NEMindex through week 9

ND always gets a weird benefit within my algorithm because they play teams from so many different conferences. Basically there is a more diverse set of comparative data to use for them than for teams within conferences who all tend to play the same list of opponents.

 

Rank	Team	W	L	Conf	RTPS	Delta
1	Notre Dame	7	1	IND	1.000	+6
2	Oregon	8	0	B10	0.992	+2
3	Ohio State	6	1	B10	0.946	-1
4	Penn State	7	0	B10	0.944	+5
5	Georgia	6	1	SEC	0.943	+1
6	BYU	8	0	B12	0.935	-5
7	Iowa State	7	0	B12	0.932	+4
8	Alabama	6	2	SEC	0.930	0
9	Boise State	6	1	MWC	0.926	+4
10	Texas	7	1	SEC	0.923	-7
11	Texas A&M	7	1	SEC	0.894	+3
12	Miami (FL)	8	0	ACC	0.887	-2
13	Pittsburgh	7	0	ACC	0.879	+5
14	Indiana	8	0	B10	0.867	-9
15	Kansas St.	7	1	B12	0.837	-3
16	Clemson	6	1	ACC	0.813	0
17	Wash. St.	7	1	PAC	0.799	-2
18	SMU	7	1	AAC	0.798	+4
19	Tennessee	6	1	SEC	0.788	0
20	LSU	6	2	SEC	0.761	0
21	Colorado	6	2	B12	0.731	+5
22	Ole Miss	6	2	SEC	0.724	-1
23	Army	7	0	IND	0.720	+5
24	Navy	6	1	AAC	0.715	-7
25	Tulane	6	2	AAC	0.712	+8
26	UL Lafayette	6	1	SUN	0.686	+11
27	Illinois	6	2	B10	0.675	-3
28	Memphis	7	1	AAC	0.674	+4
29	UNLV	6	2	MWC	0.671	-4
30	JMU	6	2	SUN	0.654	+4
31	Louisville	5	3	ACC	0.651	+10
32	Virginia Tech	5	3	ACC	0.649	+12
33	Syracuse	5	2	ACC	0.646	-10
34	Missouri	6	2	SEC	0.641	-5
35	W. Kentucky	5	2	USA	0.635	+4
36	Cincinnati	5	3	B12	0.627	-6
37	Michigan	5	3	B10	0.626	+12
38	Iowa	5	3	B10	0.615	+7
39	S. Carolina	4	3	SEC	0.603	+7
40	Nebraska	5	3	B10	0.602	-2
41	Wisconsin	5	3	B10	0.599	-6
42	Vanderbilt	5	3	SEC	0.597	-2
43	USC	4	4	B10	0.588	+13
44	Texas Tech	5	3	B12	0.586	-17
45	Duke	6	2	ACC	0.570	-2
46	Florida	4	3	SEC	0.568	+4
47	Arizona St.	5	2	B12	0.567	0
48	Georgia So.	5	3	SUN	0.566	-17
49	Minnesota	5	3	B10	0.563	+24
50	Arkansas	5	3	SEC	0.557	+11
51	Fresno St.	5	3	MWC	0.548	+15
52	Marshall	4	3	SUN	0.545	+6
53	Baylor	4	4	B12	0.536	+7
54	Georgia Tech	5	4	ACC	0.535	-6
55	UL Monroe	5	2	SUN	0.530	-13
56	Sam Houston	6	2	USA	0.530	+6
57	W. Virginia	4	4	B12	0.528	+12
58	W. Michigan	5	3	MID	0.523	+6
59	Oklahoma	4	4	SEC	0.518	-5
60	Mich. St.	4	4	B10	0.516	-7
61	Wake Forest	4	4	ACC	0.512	+17
62	North Texas	5	3	USA	0.510	-5
63	Wash.	4	4	B10	0.508	-12
64	ODU	4	4	SUN	0.507	+29
65	N. Carolina	4	4	ACC	0.504	+20
66	Colorado St.	5	3	MWC	0.503	+4
67	Liberty	5	1	USA	0.501	-31
68	Texas State	4	3	SUN	0.496	+13
69	S. Alabama	4	4	SUN	0.489	+28
70	Miami (OH)	4	4	MID	0.485	+6
71	Coastal Caro.	4	3	SUN	0.481	+4
72	NC State	4	4	ACC	0.479	+11
73	TCU	5	3	B12	0.474	+14
