BallKnowMe college football, by the numbers

Power Ratings — 2017 254 teams

Power = points vs. an average D1 team (Off + Def), opponent-adjusted, FBS and FCS on one scale. Point-in-time and calibrated (walk-forward ECE 0.037), but a model rating — not a betting edge.

#	Team	Div	Conference	Power	Off (higher = better)	Def (higher = better)
1	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+35.8	+15.5	+20.2
2	Georgia	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+33.8	+15.7	+18.1
3	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+33.7	+15.1	+18.6
4	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+31.9	+19.0	+13.0
5	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+31.9	+18.2	+13.8
6	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+31.8	+13.0	+18.8
7	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+30.6	+12.4	+18.2
8	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+30.5	+24.2	+6.3
9	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+30.3	+13.5	+16.9
10	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+29.2	+16.9	+12.3
11	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+25.6	+21.8	+3.8
12	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.4	+11.2	+14.1
13	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+25.0	+18.5	+6.5
14	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+24.5	+7.9	+16.6
15	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+24.2	+9.2	+15.0
16	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+24.1	+12.8	+11.3
17	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.6	+6.6	+17.0
18	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.4	+12.5	+10.9
19	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.3	+8.2	+15.1
20	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.2	+10.7	+12.5
21	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.2	+9.6	+13.6
22	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+23.2	+11.2	+12.0
23	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+22.1	+7.7	+14.4
24	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+21.2	+17.1	+4.1
25	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.0	+7.0	+14.0
26	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.9	+5.4	+15.5
27	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.2	+13.1	+7.1
28	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.0	+7.5	+12.5
29	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.9	+7.4	+12.5
30	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+19.9	+9.0	+10.9
31	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.7	+11.0	+8.7
32	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+19.1	+13.7	+5.4
33	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.1	+5.5	+13.6
34	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+18.8	+10.2	+8.6
35	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+18.5	+17.8	+0.7
36	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+18.3	+10.2	+8.1
37	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.2	+6.8	+11.5
38	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+18.2	+5.6	+12.5
39	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.9	+8.7	+9.3
40	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.3	+6.1	+11.2
41	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+17.1	+12.9	+4.2
42	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+16.9	+3.3	+13.6
43	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.8	+13.8	+3.1
44	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.2	+4.7	+11.5
45	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.9	+12.0	+3.9
46	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+15.3	+11.5	+3.8
47	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.2	+7.2	+8.0
48	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.0	+15.0	-0.0
49	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+14.9	+7.5	+7.4
50	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+14.8	+4.7	+10.1
51	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.8	+13.7	+1.1
52	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+14.7	+11.2	+3.5
53	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+14.3	+8.3	+6.0
54	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.3	+17.2	-2.9
55	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+14.0	+11.3	+2.8
56	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+13.6	+3.3	+10.3
57	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.6	+14.8	-1.2
58	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.5	+7.5	+6.1
59	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+13.5	+10.8	+2.6
60	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.8	+3.0	+9.8
61	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.5	+3.6	+8.8
62	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+12.4	+4.0	+8.4
63	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+12.3	+7.3	+5.0
64	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+12.3	+7.5	+4.8
65	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.2	+10.4	+1.8
66	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.0	+3.1	+8.9
67	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+12.0	+5.3	+6.7
68	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.6	+9.6	+1.9
69	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.5	+3.5	+8.0
70	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+11.3	+8.9	+2.4
71	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+11.2	+1.9	+9.3
72	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.8	+1.2	+9.6
73	Temple	FBS	American Conference	+10.5	+2.6	+7.9
74	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+10.3	+5.1	+5.3
75	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+10.3	+3.0	+7.3
76	Army	FBS	American Conference	+10.3	+4.3	+6.0
77	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+9.7	+8.6	+1.1
78	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+9.7	+3.5	+6.2
79	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+9.6	+9.3	+0.2
80	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+9.4	+8.7	+0.7
81	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+9.4	+10.4	-1.0
82	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+9.4	+2.4	+7.0
