K-RANK

This is an experimental Division I-A college football ranking system that operates on the following principles:

• At its core, K-RANK determines a team's schedule strength - but six levels deep (opponent's opponent's opponent's...)
• K-RANK has 'strength of victory' and 'strength of defeat' algorithms, and combines them for the final K-RANK.
• Points scored and margin of victory don't matter. Only wins and losses matter.
• Game location (home or away) doesn't matter.
• Only games between Division I-A teams matter. Games against Division I-AA don't count (not even losses.)
• Games from previous years don't count. Neither do games scheduled later this year.
• It doesn't matter when you play a team. (If they're undefeated when you beat 'em, but then drop to .500 - they're a .500 team to you.)
• It doesn't matter what conference a team is in. (Conference is listed below for convenience.)

Through games of January 8, 2007

K-RANK	team	W	L	K%	conference	9/9	9/16	9/23	9/30	10/7	10/14	10/21	10/28	11/4	11/11	11/18	11/25	12/2	12/31	1/1	1/8
1	Florida	12	1	1.0000	SEC	25	6	3	4	3	5	5	4	4	3	5	4	2	1	1	1
2	Louisville	12	1	.9838	Big East	25	21	15	12	10	8	10	9	6	7	7	6	4	4	5	2
3	Boise St	12	0	.9805	WAC	25	13	9	8	11	14	8	11	10	8	9	5	5	5	2	3
4	Ohio State	12	1	.9796	Big 10	3	5	4	2	1	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	2	3	4
5	Southern Cal	11	2	.9686	Pac 10	14	11	6	6	4	3	4	10	11	5	3	3	6	6	4	5
6	LSU	11	2	.9682	SEC	3	26	23	17	24	25	21	22	15	13	11	7	8	7	9	6
7	Michigan	11	2	.9664	Big 10	25	4	1	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	2	2	3	3	6	7
8	Auburn	11	2	.9637	SEC	8	2	2	3	6	4	3	3	3	10	8	8	9	9	7	8
9	Wisconsin	11	1	.9603	Big 10	12	14	29	21	16	13	14	12	9	6	6	10	11	13	8	9
10	West Virginia	10	2	.9563	Big East	25	28	21	27	22	19	17	17	17	14	12	18	13	14	10	10
11	Rutgers	10	2	.9515	Big East	25	20	31	18	17	12	12	15	12	9	13	11	14	11	12	11
12	Brigham Young	11	2	.9468	Mt West	95	82	89	67	54	48	41	36	25	23	21	16	17	12	13	12
13	Oklahoma	11	3	.9455	Big 12	1	7	7	10	34	26	27	19	16	15	14	12	7	8	14	13
14	Notre Dame	10	3	.9441	Independents	3	14	5	5	5	7	9	5	7	4	4	9	10	10	11	14
15	TCU	10	2	.9387	Mt West	25	14	26	46	59	53	45	38	30	25	23	21	19	18	16	15
16	Wake Forest	10	3	.9343	ACC	25	23	8	13	23	18	20	25	18	16	19	17	12	15	15	16
17	California	9	3	.9287	Pac 10	14	65	25	23	14	6	6	8	8	20	26	22	21	19	18	17
18	Texas	9	3	.9280	Big 12	14	32	16	22	13	10	11	7	5	12	15	20	20	20	17	18
19	Virginia Tech	9	3	.9226	ACC	25	44	42	47	37	40	35	29	24	21	16	15	15	21	20	19
20	Tennessee	9	4	.9221	SEC	3	25	11	11	7	9	7	6	14	19	18	14	16	16	19	20
21	Hawai`i	10	3	.9201	WAC	25	44	72	60	45	35	32	34	32	28	24	19	23	22	22	21
22	Arkansas	9	4	.9165	SEC	25	44	21	25	9	11	16	16	13	11	10	13	18	17	21	22
