| Daily Blog • August 25, 2014 |
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I have gotten a couple of suggestions to put up my initial FBS power ratings that will be updated weekly throughout the season. If you are a follower of my magazine, I am sure you are familiar with the fact that I have NINE different sets of power ratings that I create each preseason to give me 9 different ways of analyzing a team. One is based on the individual talent level and performance of each position on each team and those are added up for the rating. Another is based on my Computer numbers, which include rushing and passing offenses, defenses and special teams.
As for the ratings listed below, these are my Plus/Minus ratings. I first take last year’s final Plus/Minus ratings, which are calculated mostly by the score of each game last year and the strength of opponents played. Losing to Florida St by 5 would move a team up in the ratings (Florida St would have been expected to win big), while beating FIU by 15 in 2013 would probably have moved the same team down. I then take my aforementioned Plus/Minus ratings (see page 33 of the magazine) and add them to the totals. Some teams are weaker than last year and drop in the rankings, while the ones that are improved move up. Is this the main set of ratings I use? No, that would be my Power Poll rankings, which are a combination of the 9 sets. This is a solid set of numbers and what I have noticed is it most closely resembles what the general perception of each team is heading into 2014.
Updated Power Ratings From My College Football Preview Magazine
| 5/31 | 8/25 | |||
| Team | Power Rating | Power Rating | Change | Conf |
| UCF | 124.48 | 124.48 | 0.00 | AAC |
| Houston | 120.13 | 120.13 | 0.00 | AAC |
| Cincinnati | 118.82 | 118.82 | 0.00 | AAC |
| East Carolina | 115.57 | 114.91 | -0.66 | AAC |
| SMU | 109.20 | 110.07 | 0.87 | AAC |
| Memphis | 109.26 | 109.26 | 0.00 | AAC |
| USF | 108.87 | 108.54 | -0.33 | AAC |
| Tulsa | 108.04 | 107.72 | -0.32 | AAC |
| Temple | 107.48 | 107.48 | 0.00 | AAC |
| Connecticut | 107.17 | 106.63 | -0.54 | AAC |
| Tulane | 105.87 | 105.87 | 0.00 | AAC |
| Florida St | 144.04 | 144.04 | 0.00 | ACC |
| North Carolina | 127.48 | 127.15 | -0.33 | ACC |
| Clemson | 126.77 | 126.77 | 0.00 | ACC |
| Louisville | 123.83 | 123.63 | -0.20 | ACC |
| Miami, Fl | 122.98 | 122.33 | -0.65 | ACC |
| Virginia Tech | 120.26 | 119.93 | -0.33 | ACC |
| Georgia Tech | 119.57 | 119.35 | -0.22 | ACC |
| Duke | 120.24 | 119.04 | -1.20 | ACC |
| Pittsburgh | 119.00 | 118.67 | -0.33 | ACC |
| Syracuse | 118.30 | 117.76 | -0.54 | ACC |
| NC State | 116.80 | 116.48 | -0.32 | ACC |
| Virginia | 113.67 | 113.67 | 0.00 | ACC |
| Boston College | 109.18 | 109.18 | 0.00 | ACC |
| Wake Forest | 107.74 | 107.54 | -0.20 | ACC |
| Michigan St | 134.52 | 134.52 | 0.00 | Big 10 |
| Ohio St | 135.17 | 132.24 | -2.93 | Big 10 |
| Wisconsin | 128.58 | 128.48 | -0.10 | Big 10 |
| Michigan | 124.37 | 124.37 | 0.00 | Big 10 |
| Iowa | 122.93 | 122.77 | -0.16 | Big 10 |
| Nebraska | 122.07 | 121.41 | -0.66 | Big 10 |
| Northwestern | 123.22 | 121.26 | -1.96 | Big 10 |
| Maryland | 120.43 | 120.18 | -0.25 | Big 10 |
| Penn St | 118.99 | 118.99 | 0.00 | Big 10 |
| Minnesota | 118.87 | 118.22 | -0.65 | Big 10 |
| Indiana | 117.08 | 115.77 | -1.31 | Big 10 |
| Rutgers | 112.34 | 112.13 | -0.21 | Big 10 |
| Illinois | 111.57 | 111.57 | 0.00 | Big 10 |
| Purdue | 105.70 | 105.7 | 0.00 | Big 10 |
| Oklahoma | 141.70 | 141.04 | -0.66 | Big 12 |
| Baylor | 136.96 | 136.74 | -0.22 | Big 12 |
| TCU | 126.67 | 125.59 | -1.08 | Big 12 |
| Kansas St | 125.32 | 125.32 | 0.00 | Big 12 |
| Oklahoma St | 125.30 | 125.09 | -0.21 | Big 12 |
| Texas | 125.38 | 124.73 | -0.65 | Big 12 |
| Texas Tech | 119.70 | 120.13 | 0.43 | Big 12 |
| West Virginia | 117.11 | 117.11 | 0.00 | Big 12 |
| Iowa St | 114.59 | 114.59 | 0.00 | Big 12 |
| Kansas | 114.39 | 113.45 | -0.94 | Big 12 |
| Marshall | 120.20 | 119.99 | -0.21 | CUSA |
| UTSA | 115.99 | 115.99 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| North Texas | 108.45 | 108.45 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| Rice | 107.83 | 107.39 | -0.44 | CUSA |
| FAU | 105.00 | 104.78 | -0.22 | CUSA |
