CFB Power Rankings

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DB · FBS · 2026 projection · model-projected, top 60

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DB Power · FBS

Top 60

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Proj Pwr ↓	Tot	Solo	PD	TFL	Sk
1	Nick Andersen	DB	WAKE	64.9	86	—	4.0	3.1	0.5
2	Tahj Ra-El	DB	PUR	63.7	88	—	3.3	2.4	0.0
3	Brevin Hamblin	S	USU	62.0	83	39.9	4.2	2.0	1.1
4	Bryce Llewellyn	DB	EMU	59.5	81	—	3.0	3.3	0.0
5	Ike Larsen	S	USU	59.0	68	—	6.3	2.3	0.1
6	Robert Fitzgerald	DB	NU	57.7	83	47.0	1.5	4.1	0.2
7	Silas Walters	DB	M-OH	57.1	63	30.7	7.0	2.0	0.3
8	Alex McLaughlin	S	WASH	56.8	74	39.2	3.8	3.0	0.6
9	Malachi McLean	DB	CONN	56.7	81	34.6	2.5	2.2	0.6
10	Ty Benefield	DB	BOIS	56.2	73	41.1	2.3	6.5	0.0
11	Dalton Johnson	DB	ARIZ	56.2	74	—	3.5	3.1	0.3
12	Jacob Fields	DB	LT	56.0	74	35.7	3.3	3.1	0.1
13	Noah Avinger	CB	USU	55.9	66	—	5.6	2.4	0.4
14	Isaiah Nwokobia	S	SMU	55.4	72	—	4.0	2.0	0.3
15	Emmanuel McNeil-Warren	S	TOL	55.0	69	—	4.0	3.9	0.6
16	Genesis Smith	DB	ARIZ	55.0	66	—	5.0	2.7	0.0
17	Ahmaad Moses	S	SMU	55.0	75	—	2.0	4.9	0.4
18	Fred Perry	S	WVU	54.6	69	—	2.2	7.7	2.4
19	Drue Watts	DB	MEM	54.2	69	—	2.4	7.0	2.1
20	Mister Clark	DB	FIU	54.1	51	35.9	7.3	5.6	0.1
21	Eli Blakey	DB	M-OH	53.5	67	—	4.5	2.3	0.7
22	Davaughn Patterson	DB	WAKE	53.4	64	27.9	4.8	3.1	0.0
23	A.J. Haulcy	S	LSU	53.3	69	—	4.3	0.9	0.0
24	Skyler Thomas	DB	ORST	52.8	69	—	4.2	0.6	0.0
25	Myles Rowser	DB	ASU	52.6	70	—	2.8	3.7	0.5
26	Jahron Manning	S	MSST	52.6	70	30.8	2.9	3.6	0.3
27	CJ Young	DB	KENT	52.4	68	35.0	2.1	6.1	2.0
28	Caleb Weaver	S	DUKE	51.9	71	—	2.4	3.2	1.1
29	Isaac Smith	S	MSST	51.6	73	24.1	2.5	1.9	0.5
30	Tavian Combs	S	UNM	51.4	71	—	2.6	2.4	0.9
31	Jaquez White	CB	TROY	51.2	56	38.2	5.8	3.2	0.7
32	Naeten Mitchell	S	NMSU	51.0	64	38.5	4.4	1.8	0.0
33	Parker Robertson	S	OKST	50.5	64	—	2.5	6.0	0.3
34	Justin Meyers	DB	GASO	50.4	70	—	2.7	2.0	0.0
35	Ian Foster	S	USM	50.3	60	25.3	4.4	3.6	0.5
36	Jamel Johnson	S	TCU	50.1	70	37.6	2.3	2.1	0.0
37	Matthew Bailey	DB	ILL	50.1	69	44.9	2.6	2.6	0.1
38	KP Price	DB	BC	50.0	72	44.5	1.7	2.3	0.2
39	Chandler Rivers	CB	DUKE	49.7	51	—	6.0	4.3	0.1
40	Tawfiq Byard	S	COLO	49.5	64	41.6	1.9	6.8	0.8
41	Avery Smith	CB	TOL	49.5	44	—	7.9	3.2	0.0
42	Terry Moore	S	DUKE	49.3	61	—	2.9	5.6	1.4
43	Lento Smith Jr.	S	TLSA	49.3	66	36.0	3.0	2.2	0.0
44	Chris Bracy	DB	MEM	49.2	53	28.9	5.1	4.6	0.0
45	Michael Taaffe	DB	TEX	49.0	67	—	2.5	2.4	1.2
46	Xavier Smith	S	UTEP	48.8	63	24.4	3.6	1.8	0.1
47	Darrian Lewis	S	WVU	48.8	69	—	2.2	1.9	0.0
48	Kal-El Pascal	S	BGSU	48.6	63	29.0	3.1	3.4	0.0
49	Zach Williams	S	TLSA	48.3	60	28.2	4.1	2.1	0.0
50	Corey Myrick	S	USM	48.3	63	30.6	3.0	3.0	0.0
51	Dillon Thieneman	DB	ORE	48.0	61	—	3.8	2.0	0.8
52	Brent Gordon Jr.	DB	UL	47.8	52	32.5	6.1	1.6	0.0
53	CJ Christian	S	WASH	47.7	68	—	1.9	2.3	0.0
54	Omar Thornton	DB	BC	47.6	65	36.4	0.8	6.3	1.1
55	JoJo Evans Jr.	DB	LOU	47.2	59	—	4.3	1.2	0.0
56	D'Angelo Hutchinson	DB	LOU	47.0	63	—	2.8	2.2	0.1
57	DJ Burks	DB	APP	47.0	64	28.1	2.6	2.2	0.0
58	Cam Smith	DB	MRSH	46.9	51	—	4.9	4.0	1.4
59	AG McGhee	S	ARST	46.9	64	—	2.8	1.5	0.0
60	Ja'Marley Riddle	DB	ECU	46.8	58	28.4	3.7	3.1	0.3

Projected composite (PD×2.5 + tot×0.6 + TFL×1) — INTs are deliberately unprojected (luck). Solo shown but not scored (partial coverage). Blends toward actuals in-season.