BallKnowMe college football, by the numbers

Power Ratings — 2023 262 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	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+37.9	+17.5	+20.4
2	Georgia	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+35.7	+18.4	+17.2
3	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+34.7	+13.4	+21.2
4	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+33.2	+18.8	+14.5
5	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+33.1	+16.4	+16.6
6	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+32.0	+15.0	+16.9
7	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+31.6	+15.3	+16.3
8	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+29.9	+16.6	+13.3
9	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+29.7	+16.4	+13.2
10	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+28.7	+17.4	+11.2
11	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+28.1	+19.0	+9.1
12	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+27.6	+13.9	+13.7
13	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+27.6	+12.6	+15.0
14	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+26.8	+23.1	+3.7
15	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.7	+15.1	+10.6
16	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+25.5	+10.5	+15.0
17	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+24.7	+13.6	+11.1
18	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.8	+13.1	+10.8
19	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+23.8	+12.1	+11.7
20	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.0	+15.0	+7.1
21	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+21.5	+9.7	+11.8
22	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+21.5	+10.1	+11.5
23	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+21.2	+21.8	-0.6
24	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.9	+9.0	+11.9
25	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.9	+13.1	+7.8
26	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+20.9	+11.2	+9.7
27	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.7	+6.7	+14.0
28	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.5	+7.9	+12.6
29	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.4	+4.7	+15.8
30	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.1	+9.6	+10.5
31	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+19.4	+4.6	+14.8
32	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+19.1	+10.8	+8.4
33	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.1	+5.7	+13.4
34	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+18.9	+11.4	+7.4
35	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.5	+9.3	+9.3
36	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.8	+5.6	+12.2
37	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+17.8	+8.8	+9.0
38	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.5	+10.4	+7.1
39	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+17.3	+9.5	+7.8
40	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.2	+13.2	+4.0
41	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+17.1	+9.1	+8.0
42	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+17.1	-2.2	+19.3
43	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+17.0	+4.4	+12.6
44	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+16.8	+9.1	+7.7
45	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+16.7	+5.1	+11.7
46	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+16.5	+10.7	+5.8
47	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+16.4	+10.5	+5.9
48	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+16.3	+12.3	+3.9
49	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.9	+7.8	+8.1
50	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+15.7	+14.3	+1.4
51	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.6	+8.8	+6.9
52	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+15.0	+7.9	+7.1
53	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+14.6	+10.0	+4.6
54	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+14.6	+10.4	+4.2
55	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+14.2	+8.1	+6.2
56	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+14.2	+4.0	+10.2
57	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+14.0	+3.0	+11.0
58	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+13.7	+4.0	+9.7
59	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+13.4	+7.0	+6.4
60	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.2	+3.8	+9.4
61	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+13.1	+8.9	+4.3
62	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.0	-0.4	+13.4
63	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+12.8	+10.7	+2.1
64	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+12.5	+5.9	+6.6
65	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.0	+2.7	+9.4
66	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+11.8	+5.3	+6.5
67	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+11.7	+3.6	+8.1
68	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+11.7	+4.1	+7.5
69	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+11.6	+6.2	+5.5
70	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.0	+6.2	+4.8
71	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+10.9	+8.3	+2.6
72	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.9	+10.0	+0.8
73	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.9	+4.9	+6.0
74	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+10.7	+5.1	+5.6
75	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+10.0	+3.9	+6.2
