2008 College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Friday, January 9, 2009
These ratings are based on several factors, including win-loss record, schedule
strength, and margin of victory in games. The most recent games are counted
with more emphasis than those played earlier in the season.
| | Alphabetical Ratings | | W | L | Rating
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| 63 | Air Force | I-A | 8 | 5 | 118.6
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| 97 | Akron | I-A | 5 | 7 | 109.0
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| 6 | Alabama | I-A | 12 | 2 | 139.6
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| 211 | Alabama A&M | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 75.5
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| 220 | Alabama State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 71.4
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| 160 | Albany | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 88.9
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| 232 | Alcorn State | I-AA | 2 | 10 | 66.3
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| 104 | Appalachian State | I-AA | 11 | 3 | 107.9
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| 20 | Arizona | I-A | 8 | 5 | 130.8
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| 53 | Arizona State | I-A | 5 | 7 | 120.2
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| 58 | Arkansas | I-A | 5 | 7 | 119.6
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| 95 | Arkansas State | I-A | 6 | 6 | 109.7
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| 222 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 70.0
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| 116 | Army | I-A | 3 | 9 | 103.0
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| 59 | Auburn | I-A | 5 | 7 | 119.4
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| 219 | Austin Peay | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 71.6
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| 46 | Ball State | I-A | 12 | 2 | 122.2
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| 60 | Baylor | I-A | 4 | 8 | 119.1
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| 195 | Bethune-Cookman | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 80.2
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| 12 | Boise State | I-A | 12 | 1 | 134.7
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| 35 | Boston College | I-A | 9 | 5 | 125.9
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| 73 | Bowling Green | I-A | 6 | 6 | 114.8
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| 26 | Brigham Young | I-A | 10 | 3 | 128.0
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| 154 | Brown | I-AA | 7 | 3 | 90.5
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| 218 | Bryant | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 71.6
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| 213 | Bucknell | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 74.3
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| 68 | Buffalo | I-A | 8 | 6 | 116.1
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| 230 | Butler | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 66.6
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| 114 | Cal Poly | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 104.0
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| 15 | California | I-A | 9 | 4 | 133.8
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| 175 | California-Davis | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 84.9
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| 245 | Campbell | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 39.2
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| 135 | Central Arkansas | I-AA | 10 | 2 | 96.4
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| 192 | Central Connecticut State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 80.3
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| 106 | Central Florida | I-A | 4 | 8 | 106.8
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| 80 | Central Michigan | I-A | 8 | 5 | 112.8
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| 176 | Charleston Southern | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 84.4
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| 212 | Chattanooga | I-AA | 1 | 11 | 74.6
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| 24 | Cincinnati | I-A | 11 | 3 | 128.1
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| 161 | Citadel | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 88.9
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| 39 | Clemson | I-A | 7 | 6 | 124.8
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| 188 | Coastal Carolina | I-AA | 6 | 6 | 81.1
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| 156 | Colgate | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 89.8
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| 70 | Colorado | I-A | 5 | 7 | 115.8
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| 76 | Colorado State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 114.2
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| 215 | Columbia | I-AA | 2 | 8 | 73.5
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| 40 | Connecticut | I-A | 8 | 5 | 124.6
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| 205 | Cornell | I-AA | 4 | 6 | 77.6
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| 225 | Dartmouth | I-AA | 0 | 10 | 67.3
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| 235 | Davidson | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 64.2
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| 206 | Dayton | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 77.2
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| 148 | Delaware | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 91.7
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| 207 | Delaware State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 77.2
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| 228 | Drake | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 66.8
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| 69 | Duke | I-A | 4 | 8 | 116.0
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| 233 | Duquesne | I-AA | 3 | 7 | 65.6
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| 48 | East Carolina | I-A | 9 | 5 | 121.7
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| 183 | Eastern Illinois | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 82.9
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| 158 | Eastern Kentucky | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 89.5
