CFB Power Rankings

Team Overall · FBS · 2023 · ranked by SP+ (FCS: SRS)

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Team Power · FBS

2023

#	Team	Conf	SP+▼	Off	Def	SRS	FPI	Elo	Talent
1	Michigan	Big Ten	31.3	36.6	7.2	25.9	27.6	2210	850
2	Georgia	SEC	31.2	41.5	12.2	20.7	24.8	2273	978
3	Oregon	Big Ten	26.2	45.0	18.2	22.3	25.0	2106	875
4	Ohio State	Big Ten	25.2	31.5	7.8	23.4	27.5	2065	975
5	Penn State	Big Ten	23.5	32.7	10.5	22.8	25.6	2000	858
6	Texas	SEC	23.2	39.3	17.7	22.0	23.2	2025	913
7	Alabama	SEC	23.1	36.8	15.6	19.6	24.9	2032	1015
8	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	20.1	36.3	16.7	18.3	20.8	2077	871
9	Florida State	ACC	19.4	34.1	16.5	19.6	19.9	1789	765
10	Missouri	SEC	19.3	36.5	18.0	14.7	15.3	1866	755
11	LSU	SEC	19.1	44.6	25.0	17.1	20.9	1985	899
12	Ole Miss	SEC	18.4	36.3	19.2	14.0	15.3	1737	756
13	Washington	Big Ten	16.4	40.3	24.7	16.5	17.5	1879	751
14	Kansas State	Big 12	16.2	38.9	21.8	19.6	18.8	1942	616
15	Tennessee	SEC	16.2	34.9	19.2	9.1	14.1	1877	821
16	Texas A&M	SEC	15.6	34.5	18.8	11.5	15.4	1772	926
17	Oklahoma	SEC	15.0	38.5	22.6	19.1	22.5	1930	885
18	Arizona	Big 12	14.1	37.3	23.1	13.3	11.4	1822	687
19	Oregon State	Pac-12	12.6	33.2	22.3	15.3	14.0	1722	653
20	James Madison	Sun Belt	11.8	34.6	23.7	8.0	6.5	1787	197
21	Maryland	Big Ten	11.0	28.3	17.6	8.4	8.1	1695	686
22	Kentucky	SEC	10.5	31.6	22.2	5.3	7.3	1641	741
23	Clemson	ACC	10.5	29.3	19.0	10.8	13.9	1764	918
24	SMU	ACC	10.1	34.1	23.0	8.9	13.8	1785	714
25	Kansas	Big 12	9.9	35.6	26.1	11.0	9.1	1679	633
26	Troy	Sun Belt	9.8	30.7	20.1	8.7	5.7	1736	454
27	UCLA	Big Ten	9.7	29.6	18.4	7.7	7.1	1602	753
28	Miami	ACC	9.6	30.7	23.1	8.8	11.2	1580	860
29	USC	Big Ten	9.4	43.3	32.8	9.0	13.1	1723	896
30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	9.4	22.2	14.1	4.0	6.0	1631	742
31	Duke	ACC	9.4	27.3	19.5	9.8	8.8	1654	621
32	Utah	Big 12	8.5	26.7	19.4	8.1	10.8	1684	723
33	Liberty	Conference USA	8.0	36.2	26.3	7.3	3.8	1609	330
34	Louisville	ACC	8.0	30.1	22.3	12.6	11.4	1688	744
35	TCU	Big 12	7.9	33.5	25.3	8.6	9.5	1631	768
36	Auburn	SEC	7.6	26.4	20.1	5.3	8.9	1585	771
37	Iowa State	Big 12	7.5	26.4	20.1	9.0	8.9	1669	639
38	West Virginia	Big 12	7.5	31.5	24.6	6.5	5.9	1611	666
39	North Carolina	ACC	7.4	34.4	27.8	8.8	10.2	1569	806
40	NC State	ACC	7.4	25.5	19.7	7.0	6.9	1660	701
41	Florida	SEC	6.8	31.1	26.0	3.0	6.3	1594	845
42	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6.7	32.8	27.1	6.1	6.1	1533	650
43	Texas Tech	Big 12	6.1	29.6	24.7	7.3	6.2	1562	694
44	Boise State	Pac-12	5.9	32.7	28.2	6.4	5.2	1690	580
45	Air Force	Mountain West	5.9	25.6	20.9	1.1	-0.3	1608	0
46	Virginia Tech	ACC	5.8	27.5	23.3	3.9	4.1	1657	639
47	Iowa	Big Ten	5.8	13.8	9.3	5.7	6.1	1575	693
48	UTSA	American Athletic	5.4	31.3	27.3	0.4	1.1	1647	575
49	South Alabama	Sun Belt	5.1	30.6	26.0	-0.8	0.8	1725	546
50	Washington State	Pac-12	4.9	31.0	27.4	6.2	3.2	1546	573
