2012 College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2013 - final ratings
I will be updating this page by each Tuesday night during the season.
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 slightly emphasis than those played earlier in the season. Games
against non-Division I opponents are included in the records shown here, but
are not included in the power ratings or strength of schedule ratings.
SS = strength of schedule ranking among all Division I teams (vs. Division I opponents only)
| | ALPHABETICAL RATINGS | | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 126 | Air Force | I-A | 6 | 7 | 100.2 | 127
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| 169 | Akron | I-A | 1 | 11 | 91.1 | 116
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| 1 | Alabama | I-A | 13 | 1 | 141.2 | 26
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| 209 | Alabama A&M | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 80.2 | 233
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| 191 | Alabama State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 86.4 | 242
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| 148 | Albany | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 96.6 | 207
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| 240 | Alcorn State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 67.0 | 227
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| 116 | Appalachian State | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 101.7 | 155
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| 40 | Arizona | I-A | 8 | 5 | 118.8 | 30
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| 22 | Arizona State | I-A | 8 | 5 | 123.3 | 46
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| 65 | Arkansas | I-A | 4 | 8 | 111.9 | 9
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| 54 | Arkansas State | I-A | 10 | 3 | 116.4 | 101
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| 185 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | I-AA | 10 | 2 | 87.3 | 238
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| 153 | Army | I-A | 2 | 10 | 95.6 | 82
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| 79 | Auburn | I-A | 3 | 9 | 107.7 | 6
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| 214 | Austin Peay | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 78.5 | 138
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| 67 | Ball State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 111.8 | 73
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| 17 | Baylor | I-A | 8 | 5 | 125.4 | 7
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| 154 | Bethune-Cookman | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 95.0 | 213
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| 34 | Boise State | I-A | 11 | 2 | 120.5 | 108
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| 102 | Boston College | I-A | 2 | 10 | 103.9 | 35
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| 71 | Bowling Green | I-A | 8 | 5 | 109.9 | 125
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| 23 | Brigham Young | I-A | 8 | 5 | 123.1 | 65
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| 172 | Brown | I-AA | 7 | 3 | 90.7 | 217
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| 226 | Bryant | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 75.2 | 225
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| 221 | Bucknell | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 75.9 | 205
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| 133 | Buffalo | I-A | 4 | 8 | 98.8 | 94
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| 218 | Butler | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 76.7 | 245
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| 92 | Cal Poly | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 106.0 | 172
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| 76 | California | I-A | 3 | 9 | 109.0 | 3
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| 246 | Campbell | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 51.3 | 237
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| 95 | Central Arkansas | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 105.6 | 158
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| 228 | Central Connecticut State | I-AA | 2 | 8 | 74.2 | 194
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| 43 | Central Florida | I-A | 10 | 4 | 118.0 | 91
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| 115 | Central Michigan | I-A | 7 | 6 | 101.8 | 124
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| 224 | Charleston Southern | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 75.4 | 197
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| 121 | Chattanooga | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 101.0 | 145
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| 32 | Cincinnati | I-A | 10 | 3 | 120.8 | 89
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| 141 | Citadel | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 98.1 | 173
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| 14 | Clemson | I-A | 11 | 2 | 127.7 | 56
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| 149 | Coastal Carolina | I-AA | 8 | 5 | 96.5 | 184
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| 161 | Colgate | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 93.7 | 199
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| 156 | Colorado | I-A | 1 | 11 | 94.4 | 21
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| 137 | Colorado State | I-A | 4 | 8 | 98.7 | 78
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| 225 | Columbia | I-AA | 3 | 7 | 75.2 | 201
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| 87 | Connecticut | I-A | 5 | 7 | 106.6 | 70
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| 206 | Cornell | I-AA | 4 | 6 | 81.6 | 204
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| 181 | Dartmouth | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 88.0 | 221
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| 244 | Davidson | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 57.7 | 246
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| 211 | Dayton | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 79.2 | 236
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| 170 | Delaware | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 91.0 | 182
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| 197 | Delaware State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 84.3 | 215
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| 195 | Drake | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 84.9 | 232
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| 74 | Duke | I-A | 6 | 7 | 109.6 | 50
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| 205 | Duquesne | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 82.3 | 226
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| 90 | East Carolina | I-A | 8 | 5 | 106.4 | 107
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| 130 | Eastern Illinois | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 99.3 | 151
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| 103 | Eastern Kentucky | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 103.8 | 176
