DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-September 3, 2018

NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Loss(es)
Alabama Southeastern-W 1 1W-0L n/a
Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 2 1W-0L n/a
Georgia   Southeastern-E 3 1W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten-West 4 1W-0L n/a
Ohio State Big Ten-East 5 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma   Big 12 6 1W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 7 1W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten-East 8 1W-0L n/a
Notre Dame Independent 9 1W-0L n/a
Stanford Pacific 12-North 10 1W-0L n/a
USC Pacific 12-South 11 1W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten-East 12 1W-0L n/a
Washington Pacific 12-North 13 0W-1L Auburn
TCU Big 12 14 1W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big 12 15 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 16 1W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 17 0W-1L Virginia Tech
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 18 1W-0L n/a
Central Florida American Athletic-E 19 1W-0L n/a
Boise State Mountain West-M 20 0W-0L n/a
Oregon   Pacific 12-North 21 1W-0L n/a
LSU Southeastern-W 22 1W-0L n/a
South Carolina Southeastern-E 23 1W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten-East 24 0W-1L Notre Dame
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 25 0W-1L LSU
Florida Southeastern-E 26 1W-0L n/a
Utah Pacific 12-South 27 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12 28 1W-0L n/a
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 29 1W-0L n/a
Texas A&M Southeastern-W 30 1W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 31 1W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten-West 32 1W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 33 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten-West 34 1W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 35 0W-0L n/a
Virginia   Atlantic Coast-C 36 0W-0L n/a
Appalachian State Sun Belt 37 0W-1L Penn State
Kentucky Southeastern-E 38 1W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic-E 39 1W-0L n/a
BYU Independent 40 1W-0L n/a
Arizona   Pacific 12-South 41 0W-1L BYU
Memphis State American Athletic-W 42 1W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 43 1W-0L n/a
Cincinnati American Athletic-E 44 1W-0L n/a
Arizona State Pacific 12-South 45 0W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12-North 46 1W-0L n/a
UCLA Pacific 12-South 47 0W-1L Cincinnati
Maryland Big Ten-East 48 1W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 49 1W-0L n/a
California Pacific 12-North 50 1W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast-A 51 0W-1L Alabama
Mississippi   Southeastern-W 52 1W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 53 0W-1L Mississippi
Fresno State Mountain West-W 54 1W-0L n/a
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 55 1W-0L n/a
Army Independent 56 0W-1L Duke
San Diego State Mountain West-W 57 0W-1L Stanford
Troy State Sun Belt 58 0W-1L Boise State
Purdue Big Ten-West 59 0W-1L Northwestern
Florida Atlantic Conference USA-E 60 0W-1L Oklahoma
Missouri Southeastern-E 61 1W-0L n/a
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast-C 62 1W-0L n/a
North Texas State Conference USA-W 63 1W-0L n/a
Colorado Pacific 12-South 64 1W-0L n/a
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 65 1W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten-East 66 1W-0L n/a
Houston American Athletic-W 67 1W-0L n/a
Texas Big 12 68 0W-1L Maryland
Navy American Athletic-W 69 0W-1L Hawaii  
Arkansas Southeastern-W 70 0W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten-West 71 1W-0L n/a
Syracuse Atlantic Coast-A 72 1W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten-West 73 0W-0L n/a
Wyoming Mountain West-M 74 1W-1L Washington State
Temple American Athletic-E 75 0W-1L Villanova
Toledo Mid-American-W 76 1W-0L n/a
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 77 0W-1L Kentucky
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 78 0W-1L Iowa
Akron Mid-American-E 79 0W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten-East 80 1W-0L n/a
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 81 0W-1L Syracuse
Marshall Conference USA-E 82 1W-0L n/a
Hawaii Mountain West-W 83 2W-0L n/a
Tennessee Southeastern-E 84 0W-1L West Virginia
Ohio University Mid-American-E 85 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana Tech Conference USA-W 86 1W-0L n/a
Florida International Conference USA-E 87 0W-1L Indiana
Illinois Big Ten-West 88 1W-0L n/a
Colorado State Mountain West-M 89 0W-2L Hawaii/Colorado
Air Force Mountain West-M 90 1W-0L n/a
Southern Methodist American Athletic-W 91 0W-1L North Texas St.
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA-E 92 0W-1L Vanderbilt
Arkansas State Sun Belt 93 1W-0L n/a
Utah State Mountain West-M 94 0W-1L Michigan State
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 95 0W-1L California
Liberty Independent 96 1W-0L n/a
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-W 97 1W-0L n/a
Texas-San Antonio Conference USA-W 98 0W-0L n/a
Tulane American Athletic-W 99 0W-1L Wake Forest
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-W 100 1W-0L n/a
Buffalo Mid-American-E 101 1W-0L n/a
Old Dominion Conference USA-E 102 0W-1L Liberty
Georgia State Sun Belt 103 1W-0L n/a
Western Kentucky Conference USA-E 104 0W-1L Wisconsin
UNLV Mountain West-W 105 0W-1L USC
Tulsa American Athletic-W 106 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 107 1W-0L n/a
Massachusetts Independent 108 1W-1L Boston College
East Carolina American Athletic-E 109 0W-0L n/a
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 110 0W-1L Ohio State
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 111 0W-1L Marshall
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 112 1W-0L n/a
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 113 0W-1L Oregon
Idaho Sun Belt 114 0W-0L n/a
South Alabama Sun Belt 115 0W-1L Louisiana Tech
Baylor Big 12 116 1W-0L n/a
Nevada Mountain West-W 117 1W-0L n/a
Kent State Mid-American-E 118 0W-1L Illinois
New Mexico Mountain West-M 119 1W-0L n/a
Connecticut American Athletic-E 120 0W-1L Central Florida
New Mexico State Independent 121 0W-2L Wyoming/Minnesota
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 122 1W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 123 0W-1L Nichols State
San Jose State Mountain West-W 124 0W-1L Cal-Davis
Texas State Sun Belt 125 0W-1L Rutgers
Ball State Mid-American-W 126 1W-0L n/a
Rice Conference USA-W 127 1W-1L Houston
North Carolina-Charlotte Conference USA-E 128 1W-0L n/a
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 129 0W-1L South Carolina
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 130 0W-0L n/a
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 131 0W-1L Northern Arizona