83	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+8.9	+3.5	+5.4
84	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+8.6	+0.9	+7.6
85	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+8.6	+8.6	+0.0
86	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+8.5	+6.8	+1.7
87	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+8.4	-1.1	+9.5
88	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+8.4	-0.7	+9.1
89	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	+8.3	+3.4	+5.0
90	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+8.1	+9.0	-0.9
91	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+8.1	+3.0	+5.1
92	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+8.0	+3.2	+4.8
93	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.8	+6.2	+1.6
94	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	+7.7	+1.3	+6.5
95	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+7.7	+12.1	-4.4
96	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.5	+3.6	+3.9
97	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.5	+5.9	+1.5
98	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+7.3	+3.2	+4.1
99	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	+7.2	+5.7	+1.5
100	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+7.2	+1.6	+5.5
101	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+7.0	+9.0	-2.0
102	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+6.9	+3.9	+3.0
103	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+6.6	+0.6	+6.0
104	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+6.5	+5.5	+1.0
105	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	+6.0	+13.9	-7.9
106	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+5.9	+0.2	+5.7
107	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+5.8	+5.6	+0.3
108	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+5.2	+9.8	-4.6
109	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+5.1	+1.8	+3.4
110	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	+5.0	+0.4	+4.6
111	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+4.9	+7.5	-2.6
112	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+4.9	-0.0	+4.9
113	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+4.3	+7.1	-2.8
114	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.3	+0.1	+4.2
115	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.2	+5.9	-1.7
116	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+4.0	+2.7	+1.3
117	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.5	+0.2	+3.3
118	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+3.2	-4.9	+8.2
119	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+3.1	-5.2	+8.3
120	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+3.1	-1.7	+4.8
121	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+3.0	-1.6	+4.7
122	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+2.9	-3.6	+6.5
123	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+2.7	+2.6	+0.1
124	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.7	+1.6	+1.1
125	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.6	-6.6	+9.2
126	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	+2.5	+2.8	-0.2
127	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+2.5	+0.8	+1.7
128	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+2.3	-1.5	+3.8
129	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.1	-2.8	+4.9
130	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	+2.0	-2.5	+4.6
131	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+1.9	-2.5	+4.5
132	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+1.8	+1.0	+0.8
133	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	+1.5	-2.1	+3.6
134	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	+1.4	+2.3	-0.8
135	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	+1.2	+0.1	+1.1
136	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.1	+5.1	-4.0
137	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+0.9	+7.4	-6.5
138	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	+0.3	+4.2	-3.9
139	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.2	+4.2	-3.9
140	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+0.2	+4.1	-4.0
141	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+0.0	+4.8	-4.7
142	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+0.0	+1.1	-1.0
143	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	+0.0	-3.2	+3.3
144	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.0	+1.8	-1.8
145	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-0.1	-4.6	+4.5
146	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-0.1	-2.2	+2.1
147	UAB	FBS	American Conference	-0.2	-0.2	-0.0
148	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	-0.3	+3.0	-3.4
149	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-0.6	-0.3	-0.3
150	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.6	-1.5	+0.9
151	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	-0.7	-3.6	+2.9
152	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-0.7	+0.5	-1.2
153	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.9	+4.2	-5.0
154	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-1.0	-1.3	+0.3
155	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-1.1	-5.5	+4.5
156	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-1.3	-5.1	+3.7
157	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-1.6	-5.8	+4.1
158	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-1.7	+0.1	-1.8
159	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	-1.8	-3.0	+1.3
160	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	-1.9	+6.3	-8.2
161	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-2.0	+8.8	-10.7
162	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.0	-8.5	+6.5
163	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.1	-8.7	+6.6
164	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	-2.2	+3.4	-5.6
165	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	-2.2	+1.2	-3.3
166	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-2.3	+4.4	-6.7
167	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	-2.3	+1.1	-3.4
168	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-2.6	-6.5	+4.0
169	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-2.9	-9.5	+6.6
