College Football Rankings

I wanted to post these rankings. I call these the Initial Condition (IC) Rankings (Yes, that's a differential equations term), used to show the effect that preseason polls have on rankings. What I do is start teams in the reverse order of finish from last season and use the same assumptions and patterns used in the real human polls. Championship Division teams are still treated as inferior, and unranked teams will get a huge boost from upsetting top teams. I'll post the preseason rankings and the Week 2 rankings today, and will try to update this weekly.

Preseason Rankings

1. Idaho
2. Florida International
3. SMU
4. North Texas
5. Northern Illinois
6. UAB
7. Rice
8. Duke
9. New Mexico State
10. Utah State
11. Army
12. Syracuse
13. Kent State
14. Tulane
15. Louisiana-Lafayette
16. Minnesota
17. Temple
18. Baylor
19. Eastern Michigan
20. UNLV
21. UTEP
22. Akron
23. Colorado State
24. San Jose State
25. Marshall

Also Recieving votes: Toledo, Notre Dame, Louisiana Tech, Iowa State, Mississippi, Buffalo, Memphis, Miami (OH), Western Kentucky, Arkansas State, Western Michigan, Stanford

Week 2 Rankings

1. Rice
2. Duke
3. Minnesota
4. Temple
5. New Mexico State
6. UNLV
7. SMU
8. Arizona
9. Northern Illinois
10. Tulane
11. Eastern Michigan
12. Kansas
13. Mississippi
14. Kansas State
15. Idaho
16. Tulsa
17. Army
18. San Jose State
    
19. Marshall
20. Florida International
21. Buffalo
22. Utah State
23. Northwestern
24. Louisiana Tech
25. Toledo

Also Recieving Votes: Southern Mississippi, Iowa State, Boston College, Notre Dame, Wake Forest, North Texas, UAB, Arkansas State, Syracuse, Louisiana-Lafayette, StanKent State, UTEP, Colorado, Baylor, Wisconsin, Colorado State