76	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+9.8	+9.0	+0.8
77	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.7	+4.0	+5.7
78	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+9.7	+1.0	+8.7
79	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+9.6	-0.9	+10.5
80	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+9.6	+5.3	+4.2
81	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.4	+2.7	+6.8
82	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+9.4	+5.6	+3.8
83	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+9.4	+2.2	+7.2
84	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.2	+4.0	+5.2
85	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+9.0	+8.3	+0.7
86	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+8.8	+3.3	+5.6
87	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+8.5	+3.4	+5.1
88	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+8.4	-0.2	+8.6
89	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+8.4	+5.0	+3.3
90	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+7.8	+5.1	+2.8
91	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.7	-1.2	+8.9
92	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+7.6	+1.0	+6.6
93	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.3	+7.0	+0.3
94	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+7.0	+0.2	+6.8
95	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.0	+9.7	-2.7
96	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+6.9	-2.6	+9.5
97	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+6.8	+1.5	+5.3
98	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+6.7	+7.1	-0.3
99	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.7	+3.1	+3.7
100	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+6.5	+4.3	+2.2
101	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+6.3	+2.7	+3.5
102	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+6.2	+7.6	-1.4
103	Army	FBS	American Conference	+5.9	-2.2	+8.2
104	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+5.6	+3.8	+1.8
105	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+5.6	+2.4	+3.2
106	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	+5.6	+3.4	+2.2
107	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	+5.4	+0.5	+4.9
108	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+5.0	+2.8	+2.2
109	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.9	+5.4	-0.5
110	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+4.7	+0.5	+4.2
111	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+4.5	+1.3	+3.2
112	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+4.3	+4.9	-0.6
113	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.3	-0.3	+4.6
114	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+4.2	+0.4	+3.8
115	Rice	FBS	American Conference	+4.2	+3.7	+0.4
116	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+4.0	+7.8	-3.7
117	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.0	-0.3	+4.4
118	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+4.0	+2.9	+1.1
119	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+3.9	-3.1	+7.0
120	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+3.8	+1.5	+2.4
121	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.7	-1.0	+4.8
122	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+3.7	+3.0	+0.6
123	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+3.6	-0.5	+4.1
124	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+3.4	+0.3	+3.1
125	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+3.2	-5.5	+8.7
126	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+3.2	+3.4	-0.2
127	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+3.1	-1.3	+4.4
128	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+3.1	+9.2	-6.2
129	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+3.0	+1.3	+1.7
130	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+2.9	+8.9	-6.0
131	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+2.9	+2.2	+0.6
132	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+2.8	+2.1	+0.7
133	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.7	+5.7	-3.0
134	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+2.5	-2.3	+4.8
135	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+2.4	+3.3	-0.8
136	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+2.3	+6.9	-4.6
137	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+2.3	+2.5	-0.2
138	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	+1.8	-2.4	+4.2
139	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+1.8	+3.0	-1.2
140	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+1.6	-0.8	+2.4
141	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+1.4	-0.0	+1.4
142	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+1.4	+0.1	+1.3
143	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+1.0	+4.9	-3.9
144	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+0.5	+2.0	-1.4
145	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+0.2	-6.3	+6.5
146	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-0.1	+2.1	-2.1
147	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-0.2	+0.7	-0.9
148	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	-0.7	+0.6	-1.3
149	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	-0.8	-1.5	+0.7
150	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	-0.9	-5.4	+4.6
151	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-0.9	-5.4	+4.4
152	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.0	-6.0	+5.1
