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College Football Champion Index Week 14

By Sharp "Tusk" Williams on December 1, 2013

WOW!! This week of college football as been nothing short of amazing. It’s difficult to imagine a higher stakes game that ended so improbably as the Auburn & Alabama game.

In some respects, the CFCI is a power poll more than a ranking system because it doesn’t care about the opponent or strength of schedule. It’s based upon closeness to BCS Champion statistical standards since 2000.

Florida State and Ohio State mathematically move up while Alabama drops, but only to No. 3 this week, because the Tide’s standards are so close to BCS Champion standards even with one loss. FSU, Ohio State and Alabama are way above the others.

Auburn moves up to No. 4 while Northern Illinois leaps Michigan State to take the No. 5 spot. Northern Illinois is making its season with NO step up for elite recruits and no extra consideration for an explosive offense. Take down the name of Rod Carey who’s their coach because he’ll be in a BCS conference soon.

Michigan State follows at No. 6 and Louisville at No. 7 while Clemson falls four places to No. 8.

As always, it is an honor for the College Football Champion Index to be included in BCS Computer Guru Ken Massey’s College Football Ranking Composite.

College Football Champion Index Week 14

+/-Wk. 13 RankWk. 14 RankTeamCFCI Wk. 14CFCI Wk. 13+/-
121Florida St.0.98560.98370.0019
132Ohio St.0.91140.79480.1166
-213Alabama0.82310.9906-0.1675
154Auburn0.740.7529-0.0129
275Northern Ill.0.70350.69220.0113
066Michigan St.0.69150.7085-0.017
297Louisville0.68760.68760
-448Clemson0.67460.7728-0.0982
-189Oregon0.67220.6913-0.0191
31310Oklahoma St.0.62560.62560
11211Missouri0.61360.6283-0.0147
-11112Baylor0.61190.6305-0.0186
11413UCF0.58050.5934-0.0129
31714Georgia0.55490.5705-0.0156
52015Oklahoma0.54980.54980
21816Stanford0.54860.5649-0.0163
-21517Texas A&M0.5390.5884-0.0494
11918South Carolina0.53710.5541-0.017
22119Cincinnati0.51630.51630
-101020Fresno St.0.51410.6846-0.1705
12221Arizona St.0.49350.5105-0.017
-61622Wisconsin0.460.5883-0.1283
02323LSU0.45120.4716-0.0204
22624Texas0.43880.4525-0.0137
22725Duke0.43210.4477-0.0156
43026Bowling Green0.43160.4425-0.0109
12827UCLA0.43070.4453-0.0146
63428Ball St.0.41640.4235-0.0071
23129Miami (FL)0.41610.4353-0.0192
53530Marshall0.39980.4193-0.0195
-72431La.-Lafayette0.3780.4628-0.0848
53732Virginia Tech0.37190.3867-0.0148
84133Rice0.37150.3783-0.0068
53934Washington0.36860.3834-0.0148
-102535East Carolina0.36370.4625-0.0988
-72936Southern California0.36080.4449-0.0841
54237Iowa0.35790.3719-0.014
-63238Nebraska0.35750.4341-0.0766
64539Utah St.0.35410.3643-0.0102
-73340Notre Dame0.34950.4277-0.0782
64741BYU0.32870.3445-0.0158
95142North Texas0.32740.3305-0.0031
54843Western Ky.0.32450.3418-0.0173
-83644Minnesota0.32030.3892-0.0689
55045Boise St.0.31860.3315-0.0129
-64046Michigan0.31430.38-0.0657
55247Penn St.0.31060.3269-0.0163
115948Navy0.30990.30990
-113849Buffalo0.3080.3856-0.0776
55550Vanderbilt0.30690.318-0.0111
-84351Ole Miss0.3060.3661-0.0601
65852Houston0.3040.3118-0.0078
-94453Georgia Tech0.30160.3645-0.0629
76154Middle Tenn.0.29770.304-0.0063
86355Kansas St.0.28860.2971-0.0085
86456Maryland0.28440.2962-0.0118
-114657Arizona0.28170.345-0.0633
-94958Texas Tech0.27680.3354-0.0586
-65359North Carolina0.27160.3218-0.0502
-65460Boston College0.26670.3185-0.0518
-55661Arkansas St.0.26140.3127-0.0513
66862Mississippi St.0.26120.2763-0.0151
