CFB Power Rankings

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

FBS ranked by opponent-adjusted SP+. Click any column to sort. Off higher = better; Def lower = better.