153	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-1.0	+2.6	-3.6
154	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	-1.1	+0.6	-1.7
155	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	-1.3	+6.9	-8.1
156	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.4	-4.0	+2.6
157	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	-1.4	-2.6	+1.2
158	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	-1.4	-4.8	+3.4
159	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	-1.5	-3.7	+2.2
160	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-1.5	+5.5	-7.0
161	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.6	+1.5	-3.2
162	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-1.8	+3.9	-5.7
163	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-2.1	-2.9	+0.8
164	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-2.2	-0.5	-1.7
165	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	-2.2	-1.4	-0.9
166	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.3	+1.0	-3.3
167	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	-2.3	-4.5	+2.2
168	New Haven	FCS	Northeast Conference	-2.3	+4.0	-6.3
169	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-2.4	-0.3	-2.1
170	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-2.6	-0.4	-2.2
171	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-2.8	-2.6	-0.2
172	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-3.1	+0.3	-3.4
173	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-3.1	+5.7	-8.7
174	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.1	+0.8	-3.9
175	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-3.2	-5.5	+2.3
176	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-3.3	+0.9	-4.1
177	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	-3.7	+2.4	-6.0
178	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-3.8	+2.4	-6.2
179	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-4.3	-4.6	+0.3
180	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-4.7	+2.8	-7.4
181	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-4.7	+1.4	-6.1
182	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-4.7	-2.2	-2.5
183	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-5.0	-3.8	-1.2
184	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-5.1	-5.5	+0.4
185	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-5.1	-2.5	-2.6
186	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-5.5	-6.0	+0.6
187	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-5.8	+0.7	-6.6
188	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-5.9	-5.5	-0.4
189	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-6.0	-5.2	-0.7
190	Temple	FBS	American Conference	-6.4	-3.4	-3.0
191	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-6.7	-6.8	+0.1
192	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	-7.0	-1.5	-5.5
193	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.1	+0.3	-7.4
194	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-7.2	-11.2	+4.0
195	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-7.3	-7.5	+0.3
196	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-7.8	-1.9	-5.9
197	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.8	-2.5	-5.3
198	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-8.5	-6.9	-1.6
199	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-8.6	+3.3	-11.9
200	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-8.6	-2.0	-6.6
201	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-8.8	-1.5	-7.3
202	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	-8.9	-6.3	-2.6
203	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-9.1	-12.4	+3.3
204	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-9.1	-5.9	-3.2
205	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-9.2	-1.9	-7.3
206	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-9.8	-1.1	-8.7
207	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-10.3	-4.2	-6.0
208	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-10.4	-4.2	-6.2
209	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.5	-4.2	-6.3
210	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-10.6	-8.5	-2.1
211	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-11.4	-5.7	-5.7
212	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-11.5	-5.7	-5.8
213	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-11.6	-8.9	-2.7
214	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-11.7	-8.3	-3.4
215	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-11.7	-6.1	-5.6
216	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-12.0	-13.6	+1.6
217	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.1	-10.2	-1.9
218	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.3	-3.1	-9.2
219	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-12.4	-9.5	-2.9
220	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.6	-8.1	-4.4
221	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-12.6	-7.0	-5.6
222	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-12.7	-5.3	-7.4
223	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.1	-11.7	-1.4
224	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.1	-9.2	-3.9
225	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-13.2	-10.7	-2.5
226	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.4	-6.8	-6.6
227	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-13.4	-6.4	-7.0
228	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.5	-8.9	-4.6
229	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-13.8	-8.5	-5.3