170	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.9	-4.3	+1.4
171	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-3.3	-3.6	+0.3
172	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-3.3	-0.4	-2.9
173	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	-3.4	-4.5	+1.1
174	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	-3.4	-2.4	-1.0
175	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-3.4	-2.9	-0.5
176	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	-3.5	-4.7	+1.2
177	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-4.2	-2.5	-1.8
178	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	-4.3	-0.3	-4.0
179	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-4.8	-1.4	-3.4
180	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-4.9	-2.7	-2.3
181	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-5.2	+1.4	-6.6
182	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-5.5	-8.2	+2.7
183	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-5.5	-3.5	-2.1
184	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.0	-6.6	+0.6
185	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-6.1	-7.3	+1.2
186	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.8	-8.0	+1.1
187	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	-6.8	-4.5	-2.3
188	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.0	-2.7	-4.2
189	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-7.1	+9.9	-17.0
190	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-7.4	-2.4	-5.0
191	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.7	-2.4	-5.3
192	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.9	-7.3	-0.6
193	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-8.0	-4.0	-4.0
194	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-8.2	-8.7	+0.5
195	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-8.2	+1.9	-10.1
196	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.3	-0.4	-7.9
197	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	-8.4	-0.4	-8.0
198	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-8.5	-0.7	-7.7
199	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-8.5	-6.7	-1.8
200	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-8.5	-8.7	+0.2
201	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.6	-3.4	-5.2
202	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-8.8	-2.8	-5.9
203	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-8.9	-5.5	-3.4
204	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-8.9	-7.3	-1.6
205	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-9.1	-5.9	-3.2
206	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-9.6	-8.0	-1.6
207	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-10.0	-7.0	-3.0
208	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-10.2	-2.8	-7.4
209	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-10.2	-1.1	-9.1
210	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-10.7	-3.8	-7.0
211	Rice	FBS	American Conference	-10.8	-5.3	-5.4
212	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-10.8	-2.0	-8.8
213	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-10.8	-9.5	-1.3
214	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-11.0	-2.6	-8.4
215	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-11.1	-3.2	-7.9
216	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-11.2	-1.3	-9.9
217	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-11.2	-6.6	-4.6
218	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-11.5	-13.1	+1.5
219	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-11.6	-8.4	-3.3
220	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-12.1	-8.9	-3.2
221	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-12.4	-6.8	-5.7
222	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-13.0	-8.7	-4.3
223	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.1	-10.7	-2.3
224	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-13.3	-3.8	-9.5
225	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-13.3	-11.8	-1.5
226	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-14.4	-14.7	+0.3
227	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-14.5	-7.1	-7.4
228	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-14.6	-10.1	-4.6
229	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-15.3	-1.8	-13.5
230	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	-15.4	-11.8	-3.6
231	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-15.5	-8.1	-7.4
232	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.6	-16.8	+1.2
233	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-16.0	-11.4	-4.7
234	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-16.5	-10.5	-6.0
235	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-16.6	-9.0	-7.6
236	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-16.8	-12.4	-4.3
237	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-17.6	-8.0	-9.5
238	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-18.1	-15.3	-2.8
239	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-18.3	-15.5	-2.8
240	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-19.4	-17.1	-2.3
241	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-19.6	-4.2	-15.4
242	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-19.7	-12.3	-7.4
243	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-19.8	-16.6	-3.2
244	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-20.6	-14.0	-6.6
245	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-20.9	-16.2	-4.8
246	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-21.6	-12.0	-9.7
247	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	-21.9	-4.7	-17.2
248	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-22.3	-11.8	-10.5
249	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-22.7	-15.9	-6.9
250	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-23.4	-10.6	-12.9
251	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-23.6	-15.2	-8.4
252	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-24.0	-9.5	-14.5
253	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-24.3	-11.2	-13.0
254	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-27.9	-11.5	-16.5