51	South Carolina	SEC	4.3	28.2	25.6	2.7	6.0	1594	763
52	App State	Sun Belt	3.8	33.5	30.7	0.8	-0.6	1617	518
53	Toledo	Mid-American	3.7	25.5	21.7	0.8	0.5	1539	498
54	Rutgers	Big Ten	3.5	21.0	18.7	3.1	2.5	1441	636
55	Memphis	American Athletic	3.5	37.1	33.8	1.8	2.8	1604	627
56	Arkansas	SEC	3.5	28.3	26.6	1.1	2.2	1431	731
57	UCF	Big 12	3.4	30.3	25.2	6.9	9.7	1617	654
58	Tulane	American Athletic	2.8	26.5	24.4	2.0	3.0	1598	538
59	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2.8	18.5	17.7	-1.2	-1.3	1509	408
60	Fresno State	Pac-12	2.5	28.9	27.9	-3.2	-3.5	1588	555
61	UNLV	Mountain West	1.4	32.1	32.7	0.9	-1.8	1494	354
62	Mississippi State	SEC	0.5	24.7	24.9	-1.7	0.9	1421	746
63	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.4	20.0	21.1	-2.3	-0.6	1488	640
64	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.4	32.4	33.1	-5.9	-5.4	1494	475
65	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.3	15.6	13.9	1.3	0.7	1511	765
66	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.3	29.4	29.1	2.1	3.0	1496	711
67	California	ACC	-0.1	30.6	28.7	4.3	4.1	1475	681
68	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	-1.2	27.6	27.2	-0.9	-2.8	1423	516
69	Northwestern	Big Ten	-1.3	18.5	18.5	-0.3	-0.3	1498	658
70	Ohio	Mid-American	-1.6	18.5	18.1	-5.8	-5.0	1533	343
71	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	-1.6	24.8	25.9	-1.2	-3.7	1558	227
72	Texas State	Pac-12	-1.6	31.2	33.8	-4.9	-8.5	1349	485
73	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-1.8	23.3	25.8	-3.0	-5.6	1399	379
74	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	-2.0	28.7	30.1	-2.8	-5.2	1449	491
75	Illinois	Big Ten	-2.5	21.6	24.1	-2.3	0.5	1504	631
76	BYU	Big 12	-3.3	25.3	30.3	-0.8	-1.8	1364	576
77	San José State	Mountain West	-3.4	28.1	29.5	2.8	0.2	1566	514
78	Wyoming	Mountain West	-3.6	23.5	26.1	-1.3	-2.3	1494	339
79	Army	American Athletic	-4.0	18.4	22.5	-5.3	-8.9	1388	0
80	Syracuse	ACC	-4.4	22.2	26.1	-0.4	2.4	1246	611
81	Colorado	Big 12	-4.9	29.6	34.4	0.8	-2.1	1237	712
82	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-5.2	30.8	36.5	-8.6	-7.6	1326	417
83	Boston College	ACC	-5.9	22.2	27.6	-4.8	-5.1	1345	650
84	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-6.3	25.8	32.8	-6.4	-8.9	1359	487
85	South Florida	American Athletic	-6.6	28.4	34.5	-10.5	-9.8	1413	623
86	North Texas	American Athletic	-6.7	32.9	41.3	-9.6	-10.2	1369	474
87	Michigan State	Big Ten	-6.8	15.7	24.0	-3.2	-3.5	1338	747
88	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-6.8	28.2	33.3	-7.7	-8.6	1375	500
89	Cincinnati	Big 12	-6.8	21.3	28.3	-3.7	-1.1	1342	664
90	Pittsburgh	ACC	-7.3	19.3	26.0	-3.3	-0.4	1404	700
91	Purdue	Big Ten	-7.3	21.8	27.1	-1.9	-0.6	1489	671
92	Indiana	Big Ten	-7.4	19.6	27.2	-3.5	-2.8	1343	678
93	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	-7.5	18.3	24.2	-8.8	-7.3	1420	352