74	Toledo	5	3	MID	0.470	-22
75	Arkansas St.	5	3	SUN	0.469	+11
76	Connecticut	5	3	IND	0.468	-2
77	California	4	4	ACC	0.464	+17
78	Ohio	5	3	MID	0.459	+13
79	UCF	3	5	B12	0.452	0
80	San Jose St.	5	3	MWC	0.446	-13
81	Virginia	4	4	ACC	0.445	-26
82	BC	4	4	ACC	0.440	-19
83	Bowling Grn	4	4	MID	0.436	+18
84	Maryland	4	4	B10	0.431	-25
85	N. Illinois	4	4	MID	0.428	-14
86	Jacksonville St.	4	3	USA	0.424	+12
87	UCLA	2	5	B10	0.417	+3
88	S. Florida	3	4	AAC	0.415	+4
89	Charlotte	3	5	USA	0.404	0
90	Buffalo	4	4	MID	0.399	-18
91	Rutgers	4	4	B10	0.391	-11
92	Arizona	3	5	B12	0.390	-15
93	Oregon St.	4	4	PAC	0.388	-25
94	E. Mich.	5	3	MID	0.383	-10
95	NW	3	5	B10	0.379	-13
96	Kentucky	3	5	SEC	0.377	-31
97	E. Carolina	4	4	AAC	0.374	+3
98	App. St.	3	4	SUN	0.365	+13
99	Auburn	3	5	SEC	0.358	+9
100	Utah	4	4	B12	0.350	-12
101	Houston	3	5	B12	0.343	+2
102	Oklahoma St.	3	5	B12	0.338	-7
103	Stanford	2	6	ACC	0.333	-7
104	Ball State	3	5	MID	0.328	+8
105	Hawaii	3	5	MWC	0.327	+8
106	Kansas	2	6	B12	0.325	-4
107	San Diego St.	3	4	MWC	0.296	+2
108	Florida St.	1	7	ACC	0.269	+2
109	Nevada	3	6	MWC	0.268	-10
110	New Mexico	3	5	MWC	0.261	+5
111	UTSA	3	5	USA	0.253	-7
112	Temple	2	6	AAC	0.239	-6
113	Tulsa	3	5	AAC	0.230	+9
114	LA Tech	3	4	USA	0.228	+13
115	C. Mich.	3	5	MID	0.224	-8
116	Rice	2	6	USA	0.222	+2
117	Miss. St.	1	7	SEC	0.221	-3
118	Florida Atl.	2	5	USA	0.215	-2
119	Akron	2	6	MID	0.211	+10
120	Georgia St.	2	5	SUN	0.208	-15
121	Purdue	1	6	B10	0.203	-4
122	UAB	1	6	USA	0.199	-3
123	Mid. Tenn.	2	6	USA	0.184	-3
124	UMASS	2	6	IND	0.176	+1
125	NM St.	2	5	USA	0.160	+1
126	UTEP	1	7	USA	0.155	-5
127	Florida Int.	2	6	USA	0.148	-4
128	Troy	1	7	SUN	0.133	0
129	Utah State	2	6	MWC	0.120	+2
130	S. Miss.	1	7	SUN	0.094	0
131	Kennesaw St.	1	6	USA	0.067	+3
132	Wyoming	1	7	MWC	0.060	-8
133	Kent State	0	8	MID	0.014	0
134	Air Force	1	6	MWC	0.003	-2

Hardest Schedule Played per Team:

Alabama	37.9
UCLA	40.7
Florida St.	41.5
Stanford	46.1
Michigan	47.3
Miss. St.	47.3
UCF	47.5
Purdue	48.4
Ohio State	52.7
Oklahoma	53.4
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:	:
San Diego St.	96.3
San Jose St.	96.9
Sam Houston	97.6
UTSA	98.5
Jacksonville St.	100.7
New Mexico	103.9
E. Mich.	105.6
Army	116.1
LA Tech	117.3
Liberty	123.5

Average Rank per Conference:

SEC	42.3
B10	49.9
PAC	55.0
ACC	55.3
IND	56.0
B12	58.7
AAC	63.1
SUN	73.9
MWC	88.4
MID	91.9
USA	100.5

Hardest Cumulative Schedules Played per Conference:

SEC	62.6
B10	63.7
ACC	66.5
B12	69.2
PAC	77.5
SUN	78.5
AAC	82.0
MID	83.5
MWC	86.0
USA	88.5
IND	90.8