DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-September 9, 2018

NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Loss(es)
Alabama Southeastern-W 1 2W-0L n/a
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 2 2W-0L n/a
Georgia   Southeastern-E 3 2W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten-West 4 2W-0L n/a
Ohio State Big Ten-East 5 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma   Big 12 6 2W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 7 2W-0L n/a
Notre Dame Independent 8 2W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten-East 9 2W-0L n/a
Stanford Pacific 12-North 10 2W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 11 2W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten-East 12 1W-1L Arizona State
USC Pacific 12-South 13 1W-1L Stanford
Washington Pacific 12-North 14 1W-1L Auburn
West Virginia Big 12 15 2W-0L n/a
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 16 2W-0L n/a
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 17 2W-0L n/a
Central Florida American Athletic-E 18 2W-0L n/a
Oregon   Pacific 12-North 19 2W-0L n/a
LSU Southeastern-W 20 2W-0L n/a
Texas A&M Southeastern-W 21 1W-1L Clemson
Boise State Mountain West-M 22 2W-0L n/a
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 23 1W-1L LSU
Kentucky Southeastern-E 24 2W-0L n/a
South Carolina Southeastern-E 25 1W-1L Georgia
Michigan Big Ten-East 26 1W-1L Notre Dame
Utah Pacific 12-South 27 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12 28 2W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 29 1W-1L Virginia Tech
Iowa Big Ten-West 30 2W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 31 2W-0L n/a
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 32 2W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic-E 33 2W-0L n/a
Appalachian State Sun Belt-E 34 1W-1L Penn State
Colorado Pacific 12-South 35 2W-0L n/a
Arizona State Pacific 12-South 36 2W-0L n/a
Florida Southeastern-E 37 1W-1L Kentucky 
Iowa State Big 12 38 0W-1L Iowa
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 39 2W-0L n/a
California Pacific 12-North 40 2W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten-West 41 1W-1L Duke
BYU Independent 42 1W-1L California  
Houston American Athletic-W 43 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 44 1W-1L South Florida
Cincinnati American Athletic-E 45 2W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 46 1W-1L Mississippi State
Washington State Pacific 12-North 47 2W-0L n/a
Maryland Big Ten-East 48 2W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 49 2W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast-A 50 1W-1L Alabama
Mississippi   Southeastern-W 51 2W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 52 1W-1L Mississippi
Missouri Southeastern-E 53 2W-0L n/a
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 54 2W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten-West 55 0W-1L Colorado
Hawaii Mountain West-W 56 3W-0L n/a
Navy American Athletic-W 57 1W-1L Hawaii  
Memphis State American Athletic-W 58 1W-1L Navy
San Diego State Mountain West-W 59 1W-1L Stanford
Indiana Big Ten-East 60 2W-0L n/a
Troy State Sun Belt-E 61 1W-1L Boise State
Army Independent 62 1W-1L Duke
Toledo Mid-American-W 63 1W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten-West 64 2W-0L n/a
Syracuse Atlantic Coast-A 65 2W-0L n/a
North Texas State Conference USA-W 66 2W-0L n/a
Florida Atlantic Conference USA-E 67 1W-1L Oklahoma
Utah State Mountain West-M 68 1W-1L Michigan State
Texas Big 12 69 1W-1L Maryland
