• Oct 1, 2023

  college football poll - week 5

  I didn’t get a chance to post last week’s poll, but things have definitely settled down after five weeks!

  1 - Texas (5-0) (17.6171875)
  2 - Penn State (5-0) (14.00787353515625)
  3 - Michigan (5-0) (12.4375)
  4 - Washington (5-0) (12.015625)
  5 - Washington State (4-0) (11.3515625)
  6 - Oklahoma (5-0) (11.0)
  7 - Ohio State (4-0) (10.254364013671875)
  8 - North Carolina (4-0) (10.135498046875)
  9 - Missouri (5-0) (10.1103515625)
  10 - USC (5-0) (9.791641235351562)
  11 - Alabama (4-1) (9.5634765625)
  12 - Oregon (5-0) (9.458770751953125)
  13 - Notre Dame (5-1) (9.254364013671875)
  14 - Florida State (4-0) (9.0953369140625)
  15 - Miami (4-0) (8.70574951171875)
  16 - James Madison (5-0) (8.072803497314453)
  17 - Liberty (4-0) (7.78125)
  18 - Oregon State (4-1) (7.46484375)
  19 - Kentucky (5-0) (7.33349609375)
  20 - Utah (4-1) (7.330078125)
  21 - Wisconsin (3-1) (7.328125)
  22 - Georgia (5-0) (7.15625)
  23 - Louisville (5-0) (6.984375)
  24 - Duke (4-1) (6.88446044921875)
  25 - Fresno State (5-0) (6.8125)

• Sep 17, 2023

  college football poll - week 3

  It’s still far too early in the season for things to be very meaningful, but at least there are not so many ties!

  1 - Texas (3-0) (5.4375)
  2 - North Carolina (3-0) (5.3125)
  3 - Miami (3-0) (4.96875)
  4 - Rutgers (3-0) (4.875)
  5 - Colorado (3-0) (4.6875)
  6 - Oklahoma (3-0) (4.0)
  7 - Florida State (3-0) (3.875)
  8 - UCLA (3-0) (3.75)
     - Michigan (3-0) (3.75)
  10 - Auburn (3-0) (3.6875)
  11 - Washington (3-0) (3.5)
     - Liberty (3-0) (3.5)
     - USC (3-0) (3.5)
     - Notre Dame (4-0) (3.5)
  15 - Ole Miss (3-0) (3.375)
  16 - Wake Forest (3-0) (3.25)
     - Penn State (3-0) (3.25)
     - Washington State (3-0) (3.25)
  19 - Duke (3-0) (3.0)
     - Oregon State (3-0) (3.0)
     - Iowa (3-0) (3.0)
  22 - Syracuse (3-0) (2.9375)
     - Fresno State (3-0) (2.9375)
  24 - Kansas (3-0) (2.75)
     - Utah (3-0) (2.75)
  26 - Minnesota (2-1) (2.625)
  27 - Missouri (3-0) (2.5)
     - BYU (3-0) (2.5)
     - Ohio State (3-0) (2.5)
  30 - Miami (OH) (2-1) (2.25)

• Sep 10, 2023

  college football poll - week 2

  Cutting the poll off at the top 23 teams today since there are a ton of teams tied for 24th place with a score of 1.0.

  At the top, both future Big Ten teams from Southern California have 3.5 points. USC has actually notched up three wins, and their win over Stanford, who beat Hawaii, gives them another half point. UCLA’s path is a little more complicated. They have only two wins, but each of them were over teams who have wins over teams with wins (Coastal Carolina → Jacksonville State → UTEP and San Diego State → Ohio → Florida Atlantic), counting as 1.75 points each.

