2018-19 Rankings
Updated October 24th
By: Matthew Robinson
Maintained by: Luke Benz
Check out our FCS Power Rankings as well! See the bottom of this page for an explanation/definition of "YUSAG Coefficient". A more mathematical description of our methodology can be found here. Ken Massey's site will be tracking how our model (and dozens of other models) fairs this season, so feel free to check out our progress there.
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Rank | Team | YUSAG Coefficient |
---|---|---|
1 | Alabama | 35.73 |
2 | Clemson | 27.64 |
3 | Georgia | 25.73 |
4 | Oklahoma | 25.25 |
5 | Ohio St. | 23.59 |
6 | Penn St. | 21.92 |
7 | LSU | 20.74 |
8 | Michigan | 19.93 |
9 | Washington | 18.05 |
10 | Auburn | 17.73 |
11 | Notre Dame | 17.43 |
12 | Wisconsin | 17.32 |
13 | Iowa | 15.50 |
14 | Florida | 14.27 |
15 | UCF | 14.12 |
16 | Mississippi St. | 14.02 |
17 | Miami (FL) | 13.06 |
18 | TCU | 13.02 |
19 | Oklahoma St. | 12.82 |
20 | West Virginia | 12.73 |
21 | Texas | 12.69 |
22 | Utah | 12.49 |
23 | Iowa St. | 12.14 |
24 | Stanford | 12.03 |
25 | Texas A&M | 11.96 |
26 | Virginia Tech | 11.33 |
27 | Missouri | 11.29 |
28 | Boise St. | 10.09 |
29 | South Carolina | 10.00 |
30 | Washington St. | 9.81 |
31 | Southern California | 9.77 |
32 | North Carolina St. | 9.75 |
33 | Texas Tech | 9.58 |
34 | Kentucky | 9.37 |
35 | Purdue | 8.81 |
36 | Michigan St. | 8.20 |
37 | Florida St. | 8.16 |
38 | Georgia Tech | 7.89 |
39 | Duke | 7.29 |
40 | Kansas St. | 7.03 |
41 | Boston College | 6.66 |
42 | Appalachian St. | 6.15 |
43 | Northwestern | 5.85 |
44 | Houston | 5.68 |
45 | Fresno St. | 5.54 |
46 | Colorado | 5.50 |
47 | Oregon | 5.27 |
48 | Ole Miss | 5.02 |
49 | Arizona St. | 4.47 |
50 | Temple | 4.45 |
51 | Army West Point | 4.41 |
52 | Memphis | 3.92 |
53 | Syracuse | 3.52 |
54 | South Fla. | 3.48 |
55 | San Diego St. | 3.45 |
56 | Louisville | 3.32 |
57 | Vanderbilt | 3.19 |
58 | Utah St. | 3.16 |
59 | Virginia | 2.90 |
60 | Indiana | 2.21 |
61 | Pittsburgh | 1.85 |
62 | Tennessee | 1.61 |
63 | Baylor | 1.21 |
64 | Minnesota | 0.82 |
65 | Wake Forest | 0.42 |
66 | Maryland | 0.38 |
67 | UCLA | 0.06 |
68 | Western Mich. | 0.02 |
69 | BYU | -1.31 |
70 | California | -1.39 |
71 | Liberty | -1.54 |
72 | Nebraska | -1.58 |
73 | Arizona | -1.83 |
74 | Cincinnati | -2.14 |
75 | Toledo | -2.19 |
76 | Arkansas | -2.20 |
77 | Troy | -2.52 |
78 | Air Force | -2.53 |
79 | Ohio | -2.86 |
80 | Navy | -2.89 |
81 | Northern Ill. | -3.13 |
82 | North Carolina | -3.56 |
83 | Buffalo | -3.57 |
84 | Eastern Mich. | -3.83 |
85 | North Texas | -4.18 |
86 | Marshall | -4.43 |
87 | Fla. Atlantic | -4.80 |
88 | Louisiana Tech | -5.83 |
89 | Arkansas St. | -6.25 |
90 | Tulsa | -6.60 |
91 | Wyoming | -6.63 |
92 | Colorado St. | -7.31 |
93 | Miami (OH) | -7.47 |
94 | Tulane | -7.98 |
95 | UAB | -8.14 |
96 | Nevada | -8.39 |
97 | Middle Tenn. | -8.67 |
98 | FIU | -8.79 |
99 | SMU | -8.86 |
100 | Ga. Southern | -8.90 |
101 | Southern Miss. | -8.91 |
102 | Western Ky. | -9.36 |
103 | New Mexico | -10.36 |
104 | Kansas | -10.53 |
105 | Central Mich. | -11.89 |
106 | Akron | -12.54 |
107 | Illinois | -12.60 |
108 | Hawaii | -13.07 |
109 | UNLV | -13.30 |
110 | East Carolina | -14.34 |
111 | Louisiana | -14.58 |
112 | Georgia St. | -15.91 |
113 | UTSA | -16.26 |
114 | Coastal Caro. | -16.50 |
115 | Old Dominion | -16.94 |
116 | Massachusetts | -17.07 |
117 | Rutgers | -17.53 |
118 | Ball St. | -18.18 |
119 | Oregon St. | -18.19 |
120 | La.-Monroe | -19.03 |
121 | Bowling Green | -20.58 |
122 | San Jose St. | -21.12 |
123 | UConn | -21.38 |
124 | New Mexico St. | -21.51 |
125 | South Alabama | -21.59 |
126 | Charlotte | -22.08 |
127 | Kent St. | -22.90 |
128 | Rice | -24.90 |
129 | UTEP | -25.31 |
130 | Texas St. | -28.11 |
The YUSAG coefficient is the number of points a given team would be expected to beat the average team on a neutral field. Taking the difference between two teams coefficients gives you how much team A would be expected to beat team B by at a neutral site. For more on the the math behind this model, click here.
NOTE: As of 2018, the model weights are obtained using exponential decay rather than factorials. The current year is given weight 1, the previous year is given weight 1/e, 2 years ago is given weight 1/e^2, and 3 years ago is given weight 1/e^3