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