CFB Power Rankings

Team Overall · FBS · 2021 · ranked by SP+ (FCS: SRS)

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Team Power · FBS

2021

#	Team	Conf	SP+▼	Off	Def	SRS	FPI	Elo	Talent
1	Georgia	SEC	32.0	41.4	10.3	27.9	30.0	2220	1002
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	29.3	47.2	20.6	21.0	24.0	2149	985
3	Alabama	SEC	26.0	40.9	15.6	19.5	25.4	2219	1004
4	Michigan	Big Ten	23.4	36.5	15.8	18.3	20.6	2022	833
5	Cincinnati	Big 12	21.2	37.5	15.9	16.9	15.3	1952	627
6	Texas A&M	SEC	21.1	33.6	14.9	12.2	12.5	1813	888
7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	20.1	29.8	10.8	14.0	13.3	1864	751
8	Clemson	ACC	18.7	28.3	11.6	11.1	15.8	1899	935
9	Pittsburgh	ACC	17.6	38.2	21.4	10.8	14.2	1751	669
10	Tennessee	SEC	17.5	39.4	23.8	8.0	9.3	1711	781
11	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	17.4	36.2	18.9	16.4	16.7	1990	853
12	Oklahoma State	Big 12	17.2	30.6	14.3	16.5	16.2	1913	614
13	Oklahoma	SEC	16.8	41.1	25.6	9.5	17.6	1874	895
14	NC State	ACC	16.1	33.1	17.7	13.5	12.1	1699	700
15	Baylor	Big 12	15.6	33.1	17.1	11.6	12.4	1785	661
16	Utah	Big 12	15.2	37.2	20.7	15.3	14.5	1935	708
17	Ole Miss	SEC	14.8	36.8	22.4	12.4	11.0	1737	732
18	Minnesota	Big Ten	14.4	29.3	15.4	6.8	9.1	1709	653
19	Iowa State	Big 12	14.3	33.8	20.2	10.6	15.3	1919	614
20	Penn State	Big Ten	14.3	28.0	14.6	14.0	11.8	1755	821
21	Kansas State	Big 12	14.2	33.5	19.0	8.6	7.2	1675	570
22	Arkansas	SEC	13.8	34.3	21.3	9.7	9.8	1689	723
23	Kentucky	SEC	13.4	35.1	22.3	9.0	8.8	1756	709
24	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	13.3	40.5	28.8	5.0	5.9	1776	525
25	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	13.2	39.5	26.1	2.8	5.1	1721	416
26	Arizona State	Big 12	11.8	33.5	20.9	8.6	6.5	1671	734
27	Iowa	Big Ten	11.4	23.6	14.4	8.6	8.3	1687	657
28	Michigan State	Big Ten	11.2	34.3	21.7	11.1	10.8	1595	677
29	Auburn	SEC	11.0	30.2	19.8	7.1	9.9	1699	840
30	Florida	SEC	11.0	35.0	23.2	7.2	7.6	1609	886
31	Houston	Big 12	10.9	31.5	20.0	7.7	6.9	1680	571
32	Fresno State	Pac-12	10.8	34.7	24.2	5.3	2.8	1636	484
33	Miami	ACC	10.8	34.8	25.0	2.9	9.5	1606	841
34	Mississippi State	SEC	10.5	34.6	22.0	8.9	7.1	1530	716
35	Nebraska	Big Ten	10.3	34.1	21.3	7.3	8.5	1704	744
36	App State	Sun Belt	10.3	32.0	23.5	8.0	7.9	1735	450
37	Purdue	Big Ten	10.3	32.6	21.1	7.9	9.4	1703	644
38	Oregon	Big Ten	10.2	35.0	26.0	9.9	8.4	1611	886
39	Wake Forest	ACC	10.1	38.0	29.2	12.5	9.6	1711	589
40	Texas Tech	Big 12	9.8	34.6	27.1	-1.7	4.0	1554	607
41	Boise State	Pac-12	9.4	28.4	20.8	12.4	6.5	1746	558
42	UCLA	Big Ten	9.4	37.7	27.8	9.2	8.4	1751	746
43	UAB	American Athletic	9.1	32.1	21.7	1.0	1.4	1570	444
44	BYU	Big 12	8.9	37.2	27.9	8.0	6.0	1723	443
45	Oregon State	Pac-12	8.9	36.9	28.5	7.5	3.5	1567	641
46	SMU	ACC	8.9	36.7	27.1	6.1	5.1	1611	576
