Week 5 Conference Rankings

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1SEC100.0075.785.0033-6
2Big Ten95.6967.260.9229-9
3Big 1294.5963.47-0.7922-9
4ACC88.5661.90-1.2720-16
5American81.6650.37-4.4418-15
6Mountain West79.6948.27-6.3514-18
7Pac-1273.0049.38-12.122-7
8Sun Belt72.2347.12-6.4111-27
9MAC72.0543.02-10.655-32
10CUSA70.4441.56-10.338-23

Conf SDR rating over inter-conference games only

IC Record from inter-conference games only

Avg SDR mean of the conference's own team ratings

Avg QU4D mean of the conference's own team QU4D points

Conference Comparison

Each conference's teams, best to worst — hover a line or logo to trace one conference.

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HOW IT WORKS

Computed, not voted.

Every FBS result feeds the same equation, recomputed from scratch each week. Nothing carries over from the week before.

See the full algorithm →

01

Calculate SDRs

SDR compares every FBS team by averaging the score of each game played this season. The more games that have been played, the better the data.

02

Break into quadrants

Using SDR, teams are sorted into quadrants. Q1 is anyone within reach of the best team in the country, Q2 is the next tier down, and Q3 covers the rest of the top 68.

03

Reward good wins

Teams earn points for wins against strong quadrants, without being punished too heavily for a loss to a good team.