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 1W-0L n/a
South Carolina Southeastern-E 23 1W-0L n/a
Florida Southeastern-E 26 1W-0L n/a
Kentucky Southeastern-E 38 1W-0L n/a
Missouri Southeastern-E 61 1W-0L n/a
Vanderbilt Southeastern-E 65 1W-0L n/a
Tennessee Southeastern-E 84 0W-1L West Virginia
Alabama Southeastern-W 1 1W-0L n/a
Auburn Southeastern-W 7 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi State Southeastern-W 16 1W-0L n/a
LSU Southeastern-W 22 1W-0L n/a
Texas A&M Southeastern-W 30 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi   Southeastern-W 52 1W-0L n/a
Arkansas Southeastern-W 70 0W-0L n/a

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

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

2-ACC-Atlantic Coast (00.00):

Clemson Atlantic Coast-A 2 1W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast-A 17 0W-1L Virginia Tech
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast-A 29 1W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast-A 31 1W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast-A 49 1W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast-A 51 0W-1L Alabama
Syracuse Atlantic Coast-A 72 1W-0L n/a
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 18 1W-0L n/a
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast-C 25 0W-1L LSU
Virginia   Atlantic Coast-C 36 0W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast-C 43 1W-0L n/a
Duke Atlantic Coast-C 55 1W-0L n/a
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast-C 62 1W-0L n/a
North Carolina Atlantic Coast-C 95 0W-1L California

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 1W-0L n/a
Washington Pacific 12-North 13 0W-1L Auburn
Oregon   Pacific 12-North 21 1W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12-North 46 1W-0L n/a
California Pacific 12-North 50 1W-0L n/a
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 110 0W-1L Ohio State
USC Pacific 12-South 11 1W-0L n/a
Utah Pacific 12-South 27 1W-0L n/a
Arizona   Pacific 12-South 41 0W-1L BYU
Arizona State Pacific 12-South 45 0W-0L n/a
UCLA Pacific 12-South 47 0W-1L Cincinnati
Colorado Pacific 12-South 64 1W-0L n/a

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

PAC-12 over Conference USA (1-0): Arizona State over Texas-San Antonio

4-Big Ten (00.00):

