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