It’s a Livin Thing – 2022 College Football ELO Week 2

Written by Sriram

Wow, that was something. Now, at the top Georgia rolled over mismatched Samford. But the rest? Looking at last week’s Top 25:

  • (2) Alabama escaped at (64) Texas
  • (4) Baylor loses at (22) BYU
  • (11) Houston loses at (49) Texas Tech
  • (15) Pitt loses at home to (43) Tennessee
  • (20) Notre Dame loses at home to (71) Marshall
  • (21) Wisconsin loses at home to (44) Washington State

Add upset home losses for Texas A&M and Nebraska and there was a ton of chaos going on. So – how does this shake up the top 30?

  1. (1) Georgia (2-0)
  2. (2) Alabama (2-0)
  3. (3) Ohio State (2-0)
  4. (6) Oklahoma State (2-0)
  5. (5) Louisiana (2-0)
  6. (7) Michigan (2-0)
  7. (13) Arkansas (2-0)
  8. (9) Michigan State (2-0)
  9. (8) Clemson (2-0)
  10. (10) Oklahoma (2-0)
  11. (17) Kentucky (2-0)
  12. (4) Baylor (1-1)
  13. (12) Cincinnati (1-1)
  14. (22) BYU (2-0)
  15. (14) Ole Miss (2-0)
  16. (16) Western Kentucky (2-0)
  17. (18) Coastal Carolina (2-0)
  18. (19) NC State (2-0)
  19. (11) Houston (1-1)
  20. (23) Minnesota (2-0)
  21. (43) Tennessee (2-0)
  22. (34) Wake Forest (2-0)
  23. (29) Penn State (2-0)
  24. (26) Air Force (2-0)
  25. (24) Utah (1-1)
  26. (38) Iowa State (2-0)
  27. (25) SMU (2-0)
  28. (44) Washington State (2-0)
  29. (40) Oregon State (2-0)
  30. (45) Mississippi State (2-0)

Next 10: North Carolina (3-0), Texas Tech (2-0), Liberty (2-0), UCLA (2-0), UTSA (1-1), Appalachian State (1-1), Kansas State (2-0), Boise State (1-1), Pitt (1-1), Maryland (2-0)

Fitting a 12-team tournament? (using a tiny bit of poetic license for at-larges if there is a reasonaby close unbeaten team)

Automatic Bids

  • SEC: Georgia (1)
  • Big Ten: Ohio State (3)
  • Big 12: Oklahoma State (4)
  • Sun Belt: Louisiana (5)
  • ACC: Clemson (9)
  • American: Cincinnati (13)

At-Large

  • (2) Alabama
  • (6) Michigan
  • (7) Arkansas
  • (8) Michigan State
  • (10) Oklahoma
  • (11) Kentucky

First Round

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

Here is the complete list:

Weekly ELO Ranking
Rank Team W L Rating
1 Georgia 2 0 1930.72
2 Alabama 2 0 1896.88
3 Ohio State 2 0 1827.82
4 Oklahoma State 2 0 1810.68
5 Louisiana 2 0 1804.07
6 Michigan 2 0 1769.95
7 Arkansas 2 0 1768.87
8 Michigan State 2 0 1762.2
9 Clemson 2 0 1761.08
10 Oklahoma 2 0 1759.59
11 Kentucky 2 0 1754.97
12 Baylor 1 1 1742.91
13 Cincinnati 1 1 1741.86
14 BYU 2 0 1737.62
15 Ole Miss 2 0 1729.5
16 Western Kentucky 2 0 1705.86
17 Coastal Carolina 2 0 1694.13
18 NC State 2 0 1691.42
19 Houston 1 1 1680.15
20 Minnesota 2 0 1678.16
21 Tennessee 2 0 1675.19
22 Wake Forest 2 0 1667.29
23 Penn State 2 0 1662.88
24 Air Force 2 0 1662
25 Utah 1 1 1660.47
26 Iowa State 2 0 1659.86
27 SMU 2 0 1658
28 Washington State 2 0 1656.39
29 Oregon State 2 0 1655.66
30 Mississippi State 2 0 1638.68
31 North Carolina 3 0 1632.34
32 Texas Tech 2 0 1631.41
33 Liberty 2 0 1628.4
34 UCLA 2 0 1622.51
35 UTSA 1 1 1620.43
36 Appalachian State 1 1 1619.96
37 Kansas State 2 0 1618.85
38 Boise State 1 1 1615.33
39 Pitt 1 1 1615.14
40 Maryland 2 0 1609.33
41 Western Michigan 1 1 1605.6
42 Wisconsin 1 1 1604.1
43 Marshall 2 0 1593.37
44 UAB 1 1 1593.32
45 Oregon 1 1 1591.83
46 Notre Dame 0 2 1588.42
47 Miami-FL 2 0 1586.19
48 South Carolina 1 1 1579.74
49 Fresno State 1 1 1576.7
50 Purdue 1 1 1576.22
51 TCU 2 0 1571.58
52 Texas A&M 1 1 1568.29
53 East Carolina 1 1 1564.19
54 Tulsa 1 1 1562.22
55 Auburn 2 0 1561.2
56 Iowa 1 1 1560.07
57 San Diego State 1 1 1547.07
58 Florida State 2 0 1543.26
59 Miami-OH 1 1 1539.55
60 Syracuse 2 0 1536.15
61 Memphis 1 1 1532.52
62 Arizona State 1 1 1526.73
63 Illinois 2 1 1521.7
64 California 2 0 1517.15
65 South Alabama 2 0 1516
66 Texas 1 1 1515.43
67 Central Michigan 0 2 1508.96
68 UCF 1 1 1508.02
69 Toledo 2 0 1506.52
70 USC 2 0 1506.35
71 Louisville 1 1 1506.21
72 Wyoming 2 1 1501.12
73 Florida 1 1 1495.88
74 MTSU 1 1 1495.56
75 LSU 1 1 1491.49
76 Utah State 1 2 1488.21
77 Army 0 2 1484.81
78 James Madison 2 0 1484.13
79 Georgia State 0 2 1483.67
80 North Texas 2 1 1483.2
81 Northern Illinois 1 1 1479.79
82 Rutgers 2 0 1471.68
83 Georgia Southern 2 0 1468.95
84 Washington 2 0 1467.99
85 Virginia Tech 1 1 1463.46
86 Old Dominion 1 1 1454.6
87 Missouri 1 1 1450.99
88 Nevada 2 1 1449.89
89 Indiana 2 0 1439.3
90 Troy 1 1 1434.48
91 Duke 2 0 1433.7
92 Kansas 2 0 1433.21
93 Eastern Michigan 1 1 1417.66
94 Virginia 1 1 1415.43
95 Tulane 2 0 1411.87
96 West Virginia 0 2 1395.02
97 Florida Atlantic 2 1 1391.7
98 San Jose State 1 1 1389.13
99 Ball State 0 2 1375.75
100 UTEP 1 2 1369.8
101 Ohio 1 1 1368.06
102 Georgia Tech 1 1 1367.69
103 Texas State 1 1 1358.7
104 Kent State 0 2 1356.93
105 Arizona 1 1 1356.29
106 UNLV 1 1 1356
107 Vanderbilt 2 1 1347.18
108 Boston College 0 2 1342.85
109 Northwestern 1 1 1334.33
110 Rice 1 1 1333.64
111 LA Monroe 1 1 1333.36
112 Arkansas State 1 1 1331.91
113 Nebraska 1 2 1324.32
114 Colorado 0 2 1321.79
115 South Florida 1 1 1320.38
116 Navy 0 2 1312.03
117 Hawaii 0 3 1311.87
118 Louisiana Tech 1 1 1303.03
119 Stanford 1 1 1291.92
120 New Mexico 1 1 1282.22
121 Southern Miss 0 2 1280.54
122 Akron 1 1 1273.45
123 Bowling Green 0 1 1270.68
124 Temple 1 1 1268.93
125 Colorado State 0 2 1250.01
126 Buffalo 0 2 1238.27
127 Connecticut 1 2 1219.47
128 New Mexico State 0 3 1195.55
129 FIU 1 1 1159.45
130 Charlotte 0 3 1152.8
131 Massachusetts 0 2 1117.77

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