Joby’s Football Nitty Gritty Rankings

ONCE AGAIN in 2022, the JNG is the TOP COMPUTER METRIC IN  THE. WORLD AT GUESSING THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF COMMITTEE!!!

The Football Nitty Gritty Rankings try to emulate the success of the basketball ratings (JNG) as this cousin of the Joby JNG tries to statistically guess the Football Committee based on resume.  In 2019, 2020 and 2021 it was the top computer ranking in the world at replicating the Football Playoff selections and the corresponding CFP top-25 using basketball’s bracket matrix methodology.  In 2021, it was one of only 2 computer metrics that had the playoff order exactly correct and was more accurate than any other computer metric at predicting  the rest of the top-25.

Here are this week’s JNG rankings for December 3, 2023

You can see these ratings and other computer ratings on Kenneth Massey’s excellent site: https://masseyratings.com/cf/compare.htm.

RANK TEAM Value
1 Michigan 9.071621647
2 Washington 8.830631607
3 Alabama 8.274448964
4 Florida State 7.921644773
5 Texas 7.630750888
6 Georgia 7.41399359
7 Ohio State 5.791796528
8 Missouri 4.994404861
9 Oklahoma 4.889350588
10 Oregon 4.785941667
11 Mississippi 4.511471154
12 Penn State 4.449212714
13 LSU 4.17914375
14 Louisville 3.862164744
15 Liberty 3.539633974
16 Oklahoma State 3.371348077
17 Arizona 3.097763194
18 Notre Dame 3.051864583
19 Iowa 2.919236538
20 North Carolina State 2.838995139
21 Clemson 2.429276389
22 Kansas 2.169201389
23 Kansas State 2.025061806
24 Iowa State 1.962253045
25 Oregon State 1.957614583
26 James Madison 1.930211538
27 SMU 1.911257988
28 Tennessee 1.839254861
29 Duke 1.761690972
30 Troy 1.71520355
31 Kentucky 1.60796656
32 Miami (FL) 1.563373825
33 Miami (OH) 1.467167653
34 Tulane 1.452910897
35 West Virginia 1.417959722
36 Utah 1.307022917
37 North Carolina 1.276734402
38 Toledo 1.229013018
39 Southern California 1.2041125
40 Texas A&M 1.166165278
41 Central Florida 0.967082051
42 Maryland 0.957211111
43 Northwestern 0.862827083
44 Texas Tech 0.840010417
45 Georgia Tech 0.808599306
46 Wisconsin 0.795339583
47 Boise State 0.785829142
48 Florida 0.695816667
49 Auburn 0.653025694
50 South Carolina 0.584175694
51 Virginia Tech 0.5701
52 Memphis 0.565085256
53 UCLA 0.453506944
54 Appalachian State 0.424287179
55 Jacksonville State 0.383241667
56 Rutgers 0.309096528
57 TCU 0.300829487
58 UNLV 0.273301923
59 California 0.268979167
60 San Jose State 0.251587821
61 Ohio 0.251257639
62 Washington State 0.219734028
63 Mississippi State 0.208956944
64 Texas-San Antonio 0.195141667
65 Minnesota 0.172814103
66 Wyoming 0.143352457
67 South Alabama 0.071171795
68 Illinois 0.031173291
69 Coastal Carolina 0.023173985
70 Syracuse -0.009625
71 Bowling Green -0.012433333
72 New Mexico State -0.067927381
73 Nebraska -0.118245139
74 Air Force -0.150289583
75 Purdue -0.159938194
76 Arkansas -0.202538194
77 BYU -0.218684722
78 Fresno State -0.239551923
79 Boston College -0.259908333
80 Western Kentucky -0.268758333
81 Michigan State -0.384583333
82 Texas State -0.474266667
83 Old Dominion -0.496962821
84 Pittsburgh -0.529707051
85 Arkansas State -0.57665
86 Marshall -0.584041667
87 Virginia -0.62741875
88 Houston -0.694471528
89 Georgia State -0.735383333
90 Indiana -0.782375694
91 Colorado -0.803118056
92 Utah State -0.804433333
93 Army -0.838150758
94 Wake Forest -0.843175
95 Arizona State -0.890670833
96 Georgia Southern -0.91525
97 Louisiana-Lafayette -0.944516667
98 Rice -0.998783333
99 Baylor -1.063740278
100 Cincinnati -1.0718
101 South Florida -1.207416667
102 Stanford -1.323488889
103 Vanderbilt -1.343033333
104 North Texas -1.358758333
105 Colorado State -1.359739744
106 Navy -1.414772727
107 Florida Atlantic -1.455933333
108 Hawaii -1.481033333
109 Middle Tennessee State -1.482175
110 Northern Illinois -1.539913889
111 New Mexico -1.640708333
112 Ball State -1.655391667
113 Eastern Michigan -1.706533333
114 Western Michigan -1.709704361
115 Southern Mississippi -1.709758333
116 San Diego State -1.745722222
117 Central Michigan -1.87985
118 Tulsa -1.887241667
119 Connecticut -1.894633333
120 UTEP -2.012354861
121 Sam Houston -2.029208333
122 Massachusetts -2.051183333
123 Buffalo -2.403366667
124 Louisiana Tech -2.407633333
125 UAB -2.433775
126 Florida International -2.4745
127 East Carolina -2.538141667
128 Louisiana-Monroe -2.542408333
129 Charlotte -2.766466667
130 Temple -2.928025
131 Akron -3.066666667
132 Nevada -3.236558333
133 Kent State -3.849158333