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Power Ratings — 2021 259 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	Georgia	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+32.7	+13.4	+19.3
2	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+29.3	+18.2	+11.2
3	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.4	+21.5	+6.0
4	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+24.3	+13.1	+11.2
5	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.9	+10.3	+12.6
6	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+22.4	+11.0	+11.4
7	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.6	+11.6	+10.0
8	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.4	+7.9	+13.5
9	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+20.6	+7.1	+13.6
10	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.9	+4.8	+15.1
11	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.8	+14.3	+5.5
12	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.3	+4.9	+14.4
13	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.3	+8.6	+10.6
14	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.1	+5.0	+14.1
15	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.7	+5.7	+13.0
16	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.4	+4.5	+13.9
17	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.6	+11.6	+6.0
18	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+17.5	+11.6	+5.8
19	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+17.4	+8.7	+8.7
20	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+16.5	+15.6	+0.9
21	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.4	+3.2	+13.1
22	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+16.0	+7.8	+8.2
23	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+15.9	+8.5	+7.4
24	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.6	+13.0	+2.6
25	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.5	+6.3	+9.2
26	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+15.4	+3.9	+11.5
27	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.2	+4.0	+11.2
28	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.2	+6.6	+8.6
29	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+14.6	+5.6	+9.1
30	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.6	+9.2	+5.5
31	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+14.6	+7.0	+7.6
32	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+14.4	+5.2	+9.2
33	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+14.2	+8.7	+5.5
34	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.1	+4.4	+9.7
35	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.1	+8.1	+5.9
36	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+13.5	+7.7	+5.8
37	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.3	+13.4	-0.0
38	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+13.3	+6.7	+6.6
39	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.2	+7.9	+5.3
40	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.1	+4.4	+8.7
41	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+13.0	+5.2	+7.9
42	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	+12.6	+3.9	+8.7
43	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.3	+11.8	+0.6
44	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.3	+6.4	+5.9
45	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+12.1	+13.3	-1.3
46	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+11.8	+11.7	+0.0
47	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+11.7	+3.1	+8.6
48	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	+11.4	+2.6	+8.8
49	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+11.3	+7.7	+3.6
50	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+11.2	+5.2	+6.0
51	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.7	+7.7	+3.0
52	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.6	+7.3	+3.3
53	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+10.5	+1.3	+9.2
54	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+10.4	+5.1	+5.3
55	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+10.0	-0.3	+10.4
56	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+10.0	+13.5	-3.5
57	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+9.8	+0.2	+9.7
58	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.8	+7.5	+2.3
59	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+9.7	-0.1	+9.8
60	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+9.5	+8.9	+0.6
61	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+9.3	+6.1	+3.3
62	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+9.3	+3.8	+5.5
63	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.3	+10.5	-1.2
64	Army	FBS	American Conference	+9.1	+3.4	+5.8
65	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+9.0	+7.4	+1.6
66	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+8.8	+0.6	+8.2
67	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+8.8	+4.8	+3.9
68	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	+8.7	+7.6	+1.1
69	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+8.7	+3.7	+5.0
70	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+8.6	+4.7	+3.9
71	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+8.3	+8.0	+0.3
72	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+8.0	+2.4	+5.6
73	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.8	+3.6	+4.2
74	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+7.8	-2.0	+9.7
75	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.6	+5.7	+1.9
76	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+7.5	+6.9	+0.6
77	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.4	+1.2	+6.2
78	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+7.2	+7.1	+0.1
79	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+7.0	+6.1	+0.8
80	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	+6.9	+1.8	+5.1
81	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+6.8	+0.9	+5.9
82	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+6.8	+6.6	+0.2
83	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+6.4	+1.9	+4.4
84	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+6.3	+6.0	+0.3
85	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+6.3	+2.5	+3.8
86	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+6.2	-1.7	+7.9
87	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.2	+0.2	+6.0
