2018 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated: Tuesday, January 8, 2019 - final ratings


I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes 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.  


The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the 
ranking among the 255 teams in these ratings.


The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the 
season, not future opponents.


SS = strength of schedule ranking among all Division I teams (1 is strongest
and 255 is weakest)
ALPHABETICAL RATINGS W L RATING SS
170 Abilene Christian FCS 6 5 89.4 196
93 Air Force FBS 5 7 109.6 84
125 Akron FBS 4 8 99.9 88
2 Alabama FBS 14 1 147.1 11
217 Alabama A&M FCS 6 5 77.4 242
245 Alabama State FCS 4 7 64.8 219
200 Albany FCS 3 8 84.1 159
180 Alcorn State FCS 9 4 87.3 233
36 Appalachian State FBS 11 2 123.4 122
81 Arizona FBS 5 7 112.3 63
43 Arizona State FBS 7 6 121.9 47
109 Arkansas FBS 2 10 104.2 43
87 Arkansas State FBS 8 5 111.8 107
252 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 2 9 57.2 241
35 Army FBS 11 2 123.6 95
25 Auburn FBS 8 5 127.6 46
197 Austin Peay FCS 5 6 84.4 204
130 Ball State FBS 4 8 98.6 98
58 Baylor FBS 7 6 118.0 45
205 Bethune-Cookman FCS 7 5 80.9 223
26 Boise State FBS 10 3 126.3 70
39 Boston College FBS 7 5 122.3 54
153 Bowling Green FBS 3 9 94.2 94
236 Brown FCS 1 9 70.0 170
227 Bryant FCS 6 5 73.8 232
243 Bucknell FCS 1 10 66.3 210
70 Buffalo FBS 10 4 114.9 115
248 Butler FCS 4 7 63.1 245
59 BYU FBS 7 6 117.4 68
169 Cal Poly FCS 5 6 89.4 155
53 California FBS 7 6 119.0 53
211 Campbell FCS 6 5 80.0 234
172 Central Arkansas FCS 6 5 89.0 203
210 Central Connecticut State FCS 6 5 80.0 244
20 Central Florida FBS 12 1 129.3 92
155 Central Michigan FBS 1 11 93.5 85
207 Charleston Southern FCS 5 6 80.7 211
117 Charlotte FBS 5 7 101.4 111
164 Chattanooga FCS 6 5 91.6 176
30 Cincinnati FBS 11 2 124.8 99
151 Citadel FCS 5 6 94.4 153
1 Clemson FBS 15 0 151.2 8
120 Coastal Carolina FBS 5 7 100.7 102
104 Colgate FCS 10 2 106.2 185
74 Colorado FBS 5 7 114.0 59
129 Colorado State FBS 3 9 98.7 74
181 Columbia FCS 6 4 87.2 195
176 Connecticut FBS 1 11 87.9 71
203 Cornell FCS 3 7 82.8 158
98 Dartmouth FCS 9 1 107.0 194
247 Davidson FCS 6 5 63.4 254
219 Dayton FCS 6 5 76.4 250
139 Delaware FCS 7 5 97.8 151
242 Delaware State FCS 3 8 67.4 220
199 Drake FCS 7 4 84.2 238
46 Duke FBS 8 5 121.3 44
177 Duquesne FCS 9 4 87.5 221
140 East Carolina FBS 3 9 97.3 76
162 East Tennessee State FCS 8 4 92.2 192
208 Eastern Illinois FCS 3 8 80.4 178
191 Eastern Kentucky FCS 7 4 85.4 214
89 Eastern Michigan FBS 7 6 110.9 105
71 Eastern Washington FCS 12 3 114.8 142
127 Elon FCS 6 5 99.5 137
10 Florida FBS 10 3 132.0 48
209 Florida A&M FCS 6 5 80.3 229
99 Florida Atlantic FBS 5 7 106.9 87
91 Florida International FBS 9 4 109.8 129
68 Florida State FBS 5 7 115.1 6
238 Fordham FCS 2 9 69.4 213
24 Fresno State FBS 12 2 128.7 75
132 Furman FCS 6 4 98.5 144
228 Gardner-Webb FCS 3 8 72.7 201
221 Georgetown FCS 5 6 76.1 222
3 Georgia FBS 11 3 139.3 14