| Middle Tennessee | 103.65 | 103.65 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| Louisiana Tech | 102.89 | 102.89 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| WKU | 101.36 | 101.36 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| Southern Miss | 95.87 | 95.87 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| Old Dominion | 95.54 | 94.67 | -0.87 | CUSA |
| UTEP | 94.22 | 93.57 | -0.65 | CUSA |
| UAB | 91.78 | 91.78 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| FIU | 90.48 | 90.48 | 0.00 | CUSA |
| Notre Dame | 126.65 | 125.57 | -1.08 | Indep |
| BYU | 122.91 | 122.91 | 0.00 | Indep |
| Navy | 117.07 | 117.07 | 0.00 | Indep |
| Army | 99.04 | 98.61 | -0.43 | Indep |
| Bowling Green | 118.78 | 118.67 | -0.11 | MAC |
| Northern Illinois | 116.11 | 116.11 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Toledo | 111.33 | 111.33 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Central Michigan | 108.46 | 108.46 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Ball St | 108.17 | 108.17 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Akron | 107.61 | 107.61 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Buffalo | 105.30 | 105.3 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Ohio | 105.30 | 105.3 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Kent St | 105.28 | 103.97 | -1.31 | MAC |
| Western Michigan | 99.41 | 99.41 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Miami, Oh | 91.76 | 91.76 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Eastern Michigan | 87.35 | 87.35 | 0.00 | MAC |
| Massachusetts | 86.78 | 86.35 | -0.43 | MAC |
| Boise St | 119.13 | 119.13 | 0.00 | MW |
| Utah St | 118.85 | 118.85 | 0.00 | MW |
| Colorado St | 115.64 | 115.64 | 0.00 | MW |
| Nevada | 114.58 | 114.58 | 0.00 | MW |
| Fresno St | 112.39 | 111.96 | -0.43 | MW |
| San Diego St | 110.33 | 110.44 | 0.11 | MW |
| San Jose St | 105.85 | 105.63 | -0.22 | MW |
| Hawaii | 102.83 | 102.83 | 0.00 | MW |
| Air Force | 103.01 | 102.57 | -0.44 | MW |
| UNLV | 102.91 | 102.48 | -0.43 | MW |
| Wyoming | 97.80 | 97.8 | 0.00 | MW |
| New Mexico | 97.13 | 97.13 | 0.00 | MW |
| UCLA | 140.13 | 139.91 | -0.22 | Pac-12 |
| Oregon | 139.76 | 139.33 | -0.43 | Pac-12 |
| Stanford | 132.89 | 132.89 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| USC | 128.54 | 128.33 | -0.21 | Pac-12 |
| Washington | 126.30 | 126.3 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| Oregon St | 123.74 | 123.74 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| Arizona St | 123.72 | 123.5 | -0.22 | Pac-12 |
| Arizona | 121.09 | 121.09 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| Utah | 118.95 | 118.95 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| Washington St | 118.65 | 118.65 | 0.00 | Pac-12 |
| Colorado | 110.00 | 109.39 | -0.61 | Pac-12 |
| California | 109.00 | 108.89 | -0.11 | Pac-12 |
| Alabama | 143.13 | 143.13 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Auburn | 139.93 | 139.72 | -0.21 | SEC |
| South Carolina | 134.61 | 134.61 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Georgia | 130.52 | 130.22 | -0.30 | SEC |
| LSU | 129.72 | 129.72 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Ole Miss | 128.63 | 128.54 | -0.09 | SEC |
| Missouri | 126.20 | 126.2 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Texas A&M | 126.46 | 125.16 | -1.30 | SEC |
| Florida | 124.85 | 124.85 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Mississippi St | 124.80 | 124.72 | -0.08 | SEC |
| Tennessee | 119.68 | 119.68 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Arkansas | 119.61 | 119.52 | -0.09 | SEC |
| Vanderbilt | 118.32 | 118.32 | 0.00 | SEC |
| Kentucky | 111.16 | 110.94 | -0.22 | SEC |
| Louisiana | 111.24 | 111.24 | 0.00 | Sun Belt |
| South Alabama | 106.02 | 105.8 | -0.22 | Sun Belt |
| Arkansas St | 105.13 | 104.7 | -0.43 | Sun Belt |
| ULM | 101.52 | 101.09 | -0.43 | Sun Belt |
| Troy | 100.96 | 100.96 | 0.00 | Sun Belt |
| Texas St | 92.04 | 92.04 | 0.00 | Sun Belt |
| Idaho | 91.43 | 90.35 | -1.08 | Sun Belt |
| Appalachian St | 83.80 | 83.8 | 0.00 | Sun Belt |
| New Mexico St | 82.20 | 81.98 | -0.22 | Sun Belt |
| Georgia Southern | 82.20 | 81.76 | -0.44 | Sun Belt |
| Georgia St | 81.61 | 81.61 | 0.00 | Sun Belt |