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Top 25 Heat IndexTM

The Top 25 Heat Index was designed to identify and highlight the teams playing the best right now.

Year: 2009 | 2008 |

Week: Pre-season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 |

Top 25 Heat Index- Week 1TM
Who's playing the best right now?
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1BYU (1-0)85°F
2Missouri (1-0)83°F
3Cincinnati (1-0)82°F
4Oklahoma St. (1-0)81°F
5Notre Dame (1-0)80°F
6Southern Cal (1-0)80°F
7Nebraska (1-0)79°F
8Tennessee (1-0)79°F
9California (1-0)79°F
10Alabama (1-0)78°F
11Mississippi (1-0)77°F
12Bowling Green (1-0)77°F
13Kentucky (1-0)77°F
14Miami (1-0)77°F
15Texas A&M (1-0)76°F
16Boise St. (1-0)76°F
17Texas (1-0)75°F
18South Carolina (1-0)75°F
19Auburn (1-0)75°F
20Michigan (1-0)75°F
21Baylor (1-0)74°F
22Colorado St. (1-0)73°F
23UAB (1-0)73°F
24Clemson (1-0)73°F
25Purdue (1-0)73°F
26Penn St. (1-0)73°F
27Navy (0-1)72°F
28Tulsa (1-0)72°F
29LSU (1-0)72°F
30Arizona (1-0)72°F
31Utah (1-0)71°F
32North Texas (1-0)71°F
33UCLA (1-0)71°F
34Buffalo (1-0)71°F
35Stanford (1-0)71°F
36Air Force (1-0)70°F
37TCU (0-0)70°F
38Wyoming (1-0)70°F
39Army (1-0)70°F
40UNLV (1-0)70°F
41East Carolina (1-0)70°F
42West Virginia (1-0)70°F
43Kansas (1-0)70°F
44Kansas St. (1-0)70°F
45Iowa St. (1-0)70°F
46Marshall (1-0)70°F
47UCF (1-0)70°F
48Southern Miss. (1-0)70°F
49Houston (1-0)70°F
50Vanderbilt (1-0)70°F
51Arkansas (1-0)70°F
52Mississippi St (1-0)70°F
53North Carolina (1-0)70°F
54SMU (1-0)70°F
55Virginia Tech (0-1)70°F
56Florida (1-0)70°F
57Georgia (0-1)70°F
58Florida Intl (0-0)70°F
59South Florida (1-0)70°F
60La.-Lafayette (1-0)70°F
61Arkansas St. (1-0)70°F
62Pittsburgh (1-0)70°F
63Louisville (1-0)70°F
64Connecticut (1-0)70°F
65Georgia Tech (1-0)70°F
66Hawaii (1-0)70°F
67Fresno St. (1-0)70°F
68Arizona St. (1-0)70°F
69Texas Tech (1-0)70°F
70Oregon St. (1-0)70°F
71Washington (0-1)70°F
72Boston College (1-0)70°F
73Northwestern (1-0)70°F
74Michigan St. (1-0)70°F
75Indiana (1-0)70°F
76Iowa (1-0)70°F
77Wisconsin (1-0)70°F
78Ohio St. (1-0)70°F
79Kent St. (1-0)70°F
80Minnesota (1-0)68°F
81Idaho (1-0)68°F
82Oklahoma (0-1)68°F
83Florida St. (0-1)67°F
84Oregon (0-1)67°F
85Wake Forest (0-1)67°F
86N. Illinois (0-1)67°F
87La.-Monroe (0-1)66°F
88N.C. State (0-1)66°F
89Cent. Michigan (0-1)66°F
90Akron (0-1)66°F
91Syracuse (0-1)64°F
92Utah St. (0-1)64°F
93Nevada (0-1)63°F
94Memphis (0-1)63°F
95Middle Tenn. St. (0-1)63°F
96Louisiana Tech (0-1)63°F
97Maryland (0-1)63°F
98W. Michigan (0-1)63°F
99San Diego St. (0-1)62°F
100Ohio (0-1)62°F
101Colorado (0-1)61°F
102Toledo (0-1)61°F
103Rice (0-1)60°F
104Troy (0-1)60°F
105San Jose St. (0-1)60°F
106Illinois (0-1)60°F
107New Mexico (0-1)59°F
108UTEP (0-1)59°F
109Tulane (0-1)59°F
110Fla. Atlantic (0-1)59°F
111Rutgers (0-1)59°F
112Washington St. (0-1)57°F
113E. Michigan (0-1)57°F
114Virginia (0-1)56°F
115Duke (0-1)56°F
116Temple (0-1)56°F
117Ball St. (0-1)55°F
118Miami (Ohio) (0-1)55°F
119W. Ky (0-1)54°F
120New Mexico St. (0-1)52°F

Computing the Top 25 Heat IndexTM

The Heat Index is perhaps the most subjective of any of the six main ranking systems employed at Fan Formula. After many permutations the Hot Streak Thermometer landed on a formula including:

  • A team’s performance over the past four games
  • Weighted 40%, 30%, 20%, 10% so the most recent games count most heavily
  • With performance based on both the strength of a team’s opponents and margin of victory

The Hot Streak Thermometer rating is then scaled to be readily recognizable as degrees Fahrenheit with a baseline of 70°F for average teams, cold teams dipping down into the 40s, and hot teams in the upper 90s.

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About Fan Formula

Fan Formula is the first interactive site for creating personalized Top 25 computer rankings. Fan Formula's mission is to revolutionize how fans debate the most talked about questions in sports including: Who is #1 in college football? As you dial in your preferences we crunch the data and display your custom-made Top 25. Each week your Top 25 is updated and sent out, based on the results of Saturday's games.

Fan Formula has a new story to tell each week. Click here to check out this week’s questions and stats. For more information about Fan Formula or to schedule an interview with John Schroeder, please contact Marnie Zambri of Parachute Producers at 404.313.0285 or parachuteproducers@gmail.com.

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