Fresno State Mountain West-W 70 1W-1L Minnesota
Arizona   Pacific 12-South 71 0W-2L BYU/Houston
UCLA Pacific 12-South 72 0W-2L Cincinnati/Oklahoma
Akron Mid-American-E 73 1W-0L n/a
Virginia   Atlantic Coast-C 74 0W-1L Indiana
Marshall Conference USA-E 75 2W-0L n/a
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast-C 76 1W-1L Penn State
Colorado State Mountain West-M 77 1W-2L Hawaii/Colorado
Wyoming Mountain West-M 78 1W-2L Washington State/Missouri
Tennessee Southeastern-E 79 1W-1L West Virginia
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 80 2W-0L n/a
Purdue Big Ten-West 81 0W-2L Northwestern/Eastern Michigan
Arkansas Southeastern-W 82 0W-1L Colorado State
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 83 0W-2L Iowa/Utah
Illinois Big Ten-West 84 2W-0L n/a
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 85 0W-2L Syracuse/Michigan
Buffalo Mid-American-E 86 2W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten-East 87 1W-1L Ohio State
Louisiana Tech Conference USA-W 88 2W-0L n/a
Florida International Conference USA-E 89 1W-1L Indiana
Air Force Mountain West-M 90 1W-1L Florida Atlantic
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt-W 91 2W-0L n/a
Ohio University Mid-American-E 92 1W-0L n/a
Southern Methodist American Athletic-W 93 0W-2L North Texas St./TCU
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA-E 94 1W-1L Vanderbilt
Arkansas State Sun Belt-W 95 1W-1L Alabama
East Carolina American Athletic-E 96 1W-1L North Carolina A&T
Baylor Big 12 97 2W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 98 1W-1L Nichols State
UNLV Mountain West-W 99 1W-1L USC
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt-W 100 1W-0L n/a
Tulsa American Athletic-W 101 1W-1L Texas
Western Kentucky Conference USA-E 102 0W-2L Wisconsin/Maine
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-W 103 1W-1L Louisiana-Monroe
Tulane American Athletic-W 104 1W-1L Wake Forest
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt-E 105 1W-1L South Carolina
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 106 0W-2L California/East Carolina
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 107 0W-2L Kentucky/Kansas
Temple American Athletic-E 108 0W-2L Villanova/Buffalo
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 129 1W-1L Ohio State
Liberty Independent 110 1W-1L Army
Old Dominion Conference USA-E 111 0W-2L Liberty/Florida International
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 112 0W-2L Marshall/Cincinnati
Georgia State Sun Belt-E 113 1W-1L North Carolina State
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 114 0W-2L Oregon/Maryland
Georgia Southern Sun Belt-E 115 1W-0L n/a
Massachusetts Independent 116 1W-2L Boston College/Georgia Southern
Nevada Mountain West-W 117 1W-1L Vanderbilt
South Alabama Sun Belt-W 118 0W-2L Louisiana Tech/Oklahoma State
Kent State Mid-American-E 119 1W-1L Illinois
Texas-San Antonio Conference USA-W 120 0W-2L Arizona State/Baylor
New Mexico Mountain West-M 121 1W-1L Wisconsin
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-W 122 1W-1L Coastal Carolina
Connecticut American Athletic-E 123 0W-2L Central Florida/Boise State
San Jose State Mountain West-W 124 0W-2L Cal-Davis/Washington State
Texas State Sun Belt-W 125 1W-1L Rutgers
Ball State Mid-American-W 126 1W-1L Notre Dame
Rice Conference USA-W 127 1W-2L Houston/Hawaii
North Carolina-Charlotte Conference USA-E 128 1W-1L Appalachian State
New Mexico State Independent 129 0W-3L Wyoming/Minnesota/Utah State
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 130 0W-2L Northern Arizona/UNLV

