CFB Power Rankings

Team Def · FBS · 2022 · ranked by SP+ (FCS: SRS)

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Team Power · FBS

2022

#	Team	Conf	SP+	Off	Def▲	SRS	FPI	Elo	Talent
1	Georgia	SEC	35.3	37.2	3.7	27.0	29.9	2300	990
2	Iowa	Big Ten	12.7	16.0	5.1	9.5	7.4	1748	682
3	Illinois	Big Ten	15.9	20.6	5.5	11.7	9.9	1749	631
4	Michigan	Big Ten	32.0	38.0	7.6	21.1	23.6	2124	847
5	Minnesota	Big Ten	16.0	23.5	8.6	10.7	11.4	1758	649
6	Kentucky	SEC	13.0	23.2	9.9	5.5	5.8	1606	737
7	Iowa State	Big 12	5.3	17.7	10.6	8.0	6.3	1554	590
8	Troy	Sun Belt	8.1	17.7	11.2	2.4	1.9	1585	464
9	Marshall	Sun Belt	3.0	15.7	11.4	0.6	-0.4	1563	455
10	Air Force	Mountain West	3.9	16.3	12.3	4.2	3.8	1768	0
11	Penn State	Big Ten	22.4	36.6	13.9	18.6	19.5	2000	830
12	Alabama	SEC	30.3	42.9	14.2	21.3	27.3	2181	1017
13	NC State	ACC	6.8	20.4	15.3	5.5	6.5	1586	686
14	Texas	SEC	23.1	38.1	15.6	17.1	19.4	1900	887
15	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.1	45.1	15.7	22.5	25.8	2107	983
16	Kansas State	Big 12	21.4	36.4	15.7	15.5	14.8	1861	585
17	Cincinnati	Big 12	13.1	27.6	16.1	5.7	6.5	1690	651
18	Texas A&M	SEC	9.1	25.4	16.6	3.3	7.2	1629	947
19	Washington State	Pac-12	9.5	25.1	16.7	4.7	3.8	1587	571
20	Wisconsin	Big Ten	8.3	25.7	17.1	5.4	8.2	1706	744
21	Utah	Big 12	19.2	37.3	17.3	16.6	19.1	1915	705
22	South Alabama	Sun Belt	10.8	26.8	17.4	1.1	-1.4	1485	466
23	LSU	SEC	16.2	34.2	17.6	14.8	17.4	1871	873
24	Oregon State	Pac-12	14.3	33.3	17.7	14.6	12.2	1793	636
25	Missouri	SEC	8.1	26.0	18.3	4.2	2.6	1470	715
26	Clemson	ACC	17.6	34.9	18.5	13.9	17.6	1843	943
27	Boise State	Pac-12	5.7	24.1	18.5	1.0	3.8	1712	534
28	Louisville	ACC	9.0	27.0	19.1	10.6	10.7	1753	625
29	Tulane	American Athletic	12.4	32.0	19.7	10.5	9.5	1710	522
30	Mississippi State	SEC	15.4	35.1	19.9	13.1	13.2	1694	726
31	TCU	Big 12	24.3	43.3	20.2	16.7	14.4	1729	712
32	UCF	Big 12	10.3	31.1	20.3	4.7	6.9	1551	636
33	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2.0	21.7	20.3	-1.7	-2.1	1556	458
34	Florida State	ACC	13.2	34.8	20.4	14.1	15.5	1848	781
35	San Diego State	Pac-12	-4.4	15.1	21.1	-6.9	-5.4	1483	372
36	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	10.3	30.5	21.4	10.0	12.6	1850	866
37	San José State	Mountain West	-4.3	19.1	21.6	-6.5	-5.9	1444	418
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	-12.7	8.6	22.1	-12.2	-11.7	1380	397
39	Purdue	Big Ten	7.7	31.6	22.4	5.1	4.3	1460	646
40	Tennessee	SEC	25.2	47.3	22.6	19.9	22.7	2000	765
41	Virginia Tech	ACC	-9.5	13.5	22.8	-8.7	-6.2	1318	641
42	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-3.5	18.3	22.9	-5.2	-6.1	1305	479
43	James Madison	Sun Belt	6.5	31.3	23.6	5.0	2.4	1659	104
44	Ole Miss	SEC	16.2	38.8	23.7	9.7	12.3	1634	757
45	Maryland	Big Ten	11.2	33.8	24.2	6.2	7.8	1645	680
