AndersonSports: The Jeff Anderson & Chris Hester College Football Computer Rankings

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Showing Which Teams Have the Best Win-Loss Records Considering Their Schedules — to Date

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Texas A&M, with its overtime win versus current-#6 Tennessee, has posted the best win-loss record considering its schedule of any team so far this season
The Aggies are up 32 spots from their #33 finish last season
Alabama, Clemson, and Ohio State finished last year ranked #1-2-3, and—after the sixth full week of play—each premieres in the top-5 this season
Michigan went from #63 two years ago to #11 last year, and the Wolverines premiere this year at #3
#6 Tennessee, which has played by far the nation’s toughest schedule to date, has played more current-top-25 teams (4) than the entire top-5 has played (3)
Notre Dame premiers at #107
The SEC, Big Ten, ACC, and Pac-12 have all been strong so far, while the Big 12’s conference rating is below .500 (.497)

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The Jeff Anderson & Chris Hester
College Football Computer Rankings, as of Oct. 10

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•Final 2015-16 Rankings
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		Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	vs. Current Top-10	vs. Current #11-25	Other Losses
1.	Texas A&M	.846	6	0	.578	9	1-0	0-0	0
2.	Clemson	.826	6	0	.542	23	0-0	1-0	0
3.	Michigan	.824	6	0	.539	28	0-0	1-0	0
4.	Alabama	.821	6	0	.533	34	0-0	0-0	0
5.	Ohio State	.816	5	0	.525	39	0-0	0-0	0
6.	Tennessee	.814	5	1	.652	1	0-1	3-0	0
7.	Nebraska	.789	5	0	.483	60	0-0	0-0	0
8.	West Virginia	.781	4	0	.472	69	0-0	0-0	0
9.	Washington	.781	6	0	.471	74	0-0	1-0	0
10.	Boise State	.765	5	0	.448	91	0-0	0-0	0

Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	Conference Rankings	Rating	W*	L*	Sched. Strength*
11.	Western Michigan	.754	6	0	.434	102	Southeastern	.644	28	7	.460
12.	Wisconsin	.721	4	1	.549	18	Big Ten	.604	32	10	.443
13.	Louisville	.713	4	1	.539	29	Atlantic Coast	.593	35	10	.421
14.	Virginia Tech	.705	4	1	.529	36	Pac-12	.590	23	10	.471
15.	Florida	.703	4	1	.527	38	American Athletic	.529	29	14	.423
16.	Houston	.694	5	1	.493	53	Big 12	.497	19	11	.417
17.	Arizona State	.694	5	1	.493	54	Mountain West	.443	22	22	.443
18.	Wake Forest	.692	5	1	.490	56	Sun Belt	.441	15	21	.491
19.	Baylor	.686	5	0	.353	127	Mid-American	.417	23	25	.429
20.	Navy	.684	4	1	.505	49	Conference USA	.363	15	29	.456
21.	Penn State	.681	4	2	.587	6	*non-conference play
22.	Stanford	.677	3	2	.622	3
23.	Florida State	.673	4	2	.578	10
24.	Utah	.668	5	1	.463	76
25.	Georgia	.658	4	2	.562	14


Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank	Rank	Team	Rating	W	L	Sched. Strength	Sched. Rank
26.	Troy	.657	4	1	.474	66	78.	Northwestern	.470	2	3	.530	35
27.	Maryland	.655	4	1	.471	71	79.	Georgia Southern	.467	3	2	.408	115
28.	Miami, Fla.	.654	4	1	.471	73	80.	Colorado State	.462	3	3	.462	78
29.	South Florida	.652	5	1	.446	95	81.	Michigan State	.461	2	3	.521	42
30.	Auburn	.651	4	2	.554	15	82.	Mississippi State	.459	2	3	.519	43
31.	Mississippi	.645	3	2	.588	5	83.	Hawaii	.456	3	3	.456	81
32.	North Carolina	.643	4	2	.546	19	84.	Cincinnati	.456	3	3	.456	83
33.	N.C. State	.643	4	1	.459	79	85.	Temple	.448	3	3	.448	93
34.	Air Force	.639	4	1	.454	87	86.	Duke	.445	3	3	.445	96
35.	Arkansas	.637	4	2	.540	27	87.	Oregon	.443	2	4	.544	20
36.	USC	.628	3	3	.628	2	88.	Arizona	.441	2	4	.542	24
37.	Appalachian St.	.626	3	2	.568	12	89.	Vanderbilt	.436	2	4	.537	31
38.	Colorado	.626	4	2	.527	37	90.	East Carolina	.436	2	4	.537	33
39.	Pittsburgh	.610	4	2	.510	47	91.	Texas	.434	2	3	.494	52
40.	Oklahoma	.602	3	2	.543	21	92.	Syracuse	.424	2	4	.524	40
41.	Memphis	.599	4	1	.413	110	93.	LA Lafayette	.419	2	3	.479	61
42.	UCLA	.597	3	3	.597	4	94.	Texas State	.415	2	3	.474	65
43.	Tulsa	.597	4	1	.410	113	95.	Louisiana Tech	.415	3	3	.415	109
44.	Indiana	.596	3	2	.537	32	96.	Ball State	.401	3	3	.401	117
45.	San Diego State	.590	4	1	.403	116	97.	North Texas	.398	3	3	.398	118
46.	Wyoming	.585	4	2	.484	59	98.	Utah State	.397	2	4	.497	51
47.	Toledo	.581	4	1	.395	121	99.	UTSA	.397	2	3	.456	84
48.	Washington State	.581	3	2	.521	41	100.	New Mexico State	.396	2	3	.455	86
49.	LSU	.579	3	2	.519	44	101.	Western Kentucky	.395	3	3	.395	120
50.	BYU	.568	3	3	.568	13	102.	Virginia	.394	2	3	.453	89
51.	Central Florida	.567	3	2	.508	48	103.	Army	.394	3	2	.338	128
52.	Mid. Tenn. St.	.565	4	1	.379	124	104.	Illinois	.385	1	4	.571	11
53.	Oklahoma State	.563	4	2	.462	77	105.	New Mexico	.374	2	3	.432	104
54.	Kentucky	.554	3	3	.554	16	106.	SMU	.373	2	4	.472	70
55.	Central Michigan	.542	4	2	.441	97	107.	Notre Dame	.368	2	4	.467	75
56.	Georgia Tech	.541	3	3	.541	25	108.	Georgia State	.368	1	4	.553	17
57.	Eastern Michigan	.538	4	2	.437	100	109.	Nevada	.367	3	3	.367	126
58.	California	.537	3	3	.537	30	110.	UNLV	.361	2	4	.459	80
59.	Tulane	.536	3	2	.476	62	111.	Kent State	.352	2	4	.449	90
60.	Old Dominion	.536	4	2	.435	101	112.	Fla. International	.351	2	4	.448	94
61.	Kansas State	.535	3	2	.475	64	113.	Charlotte	.344	2	4	.440	98
62.	Minnesota	.532	3	2	.472	67	114.	Bowling Green	.315	1	5	.517	45
63.	TCU	.530	4	2	.429	105	115.	Northern Illinois	.313	1	5	.515	46
64.	Akron	.512	4	2	.411	112	116.	LA Monroe	.312	1	4	.491	55
65.	Texas Tech	.500	3	2	.440	99	117.	Massachusetts	.304	1	5	.505	50
66.	Ohio	.496	4	2	.396	119	118.	Marshall	.299	1	4	.475	63
67.	Iowa	.494	4	2	.394	122	119.	Arkansas State	.283	1	4	.456	82
68.	Purdue	.494	3	2	.434	103	120.	Fresno State	.277	1	5	.472	68
69.	Connecticut	.489	3	3	.489	57	121.	Kansas	.276	1	4	.448	92
70.	Southern Miss	.487	4	2	.388	123	122.	Iowa State	.262	1	5	.453	88
71.	South Alabama	.486	3	2	.427	107	123.	San Jose State	.242	1	5	.428	106
72.	Boston College	.486	3	3	.486	58	124.	Florida Atlantic	.231	1	5	.412	111
73.	Missouri	.482	2	3	.542	22	125.	UTEP	.228	1	5	.409	114
74.	Oregon State	.481	2	3	.541	26	126.	Buffalo	.215	1	4	.368	125
75.	Rutgers	.480	2	4	.581	7	127.	Rice	.173	0	5	.456	85
76.	South Carolina	.478	2	4	.579	8	128.	Miami, Ohio	.151	0	6	.416	108
77.	Idaho	.471	3	3	.471	72

The Anderson & Hester Rankings are distinct in four ways:

1. Unlike the polls, these rankings do not reward teams for running up scores. Teams are rewarded for beating quality opponents, which is the object of the game. Posting large margins of victory, which is not the object of the game, is not considered.

2. Unlike the polls, these rankings do not prejudge teams. These rankings first appear after the season's sixth week, and each team's ranking reflects its actual accomplishments — on the field, to date — not its perceived potential.

3. These rankings compute the most accurate strength of schedule ratings. Each team's opponents and opponents' opponents are judged not only by their won-lost records but also, uniquely, by their conferences' strength (see #4).

4. These rankings provide the most accurate conference ratings. Each conference is rated according to its non-conference won-lost record and the difficulty of its non-conference schedule.