88	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+6.1	+2.4	+3.6
89	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+6.1	+0.9	+5.1
90	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+5.7	-1.4	+7.1
91	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+5.7	+13.1	-7.4
92	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+5.6	-0.2	+5.8
93	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+5.5	+3.9	+1.6
94	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+5.5	+3.8	+1.7
95	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+5.4	+5.6	-0.2
96	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	+5.2	+6.9	-1.7
97	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+5.0	+6.7	-1.7
98	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+4.9	+1.9	+3.0
99	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+4.7	-2.7	+7.3
100	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+4.6	-1.4	+6.0
101	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+4.5	-3.4	+7.9
102	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+4.5	+3.3	+1.1
103	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.3	+2.4	+1.8
104	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+4.2	+0.2	+4.0
105	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+4.1	+2.3	+1.8
106	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+3.9	+0.2	+3.6
107	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	+3.7	-0.0	+3.7
108	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+3.7	+2.8	+0.8
109	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+3.6	-2.0	+5.7
110	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+3.4	+2.4	+1.0
111	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+3.3	+2.7	+0.7
112	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+3.3	-1.1	+4.5
113	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+3.0	-1.9	+5.0
114	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+2.7	-2.7	+5.3
115	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+2.5	-1.5	+4.0
116	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+2.5	-0.4	+2.9
117	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	+1.9	-3.9	+5.8
118	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+1.7	+0.7	+1.0
119	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+1.7	+3.3	-1.6
120	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+1.6	-2.0	+3.6
121	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.5	-2.5	+4.0
122	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	+1.5	+4.9	-3.4
123	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+1.3	+0.3	+0.9
124	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	+1.2	-1.7	+2.9
125	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+1.1	-3.2	+4.2
126	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.0	+2.3	-1.2
127	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+1.0	-3.1	+4.1
128	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+1.0	+3.0	-2.0
129	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+0.7	-6.8	+7.5
130	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	+0.6	+1.0	-0.3
131	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.3	+1.9	-1.5
132	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+0.1	+0.5	-0.4
133	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+0.0	+3.6	-3.6
134	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-0.2	+0.3	-0.5
135	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-0.3	-1.4	+1.1
136	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.4	-1.2	+0.8
137	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.4	-1.1	+0.7
138	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	-0.7	-4.3	+3.5
139	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-1.1	-8.9	+7.8
140	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.3	-4.5	+3.1
141	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.4	+2.5	-3.9
142	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-1.6	+0.0	-1.7
143	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-1.9	+1.2	-3.0
144	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.0	-1.5	-0.5
145	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-2.1	-3.3	+1.1
146	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-2.3	+0.8	-3.0
147	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.4	-2.6	+0.3
148	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-2.5	+7.1	-9.6
149	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	-2.5	+0.0	-2.5
150	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	-2.5	-2.8	+0.2
151	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-2.6	-6.2	+3.6
152	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	-2.7	-4.7	+2.1
153	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	-2.7	-4.7	+2.0
154	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-2.7	+0.9	-3.6
155	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-2.7	+2.1	-4.9
156	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-2.8	-2.6	-0.2
157	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.8	-1.7	-1.2
158	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-2.9	+0.9	-3.7
159	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-3.0	-4.2	+1.2
160	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-3.1	-2.0	-1.1
161	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-3.2	-4.9	+1.8
162	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-3.2	-4.0	+0.8
163	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	-3.4	-4.0	+0.6
164	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-3.4	-6.7	+3.3
165	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-3.5	+1.9	-5.4
166	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	-3.7	-0.6	-3.1
167	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-3.8	-1.2	-2.6
168	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-3.9	-3.4	-0.5
169	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-3.9	-3.4	-0.5
170	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-3.9	-6.9	+2.9
171	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-4.0	+6.1	-10.1
172	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-4.1	-0.2	-3.9
173	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.2	-1.8	-2.5
174	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-4.3	-7.1	+2.7