230	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-14.0	-12.9	-1.1
231	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-14.2	-6.4	-7.8
232	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-14.6	-5.4	-9.2
233	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-14.7	-8.5	-6.1
234	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-14.7	-11.1	-3.6
235	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-14.7	-11.2	-3.5
236	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-14.9	-5.3	-9.6
237	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.1	-4.4	-10.7
238	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-15.3	-11.4	-3.9
239	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-15.6	-13.0	-2.6
240	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-15.7	-4.8	-10.9
241	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-15.9	-12.4	-3.5
242	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-16.0	-6.5	-9.5
243	Stonehill	FCS	Northeast Conference	-16.2	-8.5	-7.7
244	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-16.4	-10.3	-6.2
245	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-16.5	-7.4	-9.1
246	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	-17.6	-12.9	-4.7
247	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-17.6	-11.6	-6.0
248	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-19.1	-12.2	-6.9
249	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-19.2	-20.9	+1.7
250	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-20.1	-7.0	-13.1
251	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-20.7	-16.9	-3.7
252	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-21.1	-7.1	-14.0
253	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-21.3	-12.6	-8.7
254	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-21.4	-9.7	-11.6
255	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-21.5	-10.2	-11.2
256	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-21.9	-13.1	-8.7
257	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-22.0	-12.4	-9.6
258	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-22.9	-13.9	-9.0
259	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-23.7	-16.7	-7.0
260	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-23.7	-18.6	-5.1
261	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-24.2	-11.4	-12.8
262	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-28.8	-15.0	-13.8

SRS — season 2023 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	Michigan	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+40.8	+25.4	-29.0
2	Oregon	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+39.1	+29.5	-26.4
3	Georgia	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+37.8	+26.9	-25.3
4	Ohio State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+37.6	+18.7	-30.5
5	Texas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+37.1	+24.4	-24.8
6	Penn State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+34.8	+24.1	-25.8
7	Kansas State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+34.0	+25.3	-20.5
8	Washington	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+33.9	+25.7	-19.9
9	Notre Dame	FBS	FBS Independents	+33.8	+25.7	-21.8
10	Alabama	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+33.7	+22.6	-24.5
11	Oklahoma	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+32.6	+29.0	-18.5
12	Missouri	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+32.2	+20.6	-22.5
13	Florida State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+31.3	+20.2	-20.7
14	Arizona	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+30.4	+21.4	-20.3
15	LSU	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+29.7	+33.6	-10.8
16	South Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+29.3	+16.2	-21.9
17	Ole Miss	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+28.7	+22.6	-18.3
18	Oregon State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+28.2	+20.5	-19.3
19	Tennessee	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+26.9	+19.5	-19.9
20	Kansas	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+26.6	+21.6	-15.3
21	USC	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+25.9	+31.5	-7.6
22	Texas A&M	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+25.6	+19.3	-18.6
23	Louisville	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+25.0	+16.2	-19.8
24	Maryland	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+24.7	+17.6	-15.2
25	Duke	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+24.7	+13.9	-19.7
26	Troy	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+24.4	+10.1	-19.6
27	Clemson	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+23.9	+16.2	-17.9
28	Texas Tech	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.8	+15.1	-17.2
29	TCU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.4	+18.7	-14.4
30	Utah	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.2	+10.7	-23.9
31	Iowa State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+23.1	+13.8	-18.9
32	UCLA	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+23.0	+10.9	-22.5
33	West Virginia	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.5	+16.8	-14.6
34	Oklahoma State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+22.4	+18.0	-13.7
35	James Madison	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+22.3	+14.1	-15.3
36	Liberty	FBS	Conference USA	+22.1	+18.5	-8.6
37	Miami	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+21.9	+16.7	-14.6
