Updated my algorithm to not "punish teams for playing in a conference championship": The championship winners get credit for winning, but losing those games doesn't affect a team's scoring...

Parentheses denote change in rank from the previous week:

1. Indiana
2. Texas Tech (+4)
3. Ohio State (-1)
4. Ole Miss (-1)
5. Georgia (+2)
6. Alabama (-1)
7. Texas A&M (-3)
8. Oklahoma
9. BYU
10. South Florida
11. Tulane (+8)
12. North Texas (-1)
13. Oregon (-1)
14. James Madison (-1)
15. Texas (-1)
16. THE Miami (of Florida) (-1)
17. New Mexico (-1)
18. Norte Dame (-1)
19. Virginia (-1)
20. Navy
21. Louisville
22. Vanderbilt
23. Wake Forest
24. Arizona State (+1)
25. Georgia Tech (-1)

Other conference champions:

29 - Kennesaw State (+8)

36 - Boise State

37 - Duke (+21)

50 - Western Michigan (+5)

::: spoiler Full rankings:

Losers of championship games having "pseudo-records"

     1	Indiana - 13-0 - 183.88
     2	Texas Tech - 12-1 - 169.28
     3	Ohio State - 12-0 - 167.08
     4	Ole Miss - 11-1 - 166.83
     5	Georgia - 12-1 - 165.8
     6	Alabama - 10-2 - 165.2
     7	Texas A&M - 11-1 - 164.99
     8	Oklahoma - 10-2 - 160.16
     9	BYU - 11-1 - 158.2
    10	South Florida - 9-3 - 155.11
    11	Tulane - 11-2 - 153.66
    12	North Texas - 11-1 - 153.43
    13	Oregon - 11-1 - 150.12
    14	James Madison - 12-1 - 149.33
    15	Texas - 9-3 - 147.53
    16	Miami (FL) - 10-2 - 147.34
    17	New Mexico - 9-3 - 147.16
    18	Notre Dame - 10-2 - 146.32
    19	Virginia - 10-2 - 145.8
    20	Navy - 9-2 - 142.93
    21	Louisville - 8-4 - 140.24
    22	Vanderbilt - 10-2 - 139.63
    23	Wake Forest - 8-4 - 139.33
    24	Arizona State - 8-4 - 138.46
    25	Georgia Tech - 9-3 - 137.8
    26	Arizona - 9-3 - 137.36
    27	Houston - 9-3 - 137.36
    28	Utah - 10-2 - 137.22
    29	Kennesaw State - 10-3 - 136.31
    30	UNLV - 10-2 - 136.28
    31	San Diego State - 9-3 - 135.74
    32	Michigan - 9-3 - 135.61
    33	USC - 9-3 - 133.33
    34	Pittsburgh - 8-4 - 133.2
    35	TCU - 8-4 - 133.2
    36	Boise State - 9-4 - 132.28
    37	Duke - 8-5 - 131.14
    38	SMU - 8-4 - 130.56
    39	Fresno State - 8-4 - 129.51
    40	Memphis - 8-4 - 127.93
    41	Iowa State - 8-4 - 127.62
    42	Old Dominion - 9-3 - 126.41
    43	Illinois - 8-4 - 126.05
    44	UConn - 9-3 - 125.81
    45	Jacksonville State - 8-4 - 125.1
    46	Hawaiʻi - 8-4 - 124.43
    47	NC State - 7-5 - 123.17
    48	California - 7-5 - 120.8
    49	Clemson - 7-5 - 120.8
    50	Western Michigan - 9-4 - 120.7
    51	Toledo - 8-4 - 119.28
    52	Western Kentucky - 8-4 - 118.98
    53	Troy - 8-4 - 118.9
    54	Iowa - 8-4 - 118.62
    55	East Carolina - 8-4 - 118.43
    56	Washington - 8-4 - 118.33
    57	FIU - 7-5 - 117.12
    58	UTSA - 6-6 - 116.11
    59	Ohio - 8-4 - 112.33
    60	LSU - 7-5 - 112.16
    61	Miami (OH) - 7-5 - 111.33
    62	Utah State - 6-6 - 110.74
    63	Southern Miss - 7-5 - 110.44
    64	Cincinnati - 7-5 - 110.43
    65	Louisiana Tech - 7-5 - 109.87
    66	Arkansas State - 6-6 - 109.12
    67	Nebraska - 7-5 - 108.6
    68	Washington State - 6-6 - 108.43
    69	Florida State - 5-7 - 108.09
    70	Delaware - 6-6 - 106.93
    71	Tennessee - 8-4 - 105.96
    72	Missouri - 8-4 - 105.73
    73	Missouri State - 7-5 - 105.1
    74	Minnesota - 7-5 - 103.75