47	Louisiana	Sun Belt	8.7	30.3	21.2	5.7	4.8	1831	436
48	Texas	SEC	8.5	34.6	28.4	3.9	9.5	1700	874
49	Liberty	Conference USA	8.4	32.1	23.1	3.4	1.9	1651	155
50	San Diego State	Pac-12	8.3	23.7	17.1	5.2	0.0	1553	442
51	Marshall	Sun Belt	8.0	32.8	23.5	3.7	0.1	1573	457
52	Louisville	ACC	7.8	34.9	26.6	8.1	4.9	1602	608
53	Florida State	ACC	7.6	29.8	23.0	4.0	3.8	1502	770
54	Air Force	Mountain West	7.4	30.0	22.0	8.8	0.7	1725	30
55	Virginia	ACC	7.2	39.3	31.5	2.1	4.8	1539	620
56	Toledo	Mid-American	6.9	29.0	20.7	0.4	1.0	1552	465
57	Washington State	Pac-12	6.7	32.0	26.0	4.5	2.7	1635	601
58	UTSA	American Athletic	6.5	33.0	27.8	6.4	1.8	1518	509
59	North Carolina	ACC	6.4	37.8	31.7	4.7	5.8	1583	798
60	Maryland	Big Ten	6.2	34.8	27.4	-4.8	1.1	1495	706
61	Tulsa	American Athletic	5.8	28.7	24.0	-1.1	-1.3	1503	470
62	UCF	Big 12	4.8	29.6	23.4	0.8	2.3	1604	639
63	Army	American Athletic	4.7	28.8	23.5	4.6	1.2	1567	112
64	Illinois	Big Ten	4.3	23.2	21.8	-0.9	0.5	1495	630
65	LSU	SEC	4.1	28.0	25.6	5.4	5.8	1557	904
66	South Carolina	SEC	3.9	26.0	24.2	0.0	0.3	1480	748
67	Nevada	Mountain West	3.6	30.3	26.9	6.3	1.5	1597	422
68	California	ACC	3.4	27.5	25.0	3.6	-0.1	1516	662
69	Missouri	SEC	3.1	31.1	29.9	-2.2	-1.6	1356	648
70	Virginia Tech	ACC	2.4	26.7	25.2	1.2	1.1	1369	664
71	West Virginia	Big 12	1.8	27.7	25.0	1.1	4.2	1485	611
72	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1.8	27.5	26.7	-6.6	-3.9	1534	414
73	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.5	29.3	26.8	-1.9	-4.1	1525	378
74	Memphis	American Athletic	1.0	29.6	27.9	-3.0	-2.7	1485	572
75	Boston College	ACC	0.9	27.0	26.5	0.9	0.0	1415	636
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.6	33.1	29.0	-7.0	-1.1	1557	396
77	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.6	26.0	23.5	-0.3	-5.4	1496	327
78	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.5	27.4	28.3	2.8	-2.7	1528	516
79	Syracuse	ACC	0.3	27.1	25.2	1.1	-1.4	1358	567
80	Utah State	Pac-12	0.1	28.4	27.9	0.4	-0.8	1599	394
81	USC	Big Ten	-0.6	32.3	33.4	0.4	1.7	1481	875
82	TCU	Big 12	-0.6	33.2	33.9	-2.8	0.4	1405	699
83	Washington	Big Ten	-0.7	22.8	23.6	2.3	1.1	1555	790
84	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-1.0	28.5	29.3	-5.3	-2.3	1554	269
85	San José State	Mountain West	-1.9	22.6	25.2	-9.9	-11.6	1258	411
86	Hawai'i	Mountain West	-2.3	27.1	30.1	-7.8	-9.1	1398	397
87	Colorado State	Pac-12	-2.4	23.3	25.9	-0.5	-8.6	1349	443
88	Rutgers	Big Ten	-3.0	20.8	23.7	0.4	-4.2	1298	573
89	Tulane	American Athletic	-3.9	27.9	30.4	-6.6	-5.5	1416	463
90	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-4.0	24.0	27.1	-8.2	-4.6	1418	494
91	UTEP	Mountain West	-4.2	23.9	28.3	-6.8	-12.0	1290	319
92	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-5.2	23.1	28.4	-7.6	-7.2	1391	553
