NEMindex through Week 6

This is starting to look a lot more like what I'd expect.  Some of the games this week must have had some important connections that help the algorithm sort out enough needed links to really differentiate the teams. Reminder that I don't do anything specific to separate P5 and non-P5 teams in this system, I just let the system itself sort that out over the course of the season. So teams like Cincy, BYU, and ND tend to do rather well here, especially in the early season, and big wins like Boise State's tend to be much more beneficial than you'd expect.  These things will sort themselves out as more data rolls in. 

As is the norm, every season, the PAC12 continues to cannibalize itself out of all respect. Oregon State lost and fell 29 places. Utah beat USC and climbed 18 spots.  Oregon and Arizona St are probably the best two in the conference and both barely make the top 25. The PAC always manages to work all the teams towards the middle of the table. Collectively, the PAC12 rankings are worse than the MWC right now.

If you have any questions or comments or feedback or see mistakes of any sort please let me know (@NateEMiller). #GoUtes.

RankTeamWLConfRTPSChange
1Georgia 6 0 SEC 1.000 0
2Iowa 6 0 B10 0.920 +2
3Michigan 6 0 B10 0.910 -1
4Cincinnati 5 0 AAC 0.877 +1
5Oklahoma St. 5 0 B12 0.834 +6
6Kentucky 6 0 SEC 0.767 +4
7Penn State 5 1 B10 0.762 +2
8Ohio State 5 1 B10 0.761 +11
9Oklahoma 6 0 B12 0.748 +6
10Notre Dame 5 1 IND 0.742 +7
11BYU 5 1 IND 0.731 -4
12Texas 4 2 B12 0.728 -9
13Alabama 5 1 SEC 0.723 -5
14Mich. St. 6 0 B10 0.712 +4
15Wake Forest 6 0 ACC 0.708 -1
16Boise State 3 3 MWC 0.704 +34
17Arkansas 4 2 SEC 0.691 -11
18SMU 6 0 AAC 0.686 -2
19Oregon 4 1 PAC 0.675 +4
20Wyoming 4 1 MWC 0.666 -7
21Kansas St. 3 2 B12 0.657 +3
22Air Force 5 1 MWC 0.655 +14
23Pittsburgh 4 1 ACC 0.648 +3
24Arizona St. 5 1 PAC 0.639 +11
25Liberty 5 1 IND 0.634 +2
26UTSA 6 0 USA 0.633 -6
27Florida 4 2 SEC 0.629 +1
28Ole Miss 4 1 SEC 0.628 +3
29San Diego St. 5 0 MWC 0.627 +3
30Coastal Caro. 6 0 SUN 0.620 -9
31Baylor 5 1 B12 0.608 +13
32Clemson 3 2 ACC 0.590 +8
33Miss. St. 3 2 SEC 0.589 +6
34BC 4 1 ACC 0.587 +3
35NC State 4 1 ACC 0.584 +7
36Nevada 4 1 MWC 0.575 +15
37Texas A&M 4 2 SEC 0.574 +16
38Auburn 4 2 SEC 0.571 -4
39Houston 5 1 AAC 0.570 +2
40App. St. 4 1 SUN 0.567 +5
41N. Illinois 4 2 MID 0.564 +6
42W. Michigan 4 2 MID 0.564 -30
43UL Lafayette 4 1 SUN 0.561 -18
44Tennessee 4 2 SEC 0.559 +15
45TCU 3 2 B12 0.555 +20
46Maryland 4 2 B10 0.551 -13
47Utah State 3 2 MWC 0.545 +14
48UCLA 4 2 PAC 0.544 -10
49Ball State 3 3 MID 0.537 +23
50Utah 3 2 PAC 0.535 +18
51Texas Tech 4 2 B12 0.531 -29
52Wisconsin 2 3 B10 0.528 +18
53Army 4 1 IND 0.527 +3
54Rutgers 3 3 B10 0.526 -25
55UAB 4 2 USA 0.518 +5
56Virginia 4 2 ACC 0.509 +2
57UTEP 5 1 USA 0.504 +14
58Purdue 3 2 B10 0.498 -6
