CFB Power Rankings

Team Def · FBS · 2024 · ranked by SP+ (FCS: SRS)

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Team Power · FBS

2024

#	Team	Conf	SP+	Off	Def▲	SRS	FPI	Elo	Talent
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.2	39.5	9.2	24.6	24.8	2211	999
2	Texas	SEC	24.1	36.6	10.8	19.4	26.1	2042	954
3	Ole Miss	SEC	27.9	37.7	11.9	19.2	20.6	2007	802
4	Penn State	Big Ten	24.6	37.5	13.1	19.3	20.0	2063	895
5	Iowa	Big Ten	15.8	27.0	13.3	12.4	11.1	1774	724
6	Tennessee	SEC	22.0	33.7	13.5	14.3	20.8	1915	859
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	23.9	38.6	14.1	22.0	25.3	2154	906
8	Alabama	SEC	25.0	37.9	14.6	18.1	23.9	1986	1018
9	Georgia	SEC	24.3	37.3	14.9	16.3	22.1	1998	1007
10	Michigan	Big Ten	10.6	24.1	15.1	8.9	9.4	1909	859
11	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.4	25.6	15.4	12.6	9.3	1674	705
12	Nebraska	Big Ten	5.5	23.1	15.8	8.5	6.2	1537	790
13	South Carolina	SEC	16.9	32.1	16.0	15.8	14.8	1810	798
14	Oregon	Big Ten	26.0	40.8	16.3	17.1	21.1	2040	917
15	Indiana	Big Ten	20.1	35.0	16.4	17.7	18.7	1951	669
16	Utah	Big 12	7.7	23.6	17.2	6.1	5.0	1563	745
17	Oklahoma	SEC	9.5	25.9	17.8	7.0	10.9	1725	907
18	Auburn	SEC	9.5	27.9	17.8	6.3	9.7	1611	834
19	Texas A&M	SEC	17.0	34.0	18.6	12.2	14.3	1762	915
20	Missouri	SEC	14.0	33.7	18.7	8.9	12.2	1711	807
21	BYU	Big 12	15.3	32.0	18.8	14.8	9.3	1717	602
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3.0	23.0	19.8	4.0	4.8	1554	771
23	Florida	SEC	13.8	31.7	20.0	11.7	11.9	1767	894
24	Iowa State	Big 12	10.3	30.8	20.2	11.2	10.2	1675	642
25	Kansas State	Big 12	14.1	33.0	20.4	11.8	11.1	1754	652
26	Clemson	ACC	13.3	35.4	20.9	11.9	14.8	1807	925
27	Illinois	Big Ten	9.6	29.0	20.9	8.8	5.2	1618	654
28	Arizona State	Big 12	9.4	32.4	20.9	13.4	11.8	1801	757
29	Kentucky	SEC	5.5	24.5	20.9	3.0	4.7	1498	788
30	SMU	ACC	17.5	38.2	21.1	15.7	16.4	1826	788
31	Duke	ACC	5.6	26.7	21.3	1.6	3.7	1540	636
32	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	-3.5	20.0	21.6	-1.1	-4.3	1455	437
33	LSU	SEC	15.9	36.8	21.7	12.9	13.5	1827	906
34	Arkansas	SEC	11.0	31.4	21.7	6.1	8.2	1611	779
35	Army	American Athletic	9.2	31.1	21.7	6.6	5.3	1661	0
36	Virginia Tech	ACC	10.0	31.3	22.4	10.4	8.8	1647	695
37	Washington	Big Ten	3.1	27.3	22.4	4.8	5.0	1628	741
38	TCU	Big 12	10.8	34.6	22.8	9.2	8.0	1700	767
39	Rutgers	Big Ten	6.4	28.5	22.8	5.1	3.9	1533	664
40	Louisville	ACC	13.6	37.7	22.9	15.4	16.5	1809	739
41	James Madison	Sun Belt	7.5	29.7	22.9	1.3	2.9	1691	459
42	California	ACC	4.0	27.4	22.9	1.8	4.3	1529	702
43	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1.3	23.2	23.2	-0.1	-3.4	1543	505
44	UCLA	Big Ten	-1.3	21.3	23.3	2.1	2.8	1488	759
45	Colorado	Big 12	8.1	33.3	23.5	12.7	12.7	1701	749
46	Sam Houston	Conference USA	-6.9	19.0	23.8	-6.2	-7.0	1428	488
47	Ohio	Mid-American	2.3	27.2	23.9	1.7	-1.0	1682	451
48	USC	Big Ten	11.9	35.6	24.0	12.1	13.3	1765	863
