2022 FBS Rankings, Week 3

 

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.

Teams with the same number of points are considered "tied" and I've listed them alphabetically. We'll let this literally "play out" over the season.

My system makes no distinction between "Power 5" conference teams and "G5" teams. They're all FBS to me. However, it's interesting that this time of the year is when most non-conference games are played. This is where we often see Power 5 teams beat up G5 teams by wide margins. 

This is reflected in the rankings to a greater degree than I would have anticipated. 28 of the  30 teams are in the Power 5. Here's the list.

#1, 9 points 

Michigan

Oklahoma 

#3, 8 points

Ohio State

USC 

#5, 7 points 

Alabama 

Maryland 

Penn State 

Syracuse 

Tennessee 

#10, 6 points

Clemson 

Georgia 

Minnesota

Ole Miss 

#14, 5 points 

Illinois 

Kansas  

Kentucky 

Louisiana 

Oklahoma State 

Texas 

Washington 

#21, 4 points 

Coastal Carolina

Duke

Iowa State 

Michigan State 

Mississippi State

Oregon State 

Tulane 

UCLA 

Wake Forest 

Washington State 

#31, 3 points 

Arkansas

James Madison 

Memphis

Pittsburgh 

TCU 

#36, 2 points 

Air Force

Baylor 

Cincinnati 

East Carolina 

Florida State  

Indiana 

Iowa 

Kansas State 

Miami (FL) 

North Carolina 

North Carolina State

SMU  

UCF 

UNLV 

Utah 

Vanderbilt 

Virginia Tech

Western Kentucky 

Wisconsin

#55, 1 point 

Appalachian State 

BYU 

Liberty 

LSU 

Rutgers 

South Alabama

#61, 0 points

Arizona 

Boise State 

California 

Florida 

Marshall 

Missouri 

New Mexico 

Oregon 

Texas A&M 

Toledo 

Tulsa 

UAB 

#73 -1 point  

Eastern Michigan 

Florida Atlantic 

Georgia Southern

Middle Tennessee State

Nevada 

Rice 

San Jose State 

Texas Tech 

Wyoming 

#82, -2 points 

Auburn

Notre Dame 

Purdue 

Troy 

Stanford 

Temple 

Virginia 

#89, -3 points

Arkansas State 

Army 

Florida International

Houston 

Louisville 

North Texas 3

Northern Illinois

Northwestern 

Old Dominion 

South Carolina 

Texas State 

UTSA 

West Virginia 

#102, -4 points 

Ball State 

Boston College

Central Michigan

Fresno State 

South Florida 

Southern Miss 

 

#108, -5 points

Arizona State 

Bowling Green 

Georgia State 

Nebraska

Ohio 

Western Michigan

#114, -6 points 

Akron 

Georgia Tech 

Kent State 

Louisiana Tech

Miami (OH)

Navy 

San Diego State

UL Monroe

UMass 

Utah State 

#124, -8 points

Buffalo 

Charlotte 

Colo State 

UConn 

UTEP 

#129, -9 points

Colorado 

Hawaii

New Mexico State

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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