SRS — season 2017 reference

The prior per-season opponent-adjusted-margin rating, kept for comparison. Season-final only (no preseason or point-in-time), which is why the rewrite replaced it as the headline number.

#	Team	Div	Conference	SRS	Off (higher = better)	Def (lower = better)
1	Georgia	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+39.5	+24.1	-26.7
2	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+38.4	+30.2	-24.8
3	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+37.8	+24.4	-29.4
4	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+37.7	+22.3	-27.8
5	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+37.3	+22.5	-28.3
6	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+37.3	+29.6	-24.8
7	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+35.9	+33.4	-16.1
8	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+35.3	+24.6	-21.4
9	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+34.9	+19.9	-26.2
10	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+33.7	+21.8	-25.6
11	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+33.5	+28.6	-14.9
12	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+30.6	+32.2	-12.1
13	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+30.0	+17.5	-25.1
14	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+29.8	+19.3	-22.9
15	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+29.7	+18.4	-20.7
16	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+28.2	+20.0	-17.7
17	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+28.1	+13.9	-26.7
18	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+27.8	+15.4	-23.6
19	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.3	+14.6	-23.1
20	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.2	+12.9	-24.6
21	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+27.0	+17.7	-19.8
22	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+26.5	+19.6	-20.1
23	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+26.5	+19.3	-18.4
24	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+26.1	+16.9	-21.4
25	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+26.0	+22.5	-13.8
26	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.6	+13.0	-21.2
27	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.2	+24.9	-11.9
28	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+24.9	+13.4	-23.8
29	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+24.8	+12.1	-23.5
30	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+24.4	+14.3	-20.5
31	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+24.3	+26.2	-8.9
32	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+24.1	+18.3	-15.0
33	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+23.7	+17.9	-12.7
34	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+23.3	+20.2	-10.9
35	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+22.7	+13.4	-21.0
36	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.6	+16.5	-17.2
37	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+22.5	+13.7	-19.3
38	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+22.4	+11.0	-17.5
39	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+22.3	+16.5	-14.0
40	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+21.9	+12.5	-18.9
41	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+21.8	+16.6	-15.9
42	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+21.6	+9.8	-20.4
43	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.2	+13.3	-18.4
44	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.9	+20.8	-13.5
45	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+20.4	+13.5	-15.7
46	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.9	+15.7	-14.2
47	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.7	+20.4	-11.9
48	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.6	+19.6	-10.4
49	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.5	+23.6	-5.5
50	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.2	+25.9	-4.4
51	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+18.8	+11.3	-16.5
52	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+18.4	+15.7	-9.1
53	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.2	+17.5	-9.9
54	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+18.0	+10.6	-16.7
55	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+18.0	+18.0	-7.8
56	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.0	+8.5	-17.4
57	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+17.9	+10.0	-17.1
58	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.9	+17.4	-10.9
59	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+17.5	+16.7	-7.4
60	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.5	+12.5	-15.1
61	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+17.4	+9.1	-17.5
62	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+16.6	+18.4	-3.5
63	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+16.1	+15.1	-9.3
64	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+15.9	+9.9	-11.4
65	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+15.8	+9.4	-13.4
66	Army	FBS	American Conference	+15.6	+11.7	-13.2
67	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.6	+18.6	-7.9
68	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	+15.3	+3.8	-4.3
69	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.2	+15.9	-6.4
70	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+15.1	+5.5	-14.5
71	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+14.7	+16.5	-6.8
72	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+14.5	+8.7	-13.0
73	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+14.4	+10.0	-11.9
74	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+14.4	+11.1	-9.4
75	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+14.2	+9.8	-12.0
76	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+14.2	+9.3	-13.1
77	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+14.1	+19.3	-1.7
78	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.9	+13.0	-10.4
79	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+13.7	+6.4	-12.4
80	Temple	FBS	American Conference	+13.7	+6.8	-12.7
81	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+13.3	+7.8	-11.3
82	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+13.1	+2.6	-17.2
83	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+13.0	+13.4	-6.4
84	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.7	+6.9	-11.0
85	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+12.5	+7.7	-9.6
86	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+12.0	+6.1	-11.6
87	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+11.9	+8.6	-12.6
88	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+11.6	+11.1	-6.2
89	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	+11.4	+9.1	-7.4
90	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.3	+14.3	-5.2
91	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+11.3	+9.7	-8.8
92	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.2	+14.9	-2.9
93	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.1	+5.1	-12.2
94	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+10.9	+8.9	-7.0
95	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+10.8	+9.8	-3.5
96	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+10.4	+5.3	-6.0
97	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+10.2	+14.2	-4.6
98	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+10.0	+5.4	-13.0
99	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	+9.4	+0.5	-8.5
100	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+9.3	+0.2	-5.4
101	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+9.3	+10.6	-7.1
102	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+9.1	+3.5	-6.2
103	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+9.1	+4.5	-11.0
104	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+8.8	+8.3	-6.9
105	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+8.8	+3.5	-9.5
106	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+8.8	+7.9	-2.1
107	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+8.7	+1.5	-8.6
108	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+8.4	-1.4	-13.5
109	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+8.2	+6.2	-1.1
110	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+8.0	+14.5	+0.9
111	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	+7.8	+14.6	+6.0
112	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+7.8	+3.8	-8.6
113	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.8	+1.3	-11.7
114	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+7.6	-0.6	-9.2
115	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+7.4	+10.5	-3.0
116	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.3	+6.4	-7.0
117	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.3	+0.7	-5.7
118	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+7.2	+1.4	-9.2
119	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.0	+13.4	-2.5
120	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+6.8	-0.6	-3.5
121	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+6.4	+9.6	+0.6
122	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+6.0	+10.7	-1.0
123	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	+5.9	+4.7	-4.6
124	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+5.8	+9.6	+0.7
125	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+5.3	+8.7	-2.0