-65763Tulane0.25960.3122-0.0526
-46064Toledo0.2590.3084-0.0494
67165UTSA0.2580.2629-0.0049
47066UNLV0.25550.2641-0.0086
67367Fla. Atlantic0.25410.2618-0.0077
77568Ohio0.24960.2549-0.0053
-76269San Diego St.0.24840.302-0.0536
-56570Pittsburgh0.24680.2938-0.047
-56671Rutgers0.24060.2841-0.0435
47672South Ala.0.24040.2495-0.0091
47773Syracuse0.23530.2475-0.0122
-76774Florida0.23460.2804-0.0458
37875Tennessee0.23370.2455-0.0118
58176Colorado St.0.22360.2293-0.0057
-86977Oregon St.0.22360.2642-0.0406
-67278Texas St.0.22030.2625-0.0422
38279Utah0.21850.2289-0.0104
-67480SMU0.2150.2567-0.0417
28381San Jose St.0.21360.2281-0.0145
68882Troy0.21070.2195-0.0088
79083Central Mich.0.210.2139-0.0039
58984Northwestern0.20340.2154-0.012
79285La.-Monroe0.20150.2118-0.0103
-77986Memphis0.19940.2425-0.0431
-28587Indiana0.19630.2271-0.0308
-88088Washington St.0.19570.2326-0.0369
-58489TCU0.19550.2281-0.0326
-48690Wyoming0.19170.2265-0.0348
-48791Army0.18580.2203-0.0345
810092Akron0.18560.1951-0.0095
-29193West Virginia0.18330.2128-0.0295
-19394Illinois0.18020.2105-0.0303
09595Arkansas0.17960.2072-0.0276
810496Kent St.0.17890.17890
-39497Louisiana Tech0.17370.2079-0.0342
-29698North Carolina St.0.17320.2019-0.0287
-29799Colorado0.17130.2001-0.0288
-298100Nevada0.16990.1987-0.0288
-299101Wake Forest0.16970.1981-0.0284
-1101102South Fla.0.1690.1939-0.0249
0103103New Mexico0.15440.1807-0.0263
1105104Virginia0.15390.178-0.0241
6111105UConn0.15370.1605-0.0068
4110106Iowa St.0.15340.1608-0.0074
-5102107Tulsa0.15330.1813-0.028
-2106108Kansas0.1510.1761-0.0251
-2107109Kentucky0.14780.17-0.0222
4114110Temple0.14080.1444-0.0036
-3108111Air Force0.14010.1654-0.0253
4116112California0.13990.13990
-4109113UTEP0.13870.163-0.0243
-2112114UAB0.13630.1573-0.021
3118115New Mexico St.0.12750.1334-0.0059
-3113116Western Mich.0.12580.1452-0.0194
-2115117Eastern Mich.0.12510.1426-0.0175
2120118Hawaii0.12350.1268-0.0033
5124119Southern Miss.0.11720.1208-0.0036
-3117120Massachusetts0.11670.1338-0.0171
-2119121Purdue0.11420.1314-0.0172
0122122Idaho0.11180.1259-0.0141
-2121123FIU0.10880.1262-0.0174

A brief explanation of the College Football Champion Index

The CFCI is obviously not like other polls or computers.  It’s based upon a series of posts which define objective, static, statistical standards of BCS Champions over the course of a season, recruiting strength over four classes, and lastly wins and losses.  The College Football Champion Index has as a premise that if a fan looks at a team correctly, that a team is not defined by their opponents or conference.  As such, there is no consideration for strength of schedule or conference.

While wins or loses are hugely important (no team has been a BCS Champion with more than 2 losses since 2000), a team’s performance in any given week can cause its score (and ranking) to go down. Unlike most polls, the CFCI is defensive-oriented because those are team stats most consistent with BCS Champions.

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Article written by Sharp "Tusk" Williams

SharpTusk is a featured blogger on Hog Database. He won "2009 Blog Of The Year" as voted by members of SportingNews.com and has posts referenced by local and national sports writers. Sharp began writing about Arkansas Razorbacks Football during the coaching change in 2007 and hasn't stopped. He has an eye for interesting stats, and an occasional penchant for creative writing. He's sure to keep you coming back for more.

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