49	Michigan State	Big Ten	-4.6	18.0	24.1	-2.8	-3.8	1303	722
50	Boise State	Pac-12	10.1	35.3	24.2	9.9	11.0	1764	608
51	Miami	ACC	21.6	44.2	24.3	15.5	17.3	1855	868
52	Northwestern	Big Ten	-8.2	17.5	24.3	-3.3	-5.0	1397	676
53	Navy	American Athletic	3.5	29.5	24.4	5.7	-0.3	1565	0
54	Houston	Big 12	-8.2	18.1	24.5	-2.0	-3.4	1313	647
55	UNLV	Mountain West	9.3	32.6	24.6	7.2	6.0	1679	575
56	Boston College	ACC	1.2	28.0	24.7	6.1	4.8	1513	668
57	Cincinnati	Big 12	-0.1	25.6	25.0	4.4	3.4	1463	662
58	Florida State	ACC	-3.2	20.1	25.3	-6.7	-3.9	1363	879
59	Vanderbilt	SEC	4.9	28.2	25.4	7.4	6.5	1496	696
60	UConn	FBS Independents	1.5	26.9	25.7	-1.1	-3.3	1432	538
61	UCF	Big 12	2.8	29.0	25.8	6.2	5.3	1557	746
62	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	-2.2	22.1	26.1	-5.4	-7.7	1364	519
63	Baylor	Big 12	8.4	33.5	26.2	11.5	9.1	1656	709
64	North Carolina	ACC	5.0	31.5	26.3	0.7	2.6	1496	795
65	Pittsburgh	ACC	4.9	29.3	26.3	4.5	4.0	1456	714
66	Toledo	Mid-American	-2.5	24.5	26.3	-2.0	-5.3	1431	572
67	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-11.6	15.9	26.3	-12.6	-10.7	1346	534
68	Kansas	Big 12	4.9	32.4	26.5	10.8	8.8	1625	697
69	NC State	ACC	3.9	29.9	26.5	-2.1	0.4	1502	722
70	Liberty	Conference USA	0.2	28.2	26.6	-9.9	-6.9	1503	570
71	Marshall	Sun Belt	3.1	29.6	26.9	3.5	2.8	1611	587
72	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2.8	29.9	26.9	-1.7	0.3	1583	555
73	Tulane	American Athletic	5.7	32.9	27.1	7.4	10.5	1674	654
74	Maryland	Big Ten	-3.9	23.3	27.1	-2.0	-0.5	1407	696
75	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-1.8	25.6	27.2	-1.9	-3.2	1442	485
76	Air Force	Mountain West	-11.7	17.8	27.5	-11.5	-9.4	1407	0
77	Fresno State	Pac-12	-3.8	25.1	27.6	-6.0	-3.0	1485	568
78	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4.8	31.5	27.8	-1.7	-0.1	1462	553
79	Georgia Tech	ACC	1.9	31.1	27.9	5.5	7.4	1554	703
80	Memphis	American Athletic	9.6	36.7	28.2	3.2	2.1	1657	633
81	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	-1.0	28.8	28.3	-2.8	-0.9	1726	431
82	Texas State	Pac-12	5.4	34.2	28.4	0.9	2.3	1640	540
83	Syracuse	ACC	5.5	35.8	28.9	6.0	4.0	1499	699
84	Arizona	Big 12	-2.8	24.4	29.0	-3.9	-3.4	1307	673
85	Colorado State	Pac-12	-5.7	24.2	29.2	-8.2	-7.6	1324	546
86	Virginia	ACC	-5.1	23.7	29.3	-1.9	-1.3	1356	662
87	West Virginia	Big 12	2.1	30.1	29.7	1.2	1.8	1455	685
88	East Carolina	American Athletic	-1.0	28.5	29.7	-5.3	-5.9	1403	612
89	Hawai'i	Mountain West	-10.9	20.9	30.0	-12.9	-11.7	1136	514
90	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-1.7	26.5	30.1	-2.5	-2.4	1436	528
91	San José State	Mountain West	-5.5	26.1	30.1	-7.1	-5.1	1477	480
92	Troy	Sun Belt	-6.6	24.1	30.1	-9.6	-7.3	1464	500
93	Buffalo	Mid-American	-4.0	25.4	30.2	-6.1	-10.4	1374	435
94	Rice	American Athletic	-11.4	20.5	30.4	-8.6	-8.6	1239	538
95	Texas Tech	Big 12	4.3	33.5	30.8	3.9	6.2	1607	732
96	Wyoming	Mountain West	-13.6	16.3	30.8	-12.1	-11.3	1301	455