Ohio State Big Ten-East 5 1W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten-East 8 1W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten-East 12 1W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten-East 24 0W-1L Notre Dame
Maryland Big Ten-East 48 1W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten-East 66 1W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten-East 80 1W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten-West 4 1W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten-West 32 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten-West 34 1W-0L n/a
Purdue Big Ten-West 59 0W-1L Northwestern
Minnesota Big Ten-West 71 1W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten-West 73 0W-0L n/a
Illinois Big Ten-West 88 1W-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 1W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 14 1W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big 12 15 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12 28 1W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 33 1W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 35 0W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 53 0W-1L Mississippi
Texas Big 12 68 0W-1L Maryland
Baylor Big 12 116 1W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 123 0W-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 19 1W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic-E 39 1W-0L n/a
Cincinnati American Athletic-E 44 1W-0L n/a
Temple American Athletic-E 75 0W-1L Villanova
East Carolina American Athletic-E 109 0W-0L n/a
Connecticut American Athletic-E 120 0W-1L Central Florida
Memphis State American Athletic-W 42 1W-0L n/a
Houston American Athletic-W 67 1W-0L n/a
Navy American Athletic-W 69 0W-1L Hawaii  
Southern Methodist American Athletic-W 91 0W-1L North Texas St.
Tulane American Athletic-W 99 0W-1L Wake Forest
Tulsa American Athletic-W 106 1W-0L n/a

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

Will Villanova be added?

7-Mountain West (00.00):

Boise State Mountain West-M 20 0W-0L n/a
Wyoming Mountain West-M 74 1W-1L Washington State
Colorado State Mountain West-M 89 0W-2L Hawaii/Colorado
Air Force Mountain West-M 90 1W-0L n/a
Utah State Mountain West-M 94 0W-1L Michigan State
New Mexico Mountain West-M 119 1W-0L n/a
Fresno State Mountain West-W 54 1W-0L n/a
San Diego State Mountain West-W 57 0W-1L Stanford
Hawaii Mountain West-W 83 2W-0L n/a
UNLV Mountain West-W 105 0W-1L USC
Nevada Mountain West-W 117 1W-0L n/a
San Jose State Mountain West-W 124 0W-1L Cal-Davis

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 79 0W-0L n/a
Ohio University Mid-American-E 85 1W-0L n/a
Buffalo Mid-American-E 101 1W-0L n/a
Miami-OH Mid-American-E 111 0W-1L Marshall
Bowling Green Mid-American-E 113 0W-1L Oregon
Kent State Mid-American-E 118 0W-1L Illinois
Toledo Mid-American-W 76 1W-0L n/a
Central Michigan Mid-American-W 77 0W-1L Kentucky
Northern Illinois Mid-American-W 78 0W-1L Iowa
Western Michigan Mid-American-W 81 0W-1L Syracuse
Eastern Michigan Mid-American-W 122 1W-0L n/a
Ball State Mid-American-W 126 1W-0L n/a

9-Conference USA (00.00):

Florida Atlantic Conference USA-E 60 0W-1L Oklahoma
Marshall Conference USA-E 82 1W-0L n/a
Florida International Conference USA-E 87 0W-1L Indiana
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA-E 92 0W-1L Vanderbilt
Old Dominion Conference USA-E 102 0W-1L Liberty
Western Kentucky Conference USA-E 104 0W-1L Wisconsin
North Carolina-Charlotte Conference USA-E 128 1W-0L n/a
North Texas State Conference USA-W 63 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana Tech Conference USA-W 86 1W-0L n/a
Alabama-Birmingham Conference USA-W 97 1W-0L n/a
Texas-San Antonio Conference USA-W 98 0W-0L n/a
Southern Mississippi Conference USA-W 100 1W-0L n/a
Rice Conference USA-W 127 1W-1L Houston
Texas-El Paso Conference USA-W 131 0W-1L Northern Arizona

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 9 1W-0L n/a
BYU Independent 40 1W-0L n/a
Army Independent 56 0W-1L Duke
Liberty Independent 96 1W-0L n/a
Massachusetts Independent 108 1W-1L Boston College
New Mexico State Independent 121 0W-2L Wyoming/Minnesota

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 37 0W-1L Penn State
Troy State Sun Belt 58 0W-1L Boise State
Arkansas State Sun Belt 93 1W-0L n/a
Georgia State Sun Belt 103 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 107 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt 112 1W-0L n/a
Idaho Sun Belt 114 0W-0L n/a
South Alabama Sun Belt 115 0W-1L Louisiana Tech
Texas State Sun Belt 125 0W-1L Rutgers
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 129 0W-1L South Carolina
Georgia Southern Sun Belt 130 0W-0L n/a

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