2019 - NEMindex through Week 12

The Utes looked as good as they perhaps ever have, in the history of the program, this week against UCLA.  They dominated every phase of the game. They haven't given up a TD at home in nearly four complete games.  They lead the PAC-12 in nearly every defensive stat, and are top 5 in basically all of those stats nationwide.  Only Georgia and Ohio St have given up fewer points than Utah this season.

The PAC-12 championship looks like it is likely set.  With Utah's win, Arizona and UCLA are eliminated from getting there, and now Oregon has wrapped up the North. Utah still has Arizona and Colorado, and as long as they win both they're in.  USC can technically make it if they win out and Utah loses at least one.

The top three are the obvious three we'd all expect at this point, and are in the order I think they should be in based on my opinion.  Georgia has now climbed into the fourth position, thanks to their win over Auburn.  Penn State, Utah, and Oregon then round out that group of one loss teams that are knocking on the door.  Plenty of teams still have routes to the playoff if they can win out and win a conference championship. This obvious includes Georgia, Penn St, Utah, and Oregon, but also includes Oklahoma, Alabama, Minnesota, and maybe Baylor.

Ohio St is home against Penn St this week.  If Ohio State wins, they wrap up the Big 10 East and Penn St's chances for the playoff are gone.  If Penn State wins, they'll likely take the East and go to the conference championship and have a chance to make the playoff.

If you have any comments or feedback or see mistakes or just want to tell me how wrong I am, please let me know on Twitter (@NateEMiller). #GoUtes.

