NEMindex through Conference Championships

Here we are, the final rankings before the bowls.  According to this, Alabama should make it and FSU gets left out.  I don't know that I agree to be honest.  I agree with Texas getting in, but I don't think you can leave a 13-0 ACC champ out, so Alabama probably has to be left out in my opinion. 

But that's the point of why I wrote this algorithm. It's supposed to take my biases out and just point to the teams that have the absolute best resume of on-field play across the whole season.  I think anyone other than Michigan and maybe Washington are going to have a hard time anyway, so perhaps it doesn't matter.

My Utes finish out at 33rd and I'm thinking will likely have a game against an ACC team: maybe UNC, Duke, or Miami?  We'll find out in a few hours. 

Thanks for following along this year. As always, please feel free to reach out on X if you have thoughts or questions.

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	RTPS	Delta
1	Michigan	13	0	B10	1.000	0
2	Texas	12	1	B12	0.938	+1
3	Wash.	13	0	PAC	0.929	+1
4	Alabama	12	1	SEC	0.928	+1
5	Georgia	12	1	SEC	0.912	-3
6	Ohio State	11	1	B10	0.890	0
7	Florida St.	13	0	ACC	0.878	0
8	Oklahoma	10	2	B12	0.829	+2
9	Penn State	10	2	B10	0.828	0
10	Liberty	13	0	USA	0.804	+1
11	Oregon	11	2	PAC	0.801	-3
12	JMU	11	1	SUN	0.777	0
13	Missouri	10	2	SEC	0.767	+1
14	LSU	9	3	SEC	0.765	+1
15	Ole Miss	10	2	SEC	0.758	-2
16	Troy	11	2	SUN	0.731	+5
17	SMU	11	2	AAC	0.729	+8
18	Notre Dame	9	3	IND	0.713	+2
19	Louisville	10	3	ACC	0.698	-2
20	Tulane	11	2	AAC	0.693	-4
21	Iowa	10	3	B10	0.692	-3
22	NC State	9	3	ACC	0.691	0
23	Arizona	9	3	PAC	0.684	0
24	Miami (OH)	11	2	MID	0.682	+4
25	Kansas St.	8	4	B12	0.680	-1
26	Toledo	11	2	MID	0.676	-7
27	Clemson	8	4	ACC	0.662	-1
28	Oregon St.	8	4	PAC	0.637	+1
29	Boise State	8	5	MWC	0.627	+12
30	Tennessee	8	4	SEC	0.620	+1
31	Memphis	9	3	AAC	0.619	+1
32	Kansas	8	4	B12	0.611	+2
33	Utah	8	4	PAC	0.607	+2
34	Oklahoma St.	9	4	B12	0.606	-7
35	Iowa State	7	5	B12	0.594	+1
36	Miami (FL)	7	5	ACC	0.593	+1
37	App. St.	8	5	SUN	0.584	-4
38	W. Virginia	8	4	B12	0.578	+2
39	UNLV	9	4	MWC	0.578	-9
40	Kentucky	7	5	SEC	0.576	-1
41	Duke	7	5	ACC	0.570	+2
42	San Jose St.	7	5	MWC	0.568	0
43	NM St.	10	4	USA	0.563	-5
44	N. Carolina	8	4	ACC	0.559	0
45	Texas A&M	7	5	SEC	0.557	0
46	Ohio	9	3	MID	0.549	+2
47	UTSA	8	4	USA	0.548	-1
48	Wyoming	8	4	MWC	0.545	+1
49	USC	7	5	PAC	0.545	+1
50	Coastal Caro.	7	5	SUN	0.543	-3
51	Maryland	7	5	B10	0.539	0
52	NW	7	5	B10	0.529	0
53	Bowling Grn	7	5	MID	0.513	0
54	Jacksonville St.	8	4	USA	0.507	0
55	Air Force	8	4	MWC	0.505	0
56	W. Kentucky	7	5	USA	0.501	0
57	Texas Tech	6	6	B12	0.500	0
58	Wisconsin	7	5	B10	0.497	+1
59	Auburn	6	6	SEC	0.497	-1
60	California	6	6	PAC	0.496	0