59Oregon St. 4 2 PAC 0.491 -29
60Fresno St. 4 2 MWC 0.487 +2
61Stanford 3 3 PAC 0.487 -15
62Iowa State 3 2 B12 0.481 +4
63LSU 3 3 SEC 0.479 -6
64S. Carolina 3 3 SEC 0.465 -21
65Georgia Tech 3 3 ACC 0.459 +16
66E. Mich. 4 2 MID 0.459 +30
67Indiana 2 3 B10 0.457 +8
68Minnesota 3 2 B10 0.454 +1
69Virginia Tech 3 2 ACC 0.452 -21
70Louisville 3 3 ACC 0.446 -6
71Nebraska 3 4 B10 0.430 +2
72Miami (FL) 2 3 ACC 0.425 +8
73Missouri 3 3 SEC 0.420 +21
74Colorado St. 2 3 MWC 0.418 +12
75UCF 3 2 AAC 0.417 +24
76S. Alabama 3 2 SUN 0.412 -27
77Kent State 3 3 MID 0.412 +13
78Toledo 3 3 MID 0.405 +6
79N. Carolina 3 3 ACC 0.401 -24
80Syracuse 3 3 ACC 0.400 +2
81Florida Atl. 3 3 USA 0.400 -7
82USC 3 3 PAC 0.398 -28
83Temple 3 3 AAC 0.395 -4
84LA Tech 2 3 USA 0.391 +1
85Memphis 3 3 AAC 0.383 -22
86E. Carolina 3 3 AAC 0.381 -9
87Tulsa 2 4 AAC 0.379 +17
88Wash. St. 3 3 PAC 0.369 +21
89W. Virginia 2 4 B12 0.368 -11
90Wash. 2 3 PAC 0.360 +3
91Charlotte 4 2 USA 0.347 +11
92Hawaii 3 3 MWC 0.346 -4
93Miami (OH) 2 4 MID 0.344 -1
94Rice 2 3 USA 0.342 -5
95Troy 3 3 SUN 0.333 +2
96Florida St. 2 4 ACC 0.332 +16
97Mid. Tenn. 2 4 USA 0.332 -6
98Marshall 3 3 USA 0.330 +5
99Duke 3 3 ACC 0.329 -16
100Georgia St. 2 4 SUN 0.329 +10
101Texas State 2 3 SUN 0.328 +16
102Vanderbilt 2 4 SEC 0.326 -15
103New Mexico 2 4 MWC 0.325 +2
104UL Monroe 2 3 SUN 0.324 -37
105San Jose St. 3 3 MWC 0.312 -29
106S. Florida 1 4 AAC 0.303 +1
107W. Kentucky 1 4 USA 0.290 +1
108Illinois 2 5 B10 0.289 -13
109Northwestern 2 3 B10 0.281 -3
110Navy 1 4 AAC 0.275 +8
111Buffalo 2 4 MID 0.269 -11
112C. Mich. 3 3 MID 0.267 +1
113Georgia So. 2 4 SUN 0.254 -12
114Bowling Grn 2 4 MID 0.223 -16
115Tulane 1 5 AAC 0.220 -1
116California 1 4 PAC 0.207 +7
117Old Dominion 1 5 USA 0.200 -6
118Kansas 1 4 B12 0.197 -2
119UMASS 1 5 IND 0.195 +6
120Colorado 1 4 PAC 0.187 -1
121UNLV 0 5 MWC 0.184 0
122North Texas 1 4 USA 0.182 -7
123S. Miss. 1 5 USA 0.159 -3
124Akron 2 4 MID 0.158 +4
125Arizona 0 5 PAC 0.155 -3
126NM St. 1 6 IND 0.142 -2
127Florida Int. 1 5 USA 0.112 0
128Ohio 1 5 MID 0.101 -2
129Arkansas St. 1 5 SUN 0.035 +1
130Connecticut 0 7 AAC 0.000 -1


Hardest Schedule Played per Team:
Boise State 38.5
Wisconsin 38.8
Texas 43.2
S. Florida 44.4
Arkansas 47.5
Arizona 47.6
Kansas St. 48.4
Stanford 49.3
Indiana 50.2
Navy 50.4
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Duke 98.8
SMU 99.7
Ohio 99.8
S. Alabama 102.4
C. Mich. 102.5
UTEP 102.7
San Diego St. 107.0
UTSA 108.2
Charlotte 110.3
Coastal Caro. 118.7


Average Rank per Conference:
SEC 39.0
B12 44.3
B10 47.6
IND 57.3
ACC 58.9
MWC 60.4
PAC 73.5
AAC 78.2
SUN 83.1
MID 86.3
USA 91.4


Hardest Cumulative Schedules Played per Conference:
SEC 64.6
B10 64.8
B12 65.3
PAC 73.4
AAC 74.5
IND 75.3
ACC 75.3
MWC 76.5
MID 78.6
USA 82.7
SUN 90.2

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