38	NC State	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+21.5	+12.4	-17.8
39	Washington State	FBS	Pac-12 Conference	+21.5	+19.1	-12.2
40	Boise State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+21.4	+15.5	-13.3
41	Kentucky	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+21.4	+16.7	-13.4
42	UCF	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+20.9	+16.5	-15.5
43	SMU	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.9	+17.8	-16.1
44	North Carolina	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+20.5	+19.2	-11.1
45	Wisconsin	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+19.5	+9.8	-18.5
46	North Dakota State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+19.5	+15.6	-9.1
47	Virginia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.5	+15.6	-12.7
48	Auburn	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+19.4	+11.6	-19.1
49	California	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+19.1	+18.5	-10.0
50	Iowa	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+18.9	+2.8	-24.8
51	Memphis	FBS	American Conference	+18.6	+20.3	-5.2
52	South Carolina	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+18.3	+14.0	-15.0
53	Montana	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+18.0	+7.0	-13.2
54	Rutgers	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+18.0	+11.4	-16.3
55	Florida	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+17.9	+15.2	-13.3
56	Georgia Tech	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+17.7	+16.9	-9.9
57	Air Force	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+17.6	+9.3	-14.9
58	Montana State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+17.2	+13.9	-8.7
59	UNLV	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+16.7	+17.3	-7.3
60	Nebraska	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.7	+4.1	-19.7
61	UTSA	FBS	American Conference	+16.7	+12.1	-10.9
62	App State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+16.7	+15.2	-6.3
63	Colorado	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+16.5	+17.7	-7.4
64	South Alabama	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+16.2	+12.7	-12.6
65	Tulane	FBS	American Conference	+16.2	+6.7	-16.5
66	Northwestern	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+16.2	+10.4	-13.7
67	San José State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+15.6	+12.3	-12.5
68	Arkansas	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+15.4	+11.9	-12.4
69	Wyoming	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+15.4	+7.6	-15.2
70	Toledo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+15.1	+11.2	-10.2
71	BYU	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+14.5	+10.5	-12.1
72	Fresno State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+14.5	+10.1	-11.1
73	Villanova	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+14.4	+6.3	-9.1
74	Miami (OH)	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+14.2	+2.8	-15.1
75	Coastal Carolina	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+13.8	+8.6	-10.8
76	Jacksonville State	FBS	Conference USA	+13.5	+8.3	-10.5
77	Idaho	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+13.0	+8.0	-7.2
78	Minnesota	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.0	+8.8	-10.6
78	Purdue	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+13.0	+14.0	-7.5
79	Western Kentucky	FBS	Conference USA	+12.9	+11.6	-3.8
80	Mississippi State	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+12.9	+7.2	-15.3
81	Illinois	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.7	+12.7	-8.8
82	Texas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+12.2	+15.7	-0.3
83	Michigan State	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+12.2	+5.9	-10.9
84	Arizona State	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+12.0	+5.9	-12.9
85	Bowling Green	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.8	+7.5	-8.5
86	Houston	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+11.8	+10.5	-9.9
87	Ohio	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+11.5	+2.4	-13.5
88	South Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.4	+1.1	-13.3
89	Indiana	FBS	Big Ten Conference	+11.4	+10.6	-8.5
90	UAlbany	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+11.4	+3.0	-7.3
91	New Mexico State	FBS	Conference USA	+11.4	+4.9	-10.4
92	Boston College	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+11.2	+9.7	-9.1
93	Southern Illinois	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+11.1	+2.0	-14.0
94	Virginia	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.8	+10.8	-6.5
95	Stanford	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.7	+8.2	-8.2
96	Louisiana	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+10.7	+11.7	-2.9
97	Wake Forest	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.7	+6.8	-11.3
98	Pittsburgh	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+10.6	+6.7	-11.3
99	Youngstown State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+10.4	+10.6	-2.1
100	Cincinnati	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+10.0	+10.0	-9.9
101	Georgia State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.7	+7.6	-6.2
102	Syracuse	FBS	Atlantic Coast Conference	+9.6	+5.8	-12.1
103	Arkansas State	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+9.4	+5.9	-5.2
104	Holy Cross	FCS	Patriot League	+9.2	+9.4	+0.0
105	Baylor	FBS	Big 12 Conference	+8.7	+10.1	-7.1
106	Army	FBS	American Conference	+8.6	+0.2	-12.7
107	Rice	FBS	American Conference	+8.4	+10.3	-6.1