23	Boston College	9	3	.9118	ACC	8	1	13	16	20	20	18	14	22	22	20	28	26	23	23	23
24	Penn State	8	4	.9060	Big 10	14	69	63	45	31	31	28	27	31	30	28	27	25	24	24	24
25	Oregon St	9	4	.9040	Pac 10	25	44	42	55	64	52	43	35	28	47	40	33	29	26	25	25
26	Maryland	8	4	.9016	ACC	14	41	37	38	40	32	30	26	19	17	22	29	31	25	26	26
27	Central Michigan	10	4	.8940	Mid-American	25	41	69	82	68	62	44	42	37	29	37	34	32	28	27	27
28	Kentucky	7	5	.8921	SEC	25	41	41	32	49	72	58	51	40	36	31	35	34	31	29	28
29	South Florida	8	4	.8920	Big East	25	44	65	68	57	50	71	57	47	40	39	37	37	34	30	29
30	Georgia	8	4	.8917	SEC	14	14	19	15	18	46	39	47	61	50	42	38	35	30	28	30
31	Texas A&M	8	4	.8901	Big 12	25	28	24	35	25	22	19	13	21	34	30	25	22	32	31	31
32	Cincinnati	7	5	.8877	Big East	25	84	78	76	58	61	50	45	38	42	35	36	36	36	33	32
33	Navy	8	4	.8864	Independents	25	32	56	43	26	27	25	30	29	27	29	26	24	35	32	33
34	South Carolina	7	5	.8812	SEC	25	44	35	37	41	44	34	44	48	53	38	39	38	33	35	34
35	San José St	8	4	.8779	WAC	95	77	57	51	44	38	54	49	39	41	45	43	40	37	36	35
36	Georgia Tech	8	5	.8756	ACC	25	70	51	24	21	23	26	23	20	18	17	24	28	27	34	36
37	Nebraska	8	5	.8748	Big 12	25	44	42	31	28	21	24	43	33	26	27	23	30	29	37	37
38	Houston	9	4	.8694	C-USA	25	32	17	34	53	67	52	53	45	39	32	30	27	38	38	38
39	Clemson	8	5	.8594	ACC	25	18	36	26	15	17	15	21	27	24	25	32	33	40	41	39
40	Southern Miss	7	5	.8463	C-USA	25	44	39	41	43	36	46	59	52	46	41	40	45	45	43	40
41	Utah	7	5	.8454	Mt West	25	44	59	57	38	60	73	62	59	52	46	48	48	42	42	41
42	Texas Tech	7	5	.8361	Big 12	8	32	28	20	35	76	64	71	66	67	54	52	53	43	44	42
43	Missouri	7	5	.8313	Big 12	14	18	12	19	8	15	13	18	35	32	47	41	39	44	45	43
44	Nevada	8	5	.8275	WAC	107	102	85	78	90	80	74	60	50	45	36	42	41	46	46	44
45	Tulsa	7	5	.8214	C-USA	104	81	58	48	33	24	22	20	26	38	48	44	42	47	47	45
46	Western Michigan	8	5	.8204	Mid-American	25	12	30	44	67	49	42	37	34	37	49	45	44	39	39	46
47	Ohio U.	8	5	.8200	Mid-American	25	39	40	77	65	54	48	48	42	35	33	31	43	41	40	47
48	Middle Tennessee St	6	6	.8145	Sun Belt	25	70	81	58	69	55	47	41	36	31	34	47	46	48	48	48
49	Oregon	6	6	.8110	Pac 10	8	3	10	7	19	16	29	28	23	33	44	50	51	50	50	49
50	Arizona St	6	6	.8034	Pac 10	25	28	49	49	46	42	40	39	44	43	51	49	49	52	52	50
51	Florida St	7	6	.8034	ACC	25	70	60	39	55	47	57	67	65	62	50	65	61	51	51	51
52	Pittsburgh	5	6	.8019	Big East	3	22	54	40	27	28	31	33	43	56	58	62	65	55	53	52
53	Purdue	7	6	.7994	Big 10	25	32	18	33	39	37	53	56	51	48	43	46	47	49	49	53
54	Oklahoma St	6	6	.7978	Big 12	12	27	32	42	62	56	63	54	55	49	56	60	60	54	55	54
55	Miami FL	6	6	.7964	ACC	25	89	74	53	48	39	37	50	49	55	62	64	64	53	54	55
56	Washington St	6	6	.7920	Pac 10	25	44	42	30	32	34	23	24	41	59	71	66	66	58	56	56
57	Arizona	5	6	.7863	Pac 10	14	68	64	65	82	77	86	80	73	68	55	67	67	64	62	57