175	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.3	-2.9	-1.4
176	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	-4.5	+7.5	-11.9
177	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-4.5	-7.4	+2.9
178	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	-4.5	-4.3	-0.2
179	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-4.7	-6.7	+2.0
180	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	-4.7	+0.1	-4.8
181	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.1	-3.3	-1.7
182	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-5.1	+3.9	-9.0
183	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-5.1	-1.9	-3.2
184	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-5.4	-1.4	-4.0
185	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.5	-5.0	-0.5
186	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-5.7	-3.1	-2.6
187	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-6.0	-3.8	-2.2
188	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.0	-5.4	-0.6
189	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	-6.0	+0.6	-6.6
190	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-6.2	-5.3	-0.9
191	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-6.4	-2.1	-4.3
192	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-6.5	-5.7	-0.8
193	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.8	-6.1	-0.6
194	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-6.9	-4.5	-2.3
195	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-7.0	-4.2	-2.8
196	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.0	-5.7	-1.3
197	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-7.3	-4.5	-2.8
198	Rice	FBS	American Conference	-7.4	-5.7	-1.7
199	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-7.4	+0.8	-8.2
200	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.5	-1.9	-5.6
201	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-7.5	-2.0	-5.5
202	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	-7.6	-6.3	-1.2
203	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.6	-0.9	-6.7
204	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-7.6	-7.0	-0.6
205	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	-7.7	-1.9	-5.9
206	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-7.8	-3.4	-4.4
207	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-7.9	-6.2	-1.7
208	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-8.1	-6.1	-1.9
209	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-8.2	-3.4	-4.8
210	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-8.2	-0.4	-7.7
211	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-8.3	+1.2	-9.5
212	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-8.4	-5.1	-3.3
213	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	-8.6	-6.9	-1.8
214	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-8.7	-1.6	-7.1
215	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-8.8	-9.1	+0.4
216	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-8.9	-5.0	-3.9
217	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-9.0	-13.5	+4.5
218	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-9.3	-8.1	-1.2
219	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-9.5	+3.9	-13.5
220	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-9.8	-5.7	-4.2
221	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	-9.8	-1.2	-8.7
222	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.0	-1.3	-8.7
223	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-10.3	-5.1	-5.2
224	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-10.3	-8.8	-1.6
225	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.3	-6.7	-3.6
226	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.5	+1.3	-11.8
227	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.8	-10.2	-0.6
228	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-11.1	-8.4	-2.7
229	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	-11.2	-5.5	-5.7
230	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-11.2	-3.3	-7.9
231	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-11.2	-7.7	-3.5
232	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-11.3	-3.9	-7.4
233	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-11.4	-9.8	-1.6
234	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-11.6	+1.9	-13.6
235	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-11.9	-4.1	-7.8
236	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-12.4	-11.5	-0.9
237	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-12.5	-3.8	-8.7
238	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-12.7	-8.7	-4.0
239	Temple	FBS	American Conference	-13.0	-6.9	-6.1
240	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-13.0	-7.2	-5.8
241	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.1	-9.3	-3.8
242	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-13.2	-13.0	-0.2
243	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-13.4	-7.6	-5.7
244	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.4	-10.6	-2.8
245	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-13.6	-5.6	-8.1
246	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-13.7	-7.4	-6.3
247	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-14.8	-7.7	-7.1
248	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-15.1	-9.9	-5.2
249	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-15.1	-7.1	-8.0
250	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.9	-7.4	-8.6
251	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-15.9	+6.8	-22.8
252	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-17.6	-11.6	-6.0
253	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-17.7	-7.6	-10.2
254	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-17.8	-7.2	-10.6
255	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-18.7	-10.2	-8.5
256	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-19.0	-7.7	-11.3
257	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-20.8	-11.5	-9.3
258	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-21.5	-11.7	-9.8
259	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-24.9	-9.0	-15.8

SRS — season 2021 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	+40.4	+25.2	-31.9
2	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+34.9	+27.4	-22.0