    75	Kansas State - 6-6 - 103.58
    76	Army - 6-5 - 103.07
    77	Texas State - 6-6 - 102.9
    78	Georgia Southern - 6-6 - 102.44
    79	Baylor - 5-7 - 102.21
    80	West Virginia - 4-8 - 100.2
    81	Marshall - 5-7 - 98.33
    82	Louisiana - 6-6 - 98.04
    83	Rice - 5-7 - 97.78
    84	Penn State - 6-6 - 97.1
    85	Northwestern - 6-6 - 95.91
    86	Central Michigan - 7-5 - 95.46
    87	Mississippi State - 5-7 - 95.45
    88	Kansas - 5-7 - 93.82
    89	UCF - 5-7 - 93.44
    90	Florida - 4-8 - 93.14
    91	Kentucky - 5-7 - 92.41
    92	Rutgers - 5-7 - 91.44
    93	Coastal Carolina - 6-6 - 87.72
    94	Michigan State - 4-8 - 86.33
    95	San Jose State - 3-9 - 85.61
    96	UAB - 4-8 - 85.43
    97	Wisconsin - 4-8 - 85.33
    98	Akron - 5-7 - 84.9
    99	Bowling Green - 4-8 - 84.41
   100	Temple - 5-7 - 83.67
   101	Ball State - 4-8 - 83.44
   102	Auburn - 5-7 - 82.14
   103	Syracuse - 3-9 - 81.93
   104	Tulsa - 4-8 - 81.75
   105	Stanford - 4-8 - 80.1
   106	Virginia Tech - 3-9 - 80.07
   107	Kent State - 5-7 - 79.85
   108	South Alabama - 4-8 - 79
   109	Buffalo - 5-7 - 78.46
   110	Colorado - 3-9 - 77.43
   111	Appalachian State - 5-7 - 76.67
   112	Liberty - 4-8 - 74.67
   113	Florida Atlantic - 4-8 - 74.02
   114	Eastern Michigan - 4-8 - 72.73
   115	Wyoming - 4-8 - 71.85
   116	South Carolina - 4-8 - 71.58
   117	Colorado State - 2-10 - 68.82
   118	ULM - 3-9 - 66.77
   119	Maryland - 4-8 - 66.73
   120	UCLA - 3-9 - 64.78
   121	Air Force - 4-8 - 63.17
   122	North Carolina - 4-8 - 63.17
   123	New Mexico State - 4-8 - 61.9
   124	Arkansas - 2-10 - 57.77
   125	Oregon State - 2-10 - 57.67
   126	Sam Houston - 2-10 - 57.67
   127	Nevada - 3-9 - 56.33
   128	Middle Tennessee - 3-9 - 54.52
   129	Northern Illinois - 3-9 - 54.33
   130	1-AA Team - 4-122 - 48.75
   131	Purdue - 2-10 - 45.33
   132	Boston College - 2-10 - 44.75
   133	UTEP - 2-10 - 34.65
   134	Charlotte - 1-11 - 8
   135	Georgia State - 1-11 - 8
   136	Oklahoma State - 1-11 - 8
   137	UMass - 0-12 - 0

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Who would have guessed 2 years ago that Indiana would go on to be the empirically best team after championship week in just 2 years time?

Algorithm is a combination of team record and their "best win". No MoV, human influence, or previous season influence.

Here are my rankings for this week. I will hold off submitting a poll until the Championship games have been played.

No real surprises here. OSU retakes the top spot, Texas A&M drops, putting them on the bubble. Pitt, SMU, and ASU drop out of the Top 25, being replaced by Navy, USF, and Iowa. ND persists at #4.

If you used this to CFP seeding, the Top 10 all make it in, with North Texas and JMU over any ACC team.

1. Ohio State
2. Indiana
3. Texas Tech
4. Notre Dame
5. Oregon
6. Georgia
7. Oklahoma
8. Utah
9. Ole Miss
10. Vanderbilt
11. BYU
12. Texas A&M
13. Alabama
14. Arizona
15. North Texas
16. Texas
17. James Madison
18. Miami
19. USC
20. Tulane
21. Virginia
22. Navy
23. Michigan
24. South Florida
25. Iowa

::: spoiler Full Rankings

Hopefully I have time to sit down and count out the rivalry week pick 'em tonight. But either way we all know the championship weekend lineups, so start picking your picks in your head!