58	Troy	7	5	.7862	Sun Belt	25	105	103	111	99	88	85	79	70	65	70	69	69	57	61	58
59	New Mexico	6	6	.7841	Mt West	25	44	37	52	76	66	59	52	46	54	57	53	54	59	58	59
60	Kansas St	6	6	.7833	Big 12	25	44	42	79	56	69	69	63	62	51	61	56	56	61	64	60
61	Wyoming	6	6	.7819	Mt West	95	105	109	108	101	92	82	89	76	78	72	71	70	65	65	61
62	UCLA	7	6	.7801	Pac 10	25	32	52	36	30	41	56	61	68	66	59	55	50	62	60	62
63	Indiana	5	6	.7797	Big 10	2	8	27	64	63	43	49	40	58	58	68	61	62	56	57	63
64	Northern Illinois	6	6	.7708	Mid-American	25	78	79	69	52	70	51	58	56	69	66	57	58	63	59	64
65	Minnesota	5	7	.7697	Big 10	95	67	61	63	80	87	79	75	67	64	52	51	52	60	63	65
66	Ball St	5	6	.7678	Mid-American	25	44	72	100	83	91	94	84	85	77	76	70	68	66	66	66
67	Alabama	6	7	.7647	SEC	25	23	53	50	36	29	33	32	57	60	53	54	55	67	67	67
68	East Carolina	7	6	.7603	C-USA	107	103	111	95	77	83	75	64	64	57	63	58	57	68	68	68
69	Rice	7	6	.7491	C-USA	25	94	106	99	113	107	100	92	83	74	64	59	59	70	70	69
70	Iowa	5	7	.7358	Big 10	25	10	14	14	12	30	38	31	54	63	73	68	63	69	69	70
71	Connecticut	3	8	.7352	Big East	25	44	33	54	75	63	65	55	53	44	60	72	72	72	72	71
72	Arkansas St	6	6	.7323	Sun Belt	14	39	93	73	71	59	55	69	71	73	69	76	74	74	73	72
73	Northwestern	4	7	.7307	Big 10	25	44	76	86	91	94	99	97	88	88	81	73	71	71	71	73
74	Kansas	5	6	.7286	Big 12	25	89	67	81	84	90	103	98	90	79	74	74	73	73	75	74
75	Louisiana-Lafayette	5	6	.7254	Sun Belt	25	84	70	61	51	45	36	46	60	70	67	63	76	76	76	75
76	Syracuse	4	8	.7236	Big East	25	44	42	29	60	68	67	74	72	81	80	78	77	75	74	76
77	Washington	5	7	.7125	Pac 10	14	38	20	9	29	51	61	65	69	94	88	77	79	79	79	77
78	Mississippi	3	8	.7091	SEC	25	84	86	74	81	99	93	93	91	83	85	75	75	77	78	78
79	Virginia	5	7	.7061	ACC	14	97	102	88	98	101	89	77	86	75	75	79	78	78	77	79
80	SMU	5	6	.6973	C-USA	115	113	101	91	93	81	92	86	77	84	78	84	81	83	81	80
81	Kent St	6	6	.6933	Mid-American	119	112	97	90	73	71	60	70	84	87	77	82	82	81	80	81
82	Vanderbilt	3	8	.6920	SEC	25	94	91	83	95	82	87	78	81	89	89	81	80	80	83	82
83	Central Florida	3	7	.6884	C-USA	25	44	75	62	50	64	83	88	93	85	94	86	83	85	84	83
84	Marshall	4	7	.6841	C-USA	25	44	86	89	85	103	96	90	78	90	82	85	84	84	85	84
85	Akron	5	7	.6799	Mid-American	95	110	94	105	108	97	81	96	87	76	83	88	85	82	82	85
86	Florida Atlantic	4	7	.6700	Sun Belt	107	94	114	110	97	85	90	82	94	97	95	89	87	87	87	86
87	Michigan St	4	8	.6522	Big 10	25	9	34	66	72	75	66	73	82	92	97	90	86	86	86	87
88	Air Force	4	8	.6511	Mt West	25	70	50	28	42	33	62	68	63	61	65	83	88	88	89	88
89	San Diego St	3	8	.6447	Mt West	95	103	108	112	114	104	97	87	89	80	87	92	89	89	88	89
90	Baylor	3	8	.6441	Big 12	25	84	104	103	87	93	80	81	95	98	99	94	91	90	90	90
91	Idaho	3	8	.6395	WAC	107	84	100	101	88	78	76	66	75	71	93	93	93	92	91	91