108	Illinois State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+8.1	+5.5	-5.0
109	Middle Tennessee	FBS	Conference USA	+8.0	+5.5	-6.4
110	Harvard	FCS	Ivy League	+7.9	+5.3	-2.4
111	Utah State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.9	+15.3	+1.3
112	South Florida	FBS	American Conference	+7.8	+12.2	-0.9
113	Northern Illinois	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+7.6	+4.3	-8.3
114	North Dakota	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+7.6	+8.1	-2.9
114	Marshall	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.6	+5.9	-7.2
115	Old Dominion	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+7.4	+3.3	-8.5
116	Central Arkansas	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+7.3	+2.0	-7.1
117	Colorado State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+7.2	+6.7	-6.3
118	Southern Utah	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+6.6	+4.2	-2.7
119	Sacramento State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+6.4	+6.1	-0.7
120	Austin Peay	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+6.2	+7.1	-2.6
121	Georgia Southern	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+6.2	+9.9	-1.4
122	North Texas	FBS	American Conference	+6.1	+13.4	+3.0
123	San Diego State	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+6.1	+3.2	-8.8
124	Florida Atlantic	FBS	American Conference	+5.9	+4.5	-8.5
125	Tarleton State	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+5.9	+5.5	-0.8
126	Northern Iowa	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	+5.5	+3.1	-5.3
127	Delaware	FBS	Conference USA	+5.4	+3.8	-2.7
128	UC Davis	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+5.2	-0.6	-5.5
129	East Carolina	FBS	American Conference	+5.2	+0.3	-12.3
130	Vanderbilt	FBS	Southeastern Conference	+5.0	+8.9	-4.3
131	New Hampshire	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	+5.0	+9.4	+4.0
132	Yale	FCS	Ivy League	+4.9	+4.1	-1.0
133	Missouri State	FBS	Conference USA	+4.8	+7.4	-2.2
134	Lafayette	FCS	Patriot League	+4.7	+2.9	-0.7
135	Navy	FBS	American Conference	+4.7	-2.8	-11.8
136	UT Martin	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	+4.4	+4.5	-0.9
137	Furman	FCS	Southern Conference	+4.2	-1.1	-3.2
138	Northern Arizona	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+4.1	+4.3	-0.7
139	Weber State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.6	-1.3	-4.5
140	New Mexico	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+3.3	+8.0	+0.4
141	Hawai'i	FBS	Mountain West Conference	+3.2	+4.5	-3.4
142	Portland State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+3.0	+6.4	+3.7
143	Southern Miss	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	+2.9	+5.1	+1.4
144	Ball State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+2.7	-1.9	-8.2
145	Tulsa	FBS	American Conference	+2.6	+4.3	-0.2
146	Sam Houston	FBS	Conference USA	+2.4	-0.1	-6.7
147	UConn	FBS	FBS Independents	+2.3	-0.5	-5.1
148	UTEP	FBS	Conference USA	+2.3	+0.5	-6.5
149	UAB	FBS	American Conference	+2.2	+9.6	+1.9
150	Dartmouth	FCS	Ivy League	+2.0	-4.3	-4.6
151	Eastern Washington	FCS	Big Sky Conference	+1.8	+7.1	+4.9
152	Eastern Kentucky	FCS	United Athletic Conference	+1.7	+2.9	+1.9
153	Pennsylvania	FCS	Ivy League	+1.6	-1.6	-1.2
154	Louisiana Tech	FBS	Conference USA	+1.2	+6.9	+1.8
155	Chattanooga	FCS	Southern Conference	+1.0	-0.6	+1.7
156	Mercer	FCS	Southern Conference	+1.0	-3.9	+0.3
157	Buffalo	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+0.8	+0.6	-3.7
158	Western Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+0.8	+6.4	+2.1
159	Central Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	+0.7	+3.8	-1.3
160	Princeton	FCS	Ivy League	+0.5	-7.6	-6.2
161	Western Carolina	FCS	Southern Conference	+0.2	+8.2	+7.6
162	Massachusetts	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-0.2	+5.7	+5.1
163	Nevada	FBS	Mountain West Conference	-0.6	-2.6	-5.7
164	Rhode Island	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.6	+0.4	+1.9
165	Florida A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-0.8	-6.5	+1.3
166	Monmouth	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.8	+3.5	+2.9
167	Bryant	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-0.9	+1.8	+3.5
168	UL Monroe	FBS	Sun Belt Conference	-1.1	-1.6	-2.1
169	Southeast Missouri State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-1.1	+1.9	+3.8
170	William & Mary	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.2	-8.3	-5.3
171	Incarnate Word	FCS	Southland Conference	-1.3	-3.0	+0.7
172	Abilene Christian	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-1.3	-1.6	+0.8
173	Elon	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-1.4	-3.5	-1.9
174	Charlotte	FBS	American Conference	-1.5	-1.8	-6.1
175	Fordham	FCS	Patriot League	-1.7	-0.7	+2.1
176	Eastern Michigan	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-1.7	-3.2	-3.3
177	Stephen F. Austin	FCS	Southland Conference	-2.0	+4.0	+7.1
178	Nicholls	FCS	Southland Conference	-2.0	-3.5	-0.7
179	Gardner-Webb	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.1	-0.0	+3.1
180	Eastern Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-2.5	-5.4	-2.0
181	Richmond	FCS	Patriot League	-2.6	-2.4	+2.1
182	Temple	FBS	American Conference	-3.7	-0.4	+0.6
183	Florida International	FBS	Conference USA	-3.7	-1.7	-1.1
184	Samford	FCS	Southern Conference	-4.2	-3.4	+3.3
185	North Carolina Central	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-4.2	+4.5	+11.3
186	Howard	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-4.5	-6.0	+2.7