69 Georgia Southern FBS 10 3 115.1 117
152 Georgia State FBS 2 10 94.4 82
52 Georgia Tech FBS 7 6 119.4 55
223 Grambling State FCS 6 5 75.6 247
241 Hampton FCS 7 3 67.9 255
145 Harvard FCS 6 4 95.8 179
102 Hawaii FBS 8 6 106.4 97
194 Holy Cross FCS 5 6 85.1 188
83 Houston FBS 8 5 112.1 114
244 Houston Baptist FCS 1 10 66.1 208
216 Howard FCS 4 6 77.8 218
187 Idaho FCS 4 7 86.7 136
149 Idaho State FCS 6 5 94.9 161
108 Illinois FBS 4 8 104.3 62
114 Illinois State FCS 6 5 102.3 150
165 Incarnate Word FCS 6 5 91.5 166
60 Indiana FBS 5 7 117.0 21
141 Indiana State FCS 7 4 96.8 174
17 Iowa FBS 9 4 130.3 38
33 Iowa State FBS 8 5 124.5 33
229 Jackson State FCS 5 5 72.6 228
254 Jacksonville FCS 2 8 55.8 252
138 Jacksonville State FCS 9 4 97.9 202
90 James Madison FCS 9 4 110.0 149
94 Kansas FBS 3 9 109.2 49
62 Kansas State FBS 5 7 116.6 37
107 Kennesaw State FCS 11 2 104.6 217
157 Kent State FBS 2 10 93.0 96
18 Kentucky FBS 10 3 129.9 39
230 Lafayette FCS 3 8 72.4 199
173 Lamar FCS 7 5 88.6 209
231 Lehigh FCS 3 8 72.0 200
119 Liberty FBS 6 6 100.9 124
96 Louisiana Tech FBS 8 5 107.7 118
105 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 7 7 106.1 93
113 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 6 6 102.8 109
118 Louisville FBS 2 10 101.1 3
11 LSU FBS 10 3 131.7 27
112 Maine FCS 10 4 103.2 143
237 Marist FCS 5 6 69.7 248
75 Marshall FBS 9 4 113.3 110
57 Maryland FBS 5 7 118.1 23
133 Massachusetts FBS 4 8 98.4 86
184 McNeese State FCS 6 5 87.0 193
65 Memphis FBS 8 6 115.5 103
183 Mercer FCS 5 6 87.0 180
42 Miami(Florida) FBS 7 6 122.0 65
79 Miami(Ohio) FBS 6 6 112.7 78
7 Michigan FBS 10 3 136.0 18
37 Michigan State FBS 7 6 122.6 20
82 Middle Tennessee FBS 8 6 112.2 80
47 Minnesota FBS 7 6 120.9 40
72 Mississippi FBS 5 7 114.4 50
13 Mississippi State FBS 8 5 131.3 32
255 Mississippi Valley State FCS 1 10 54.7 236
22 Missouri FBS 8 5 129.3 24
188 Missouri State FCS 4 7 86.7 138
174 Monmouth FCS 8 3 88.4 216
156 Montana FCS 6 5 93.5 177
135 Montana State FCS 8 5 98.0 148
253 Morehead State FCS 3 8 56.7 251
224 Morgan State FCS 4 7 75.6 215
198 Murray State FCS 5 6 84.4 183
111 Navy FBS 3 10 103.4 67
64 Nebraska FBS 4 8 115.9 34
80 Nevada FBS 8 5 112.7 91
154 New Hampshire FCS 4 7 93.5 134
137 New Mexico FBS 3 9 97.9 83
168 New Mexico State FBS 3 9 90.5 112
121 Nicholls State FCS 9 4 100.7 175
235 Norfolk State FCS 4 7 70.1 230
212 North Alabama FCS 7 3 79.4 246
103 North Carolina FBS 2 9 106.4 57
148 North Carolina A&T FCS 10 2 94.9 225
232 North Carolina Central FCS 5 6 72.0 240
29 North Carolina State FBS 9 4 125.3 56
158 North Dakota FCS 6 5 92.7 181
31 North Dakota State FCS 15 0 124.6 139
85 North Texas FBS 9 4 111.9 126
185 Northern Arizona FCS 4 6 86.9 167
214 Northern Colorado FCS 2 9 78.5 168
76 Northern Illinois FBS 8 6 113.3 69
115 Northern Iowa FCS 7 6 102.3 133
28 Northwestern FBS 9 5 125.6 12
201 Northwestern State FCS 5 6 84.0 186
5 Notre Dame FBS 12 1 138.4 10
56 Ohio FBS 9 4 118.2 119
4 Ohio State FBS 13 1 138.9 29
