropped From Rankings:
26) Texas (19) -- 1352
28) Nebraska (23) -- 1333
38) Ohio -- 1251