3	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+34.5	+33.4	-18.3
4	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+34.2	+24.4	-24.2
5	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+30.5	+21.5	-21.1
6	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+29.9	+18.7	-20.4
7	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+29.7	+18.0	-24.8
8	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+29.4	+21.3	-18.7
9	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.4	+18.2	-18.2
10	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.0	+13.5	-24.1
11	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+26.9	+15.2	-24.3
12	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+26.6	+22.7	-15.6
13	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+26.4	+15.7	-23.3
14	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.8	+23.7	-16.0
15	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.8	+11.2	-25.1
16	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+25.8	+18.9	-20.2
17	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.7	+16.3	-19.7
18	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.4	+19.4	-17.2
19	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.2	+24.3	-9.7
20	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+25.0	+11.3	-19.2
21	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+24.6	+12.9	-22.7
22	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+24.3	+13.7	-19.1
23	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+24.1	+24.4	-6.4
24	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.7	+12.5	-21.6
25	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.6	+21.6	-11.8
26	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+23.6	+16.4	-17.2
27	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.5	+16.9	-19.4
28	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+23.3	+16.1	-17.4
29	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.3	+12.6	-21.7
30	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+22.7	+11.7	-21.9
31	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+21.8	+13.4	-14.8
32	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+21.4	+15.3	-19.8
33	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+21.2	+24.3	-10.3
34	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.2	+15.1	-14.0
35	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.0	+16.7	-13.3
36	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.9	+17.3	-13.9
37	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.9	+11.8	-17.6
38	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+20.9	+14.5	-14.2
39	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+20.4	+15.1	-18.1
40	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.6	+19.1	-8.2
41	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+19.6	+15.8	-12.8
42	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.5	+22.1	-10.1
43	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.5	+16.8	-12.8
44	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+19.5	+13.1	-12.2
45	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+19.4	+15.1	-10.6
46	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+19.2	+9.9	-16.5
47	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+19.0	+13.9	-10.5
48	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+18.9	+8.5	-16.4
49	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+18.8	+18.2	-8.5
50	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.7	+14.3	-14.2
51	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+18.7	+13.6	-13.7
52	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.7	+13.7	-14.5
53	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+18.7	+11.9	-14.9
54	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.5	+14.3	-14.1
55	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+18.3	+13.4	-12.5
56	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+18.1	+15.9	-10.0
57	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.5	+17.4	-12.2
58	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+17.4	+10.9	-12.6
59	Army	FBS	American Conference	+17.2	+11.4	-13.1
60	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+16.9	+15.5	-10.0
61	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+16.8	+18.5	-8.0
62	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+16.7	+15.5	-10.8
63	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+16.5	+18.4	-9.4
64	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+16.3	+12.2	-10.8
65	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+15.7	+3.2	-16.7
66	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.3	+7.7	-18.3
67	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.2	+6.8	-17.2
68	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+15.1	+13.5	-4.6
69	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.0	+16.2	-8.5
70	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.7	+9.6	-16.7
71	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+14.6	+11.7	-13.6
72	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.6	+11.2	-11.8
73	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+14.5	+9.6	-11.3
74	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	+14.3	+12.6	-4.9
75	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+14.0	+11.9	-8.4
76	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+13.8	+11.1	-10.1
77	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.8	+19.7	+0.3
78	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.8	+6.6	-14.7
79	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.7	+10.0	-12.1
80	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.5	+2.4	-14.6
81	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.4	+3.5	-12.8
82	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+13.4	+7.8	-12.1
83	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+13.4	+4.9	-11.5
84	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.3	+14.8	-7.8
85	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.2	+7.8	-15.3
86	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+12.6	+9.6	-7.8
87	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.5	+14.5	-5.2
88	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.4	+6.4	-16.1
89	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+12.3	+5.6	-13.9
