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Week 5 Power Rankings:
Not the most interesting week ever in terms of ranking changes. Most teams didn’t rise or fall too much in the average rankings, as everyone seems to have done about what we expected them to do. USC and Illinois had the biggest fall and jump, respectively, in average rankings after Illinois won on a last-second FG, and Minnesota had a solid jump after taking down Rutgers. Everyone else stayed pretty steady compared to last week.
This week isn’t looking very exciting either, but maybe that means some upsets are incoming? We’ll watch and see!
Don’t forget to head over to /r/TheB1G every week from Sunday through Wednesday to vote!
| Rank | Team | Points | Average Ranking | Last Week | Change | Variance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ohio State | 197 | 1.45 | 1 | 0 | 0.38 |
| 2 | Oregon | 225 | 1.65 | 2 | 0 | 0.29 |
| 3 | Indiana | 465 | 3.42 | 4 | 1 | 0.57 |
| 4 | Penn State | 522 | 3.84 | 3 | -1 | 1.22 |
| 5 | Michigan | 798 | 5.87 | 6 | 1 | 2.47 |
| 6 | Illinois | 835 | 6.14 | 7 | 1 | 2.00 |
| 7 | USC | 1075 | 7.90 | 5 | -2 | 3.04 |
| 8 | Washington | 1201 | 8.83 | 8 | 0 | 5.00 |
| 9 | Iowa | 1226 | 9.01 | 10 | 1 | 4.78 |
| 10 | Maryland | 1344 | 9.88 | 9 | -1 | 6.52 |
| 11 | Nebraska | 1496 | 11.00 | 11 | 0 | 5.96 |
| 12 | Minnesota | 1540 | 11.32 | 13 | 1 | 3.54 |
| 13 | Michigan State | 1628 | 11.97 | 12 | -1 | 2.81 |
| 14 | Rutgers | 1914 | 14.07 | 14 | 0 | 2.23 |
| 15 | Purdue | 2063 | 15.17 | 15 | 0 | 1.70 |
| 16 | Wisconsin | 2098 | 15.43 | 16 | 0 | 2.82 |
| 17 | Northwestern | 2200 | 16.18 | 17 | 0 | 1.61 |
| 18 | UCLA | 2429 | 17.86 | 18 | 0 | 0.30 |
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Points are the summation of every voter’s ranking for that team, therefore lower scores are better. This works because unlike the AP, Coaches, or /r/cfb polls, every team is ranked in every vote. If x votes were counted, the best possible score is x and the worst possible score is 18x. #1 votes are in parentheses.
Average Rank is the points divided by the number of votes. This will allow for comparison from one week to the next.
Prev. is the Rank from the previous week.
Change is the change in average rank from the previous week.
Variance is a measure of how much agreement there was between voters. A zero means all voters ranked a team the same, and a higher number means a team’s ranking was more controversial.