BallKnowMe college football, by the numbers

Power Ratings — 2022 261 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	+38.4	+17.9	+20.5
2	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+33.8	+24.3	+9.5
3	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+33.2	+18.7	+14.4
4	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+32.5	+18.2	+14.2
5	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+29.5	+13.5	+16.0
6	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+28.3	+21.7	+6.6
7	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+27.6	+15.2	+12.4
8	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+26.3	+11.1	+15.2
9	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.6	+13.3	+12.4
10	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+25.6	+18.4	+7.2
11	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.4	+10.9	+14.5
12	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+24.2	+10.8	+13.4
13	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.6	+16.0	+7.6
14	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+23.5	+12.7	+10.8
15	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+22.5	+12.8	+9.6
16	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+22.2	+11.1	+11.2
17	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+22.2	+1.6	+20.6
18	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+21.9	+11.1	+10.7
19	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+21.5	+18.2	+3.3
20	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+21.5	+10.0	+11.5
21	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+21.5	+4.2	+17.2
22	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+20.7	+14.2	+6.5
23	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.5	+6.0	+14.6
24	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.4	+7.5	+13.0
25	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.0	+13.1	+6.9
26	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.9	+12.9	+6.9
27	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.5	+16.3	+3.2
28	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.3	+2.0	+17.2
29	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.7	+9.8	+8.9
30	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.7	+12.8	+5.9
31	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+18.6	+10.2	+8.4
32	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+18.5	+15.5	+3.0
33	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+18.2	+6.6	+11.7
34	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+17.7	+9.9	+7.8
35	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.5	+12.4	+5.1
36	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.5	+5.7	+11.8
37	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+17.4	+1.9	+15.5
38	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.2	+9.3	+7.9
39	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+17.2	+4.2	+13.0
39	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+17.2	+10.0	+7.2
40	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.4	+7.1	+9.3
41	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+16.3	+7.6	+8.7
42	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+16.2	+2.1	+14.2
43	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.9	+10.1	+5.8
44	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+15.8	+5.0	+10.7
45	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.6	+2.5	+13.1
46	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.5	+6.9	+8.6
47	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+15.4	+9.6	+5.9
48	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+15.3	+6.2	+9.1
49	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+15.2	+12.0	+3.2
50	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.1	+13.8	+1.4
51	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+15.0	+6.4	+8.6
52	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+14.7	+8.3	+6.3
53	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.6	+8.4	+6.2
54	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.9	+7.6	+6.3
55	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.9	+4.9	+9.0
56	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.5	+13.8	-0.4
57	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+13.2	+11.1	+2.1
58	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.1	+6.1	+7.0
59	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+13.1	+8.3	+4.8
60	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.1	+5.3	+7.7
61	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+13.1	+13.4	-0.4
62	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.0	+12.3	+0.7
63	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+12.9	+4.9	+8.0
64	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+12.8	+7.7	+5.1
65	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+12.7	+8.7	+4.0
66	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+12.6	+9.7	+3.0
67	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	+12.6	+16.4	-3.8
68	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+12.4	+8.6	+3.8
69	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+11.2	+9.2	+1.9
70	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+10.9	+4.2	+6.7
71	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+10.7	-0.7	+11.4
72	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+10.5	-1.3	+11.8
73	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+10.5	+5.9	+4.5
74	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.8	+0.7	+9.0
75	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.7	+9.2	+0.5
76	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+9.5	+5.9	+3.6
77	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+8.9	+0.6	+8.3
78	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+8.9	+3.6	+5.3
79	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+8.9	+1.2	+7.6
80	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+8.8	+2.7	+6.0
81	Army	FBS	American Conference	+8.6	+3.1	+5.5
82	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+8.3	+3.4	+4.9
83	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+8.3	+1.8	+6.5
84	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+8.1	+2.3	+5.8
85	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+7.9	-0.7	+8.6
86	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+7.9	+5.9	+2.0
87	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+7.7	+4.5	+3.2
