Saturday, January 18, 2020

Top 25 Ranked NCAA FBS Teams (2008 - 2019)

Scott Cunningham asked on Twitter:
So I thought I would tackle part of the question - where does LSU fit in the distribution of teams across seasons.  I am using the Complex Invasion College Football Production Model, using aggregate data provided from www.cfbstats.com.  If you are interested, here are the details of the Complex Invasion College Football production model (except since I am estimating all the seasons since 2008 - I used a panel data regression with clustered standard errors by conference).

Below is the results for the Top 25 NCAA FBS best team's since 2008.  For those interested, LSU in 2019 was ranked #6 out of 1503.


Rank Season
Name
1 2013
Florida State
2 2019
Clemson
3 2019
Ohio State
4 2018
Clemson
5 2008
Florida
6 2019
LSU
7 2016
Alabama
8 2010
Boise State
9 2011
Houston
10 2018
Alabama
11 2013
Baylor
12 2017
Alabama
13 2019
Alabama
14 2012
Alabama
15 2010
TCU
16 2008
USC
17 2011
Alabama
18 2016
Washington
19 2014
Oregon
20 2008
Oklahoma
21 2013
Louisville
22 2009
Florida
23 2014
TCU
24 2013
Oregon
25 2011
LSU