Westgate college power ratings reflect Clemson’s decline

Clemson’s stunning decline this season has been reflected in the Westgate SuperBook’s college football power ratings.

After a Week 1 loss to Georgia, Clemson was still fifth in the Westgate’s ratings at 99.5. Now, after a series of close wins against average competition and a loss to North Carolina State, Clemson is down to 20th at 86.5.

That move includes a four-point drop just from last week after Clemson survived 17-14 against Syracuse.

Meanwhile, the top of the rankings grows stronger. The top five remain the same, but all gained points after last week.

Here are the Westgate’s power ratings of all 130 Football Bowl Subdivision teams, from No. 1 Georgia to No. 130 Louisiana-Monroe:

WESTGATE RATINGS

1. Georgia, 109.5

2. Alabama, 107.5

3. Ohio State, 100.5

4. Oklahoma, 97.5

5. Cincinnati, 95.5

6. Florida, 93.5

7. Penn State, 91.5

8. Michigan, 91.5

9. Iowa State, 91.5

10. Texas A&M, 90.5

11. Mississippi, 90.5

12. Texas, 89.5

13. Arkansas, 89.5

14. Iowa, 88.5

15. Arizona State, 88.5

16. Auburn, 88.5

17. Kentucky, 88.5

18. Oregon, 87.5

19. Utah, 87.5

20. Clemson, 86.5

21. North Carolina, 86.5

22. Pittsburgh, 86.5

23. Wisconsin, 86.5

24. Nebraska, 86.5

25. Michigan State, 86.5

26. Oklahoma State, 86.5

27. Notre Dame, 86.5

28. North Carolina State, 85.5

29. SMU, 84.5

30. TCU, 84.5

31. Baylor, 84.5

32. UCLA, 84.5

33. Coastal Carolina, 84.5

34. Tennessee, 84.5

35. Wake Forest, 83.5

36. Fresno State, 83.5

37. Southern California, 83.5

38. Virginia, 82.5

39. LSU, 82.5

40. Miami (Fla.), 81.5

41. Virginia Tech, 81.5

42. Purdue, 81.5

43. West Virginia, 81.5

44. Oregon State, 81.5

45. Mississippi State, 81.5

46. Louisville, 80.5

47. Minnesota, 80.5

48. Kansas State, 80.5

49. UNR, 80.5

50. Washington, 80.5

51. Appalachian State, 80.5

52. Houston, 79.5

53. Indiana, 79.5

54. Maryland, 79.5

55. Brigham Young, 79.5

56. Florida State, 78.5

57. Liberty, 78.5

58. Army, 78.5

59. Western Michigan, 78.5

60. Boise State, 78.5

61. Air Force, 78.5

62. Louisiana (Lafayette), 78.5

63. Syracuse, 77.5

64. Texas Tech, 77.5

65. UAB, 77.5

66. UTSA, 77.5

67. California, 77.5

68. Stanford, 77.5

69. Boston College, 76.5

70. Georgia Tech, 76.5

71. Rutgers, 76.5

72. Western Kentucky, 76.5

73. San Diego State, 76.5

74. Colorado State, 76.5

75. Tulsa, 75.5

76. Memphis, 75.5

77. Marshall, 75.5

78. Washington State, 75.5

79. Central Florida, 74.5

80. Toledo, 74.5

81. East Carolina, 73.5

82. Florida Atlantic, 73.5

83. Missouri, 73.5

84. Northwestern, 72.5

85. Wyoming, 72.5

86. South Carolina, 72.5

87. Illinois, 71.5

88. Ball State, 71.5

89. Central Michigan, 71.5

90. Kent State, 71.5

91. Northern Illinois, 69.5

92. Utah State, 69.5

93. Georgia State, 69.5

94. Tulane, 68.5

95. Navy, 68.5

96. Duke, 68.5

97. Miami (Ohio), 68.5

98. Louisiana Tech, 67.5

99. Buffalo, 67.5

100. Hawaii, 67.5

101. Colorado, 67.5

102. Troy, 67.5

103. San Jose State, 66.5

104. South Alabama, 66.5

105. Eastern Michigan, 65.5

106. Georgia Southern, 65.5

107. South Florida, 63.5

108. Temple, 63.5

109. Charlotte, 63.5

110. Ohio, 63.5

111. Middle Tennessee, 62.5

112. UTEP, 61.5

113. Arizona, 61.5

114. Bowling Green, 60.5

115. UNLV, 60.5

116. Texas State, 60.5

117. Vanderbilt, 59.5

118. Old Dominion, 58.5

119. North Texas, 57.5

120. Arkansas State, 57.5

121. Florida International, 56.5

122. Kansas, 55.5

123. Rice, 55.5

124. New Mexico, 54.5

125. Connecticut, 51.5

126. Akron, 51.5

127. Southern Mississippi, 49.5

128. New Mexico State, 48.5

129. Massachusetts, 47.5

130. Louisiana-Monroe, 47.5

BIGGEST RISES

— Syracuse jumped four points to 77.5, moving from No. 83 to No. 63, after the close loss to Clemson.