61	UCLA	7	5	PAC	0.492	+1
62	UCF	6	6	B12	0.490	-1
63	Rutgers	6	6	B10	0.490	0
64	Georgia Tech	6	6	ACC	0.485	0
65	Virginia Tech	6	6	ACC	0.480	0
66	Fresno St.	8	4	MWC	0.472	0
67	S. Alabama	6	6	SUN	0.463	0
68	Texas State	7	5	SUN	0.462	0
69	ODU	6	6	SUN	0.445	0
70	Arkansas St.	6	6	SUN	0.443	0
71	TCU	5	7	B12	0.439	+2
72	Georgia St.	6	6	SUN	0.437	-1
73	S. Carolina	5	7	SEC	0.435	-1
74	Utah State	6	6	MWC	0.420	+2
75	Florida	5	7	SEC	0.420	0
76	Marshall	6	6	SUN	0.416	-2
77	Army	5	6	IND	0.412	+1
78	Syracuse	6	6	ACC	0.411	+2
79	Minnesota	5	7	B10	0.409	-2
80	Georgia So.	6	6	SUN	0.407	-1
81	BC	6	6	ACC	0.404	0
82	Nebraska	5	7	B10	0.398	0
83	Illinois	5	7	B10	0.395	0
84	Rice	6	6	USA	0.394	0
85	Miss. St.	5	7	SEC	0.393	0
86	BYU	5	7	B12	0.389	0
87	Mich. St.	4	8	B10	0.388	0
88	UL Lafayette	6	6	SUN	0.369	0
89	Wash. St.	5	7	PAC	0.365	0
90	S. Florida	6	6	AAC	0.365	+1
91	N. Illinois	6	6	MID	0.361	-1
92	Purdue	4	8	B10	0.360	0
93	North Texas	5	7	USA	0.353	0
94	Navy	5	6	AAC	0.347	0
95	Wake Forest	4	8	ACC	0.343	0
96	E. Mich.	6	6	MID	0.332	0
97	Arkansas	4	8	SEC	0.331	0
98	Colorado St.	5	7	MWC	0.323	+1
99	Mid. Tenn.	4	8	USA	0.317	+1
100	Arizona St.	3	9	PAC	0.317	-2
101	W. Michigan	4	8	MID	0.310	0
102	Ball State	4	8	MID	0.307	0
103	Virginia	3	9	ACC	0.303	+1
104	C. Mich.	5	7	MID	0.303	-1
105	Colorado	4	8	PAC	0.302	0
106	San Diego St.	4	8	MWC	0.300	0
107	Hawaii	5	8	MWC	0.291	0
108	UAB	4	8	USA	0.285	+3
109	Stanford	3	9	PAC	0.285	0
110	Pittsburgh	3	9	ACC	0.284	-2
111	New Mexico	4	8	MWC	0.284	-1
112	Indiana	3	9	B10	0.274	0
113	Houston	4	8	B12	0.272	0
114	UMASS	3	9	IND	0.266	0
115	Tulsa	4	8	AAC	0.259	+1
116	S. Miss.	3	9	SUN	0.258	-1
117	Buffalo	3	9	MID	0.253	0
118	Cincinnati	3	9	B12	0.246	+1
119	UTEP	3	9	USA	0.244	-1
120	Florida Atl.	4	8	USA	0.242	0
121	Baylor	3	9	B12	0.232	0
122	Connecticut	3	9	IND	0.224	0
123	Sam Houston	3	9	USA	0.200	0
124	Temple	3	9	AAC	0.193	0
125	Vanderbilt	2	10	SEC	0.186	0
126	LA Tech	3	9	USA	0.184	0
127	Florida Int.	4	8	USA	0.177	0
128	E. Carolina	2	10	AAC	0.171	0
129	Akron	2	10	MID	0.154	0
130	Charlotte	3	9	USA	0.144	+1
131	Nevada	2	10	MWC	0.144	-1
132	UL Monroe	2	10	SUN	0.141	0
133	Kent State	1	11	MID	0.000	0

Hardest Schedule Played per Team:

Virginia	49.9
Alabama	55.0
Texas	55.2
Mich. St.	55.4
Arizona St.	55.7
S. Carolina	56.4
Oklahoma	56.7
LSU	56.9
Vanderbilt	57.1
Wash.	57.2
:	:
:	:
UTSA	87.9
Liberty	87.9
Jacksonville St.	88.0
SMU	89.1
NM St.	89.2
Akron	89.5
Florida Int.	89.7
Ohio	95.6
N. Illinois	95.8
E. Mich.	98.7

Average Rank per Conference:

SEC	48.6
PAC	55.9
ACC	56.6
B10	56.9
B12	57.3
SUN	68.1
MWC	75.5
AAC	77.4
IND	82.8
MID	85.2
USA	89.3

Hardest Cumulative Schedules Played per Conference:

SEC	61.5
B12	63.1
B10	63.8
PAC	63.9
ACC	64.0
IND	70.9
SUN	73.5
MWC	76.9
AAC	81.6
USA	83.5
MID	84.5