93	Kent State	Mid-American	-6.4	32.3	36.9	-13.5	-9.1	1261	358
94	Troy	Sun Belt	-6.5	20.1	26.7	-10.4	-8.8	1271	449
95	North Texas	American Athletic	-6.5	23.1	28.5	-12.1	-7.9	1389	496
96	Georgia Tech	ACC	-6.7	27.0	32.4	-3.6	-3.8	1270	707
97	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	-7.1	29.4	36.1	-6.0	-7.3	1314	354
98	South Alabama	Sun Belt	-7.2	21.4	28.0	-8.6	-11.8	1277	415
99	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	-7.4	21.2	28.0	-9.2	-10.4	1335	409
100	Indiana	Big Ten	-7.8	20.4	27.3	-6.9	-4.1	1245	664
101	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-7.8	27.2	37.2	-4.9	-7.8	1320	341
102	Navy	American Athletic	-8.5	20.0	27.7	-5.5	-9.1	1355	128
103	Buffalo	Mid-American	-9.5	24.6	33.1	-14.4	-8.8	1323	267
104	Colorado	Big 12	-10.0	18.8	29.6	-5.8	-5.4	1331	641
105	Stanford	ACC	-10.2	22.2	33.6	-2.7	-5.6	1283	745
106	Northwestern	Big Ten	-11.1	19.4	27.3	-7.2	-7.5	1292	649
107	Ball State	Mid-American	-11.2	21.6	33.7	-7.3	-9.2	1365	338
108	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-11.6	23.6	34.4	-7.8	-10.2	1202	520
109	Ohio	Mid-American	-11.6	25.1	35.2	-13.8	-15.4	1303	332
110	South Florida	American Athletic	-12.1	23.5	36.2	-10.5	-11.5	1176	541
111	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-12.4	17.1	29.8	-17.7	-18.7	1066	381
112	Arizona	Big 12	-12.6	19.2	32.3	-9.2	-11.3	1209	568
113	Duke	ACC	-13.5	23.4	36.3	-15.6	-15.0	1002	606
114	Charlotte	American Athletic	-13.7	27.6	41.2	-16.4	-16.0	1158	463
115	UNLV	Mountain West	-13.8	19.9	33.0	-7.9	-14.4	1201	392
116	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-14.2	15.0	28.6	-19.1	-15.8	1150	466
117	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-15.3	18.4	34.0	-14.8	-13.9	1323	384
118	Texas State	Pac-12	-16.0	20.7	36.9	-15.6	-16.3	1155	428
119	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-17.9	21.0	40.0	-16.8	-16.2	1143	476
120	New Mexico	Mountain West	-18.6	11.6	29.8	-15.1	-20.8	1094	361
121	Temple	American Athletic	-19.1	17.5	34.1	-19.7	-23.4	902	501
122	Vanderbilt	SEC	-19.4	17.4	35.6	-10.2	-16.9	1084	610
123	Kansas	Big 12	-19.7	22.3	40.6	-14.9	-15.2	1041	548
124	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-20.3	15.6	35.1	-14.4	-16.6	1061	312
125	Florida International	Conference USA	-21.6	19.9	40.2	-27.5	-24.6	871	521
126	Rice	American Athletic	-22.9	18.2	38.3	-15.6	-18.1	1118	420
127	Akron	Mid-American	-23.1	20.3	41.7	-22.6	-25.2	895	331
128	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-24.2	20.6	43.7	-20.6	-25.0	1027	117
129	UConn	FBS Independents	-25.6	12.7	36.8	-21.4	-25.9	926	332
130	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-29.3	16.1	43.9	-19.7	-30.1	804	227

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