The Southeastern Composite FCS 131, Week 3: An Alabama/Georgia battle at the top

Several Southeastern Conference football teams ascended our composite power rankings heading into Week 3. 

Kenny McIntosh photo courtesy of Tony Walsh of Georgia athletics.

We selected eight computer ranking (Team Rankings, Pro Football Focus, SP+, Kenneth Massey, FEI, ESPN's FPI, Phil Steele and Jeff Sagarin) and two human rankings (CBS, The Athletics) and averaged their latest rankings to come up with a composite ranking of the nation's 131 FBS teams. Here's how that looks entering Week 3. High and low rankings, followed by standard deviation, are in parenthesis, and SEC teams are in bold. 

1. Alabama (1/2, 1)

2. Georgia (1/3, 1)

3. Ohio St. (2/3, 0)

4. Michigan (4/8, 1)

5. Clemson (4/9, 2)

6. Oklahoma (5/16, 4)

7. Tennessee (5/16, 4)

8. Penn St. (5/25, 5)

9. Oklahoma St. (7/26, 7)

10. Kentucky (6/22, 6)

11. Texas (4/28, 9)

12. Utah (6/28, 7)

13. Michigan St. (11/25, 5)

14. Arkansas (7/32, 7)

15. Mississippi St. (9/28, 6)

16. Ole Miss (6/29, 7)

17. BYU (8/31, 8)

18. Baylor (9/26, 5)

19. Cincinnati (12/39, 8)

20. Kansas St. (13/39, 8)

21. USC (6/58, 18)

22t. Notre Dame (6/47, 14)

22t. Minnesota (15/43, 9)

24. Miami-Florida (13/46, 12)

25. North Carolina St. (16/39, 8)

26. Texas A&M (9/43, 10)

27. Wisconsin (9.41, 9)

28. Wake Forest (16/45, 9)

29. Pitt (18/38, 6)

30. Iowa St. (6/47, 14)

31. Florida (15/61, 14)

32. Purdue (21/55, 9)

33. Oregon (14/50, 12)

34. LSU (12/54, 15)

35. Florida St. (26/47, 6)

36. Oregon St. (22/51, 9)

37. TCU (27/52, 9)

38. SMU (25/57, 11)

39. Auburn (17/60, 14)

40. Washington (21/56, 11)

41. Air Force (28/52, 10)

42. North Carolina (22/56, 11)

43. Texas Tech (23/65, 14)

44. Iowa (21/65, 14)

45. Appalachian St. (21/65, 10)

46. Maryland (28/58, 9)

47. UCLA (36/56, 6)

48. Marshall (23/61, 12)

49. Syracuse (32/63, 11)

50. Houston (32/63, 10)

51. Washington St. (29/76, 18)

52. South Carolina (41/63, 7)

53. Illinois (32/63, 9)

54. UCF (41/78, 13)

55. Louisiana (26/73 15)

56. Boise St. (40/72, 9)

57. Louisville (37/80, 12)

58. Arizona St. (43/78, 12)

59. Fresno St. (30/91, 16)

60. East Carolina (41/81, 12)

61. UTSA (40/87 15)

62. UAB (45/84, 14)

63. Memphis (57/78, 6)

64. Missouri (58/79, 7)

65. Nebraska (51/92, 12)

66. Virginia Tech (44/79, 10)

67. Rutgers (52/99, 14)

68. Western Kentucky (42/89, 16)

69. James Madison (26/103, 22)

70. Indiana (36/86, 15)

71. Toledo (57/90, 11)

72. Liberty (62/81, 6)

73. Cal (58/84, 8)

74t. Kansas (50/108, 18)

74t. West Virginia (62/81, 5)

76. Coastal Carolina (32/104, 23)

77. Virginia (66/86, 7)

78. Arizona (59/94, 12)

79. Stanford (64/103, 12)

80. Tulane (56/110, 16)

81. Duke (56/115, 19)

82. Northwestern (68/95, 9)

83. South Alabama (70/97, 8)

84. San Diego St. (72/98, 9)

85. Boston College (76/90, 5)

86. Georgia Southern (66/106, 14)

87. Tulsa (71/95, 8)

88. Army West Point (63/105, 13)

89. FAU (74/104, 10)

90. Georgia St. (72/99, 8)

91. Vanderbilt (76/99 7)

92. Central Michigan (73/108, 9)

93t. Western Michigan (79/105, 9)

93t. Georgia Tech (83/104, 6)

95. Old Dominion (70/109, 15)

96. Miami-Ohio (76/105, 8)

97. Troy (83/109, 7)

98. Northern Illinois (82/114, 9)

99. North Texas (81/117, 10)

100. Wyoming (85/119, 12)

101. Nevada (71/118, 15)

102. San Jose St. (98/110, 4)

103. MTSU (92/111, 7)

104. Arkansas St. (85/116, 10)

105. Utah St. (90/117, 10)

106. UNLV (83/119, 11)

107. Colorado (97/116, 6)

108. Ohio (97/120, 7)

109. Southern Miss (94/118 8)

110. South Florida (94/120, 9)

111. Kent St. (95/119, 8)

112. Eastern Michigan (100/118, 5)

113. Louisiana Tech (97/121, 6)

114. UTEP (100/122, 8)

115. Ball St. (102/123, 7)

116. Navy (90/128, 11)

117. Buffalo (106/122, 6)

118. New Mexico (110/121, 5)

119. ULM (102/124, 8)

120. Rice (112/125, 4)

121t. Texas St. (108/127, 7)

121t. Colorado St. (111/122, 4)

123. Bowling Green (117/130, 5)

124. Temple (118/128, 3)

125. Connecticut (120/128, 2)

126. Charlotte (122/131, 3)

127. Hawai'i (121/131, 3)

128. Akron (124/130, 2)

129. New Mexico St. (126/139, 1)

130. FIU (126/131, 2)

131. UMass (129/131, 1)

Highest standard deviation:

1. Coastal Carolina - 23.4

2. James Madison - 21.6

3. Duke - 19.4

4. Washington St. - 18.3

5. USC - 18.2

6. Kansas - 17.9

7. Fresno St. - 16.0

8. Tulane - 15.9 

9. Western Kentucky - 15.7

10t. UTSA - 15. 2 

10t. Nevada - 15.2