CFB Power Rankings

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

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