It’s a Livin Thing – 2022 ELO College Football Rankings … Week 1

Written by Sriram

Well, I wasted plenty of virtual ink on the ELO method I am messing around with for this season. There were a lot of mismatches of course – but there were also some key games to move up and down the rankings. Some of the big highlights?

  • (12) Utah loses at (77) Florida
  • (4) Cincinnati loses at (18) Arkansas
  • (13) Notre Dame loses at (6) Ohio State
  • (1) Georgia blows out (39) Oregon
  • (25) Boise State loses to (66) Oregon State
  • (20) San Diego State loses to (123) Arizona

How did this move the Top 25? (parentheses are last week’s rankings)

  1. (1) Georgia (1-0)
  2. (2) Alabama (1-0)
  3. (6) Ohio State (1-0)
  4. (3) Baylor (1-0)
  5. (5) Louisiana (1-0)
  6. (7) Oklahoma State (1-0)
  7. (8) Michigan (1-0)
  8. (9) Clemson (1-0)
  9. (11) Michigan State (1-0)
  10. (10) Oklahoma (1-0)
  11. (15) Houston (1-0)
  12. (4) Cincinnati (0-1)
  13. (18) Arkansas (1-0)
  14. (14) Ole Miss (1-0)
  15. (16) Pittsburgh (1-0)
  16. (19) Western Kentucky (2-0)
  17. (22) Kentucky (1-0)
  18. (23) Coastal Carolina (1-0)
  19. (26) NC State (1-0)
  20. (13) Notre Dame (0-1)
  21. (17) Wisconsin (1-0)
  22. (30) BYU (1-0)
  23. (21) Minnesota (1-0)
  24. (12) Utah (0-1)
  25. (54) SMU (1-0)
  26. (29) Air Force (1-0)
  27. (31) Fresno State (1-0)
  28. (32) UAB (1-0)
  29. (49) Penn State (1-0)
  30. (33) Texas A&M (1-0)

Next 10: Fresno State (1-0), UAB (1-0), Texas A&M (1-0), SMU (1-0), Iowa (1-0), Penn State (1-0), Utah State (1-1), Wake Forest (1-0), Central Michigan (0-1), UCF (1-0)