126	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+5.2	+7.2	+0.1
127	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	+5.0	+7.4	-2.1
128	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+4.8	+8.5	-3.8
129	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+4.7	-2.2	-12.8
130	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+4.5	+2.9	-9.7
131	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+4.3	+3.2	-3.7
132	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.2	+4.1	-2.8
133	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+4.0	-3.8	-10.5
134	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.7	-0.1	-7.8
135	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+3.5	+2.7	-6.6
136	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+3.4	-1.7	-3.2
137	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.3	-3.4	-9.8
138	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.3	-3.2	-5.5
139	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+3.2	+2.0	-4.7
140	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.1	+7.6	+1.4
141	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.6	+14.7	+7.1
142	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+2.6	+10.4	+5.6
143	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	+2.5	-0.8	-2.4
144	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.5	+1.5	-3.6
145	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+2.4	+9.0	+2.1
146	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	+2.2	+3.5	-3.0
147	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.0	-2.0	-6.2
148	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.8	-0.9	-2.8
149	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+1.8	+2.4	-3.0
150	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+1.7	+1.4	-4.7
151	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	+1.4	-3.9	-4.3
152	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+1.2	-4.4	-8.2
153	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+1.0	+4.7	-0.5
154	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+0.9	-8.8	-9.2
155	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	+0.7	-4.3	-3.1
156	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+0.7	+3.0	+2.3
157	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+0.5	-2.6	+2.0
158	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-0.2	-3.0	-0.1
159	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-0.3	-1.4	-0.4
160	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.6	+3.1	+8.1
161	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	-0.7	+7.9	+9.7
162	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-0.8	+2.6	+4.9
163	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	-0.8	+5.5	+0.2
164	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-1.4	+0.3	-1.8
165	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-1.5	+2.2	-1.1
166	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-2.3	+0.7	-1.9
167	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-2.4	+1.1	+0.3
168	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-2.4	-8.4	-0.4
169	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.5	-10.3	-8.1
170	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-2.5	-0.2	+0.7
171	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	-2.6	-5.5	+1.5
172	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-2.8	+4.6	+5.9
173	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-3.2	-4.3	+3.5
174	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-3.4	-1.9	+8.6
175	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.6	-7.2	-1.7
176	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-3.6	-2.7	+5.4
177	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.0	-10.9	-3.9
178	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-4.1	-9.4	-0.2
179	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-4.2	-2.5	+2.4
180	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-4.5	-10.6	+1.5
181	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-4.5	-4.3	+5.8
182	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-4.8	-8.1	-2.7
183	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-4.9	-4.0	+4.0
184	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-4.9	-6.3	-2.6
185	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-5.0	-5.9	+2.4
186	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	-5.0	+2.1	+9.0
187	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-5.5	-1.5	+0.6
188	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-6.1	-5.7	+6.2
189	Rice	FBS	American Conference	-6.2	-2.5	+1.8
190	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-6.9	-5.7	-0.2
191	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	-6.9	+2.4	+5.2
192	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-7.3	+1.1	+7.3
193	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-7.3	-0.8	+6.7
194	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-7.4	-7.3	-0.0
195	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	-7.7	-9.3	+2.5
196	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-8.1	-4.8	+2.1
197	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	-8.1	-8.6	+4.7
198	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-8.2	-7.3	+2.3
199	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.2	-4.2	+10.8
200	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	-8.4	-7.5	+0.7
201	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-8.4	-2.6	+8.0
202	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-8.7	-17.6	-4.1
203	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-9.0	+0.8	+5.6
204	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-9.5	-15.2	+3.2
205	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-9.8	-4.9	+4.3
206	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-10.0	-11.2	+3.2
207	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-10.2	-8.9	+1.1
208	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-10.3	-16.3	+1.9
209	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-10.5	-6.1	+6.7
210	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-10.8	-10.5	+2.7
211	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	-11.0	-9.3	-0.2
212	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-11.1	-11.4	+3.2
213	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-11.2	-11.6	+8.6
214	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.7	-8.8	+2.7
215	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-11.7	-9.5	+6.6
216	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-11.7	-10.5	+8.0
217	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-12.0	+6.0	+22.1
218	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-12.4	-13.8	+7.6
219	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-13.4	-3.8	+16.4
220	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-13.7	-7.9	+11.4
221	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.8	-13.3	+4.7
222	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-13.9	-20.1	+0.1
223	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-14.0	-9.3	+4.9
224	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-14.6	-12.6	+6.3
225	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-14.6	-13.5	+6.5
226	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-14.7	-7.0	+12.5
227	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-15.6	-10.0	+12.7
228	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-15.6	-1.7	+13.1
229	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-16.2	-10.5	+5.5
230	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-16.4	-18.3	+5.5
231	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-16.7	-19.3	+5.8
232	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-16.7	-13.8	+11.1
233	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-17.4	-17.1	+4.8
234	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-18.1	-15.8	+9.6
235	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-18.3	-13.8	+14.8
236	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-18.5	-12.1	+15.2
237	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-18.5	-10.3	+17.1
238	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-19.0	-18.9	+4.8
239	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-19.0	-2.8	+25.4
240	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	-19.2	-6.8	+20.9
241	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-19.4	-12.2	+16.1
242	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-20.9	-13.4	+12.1
243	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-21.1	-19.4	+9.2
244	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-21.1	-21.9	+6.1
245	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-21.7	-14.4	+17.1
246	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-22.2	-18.0	+12.1
247	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-23.4	-20.5	+10.0
248	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-25.4	-23.4	+8.8
249	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-25.5	-21.6	+13.0
250	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-27.4	-18.4	+24.8
251	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-28.4	-18.5	+19.9
252	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-32.3	-27.0	+16.8
253	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-33.7	-18.3	+28.6
254	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-35.3	-24.7	+24.7

