G’s Evaluation or The Rivalry Week Top 263

Welcome back, oh great and wonderful college football fans. It was rivalry week: a week full of animosity and downright hatred at times resulting in more in-game fighting, more unsportsmanlike penalties, more post-game flag-induced melees at mid-field, and more excuses from the losers. These games are so important that after losing his 4th straight to Michigan, Ohio St head coach Ryan Day’s job is in danger (or so social media seems to think). It’s a week when it’s commonplace for games that should be blowouts are closer (Georgia’s 2-point 8-overtime win over Georgia Tech), and stress levels are higher just from watching these games. It’s a no guilt in running up the score (see Indiana’s last score with 1:48 to play in the 66-0 thrashing of Purdue). It’s college football at its finest. And, sadly, it’s a sign of the end. There’s only one remaining regular season game (Army/Navy), the conference championship games, the bowl games/playoffs, and the FCS playoffs.

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Speaking of the FCS playoffs, the 8-game first round had some very cool games. Congratulations to Abilene Christian, Illinois St, Lehigh, Montana, Rhode Island, Tarleton, Tennessee Martin, and Villanova.

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Speaking of playoffs, I’ve heard tons of speculation about who gets in the new 12-team format and who doesn’t. Will a conference championship game loss drop a team out? How much, if any, does strength of schedule count? How about recency – do the hottest teams get consideration? Do head-to-head matchups matter (or do early-in-the-season-head-to-head matchups matter)? Do injuries to critical players in losses make those losses “forgivable?” The fact is nobody knows. This is the inaugural year. Yes, committees picked the top 25 for the 4-team playoff for years, but this is much more difficult.

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Speaking of head-to-head, which works better in the pros, I put this together to show it doesn’t always make a lot of sense. Notre Dame lost to N Illinois who lost to Ball St who lost to Vanderbilt who lost to Georgia St who lost to Old Dominion who lost to Virginia Tech who lost to Rutgers who lost to Wisconsin who lost to Southern Cal who lost to Maryland who lost to Indiana who lost to Ohio St who lost to Michigan who lost to Texas who lost to Georgia who lost to Mississippi who lost to Kentucky who lost to Auburn who lost to Arkansas who lost to Oklahoma St who lost to BYU who lost to Kansas who lost to Arizona St who lost to Cincinnati who lost to West Virginia who lost to Pittsburgh who lost to Louisville who lost to, you guessed it, Notre Dame.

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There were 16 teams with 5 wins heading into this week, with 14 bowl-eligible spots available (Virginia/Virginia Tech and E Michigan/W Michigan were winner gets a bowl games). However, there were just 5 bowl spots left, and it looked like we may have too many. Would they add a game like the second Frisco Bowl a few years ago or would teams be left out (done many times)? Turns out, it doesn’t matter. The 5-win teams went 5-11 giving us exactly 82. Congratulations to Coastal Carolina, NC St, North Texas, Virginia Tech, and W Michigan.

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Without further ado, here is the final regular season Top 263 of the GCR. Thank you for reading and sharing with others, G

