FEI Ratings

Alabama was the best team all year, but Clemson was the best team in the postseason. The SEC was the best conference, but were its second-tier teams really that much better than everyone else? It was a screwy season in college football, and it's sending Brian Fremeau back to the drawing board.

Jerry Jeudy and Alabama were very good this year, just like we all expected. Same goes for their Playoff competitors in Clemson, Oklahoma, and Notre Dame, and other top teams like Ohio State and Washington. Brian Fremeau looks back at a year filled with boring predictability and tries to find out why good teams don't play each other anymore.

Not long ago, Benny Snell and the Kentucky Wildcats were riding high at 7-1, but then back-to-back losses to Georgia and Tennessee brought them back to earth. Brian Fremeau looks at which other teams have declined throughout this season, and which have made the biggest improvements.

Sometimes, the final score doesn't tell the whole story. Brian Fremeau goes through the Playoff contenders and looks at which teams have jumped out to big leads early (Alabama) and which have spent more time flirting with disaster (Washington State).

McKenzie Milton and the Central Florida Knights are undefeated -- but did the College Football Playoff committee hand them a loss before the season even started? Brian Fremeau examines strength of schedule and what it says about Group of 5 schools in the rankings.

After feasting on cupcakes all season, Irv Smith and Alabama finally got hold of the main course ... and they devoured LSU 29-0. There's no doubt that the Crimson Tide are the best team in the land, but what has happened to college football's upper middle class? Brian Fremeau investigates.

Thanks to the scoring of playmakers such as wide receiver Jerry Jeudy, the Alabama Crimson Tide have yet to play a meaningful fourth quarter this season. Brian Fremeau looks at which teams have most frequently been playing in garbage time in the analysis of his latest college football rankings.

Brian Fremeau returns with some updates and modifications to his college football ratings. What's the difference between looking at teams over the season as a whole and looking at them one game at a time? And have Justice Hill and Oklahoma State really been that bad at ball control?

Turnovers -- like Dylan Haines' interception -- played a big part in Texas' dramatic win over Oklahoma last weekend. Brian Fremeau explains how he accounts for turnovers, and how that methodology has changed this year.

Through five games, the Alabama Crimson Tide have been more dominant than any team on record -- so why do they keep dropping in the FEI rankings? Brian Fremeau explains why we won't really know how good the Tide are until November.