  1 - UCLA (2-0) (3.5)
     - USC (3-0) (3.5)
  3 - Texas (2-0) (3.4375)
  4 - Miami (2-0) (3.25)
  5 - Rutgers (2-0) (3.0)
     - Auburn (2-0) (3.0)
  7 - Oklahoma (2-0) (2.875)
  8 - Washington State (2-0) (2.5)
     - Notre Dame (3-0) (2.5)
  10 - Florida State (2-0) (2.0)
     - North Carolina (2-0) (2.0)
     - Washington (2-0) (2.0)
     - Colorado (2-0) (2.0)
     - Liberty (2-0) (2.0)
     - Michigan (2-0) (2.0)
     - Iowa (2-0) (2.0)
     - Minnesota (2-0) (2.0)
     - Utah (2-0) (2.0)
     - UCF (2-0) (2.0)
  20 - Fresno State (2-0) (1.875)
  21 - Ole Miss (2-0) (1.5)
     - Wake Forest (2-0) (1.5)
     - Kansas (2-0) (1.5)

• Sep 5, 2023

  college football poll - week 1

  We’re back for the 2023 “coefficient of relationship” college football rankings!

  It’s early enough in the season that things are pretty much meaningless. USC is the only team with two FBS wins (San Jose State and Nevada), and so they’re #1. Auburn and SMU both have wins over teams that won in week 0 (Auburn beat UMass who beat New Mexico State, and SMU beat Louisiana Tech who beat Florida International). And then we have a gajillion-way tie for 4th among everyone else who’s won so far.

  1 - USC (2-0) (2.0)
  2 - Auburn (1-0) (1.5)
     - SMU (1-0) (1.5)
  4 - Duke (1-0) (1.0)
     - Florida State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Oregon State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Rutgers (1-0) (1.0)
     - UCLA (1-0) (1.0)
     - BYU (1-0) (1.0)
     - Virginia Tech (1-0) (1.0)
     - Tulane (1-0) (1.0)
     - Alabama (1-0) (1.0)
     - Penn State (1-0) (1.0)
     - North Carolina (1-0) (1.0)
     - Wyoming (1-0) (1.0)
     - Illinois (1-0) (1.0)
     - Houston (1-0) (1.0)
     - Texas A&M (1-0) (1.0)
     - Washington State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Louisiana Monroe (1-0) (1.0)
     - Texas State (1-0) (1.0)
     - California (1-0) (1.0)
     - Ohio State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Western Kentucky (1-0) (1.0)
     - Texas (1-0) (1.0)
     - Wisconsin (1-0) (1.0)
     - Washington (1-0) (1.0)
     - Temple (1-0) (1.0)
     - Tennessee (1-0) (1.0)
     - Northern Illinois (1-0) (1.0)
     - Michigan (1-0) (1.0)
     - Colorado (1-0) (1.0)
     - Liberty (1-0) (1.0)
     - Kentucky (1-0) (1.0)
     - Iowa (1-0) (1.0)
     - Fresno State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Oklahoma (1-0) (1.0)
     - Stanford (1-0) (1.0)
     - Louisville (1-0) (1.0)
     - Michigan State (1-0) (1.0)
     - Miami (1-0) (1.0)
     - Minnesota (1-0) (1.0)
     - Utah (1-0) (1.0)
     - NC State (1-0) (1.0)
     - UCF (1-0) (1.0)
     - Vanderbilt (2-0) (1.0)
     - San Diego State (2-0) (1.0)
     - Jacksonville State (2-0) (1.0)
     - Notre Dame (2-0) (1.0)

• Jan 12, 2023

  college football poll - national championship edition

  And the Georgia Bulldogs win their second consecutive friecheese.org national championship!

  1 - Georgia (15-0) (57.25)
  2 - Ohio State (11-2) (41.08203125)
  3 - Michigan (13-1) (38.4140625)
  4 - Penn State (11-2) (37.48828125)
  5 - TCU (13-2) (33.234375)
  6 - Alabama (11-2) (32.9765625)
  7 - Tennessee (11-2) (31.578125)
  8 - Mississippi State (9-4) (26.9453125)
  9 - Oregon (10-3) (25.34375)
  10 - Florida State (10-3) (25.109375)
  11 - LSU (10-4) (24.7890625)
  12 - USC (11-3) (23.671875)
  13 - Tulane (12-2) (22.5)
  14 - Washington (11-2) (21.34375)
  15 - Clemson (11-3) (20.515625)
  16 - Oregon State (10-3) (19.875)
  17 - Maryland (8-5) (19.609375)
  18 - Kansas State (10-4) (17.65625)
  19 - Notre Dame (9-4) (16.828125)
  20 - UCLA (9-4) (15.9375)
  21 - Louisville (8-5) (15.8125)
  22 - Troy (12-2) (15.515625)
  23 - Ole Miss (8-5) (14.859375)
  24 - NC State (8-5) (14.3125)
  25 - Pittsburgh (9-4) (14.203125)