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| 159 | Eastern Michigan | I-A | 2 | 10 | 94.0 | 68
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| 89 | Eastern Washington | I-AA | 11 | 3 | 106.6 | 159
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| 184 | Elon | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 87.4 | 143
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| 6 | Florida | I-A | 11 | 2 | 132.4 | 4
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| 204 | Florida A&M | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 82.6 | 198
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| 131 | Florida Atlantic | I-A | 3 | 9 | 99.1 | 66
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| 127 | Florida International | I-A | 3 | 9 | 100.0 | 81
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| 10 | Florida State | I-A | 12 | 2 | 129.8 | 72
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| 183 | Fordham | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 87.7 | 191
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| 51 | Fresno State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 116.7 | 95
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| 171 | Furman | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 91.0 | 149
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| 219 | Gardner-Webb | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 76.6 | 179
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| 213 | Georgetown | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 78.8 | 222
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| 5 | Georgia | I-A | 12 | 2 | 133.3 | 24
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| 70 | Georgia Southern | I-AA | 10 | 4 | 110.3 | 141
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| 217 | Georgia State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 76.7 | 168
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| 49 | Georgia Tech | I-A | 7 | 7 | 117.3 | 49
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| 242 | Grambling State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 62.0 | 230
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| 227 | Hampton | I-AA | 3 | 7 | 74.4 | 219
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| 128 | Harvard | I-AA | 8 | 2 | 99.6 | 224
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| 163 | Hawaii | I-A | 3 | 9 | 93.5 | 106
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| 208 | Holy Cross | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 80.4 | 193
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| 117 | Houston | I-A | 5 | 7 | 101.4 | 111
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| 203 | Howard | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 82.7 | 211
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| 176 | Idaho | I-A | 1 | 11 | 89.7 | 53
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| 236 | Idaho State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 71.0 | 144
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| 142 | Illinois | I-A | 2 | 10 | 97.7 | 45
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| 108 | Illinois State | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 103.2 | 153
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| 86 | Indiana | I-A | 4 | 8 | 106.7 | 57
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| 105 | Indiana State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 103.4 | 147
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| 75 | Iowa | I-A | 4 | 8 | 109.0 | 43
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| 56 | Iowa State | I-A | 6 | 7 | 115.6 | 27
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| 199 | Jackson State | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 83.6 | 228
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| 210 | Jacksonville | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 79.4 | 235
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| 139 | Jacksonville State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 98.6 | 137
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| 135 | James Madison | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 98.8 | 183
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| 106 | Kansas | I-A | 1 | 11 | 103.3 | 2
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| 8 | Kansas State | I-A | 11 | 2 | 132.0 | 17
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| 55 | Kent State | I-A | 11 | 3 | 116.1 | 99
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| 100 | Kentucky | I-A | 2 | 10 | 104.1 | 11
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| 207 | Lafayette | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 81.6 | 209
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| 212 | Lamar | I-AA | 4 | 8 | 79.1 | 170
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| 160 | Lehigh | I-AA | 10 | 1 | 93.9 | 223
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| 180 | Liberty | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 88.8 | 203
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| 53 | Louisiana Tech | I-A | 9 | 3 | 116.6 | 97
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| 64 | Louisiana-Lafayette | I-A | 9 | 4 | 112.2 | 112
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| 73 | Louisiana-Monroe | I-A | 8 | 5 | 109.7 | 88
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| 36 | Louisville | I-A | 11 | 2 | 119.8 | 67
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| 11 | LSU | I-A | 10 | 3 | 129.5 | 16
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| 150 | Maine | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 96.4 | 181
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| 234 | Marist | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 72.7 | 244
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| 112 | Marshall | I-A | 5 | 7 | 102.2 | 115
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| 98 | Maryland | I-A | 4 | 8 | 104.8 | 61
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| 194 | Massachusetts | I-A | 1 | 11 | 85.0 | 77
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| 122 | McNeese State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 100.7 | 171
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| 134 | Memphis | I-A | 4 | 8 | 98.8 | 109
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| 47 | Miami(Florida) | I-A | 7 | 5 | 117.6 | 36
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| 136 | Miami(Ohio) | I-A | 4 | 8 | 98.8 | 74
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| 20 | Michigan | I-A | 8 | 5 | 124.7 | 29
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| 35 | Michigan State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 120.2 | 25
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| 82 | Middle Tennessee | I-A | 8 | 4 | 107.5 | 98
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| 72 | Minnesota | I-A | 6 | 7 | 109.9 | 55
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| 30 | Mississippi | I-A | 7 | 6 | 121.3 | 10
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| 42 | Mississippi State | I-A | 8 | 5 | 118.4 | 48