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	RTPS	Change
1	Ohio State	10	0	B10	1.000	0
2	LSU	10	0	SEC	0.958	0
3	Clemson	11	0	ACC	0.908	0
4	Georgia	9	1	SEC	0.865	+5
5	Penn State	9	1	B10	0.857	-1
6	Utah	9	1	PAC	0.838	0
7	Oregon	9	1	PAC	0.836	-2
8	Notre Dame	8	2	IND	0.830	+12
9	Alabama	9	1	SEC	0.826	+2
10	Michigan	8	2	B10	0.819	+2
11	Wisconsin	8	2	B10	0.799	+3
12	Oklahoma	9	1	B12	0.798	+7
13	Cincinnati	9	1	AAC	0.792	0
14	Memphis	9	1	AAC	0.788	-6
15	Minnesota	9	1	B10	0.777	-8
16	SMU	9	1	AAC	0.775	+2
17	App. St.	9	1	SUN	0.771	+4
18	Baylor	9	1	B12	0.767	-8
19	Boise State	9	1	MWC	0.761	-2
20	Florida	9	2	SEC	0.738	+2
21	Air Force	8	2	MWC	0.734	+2
22	Auburn	7	3	SEC	0.728	-6
23	Navy	7	2	AAC	0.707	-8
24	Iowa	7	3	B10	0.697	+7
25	UL Lafayette	8	2	SUN	0.697	-1
26	UCF	7	3	AAC	0.683	-1
27	USC	7	4	PAC	0.675	+3
28	Oklahoma St.	7	3	B12	0.664	+1
29	Wash.	6	4	PAC	0.651	+6
30	Marshall	7	3	USA	0.649	+21
31	Texas A&M	7	3	SEC	0.646	+2
32	Miami (FL)	6	4	ACC	0.645	+6
33	BYU	6	4	IND	0.645	+3
34	Florida Atl.	7	3	USA	0.642	-2
35	San Diego St.	8	2	MWC	0.632	+5
36	Virginia	7	3	ACC	0.630	+3
37	Louisville	6	4	ACC	0.629	+5
38	Temple	7	3	AAC	0.626	+6
39	LA Tech	8	2	USA	0.626	-12
40	Iowa State	6	4	B12	0.624	+6
41	S. Miss.	7	3	USA	0.621	+6
42	Texas	6	4	B12	0.620	-14
43	Utah State	6	4	MWC	0.615	+5
44	Indiana	7	3	B10	0.613	-10
45	Pittsburgh	7	3	ACC	0.611	0
46	Wake Forest	7	3	ACC	0.610	-9
47	Kansas St.	6	4	B12	0.606	-21
48	Virginia Tech	7	3	ACC	0.603	-5
49	Tennessee	5	5	SEC	0.593	+1
50	Georgia So.	6	4	SUN	0.592	+7
51	Miami (OH)	6	4	MID	0.587	+4
52	Illinois	6	4	B10	0.582	+1
53	W. Michigan	7	4	MID	0.574	+1
54	Tulane	6	4	AAC	0.567	-13
55	Arkansas St.	6	4	SUN	0.566	+3
56	Florida St.	6	5	ACC	0.565	+4
57	Wyoming	6	4	MWC	0.560	-8
58	Hawaii	7	4	MWC	0.558	+3
59	W. Kentucky	6	4	USA	0.558	+3
60	Georgia St.	6	4	SUN	0.554	-8
61	C. Mich.	7	4	MID	0.552	+7
62	TCU	5	5	B12	0.552	+3
63	Miss. St.	4	6	SEC	0.538	-4
64	Buffalo	5	5	MID	0.535	-8
65	Nevada	6	4	MWC	0.532	+2
66	Oregon St.	5	5	PAC	0.523	+6
67	Mich. St.	4	6	B10	0.519	-3
68	California	5	5	PAC	0.517	-5
69	UCLA	4	6	PAC	0.516	-3
70	UAB	7	3	USA	0.512	+5
71	Kentucky	5	5	SEC	0.510	+5
72	BC	5	5	ACC	0.503	+6
73	Wash. St.	5	5	PAC	0.498	+12
74	Missouri	5	5	SEC	0.489	0
75	N. Carolina	4	6	ACC	0.488	-4
76	Arizona St.	5	5	PAC	0.488	-6
77	Nebraska	4	6	B10	0.472	+2
78	S. Florida	4	6	AAC	0.471	-1
79	Troy	5	5	SUN	0.467	+16
80	Toledo	6	4	MID	0.464	-11
81	S. Carolina	4	7	SEC	0.458	-1
82	Purdue	4	6	B10	0.457	+8
83	Tulsa	3	7	AAC	0.456	+3
84	UL Monroe	4	6	SUN	0.451	-3
85	Charlotte	5	5	USA	0.450	+3
86	Liberty	6	4	IND	0.443	+8
87	Ohio	4	6	MID	0.442	0
88	E. Mich.	5	5	MID	0.441	+9
89	Texas Tech	4	6	B12	0.441	-5
90	Fresno St.	4	6	MWC	0.437	-1
91	Ball State	4	6	MID	0.436	-8
92	W. Virginia	4	6	B12	0.434	+16
93	Duke	4	6	ACC	0.433	-20
94	Stanford	4	6	PAC	0.432	-12
95	San Jose St.	4	6	MWC	0.430	+3
96	Houston	3	7	AAC	0.429	-5
97	Syracuse	4	6	ACC	0.429	+15
98	Ole Miss	4	7	SEC	0.428	-5
99	Coastal Caro.	4	6	SUN	0.424	-7
100	Army	5	6	IND	0.419	+5
101	Maryland	3	7	B10	0.418	+1
102	Florida Int.	5	5	USA	0.414	-6
103	Colorado	4	6	PAC	0.414	-2
104	Arizona	4	6	PAC	0.409	-4
105	Kent State	4	6	MID	0.407	+6
106	N. Illinois	4	6	MID	0.402	+10
107	NC State	4	6	ACC	0.400	-8
108	North Texas	4	6	USA	0.399	-5
109	Colorado St.	4	6	MWC	0.383	-3
110	Kansas	3	7	B12	0.377	-3
111	UTSA	4	6	USA	0.364	-1
112	E. Carolina	3	7	AAC	0.345	+2
113	Mid. Tenn.	3	7	USA	0.342	-9
114	Rutgers	2	8	B10	0.341	+3
115	Bowling Grn	3	7	MID	0.339	-2
116	Texas State	3	7	SUN	0.336	-7
117	Georgia Tech	2	8	ACC	0.328	-2
118	Northwestern	2	8	B10	0.311	+2
119	Rice	1	9	USA	0.296	+6
120	Arkansas	2	8	SEC	0.286	-2
121	New Mexico	2	8	MWC	0.285	0
122	UCONN	2	8	AAC	0.272	-3
123	S. Alabama	1	9	SUN	0.259	0
124	UNLV	2	8	MWC	0.242	0
125	Vanderbilt	2	8	SEC	0.236	-3
126	Old Dom.	1	9	USA	0.231	0
127	NM St.	1	9	IND	0.199	+1
128	UTEP	1	9	USA	0.178	-1
129	Akron	0	10	MID	0.042	+1
130	UMASS	1	10	MID	0.000	-1

Hardest Schedule Played per Team:

Tulsa	39.3
Miss. St.	41.7
Mich. St.	45.3
Auburn	50.4
Notre Dame	51.4
N. Carolina	51.8
Rutgers	53.5
Maryland	53.7
Tennessee	54.2
BYU	54.8
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Akron	87.0
UTSA	87.2
Troy	87.8
Florida Int.	89.9
Toledo	90.2
San Diego St.	91.0
LA Tech	94.6
Liberty	97.3
UAB	101.6
UMASS	102.3

Average Rank per Conference:

B10	51.5
B12	54.0
SEC	54.9
AAC	56.3
PAC	60.2
ACC	61.7
MWC	69.8
IND	70.8
SUN	70.8
USA	83.2
MID	89.2

Hardest Cumulative Schedules Played per Conference:

B10	62.2
SEC	63.1
PAC	65.5
B12	66.3
AAC	66.6
ACC	67.9
IND	72.5
SUN	74.7
MWC	76.8
MID	81.6
USA	82.2