Week 5 of college football produced some changes, surprises, and FBS programs that the sports media experts probably did not know would still be part of the 0-loss group. The Clemson/Notre Dame, Michigan State/Purdue and Ohio State/Indiana were great games and even close to being upsets.There are other great games that were played on college football Saturday.These just came to mind as I was preparing this post.
As of this week in CFB we currently have (20) 0-loss programs and (26) 1-loss programs. Next week we should see a 1-loss FBS program(s) reach my Top 25. As the CFB season progresses the rankings will start to almost look identical with some position differneces which are closely related to one another based upon the data and analysis used to determine the rankings. This means qauntifiable data and the professional model theory offer a true validity to reality in ranking CFB FBS programs. The human subjective polls and the (5) computer models are easily manipulated and lck quantifiable variables that were either left out of the mathematical equation on purpose or failed to think of those negative variables.
I did receive some feedback of both positive and negative on my first rankings. I thank you for the comments. I have made some slight changes in how the rankings will be posted, since many of you view web pages via your cell phone. However, this page is best viewed on your laptop or desktop screen.
How to review the rankings of both groups. FBS teams will be listed left (1) through (25), current overall record and postion difference from the previous week in which I ranked the FBS programs (1) through (25). The Next Five group are the FBS programs just out of the Top 25. Group 1 are my rankings based upon the professional model theory and Group 2 are ranked using the professional model theory, plus one more quantifiable variable.
Group 1
| OHIO STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 1 |
| MICHIGAN STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 3 |
| FLORIDA | (5-0) | ↑ 3 |
| TEMPLE | (4-0) | ↑ 3 |
| UTAH | (4-0) | ↓1 |
| OKLAHOMA | (4-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TOLEDO | (4-0) | ↑ 2 |
| MEMPHIS | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| NORTHWESTERN | (5-0) | ↑3 |
| TEXAS A&M | (5-0) | ↑ 5 |
| IOWA | (5-0) | ↑ 7 |
| TCU | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| CALIFORNIA | (5-0) | ↑ 6 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 6 |
| CLEMSON | (4-0) | ↑ 6 |
| LSU | (4-0) | ↑ 5 |
| NAVY | (4-0) | ↑ 4 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (4-0) | ↑ 3 |
| HOUSTON | (4-0) | ↑ 2 |
| BAYLOR | (4-0) | ↑ 1 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (4-1) | ↑ |
| NOTRE DAME | (4-1) | ↓ |
| STANFORD | (4-1) | ↑ |
| UCLA | (4-1) | ↓ |
| MICHIGAN | (4-1) | ↓ |
Group 2
| OHIO STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| FLORIDA | (5-0) | ↔ |
| MICHIGAN STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TEMPLE | (4-0) | ↑ 5 |
| UTAH | (4-0) | ↓ 4 |
| OKLAHOMA | (4-0) | ↑ 1 |
| TOLEDO | (4-0) | ↑ 2 |
| NORTHWESTERN | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| TEXAS A&M | (5-0) | ↑ 6 |
| IOWA | (5-0) | ↑ 8 |
| MEMPHIS | (5-0) | ↔ |
| TCU | (5-0) | ↑ 2 |
| CALIFORNIA | (5-0) | ↑ 6 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (5-0) | ↑ 6 |
| CLEMSON | (4-0) | ↑ 6 |
| LSU | (4-0) | ↑ 5 |
| NAVY | (4-0) | ↑ 4 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (4-0) | ↑ 3 |
| HOUSTON | (4-0) | ↑ 2 |
| BAYLOR | (4-0) | ↑ 1 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (4-1) | ↑ |
| NOTRE DAME | (4-1) | ↓ |
| MICHIGAN | (4-1) | ↑ |
| STANFORD | (4-1) | ↑ |
| UCLA | (4-1) | ↓ |
As the CFB season progresses, the overall records will become more equal based upon total number of games played. From this group of 46, which will dwindle down to a group of 16 and will make up my playoff field of 16. Its too early to tell who will make the group of 16, let alone how the experts can verbalize who are the 4-teams in the College Football Playoff. I do not have a crystal ball like the sports media experts.
These rankings possess no bias or favortism towards any of the (128) FBS programs that compete in college football at the NCAA level. These ranking are researched based and quantifiable categorical variable related. Please offer any and all feedback to me in which group you like most based upon what you see through this website or send me comment on twitter.
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