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| 223 | Mississippi Valley State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 75.4 | 239
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| 48 | Missouri | I-A | 5 | 7 | 117.5 | 1
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| 151 | Missouri State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 95.8 | 105
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| 196 | Monmouth | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 84.3 | 218
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| 152 | Montana | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 95.6 | 177
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| 81 | Montana State | I-AA | 11 | 2 | 107.5 | 167
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| 231 | Morehead State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 73.3 | 243
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| 232 | Morgan State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 73.2 | 220
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| 146 | Murray State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 97.1 | 146
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| 62 | N.C. State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 113.4 | 64
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| 84 | Navy | I-A | 8 | 5 | 107.2 | 92
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| 28 | Nebraska | I-A | 10 | 4 | 122.1 | 32
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| 83 | Nevada | I-A | 7 | 6 | 107.2 | 117
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| 143 | New Hampshire | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 97.4 | 178
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| 145 | New Mexico | I-A | 4 | 9 | 97.3 | 122
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| 187 | New Mexico State | I-A | 1 | 11 | 87.2 | 85
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| 220 | Nicholls State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 76.4 | 129
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| 222 | Norfolk State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 75.7 | 214
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| 44 | North Carolina | I-A | 8 | 4 | 117.9 | 84
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| 193 | North Carolina A&T | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 85.4 | 216
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| 201 | North Carolina Central | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 83.1 | 210
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| 158 | North Dakota | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 94.3 | 131
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| 39 | North Dakota State | I-AA | 14 | 1 | 119.5 | 150
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| 129 | North Texas | I-A | 4 | 8 | 99.5 | 90
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| 124 | Northern Arizona | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 100.5 | 164
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| 173 | Northern Colorado | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 90.5 | 160
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| 37 | Northern Illinois | I-A | 12 | 2 | 119.6 | 121
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| 101 | Northern Iowa | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 103.9 | 120
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| 27 | Northwestern | I-A | 10 | 3 | 122.5 | 54
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| 186 | Northwestern State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 87.2 | 163
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| 4 | Notre Dame | I-A | 12 | 1 | 134.4 | 8
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| 80 | Ohio | I-A | 9 | 4 | 107.6 | 135
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| 13 | Ohio State | I-A | 12 | 0 | 128.0 | 62
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| 12 | Oklahoma | I-A | 10 | 3 | 129.0 | 13
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| 16 | Oklahoma State | I-A | 8 | 5 | 125.8 | 42
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| 107 | Old Dominion | I-AA | 11 | 2 | 103.2 | 189
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| 2 | Oregon | I-A | 12 | 1 | 137.1 | 37
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| 15 | Oregon State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 126.4 | 19
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| 29 | Penn State | I-A | 8 | 4 | 121.9 | 58
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| 177 | Pennsylvania | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 89.4 | 195
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| 57 | Pittsburgh | I-A | 6 | 7 | 115.1 | 63
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| 166 | Portland State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 92.1 | 142
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| 233 | Prairie View A&M | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 72.9 | 231
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| 239 | Presbyterian | I-AA | 1 | 9 | 67.5 | 186
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| 174 | Princeton | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 90.4 | 208
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| 69 | Purdue | I-A | 6 | 7 | 111.0 | 44
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| 237 | Rhode Island | I-AA | 0 | 11 | 69.4 | 166
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| 85 | Rice | I-A | 7 | 6 | 106.9 | 114
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| 120 | Richmond | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 101.0 | 190
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| 216 | Robert Morris | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 78.0 | 200
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| 50 | Rutgers | I-A | 9 | 4 | 117.1 | 75
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| 155 | Sacramento State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 94.7 | 175
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| 230 | Sacred Heart | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 73.4 | 212
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| 63 | Sam Houston State | I-AA | 11 | 4 | 112.9 | 130
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| 132 | Samford | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 98.9 | 162
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| 192 | San Diego | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 86.4 | 241
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| 61 | San Diego State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 113.4 | 103
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| 31 | San Jose State | I-A | 11 | 2 | 120.9 | 79
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| 241 | Savannah State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 62.9 | 180
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| 66 | SMU | I-A | 7 | 6 | 111.9 | 76
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| 168 | South Alabama | I-A | 2 | 11 | 91.2 | 119
