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