46	Fresno State	Pac-12	3.3	27.1	24.4	2.4	3.7	1766	502
47	Navy	American Athletic	-7.2	18.2	24.4	-1.9	-3.5	1457	0
48	Virginia	ACC	-9.0	16.2	24.4	-6.0	-4.0	1340	626
49	Pittsburgh	ACC	8.6	32.8	24.7	6.3	7.9	1687	655
50	Duke	ACC	5.0	29.4	24.7	7.0	5.3	1527	604
51	Syracuse	ACC	2.5	27.4	24.7	4.5	5.1	1464	590
52	South Carolina	SEC	12.7	36.0	25.2	6.3	4.4	1620	763
53	Rutgers	Big Ten	-9.1	16.4	25.2	-7.3	-7.8	1182	631
54	UAB	American Athletic	-0.5	25.7	25.3	-1.1	0.2	1515	444
55	Army	American Athletic	-1.5	24.6	25.3	-3.8	-2.5	1499	17
56	Liberty	Conference USA	-1.5	24.1	25.4	-3.5	-3.9	1413	162
57	Washington	Big Ten	15.7	41.2	25.5	12.0	11.5	1760	762
58	Nebraska	Big Ten	-1.2	25.5	25.6	-1.8	-0.7	1532	752
59	California	ACC	-3.0	23.2	25.9	-1.3	-1.4	1406	653
60	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-15.4	12.0	26.0	-11.6	-14.9	1233	189
61	Baylor	Big 12	11.7	37.6	26.1	9.2	9.0	1672	666
62	Wyoming	Mountain West	-10.8	14.9	26.2	-10.0	-9.3	1364	292
63	USC	Big Ten	18.9	46.6	26.3	11.4	13.2	1745	860
64	Arkansas	SEC	12.0	38.3	26.3	6.5	6.9	1686	741
65	Oregon	Big Ten	18.9	44.9	26.5	14.2	14.2	1724	878
66	Oklahoma	SEC	15.4	40.8	26.5	10.2	10.0	1662	870
67	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-17.3	11.2	27.3	-13.6	-12.5	1301	450
68	Oklahoma State	Big 12	11.3	37.6	27.9	5.7	6.7	1545	671
69	Auburn	SEC	5.1	32.6	27.9	3.1	6.2	1596	784
70	Toledo	Mid-American	-3.7	25.7	27.9	-3.4	-3.4	1495	499
71	UConn	FBS Independents	-14.6	14.2	27.9	-11.2	-14.7	1141	239
72	Temple	American Athletic	-12.9	16.3	28.6	-10.2	-11.8	1144	505
73	Northwestern	Big Ten	-13.4	17.0	28.6	-7.2	-7.6	1257	653
74	East Carolina	American Athletic	1.1	31.5	28.7	3.8	1.8	1509	495
75	Miami	ACC	-2.7	24.4	28.9	-4.6	-0.5	1316	855
76	Colorado State	Pac-12	-22.2	7.8	29.0	-17.1	-17.1	1252	431
77	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	-13.0	16.9	29.3	-9.6	-10.5	1314	438
78	Florida	SEC	10.4	39.6	29.5	6.4	7.6	1581	857
79	Texas State	Pac-12	-11.5	17.4	29.5	-12.8	-12.9	1191	465
80	Georgia Tech	ACC	-11.8	18.8	29.5	-6.0	-3.5	1272	715
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	1.2	31.9	29.7	1.1	5.3	1550	694
82	App State	Sun Belt	1.7	32.9	29.8	-0.8	0.4	1593	457
83	UCLA	Big Ten	15.0	45.7	30.1	8.4	8.6	1684	733
84	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1.7	31.3	30.1	-0.1	5.1	1693	496
85	Ball State	Mid-American	-14.9	16.0	30.1	-11.6	-13.1	1290	345
86	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-7.1	24.4	30.4	-5.9	-4.4	1387	551
87	Texas Tech	Big 12	8.5	38.5	30.5	9.7	8.3	1633	660
88	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0.6	32.7	30.6	-6.4	-6.5	1344	447
89	Memphis	American Athletic	6.8	37.0	31.8	5.4	4.2	1568	533
90	New Mexico	Mountain West	-26.9	6.0	31.9	-19.1	-19.1	1031	313
91	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-14.0	19.0	32.2	-12.2	-11.1	1306	384