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| 9 | South Carolina | I-A | 11 | 2 | 131.3 | 20
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| 202 | South Carolina State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 83.0 | 187
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| 188 | South Dakota | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 86.6 | 123
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| 77 | South Dakota State | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 107.8 | 136
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| 94 | South Florida | I-A | 3 | 9 | 105.6 | 40
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| 190 | Southeast Missouri State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 86.5 | 154
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| 179 | Southeastern Louisiana | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 89.3 | 148
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| 235 | Southern | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 71.8 | 234
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| 25 | Southern California | I-A | 7 | 6 | 122.8 | 12
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| 110 | Southern Illinois | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 102.9 | 134
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| 175 | Southern Mississippi | I-A | 0 | 12 | 90.3 | 69
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| 144 | Southern Utah | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 97.4 | 128
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| 198 | St. Francis(PA) | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 83.8 | 202
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| 7 | Stanford | I-A | 12 | 2 | 132.4 | 5
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| 157 | Stephen F. Austin | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 94.3 | 157
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| 109 | Stony Brook | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 103.1 | 192
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| 33 | Syracuse | I-A | 8 | 5 | 120.8 | 39
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| 93 | Temple | I-A | 4 | 7 | 105.9 | 60
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| 60 | Tennessee | I-A | 5 | 7 | 113.6 | 38
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| 140 | Tennessee State | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 98.1 | 185
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| 189 | Tennessee Tech | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 86.6 | 156
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| 114 | Tennessee-Martin | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 101.9 | 165
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| 19 | Texas | I-A | 9 | 4 | 124.7 | 15
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| 3 | Texas A&M | I-A | 11 | 2 | 136.5 | 14
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| 38 | Texas Christian | I-A | 7 | 6 | 119.6 | 33
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| 243 | Texas Southern | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 60.4 | 229
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| 125 | Texas State | I-A | 4 | 8 | 100.3 | 102
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| 41 | Texas Tech | I-A | 8 | 5 | 118.7 | 41
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| 68 | Toledo | I-A | 9 | 4 | 111.1 | 83
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| 96 | Towson | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 105.3 | 152
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| 99 | Troy | I-A | 5 | 7 | 104.4 | 104
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| 165 | Tulane | I-A | 2 | 10 | 92.3 | 80
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| 52 | Tulsa | I-A | 11 | 3 | 116.6 | 100
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| 147 | UAB | I-A | 3 | 9 | 96.7 | 87
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| 164 | UC-Davis | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 93.5 | 133
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| 26 | UCLA | I-A | 9 | 5 | 122.7 | 23
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| 162 | UNLV | I-A | 2 | 11 | 93.6 | 93
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| 59 | Utah | I-A | 5 | 7 | 114.2 | 34
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| 21 | Utah State | I-A | 11 | 2 | 124.0 | 96
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| 138 | UTEP | I-A | 3 | 9 | 98.7 | 71
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| 118 | UTSA | I-A | 8 | 4 | 101.3 | 126
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| 245 | Valparaiso | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 53.8 | 240
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| 24 | Vanderbilt | I-A | 9 | 4 | 123.1 | 59
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| 104 | Villanova | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 103.7 | 174
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| 88 | Virginia | I-A | 4 | 8 | 106.6 | 51
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| 58 | Virginia Tech | I-A | 7 | 6 | 114.3 | 47
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| 238 | VMI | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 68.8 | 188
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| 167 | Wagner | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 92.0 | 206
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| 111 | Wake Forest | I-A | 5 | 7 | 102.8 | 52
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| 46 | Washington | I-A | 7 | 6 | 117.7 | 22
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| 97 | Washington State | I-A | 3 | 9 | 105.1 | 18
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| 182 | Weber State | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 87.9 | 139
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| 45 | West Virginia | I-A | 7 | 6 | 117.8 | 28
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| 200 | Western Carolina | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 83.3 | 113
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| 215 | Western Illinois | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 78.3 | 140
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| 91 | Western Kentucky | I-A | 7 | 6 | 106.4 | 110
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| 119 | Western Michigan | I-A | 4 | 8 | 101.3 | 118
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| 178 | William & Mary | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 89.4 | 169
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| 18 | Wisconsin | I-A | 8 | 6 | 125.0 | 31
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| 78 | Wofford | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 107.7 | 132
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| 123 | Wyoming | I-A | 4 | 8 | 100.7 | 86
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| 229 | Yale | I-AA | 2 | 8 | 73.9 | 196
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| 113 | Youngstown State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 102.0 | 161
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