90	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+12.2	+9.5	-8.9
91	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.0	+5.5	-14.8
92	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.7	+6.1	-9.8
93	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+11.5	+9.9	-8.0
94	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+11.4	+14.5	-6.3
95	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+11.3	+5.9	-11.1
96	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.1	+8.9	-5.2
97	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+11.1	+7.9	-8.7
98	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+11.0	+8.1	-8.9
99	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	+10.8	+1.4	-7.3
100	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+10.3	+5.0	-8.2
101	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.0	+7.1	-8.0
102	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+9.9	+4.0	-11.8
103	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	+9.7	-0.7	-7.0
104	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+9.6	+5.6	-9.1
105	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+9.6	+11.2	-2.9
106	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+9.6	+1.4	-10.5
107	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.3	+7.5	-8.8
108	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	+9.2	+10.5	+0.2
109	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+9.1	-3.1	-12.7
110	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	+9.1	+1.3	-6.0
111	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+8.8	+8.5	-5.4
112	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+8.8	+4.9	-10.6
113	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+8.6	+5.7	-10.6
114	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	+8.4	+3.8	-3.5
115	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+8.2	+4.9	-12.2
116	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	+8.1	+2.8	-7.2
117	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+8.1	+16.9	+7.5
118	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+7.8	+3.4	-10.1
119	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.5	+5.1	-8.2
120	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+7.2	+5.4	-6.8
121	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+7.1	+9.9	-4.9
122	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	+6.8	+3.1	-7.3
123	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+6.6	+8.9	-2.6
124	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+6.3	+1.7	-3.5
125	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+6.0	-0.5	-4.9
126	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+5.9	+4.4	-9.1
127	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+5.7	+3.4	-7.3
128	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+5.4	+4.2	-6.3
129	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+5.3	+2.5	-6.4
130	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	+4.9	+7.4	-2.7
131	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+4.6	+6.2	-3.7
132	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+4.6	-1.0	-10.2
133	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	+4.4	+3.2	-2.2
134	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.8	+0.8	-5.1
135	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+3.7	+0.3	-1.8
136	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+3.5	+2.0	-7.1
137	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+3.5	+0.3	-2.0
138	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+3.4	+12.1	+1.4
139	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+3.3	-1.2	-4.8
140	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+3.1	+3.8	+2.4
141	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+2.8	+5.0	-0.2
142	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+2.5	-0.3	-3.5
143	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+2.5	+2.5	-8.1
144	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.3	-3.0	-4.8
145	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+2.0	+7.3	-0.1
146	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.9	+2.7	+1.3
147	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+1.8	+2.4	-2.1
148	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+1.5	-4.4	-3.9
149	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.3	-0.8	-1.3
150	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+0.9	+0.6	+1.8
151	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+0.9	-8.2	-6.0
152	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+0.8	-0.1	-4.6
153	Rice	FBS	American Conference	+0.2	-0.1	-1.4
154	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+0.2	+3.2	+0.8
155	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	+0.1	+4.5	+0.1
156	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+0.1	+5.5	-2.5
157	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-0.1	-8.7	-4.0
158	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	-0.1	+10.5	+12.8
159	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	-0.6	+3.2	+0.2
160	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.8	+1.2	-1.3
161	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.8	+0.3	-4.0
162	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-1.2	+2.8	+4.5
163	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.2	-2.4	+1.4
164	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-1.4	+5.4	+4.1
165	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.4	-1.2	-4.0
166	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.6	+0.2	-2.8
167	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-1.7	-3.9	-5.0
168	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.7	-6.1	-3.1
169	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-2.1	-8.2	-7.3
170	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-2.4	+0.4	+5.9
171	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	-2.6	-4.9	-2.7
172	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-2.6	-6.4	-5.6
173	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	-2.9	-3.5	-1.6
174	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-2.9	+5.2	+12.2
175	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.9	-4.8	+1.0
176	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-3.2	-0.7	+2.5
