CFB Power Rankings

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

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