92	North Carolina	2	9	.6252	ACC	25	44	80	72	79	86	102	100	99	96	96	91	90	91	92	92
93	UTEP	5	7	.6235	C-USA	25	70	81	70	66	58	68	72	80	72	84	95	92	95	94	93
94	Tulane	4	8	.6194	C-USA	25	44	66	97	86	95	95	85	96	99	91	96	94	97	96	94
95	Fresno St	4	8	.6188	WAC	25	82	68	71	107	110	109	105	102	100	92	87	97	96	95	95
96	Mississippi St	2	9	.6174	SEC	107	108	99	106	110	98	98	103	97	93	86	97	96	93	97	96
97	Colorado St	3	8	.6143	Mt West	25	91	76	56	47	57	70	76	74	82	79	80	95	94	93	97
98	New Mexico St	2	8	.6034	WAC	25	70	55	84	96	79	91	99	98	105	101	98	99	100	99	98
99	Toledo	4	7	.6011	Mid-American	107	99	90	94	102	109	111	109	106	102	105	102	100	98	98	99
100	Iowa St	3	8	.5912	Big 12	25	28	62	59	61	74	84	95	101	110	103	100	98	99	100	100
101	Louisiana-Monroe	3	8	.5758	Sun Belt	25	92	84	113	112	113	113	113	108	103	102	103	101	101	101	101
102	Army	2	9	.5127	Independents	95	78	83	104	94	100	101	106	109	104	100	101	102	103	102	102
103	North Carolina St	2	9	.5039	ACC	104	115	92	85	70	73	77	91	92	91	98	104	103	102	104	103
104	Bowling Green	4	8	.4995	Mid-American	94	66	95	75	78	65	72	94	100	95	104	108	105	104	103	104
105	Colorado	2	9	.4911	Big 12	25	93	96	93	106	108	105	111	115	111	106	106	104	105	106	105
106	Illinois	1	10	.4612	Big 10	25	100	86	80	92	102	104	104	104	107	112	107	106	106	105	106
107	Louisiana Tech	2	10	.4556	WAC	25	70	70	87	74	84	78	83	79	86	90	99	107	107	107	107
108	Alabama-Birmingham	3	9	.4428	C-USA	25	78	105	98	89	105	107	101	103	106	107	110	109	108	108	108
109	Stanford	1	11	.4255	Pac 10	115	98	107	109	109	115	117	110	111	108	110	105	108	110	110	109
110	UNLV	1	10	.4230	Mt West	25	100	98	102	105	111	108	112	113	114	113	109	110	109	109	110
111	North Texas	3	9	.4105	Sun Belt	95	107	113	114	103	89	88	102	105	101	108	111	111	111	111	111
112	Utah St	1	11	.3606	WAC	118	117	115	116	115	112	114	107	107	109	109	112	112	113	114	112
113	Buffalo	2	10	.3513	Mid-American	104	111	112	96	104	96	115	116	114	113	114	114	114	112	112	113
114	Miami OH	2	10	.3415	Mid-American	25	116	116	118	116	116	118	119	119	118	115	113	113	114	113	114
115	Memphis	1	10	.3240	C-USA	95	118	110	107	111	114	110	114	110	117	117	116	116	116	116	115
116	Duke	0	11	.3172	ACC	25	44	42	92	100	106	106	108	112	112	111	115	115	115	115	116
117	Temple	1	11	.2981	Independents	117	119	118	117	119	119	119	118	118	119	118	117	117	117	117	117
118	Eastern Michigan	1	11	.2065	Mid-American	107	108	117	119	117	117	112	115	117	115	116	118	118	118	118	118
119	Florida Int'l	0	12	.0000	Sun Belt	107	114	119	115	118	118	116	117	116	116	119	119	119	119	119	119

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The K-RANK system is designed by Kari Chisholm.

View the 2003, 2004, and 2005 end-of-season rankings. Compare our rankings to other systems on Kenneth Massey's website.