Top 25 Heat Index

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

Computing the Top 25 Heat Index

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.