88	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+7.4	+4.1	+3.3
89	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+7.4	+4.1	+3.3
90	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+7.4	+3.1	+4.3
91	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+7.2	+7.9	-0.7
92	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+7.1	+6.2	+0.9
93	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+6.6	+2.3	+4.3
94	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+6.5	+4.2	+2.3
95	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+6.4	-2.7	+9.0
96	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+6.4	+3.4	+2.9
97	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+6.3	+5.5	+0.9
98	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+6.2	-0.3	+6.5
99	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.1	+2.1	+4.0
100	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.0	-0.7	+6.7
101	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+5.6	+1.2	+4.4
102	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+5.4	+5.2	+0.1
103	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+5.3	+2.1	+3.2
104	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+5.2	+0.8	+4.4
105	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+5.2	+0.2	+5.0
106	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+5.1	+2.2	+2.9
107	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.9	+5.8	-1.0
108	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+4.8	+5.8	-1.0
109	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.7	+4.1	+0.6
110	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+4.7	-1.9	+6.6
111	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+4.7	+5.1	-0.5
112	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+4.7	+4.3	+0.3
113	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+4.6	+6.2	-1.5
114	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	+4.4	+0.6	+3.7
115	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+4.1	+4.1	+0.1
116	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+3.5	-2.9	+6.4
117	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+3.3	-2.9	+6.2
118	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.3	-1.6	+4.9
119	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+3.3	+0.1	+3.1
120	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+3.2	-2.6	+5.8
121	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+3.2	-1.9	+5.0
122	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+3.1	+1.6	+1.6
123	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+3.0	-2.0	+5.0
124	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.3	+5.8	-3.5
125	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+2.3	+3.0	-0.7
126	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+2.3	+6.2	-3.9
127	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	+2.2	-1.6	+3.8
128	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+2.0	+2.5	-0.5
129	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.9	+1.0	+0.9
130	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+1.8	-1.9	+3.7
131	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+1.8	+2.0	-0.3
132	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	+1.8	+1.3	+0.4
133	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.4	+3.1	-1.7
134	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.2	+0.7	+0.5
135	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.0	+3.1	-2.1
136	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.7	+1.8	-1.1
137	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	+0.6	+3.5	-2.8
138	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+0.6	+4.2	-3.6
139	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+0.1	-1.4	+1.6
140	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.0	-3.0	+3.0
141	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.1	-4.2	+4.1
142	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-0.2	-4.1	+3.9
143	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	-0.2	-6.2	+5.9
144	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-0.3	+2.7	-3.0
145	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-0.4	-3.4	+3.0
146	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-0.5	+15.2	-15.7
147	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-0.5	+2.7	-3.2
148	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-0.7	-3.4	+2.7
149	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-0.7	-2.8	+2.1
150	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-1.0	-4.5	+3.5
151	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-1.0	-4.9	+3.9
152	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.1	-0.6	-0.5
153	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	-1.2	+4.8	-6.1
154	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.3	-5.1	+3.8
155	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-1.3	-8.5	+7.2
156	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.3	-0.3	-1.0
157	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	-1.4	-6.2	+4.8
158	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	-1.7	-2.9	+1.2
159	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	-2.1	-3.9	+1.8
160	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-2.1	-3.9	+1.7
161	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-2.2	-0.9	-1.3
162	Temple	FBS	American Conference	-2.3	-2.3	+0.0
163	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.4	-1.6	-0.9
164	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-2.4	+0.4	-2.8
165	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-2.6	+4.6	-7.3
166	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	-3.1	-1.7	-1.3
167	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-3.1	-7.0	+3.9
168	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	-3.1	-1.2	-1.9
169	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-3.2	+2.2	-5.4
170	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-3.2	-0.1	-3.2
171	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.3	+0.7	-4.0
172	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-3.4	-0.5	-2.9
173	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-3.7	+4.1	-7.8
174	Rice	FBS	American Conference	-3.9	-1.4	-2.5
175	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-4.0	-1.4	-2.6
