Here are the rankings for all FBS teams heading into Week 2 of the college football season, using our Elo rating system. Georgia worked their way up to 30 points below Clemson, from -112 the week before, but maintained their spot in 4th. They hold the 3rd best expected wins now behind Alabama and Ohio … Continue reading Week 2 Elo Rankings
Top RBs in Average PPA in CFB Through Week 1
Week 1 Average PPA for QBs in CFB
It's finally here: the 2021 College Football season. We've been waiting for a long 7 months for the return to a full schedule, and hopefully a sense of normalcy with fans back in the stands. And a new season means the return of our Elo ratings, a point-based rating system originating from chess and now … Continue reading 2021 Preseason Elo Ratings
Well folks, after 15 weeks that felt like 30 weeks, we finally made it. Conference Championship week is here, and all five Power-5 conferences are hosting games. We'll have those win probabilities up later this week, but for now, let's see how the Elo rankings look after the regular season. For more CFB Playoff analysis, … Continue reading Week 16 Elo Rankings
After 14 weeks of college football, Elo has the same top 4 as the College Football Playoff Committee (in a slightly different order). After that, things look a bit different, notably with LSU at 5, who fell off significantly from last year's National Championship team. With shortened seasons in some conferences, prior-year performance is still … Continue reading Week 15 Elo Rankings
The unpredictableness that has been 2020 continued this past weekend, with a slew of cancellations, along with some slightly surprising results. Rutgers brought Michigan to triple-overtime but came up just short, while Northwestern went to 5-0 and 20th in our Elo rankings after defensive standoff where they got the better of Wisconsin. Indiana also put … Continue reading Week 13 Elo Rankings
A lot of cancellations and postponements plus several blowouts led to a somewhat forgettable Week 11 in College Football. However, we still saw some movement as Indiana went to 4-0 in the Big Ten, moving up to 19th in the Elo Rankings (they are up to 10th in the AP Poll, which has proven to … Continue reading Week 12 Elo Rankings
Clemson fall back down to Earth after a 2OT loss to Notre Dame, putting them almost even with Alabama. It's looking like ND, Ohio State, and Alabama could finish undefeated, with Clemson winning their remaining games and earning a rematch against the Irish in the ACC Championship. Florida and Oregon will likely have to win … Continue reading Week 11 Elo Rankings
We've updated our Elo Ratings since the last time we wrote about them. Specifically, we've recalculated the expected wins and win probabilities of all the teams based on their updated schedules. This resulted in lower overall win totals given the shortened season, but some teams have a higher win probability for the season as a … Continue reading Updated Preseason College Football Rankings
