Here’s the updated CB360 Composite National Rankings (CNR), following the Opening Week of the 2019 season. Three teams – [39] Miami, [49] Oklahoma and [49] Saint Mary’s – have joined the Top–50, replacing San Diego State, Tennessee Tech and Florida Atlantic (which all ranked between 46–50 in the preseason CNR).
Plenty of info. about the CNR can be found on the 2019 CNR Preseason release (including historical lists/archive; also listing of the CNR formula elements, etc.).
… And here are CB360 Top–50 Scoreboard pages (the result listings also include games involving conference favorites for leagues outside the Top–50):
• Opening Week Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 15–18)
• Midweek Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 19–20)
• Weekend #2 Top–50 Scoreboard (Feb. 21–25); page & link to be added
CONFERENCE CALL – Here is the breakdown, by conference, of the current CNR top-50 (20 alone are from the SEC or ACC; and 14 of the top-25 are from those two leagues) … 32 (64%) are from the SEC/ACC/Big 12/Pac-12 … and 39 of the 50 (78%) are from these six leagues: SEC/ACC/B12/P12/BigTen/AAC:
• 11 SEC teams (2 top-4; 3 top-8; 7 top-16; 8 top-25) – (1) LSU…(3) Vanderbilt…(7) Florida…(10) Arkansas…(11) Ole Miss…(12) Mississippi State…(14) Georgia…(20) Auburn…(26) Texas A&M…(44) South Carolina & (487) Kentucky.
• 9 ACC teams (1 top-8; 3 top-16; 6 top-25) – (4) North Carolina…(9) Florida State…(13) Louisville…(17) Clemson…(24) NC State…(25) Duke…(32) Georgia Tech, (37) Wake Forest & (39) Miami.
• 6 Pac-12 teams (1 top-4; 3 top-8): – (2) Oregon State…(5) UCLA…(8) Stanford…(27) Arizona…(36) Washington & (40) Arizona State.
• 6 Big 12 teams (1 top-8; 3 top-16; 4 top-25): – (6) Texas Tech…(15) Texas…(16) TCU…(18) Baylor…(28) Oklahoma State & (49) Oklahoma.
• 4 Big Ten teams –(29) Michigan…(33) Minnesota…(38) Indiana & (43) Illinois.
• 3 American Athletic Conf. teams (1 top-25) – (21) East Carolina…(30) Connecticut & (42) Houston.
• 2 Big West teams (1 top-25) – (22) Cal State Fullerton & (34) UC Irvine.
• 2 Conference USA team (1 top-25) – (23) Southern Miss & (35) Louisiana Tech.
• 2 Missouri Valley Conf. teams –(31) Dallas Baptist & (41) Missouri State.
• 1 each (5 teams) Sun Belt (#19 Coastal Carolina) …Big East (#45 St. John’s) …Southland (#46 Sam Houston State) … Atlantic Sun (#47 Stetson) … and West Coast (#50 Saint Mary’s).
>> CB360 Composite Top-50 Rankings #2 (Feb. 22, 2019)
(rank) Team – voting pts (2019 preseason CNR)
1. LSU – 94.77 (#1 in 2019 preseason CNR)
2. Oregon State – 94.68 (2)
3. Vanderbilt – 93.16 (3)
4. North Carolina – 92.48 (7)
5. UCLA – 92.29 (6)
6. Texas Tech – 91.32 (4)
7. Florida – 91.31 (5)
8. Stanford – 90.96 (8)
9. Florida State – 86.17 (12)
10. Arkansas – 86.08 (11)
11. Mississippi – 84.03 (10)
12. Mississippi State – 83.67 (13)
13. Louisville – 81.4o (9)
14. Georgia – 81.07 (14)
15. Texas – 79.06 (18)
16. TCU – 78.93 (20)
17. Clemson – 78.33 (19)
18. Baylor – 78.19 (17)
19. Coastal Carolina – 77.67 (22)
20. Auburn – 75.77 (15)
21. East Carolina – 74.06 (16)
22. Cal State Fullerton – 73.99 (21)
23. Southern Mississippi – 73.58 (23)
24. North Carolina State – 71.58 (25)
25. Duke – 69.66 (26)
26. Texas A&M – 69.42 (28)
27. Arizona – 69.27 (29)
28. Oklahoma State – 67.83 (27)
29. Michigan – 62.12 (31)
30. Connecticut – 60.36 (34)
31. Dallas Baptist – 58.77 (40)
32. Georgia Tech – 58.75 (32)
33. Minnesota – 58.29 (24)
34. UC Irvine – 56.36 (36)
35. Louisiana Tech – 56.01 (42)
36. Washington – 55.99 (33)
37. Wake Forest – 54.54 (41)
38. Indiana – 53.45 (37)
39. Miami – 53.10 (–)
40. Arizona State – 52.89 (49)
41. Missouri State – 52.76 (30)
42. Houston – 52.73 (35)
43. Illinois – 51.55 (45)
44. South Carolina – 50.99 (38)
45. St. John’s – 50.08 (44)
46. Sam Houston State – 50.04 (43)
47. Stetson – 50.02 (39)
48. Kentucky – 49.47 (47)
49. Oklahoma – 49.40 (–)
49. Saint Mary’s – 49.40 (–)
– next five: San Diego State, UNC Wilmington, Tennessee Tech, Florida Atlantic & Oregon
> Dropped Out of Top-50 After Opening Week:
46. San Diego State – 47.35 (46)
48. Tennessee Tech – 49.51 (48)
50. Florida Atlantic – 47.29 (50)