176	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-4.1	+0.8	-4.9
177	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-4.4	-5.7	+1.4
178	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-4.5	-3.2	-1.3
179	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-4.7	+4.4	-9.0
180	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-4.7	-1.5	-3.3
181	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-4.8	+4.1	-8.9
182	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-5.0	-1.8	-3.1
183	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-5.0	-5.2	+0.2
184	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	-5.0	+2.8	-7.8
185	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	-5.0	-0.7	-4.3
186	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-5.3	+1.0	-6.3
187	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-5.4	+0.2	-5.6
188	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-5.7	-3.7	-2.0
189	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-5.8	-4.6	-1.1
190	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.9	-0.1	-5.8
191	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-6.0	-3.0	-3.0
192	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-6.1	-3.8	-2.4
193	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-6.3	-4.9	-1.4
194	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-6.7	-2.6	-4.0
195	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.0	-0.8	-6.2
196	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	-7.2	-7.0	-0.2
197	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.3	-3.2	-4.0
198	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-7.5	-4.9	-2.5
199	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-7.6	-1.3	-6.3
200	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.6	-5.4	-2.3
201	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-7.7	-7.6	-0.1
202	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-7.8	-5.0	-2.9
203	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-8.1	-0.3	-7.8
204	Stonehill	FCS	Northeast Conference	-8.6	-4.9	-3.7
205	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.7	-11.9	+3.1
206	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-9.0	-0.6	-8.4
207	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-9.0	-10.9	+1.9
208	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-9.1	+1.6	-10.7
209	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-9.2	-4.3	-4.9
210	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-9.5	-9.3	-0.2
211	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-10.8	-4.7	-6.1
212	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.1	-12.1	+1.0
213	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-11.2	-7.9	-3.2
214	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.2	-7.3	-3.9
215	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-11.6	-4.2	-7.5
216	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.8	-7.4	-4.3
217	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-11.9	-6.9	-5.0
218	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-12.0	-0.7	-11.3
219	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-12.1	-8.9	-3.2
220	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-12.5	-11.7	-0.8
221	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-12.7	-7.8	-4.9
222	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-12.8	-5.7	-7.1
223	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.8	-3.8	-9.0
224	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-12.8	-5.4	-7.4
225	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-13.1	+0.5	-13.6
226	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-13.3	-9.3	-4.1
227	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-13.9	-8.1	-5.8
228	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-14.0	-12.8	-1.2
229	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-14.2	-7.3	-6.9
230	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-14.3	-3.2	-11.1
231	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-14.5	-16.8	+2.3
232	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-14.9	-8.9	-6.0
233	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-14.9	-8.5	-6.5
234	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-15.2	-9.4	-5.8
235	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-15.3	-11.4	-4.0
236	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-15.6	-5.8	-9.8
237	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-15.6	-13.3	-2.4
238	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-16.0	-12.5	-3.6
239	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-16.1	-8.9	-7.2
240	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-16.2	-8.7	-7.5
241	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-16.5	-7.2	-9.2
242	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-16.5	-9.4	-7.1
243	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-17.0	-4.8	-12.2
244	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-17.6	-11.7	-5.8
245	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-17.8	-14.6	-3.2
246	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-18.3	-11.2	-7.1
247	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-18.3	-11.1	-7.3
248	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-18.4	-13.1	-5.3
249	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-18.6	-14.5	-4.2
250	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-18.7	-2.7	-16.0
251	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-19.6	-7.3	-12.2
252	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-19.7	-7.7	-11.9
253	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-19.8	-6.6	-13.1
254	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-20.0	-10.2	-9.8
255	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-21.5	-16.7	-4.8
256	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-21.8	-10.7	-11.2
257	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-24.8	-17.0	-7.8
258	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-25.3	-12.8	-12.6
259	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-25.7	-12.9	-12.9
260	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-29.9	-10.2	-19.7

SRS — season 2022 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	+43.2	+29.5	-30.9
2	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+38.2	+34.2	-21.0