NCAA Football Championships Summary by Team and Conference

Favorite Rivalries

Historical Rankings of Division I Football

Sports Rivalries

NCAA Division I Football Champs

NCAA Football Coaches: Legendary vs. Current

Big Ten Football's Greatest Coaches

Legendary NCAA Division I Coaches

David Wilson's U.S. Football Rankings, Polls and Power Ratings

All-Time Team Rankings by Football Data Warehouse

NCAA New Football Coach Comparison 2008-2010

NCAA Football Coaches: Legendary vs. Current

Big Ten Football's Greatest Coaches

USA Today NCAA Football Coach Salary Comparison

BEST CONFERENCES-2018-2019

Power Average=Average Conference Rankings (The lower the better)

Records: Conference versus Conference 2018-19

NCAA Football Bowl Record History

TopDan Collge Football Inter-Conference Records

Sports Reference College Football Conference History

Best Bowl Records

2018: Big Ten 7-1

2017: ACC 9-3, Sunbelt 4-2

2016: SEC 9-2

2015: Conference USA 5-1

2014: SEC 7-3

2013: WAC 2-0, Conference USA 4-1

2012: Big Twelve 6-2, MAC 4-1

2011: Mountain West 4-1

2010: Mountain West 4-1

2009: PAC 10 5-0
2008: SEC 7-2
2007: Big East 5-0
2006: ACC, Big Twelve 5-3
2005: Mountain West 2-1
2004: ACC 5-1

2003: Big Ten 5-2

2010 Conference Re-Alignment

1-SEC-Southeastern (00.00):

Georgia   Southeastern-E 3 2W-0L n/a
Kentucky Southeastern-E 24 2W-0L n/a
South Carolina Southeastern-E 25 1W-1L Georgia
Florida Southeastern-E 37 1W-1L Kentucky 
Missouri Southeastern-E 53 2W-0L n/a
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 54 2W-0L n/a
Tennessee Southeastern-E 79 1W-1L West Virginia
Alabama Southeastern-W 1 2W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 7 2W-0L n/a
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 16 2W-0L n/a
LSU Southeastern-W 20 2W-0L n/a
Texas A&M Southeastern-W 21 1W-1L Clemson
Mississippi   Southeastern-W 51 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas Southeastern-W 82 0W-1L Colorado State


SEC over Sunbelt (1-0): South Carolina over Coastal Carolina

SEC over ACC (2-0): LSU over Miami-FL, Alabama over Louisville

SEC over PAC-12 (1-0): Auburn over Washington

SEC over MAC (1-0): Kentucky over Central Michigan

2-ACC-Atlantic Coast (00.00):

Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 2 2W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 29 1W-1L Virginia Tech
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 31 2W-0L n/a
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 39 2W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 49 2W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast-A 50 1W-1L Alabama
Syracuse Atlantic Coast-A 65 2W-0L n/a
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 17 2W-0L n/a
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 23 1W-1L LSU
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 32 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 44 1W-1L South Florida
Virginia   Atlantic Coast-C 74 0W-1L Indiana
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast-C 76 1W-1L Penn State
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 106 0W-2L California/East Carolina

ACC over American Athletic (1-0): Wake Forest over Tulane

ACC over Independents (1-0): Boston College over Massachusetts

3-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference(00.00):

Stanford Pacific 12-North 10 2W-0L n/a
Washington Pacific 12-North 14 1W-1L Auburn
Oregon   Pacific 12-North 19 2W-0L n/a
California Pacific 12-North 40 2W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12-North 47 2W-0L n/a
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 129 1W-1L Ohio State
USC Pacific 12-South 13 1W-1L Stanford
Utah Pacific 12-South 27 2W-0L n/a
Colorado Pacific 12-South 35 2W-0L n/a
Arizona State Pacific 12-South 36 2W-0L n/a
Arizona   Pacific 12-South 71 0W-2L BYU/Houston
UCLA Pacific 12-South 72 0W-2L Cincinnati/Oklahoma

PAC-12 over ACC (1-0): California over North Carolina

PAC-12 over Mountain West (4-0): Colorado over Colorado State, USC over UNLV, Stanford over San Diego State, Washington State over Wyoming

PAC-12 over MAC (1-0): Oregon over Bowling Green

4-Big Ten (00.00):

Ohio State Big Ten-East 5 2W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten-East 9 2W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten-East 12 1W-1L Arizona State
Michigan Big Ten-East 26 1W-1L Notre Dame
Maryland Big Ten-East 48 2W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten-East 60 2W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten-East 87 1W-1L Ohio State
Wisconsin Big Ten-West 4 2W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten-West 30 2W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten-West 41 1W-1L Duke
Nebraska Big Ten-West 55 0W-1L Colorado
Minnesota Big Ten-West 64 2W-0L n/a
Purdue Big Ten-West 81 0W-2L Northwestern/Eastern Michigan
Illinois Big Ten-West 84 2W-0L n/a