187	Columbia	FCS	Ivy League	-5.3	-12.2	-4.8
188	Towson	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-5.4	-0.9	+6.1
189	North Alabama	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-5.5	-2.0	+4.7
190	Akron	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-5.5	-4.4	-0.7
191	Idaho State	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-5.5	+1.7	+9.2
192	Colgate	FCS	Patriot League	-5.7	-3.6	+6.8
193	Brown	FCS	Ivy League	-5.9	-1.6	+5.9
194	Utah Tech	FCS	United Athletic Conference	-6.0	-1.6	+6.3
195	SE Louisiana	FCS	Southland Conference	-6.7	-1.6	+5.0
196	Lamar	FCS	Southland Conference	-7.0	-3.7	+4.4
197	Campbell	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-7.6	-0.9	+9.4
198	Butler	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-7.7	-11.8	+2.3
199	Drake	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-7.9	-13.5	+7.2
200	Murray State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-8.3	-4.5	+4.2
201	Cornell	FCS	Ivy League	-8.9	-9.3	+1.5
202	Georgetown	FCS	Patriot League	-9.0	-5.4	+5.4
203	Morgan State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-9.8	-15.7	-1.7
204	Jackson State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-9.8	-8.1	+9.0
205	Bucknell	FCS	Patriot League	-9.9	-2.4	+10.7
206	Duquesne	FCS	Northeast Conference	-10.1	-4.6	+10.6
207	Tennessee State	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-10.5	-8.5	+5.4
208	Kent State	FBS	Mid-American Conference	-10.8	-5.1	+5.1
209	Maine	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-11.0	-5.3	+7.5
210	Indiana State	FCS	Missouri Valley Football Conference	-11.0	-9.5	+1.6
211	St. Thomas-Minnesota	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-11.3	-11.1	+6.8
212	Kennesaw State	FBS	Conference USA	-11.6	-9.8	+3.9
213	Houston Christian	FCS	Southland Conference	-11.9	-10.5	+6.6
214	Northern Colorado	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-12.0	-11.6	+3.0
215	Tennessee Tech	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-12.3	-13.4	+2.5
216	Merrimack	FCS	FCS Independents	-12.5	-10.5	+4.6
217	Alabama State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-12.6	-18.2	+3.2
218	Lehigh	FCS	Patriot League	-12.9	-10.0	+5.8
219	Grambling	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-13.0	-10.2	+11.3
220	Saint Francis	FCS	Northeast Conference	-13.1	-6.7	+8.5
221	Davidson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-13.1	-1.3	+20.6
222	VMI	FCS	Southern Conference	-13.2	-16.3	+2.0
223	Charleston Southern	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-13.7	-12.1	+6.5
224	Texas Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-14.0	-7.8	+15.8
225	Cal Poly	FCS	Big Sky Conference	-14.1	-6.4	+12.7
226	Alcorn State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-14.2	-14.4	+6.8
227	Southern	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-14.4	-14.9	+7.1
228	Hampton	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-14.4	-7.0	+13.6
229	South Carolina State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-14.8	-10.2	+8.0
230	Norfolk State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-14.9	-9.7	+9.8
231	Bethune-Cookman	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-15.4	-14.9	+7.9
232	East Tennessee State	FCS	Southern Conference	-15.4	-12.5	+12.2
233	Morehead State	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-15.6	-14.0	+12.1
234	Long Island University	FCS	Northeast Conference	-15.7	-12.4	+6.3
235	Robert Morris	FCS	Northeast Conference	-15.9	-10.6	+6.8
236	Wofford	FCS	Southern Conference	-16.4	-15.8	+5.0
237	East Texas A&M	FCS	Southland Conference	-16.4	-13.7	+6.6
238	Northwestern State	FCS	Southland Conference	-16.5	-22.6	-4.2
239	North Carolina A&T	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-16.9	-14.4	+3.9
240	Prairie View A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-17.2	-12.7	+14.6
241	Stonehill	FCS	Northeast Conference	-17.4	-11.2	+11.5
242	San Diego	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-17.4	-14.8	+10.4
243	Western Illinois	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-18.2	-9.3	+17.1
244	Dayton	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-18.7	-15.8	+10.5
245	Lindenwood	FCS	OVC-Big South Association	-19.1	-14.0	+11.0
246	Stony Brook	FCS	Coastal Athletic Association	-19.3	-11.0	+10.2
247	Alabama A&M	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-20.0	-9.2	+16.8
248	Valparaiso	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-20.0	-19.7	+9.4
249	McNeese	FCS	Southland Conference	-20.8	-10.0	+13.3
250	Sacred Heart	FCS	FCS Independents	-21.4	-19.5	+4.7
251	New Haven	FCS	Northeast Conference	-21.5	+1.8	+20.4
252	Presbyterian	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-22.1	-18.2	+13.0
253	Wagner	FCS	Northeast Conference	-22.9	-16.0	+11.0
254	Central Connecticut	FCS	Northeast Conference	-25.1	-12.2	+17.8
255	Marist	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-25.2	-19.4	+14.7
256	Delaware State	FCS	Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	-25.4	-13.8	+20.6
257	The Citadel	FCS	Southern Conference	-25.4	-20.7	+12.5
258	Stetson	FCS	Pioneer Football League	-28.0	-14.6	+22.3
259	Mississippi Valley State	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-28.7	-27.2	+10.5
260	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	FCS	Southwestern Athletic Conference	-32.1	-21.4	+18.6

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

Where we disagree most

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