This year I am posting composite rankings that combine several of the Markov chain based rankings I’ve worked on over the years. I do so by wrapping a Markov chain around the rankings to identify how to order teams when different ranking models disagree about rank. I’ll post my full rankings on the NCAAF rankings tab every week. These are how I rank the teams at present. I will post playoff forecasts starting next week.
October 9, 2017 NCAA Football rankings:
1 Clemson
2 Georgia
3 Alabama
4 Penn State
5 Washington State
6 Texas Christian
7 San Diego State
8 U-C-F
9 Southern Cal
10 Michigan State
11 Notre Dame
12 Wisconsin
13 Miami-Florida
14 Washington
15 Ohio State
16 Navy
17 Michigan
18 No Carolina State
19 Kentucky
20 South Florida
21 Auburn
22 Iowa
23 Stanford
24 Virginia Tech
25 Houston
Here are the B1G teams, ranked.
4 Penn St
10 Michigan St
12 Wisconsin
15 Ohio St
17 Michigan
22 Iowa
37 Maryland
43 Purdue
45 Indiana
52 Minnesota
60 Nebraska
73 Northwestern
92 Illinois
112 Rutgers