Big Ten over PAC-12 (1-0): Ohio State over Oregon State

Big Ten over Big 12 (1-0): Maryland over Texas

Big Ten over MAC (2-0): Illinois over Kent State, Iowa over Northern Illinois

Big Ten over Mountain West (1-0): Michigan State over Utah State

Big Ten over Sunbelt (2-0): Penn State over Appalachian State, Rutgers over Texas State

How the Big 10 and PAC 10 Plan to Change College Athletics

5-Big Twelve (00.00):

Oklahoma   Big 12 6 2W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 11 2W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big 12 15 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12 28 2W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 38 0W-1L Iowa
Kansas State Big 12 46 1W-1L Mississippi State
Texas Tech Big 12 52 1W-1L Mississippi
Texas Big 12 69 1W-1L Maryland
Baylor Big 12 97 2W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 98 1W-1L Nichols State

Big 12 even with SEC (1-1): West Virginia over Tennessee, Mississippi over Texas Tech

Will BYU, Houston and/or Cincinnati be added?

6-American Athletic (00.00): (Formerly Big East)

Central Florida American Athletic-E 18 2W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic-E 33 2W-0L n/a
Cincinnati American Athletic-E 45 2W-0L n/a
East Carolina American Athletic-E 96 1W-1L North Carolina A&T
Temple American Athletic-E 108 0W-2L Villanova/Buffalo
Connecticut American Athletic-E 123 0W-2L Central Florida/Boise State
Houston American Athletic-W 43 2W-0L n/a
Navy American Athletic-W 57 1W-1L Hawaii  
Memphis State American Athletic-W 58 1W-1L Navy
Southern Methodist American Athletic-W 93 0W-2L North Texas St./TCU
Tulsa American Athletic-W 101 1W-1L Texas
Tulane American Athletic-W 104 1W-1L Wake Forest

American Athletic over PAC-12 (1-0): Cincinnati over UCLA

Will Villanova be added?

7-Mountain West (00.00):

Boise State Mountain West-M 22 2W-0L n/a
Utah State Mountain West-M 68 1W-1L Michigan State
Colorado State Mountain West-M 77 1W-2L Hawaii/Colorado
Wyoming Mountain West-M 78 1W-2L Washington State/Missouri
Air Force Mountain West-M 90 1W-1L Florida Atlantic
New Mexico Mountain West-M 121 1W-1L Wisconsin
Hawaii Mountain West-W 56 3W-0L n/a
San Diego State Mountain West-W 59 1W-1L Stanford
Fresno State Mountain West-W 70 1W-1L Minnesota
UNLV Mountain West-W 99 1W-1L USC
Nevada Mountain West-W 117 1W-1L Vanderbilt
San Jose State Mountain West-W 124 0W-2L Cal-Davis/Washington State

Mountain West over American Athletic (1-0): Hawaii over Navy

Mountain West over Independents (1-0): Wyoming over New Mexico State

Mountain West over Sunbelt (1-0): Boise State over Troy State

8-MAC-Mid-American (00.00):

Akron Mid-American-E 73 1W-0L n/a
Buffalo Mid-American-E 86 2W-0L n/a
Ohio University Mid-American-E 92 1W-0L n/a
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 112 0W-2L Marshall/Cincinnati
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 114 0W-2L Oregon/Maryland
Kent State Mid-American-E 119 1W-1L Illinois
Toledo Mid-American-W 63 1W-0L n/a
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 80 2W-0L n/a
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 83 0W-2L Iowa/Utah
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 85 0W-2L Syracuse/Michigan
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 107 0W-2L Kentucky/Kansas
Ball State Mid-American-W 126 1W-1L Notre Dame

9-Conference USA (00.00):

