College Football Reference Final Regular Season Rankings

[Pelicans78]

Their formula is Simple Rating System (SRS) based on Strength of Schedule and Margin of Victory. Here are the rankings for individual teams, Offensive Rating, Defensive Rating, Conference Rankings, and Strength of Schedule.

Individual Teams Simple Rating System (SRS)

1. Oregon
2. Alabama
3. Ole Miss
4. TCU
5. Ohio State
6. Georgia
7. Mississippi State
8. Baylor
9. Auburn
10. Florida State

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014-ratings.html (Click on SRS for the rankings of all 128 teams)

Offensive Simple Rating System (OSRS)

1. Oregon
2. Baylor
3. Cal
4. Western Kentucky
5. Georgia Tech
6. Auburn
7. Ohio State
8. Florida State
9. North Carolina
10. TCU

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014-ratings.html (Click on OSRS for the rankings of all 128 teams)

Defensive Simple Rating System (DSRS)

1. Ole Miss
2. Stanford
3. LSU
4. Clemson
5. Alabama
6. Arkansas
7. Texas
8. Wisconsin
9. Missouri
10. Virginia Tech

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014-ratings.html (Click on DSRS for the rankings of all 128 teams)

Strength of Schedule (SOS)

1. Auburn
2. UCLA
3. Arkansas
4. Ole Miss
5. Colorado
6. Alabama
7. Washington State
8. LSU
9. Arizona
10. Tennessee

Other notables. Oregon (24), FSU (35), Ohio State (46), TCU (57), Baylor (67).

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014-standings.html (Click on SOS for rankings on all 128 teams)

Conference Rankings Ratings

1. SEC - 11.01
2. PAC-12 - 8.64
3. ACC - 6.25
4. Big 12 - 6.08
5. Big 10 - 4.36
6. Independent - 0.55
7. Mountain West - (-1.91)
8. C-USA - (-3.27)
9. AAC - (-5.03)
10. MAC - (-8.69)
11. Sun Belt - (-9.22)

http://www.sports-reference.com/cfb/years/2014.html#all_conferences

[Pelicans78]

If you look at the top 4 teams who got in, they are ranked in order of their strength of schedule according to these rankings.

The Big 10 was the worst P5 conference by a decent margin, but OSU had a solid OOC schedule compared to both TCU and Baylor.

The margin between TCU and Ohio State is very small on the rankings. TCU is higher due to margin of victories. That's why FSU is all the way down to 10 since they won a ton of close games against mild opponents.

[Avante]

Ohio State would take TCU/Baylor apart and the committee knows that. Yes the Big10 sucks, with OSU being the exception.

[Pelicans78]

Ohio State would take TCU/Baylor apart and the committee knows that. Yes the Big10 sucks, with OSU being the exception.

I think Ohio St.'s defense would have some trouble with both offenses, but they would put up alot of points as well. It would be relatively high scoring games.

[Silver&Black]

Damn...just looked at Baylor's SOS. Did Boise St. and Southern Miss really play tougher schedules? I just don't believe it....

Seriously, Southern Mississippi???

[JMarkJohns]

I'm sorry, but a 10-win team with a top-10 SOS from the 2nd Best Conference with three Top-25 wins, two top-15, 1 top-2 should be in the final top-10, especially over teams with SOSs in the 40+ ranges.

You can't penalize a team for losing in a Title game, especially to your #1.

[JMarkJohns]

Boy is that ranking fucked up, to be honest.

They rank a 10-3 Arizona behind a 10-2 ASU, likely because Arizona was good enough to win the South, then pick up a third loss to Oregon.

Problem?

Arizona already beat Oregon/ASU didn't even play them
Arizona beat ASU head2head
Arizona destroyed Utah by 30+ at Utah/ASU barely beat Utah in OT at home
Arizona lost by 10 at UCLA/ASU lost by 30 at home to UCLA
Arizona has a top-10 SOS/ASU does not

Seriously... Is a three-loss Notre Dame win really worth that much?

These rankings suck balls, dude. I wouldn't use them to back shit, let alone actual opinion.

[NFO]

I think Ohio St.'s defense would have some trouble with both offenses, but they would put up alot of points as well. It would be relatively high scoring games.

Most teams would have trouble with both of those offenses, and as an Ohio State fan they probably would have trouble with those offenses as well. I still think Ohio State could have outscored both though, especially Baylor. Both are very very good teams though.

[Pelicans78]

Boy is that ranking fucked up, to be honest.

They rank a 10-3 Arizona behind a 10-2 ASU, likely because Arizona was good enough to win the South, then pick up a third loss to Oregon.

Problem?

Arizona already beat Oregon/ASU didn't even play them
Arizona beat ASU head2head
Arizona destroyed Utah by 30+ at Utah/ASU barely beat Utah in OT at home
Arizona lost by 10 at UCLA/ASU lost by 30 at home to UCLA
Arizona has a top-10 SOS/ASU does not

Seriously... Is a three-loss Notre Dame win really worth that much?

These rankings suck balls, dude. I wouldn't use them to back shit, let alone actual opinion.

Arizona was higher before they got blown out in the Pac-12 Title Game. These numbers are also based on marigin of victory. Losing by almost 40 points is what dropped Arizona in these polls. That's why they got punished. They were higher before the PAc-12 title game. This poll is simply based on a formula using strength of schedule and margin of victory. That's the only formula.

[Pelicans78]

Damn...just looked at Baylor's SOS. Did Boise St. and Southern Miss really play tougher schedules? I just don't believe it....

Seriously, Southern Mississippi???

Southern Miss did have both Bama and State on the schedule which elevates it.

Also the bottom of the Big 12 is ranked really low in these polls and add that to the cupcakes Baylor played out of conference, that explains some of it.

[JMarkJohns]

Arizona was higher before they got blown out in the Pac-12 Title Game. These numbers are also based on marigin of victory. Losing by almost 40 points is what dropped Arizona in these polls. That's why they got punished. They were higher before the PAc-12 title game. This poll is simply based on a formula using strength of schedule and margin of victory. That's the only formula.

That's a stupid simplistic formula with conflicting ideologies.

Based upon Final Poll
Top-5 wins: +10
Top-10 wins: +5
Top-15 wins: +4
Top-20 wins: +3
Top-25 wins: +2
Top-75 wins: +1

Road win by 14 or more: +5
Road win by 8-13 points: +4
Road win by 1-7 points: +3
Home wins by 15 or more: +2
Home wins by 8-14 points: +1
Home wins by 1-7 points: -----

Neutral wins by 15 or more: +3
Neutral wins by 8-14 points: +2
Neutral wins by 1-7 points: +1

Road loss by 1-3 points: -----
Road loss by 4-7 points: -1
Road loss by 8-14 points: -2
Road loss by 15 or more: -3
Home loss by 1-3 points: ----
Home loss by 4-7 points: -1
Home loss by 8-14 points: -2
Home loss by 15 or more: -3

End year SOS of 1-10: +10
End year SOS of 2-25: +5
End year SOS of 26-50: +3
End year SOS of 51-75: +1
End year SOS of 76 or lower: -1

How you play vs who you play and how they played vs who they played

Trouncing shitty teams by 30+ with a weak SOS should not be worth more than beating good teams home or road (especially road).