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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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