3	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+37.5	+28.8	-25.5
4	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+37.1	+28.3	-24.0
5	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+35.8	+34.1	-19.5
6	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+34.2	+23.7	-24.5
7	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+33.0	+27.0	-16.6
8	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+32.5	+21.2	-23.8
9	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+32.5	+24.1	-21.4
10	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+32.4	+22.2	-25.0
11	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+30.6	+18.1	-23.0
12	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+30.1	+19.1	-20.9
13	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+29.8	+23.6	-21.7
14	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+29.6	+22.7	-18.6
15	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+29.2	+28.2	-12.7
16	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+29.0	+24.4	-15.6
17	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+28.1	+20.6	-20.4
18	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.9	+13.1	-26.4
19	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+27.3	+24.6	-14.6
20	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+26.4	+18.9	-17.8
21	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+26.4	+14.6	-21.6
22	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+26.3	+18.1	-18.6
23	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+25.6	+8.1	-27.2
24	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.5	+21.1	-14.3
25	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+25.1	+14.7	-23.0
26	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+24.6	+23.1	-11.1
27	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+24.2	+21.6	-16.1
28	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.7	+21.6	-14.6
29	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.7	+7.8	-25.1
30	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.6	+21.6	-10.4
31	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.6	+15.8	-14.8
32	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.2	+18.9	-15.9
33	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+22.7	+11.8	-14.4
34	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+22.7	+18.4	-15.7
35	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+22.7	+21.0	-12.7
36	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+22.6	+16.5	-15.0
37	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+22.5	+19.0	-12.7
38	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.3	+23.1	-9.0
39	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+22.0	+8.4	-23.5
40	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+21.9	+14.9	-19.2
41	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+21.4	+12.6	-19.6
42	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+21.4	+9.3	-19.4
43	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+21.4	+17.0	-14.8
44	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.9	+15.8	-19.0
45	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.8	+11.6	-18.7
46	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+20.5	+11.3	-18.3
47	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.4	+19.8	-8.1
48	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+20.4	+12.2	-14.9
49	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.2	+9.4	-20.7
50	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+20.1	+16.2	-13.7
51	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.0	+16.7	-13.7
52	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.5	+15.6	-16.3
53	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.5	+16.9	-13.1
54	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+19.5	+16.0	-11.1
55	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+19.4	+17.0	-10.0
56	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.2	+9.3	-20.7
57	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+19.0	+12.1	-14.2
58	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.0	+13.7	-15.3
59	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+18.8	+16.0	-13.4
60	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.6	+18.6	-9.1
61	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+18.6	+6.7	-19.0
62	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+18.4	+20.4	-6.7
63	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.8	+18.4	-10.3
64	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+17.5	+15.9	-5.5
65	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.6	+14.3	-15.4
66	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+16.6	+16.3	-11.5
67	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+16.3	+10.6	-13.0
68	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+16.2	+13.4	-10.7
69	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+15.7	+10.0	-10.1
70	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+15.7	+3.7	-19.0
71	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.5	+9.0	-15.8
72	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+14.8	+7.6	-11.2
73	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+14.7	+6.6	-15.8
74	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.7	+17.6	-6.9
75	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+14.4	+12.2	-7.9
76	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+14.2	+7.4	-13.3
77	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	+14.2	+20.6	+1.3
78	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+14.1	+16.9	-1.8
79	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+14.0	+10.6	-13.3
80	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.8	+10.5	-8.2
81	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+13.6	+16.4	-5.7
82	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+13.5	+8.2	-13.4
83	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+13.2	+12.2	-6.0
84	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+13.1	+9.8	-8.1
85	Army	FBS	American Conference	+12.9	+8.4	-10.7
86	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+12.7	+8.2	-9.3
87	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+12.6	+13.3	-4.8
88	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.5	+12.8	-9.9
89	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+12.1	+10.6	-11.0
