Here are the top 25 rankings through 13 weeks of the CFB season
| Rank | Difference | Team | Win | Loss | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | - | Indiana | 11 | 0 | 1000 |
| 2 | - | Ohio State | 11 | 0 | 997 |
| 3 | ↑ 1 | Texas A&M | 11 | 0 | 936 |
| 4 | ↓ 1 | Texas Tech | 10 | 1 | 930 |
| 5 | ↑ 1 | BYU | 10 | 1 | 915 |
| 6 | ↑ 1 | Oregon | 10 | 1 | 910 |
| 7 | ↓ 2 | Georgia | 10 | 1 | 903 |
| 8 | ↑ 3 | Notre Dame | 9 | 2 | 886 |
| 9 | ↓ 1 | Ole Miss | 10 | 1 | 883 |
| 10 | ↑ 2 | Alabama | 9 | 2 | 878 |
| 10 | ↑ 3 | Oklahoma | 9 | 2 | 878 |
| 12 | ↓ 2 | Utah | 9 | 2 | 868 |
| 13 | ↑ 2 | Michigan | 9 | 2 | 855 |
| 14 | ↓ 5 | USC | 8 | 3 | 849 |
| 15 | ↓ 1 | Miami | 9 | 2 | 842 |
| 16 | ↑ 3 | Vanderbilt | 9 | 2 | 835 |
| 17 | - | North Texas | 10 | 1 | 833 |
| 18 | ↓ 2 | Virginia | 9 | 2 | 828 |
| 19 | ↑ 1 | James Madison | 10 | 1 | 806 |
| 20 | ↑ 7 | Arizona State | 8 | 3 | 789 |
| 21 | ↑ 2 | Arizona | 8 | 3 | 787 |
| 21 | ↓ 4 | Georgia Tech | 9 | 2 | 787 |
| 23 | ↑ 9 | SMU | 8 | 3 | 780 |
| 24 | - | Texas | 8 | 3 | 778 |
| 24 | ↑ 12 | Pitt | 8 | 3 | 778 |
Conference breakdown:
- 5 B1G
- 7 SEC
- 5 ACC
- 5 Big 12
- 1 Independent
- 1 AAC
- 1 Fun Belt
Where does the time go? Already week 14 of the college football season. Pretty happy with how the Index has performed this year, I feel like there has been less technical issues than last year. I've started submitting it as a computer poll in the reddit cfb weekly poll as a provisional voter which has been fun. Have to make sure that it's ready for the new playoff system as well so will probably run a few tests before that.
Astute viewers of the Index will notice the new feature I added last week that when you press a team their schedule drops down in an animated window. This was mostly so I could look at a team and quickly pull up their games/scores to help me remember. Since every week is counted the same, it helps to get a reminder of what happened in the first few weeks of the season. Go give it a try by tapping a CFB or NFL team on the index.
Onto this weeks rankings, Ohio State and Indiana are in a very close race for the one spot after Indiana was idle and OSU handled Rutgers. If OSU wins this weekend I'm pretty sure they'll take the top spot, given Michigan is a much stronger opponent than Purdue. I'm a bit surprised how much higher they are than A&M, but I guess they've done a better job blowing out teams.
Speaking of strong wins, there is a lot of outrage about how ND is above Alabama and Miami in the CFP rankings and I can see why, given they have much fewer quality wins but better losses. My index has them ranked just slightly ahead of Alabama so I don't think it's that outrageous, but I think the Index could do a better job focusing on quality wins in the SOS metric. Obviously no changes will be made to the algorithm during the season, but my SOS metric might be something I take another look at this offseason. I want to make sure I'm awarding teams that schedule tough opponents and play in tougher (or any) conferences.
Not much of a huge shakeup otherwise, except for Pitt and SMU leaping into the rankings with their wins. Georgia Tech only falls a bit because they were already ranked pretty low for a 9-1 team. I also always like seeing ties on here, as there are so many different stats that make up the number. So it's cool when two teams land on the same number like Texas and Pitt, even though they have wildly different stats for some categories.
This rivalry week is shaping up to be a great one with a ton of games with playoff implications, so looking forward to sitting on my couch all day Saturday.