College Football Rankings - The Blinston Method

Once again it is time to publish the Blinston Method. As I did last year this is my take on who are the best teams in College Football. This year the Blinston Method has changed a little bit. Teams earn and lose points for winning and losing based on the following:

Home Wins = 5 pts
Home OT Wins = 3 pts
Road Wins = 10 pts
Road OT Wins = 8 pts
Home Loss = -10 pts
Home OT Loss = -8 pts
Road Loss = -5 pts
Road OT Loss = -3 pts

Once the points are added up they are multiplied by the average winning percentage of the teams played thus far. Note this means for instance that Utah's ranking does NOT take into account the winning percentage of BYU. So again the formula is:

Ranking = Total Points X Avg Winning Pct of Teams Played

So here are the top 25 teams in the Blinston Method:

Ranking	Team Name	Ranking Percentage	Points
1	Texas	2.749	45
2	Utah	2.065	50
3	Texas Tech	2.024	38
4	Alabama	2.000	53
5	Florida	1.943	35
6	USC	1.86	40
7	Boise State	1.840	45
8	Penn State	1.68	40
9	Oklahoma	1.543	30
10	Oklahoma State	1.542	30
11	Texas Christian University	1.446	30
12	Ohio State	1.43	25
13	Brigham Young	1.424	40
14	Missouri	1.268	25
15	Georgia	1.228	20
16	Ball State	1.220	45
17	Michigan State	1.118	25
18	Western Michigan	1.030	28
19	Oregon State	1.014	20
20	Central Michigan	0.9329	23
21	Rice	0.89	20
22	Tulsa	0.8473	25
23	Oregon	0.7625	18
24	Cincinnati	0.7006	13
25	Maryland	0.6816	15

This means if the season ended today that Texas would play Utah for the national championship.

The bottom five teams are:

Ranking	Team Name	Ranking Percentage	Points
116	Western Kentucky	-3.466	-65
117	Syracuse	-3.471	-55
118	Indiana	-3.52	-55
119	Washington State	-4.403	-75
120	Washington	-5.525	-85