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