6 Oklahoma FBS 12 2 138.1 5
38 Oklahoma State FBS 7 6 122.3 41
146 Old Dominion FBS 4 8 95.6 127
32 Oregon FBS 9 4 124.5 64
116 Oregon State FBS 2 10 101.9 30
12 Penn State FBS 9 4 131.3 26
182 Pennsylvania FCS 6 4 87.1 197
40 Pittsburgh FBS 7 7 122.2 2
179 Portland State FCS 4 7 87.3 154
213 Prairie View A&M FCS 5 6 78.7 231
246 Presbyterian FCS 2 8 63.6 235
78 Princeton FCS 10 0 112.8 212
48 Purdue FBS 6 7 120.9 7
147 Rhode Island FCS 6 5 95.4 160
171 Rice FBS 2 11 89.2 108
189 Richmond FCS 4 7 86.4 152
250 Robert Morris FCS 2 9 59.3 227
122 Rutgers FBS 1 11 100.6 35
218 Sacramento State FCS 2 8 76.5 184
190 Sacred Heart FCS 7 4 85.5 226
178 Sam Houston State FCS 6 5 87.4 205
142 Samford FCS 6 5 96.3 190
192 San Diego FCS 9 3 85.3 239
92 San Diego State FBS 7 6 109.7 81
136 San Jose State FBS 1 11 97.9 61
234 Savannah State FCS 2 8 71.1 198
101 SMU FBS 5 7 106.5 79
160 South Alabama FBS 3 9 92.5 106
34 South Carolina FBS 7 6 123.6 17
206 South Carolina State FCS 5 6 80.9 206
161 South Dakota FCS 4 7 92.4 132
77 South Dakota State FCS 10 3 112.9 146
95 South Florida FBS 7 6 108.4 89
144 Southeast Missouri State FCS 9 4 96.0 191
195 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 4 7 84.9 164
196 Southern FCS 7 4 84.7 224
54 Southern California FBS 5 7 118.7 22
186 Southern Illinois FCS 2 9 86.8 131
100 Southern Mississippi FBS 6 5 106.9 128
226 Southern Utah FCS 1 10 74.4 162
225 St. Francis(PA) FCS 4 7 74.6 243
23 Stanford FBS 9 4 129.0 13
222 Stephen F. Austin FCS 2 8 75.9 173
233 Stetson FCS 8 2 71.5 253
128 Stony Brook FCS 7 5 98.8 163
21 Syracuse FBS 10 3 129.3 60
45 TCU FBS 7 6 121.4 25
55 Temple FBS 8 5 118.3 77
63 Tennessee FBS 5 7 116.1 19
193 Tennessee State FCS 4 5 85.3 189
240 Tennessee Tech FCS 1 10 68.2 165
204 Tennessee-Martin FCS 2 9 82.3 169
15 Texas FBS 10 4 130.5 4
14 Texas A&M FBS 9 4 131.1 9
249 Texas Southern FCS 2 9 60.3 237
166 Texas State FBS 3 9 90.8 130
50 Texas Tech FBS 5 7 119.8 36
88 Toledo FBS 7 6 110.9 120
126 Towson FCS 7 5 99.8 147
67 Troy FBS 10 3 115.2 116
86 Tulane FBS 7 6 111.9 73
123 Tulsa FBS 3 9 100.3 90
61 UAB FBS 11 3 116.9 123
97 UC-Davis FCS 10 3 107.6 145
73 UCLA FBS 3 9 114.1 1
131 UNLV FBS 4 8 98.6 104
19 Utah FBS 9 5 129.4 15
27 Utah State FBS 11 2 125.9 121
202 UTEP FBS 1 11 83.8 125
159 UTSA FBS 3 9 92.6 101
251 Valparaiso FCS 2 9 59.0 249
51 Vanderbilt FBS 6 7 119.6 31
150 Villanova FCS 5 6 94.8 156
44 Virginia FBS 8 5 121.4 66
66 Virginia Tech FBS 6 7 115.3 58
239 VMI FCS 1 10 69.1 171
220 Wagner FCS 4 7 76.4 207
49 Wake Forest FBS 7 6 120.1 42
9 Washington FBS 10 4 132.2 16
8 Washington State FBS 11 2 133.2 51
110 Weber State FCS 10 3 103.9 157
16 West Virginia FBS 8 4 130.5 28
215 Western Carolina FCS 3 8 78.5 187
143 Western Illinois FCS 5 6 96.3 135
134 Western Kentucky FBS 3 9 98.2 113
106 Western Michigan FBS 7 6 105.7 100
175 William & Mary FCS 4 6 88.2 140
41 Wisconsin FBS 8 5 122.1 52
124 Wofford FCS 9 4 100.0 182
84 Wyoming FBS 6 6 112.1 72
167 Yale FCS 5 5 90.7 172
163 Youngstown State FCS 4 7 92.0 141