Elo — live 2026 · week 2

#	Team	Div	Elo
1	Indiana	FBS	1778
2	North Dakota State	FCS	1764
3	Notre Dame	FBS	1749
4	Montana State	FCS	1749
5	Georgia	FBS	1746
6	Ohio State	FBS	1745
7	Texas Tech	FBS	1723
8	Miami	FBS	1719
9	Ole Miss	FBS	1715
10	Alabama	FBS	1708
11	James Madison	FBS	1703
12	Texas	FBS	1701
13	Oregon	FBS	1698
14	Lehigh	FCS	1696
15	SMU	FBS	1695
16	Utah	FBS	1693
17	Texas A&M	FBS	1691
18	Tarleton State	FCS	1685
19	BYU	FBS	1681
20	Montana	FCS	1681
21	South Dakota	FCS	1677
22	USC	FBS	1676
23	Vanderbilt	FBS	1671
24	Penn State	FBS	1671
25	Iowa	FBS	1664

Independent check — SP+ reference, not an input

SP+ is built by someone else from different inputs. Showing it beside our number is the point: two honest estimates, and where they disagree you can see it instead of taking our word for it. Nothing here is fitted to agree with SP+ — it is a yardstick, never an input. Across the 128 teams both systems rate, rank agreement is 0.96 (1.00 = identical order).

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