Week 8 College Football Power Rankings

Week is in the books so it’s time to analyze all 130 FBS college football teams and publish our data driven week college football power rankings. In addition, we give you our Heisman Trophy and College Football Playoff Rankings.

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College Football Playoff Rankings – Week 8

If the College Football Playoff were to happen this week, this would be the Final Four:

  1. Alabama vs. 4. Oklahoma
  2. Clemson vs. 3. Ohio State

It’s hard for me to say there are four teams better than LSU. That Alabama vs. LSU game is a de facto College Football Playoff game.

If Oklahoma runs the table, they’re in the playoff.

Georgia’s loss on Saturday eliminated Notre Dame from contention in my eyes. And USC losing at Notre Dame basically ended hopes for the Pac-12 to get into the playoff.

Heisman Tropy Rankings – Week 8

I don’t have a Heisman ballot but if I did, my ballot this week would like like this:

  1. Joe Burrow (QB – LSU) – He’s come up big in LSU’s big wins. He has my vote for best player at the midpoint in the college football season.
  2. Tua Tagovailoa (QB – Alabama) – Second in the nation in QBR and 27 TD’s to 1 INT this season.
  3. Chuba Hubbard (RB – Oklahoma State) – He’s flying under the radar but he’s got 1,094 yards already this season with 13 TD’s averaging 6.7 yards per carry.
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Week 8 College Football Rankings

RANKTEAMConferenceDivision
1Ohio StateBIG TENEAST
2AlabamaSECWEST
3WisconsinBIG TENWEST
4LSUSECWEST
5OregonPAC 12NORTH
6Penn StateBIG TENEAST
7ClemsonACCATLANTIC
8Notre DameIND
9OklahomaBIG 12
10GeorgiaSECEAST
11AuburnSECWEST
12UtahPAC 12SOUTH
13Iowa StateBIG 12
14IowaBIG TENWEST
15UCFAMERICANEAST
16MichiganBIG TENEAST
17TexasBIG 12
18WashingtonPAC 12NORTH
19MissouriSECEAST
20BaylorBIG 12
21TulaneAMERICANWEST
22SMUAMERICANWEST
23NavyAMERICANWEST
24FloridaSECEAST
25Boise StateMWCMOUNTAIN
26MemphisAMERICANWEST
27CincinnatiAMERICANEAST
28Appalachian StateSUN BELT
29MinnesotaBIG TENWEST
30LouisianaSUN BELT
31TCUBIG 12
32Kansas StateBIG 12
33Oklahoma StateBIG 12
34Arizona StatePAC 12SOUTH
35Western KentuckyC-USAEAST
36DukeACCCOASTAL
37IndianaBIG TENEAST
38WyomingMWCMOUNTAIN
39Washington StatePAC 12NORTH
40USCPAC 12SOUTH
41San Diego StateMWCWEST
42Michigan StateBIG TENEAST
43Wake ForestACCATLANTIC
44Air ForceMWCMOUNTAIN
45Louisiana TechC-USAWEST
46Western MichiganMACWEST
47TempleAMERICANEAST
48VirginiaACCCOASTAL
49Florida InternationalC-USAEAST
50North CarolinaACCCOASTAL
51North Carolina StateACCATLANTIC
52HawaiiMWCWEST
53Coastal CarolinaSUN BELT
54ArmyIND
55UABSUN BELT
56IllinoisBIG TENWEST
57KentuckySECEAST
58Miami (Fla.)ACCCOASTAL
59Mississippi StateSECWEST
60Texas A&MSECWEST
61CaliforniaPAC 12NORTH
62MarylandBIG TENEAST
63LouisvilleACCATLANTIC
64PittsburghACCCOASTAL
65Florida StateACCATLANTIC
66ArizonaPAC 12SOUTH
67NebraskaBIG TENWEST
68ToledoMACWEST
69MississippiSECWEST
70ArkansasSECWEST
71Texas TechBIG 12
72South CarolinaSECEAST
73Boston CollegeACCATLANTIC
74PurdueBIG TENWEST
75StanfordPAC 12NORTH
76Florida AtlanticC-USAEAST
77NorthwesternBIG TENWEST
78HoustonAMERICANWEST
79ColoradoPAC 12SOUTH
80LibertySUN BELT
81Fresno StateMWCWEST
82Ball StateMACWEST
83Georgia StateSUN BELT
84Central MichiganMACWEST
85Utah StateMWCMOUNTAIN
86Southern MissC-USAWEST
87TroySUN BELT
88BYUIND
89North TexasC-USAWEST
90San Jose StateMWCWEST
91Virginia TechACCCOASTAL
92SyracuseACCATLANTIC
93TulsaAMERICANWEST
94UCLAPAC 12SOUTH
95West VirginiaBIG 12
96OhioMACEAST
97Oregon StatePAC 12NORTH
98Arkansas StateSUN BELT
99MarshallC-USAEAST
100TennesseeSECEAST
101KansasBIG 12
102Eastern MichiganMACWEST
103South FloridaAMERICANEAST
104Louisiana-MonroeSUN BELT
105BuffaloMACEAST
106Kent StateMACEAST
107Colorado StateMWCMOUNTAIN
108RiceC-USAWEST
109Northern IllinoisMACWEST
110Old DominionC-USAEAST
111VanderbiltSECEAST
112Georgia TechACCCOASTAL
113CharlotteC-USAEAST
114Georgia SouthernSUN BELT
115UNLVMWCWEST
116Middle TennesseeC-USAEAST
117Texas StateSUN BELT
118East CarolinaAMERICANEAST
119Miami (Ohio)MACEAST
120New MexicoMWCMOUNTAIN
121South AlabamaSUN BELT
122New Mexico StateSUN BELT
123NevadaMWCWEST
124RutgersBIG TENEAST
125UTEPC-USAWEST
126AkronMACEAST
127UTSAC-USAWEST
128ConnecticutAMERICANEAST
129Bowling GreenMACEAST
130MassachusettsMACEAST

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