A purely mathematical college football ranking. Revolutionizing College Football.

Joined June 2019
For those new here: Power Digits is a completely unbiased mathematical way of ranking teams in College Football. The primary objective of this ranking is not to predict future winners, but to determine who has the best resume for the College Football Playoffs. The Rankings were built to give a non-biased approach to teams’ strengths. By defining the path to success before the season, no name-bias can help a team’s ranking. The Power Digits methodology may not be universal, but ensures consistency from year-to-year. For the full math explanation: powerdigitsfootball.com/math… For the current rankings: powerdigitsfootball.com/curr… This algorithm was developed ~2018, & has been evolving ever since. In 2024, it has been optimized to run nearly automatically, allowing this team of one to fully maintain it going forward. Let's Revolutionize College Football!
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You may be wondering where the posts are - Power Digits will be back! I’m working through a lot on the back-end to automate the process, in efforts to add consistency, reactivity, and *more* interactivity to the site. Things to come!
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There’s a reason why they PLAY THE GAMES What matters is the teams being given opportunities - never assume in hypotheticals!
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IF POWER DIGITS SET THE #CFBPlayoff Power Digits is a simple algorithm that only factors in current season wins & losses as data points to drive a resume rating. Tulane 16, JMU 18, Duke 33 for champion spots Notre Dame & BYU take last at-large, Bama/Texas first 2 out.
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And yes, I *believe* you shouldn't be punished for a Conference Title game loss. (Bama). The algorithm is built to not crush a team for losing to an elite. But Bama's pitfall is the loss to Power Digits #72 Florida State. Without it, they're easily in.
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POWER DIGITS WEEK 15 (FINAL RANKINGS) Where does your school stack up?
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POWER DIGITS WEEK 15 (FINAL RANKINGS) #CFBPlayoff -Indiana 1! -BYU deserves a spot -Duke does not (JMU IN) -Oregon > Texas Tech for bye -Notre Dame IN, Bama/Texas/Miami OUT see the full rankings: powerdigitsfootball.com/curr…
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If Power Digits set the #CFBPlayoff field... Yes, JMU & N. Texas are above the ACC combatants meaning 2 group of 5... which.... may be right? Virginia is #21 in Power Digits. Texas Tech would certainly jump in with win over BYU. With a mathematical system, no room for debates!
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Duke is ranked #45 in Power Digits. The rest of the ACC above them: #16 Miami #21 Virginia #24 Georgia Tech #29 Louisville #38 SMU #39 Wake Forest #42 NC State #44 Pitt This team somehow gets the ACC Title game & potentially the locked-in CFP bid over more deserving G5 schools.
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POWER DIGITS WEEK 14 FULL RANKINGS Where does your school stand? #CFBPlayoff
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POWER DIGITS WEEK 14 Ohio State claims #1 after adding Michigan SOS Oregon leaps with UW win BYU holding A&M falls to 8 Texas still behind Michigan - both with OSU losses JMU surges for G5 lead! Miami & Vandy, not good enough for CFP. Full rankings at PowerDigitsFootball.com/curr…
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we have completely lost the plot when conferences are pleading for inclusion
The Canes fit the criteria ✅
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Power Digits believes BYU is a deserving playoff team. But it is disappointing to see/hear constant campaigning for selection by the teams. Is there faith in a committee or is it a helmet scout invitational? Maybe a clearly defined ranking algorithm is what’s needed…
11-1 Headed to the Big 12 Championship. It would be a disservice to our sport if this team’s not a playoff team.
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The frustrating part of all of this: someone who believes they should be in will be left out, and the rash decision/argument will be to expand the playoff even further… For which these same arguments will happen - among teams with even worse resumes
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If Power Digits set the #CFBPlayoff field based on today's resumes: Indiana/Ohio St/Texas A&M/Georgia Byes Oregon @ Michigan Miami @ BYU Tulane @ Ole Miss Alabama @ Oklahoma (With no known conf champs yet - using best Power Digits ranked team for the auto-bid: See Miami)
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POWER DIGITS FULL RANKINGS WEEK 13 #CFBPlayoff
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POWER DIGITS WEEK 13 #CFBPlayoff -SOS tanks for SEC teams with their scheduled "buys" -BYU proves themselves with yet another win vs .500+ team -Miami's national resume best in ACC, and likely don't get to Charlotte -Tulane pulling away -ND, Texas Tech: SOS depth holding back
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If the Power Digits rankings set the playoff field based on their resumes today... A&M / Indiana / Ohio St / Georgia byes Michigan @ USC Georgia Tech @ Alabama Tulane @ Ole Miss Notre Dame @ BYU That's some excellent duos - what do we think? #CFBPlayoff 🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿
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With 2 weeks to play - worth revisiting the "why" teams are ranked as such in Power Digits. CFB Power Digits is a completely unbiased, mathematical way of ranking the resumes of teams in College Football. Not "who would win" in a hypothetical game.
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#22 JAMES MADISON #23 NORTH TEXAS Both 9-1 chasing the G5 bid... JMU's road loss to Louisville versus the North Texas home loss to USF the difference. The Mean Green have higher metrics everywhere else (SOW, SOS, b3w)
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That's all I got - hope you enjoyed reading through! Plenty more CFB chaos yet to come. (and thanks for being here)
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