2022 College Football Rankings, Week 4

 Here are my college football rankings for the games played after Week 3. The system is a simplified +/- point system based on margins of victories, controlling for runaway scores. Victories against (lower division) FCS teams are not rewarded at all, while losses to FCS teams are punished.

This judges a team's overall body of work for the season so far. It's not "unfair," for instance, that I had Michigan #1 last week but not this week after the Wolverines won. I haven't punished them; in fact, they gained a point from last week. It's just that Ohio State gained more.

#1, 11 points

Ohio State 

#2-4, 10 points

Alabama 

Michigan 

Penn State 

#5-7, 9 points

Georgia 

Minnesota

USC 

#8-11, 8 points

Oklahoma

Syracuse 

Tennessee 

Washington 

#12-16, 7 points

Coastal Carolina

Clemson 

Mississippi State

Ole Miss 

UCLA 

#17-20, 6 points

Kansas  

Kentucky

Maryland 

NC State 

#21-29, 5 points

Air Force 

Cincinnati 

Florida State

Illinois 

Iowa 

Oklahoma State 

UCF 

Utah 

Western  Kentucky 

#30-37, 4 points

James Madison 

LSU 

Memphis

South Alabama

TCU 

Texas 

UNLV 

Washington State 

#38-48, 3 points

Baylor 

BYU 

Duke 

California 

Iowa State 

Kansas State

Liberty 

Oregon State

Pittsburgh 

Tulane 

Wake Forest 

#49-50, 2 points 

Arkansas 

San Jose State 

#51-59, 1 point

East Carolina 

Michigan State

Middle Tennessee

Oregon 

SMU

South Carolina

Temple 

Texas A&M

UAB

#60-68, 0 points

Appalachian State 

Georgia Southern

Louisiana 

Louisville 

Miami (FL)

North Carolina 

Notre Dame 

Texas Tech

West Virginia 

#69-78, -1 point

Auburn 

Florida 

Indiana

Missouri 

Purdue

Rutgers

Toledo

Tulsa 

Vanderbilt 

Virginia Tech 

#79-84, -2 points

Florida Atlantic 

Houston 

Marshall

Old Dominion 

Rice 

Troy 

#85-94, -3 points

Arizona 

Army 

Boise State 

New Mexico 

Southern Miss 

Texas State 

UTSA 

Virginia 

Wisconsin 

Wyoming 

#95-100, -4 points

Eastern Michigan

Fresno State 

Nevada 

Northern Illinois  

Northwestern 

Stanford 

#101-109, -5 points

Buffalo 

Miami (OH) 

Navy 

Nebraska 

North Texas

Ohio 

San Diego State

UL Monroe

UTEP 

#110-114, -6 points

Arkansas State 

Ball State 

Florida International

New Mexico State

Utah State 

#115-117, -7 points

Boston Coll  

Central Mich 

South Florida 

#118-122, -8 points

Akron 

Arizona State 

Bowling Green 

Georgia State 

Western Michigan

#123-126, -9 points

Georgia Tech 

Kent State

Louisiana Tech 

UMass 

#127-129, -11 points

Charlotte 

Colorado State 

UConn 

#130-131, -12 points

Colorado 

Hawaii 

James Leroy Wilson writes The MVP Chase, Daily Miracles, The Daily Bible Chapter, and JL Cells. Thanks for your subscriptions and support! You may contact James for your writing, editing, and research needs: jamesleroywilson-at-gmail.com.

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