177	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-3.3	-3.4	+1.1
178	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-3.3	-7.1	+1.4
179	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-3.6	-6.5	-6.8
180	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-4.1	-2.6	+3.1
181	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.1	-1.3	+4.7
182	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	-4.1	+2.9	+5.5
183	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.3	+4.2	+6.6
184	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-4.5	-6.6	-1.8
185	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-5.1	-7.7	-2.0
186	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.2	-4.1	+2.3
187	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.9	-6.0	+0.7
188	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.5	-7.9	+2.2
189	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-6.7	-8.0	+2.1
190	Temple	FBS	American Conference	-6.8	-3.4	+3.8
191	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-6.8	-0.2	+7.0
192	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	-6.8	-2.7	+3.3
193	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-6.9	-3.9	+1.7
194	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-6.9	-2.0	+4.6
195	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-7.6	-7.9	+5.1
196	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-7.7	-17.3	-2.0
197	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-7.8	+3.3	+12.1
198	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.9	-8.4	+1.5
199	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.4	-9.0	+5.2
200	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-8.5	-6.5	+1.8
201	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-8.6	-12.1	+0.4
202	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-8.9	-7.2	+6.4
203	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-9.0	-10.2	+10.4
204	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-9.2	-4.8	+16.0
205	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-9.2	-3.2	+7.7
206	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-9.6	-7.9	+6.5
207	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-9.9	+1.1	+18.7
208	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-10.0	-13.2	+1.8
209	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-10.1	-2.7	+6.3
210	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-10.1	-5.0	+11.3
211	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-10.3	-4.6	+7.7
212	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-10.6	-7.1	+4.5
213	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-10.6	-7.7	+2.4
214	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-10.7	-5.3	+7.1
215	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-10.8	-4.8	+8.4
216	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-10.8	-10.6	+1.0
217	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-10.9	-15.9	+6.0
218	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-11.1	-9.6	+6.8
219	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-11.7	-3.7	+9.3
220	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-12.0	-10.9	+5.4
221	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-12.7	-12.8	+10.1
222	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-12.7	-6.2	+9.6
223	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-12.8	-13.6	+2.3
224	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-12.8	-11.1	+6.0
225	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-13.6	-5.6	+13.2
226	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.7	-14.9	+9.6
227	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-13.8	-9.5	+9.3
228	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-14.2	-13.7	+5.3
229	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-14.3	-12.5	+16.0
230	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-14.3	-6.8	+10.1
231	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-14.5	-9.7	+17.0
232	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-14.5	-9.9	+11.9
233	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.0	-13.9	+8.3
234	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-15.0	-10.7	+5.9
235	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-15.0	+1.3	+20.0
236	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-15.2	-12.1	+16.5
237	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.4	-5.9	+15.2
238	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-15.6	-10.2	+8.5
239	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-15.9	-14.6	+5.8
240	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-16.0	-3.1	+18.2
241	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-16.1	-15.1	+7.5
242	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-16.5	-17.5	+5.0
243	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-16.9	-13.7	+9.6
244	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-17.5	-12.0	+11.6
245	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-18.4	-19.3	+3.9
246	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-18.6	-13.4	+11.6
247	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-18.8	-20.8	+10.4
248	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-21.4	-18.0	+10.0
249	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-21.5	-14.4	+13.4
250	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-21.5	-11.1	+15.0
251	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-24.0	-29.0	+6.8
252	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-24.9	-17.3	+20.5
253	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-25.0	-15.2	+16.9
254	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-25.5	-19.1	+12.7
255	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-27.7	-19.9	+17.5
256	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-28.1	-23.8	+19.2
257	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-30.2	-22.1	+19.7
258	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-30.3	-22.9	+22.8
259	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-37.3	-12.2	+46.1

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 130 teams both systems rate, rank agreement is 0.96 (1.00 = identical order).

Where we disagree most

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