Sports analytics from Laura Albert at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Engineering

NCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: December 6, 2021

The Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings at the end of the regular season and conference championships are below. The full rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 27 teams and the B1G teams are below. Wisconsin ends the regular season ranked 27th.

1 Georgia
2 Michigan
3 Alabama
4 Cincinnati
5 Oklahoma St
6 Notre Dame
7 Ohio St
8 Baylor
9 Oklahoma
10 Michigan St
11 Mississippi
12 Iowa
13 Pittsburgh
14 Utah
15 UT San Antonio
16 BYU
17 Oregon
18 Wake Forest
19 San Diego St
20 Louisiana
21 Kentucky
22 Texas A&M
23 Penn St
24 Arkansas
25 Purdue
26 Air Force
27 Wisconsin

The B1G conference teams:

2 Michigan
7 Ohio St
10 Michigan St
12 Iowa
23 Penn St
25 Purdue
27 Wisconsin
31 Minnesota
62 Maryland
67 Illinois
75 Nebraska
81 Rutgers
100 Indiana
105 Northwestern

The rankings are close to those of the College Football Playoff committee. We agree on the four teams to include in the playoff except that we have Alabama and Georgia swapped in the rankings.