2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 4

With week #4 of NCAA FBS games finished, below is the latest Top 25 rankings using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  According to the Complex Invasion College Football production model, The Ohio State Buckeyes are now the most productive team in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Prior week's rankings are at the bottom of this post.

Rank	Team
1	Ohio State
2	Alabama
3	Memphis
4	Georgia
5	Mississippi State
6	Penn State
7	Miami (Florida)
8	Cincinnati
9	Washington State
10	Oklahoma
11	North Texas
12	Clemson
13	Florida
14	Michigan
15	Texas Tech
16	Utah State
17	Kentucky
18	Syracuse
19	Boise State
20	Maryland
21	West Virginia
22	Boston College
23	Virginia
24	Wisconsin
25	Auburn

Previous 2018 Top 25 Rankings
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #1
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #2
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #3

2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 3

With week #3 of NCAA FBS games finished, below is the latest Top 25 rankings using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  According to the Complex Invasion College Football production model, the Boise State Broncos are again the most productive team in all of the Football Bowl Subdivision.

Prior week's rankings are at the bottom of this post.

Rank	Team
1	Boise State
2	Louisiana Tech
3	Alabama
4	Texas A&M
5	Penn State
6	Boston College
7	Georgia
8	Kentucky
9	Washington
10	Ohio State
11	Toledo
12	Mississippi State
13	Memphis
14	Virginia
15	West Virginia
16	UCF
17	Georgia Tech
18	Wisconsin
19	Washington State
20	North Carolina State
21	South Florida
22	Georgia Southern
23	Navy
24	Kansas
25	Fresno State

Previous 2018 Top 25 Rankings
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #1
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #2

WNBA Competitive Balance

With the Seattle Storm on the verge of sweeping the Washington Mystics in tonight's WNBA finals, I thought I would update my periodic look at the WNBA's competitive balance.  So, using the Noll-Scully measure of competitive balance and grabbing the regular season league standings from the WNBA's website, I calculated competitive balance since 2003.  (Note:  league standings data only goes back to 2011 on the website).

For those interested in how to calculate this on your own, here is a step-by-step guide to calculate the Noll-Scully measure of competitive balance.  As you can see in the graph below, competitive balance has been relatively stable from 2017 to 2018, and for this time period on the whole, the average Noll-Scully is 1.789, which is about as competitive as Major League Baseball.

2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 2

With the second full week of NCAA FBS games finished, below is the latest Top 25 rankings using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  According to the Complex Invasion College Football production model, the Boise State Broncos are currently the most productive team after the conclusion of the last week.

Rank	Team
1	Boise State
2	Ohio State
3	Georgia
4	TCU
5	Boston College
6	Oklahoma State
7	UCF
8	Oregon
9	Auburn
10	Oklahoma
11	Mississippi State
12	Wisconsin
13	Vanderbilt
14	Toledo
15	Missouri
16	West Virginia
17	Washington State
18	Alabama
19	Utah
20	Georgia Southern
21	North Texas
22	Louisiana Tech
23	Baylor
24	Virginia Tech
25	Arizona State

Previous 2018 Top 25 Rankings
2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Rankings for Week #1

2018 NCAA FBS Top 25 Ranking for Week 1

With the NCAA FBS full season under way (except for Akron, Iowa State and Nebraska - due to weather), I have decided to post the Top 25 rankings after the first week. Normally, I like to wait until the second week, but the results are good using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model from the data provided at www.cfbstats.com.  According to the Complex Invasion College Football production model, the University of Memphis Tigers are the most productive team after the 66-13 defeat of Mercer during the first week.  Let's see how this holds up as teams start to play similar competition in a few weeks.

Rank	Team
1	Memphis
2	Toledo
3	Mississippi State
4	UAB
5	Fresno State
6	Texas A&M
7	TCU
8	Liberty
9	Florida
10	Oklahoma
11	UCF
12	Georgia
13	Arizona State
14	Nevada
15	Southern Mississippi
16	Oklahoma State
17	Utah
18	Charlotte
19	Ohio State
20	Eastern Michigan
21	Air Force
22	Georgia Tech
23	Houston
24	Ball State
25	Virginia