The College Football News 2019 college football rankings after Week 8.
As always, the rankings are done by the results as much as humanly possible.
For example, Tulsa might be 2-5, but those five losses came to Michigan State, Oklahoma State, SMU, Navy and Cincinnati – all teams ranked relatively high. The Golden Hurricane beat Wyoming, who not only beat Missouri, but whose only other loss is to a highly-ranked San Diego State.
Long story short, Tulsa is ranked way too high for a reason.
For most of this, though, it’s no longer humanly possible to go by the season-long results. The ACC, MAC and Pac-12 are too much of a mess now, so most of those are by a combination of what happened this week, and trying to be honest about how good the teams really appear to be.
And then there are the upsets. Illinois gets bumped up, Georgia Tech gets a big push, and Vanderbilt has to go up to a point. That raises up teams like UNLV, who whacked the Commodores in Nashville last week.
As always, November comes around and most of this goes into judgement call mode. But for now, yes, it’s a mish-mosh of methods to put this puzzle together.
As always, if you have an issue or a question about a ranking, go ahead and tweet us @ColFootballNews and we’ll try to figure it out/explain. If you see something that looks REALLY off, look at the schedule and follow the trail from there – or notice the one horrific loss or wildly big win.
College Football News Rankings: Week 8
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CFN Rankings After Week 8
76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
130. Akron Zips (0-7)
Week 8: Buffalo 21, Akron 0
Last Week Ranking: 130
Week 9 Opponent: at Northern Illinois
129. UMass Minutemen (1-6)
Week 8: DIDN’T PLAY THIS WEEK
Last Week Ranking: 129
Week 9 Opponent: UConn
128. New Mexico State Aggies (0-7)
Week 8: DIDN’T PLAY THIS WEEK
Last Week Ranking: 127
Week 9 Opponent: at Georgia Southern
127. Rice Owls (0-7)
Week 8: UTSA 31, Rice 27
Last Week Ranking: 125
Week 9 Opponent: Southern Miss
126. UTEP Miners (1-5)
Week 8: FIU 32, UTEP 17
Last Week Ranking: 126
Week 9 Opponent: Louisiana Tech
125. UTSA Roadrunners (3-4)
Week 8: UTSA 31, Rice 27
Last Week Ranking: 124
Week 9 Opponent: at Texas A&M (Nov. 2)
124. UConn Huskies (1-6)
Week 8: Houston 24, UConn 17
Last Week Ranking: 128
Week 9 Opponent: at UMass
123. South Alabama Jaguars (1-6)
Week 8: Troy 37, South Alabama 13
Last Week Ranking: 123
Week 9 Opponent: at Appalachian State
122. Rutgers Scarlet Knights (1-6)
Week 8: Minnesota 42, Rutgers 7
Last Week Ranking: 122
Week 9 Opponent: Liberty
121. New Mexico Lobos (2-5)
Week 8: Wyoming 23, New Mexico 10
Last Week Ranking: 121
Week 9 Opponent: Hawaii
120. Charlotte 49ers (2-5)
Week 8: WKU 30, Charlotte 14
Last Week Ranking: 120
Week 9 Opponent: North Texas
119. Old Dominion Monarchs (1-6)
Week 8: UAB 38, Old Dominion 14
Last Week Ranking: 119
Week 9 Opponent: Florida Atlantic
118. East Carolina Pirates (3-4)
Week 8: UCF 41, East Carolina 28
Last Week Ranking: 118
Week 9 Opponent: USF
117. FIU Golden Panthers (4-3)
Week 8: FIU 32, UTEP 17
Last Week Ranking: 117
Week 9 Opponent: at Middle Tennessee
116. UAB Blazers (6-1)
Week 8: UAB 38, Old Dominion 14
Last Week Ranking: 116
Week 9 Opponent: at Tennessee (Nov. 12)
115. Colorado State Rams (2-5)
Week 8: DIDN’T PLAY THIS WEEK
Last Week Ranking: 113
Week 9 Opponent: at Fresno State
114. Troy Trojans (3-3)
Week 8: Troy 37, South Alabama 13
Last Week Ranking: 110
Week 9 Opponent: at Georgia State
113. Arkansas State Red Wolves (2-4)
Week 8: Louisiana 37, Arkansas State 20
Last Week Ranking: 109
Week 9 Opponent: Texas State
112. Coastal Carolina Chanticleers (3-4)
Week 8: Georgia Southern 30, Coastal Carolina 27 3OT
Last Week Ranking: 106
Week 9 Opponent: Troy (Nov. 2)
111. Georgia Southern Eagles (3-3)
Week 8: Georgia Southern 30, Coastal Carolina 27 3OT
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 9 Opponent: New Mexico State
110. Army Black Knights (3-4)
Week 8: Georgia State 28, Army 21
Last Week Ranking: 71
Week 9 Opponent: San Jose State
109. Georgia State Panthers (5-2)
Week 8: Georgia State 28, Army 21
Last Week Ranking: 105
Week 9 Opponent: Troy
108. Texas State Bobcats (2-4)
Week 8: DIDN’T PLAY THIS WEEK
Last Week Ranking: 104
Week 9 Opponent: at Arkansas State
107. ULM Warhawks (3-4)
Week 8: Appalachian State 52, ULM 7
Last Week Ranking: 115
Week 9 Opponent: Arkansas State (Nov. 2)
106. Arkansas Razorbacks (2-5)
Week 8: Auburn 51, Arkansas 10
Last Week Ranking: 102
Week 9 Opponent: at Alabama
105. San Jose State Spartans (3-4)
Week 8: San Diego State 27, San Jose State 17
Last Week Ranking: 101
Week 9 Opponent: at Army
104. Toledo Rockets (4-3)
Week 8: Ball State 52, Toledo 14
Last Week Ranking: 89
Week 9 Opponent: Eastern Michigan
103. Bowling Green Falcons (2-5)
Week 8: Central Michigan 38, Bowling Green 20
Last Week Ranking: 88
Week 9 Opponent: at Western Michigan
102. Western Michigan Broncos (4-4)
Week 8: Eastern Michigan 34, Western Michigan 27
Last Week Ranking: 90
Week 9 Opponent: Bowling Green
101. Eastern Michigan Eagles (4-3)
Week 8: Eastern Michigan 34, Western Michigan 27
Last Week Ranking: 99
Week 9 Opponent: at Toledo
CFN Rankings After Week 7
76-100 | 51-75 | 26-50 | 11-25 | Top 10