90	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+11.5	+8.0	-11.5
91	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+11.4	+13.1	-6.2
92	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+11.2	+6.9	-9.5
93	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+11.1	+9.7	-3.9
94	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+11.0	+6.0	-2.7
95	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+10.6	+5.6	-6.2
96	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.4	+2.5	-14.1
97	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.4	+4.0	-13.8
98	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+10.4	+8.5	-9.5
99	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.4	+3.9	-14.3
100	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+10.4	+5.6	-7.8
101	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+10.3	+1.2	-7.5
102	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+10.2	+10.8	-6.6
103	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.0	+7.4	-10.7
104	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+10.0	+8.4	-8.2
105	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.6	+14.6	-2.8
106	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	+9.3	+7.7	-4.5
107	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.3	+10.9	-4.4
108	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+9.2	+9.9	-3.8
109	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.2	+5.5	-10.7
110	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+9.1	+7.0	-7.5
111	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+8.9	+4.4	-13.4
112	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+8.6	+8.7	-7.6
113	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+8.5	+10.2	-4.8
114	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+8.5	+6.8	-1.7
115	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+8.4	+3.8	-4.1
116	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	+8.3	+3.6	-4.5
117	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+7.9	+8.6	-4.8
118	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+7.5	+2.8	-11.6
119	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+7.5	+8.5	-3.8
120	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+7.5	+6.2	-2.2
121	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.4	+7.9	-4.1
122	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.4	+3.0	-9.7
123	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+7.3	+1.8	-7.3
124	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+7.3	-0.8	-6.6
125	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+7.2	+4.7	-10.7
126	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.1	+4.5	-4.7
127	Temple	FBS	American Conference	+6.2	+4.5	-6.8
128	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.1	+4.0	-8.5
129	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+5.8	+8.9	+0.1
130	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+5.6	+1.8	-10.8
131	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	+5.6	+1.7	-6.1
132	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+5.3	+5.7	-3.7
133	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+5.2	+1.7	-7.7
134	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	+4.9	+2.4	-7.9
135	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+4.8	-4.2	-4.7
136	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+4.7	+11.7	+0.3
137	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+4.4	+0.9	-8.7
138	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+3.9	+6.0	-1.9
139	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+3.8	+1.2	-0.2
140	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	+3.7	+6.2	+0.4
141	Rice	FBS	American Conference	+3.7	+4.9	-3.0
142	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+3.6	+4.8	-4.8
143	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+3.5	+4.0	-0.3
144	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+3.5	+2.5	-4.3
145	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+3.3	-0.1	-1.3
146	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	+3.1	+2.8	-4.9
147	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	+3.0	+3.6	+3.9
148	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+2.9	-1.7	-10.4
149	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+2.9	+3.7	+1.2
150	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.8	+7.3	-3.1
151	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.7	+0.8	-7.3
152	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	+2.6	+16.4	+16.1
153	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	+2.5	+1.1	+2.7
154	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+2.0	+1.3	-3.0
155	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.9	+4.2	-2.5
156	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+1.9	+6.9	+0.2
157	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+1.7	+5.5	+4.4
158	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	+1.7	+8.5	+2.7
159	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+1.6	+2.7	+1.8
160	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+1.4	+4.1	-2.0
161	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+1.4	+0.3	-4.3
162	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.3	+2.3	+3.6
163	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+1.1	-2.2	-3.0
164	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+1.1	+0.0	+1.9
165	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.7	-4.1	-8.7
166	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+0.5	+8.2	+7.2
167	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+0.3	+1.8	-3.0
168	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-0.2	-7.8	-8.2
169	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	-0.6	-3.2	+1.3
170	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-0.8	+0.9	+0.8
171	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-1.1	-1.2	+2.8
172	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-1.5	-4.6	+0.5
173	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-1.8	-5.1	-4.4
174	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-2.3	-7.2	+1.8
175	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-2.3	+4.3	+3.5
176	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-2.6	-4.5	-7.2
177	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.5	-3.9	+3.6
