CFB Power Rankings

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

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DL Power · FBS

Top 60

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Proj Pwr ↓	Sk	TFL	QBH	Tot	Solo	PD
1	Keyshawn James-Newby	DT	UNM	86.8	9.2	10.8	—	44	—	3.5
2	Clev Lubin	DL	LOU	81.1	8.6	9.3	6.0	46	29.6	2.7
3	Anthony Smith	DL	MINN	72.4	7.6	10.8	5.6	30	16.1	1.2
4	Eric O'Neill	DL	RUTG	70.2	6.6	11.0	—	36	—	1.6
5	Melkart Abou-Jaoude	DL	UNC	68.0	6.5	9.5	3.3	40	21.9	0.7
6	Dylan Labarbera	DL	NEV	66.3	3.4	10.5	1.9	71	37.1	0.4
7	Boubacar Traore	DL	ND	62.7	6.0	9.1	5.2	35	23.0	0.7
8	R Mason Thomas	DL	OU	61.9	6.3	9.7	—	26	—	1.0
9	Akheem Mesidor	DL	MIA	61.2	6.0	8.3	—	36	—	0.4
10	Michael Heldman	DL	CMU	61.0	5.8	8.8	—	35	—	1.6
11	Eddie Walls III	DL	HOU	60.3	4.9	7.9	—	48	—	2.5
12	Ethan Hurkett	DL	IOWA	59.8	5.4	8.2	—	40	—	0.6
13	Sahir West	DL	JMU	58.1	4.5	9.5	4.9	38	17.1	3.0
14	Sidney Stewart	DL	MD	56.8	5.4	7.8	5.6	33	20.0	1.9
15	Jimmori Robinson	DL	WVU	56.7	4.2	11.8	—	30	—	0.9
16	Langston Hardy	DL	WAKE	56.4	4.3	7.9	4.7	47	21.6	0.4
17	Elijah Hill	DL	KENN	56.0	6.0	7.9	3.8	25	14.8	1.0
18	Ethan Hassler	DL	ARST	55.7	4.7	6.6	—	46	—	0.7
19	Taylor Wein	DL	OU	55.1	4.0	10.5	4.2	34	17.5	1.2
20	J'Mond Tapp	DL	USM	55.0	3.5	7.9	5.2	53	16.4	1.0
21	Tony Anyanwu	DL	RICE	54.9	4.8	6.0	—	45	—	1.2
22	CJ Nunnally IV	DL	PUR	54.7	4.5	8.2	5.0	39	25.4	0.8
23	Quincy Rhodes Jr.	DL	ARK	54.6	4.4	9.3	4.7	35	20.3	0.2
24	Landon Robinson	DT	NAVY	54.0	4.0	6.7	—	51	—	0.3
25	Zahir Mathis	DL	MD	53.8	5.0	7.2	2.7	34	20.5	1.1
26	Max Llewellyn	DL	IOWA	53.8	5.3	8.3	—	23	—	3.2
27	Aaron Graves	DL	IOWA	53.2	4.8	6.8	—	37	—	1.5
28	Bradley Weaver	DL	RUTG	52.9	4.3	9.6	—	29	—	0.8
29	Tylon Dunlap	DL	KENN	52.2	4.3	7.7	—	37	—	1.3
30	Ezra Christensen	DL	NMSU	51.7	4.0	8.3	7.2	36	20.1	1.5
31	Jaxton Eck	DL	UNM	51.7	1.0	4.5	1.9	92	45.2	1.4
32	Kenton Simmons	DL	FIU	51.3	5.1	7.0	5.5	27	17.7	1.5
33	Marques White	DL	MASS	51.0	3.9	7.8	2.8	38	17.7	1.2
34	Mandrell Desir	DL	FSU	50.8	5.1	6.2	0.9	31	15.7	1.2
35	KD Johnson	DT	UTEP	50.6	3.2	7.9	2.9	46	16.6	1.1
36	Finn Claypool	DL	FRES	50.6	4.6	6.3	2.6	36	23.4	1.2
37	Karter Menz	DL	MINN	50.5	4.8	6.9	3.3	32	17.8	0.2
38	Stephen Daley	DL	IU	49.5	3.3	8.4	—	39	—	1.4
39	Aidan Hubbard	DL	NU	49.3	4.8	6.9	—	29	—	0.7
40	Will Echoles	DT	MISS	49.3	3.4	7.1	4.2	43	23.5	2.4
41	Jackie Johnson III	DL	HAW	49.3	5.4	5.9	3.6	26	11.0	0.4
42	Zion Wilson	DL	ECU	49.1	4.4	6.9	2.2	33	17.7	0.5
43	Rueben Bain Jr.	DL	MIA	48.9	4.0	7.4	—	34	—	0.8
44	Wesley Bailey	DL	LOU	48.4	4.6	5.5	—	35	—	0.8
45	Keviyan Huddleston	DL	UNT	48.1	4.1	7.5	1.1	31	17.4	0.7
46	Martez Poynter	DT	TOL	48.0	3.8	7.1	—	37	—	0.2
47	Jimmy Scott	DL	PITT	47.8	4.5	8.4	5.7	20	10.7	1.2
48	De'Jon Benton	DL	HAW	47.5	4.2	7.9	—	27	—	0.3
49	Chris McClellan	DT	MIZ	47.5	3.8	6.3	—	37	—	2.3
50	A.J. Holmes Jr.	DL	TTU	47.3	3.2	8.6	4.8	32	18.3	2.3
51	Julien Laventure	DL	AKR	47.0	3.0	7.8	4.4	40	18.4	0.3
52	Anas Luqman	DL	OHIO	47.0	3.8	7.8	3.3	30	14.3	1.6
53	Santana Hopper	DL	TULN	46.6	4.3	6.7	2.1	29	14.1	0.1
54	Aiden Gobaira	DL	JMU	46.5	3.9	6.7	1.8	33	15.2	0.9
55	Mikail Kamara	DL	IU	46.2	3.6	8.3	—	27	—	1.1
56	Williams Nwaneri	DL	NEB	46.2	4.0	6.6	4.5	31	13.7	1.6
57	Zane Durant	DT	PSU	46.1	3.9	5.8	—	36	—	1.4
58	Phillip Lee	DL	ARK	45.9	3.8	6.8	—	33	—	0.7
59	Tyrique Tucker	DL	IU	45.5	3.9	7.4	2.5	26	13.1	1.2
60	J'Dan Burnett	DL	TLSA	45.3	4.3	6.6	1.7	24	12.7	1.3

Projected composite (sk×5 + TFL×2 + tot×0.4 + PD×0.5). Solo/QBH shown but not scored (partial coverage). Blends toward actuals in-season.