2023 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated:  Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 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 261 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 261 is weakest)

*  = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
ALPHABETICAL RATINGS W L RATING SS
179 Abilene Christian FCS 5 6 90.2 165
62 Air Force FBS 9 4 115.6 111
178 Akron FBS 2 10 90.8 129
5 Alabama FBS 12 2 140.0 2
238 Alabama A&M FCS 5 6 73.5 252
204 Alabama State FCS 7 4 81.4 250
112 Albany FCS 11 4 104.0 150
205 Alcorn State FCS 7 4 81.4 244
61 Appalachian State FBS 9 5 116.0 76
16 Arizona FBS 10 3 131.6 45
97 Arizona State* FBS 3 9 107.7 7
77 Arkansas FBS 4 8 112.3 56
107 Arkansas State FBS 6 7 105.9 104
259 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 2 9 61.7 240
98 Army FBS 6 6 107.5 113
44 Auburn FBS 6 7 119.8 32
121 Austin Peay FCS 9 3 102.0 167
127 Ball State FBS 4 8 100.7 110
108 Baylor FBS 3 9 105.8 58
233 Bethune-Cookman FCS 3 8 74.6 219
43 Boise State FBS 8 6 120.1 69
76 Boston College FBS 7 6 112.7 68
79 Bowling Green FBS 7 6 112.2 86
201 Brown FCS 5 5 82.2 209
180 Bryant FCS 6 5 90.1 204
214 Bucknell FCS 4 7 78.8 202
147 Buffalo FBS 3 9 97.3 116
219 Butler FCS 7 4 78.1 258
69 BYU FBS 5 7 113.8 28
236 Cal Poly FCS 3 8 73.8 180
54 California FBS 6 7 118.2 12
190 Campbell FCS 5 6 86.2 186
148 Central Arkansas FCS 7 4 97.2 185
256 Central Connecticut State FCS 3 8 63.3 255
47 Central Florida FBS 6 7 119.3 54
122 Central Michigan FBS 5 7 101.7 107
218 Charleston Southern FCS 4 7 78.3 195
150 Charlotte FBS 3 9 96.9 95
145 Chattanooga FCS 8 5 97.6 164
100 Cincinnati FBS 3 9 107.3 59
251 Citadel FCS 0 11 66.1 175
18 Clemson FBS 9 4 127.5 51
68 Coastal Carolina FBS 8 5 113.8 82
192 Colgate FCS 6 5 85.0 183
82 Colorado FBS 4 8 111.5 14
116 Colorado State FBS 5 7 103.3 108
211 Columbia FCS 3 7 79.3 212
138 Connecticut FBS 3 9 98.2 91
228 Cornell FCS 3 7 76.3 211
181 Dartmouth FCS 6 4 89.7 208
242 Davidson FCS 7 4 70.7 261
253 Dayton FCS 4 7 65.6 260
126 Delaware FCS 9 4 100.8 170
260 Delaware State FCS 1 10 60.7 228
209 Drake FCS 8 4 80.6 231
29 Duke FBS 8 5 124.4 38
199 Duquesne FCS 7 5 82.9 222
123 East Carolina FBS 2 10 101.6 72
222 East Tennessee State FCS 3 8 77.6 190
176 Eastern Illinois FCS 8 3 91.1 217
167 Eastern Kentucky FCS 5 6 93.2 147
136 Eastern Michigan FBS 6 7 98.3 132
177 Eastern Washington FCS 4 7 91.1 148
160 Elon FCS 6 5 94.9 166
57 Florida FBS 5 7 117.5 34
152 Florida A&M FCS 12 1 96.5 243
114 Florida Atlantic FBS 4 8 103.4 99
166 Florida International FBS 4 8 93.7 127
9 Florida State FBS 13 1 135.7 46
188 Fordham FCS 6 5 87.6 218
74 Fresno State FBS 9 4 113.0 117
118 Furman FCS 10 3 102.7 179
162 Gardner-Webb FCS 7 5 94.7 163
212 Georgetown FCS 5 6 78.8 229
2 Georgia FBS 13 1 141.4 22
109 Georgia Southern FBS 6 7 105.4 112
90 Georgia State FBS 7 6 109.0 80
49 Georgia Tech FBS 7 6 119.1 48
223 Grambling State FCS 5 6 77.5 239
221 Hampton FCS 5 6 77.6 207
143 Harvard FCS 8 2 97.8 210
128 Hawaii FBS 5 8 100.6 84
141 Holy Cross FCS 7 4 98.0 184
88 Houston FBS 4 8 109.7 44
213 Houston Christian FCS 6 5 78.8 234
191 Howard FCS 6 6 85.0 221
104 Idaho FCS 9 4 106.2 151
197 Idaho State FCS 3 8 83.6 139
70 Illinois FBS 5 7 113.7 36
159 Illinois State FCS 6 5 94.9 199
