This past weekend of college football was very precitible, entertaining and lots of games that made the weekend full of excitement. After Ohio State and Oklahoma State losses this past wekeend, it allowed Clemson and Iowa to move into the top two (2) spots. Interesting Iowa has not been getting the ranking they deserve but remain as a 0-loss FBS program. Clemson and Iowa are both (11-0) heading into this weeks final games for them and could maintain as the only two (2) 0-loss FBS prorgams. This is what my research proved, that during the course of the college football season that on average only 2.5 FBS teams will remain un-beaten or as 0-loss programs. You cannot say Clemson and Iowa have not earned the top spots this season to this point in time. As for the rest of the FBS programs, those with 0-losses earned their first loss. With Clemson and Iowa at (11-0), thay have already secured a spot in my field of 16 mock playoff system. With 14 spots remaining which of the remaining twelve (12) 1-loss teams will earn their spot and which of those 1-loss teams will be dropped to the 2-loss group. My research proved that all 1-loss FBS programs would earn a spot in the field of 16 in my mock playoff brackets. Now the ultimate question is, which of the 2-loss programs will stay at two (2) losses to be evaluated for the remaning spots after all the 0-loss and 1-loss teams are seeded?
Now the most interesting moments of this past weekends college football season was the struggles that the Southeastern Conference (SEC) had with the Sun Belt, Conference USA and an FCS program. The upset of the week goes to the Academy at Citadel for beating South Carolina 23-22. Then to add to that, Florida (9-1) struggles with (2-8) Florida Atlantic, needing overtime to squeak the victory away from them 20-14. Speaking of overtime, Georgia (7-3) needed overtime to squeak by Georgia Southern (7-2) 23-17. To add to those three (3) games, Auburn (5-5) needed to play a stronger second half to pull away from Idaho (3-7) 55-34. Seems to me that the SEC has lost its dominance, but the voters and CFP commiteee just does not see it that way. The SEC does have a media and CFP committee bias. They wont admit it, but its clearly evident.
The rankings this week showed many changes since the weekend created many losses with FBS teams that you thought would win, but did not. Tell me ESPN, how is that FPI rating system working for you? In time studies and research will be performed on that provings it not a viable or credible metric or data point to rank FBS football programs. As the season progressed the cream usually rises to the top of the forefront. Now for my weekly rankings for FBS college football. Remember there are two (2) types of rankings, PMT for the Professional Model Theory and the PMT+ which is the Professional Model Theory plus other categorical variables.
The rankings below are from my statistcal analysis and data collection experience and expertise on college football ranking systems.
PMT Rankings:
| CLEMSON | (11-0) | ↑ 1 |
| IOWA | (11-0) | ↑ 1 |
| NOTRE DAME | (10-1) | ↑ 3 |
| OKLAHOMA | (10-1) | ↑ 3 |
| MICHIGAN STATE | (10-1) | ↑ 3 |
| OHIO STATE | (10-1) | ↓ 5 |
| FLORIDA | (10-1) | ↑ 2 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (10-1) | ↓ 4 |
| HOUSTON | (10-1) | ↓ 4 |
| ALABAMA | (10-1) | ↑ 1 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | (10-1) | ↑ 1 |
| TOLEDO | (9-1) | ↑ 1 |
| NAVY | (9-1) | ↑ 1 |
| BAYLOR | (9-1) | ↑ 1 |
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (9-2) | ↑ 2 |
| TEMPLE | (9-2) | ↑ 3 |
| MICHIGAN | (9-2) | ↑ 4 |
| STANFORD | (9-2) | ↑ 4 |
| MARSHALL | (9-2) | ↓ 3 |
| NORTHWESTERN | (9-2) | ↑ 6 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (9-2) | ↑ 5 |
| TCU | (9-2) | ↓12 |
| APPALACHIAN STATE | (8-2) | ↑ 2 |
| BOWLING GREEN | (8-3) | ↑ 2 |
| UTAH | (8-3) | ↓ 5 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| UCLA | (8-3) | ↑ |
| WISCONSIN | (8-3) | ↓ |
| BYU | (8-3) | ↑ |
| MEMPHIS | (8-3) | ↓ |
| PITTSBURGH | (8-3) | ↑ |
PMT+ Rankings
| CLEMSON | (11-0) | ↑ 1 |
| IOWA | (11-0) | ↑ 1 |
| NOTRE DAME | (10-1) | ↑ 3 |
| MICHIGAN STATE | (10-1) | ↑ 5 |
| FLORIDA | (10-1) | ↑ 2 |
| OKLAHOMA | (10-1) | ↑ 2 |
| OHIO STATE | (10-1) | ↓ 6 |
| ALABAMA | (10-1) | ↑ 2 |
| OKLAHOMA STATE | (10-1) | ↓ 5 |
| HOUSTON | (10-1) | ↓ 5 |
| NORTH CAROLINA | (10-1) | ↔ |
| NAVY | (9-1) | ↑ 1 |
| TOLEDO | (9-1) | ↑ 2 |
| BAYLOR | (9-1) | ↔ |
| MICHIGAN | (9-2) | ↑ 3 |
| STANFORD | (9-2) | ↑ 3 |
| TEMPLE | (9-2) | ↑ 6 |
| WESTERN KENTUCKY | (9-2) | ↑ 4 |
| NORTHWESTERN | (9-2) | ↑ 7 |
| FLORIDA STATE | (9-2) | ↑ 6 |
| TCU | (9-2) | ↓9 |
| MARSHALL | (9-2) | ↓6 |
| APPALACHIAN STATE | (8-2) | ↑ 2 |
| UTAH | (8-3) | ↓ 7 |
| UCLA | (8-3) | ↑ 1 |
| NEXT FIVE | ||
| BOWLING GREEN | (8-3) | ↓ |
| WISCONSIN | (8-3) | ↓ |
| MEMPHIS | (8-3) | ↓ |
| PITTSBURGH | (8-3) | ↑ |
| BYU | (8-3) | ↑ |
Seems that the AAC has been consistent week to week in my polls as the SEC has many dropped from my polls. At the end of the CFB/FBS season, I will publish several posts that are statistically driven to show evidence of what the committee and subjective voters fail to see, recognize or even report on. Thus poroving that there are hidden biases in college football at thi s
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