  The list of champions to date:

  2009 - Alabama
  2010 - Auburn
  2011 - LSU
  2012 - Notre Dame
  2013 - Florida State
  2014 - Florida State
  2015 - Alabama
  2016 - Alabama
  2017 - UCF
  2018 - Clemson
  2019 - LSU
  2020 - Alabama
  2021 - Georgia
  2022 - Georgia

• Jan 3, 2023

  college football poll - bowl game edition

  The second-to-last poll, after the dust has settled from all of this season’s bowl games. One more game to go!

  1 - Georgia (14-0) (52.6875)
  2 - Ohio State (11-2) (41.08203125)
  3 - Michigan (13-1) (38.8515625)
  4 - Penn State (11-2) (37.48828125)
  5 - TCU (13-1) (34.109375)
  6 - Alabama (11-2) (32.9765625)
  7 - Tennessee (11-2) (31.578125)
  8 - Mississippi State (9-4) (26.9453125)
  9 - Oregon (10-3) (25.34375)
  10 - Florida State (10-3) (25.109375)
  11 - LSU (10-4) (24.7890625)
  12 - USC (11-3) (23.671875)
  13 - Tulane (12-2) (22.5)
  14 - Washington (11-2) (21.34375)
  15 - Clemson (11-3) (20.515625)
  16 - Oregon State (10-3) (19.875)
  17 - Maryland (8-5) (19.609375)
  18 - Kansas State (10-4) (17.90625)
  19 - Notre Dame (9-4) (16.828125)
  20 - UCLA (9-4) (15.9375)
  21 - Louisville (8-5) (15.8125)
  22 - Troy (12-2) (15.515625)
  23 - Ole Miss (8-5) (14.859375)
  24 - NC State (8-5) (14.3125)
  25 - Pittsburgh (9-4) (14.203125)

• Dec 11, 2022

  college football poll - week 15 (army-navy edition)

  This year’s Army-Navy game had essentially zero effect on the poll. A couple teams’ “win” totals got bumped up or down some fraction of a point, but no actual changes in rankings.

  1 - Georgia (13-0) (46.1875)
  2 - Michigan (13-0) (40.984375)
  3 - Ohio State (11-1) (40.3125)
  4 - Penn State (10-2) (33.046875)
  5 - Alabama (10-2) (31.56640625)
  6 - USC (11-2) (30.8515625)
  7 - Tennessee (10-2) (30.125)
  8 - TCU (12-1) (28.73828125)
  9 - Mississippi State (8-4) (24.94140625)
  10 - Florida State (9-3) (22.28125)
  11 - UCLA (9-3) (21.3125)
  12 - Kentucky (7-5) (20.6328125)
  13 - LSU (9-4) (20.5703125)
  14 - Clemson (11-2) (20.5546875)
  15 - Ole Miss (8-4) (20.09375)
  16 - Kansas State (10-3) (19.8515625)
  17 - Oregon (9-3) (19.80078125)
  18 - Texas (8-4) (19.28125)
  19 - South Carolina (8-4) (17.5)
  20 - South Alabama (10-2) (17.109375)
  21 - NC State (8-4) (16.375)
  22 - Oregon State (9-3) (16.3671875)
  23 - Notre Dame (8-4) (15.484375)
  24 - Washington (10-2) (15.1484375)
  25 - Troy (11-2) (14.84375)

• Dec 4, 2022

  college football poll - week 14 (conference championship edition)

  Michigan and Ohio State swap places after the Wolverines’ win in the Big Ten Championship Game, and TCU drops down a few spots after their OT loss to Kansas State in the Big 12 Championship Game.