94	Houston	Big 12	-7.8	25.6	32.2	-3.3	-2.1	1421	670
95	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-7.8	21.5	27.4	-3.8	-5.5	1397	398
96	Wake Forest	ACC	-7.9	20.2	26.9	-4.1	-1.6	1397	604
97	Baylor	Big 12	-8.3	24.5	32.6	-6.9	-4.9	1384	678
98	Colorado State	Pac-12	-8.9	21.9	32.0	-8.8	-11.8	1276	414
99	Marshall	Sun Belt	-9.0	24.4	31.5	-7.5	-5.7	1360	479
100	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-9.4	19.8	27.9	-9.8	-7.2	1383	583
101	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-9.5	21.5	30.0	-8.1	-10.1	1351	488
102	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	-10.1	23.1	31.3	-8.7	-9.5	1359	343
103	Rice	American Athletic	-10.2	26.0	34.4	-4.3	-3.9	1294	467
104	San Diego State	Pac-12	-10.3	19.4	30.2	-9.8	-10.9	1375	440
105	Virginia	ACC	-10.8	21.0	31.7	-4.4	-5.3	1216	623
106	Utah State	Pac-12	-10.9	28.6	38.6	-4.6	-7.7	1269	436
107	Arizona State	Big 12	-11.3	20.2	29.9	-4.5	-7.5	1283	681
108	Stanford	ACC	-11.9	21.4	34.5	-5.5	-9.8	1180	710
109	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-12.3	13.0	26.8	-16.9	-14.7	1181	377
110	Vanderbilt	SEC	-12.7	23.6	36.3	-11.0	-9.1	1176	640
111	East Carolina	American Athletic	-12.8	15.4	28.1	-9.2	-7.7	1356	564
112	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-12.9	22.1	36.0	-14.4	-15.2	1119	434
113	Navy	American Athletic	-13.7	15.0	27.2	-11.4	-12.1	1302	0
114	Tulsa	American Athletic	-13.7	20.9	34.7	-12.7	-13.3	1122	520
115	Sam Houston	Conference USA	-13.8	16.0	28.8	-13.3	-14.1	1332	240
116	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-14.4	23.5	36.4	-13.1	-14.2	1164	425
117	UAB	American Athletic	-14.7	26.9	39.6	-14.3	-10.9	1295	473
118	Ball State	Mid-American	-14.9	12.6	26.3	-12.8	-11.7	1262	404
119	Buffalo	Mid-American	-15.2	15.3	29.5	-15.3	-13.6	1286	296
120	UConn	FBS Independents	-15.6	17.0	31.0	-13.5	-15.9	1096	485
121	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-15.9	19.1	33.2	-14.6	-13.5	1223	402
122	UTEP	Mountain West	-16.2	16.9	32.0	-13.7	-14.7	1195	380
123	Hawai'i	Mountain West	-16.4	19.4	35.7	-12.7	-14.9	1091	408
124	New Mexico	Mountain West	-16.5	22.5	37.2	-11.1	-14.5	1102	375
125	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-17.5	20.8	36.2	-15.2	-17.8	962	566
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-19.1	16.8	34.0	-15.5	-13.0	1250	333
127	Temple	American Athletic	-21.0	18.6	37.8	-19.6	-19.4	1017	554
128	Florida International	Conference USA	-21.2	16.0	35.6	-19.4	-21.3	997	488
129	Charlotte	American Athletic	-21.4	14.8	34.4	-17.4	-15.0	1055	555
130	Akron	Mid-American	-21.6	10.5	30.1	-21.8	-20.0	1068	445
131	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-21.6	17.6	37.5	-17.1	-19.6	985	336
132	Nevada	Mountain West	-22.0	14.6	37.0	-17.0	-19.1	1083	470
133	Kent State	Mid-American	-26.3	8.2	34.8	-27.0	-24.0	987	373

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