re: CFB Program Rankings: 2020

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I am wondering what the points change was for the teams. Seeing those numbers make me wonder how much change the points made for this season. Do you have the points changes handy?

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Yes. Change in points just from this season compared to last season:

+65 Alabama
+20 Clemson
+19 Texas A&M
+17 Ohio State
+15 Notre Dame
+14 Georgia
+12 BYU
+10 Oklahoma
+8 Iowa
+7 N. Carolina

So Bama was awarded 75 new points for winning the National Title, but all of its Polling accomplishments between 1971-2010 also devalued slightly, so they lost 10 points from that persepective.... they netted out +65 though.

Here are the programs who lost the most points:

-10 Nebraska
-8 Michigan
-7 Penn St.
-7 Florida St.
-5 Miami
-5 Tennessee
-5 Auburn
-5 LSU
-4 USC
-4 Washington

All of those teams except USC finished unranked. So they did not add any new points and their accomplishments from 1971-2010 all lost a bit of value. USC was able to gain a few points by finishing in the Top 25, but it wasn't enough to offset their devaluations.

***Obviously there are some teams that were not mentioned. Coastal Carolina had its first ever AP Top 25 finish at #14, so they added 12 points. However I only keep up with the Top 40 or 50 programs so Coastal Carolina, Louisiana, Ball State, etc. weren't included.