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| 123 | Eastern Michigan | I-A | 3 | 9 | 99.8
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| 131 | Eastern Washington | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 97.9
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| 137 | Elon | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 96.0
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| 1 | Florida | I-A | 13 | 1 | 152.1
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| 167 | Florida A&M | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 87.0
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| 86 | Florida Atlantic | I-A | 7 | 6 | 111.6
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| 98 | Florida International | I-A | 5 | 7 | 108.5
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| 22 | Florida State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 130.2
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| 202 | Fordham | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 78.5
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| 78 | Fresno State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 113.3
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| 142 | Furman | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 94.1
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| 193 | Gardner-Webb | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 80.3
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| 224 | Georgetown | I-AA | 2 | 8 | 68.2
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| 17 | Georgia | I-A | 10 | 3 | 133.2
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| 144 | Georgia Southern | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 93.3
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| 41 | Georgia Tech | I-A | 9 | 4 | 124.5
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| 146 | Grambling State | I-AA | 11 | 2 | 92.7
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| 203 | Hampton | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 78.4
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| 140 | Harvard | I-AA | 9 | 1 | 95.5
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| 82 | Hawaii | I-A | 7 | 7 | 112.4
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| 159 | Hofstra | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 89.0
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| 150 | Holy Cross | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 91.5
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| 55 | Houston | I-A | 8 | 5 | 119.9
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| 239 | Howard | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 60.1
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| 149 | Idaho | I-A | 2 | 10 | 91.6
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| 209 | Idaho State | I-AA | 1 | 11 | 76.7
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| 64 | Illinois | I-A | 5 | 7 | 118.0
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| 168 | Illinois State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 86.9
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| 117 | Indiana | I-A | 3 | 9 | 103.0
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| 229 | Indiana State | I-AA | 0 | 12 | 66.6
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| 243 | Iona | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 53.8
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| 19 | Iowa | I-A | 9 | 4 | 131.8
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| 107 | Iowa State | I-A | 2 | 10 | 106.0
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| 208 | Jackson State | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 77.1
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| 197 | Jacksonville | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 80.0
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| 152 | Jacksonville State | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 91.2
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| 77 | James Madison | I-AA | 12 | 2 | 113.8
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| 36 | Kansas | I-A | 8 | 5 | 125.6
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| 75 | Kansas State | I-A | 5 | 7 | 114.5
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| 121 | Kent State | I-A | 4 | 8 | 102.5
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| 54 | Kentucky | I-A | 7 | 6 | 120.0
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| 162 | Lafayette | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 88.8
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| 174 | Lehigh | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 85.1
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| 143 | Liberty | I-AA | 10 | 2 | 93.6
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| 79 | Louisiana Tech | I-A | 8 | 5 | 112.9
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| 89 | Louisiana-Lafayette | I-A | 6 | 6 | 110.7
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| 118 | Louisiana-Monroe | I-A | 4 | 8 | 102.9
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| 90 | Louisville | I-A | 5 | 7 | 110.7
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| 29 | LSU | I-A | 8 | 5 | 127.5
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| 127 | Maine | I-AA | 8 | 5 | 98.7
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| 234 | Marist | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 64.9
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| 96 | Marshall | I-A | 4 | 8 | 109.1
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| 47 | Maryland | I-A | 8 | 5 | 121.9
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| 125 | Massachusetts | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 99.5
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| 145 | McNeese State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 93.1
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| 94 | Memphis | I-A | 6 | 7 | 110.0
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| 42 | Miami(Florida) | I-A | 7 | 6 | 124.1
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| 136 | Miami(Ohio) | I-A | 2 | 10 | 96.1
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| 84 | Michigan | I-A | 3 | 9 | 112.1
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| 25 | Michigan State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 128.0
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| 103 | Middle Tennessee | I-A | 5 | 7 | 107.9
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| 66 | Minnesota | I-A | 7 | 6 | 117.1
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| 13 | Mississippi | I-A | 9 | 4 | 134.6
