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

NCAA Football rankings: October 8, 2018

The full Badger Bracketology composite Markov Chain rankings are on the NCAAF rankings tab. The top 25 teams and the B1G teams are below. The rankings look a bit different this week because I included my Markov chain rankings in the composite rankings.

1 Alabama
2 Georgia
3 Notre Dame
4 Ohio St
5 Clemson
6 LSU
7 Oklahoma
8 Michigan
9 West Virginia
10 Penn St
11 Florida
12 Kentucky
13 Texas
14 NC State
15 Washington
16 UCF
17 Wisconsin
18 Miami FL
19 Iowa
20 Texas A&M
21 Stanford
22 Mississippi St
23 Duke
24 Colorado
25 South Carolina

The B1G, ranked.

4 Ohio St
8 Michigan
10 Penn St
17 Wisconsin
19 Iowa
39 Maryland
41 Michigan St
49 Indiana
57 Minnesota
62 Northwestern
69 Purdue
81 Illinois
107 Nebraska
120 Rutgers