Rank	Team	Conf	Win	Loss
1	Oregon	B10	12	0
2	Texas	SEC	11	1
3	Indiana	B10	11	1
4	Notre Dame	ND	11	1
5	SMU	ACC	11	1
6	Penn St	B10	11	1
7	Ohio St	B10	10	2
8	Georgia	SEC	10	2
9	Tennessee	SEC	10	2
10	BYU	B12	10	2
11	Miami FL	ACC	10	2
12	Iowa St	B12	10	2
13	Boise St	MWC	11	1
14	Arizona St	B12	10	2
15	Alabama	SEC	9	3
16	Army	AAC	10	1
17	South Carolina	SEC	9	3
18	Mississippi	SEC	9	3
19	Illinois	B10	9	3
20	Colorado	B12	9	3
21	Clemson	ACC	9	3
22	Louisville	ACC	8	4
23	Duke	ACC	9	3
24	Kansas St	B12	8	4
25	UNLV	MWC	10	2
26	Syracuse	ACC	9	3
27	Texas A&M	SEC	8	4
28	Michigan	B10	7	5
29	Memphis	AAC	10	2
30	Baylor	B12	8	4
31	Missouri	SEC	9	3
32	LSU	SEC	8	4
33	Texas Tech	B12	8	4
34	Louisiana	SUN	10	2
35	Tulane	AAC	9	3
36	Iowa	B10	8	4
37	Florida	SEC	7	5
38	Kansas	B12	5	7
39	Georgia Tech	ACC	7	5
40	Washington	B10	6	6
41	Mississippi St	SEC	2	10
42	Oklahoma	SEC	6	6
43	Boston College	ACC	7	5
44	Purdue	B10	1	11
45	Minnesota	B10	7	5
46	Navy	AAC	8	3
47	Pittsburgh	ACC	7	5
48	Maryland	B10	4	8
49	TCU	B12	8	4
50	Virginia Tech	ACC	6	6
51	UCLA	B10	5	7
52	Nebraska	B10	6	6
53	Florida St	ACC	2	10
54	Cincinnati	B12	5	7
55	Michigan St	B10	5	7
56	Marshall	SUN	9	3
57	Southern Cal	B10	6	6
58	UCF	B12	4	8
59	Virginia	ACC	5	7
60	Oklahoma St	B12	3	9
61	Sam Houston	USA	9	3
62	Liberty	USA	8	3
63	NC St	ACC	6	6
64	Ohio	MAC	9	3
65	Kentucky	SEC	4	8
66	Wisconsin	B10	5	7
67	W Kentucky	USA	8	4
68	Stanford	ACC	3	9
69	Arkansas	SEC	6	6
70	Ga Southern	SUN	8	4
71	Miami OH	MAC	8	4
72	Rutgers	B10	7	5
73	Utah	B12	5	7
74	Washington St	PAC	8	4
75	James Madison	SUN	8	4
76	Jacksonville St	USA	8	4
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	6	6
78	West Virginia	B12	6	6
79	California	ACC	6	6
80	Colorado St	MWC	8	4
81	Northwestern	B10	4	8
82	Buffalo	MAC	8	4
83	Auburn	SEC	5	7
84	Houston	B12	4	8
85	Arizona	B12	4	8
86	North Carolina	ACC	6	6
87	UCONN	IND	8	4
88	Wake Forest	ACC	4	8
89	N Illinois	MAC	7	5
90	Texas St	SUN	7	5
91	Bowling Green	MAC	7	5
92	Toledo	MAC	7	5
93	Montana St	Big Sky	12	0
94	East Carolina	AAC	7	5
95	San Jose St	MWC	7	5
96	Arkansas St	SUN	7	5
97	App St	SUN	5	6
98	South Alabama	SUN	6	6
99	UTSA	AAC	6	6
100	Old Dominion	SUN	5	7
101	ULM	SUN	5	7
102	North Texas	AAC	6	6
103	Nevada	MWC	3	10
104	South Florida	AAC	6	6
105	Charlotte	AAC	5	7
106	Coastal Carolina	SUN	6	6
107	Wyoming	MWC	3	9
108	Oregon St	PAC	5	7
109	Fresno St	MWC	6	6
110	Troy	SUN	4	8
111	Akron	MAC	4	8
112	UAB	AAC	3	9
113	UMASS	IND	2	10
114	Kent St	MAC	0	12
115	Temple	AAC	3	9
116	Middle Tennessee	USA	3	9
117	Southern Miss	SUN	1	11
118	Rice	AAC	4	8
119	UTEP	USA	3	9
120	Ball St	MAC	3	9
121	Georgia St	SUN	3	9
122	W Michigan	MAC	6	6
123	Air Force	MWC	5	7
124	South Dakota St	MVFC	10	2
125	Utah St	MWC	4	8
126	New Mexico St	USA	3	9
127	Hawaii	MWC	5	7
128	C Michigan	MAC	4	8
129	Jackson St	SWAC	10	2
130	Mercer	SoCon	10	2
131	South Dakota	MVFC	9	2
132	E Michigan	MAC	5	7
133	Incarnate Word	Southland	10	2
134	Kennesaw St	USA	2	10
135	FIU	USA	4	8
136	San Diego St	MWC	3	9
137	LA Tech	USA	5	7
138	South Carolina St	MEAC	9	2
139	Delaware	Colonial	9	2
140	UC Davis	Big Sky	10	2
141	Rhode Island	Colonial	11	2
142	New Mexico	MWC	5	7
143	Richmond	Colonial	10	3
144	Harvard	Ivy	8	2
145	Butler	Pioneer	9	3
146	Illinois St	MVFC	10	3
147	North Dakota St	MVFC	10	2
148	FAU	AAC	3	9
149	Idaho	Big Sky	9	3
150	Lehigh	Patriot	9	3
151	Tulsa	AAC	3	9
152	Dartmouth	IVY	8	2
153	Tennessee Martin	BSO/OVC	9	4
154	Duquesne	Northeast	8	3
155	Villanova	Colonial	10	3
156	San Diego	Pioneer	8	3
157	Tarleton	UAC	10	3
158	Drake	Pioneer	8	3
159	Montana	Big Sky	9	4
160	Abilene Christian	UAC	9	4
161	SEMO	BSO/OVC	9	4
162	NC Central	MEAC	8	3
163	Tennessee St	BSO/OVC	9	4
164	Yale	IVY	7	3
165	Columbia	IVY	7	3
166	Stony Brook	Colonial	8	4
167	Southern	SWAC	8	4
168	New Hampshire	Colonial	8	5
169	E Kentucky	UAC	8	5
170	Steph F Austin	Southland	7	5
171	Chattanooga	SoCon	7	5
172	Florida A&M	SWAC	7	5
173	W Carolina	SoCon	7	5
174	Southeastern	Southland	7	5
175	S Utah	UAC	7	5
176	E Tennessee St	SoCon	7	5
177	Missouri St	MVFC	8	4
178	William & Mary	Colonial	7	5
179	Lamar	Southland	7	5
180	Towson	Colonial	7	5
181	Alabama St	SWAC	7	5
182	Morehead St	Pioneer	7	5
183	Tennessee Tech	BSO/OVC	7	5
184	N Arizona	Big Sky	8	5
185	Robert Morris	Northeast	7	5
186	C Connecticut	Northeast	7	6
187	Holy Cross	Patriot	6	6
188	Davidson	Pioneer	6	5
189	Dayton	Pioneer	6	5
190	Elon	Colonial	6	6
191	Monmouth	Colonial	6	6
192	Morgan St	MEAC	6	6
193	C Arkansas	UAC	6	6
194	Lafayette	Patriot	6	6
195	Alcorn St	SWAC	6	6
196	McNeese	Southland	6	6
197	Alabama A&M	SWAC	6	6
198	Bucknell	Patriot	6	6
199	North Dakota	MVFC	5	7
200	Houston Christian	Southland	5	7
201	Portland St	Big Sky	3	8
202	Merrimack	FCSIND	5	6
203	Presbyterian	Pioneer	6	6
204	Murray St	MVFC	1	11
205	W Illinois	BSO/OVC	4	8
206	S Illinois	MVFC	4	8
207	Maine	Colonial	5	7
208	Texas Southern	SWAC	5	6
209	Wofford	SoCon	5	7
210	Citadel	SoCon	5	7
211	Grambling St	SWAC	5	7
212	Northwestern St	Southland	0	12
213	Youngstown St	MVFC	4	8
214	N Colorado	Big Sky	1	11
215	VMI	SoCon	1	11
216	Prairie View	SWAC	5	7
217	Georgetown	Patriot	5	6
218	Lindenwood	BSO/OVC	5	7
219	N Alabama	UAC	3	9
220	Utah Tech	UAC	1	11
221	Sacred Heart	FCSIND	5	6
222	Penn	IVY	4	6
223	St Thomas	Pioneer	6	6
224	Samford	SoCon	4	7
225	Idaho St	Big Sky	5	7
226	North Carolina A&T	Colonial	1	11
227	Hampton	Colonial	5	7
228	Nicholls	Southland	4	8
229	Mississippi Valley	SWAC	1	11
230	E Illinois	BSO/OVC	3	9
231	Long Island	Northeast	4	8
232	Albany	Colonial	4	8
233	Cornell	IVY	4	6
234	Austin Peay	UAC	4	8
235	Marist	Pioneer	1	10
236	Princeton	IVY	3	7
237	Gardner Webb	BSO/OVC	4	8
238	Furman	SoCon	3	8
239	Stonehill	Northeast	1	10
240	Campbell	Colonial	3	9
241	Howard	MEAC	4	8
242	St Francis	Northeast	4	7
243	Delaware St	MEAC	1	11
244	Bethune	SWAC	2	10
245	Fordham	Patriot	2	10
246	E Washington	Big Sky	4	8
247	N Iowa	MVFC	3	9
248	Charleston	BSO/OVC	1	11
249	Mercyhurst	Northeast	4	7
250	Valparaiso	Pioneer	4	7
251	Ark Pine Bluff	SWAC	3	9
252	Sacramento St	Big Sky	3	9
253	Brown	IVY	3	7
254	Norfolk St	MEAC	4	8
255	Bryant	Colonial	2	10
256	Stetson	Pioneer	2	9
257	Indiana St	MVFC	4	8
258	Wagner	Northeast	4	8
259	Weber St	Big Sky	4	8
260	West Georgia	UAC	4	7
261	Cal Poly	Big Sky	3	8
262	Colgate	Patriot	2	10
263	Commerce	Southland	3	9