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| 83 | Mississippi State | I-A | 4 | 8 | 112.1
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| 240 | Mississippi Valley State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 58.5
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| 16 | Missouri | I-A | 10 | 4 | 133.5
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| 164 | Missouri State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 87.7
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| 194 | Monmouth | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 80.3
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| 93 | Montana | I-AA | 14 | 2 | 110.1
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| 151 | Montana State | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 91.4
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| 226 | Morehead State | I-AA | 6 | 6 | 67.0
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| 200 | Morgan State | I-AA | 6 | 6 | 79.6
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| 210 | Murray State | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 76.3
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| 51 | N.C. State | I-A | 6 | 7 | 121.1
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| 52 | Navy | I-A | 8 | 5 | 120.3
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| 23 | Nebraska | I-A | 9 | 4 | 129.0
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| 67 | Nevada | I-A | 7 | 6 | 116.2
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| 105 | New Hampshire | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 106.8
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| 81 | New Mexico | I-A | 4 | 8 | 112.4
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| 132 | New Mexico State | I-A | 3 | 9 | 97.7
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| 179 | Nicholls State | I-AA | 3 | 6 | 83.6
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| 204 | Norfolk State | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 78.0
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| 32 | North Carolina | I-A | 8 | 5 | 126.3
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| 241 | North Carolina A&T | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 58.4
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| 227 | North Carolina Central | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 67.0
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| 191 | North Dakota | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 80.5
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| 133 | North Dakota State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 97.6
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| 153 | North Texas | I-A | 1 | 11 | 90.9
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| 178 | Northeastern | I-AA | 2 | 10 | 83.9
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| 147 | Northern Arizona | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 91.9
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| 190 | Northern Colorado | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 80.5
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| 91 | Northern Illinois | I-A | 6 | 7 | 110.6
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| 100 | Northern Iowa | I-AA | 12 | 3 | 108.1
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| 37 | Northwestern | I-A | 9 | 4 | 124.9
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| 166 | Northwestern State | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 87.2
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| 49 | Notre Dame | I-A | 7 | 6 | 121.6
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| 108 | Ohio | I-A | 4 | 8 | 106.0
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| 10 | Ohio State | I-A | 10 | 3 | 136.3
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| 3 | Oklahoma | I-A | 12 | 2 | 148.0
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| 18 | Oklahoma State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 132.7
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| 8 | Oregon | I-A | 10 | 3 | 138.5
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| 14 | Oregon State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 134.1
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| 170 | Penn | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 86.6
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| 5 | Penn State | I-A | 11 | 2 | 140.1
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| 21 | Pittsburgh | I-A | 9 | 4 | 130.5
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| 177 | Portland State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 84.0
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| 173 | Prairie View A&M | I-AA | 9 | 1 | 85.5
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| 217 | Presbyterian | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 71.6
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| 189 | Princeton | I-AA | 4 | 6 | 80.6
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| 65 | Purdue | I-A | 4 | 8 | 117.1
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| 184 | Rhode Island | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 82.3
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| 44 | Rice | I-A | 10 | 3 | 123.5
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| 74 | Richmond | I-AA | 13 | 3 | 114.6
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| 221 | Robert Morris | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 70.6
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| 34 | Rutgers | I-A | 8 | 5 | 126.1
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| 163 | Sacramento State | I-AA | 6 | 6 | 88.7
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| 216 | Sacred Heart | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 73.0
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| 172 | Sam Houston State | I-AA | 4 | 6 | 85.6
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| 141 | Samford | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 94.6
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| 198 | San Diego | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 79.8
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| 128 | San Diego State | I-A | 2 | 10 | 98.6
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| 102 | San Jose State | I-A | 6 | 6 | 108.0
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| 237 | Savannah State | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 61.3
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| 31 | South Carolina | I-A | 7 | 6 | 126.8