97	Washington State	Pac-12	1.3	34.0	31.1	-0.3	1.7	1531	611
98	Mississippi State	SEC	-4.1	25.5	31.2	-1.6	0.2	1369	744
99	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	-6.0	25.7	31.3	-1.6	-2.3	1471	429
100	Florida International	Conference USA	-12.1	20.5	31.3	-11.6	-12.0	1308	504
101	UTSA	American Athletic	2.2	32.3	31.5	-3.6	-5.6	1544	644
102	Oklahoma State	Big 12	-2.6	29.4	31.7	-1.8	-0.2	1251	688
103	Wake Forest	ACC	-5.7	25.8	31.8	-6.2	-5.1	1346	635
104	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-12.7	20.8	32.1	-15.4	-12.3	1217	592
105	San Diego State	Pac-12	-15.4	17.7	32.1	-16.6	-13.6	1228	609
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-16.7	16.9	32.5	-9.8	-11.3	1172	329
107	Oregon State	Pac-12	-6.7	26.1	32.7	-9.2	-6.9	1359	627
108	South Florida	American Athletic	-2.3	29.5	33.4	-4.5	-3.5	1434	641
109	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	-6.9	25.5	33.4	-9.2	-6.1	1319	558
110	App State	Sun Belt	-8.1	27.2	33.6	-7.6	-6.8	1393	575
111	Purdue	Big Ten	-16.2	19.2	33.6	-8.0	-13.8	1061	739
112	Stanford	ACC	-8.2	24.4	34.1	-5.7	-5.3	1175	719
113	Nevada	Mountain West	-15.2	21.0	34.2	-9.2	-8.4	1192	525
114	UTEP	Mountain West	-22.7	13.7	34.2	-20.2	-19.4	1111	456
115	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-13.3	20.5	34.3	-12.1	-13.5	1175	509
116	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-15.8	17.7	34.3	-13.1	-14.8	1103	467
117	Akron	Mid-American	-17.9	15.7	34.6	-12.9	-15.9	1118	538
118	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	-25.1	10.2	35.1	-23.3	-21.7	1150	288
119	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-9.9	24.6	35.2	-11.5	-11.9	1267	573
120	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-10.2	24.7	36.0	-7.6	-10.9	1268	547
121	North Texas	American Athletic	-4.5	33.3	37.0	-5.5	-7.3	1367	595
122	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-24.4	13.7	37.3	-23.2	-19.4	1093	503
123	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-17.9	21.0	37.4	-12.9	-10.3	1247	565
124	Charlotte	American Athletic	-15.3	21.4	37.6	-12.4	-13.5	1131	648
125	Temple	American Athletic	-20.3	17.3	37.8	-17.0	-18.7	1038	532
126	UAB	American Athletic	-11.3	25.9	38.0	-11.6	-12.7	1229	583
127	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-19.0	17.8	38.1	-22.1	-20.8	1120	370
128	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-25.6	14.4	39.4	-23.9	-21.7	929	566
129	Utah State	Pac-12	-10.4	30.2	40.3	-11.7	-10.8	1362	544
130	Tulsa	American Athletic	-20.6	21.2	40.3	-23.8	-23.1	812	557
131	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-21.9	20.5	40.3	-17.4	-17.3	1040	586
132	New Mexico	Mountain West	-14.8	27.6	40.5	-12.4	-10.0	1247	465
133	Ball State	Mid-American	-19.8	21.3	40.8	-13.4	-18.0	1086	464
134	Kent State	Mid-American	-33.0	12.6	43.8	-26.8	-31.2	760	435

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