— Colorado State moved up four points to 76.5, moving from No. 87 to No. 74, after destroying New Mexico 36-7.

BIGGEST FALLS

— Rice dropped five points to 55.5, moving from No. 113 to No. 123, after a 45-0 loss to UTSA.

— New Mexico fell five points to 54.5, moving from No. 119 to No. 124, after the blowout by Colorado State.

— Southern Mississippi lost five points to 49.5, moving from No. 125 to No. 127, after a 34-0 loss to UAB.

WEEK 8 POINT SPREAD COMPARISON

Here is a comparison of Week 8 point spreads to spreads created by two popular power rating services, ESPN’s FPI and Jeff Sagarin, along with the raw numbers from the Westgate SuperBook (which sometimes differ from actual spreads).

Notes: Power rating spreads are rounded to the nearest half-point and reflect three points added for home-field advantage. ESPN FPI does not produce ratings for Football Championship Subdivision teams. Teams are listed with Associated Press poll ranking where applicable.

Thursday

— Tulane at No. 21 SMU (-14, total 70½), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: SMU -15

Sagarin: SMU -18½

Westgate: SMU -19

— Florida Atlantic (-7, 57) at Charlotte, 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Florida Atlantic -7

Sagarin: Florida Atlantic -5½

Westgate: Florida Atlantic -7

— Louisiana (Lafayette) (-18, 70½) at Arkansas State, 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Louisiana -16

Sagarin: Louisiana -16½

Westgate: Louisiana -18

— San Jose State (-5, 46½) at UNLV, 8 p.m.

ESPN FPI: San Jose State PK

Sagarin: San Jose State -1½

Westgate: San Jose State -3

Friday

— Middle Tennessee (-14½, 55½) at Connecticut, 3 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Middle Tennessee -16

Sagarin: Middle Tennessee -14

Westgate: Middle Tennessee -8

— Memphis at Central Florida (-1½, 63), 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Central Florida -5

Sagarin: Central Florida -5½

Westgate: Central Florida -2

— Colorado State (-3½, 58½) at Utah State, 6:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Utah State PK

Sagarin: Utah State PK

Westgate: Colorado State -4

— Washington (-18, 45) at Arizona, 7:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Washington -15

Sagarin: Washington -15½

Westgate: Washington -16

Saturday

— No. 2 Cincinnati (-27½, 49) at Navy, 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Cincinnati -30

Sagarin: Cincinnati -26½

Westgate: Cincinnati -24

— No. 3 Oklahoma (-39, 67½) at Kansas, 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Oklahoma -34½

Sagarin: Oklahoma -32

Westgate: Oklahoma -39

— Northwestern at No. 6 Michigan (-23½, 51), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Michigan -23½

Sagarin: Michigan -21

Westgate: Michigan -22

— Illinois at No. 7 Penn State (-23½, 46½), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Penn State -22

Sagarin: Penn State -26

Westgate: Penn State -23

— No. 16 Wake Forest (-3, 52) at Army, 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Wake Forest -4

Sagarin: Wake Forest -7½

Westgate: Wake Forest -2

— Arkansas-Pine Bluff at Arkansas (no line), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Not available

Sagarin: Arkansas -53

Westgate: Not available

— Massachusetts at Florida State (-36, 60), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Florida State -28

Sagarin: Florida State -25½

Westgate: Florida State -34

— Kansas State at Texas Tech (PK, 61), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Texas Tech -3

Sagarin: Kansas State -3

Westgate: Kansas State PK

— Eastern Michigan (-3, 49) at Bowling Green, 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Eastern Michigan -9

Sagarin: Eastern Michigan -8

Westgate: Eastern Michigan -2

— Northern Illinois at Central Michigan (-5, 57), 9 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Central Michigan -3

Sagarin: Northern Illinois -1

Westgate: Central Michigan -5

— Syracuse at Virginia Tech (-3½, 45½), 9:30 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Virginia Tech -7½

Sagarin: Virginia Tech -7½

Westgate: Virginia Tech -7

— Kent State (-5½, 66½) at Ohio, 10 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Kent State -4½

Sagarin: Kent State -5

Westgate: Kent State -5

— Texas State at Georgia State (-10, 60½), 11 a.m.