92	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-7.1	24.0	32.4	-9.2	-9.7	1400	404
93	UTSA	American Athletic	7.2	39.3	32.6	2.7	3.3	1658	516
94	UTEP	Mountain West	-10.7	20.8	32.7	-11.3	-11.4	1304	289
95	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-6.9	25.6	33.3	-7.7	-6.6	1373	425
96	Vanderbilt	SEC	-4.7	29.9	33.4	-2.4	-6.8	1234	630
97	Boston College	ACC	-14.9	20.4	33.8	-10.2	-7.4	1222	665
98	North Texas	American Athletic	-1.5	31.3	34.1	-4.6	-3.4	1458	505
99	UNLV	Mountain West	-11.9	20.8	34.1	-10.0	-10.8	1275	368
100	Stanford	ACC	-7.2	25.6	34.2	-5.1	-3.9	1237	758
101	West Virginia	Big 12	2.4	36.3	34.5	3.9	4.1	1408	663
102	BYU	Big 12	-1.4	34.3	34.8	-0.3	0.8	1526	415
103	North Carolina	ACC	7.8	41.7	35.0	4.2	6.2	1559	813
104	Buffalo	Mid-American	-9.2	25.0	35.0	-7.3	-7.7	1386	371
105	Wake Forest	ACC	8.2	43.3	35.2	7.4	7.6	1663	575
106	Ohio	Mid-American	-4.6	31.6	35.2	-3.6	-6.0	1474	366
107	Arizona State	Big 12	-4.1	30.5	35.7	-3.9	-2.2	1446	670
108	Kansas	Big 12	2.9	40.6	36.0	7.6	3.4	1373	574
109	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-30.3	7.5	36.4	-23.8	-24.2	861	292
110	Indiana	Big Ten	-7.1	29.9	36.6	-3.5	-4.2	1332	681
111	Rice	American Athletic	-15.2	23.1	36.9	-12.1	-14.1	1057	442
112	Houston	Big 12	4.5	42.5	37.7	2.8	4.1	1619	629
113	Nevada	Mountain West	-22.4	15.9	37.8	-17.1	-16.5	1236	416
114	Kent State	Mid-American	-13.1	25.6	37.9	-6.4	-7.0	1345	387
115	SMU	ACC	4.7	42.0	38.1	1.9	2.3	1504	598
116	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-3.3	33.7	38.3	-5.2	-4.9	1486	472
117	Tulsa	American Athletic	-6.1	32.7	38.5	-4.7	-4.1	1378	486
118	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-13.0	23.7	38.5	-11.4	-12.0	1134	472
119	Utah State	Pac-12	-13.3	25.4	38.5	-12.1	-11.5	1343	371
120	Akron	Mid-American	-23.4	16.7	38.5	-13.8	-17.3	1154	456
121	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-15.7	23.2	39.0	-12.2	-13.7	1117	349
122	Charlotte	American Athletic	-16.4	24.0	39.2	-18.8	-17.8	1081	487
123	Hawai'i	Mountain West	-24.7	15.8	39.4	-18.4	-19.5	1120	420
124	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-6.4	34.3	40.3	-4.8	-6.0	1377	414
125	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-18.1	23.8	40.6	-14.3	-16.2	1126	415
126	Arizona	Big 12	-3.2	37.6	41.1	-2.0	-2.0	1374	652
127	Florida International	Conference USA	-25.5	18.4	42.3	-22.8	-25.4	859	460
128	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	-18.8	25.3	43.1	-15.0	-14.2	1207	410
129	Colorado	Big 12	-20.4	24.0	45.0	-14.7	-17.1	986	616
130	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-17.8	29.6	47.0	-14.3	-13.2	1127	474
131	South Florida	American Athletic	-17.0	34.1	50.3	-12.0	-10.5	1130	574

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