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| 139 | South Carolina State | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 95.6
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| 181 | South Dakota | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 83.3
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| 126 | South Dakota State | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 98.8
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| 38 | South Florida | I-A | 8 | 5 | 124.9
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| 214 | Southeast Missouri State | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 74.2
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| 180 | Southeastern Louisiana | I-AA | 5 | 7 | 83.4
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| 186 | Southern | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 81.7
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| 2 | Southern California | I-A | 12 | 1 | 150.1
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| 120 | Southern Illinois | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 102.5
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| 130 | Southern Methodist | I-A | 1 | 11 | 98.0
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| 62 | Southern Mississippi | I-A | 7 | 6 | 118.9
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| 182 | Southern Utah | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 82.9
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| 244 | St. Francis(PA) | I-AA | 0 | 11 | 51.6
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| 45 | Stanford | I-A | 5 | 7 | 122.5
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| 196 | Stephen F. Austin | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 80.0
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| 185 | Stony Brook | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 81.7
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| 101 | Syracuse | I-A | 3 | 9 | 108.0
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| 87 | Temple | I-A | 5 | 7 | 111.3
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| 50 | Tennessee | I-A | 5 | 7 | 121.2
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| 171 | Tennessee State | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 86.0
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| 223 | Tennessee Tech | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 69.5
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| 157 | Tennessee-Martin | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 89.7
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| 4 | Texas | I-A | 12 | 1 | 147.1
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| 85 | Texas A&M | I-A | 4 | 8 | 111.8
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| 11 | Texas Christian | I-A | 11 | 2 | 135.6
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| 236 | Texas Southern | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 62.3
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| 155 | Texas State | I-AA | 8 | 5 | 90.0
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| 9 | Texas Tech | I-A | 11 | 2 | 137.8
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| 122 | Toledo | I-A | 3 | 9 | 102.0
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| 187 | Towson | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 81.4
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| 56 | Troy | I-A | 8 | 5 | 119.8
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| 129 | Tulane | I-A | 2 | 10 | 98.4
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| 33 | Tulsa | I-A | 11 | 3 | 126.3
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| 112 | UAB | I-A | 4 | 8 | 105.0
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| 72 | UCLA | I-A | 4 | 8 | 115.4
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| 92 | UNLV | I-A | 5 | 7 | 110.3
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| 7 | Utah | I-A | 13 | 0 | 139.1
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| 109 | Utah State | I-A | 3 | 9 | 105.8
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| 88 | UTEP | I-A | 5 | 7 | 110.8
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| 242 | Valparaiso | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 54.3
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| 43 | Vanderbilt | I-A | 7 | 6 | 123.6
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| 99 | Villanova | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 108.3
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| 61 | Virginia | I-A | 5 | 7 | 119.1
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| 201 | Virginia Military | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 79.3
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| 28 | Virginia Tech | I-A | 10 | 4 | 127.6
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| 238 | Wagner | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 60.1
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| 30 | Wake Forest | I-A | 8 | 5 | 127.2
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| 113 | Washington | I-A | 0 | 12 | 104.4
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| 124 | Washington State | I-A | 2 | 11 | 99.6
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| 110 | Weber State | I-AA | 10 | 4 | 105.5
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| 27 | West Virginia | I-A | 9 | 4 | 127.7
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| 199 | Western Carolina | I-AA | 3 | 9 | 79.8
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| 138 | Western Illinois | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 95.9
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| 134 | Western Kentucky | I-A | 2 | 10 | 97.2
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| 71 | Western Michigan | I-A | 9 | 4 | 115.4
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| 119 | William & Mary | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 102.8
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| 231 | Winston-Salem State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 66.5
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| 57 | Wisconsin | I-A | 7 | 6 | 119.8
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| 115 | Wofford | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 103.7
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| 111 | Wyoming | I-A | 4 | 8 | 105.1
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| 165 | Yale | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 87.4
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| 169 | Youngstown State | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 86.7
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