AP Ranked Teams vs SOR - 2026 Wk 4

[u/tmart12]

FPI SOR

SOR:Strength of Record rank. Reflects chance that an average Top 25 team would have team's record or better, given the schedule.

FEI SOR

Strength of schedule ratings represent the number of losses a team two standard deviations above average would expect to have against the schedule of opponents (ELS), the number of losses a team one standard deviation above average would expect to have against the schedule (GLS), and the number of losses an average team would expect to have against the schedule (ALS)

Strength of record ratings (EWD, GWD, AWD) are the difference between a team's schedule strength ratings and its actual losses.

Top 25

AP Rk	Team	FPI SOR	FEI EL SOR	FEI GL SOR	FEI AL SOR	Avg. SOR
1	Texas	1	1	1	1	1.0
2	Georgia	8	6	6	10	7.5
3	Notre Dame	12	9	9	5	8.8
4	Miami	14	13	19	23	17.3
5	Ohio State	30	27	26	31	28.5
6	Indiana	15	12	13	15	13.8
7	Alabama	3	4	2	2	2.8
8	Florida	2	2	3	4	2.8
9	Ole Miss	6	25	8	8	11.8
10	BYU	25	11	15	27	19.5
11	LSU	20	35	16	9	20.0
12	Texas Tech	9	14	18	20	15.3
13	Utah	13	8	7	6	8.5
14	Iowa	5	3	5	7	5.0
15	Oregon	18	36	22	16	23.0
16	Mississippi State	4	5	4	3	4.0
17	Tennessee	35	29	33	40	34.3
18	USC	29	31	35	24	29.8
19	Oklahoma State	32	32	36	36	34.0
20	Houston	44	50	53	48	48.8
21	SMU	37	47	41	33	39.5
22	Boise State	31	32	32	30	31.3
23	UCLA	16	15	20	11	15.5
24	Kentucky	11	24	14	22	17.8
25	Missouri	42	49	43	32	41.5

Top 25 by SOR

AP Rk	Team	FPI SOR	FEI EL SOR	FEI GL SOR	FEI AL SOR	Avg. SOR
1	Texas	1	1	1	1	1.0
7	Alabama	3	4	2	2	2.8
8	Florida	2	2	3	4	2.8
16	Mississippi State	4	5	4	3	4.0
14	Iowa	5	3	5	7	5.0
2	Georgia	8	6	6	10	7.5
13	Utah	13	8	7	6	8.5
3	Notre Dame	12	9	9	5	8.8
--	Duke	10	10	12	13	11.3
9	Ole Miss	6	25	8	8	11.8
--	Cincinnati	19	7	11	12	12.3
6	Indiana	15	12	13	15	13.8
12	Texas Tech	9	14	18	20	15.3
23	UCLA	16	15	20	11	15.5
--	Wisconsin	7	23	10	26	16.5
4	Miami	14	13	19	23	17.3
24	Kentucky	11	24	14	22	17.8
--	Pittsburgh	22	16	21	18	19.3
--	Wake Forest	17	26	17	17	19.3
10	BYU	25	11	15	27	19.5
11	LSU	20	35	16	9	20.0
--	Virginia Tech	23	17	25	21	21.5
--	Nebraska	21	17	24	29	22.8
15	Oregon	18	36	22	16	23.0
--	James Madison	26	17	28	25	24.0

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

I actually need more data to show we’re not trash

[u/corskier → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

I actually need a bit more data to understand just how trash the aggies and sooners are this year. For personal reasons.

[u/LiveMarionberry3694 → u/corskier]

Brb going to the bathroom with this info

[u/BrisketInMyPocket → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Eh. It’s college football. Just win baby. Even VY had stinkers. Some Longhorns fans acting real Aggie lately. 

[u/fattest-fatwa → u/BrisketInMyPocket]

My memory is that 4-0 Aggie fans are still living in WE ARE NEVER LOSING AGAIN land. 

[u/BrisketInMyPocket → u/fattest-fatwa]

This performative humility is silly, any other fanbase would love to be in that spot and non apologetic.

[u/apathynext → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

“Texas doesn’t deserve to be #1”

[u/silverhk → u/apathynext]

I think you would be very hard-pressed to find anybody who doesn't think Texas deserves to be at the number one right now. Whether or not Texas is actually the best team in the country is much more debatable.

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/silverhk]

I think you would be very hard-pressed to find anybody who doesn't think Texas deserves to be at the number one right now.

There are literal AP voters who don't think that.

[u/silverhk → u/ATXBeermaker]

Perfectly fair point, however I think it is fair to believe that a lot of those voters are voting their opinions on how good the team is rather than voting purely on most deserving. College football rankings are always an uncomfortable hybrid of the two.

[u/ATXBeermaker → u/silverhk]

a lot of those voters are voting their opinions on how good the team is rather than voting purely on most deserving

AP voters, by definition, get to choose what it means to be "deserving" of being ranked #1. If some of them rank not based on resume and instead on their perception of on-field performance or any other factors, that's their prerogative.

And this is all beside the point of what that other guy brought up in terms of tons of people on various platforms calling Texas mediocre because of their offensive struggles.

[u/Zoratth → u/silverhk]

Go look at any post about Texas in some of the other college football subs and you’ll see hundreds of comments saying Texas is mid or barely a top 10 team. Georgia might be better, but it’s much easier to look good when you are playing garbage teams each week instead of Ohio State/Tennessee.

[u/PlantasaurusRex → u/silverhk]

Ahh the age old “best” vs. “most deserving” argument

[u/2th → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Data can be manipulated. In no universe should yall have such a high rating when your opponents have been UTSA, Texas State, and us. Your record is 65% cupcake. Your only good matchup has been against Ohio State.

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP → u/2th]

Who’s is #1 in your opinion?

[u/2th → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

Honestly, Georgia. But it isn't by much. No school has a really good resume so far. It's all been mostly cupcakes. But I would rank Georgia's cupcakes slightly higher.

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP → u/2th]

You would rank Tennessee St., WKU, Arkansas and OU over Texas State, Ohio State, UTSA and Tennessee? Bro, just stop lol.

[u/2th → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

We're talking a difference of like 0.1% here. It's also taking into account that y'all have not performed well. You've beaten two cupcakes soundly. You beat Ohio State by 1. You beat us by 3. Meanwhile Georgia has soundly defeated everyone. Gorgia has had a similar schedule AND performed better. That's why they deserve #1. If y'all had done what was expected and wrecked us, you'd deserve it. But after that performance, both teams should have dropped in rankings.

[u/DerrickWhiteMVP → u/2th]

Oh, shit. We barely beat the current #5 team in the country. Should’ve scheduled a cupcake instead. You are what’s wrong with college football.

[u/2th → u/DerrickWhiteMVP]

You are what's wrong with college football. You're too blinded by tribalism to see reality. Y'all played like trash vs us. We played like trash vs y'all. Both teams deserved to go down after those performances. But y'all, being number #1 have more weight to drag you down. Don't want to be called out for performing bad vs a worse team? Then perform as you're supposed to.