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