178	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.6	-3.5	+3.0
179	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	-4.0	-10.1	-6.5
180	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-4.4	-4.4	+1.8
181	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-4.4	-4.2	-0.7
182	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-4.4	+2.5	+5.5
183	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-4.4	+3.6	+10.7
184	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-4.7	+3.9	+7.2
185	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	-5.2	-0.6	+6.0
186	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-5.3	+0.5	+8.5
187	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.3	-0.7	+8.3
188	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.6	-7.1	+3.8
189	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-5.6	+0.4	+7.0
190	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-5.8	-7.6	+0.4
191	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-6.1	-4.3	+3.1
192	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-6.2	-7.5	+2.3
193	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-6.2	-1.6	+8.6
194	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-6.2	-6.1	+3.8
195	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-6.4	-3.6	+5.9
196	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-6.4	-9.2	+6.2
196	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	-6.4	-12.1	-0.9
197	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-6.7	-1.8	+7.0
198	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-6.8	-0.0	+7.9
199	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-7.2	-3.9	+7.4
200	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-7.2	-7.0	-2.0
201	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-7.5	+0.3	+7.1
202	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-7.8	-14.2	-2.8
203	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-8.1	-6.4	+4.0
204	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-8.2	-8.9	+5.1
205	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-8.5	-11.8	+1.7
206	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-8.8	-10.9	-2.9
207	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-9.3	-15.1	-1.1
208	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-9.4	-5.6	+3.5
209	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	-9.6	-10.2	+2.8
210	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-9.7	-8.8	+6.4
211	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-10.3	-8.4	+4.8
212	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-10.6	-5.8	+7.4
213	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-10.7	+0.4	+14.0
214	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-11.5	-12.1	+7.3
215	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.6	-8.1	+7.3
216	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-11.7	-8.4	+11.3
217	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-12.0	-12.1	+3.9
218	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-12.0	-0.5	+14.9
219	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-12.3	-3.8	+12.7
220	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-12.5	-11.9	+8.6
221	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-12.6	-14.4	+6.8
222	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.7	-8.2	+9.5
223	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-12.9	-11.2	+7.9
224	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-13.2	-8.7	+12.3
225	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-13.4	-10.4	+10.8
226	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-13.5	-18.9	-1.8
227	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-13.6	-7.7	+8.9
228	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-13.6	-8.9	+7.3
229	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-13.6	-8.9	+8.3
230	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.8	-7.9	+7.5
231	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-13.9	-6.4	+13.7
232	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-13.9	-10.7	+10.5
233	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-14.9	-9.6	+6.8
234	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-15.6	-10.9	+4.7
235	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-15.6	-8.2	+16.4
236	Stonehill	FCS	Northeast Conference	-15.9	-13.2	+8.2
237	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-16.1	-16.5	+5.2
238	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-16.6	-11.2	+8.1
239	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-16.6	-14.7	+11.5
240	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-17.5	-17.5	+8.1
241	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-17.6	-10.6	+8.3
242	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-17.6	-15.1	+6.4
243	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-18.3	-6.0	+19.9
244	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-18.3	-17.9	+6.9
245	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-18.4	-12.3	+9.4
246	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-18.6	-9.9	+11.3
247	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-18.9	-17.5	+10.4
248	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-19.1	-16.5	+8.3
249	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-19.1	-20.3	+6.8
250	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-19.3	-10.7	+15.2
251	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-19.6	-12.2	+16.2
252	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-19.7	-13.3	+17.3
253	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-21.4	-12.1	+17.4
254	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-22.7	-15.6	+12.2
255	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-23.9	-13.6	+19.3
256	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-24.5	-21.0	+10.0
257	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-25.9	-18.1	+18.4
258	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-25.9	-19.0	+17.1
259	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-27.5	-18.0	+21.2
260	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-37.2	-24.4	+27.4

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 131 teams both systems rate, rank agreement is 0.97 (1.00 = identical order).

Where we disagree most

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