  1 - Georgia (13-0) (46.1875)
  2 - Michigan (13-0) (40.984375)
  3 - Ohio State (11-1) (40.3125)
  4 - Penn State (10-2) (33.046875)
  5 - Alabama (10-2) (31.56640625)
  6 - USC (11-2) (30.8515625)
  7 - Tennessee (10-2) (30.125)
  8 - TCU (12-1) (28.76953125)
  9 - Mississippi State (8-4) (24.94140625)
  10 - Florida State (9-3) (22.28125)
  11 - UCLA (9-3) (21.3125)
  12 - Kentucky (7-5) (20.6328125)
  13 - LSU (9-4) (20.5703125)
  14 - Clemson (11-2) (20.4296875)
  15 - Ole Miss (8-4) (20.09375)
  16 - Kansas State (10-3) (19.9140625)
  17 - Oregon (9-3) (19.80078125)
  18 - Texas (8-4) (19.28125)
  19 - South Carolina (8-4) (17.375)
  20 - South Alabama (10-2) (17.109375)
  21 - NC State (8-4) (16.375)
  22 - Oregon State (9-3) (16.3671875)
  23 - Notre Dame (8-4) (15.484375)
  24 - Washington (10-2) (15.1484375)
  25 - Troy (11-2) (14.46875)

• Nov 27, 2022

  college football poll - week 13 (rivalry week edition)

  It was a crazy week! The Wolverines’ win over the Buckeyes was enough to drop them down a peg and let Georgia take over the #1 spot, but not enough to move in to #2 themselves.

  1 - Georgia (12-0) (45.125)
  2 - Ohio State (11-1) (40.28125)
  3 - Michigan (12-0) (40.078125)
  4 - TCU (12-0) (37.65625)
  5 - Penn State (10-2) (33.03125)
  6 - Alabama (10-2) (31.19140625)
  7 - USC (11-1) (30.8203125)
  8 - Tennessee (10-2) (30.0)
  9 - Mississippi State (8-4) (24.66015625)
  10 - Florida State (9-3) (22.21875)
  11 - UCLA (9-3) (21.25)
  12 - LSU (9-3) (20.8203125)
  13 - Kentucky (7-5) (20.5703125)
  14 - Oregon (9-3) (19.76953125)
  15 - Ole Miss (8-4) (19.53125)
  16 - Clemson (10-2) (19.1796875)
  17 - Texas (8-4) (18.40625)
  18 - Kansas State (9-3) (17.8515625)
  19 - South Carolina (8-4) (17.0625)
  20 - South Alabama (10-2) (16.921875)
  21 - Oregon State (9-3) (16.3515625)
  22 - NC State (8-4) (16.25)
  23 - Notre Dame (8-4) (15.421875)
  24 - Washington (10-2) (15.1328125)
  25 - Utah (9-3) (14.25)

• Nov 20, 2022

  college football poll - week 12

  The Vols drop down a few spots after losing to South Carolina. Meanwhile, the Buckeyes maintain a razor-thin lead over the Bulldogs for the top spot.

  1 - Ohio State (11-0) (40.9375)
  2 - Georgia (11-0) (40.75)
  3 - Michigan (11-0) (36.25)
  4 - TCU (11-0) (34.78125)
  5 - Alabama (9-2) (31.423828125)
  6 - Penn State (9-2) (30.96875)
  7 - Tennessee (9-2) (28.5)
  8 - LSU (9-2) (26.65234375)
  9 - USC (10-1) (25.42578125)
  10 - Clemson (10-1) (24.671875)
  11 - Mississippi State (7-4) (23.142578125)
  12 - Oregon (9-2) (22.203125)
  13 - Florida State (8-3) (21.9140625)
  14 - UCLA (8-3) (20.234375)
  15 - Ole Miss (8-3) (20.0546875)
  16 - Texas (7-4) (18.6328125)
  17 - Notre Dame (8-3) (17.25)
  18 - Wake Forest (7-4) (16.5703125)
  19 - Oklahoma State (7-4) (15.90234375)
  20 - Florida (6-5) (15.87890625)
  21 - Kansas State (8-3) (15.8046875)
  22 - South Alabama (9-2) (15.4453125)
  23 - Washington State (7-4) (15.2890625)
  24 - Utah (8-3) (15.21875)
  25 - Washington (9-2) (15.0703125)

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