Week 1 ELO Rankings
Rank Team W L Rating
1 Georgia 1 0 1929.54
2 Alabama 1 0 1882.71
3 Ohio State 1 0 1822.85
4 Baylor 1 0 1805.67
5 Louisiana 1 0 1794.53
6 Oklahoma State 1 0 1794.49
7 Michigan 1 0 1763.73
8 Clemson 1 0 1758.03
9 Michigan State 1 0 1757.02
10 Oklahoma 1 0 1750.94
11 Houston 1 0 1739.6
12 Cincinnati 0 1 1738.35
13 Arkansas 1 0 1737.59
14 Ole Miss 1 0 1725.74
15 Pitt 1 0 1708.62
16 Western Kentucky 2 0 1705.86
17 Kentucky 1 0 1700.73
18 Coastal Carolina 1 0 1690.9
19 NC State 1 0 1686.74
20 Notre Dame 0 1 1681.2
21 Wisconsin 1 0 1679.76
22 BYU 1 0 1674.85
23 Minnesota 1 0 1673.12
24 Utah 0 1 1654.88
25 SMU 1 0 1652.34
26 Air Force 1 0 1649.4
27 Fresno State 1 0 1648.59
28 UAB 1 0 1648.51
29 Penn State 1 0 1646.24
30 Texas A&M 1 0 1644.04
31 Utah State 1 1 1631.86
32 Iowa 1 0 1628.69
33 Central Michigan 0 1 1625.52
34 Wake Forest 1 0 1621.17
35 UCLA 1 0 1615.57
36 South Carolina 1 0 1611.02
37 UCF 1 0 1605.69
38 Iowa State 1 0 1591.24
39 Maryland 1 0 1588.23
40 Oregon State 1 0 1583.77
41 Oregon 0 1 1583.57
42 Kansas State 1 0 1581.83
43 Tennessee 1 0 1581.71
44 Washington State 1 0 1580.72
45 Mississippi State 1 0 1579.61
46 Nevada 2 0 1576.6
47 Boise State 0 1 1574.36
48 Liberty 1 0 1573.22
49 Texas Tech 1 0 1571.96
50 Miami-FL 1 0 1571.16
51 Purdue 0 1 1567.19
52 TCU 1 0 1562.31
53 Georgia State 0 1 1560.49
54 UTSA 0 1 1558.04
55 North Carolina 2 0 1555.53
56 Florida 1 0 1550.12
57 Western Michigan 0 1 1549.07
58 Army 0 1 1547.2
59 Appalachian State 0 1 1544.22
60 Florida State 2 0 1543.26
61 Arizona State 1 0 1542.93
62 San Diego State 0 1 1536.41
63 Auburn 1 0 1534.19
64 Texas 1 0 1529.6
65 Miami-OH 0 1 1529.31
66 Tulsa 0 1 1528.2
67 East Carolina 0 1 1516.32
68 Northern Illinois 1 0 1513.81
69 West Virginia 0 1 1506.09
70 Old Dominion 1 0 1502.47
71 Marshall 1 0 1500.59
72 Toledo 1 0 1497.12
73 California 1 0 1490.34
74 Missouri 1 0 1488.02
75 Wyoming 1 1 1487.74
76 Syracuse 1 0 1484.98
77 LSU 0 1 1476.9
78 Illinois 1 1 1470.95
79 James Madison 1 0 1468.92
80 North Texas 1 1 1467.91
81 Virginia 1 0 1466.18
82 Rutgers 1 0 1455.38
83 Washington 1 0 1451.34
84 Memphis 0 1 1449.85
85 USC 1 0 1434.35
86 Ball State 0 1 1432.28
87 MTSU 0 1 1430.66
88 Eastern Michigan 1 0 1427.19
89 Northwestern 1 0 1424.32
90 Indiana 1 0 1422.23
91 Virginia Tech 0 1 1419.28
92 San Jose State 1 0 1416.14
93 Troy 0 1 1415.37
94 Arizona 1 0 1415.36
95 Louisville 0 1 1408.53
96 Georgia Southern 1 0 1408.24
97 South Alabama 1 0 1399.44
98 Navy 0 1 1394.7
99 Vanderbilt 2 0 1393.31
100 Tulane 1 0 1389.14
101 Boston College 0 1 1387.03
102 Nebraska 1 1 1385.03
103 Ohio 1 0 1384.7
104 UNLV 1 0 1382.81
105 Florida Atlantic 1 1 1366.32
106 Kent State 0 1 1365.58
107 Stanford 1 0 1363.92
108 Bowling Green 0 0 1344.27
109 UTEP 0 2 1343.99
110 Duke 1 0 1343.71
111 Georgia Tech 0 1 1340.98
112 Arkansas State 1 0 1336.88
113 Colorado 0 1 1334.39
114 Buffalo 0 1 1330.52
115 Texas State 0 1 1328.4
116 New Mexico 1 0 1323.19
117 Kansas 1 0 1322.15
118 Hawaii 0 2 1318.09
119 Colorado State 0 1 1314.91
120 Rice 0 1 1299.02
121 LA Monroe 0 1 1298.7
122 Southern Miss 0 1 1295.57
123 South Florida 0 1 1284.88
124 Akron 1 0 1278.64
125 Connecticut 1 1 1270.64
126 Louisiana Tech 0 1 1262.5
127 Temple 0 1 1225.82
128 New Mexico State 0 2 1221.36
129 FIU 1 0 1189.75
130 Charlotte 0 2 1173.91
131 Massachusetts 0 1 1127.17

Fitting a 12 Team Tournament

Automatic Bids

  • SEC: Georgia (1)
  • Big Ten: Ohio State (3)
  • Big 12: Baylor (4)
  • Sun Belt: Louisiana (5)
  • ACC: Clemson (8)
  • American: Houston (11)

At Large

  • Alabama (2)
  • Oklahoma State (6)
  • Michigan (7)
  • Michigan State (9)
  • Oklahoma (10)
  • Arkansas (13)

First Round:

  • (12) Arkansas at (5) Alabama
  • (11) Houston at (6) Oklahoma State
  • (10) Oklahoma at (7) Michigan State
  • (9) Michigan State at (8) Clemson

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