Florida Atlantic Conference USA-E 67 1W-1L Oklahoma
Marshall Conference USA-E 75 2W-0L n/a
Florida International Conference USA-E 89 1W-1L Indiana
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA-E 94 1W-1L Vanderbilt
Western Kentucky Conference USA-E 102 0W-2L Wisconsin/Maine
Old Dominion Conference USA-E 111 0W-2L Liberty/Florida International
North Carolina-Charlotte Conference USA-E 128 1W-1L Appalachian State
North Texas State Conference USA-W 66 2W-0L n/a
Louisiana Tech Conference USA-W 88 2W-0L n/a
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-W 103 1W-1L Louisiana-Monroe
Texas-San Antonio Conference USA-W 120 0W-2L Arizona State/Baylor
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-W 122 1W-1L Coastal Carolina
Rice Conference USA-W 127 1W-2L Houston/Hawaii
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 130 0W-2L Northern Arizona/UNLV

Conference USA even with American Athletic (1-1): North Texas St. over SMU, Houston over Rice

Conference USA over MAC (1-0): Marshall over Miami-OH

Conference USA over Sunbelt (1-0): Louisiana Tech over South Alabama

Independents (00.00):

Notre Dame Independent 8 2W-0L n/a
BYU Independent 42 1W-1L California  
Army Independent 62 1W-1L Duke
Liberty Independent 110 1W-1L Army
Massachusetts Independent 116 1W-2L Boston College/Georgia Southern
New Mexico State Independent 129 0W-3L Wyoming/Minnesota/Utah State

Independents even with Big Ten (1-1): Notre Dame over Michigan, Minnesota over New Mexico State

Independents over PAC-12 (1-0): BYU over Arizona

Independents over Conference USA (1-0): Liberty over Old Dominion

Future Notre Dame Schedules 

11-Sun Belt Conference (00.00):

Appalachian State Sun Belt-E 34 1W-1L Penn State
Troy State Sun Belt-E 61 1W-1L Boise State
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt-E 105 1W-1L South Carolina
Georgia State Sun Belt-E 113 1W-1L North Carolina State
Georgia Southern Sun Belt-E 115 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt-W 91 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas State Sun Belt-W 95 1W-1L Alabama
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt-W 100 1W-0L n/a
South Alabama Sun Belt-W 118 0W-2L Louisiana Tech/Oklahoma State
Texas State Sun Belt-W 125 1W-1L Rutgers

Bowl Bids, Agreements, Commitments, etc.

BCS Future Bowl Schedule

Jerry Palm Bowl Predictions

Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (13)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU

Texas El-Paso

Texas State

Texas-San Antonio

Texas-Arlington
Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron
California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State
Florida (7)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic
Florida International
Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
North Carolina (7)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina

East Carolina

North Carolina-Charlotte

Appalachian State
Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State

South Alabama
Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Memphis State
New York(3)/New Jersey (1)
Syracuse
Rutgers
Army
Buffalo
Virginia(4)/West Virginia (2)
Virginia Tech

Virginia

Old Dominion

Liberty
Marshall
West Virginia
Indiana (4)
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Indiana
Pennsylvania (3)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple
Mississippi (3)
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Illinois (3)
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Northwestern
Oklahoma (3)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Colorado (4)
Colorado
Colorado State

Air Force

Denver
Utah (3)
Utah
BYU
Utah State
Idaho (2)
Boise State
Idaho
Arkansas (2)
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Georgia (4)
Georgia

Georgia Tech

Georgia State

Georgia Southern
Kentucky (3)
Louisville

Kentucky

Western Kentucky
Nevada (2)
UNLV
Nevada
New Mexico (2)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Washington (3)
Washington State

Washington

Seattle
Arizona (2)
Arizona State
Arizona
Oregon (2)
Oregon
Oregon State
Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
Navy
South Carolina (3)
South Carolina

Clemson

Coastal Carolina
Iowa (2)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas (2)
Kansas State
Kansas
1 each from:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Massachusetts (Boston College), Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii
None from Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana