It’s a Livin Thing – 2022 College Football ELO Rankings, Week 3

Somehow, “turn to stone” seems appropriate for this post with my alma mater putting up a, um, very underwhelming effort against Ole Miss. Maybe I will write about my alma mater in a later missive but we will stick with the rankings for now. For a quick description of the ELO methodology, check here. But the big games of the weekend?

• (5) Louisiana was in a precarious position anyway with so few means to improve its ranking, but the loss to (110) Rice certainly knocks it down many pegs.
• (23) Penn State obliterated (55) Auburn at Jordan Hare
• (52) Texas A&M survives at home against (47) Miami-FL
• (45) Oregon clobbered (14) BYU
• (18) NC State with a strong win against (32) Texas Tech
• (8) Michigan State loses at (84) Washington

How does this impact the Top 30?

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

Ten more: Western Kentucky (2-1), North Carolina (3-0), UAB (2-1), Boise State (2-1), Notre Dame (1-2), Texas A&M (2-1), Wisconsin (2-1), SMU (2-1), Florida State (3-0), Liberty (2-1)

Fitting a 12 Team Tournament

• Georgia (1) – SEC
• Ohio State (3) – Big Ten
• Oklahoma State (4) – Big 12
• Cincinnati (6) – American
• Clemson (9) – ACC
• Coastal Carolina (16) – Sun Belt
• At Large 1: Alabama (2)
• At Large 2: Oklahoma (5)
• At Large 3: Michigan (7)
• At Large 4: Arkansas (8)
• At Large 5: Kentucky (10)
• At Large 6: Ole Miss (11)

First Round Matchups

• (12) Coastal Carolina at (5) Alabama
• (11) Ole Miss at (6) Oklahoma
• (10) Kentucky at (7) Michigan
• (9) Clemson at (8) Arkansas

Rank	Team	W	L	Rating
1	Georgia	3	0	1959.34
2	Alabama	3	0	1900.1
3	Ohio State	3	0	1840.01
4	Oklahoma State	3	0	1813.01
5	Oklahoma	3	0	1778.6
6	Cincinnati	2	1	1775.99
7	Michigan	3	0	1773.42
8	Arkansas	3	0	1771.41
9	Clemson	3	0	1766.88
10	Kentucky	3	0	1758.16
11	Ole Miss	3	0	1756.7
12	Baylor	2	1	1751.61
13	Penn State	3	0	1737.52
14	NC State	3	0	1729.21
15	Pitt	2	1	1705.18
16	Coastal Carolina	3	0	1699.26
17	Utah	2	1	1694.44
18	Wake Forest	3	0	1690.55
19	Minnesota	3	0	1688.28
20	Louisiana	2	1	1687.01
21	Tennessee	3	0	1683.1
22	Iowa State	3	0	1674.09
23	Oregon	2	1	1673
24	Oregon State	3	0	1665.27
25	Michigan State	2	1	1665.01
26	Washington State	3	0	1664.1
27	Maryland	3	0	1660.02
28	BYU	2	1	1656.45
29	UCLA	3	0	1640.02
30	Appalachian State	2	1	1637.17
31	Western Kentucky	2	1	1633.77
32	North Carolina	3	0	1632.34
33	UAB	2	1	1622.3
34	Boise State	2	1	1622.07
35	Notre Dame	1	2	1620.7
36	Texas A&M	2	1	1615.06
37	Wisconsin	2	1	1611.72
38	SMU	2	1	1607.32
39	Florida State	3	0	1605.88
40	Liberty	2	1	1605.14
41	Air Force	2	1	1603.49
42	Iowa	2	1	1594.34
43	Texas Tech	2	1	1593.61
44	Texas	2	1	1588.22
45	UCF	2	1	1578.7
46	Syracuse	3	0	1577.5
47	USC	3	0	1574.96
48	East Carolina	2	1	1573.37
49	TCU	2	0	1571.58
50	Tulsa	2	1	1571.5
51	LSU	2	1	1568.64
52	Washington	3	0	1565.18
53	Mississippi State	2	1	1561.53
54	Wyoming	3	1	1559.63
55	Houston	1	2	1556.83
56	Kansas	3	0	1556.53
57	Memphis	2	1	1552.23
58	South Carolina	1	2	1551.12
59	UTSA	1	2	1547.63
60	Miami-FL	2	1	1539.42
61	Purdue	1	2	1534.88
62	Illinois	2	1	1521.7
63	Central Michigan	1	2	1521.3
64	Kansas State	2	1	1517.38
65	Western Michigan	1	2	1515.57
66	Marshall	2	1	1515.3
67	Eastern Michigan	2	1	1513.38
68	Tulane	3	0	1513.34
69	San Diego State	1	2	1513.1
70	Florida	2	1	1512.83
71	Indiana	3	0	1511.39
72	MTSU	2	1	1508.79
73	Fresno State	1	2	1508.08
74	Miami-OH	1	2	1505.41
75	Rutgers	3	0	1503.97
76	Army	1	2	1498.81
77	South Alabama	2	1	1498.49
78	Toledo	2	1	1494.33
79	Utah State	1	2	1488.21
80	Auburn	2	1	1486.56
81	California	2	1	1484.87
82	James Madison	2	0	1484.13
83	Virginia Tech	2	1	1478.31
84	Missouri	2	1	1466.42
85	Virginia	2	1	1452.88
86	Duke	3	0	1451.91
87	Rice	2	1	1450.69
88	Vanderbilt	3	1	1447.67
89	Louisville	1	2	1443.59
90	Georgia Southern	2	1	1439.98
91	UNLV	2	1	1436.86
92	Arizona State	1	2	1431
93	Troy	1	2	1417.27
94	Old Dominion	1	2	1417.15
95	West Virginia	1	2	1417.1
96	Nevada	2	2	1415.62
97	Georgia State	0	3	1414.47
98	North Texas	2	2	1402.34
99	San Jose State	1	1	1389.13
100	Kent State	1	2	1383.47
101	Northern Illinois	1	2	1379.31
102	Ball State	0	2	1375.75
103	Arizona	2	1	1373.99
104	Boston College	1	2	1369.98
105	Ohio	1	2	1353.82
106	Texas State	1	2	1350
107	New Mexico	2	1	1349.13
108	Bowling Green	1	1	1348.74
109	Georgia Tech	1	2	1340.48
110	Hawaii	1	3	1339.5
111	LA Monroe	1	2	1330.14
112	Florida Atlantic	2	2	1321.01
113	Southern Miss	1	2	1318.07
114	Arkansas State	1	2	1312.2
115	Navy	0	2	1312.03
116	Colorado	0	3	1311.68
117	Nebraska	1	3	1305.31
118	South Florida	1	2	1303.43
119	UTEP	1	3	1302.9
120	Louisiana Tech	1	2	1297.22
121	Stanford	1	1	1291.92
122	Akron	1	2	1265.54
123	Colorado State	0	3	1242.3
124	Northwestern	1	2	1238.89
125	Temple	1	2	1236.65
126	Buffalo	0	3	1233.15
127	Charlotte	1	3	1222.01
128	Connecticut	1	3	1216
129	New Mexico State	0	4	1187.93
130	Massachusetts	1	2	1181.59
131	FIU	1	1	1159.45