ESPN FPI: Georgia State -8½

Sagarin: Georgia State -12½

Westgate: Georgia State -12

— Wisconsin (-3, 40½) at No. 25 Purdue, noon

ESPN FPI: Purdue -2

Sagarin: Purdue PK

Westgate: Wisconsin -2

— No. 8 Oklahoma State at Iowa State (-7½, 47), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Iowa State -10½

Sagarin: Iowa State -3

Westgate: Iowa State -8

— No. 10 Oregon at UCLA (-1, 59), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Oregon -1

Sagarin: Oregon PK

Westgate: Oregon PK

— LSU at No. 12 Mississippi (-9, 76½), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Mississippi -8

Sagarin: Mississippi -5½

Westgate: Mississippi -11

— Clemson at No. 23 Pittsburgh (-3½, 48½), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Pitt -4½

Sagarin: Pitt -3

Westgate: Pitt -3

— Rice at UAB (-23, 45), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: UAB -27

Sagarin: UAB -27

Westgate: UAB -25

— Maryland at Minnesota (-5½, 54½), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Minnesota -9½

Sagarin: Minnesota -9½

Westgate: Minnesota -4

— Miami (Ohio) at Ball State (-5½, 51½), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Ball State -6½

Sagarin: Ball State -10

Westgate: Ball State -6

— Western Michigan (-2, 55) at Toledo, 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Toledo -3½

Sagarin: Western Michigan -1½

Westgate: Western Michigan -1

— Buffalo (-11½, 57) at Akron, 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Buffalo -15½

Sagarin: Buffalo -10

Westgate: Buffalo -13

— Colorado at California (-9½, 43), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: California -4½

Sagarin: California -4½

Westgate: California -13

— Brigham Young (-4, 55½) at Washington State, 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: BYU -3

Sagarin: Washington State PK

Westgate: BYU -1

— New Mexico at Wyoming (-20, 40), 12:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Wyoming -20½

Sagarin: Wyoming -21½

Westgate: Wyoming -21

— Mississippi State (-20½, 51) at Vanderbilt, 1 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Mississippi State -19½

Sagarin: Mississippi State -17½

Westgate: Mississippi State -19

— Liberty (-21, 60½) at North Texas, 1 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Liberty -15½

Sagarin: Liberty -21

Westgate: Liberty -18

— Boston College at Louisville (-6½, 57½), 1 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Louisville -3½

Sagarin: Louisville -3

Westgate: Louisville -7

— East Carolina at Houston (-13, 57½), 1 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Houston -15

Sagarin: Houston -12

Westgate: Houston -9

— Tennessee at No. 4 Alabama (-25½, 67), 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Alabama -19½

Sagarin: Alabama -18½

Westgate: Alabama -26

— No. 22 San Diego State at Air Force (-3½, 40), 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Air Force -1½

Sagarin: Air Force -6½

Westgate: Air Force -5

— No. 24 UTSA (-6½, 59½) at Louisiana Tech, 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: UTSA -6

Sagarin: UTSA -8½

Westgate: UTSA -7

— Western Kentucky (-15, 77) at Florida International, 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Western Kentucky -13½

Sagarin: Western Kentucky -16½

Westgate: Western Kentucky -17

— Temple at Souh Florida (-2½, 55), 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: South Florida -8

Sagarin: South Florida -4

Westgate: South Florida -3

— South Alabama (-13½, 50½) at Louisiana-Monroe, 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: South Alabama -7½

Sagarin: South Alabama -4

Westgate: South Alabama -16

— UNR at Fresno State (-3, 65), 4 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Fresno State -7

Sagarin: Fresno State -3½

Westgate: Fresno State -6

— No. 5 Ohio State (-20, 60½) at Indiana, 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Ohio State -17

Sagarin: Ohio State -14½

Westgate: Ohio State -18

— Southern California at No. 13 Notre Dame (-7, 57½), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Notre Dame -9

Sagarin: Notre Dame -12

Westgate: Notre Dame -6

— South Carolina at No. 17 Texas A&M (-21, 45), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Texas A&M -17

Sagarin: Texas A&M -15½

Westgate: Texas A&M -21

— No. 18 North Carolina State (-3, 51½) at Miami (Fla.), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: N.C. State -1

Sagarin: N.C. State -7

Westgate: N.C. State -1

— Georgia Tech at Virginia (-7, 62), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Virginia -8

Sagarin: Virginia -6½

Westgate: Virginia -9

— West Virginia at TCU (-4½, 57), 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: TCU -8

Sagarin: TCU -8½

Westgate: TCU -6

— Utah (-3, 55½) at Oregon State, 4:30 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Utah -2½

Sagarin: Utah -3½

Westgate: Utah -3

— New Mexico State at Hawaii (-18, 59½), 9 p.m.

ESPN FPI: Hawaii -19

Sagarin: Hawaii -22

Westgate: Hawaii -22

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