174 Incarnate Word FCS 9 2 91.3 246
93 Indiana FBS 3 9 108.4 33
224 Indiana State FCS 1 10 77.5 153
28 Iowa FBS 10 4 124.5 24
33 Iowa State FBS 7 6 123.7 15
196 Jackson State FCS 7 4 83.8 233
72 Jacksonville State* FBS 9 4 113.2 128
30 James Madison* FBS 11 2 124.4 94
22 Kansas FBS 9 4 126.4 42
15 Kansas State FBS 9 4 132.3 23
226 Kennesaw State* FCS 3 6 76.7 247
193 Kent State FBS 1 11 84.8 126
41 Kentucky FBS 7 6 120.9 39
151 Lafayette FCS 9 3 96.7 197
194 Lamar FCS 6 5 84.5 225
240 Lehigh FCS 2 9 72.4 198
34 Liberty FBS 13 1 123.6 119
248 Lindenwood** FCS 3 7 67.6 238
231 Long Island FCS 4 7 75.3 226
161 Louisiana Tech FBS 3 9 94.9 122
105 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 6 7 106.0 125
164 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 2 10 93.8 73
20 Louisville FBS 10 4 127.1 41
13 LSU FBS 10 3 133.7 31
217 Maine FCS 2 9 78.3 181
257 Marist FCS 4 7 62.4 254
91 Marshall FBS 6 7 108.7 71
36 Maryland FBS 8 5 123.1 53
157 Massachusetts FBS 3 9 95.3 85
247 McNeese State FCS 1 10 67.8 187
45 Memphis FBS 10 3 119.6 93
144 Mercer FCS 9 4 97.7 169
230 Merrimack FCS 5 6 75.9 251
40 Miami(Florida) FBS 7 6 121.2 65
60 Miami(Ohio) FBS 11 3 116.6 131
1 Michigan FBS 15 0 146.6 5
84 Michigan State FBS 4 8 110.7 6
117 Middle Tennessee FBS 4 8 102.8 90
67 Minnesota FBS 6 7 114.0 35
14 Mississippi FBS 11 2 133.6 26
75 Mississippi State FBS 5 7 112.9 49
258 Mississippi Valley State FCS 1 10 62.0 237
10 Missouri FBS 11 2 134.9 10
158 Missouri State FCS 4 7 95.3 134
184 Monmouth FCS 4 7 88.5 189
80 Montana FCS 13 2 112.0 141
96 Montana State FCS 8 4 107.9 157
244 Morehead State FCS 4 7 69.7 245
207 Morgan State FCS 4 6 81.0 206
208 Murray State FCS 2 9 80.6 135
120 Navy FBS 5 7 102.1 118
66 Nebraska FBS 5 7 114.5 61
163 Nevada FBS 2 10 94.7 77
154 New Hampshire FCS 6 5 95.8 177
134 New Mexico FBS 4 8 99.3 102
83 New Mexico State FBS 10 5 111.4 124
170 Nicholls State FCS 7 5 92.8 168
239 Norfolk State FCS 3 8 73.1 227
189 North Alabama FCS 3 8 86.3 140
38 North Carolina FBS 8 5 121.5 66
234 North Carolina A&T FCS 1 10 74.5 173
182 North Carolina Central FCS 9 3 89.7 232
25 North Carolina State FBS 9 4 124.7 57
133 North Dakota FCS 7 5 99.4 152
81 North Dakota State FCS 11 4 111.7 144
113 North Texas FBS 5 7 103.5 114
156 Northern Arizona FCS 5 6 95.4 137
235 Northern Colorado FCS 0 11 74.4 149
101 Northern Illinois FBS 7 6 106.7 130
142 Northern Iowa FCS 6 5 97.8 138
52 Northwestern FBS 8 5 119.0 64
249 Northwestern State FCS 0 11 67.3 176
12 Notre Dame FBS 10 3 134.5 62
71 Ohio FBS 10 3 113.3 133
4 Ohio State FBS 11 2 140.4 8
11 Oklahoma FBS 10 3 134.7 21
32 Oklahoma State FBS 10 4 123.7 19
102 Old Dominion FBS 6 7 106.6 87
3 Oregon FBS 12 2 140.8 29
19 Oregon State FBS 8 5 127.4 13
8 Penn State FBS 10 3 137.9 25
183 Pennsylvania FCS 6 4 88.7 215
94 Pittsburgh FBS 3 9 108.3 47
173 Portland State FCS 5 6 91.5 172
215 Prairie View A&M FCS 6 6 78.5 214
255 Presbyterian FCS 4 7 63.4 259
187 Princeton FCS 5 5 87.6 205
73 Purdue FBS 4 8 113.0 17
175 Rhode Island FCS 6 5 91.3 178
95 Rice FBS 6 7 108.0 101
168 Richmond FCS 9 4 93.0 213
229 Robert Morris FCS 4 7 76.2 216
51 Rutgers FBS 7 6 119.0 43
132 Sacramento State FCS 8 5 99.4 156
250 Sacred Heart FCS 2 9 67.1 230
146 Sam Houston State* FBS 3 9 97.3 121
171 Samford FCS 6 5 92.5 200
245 San Diego FCS 4 7 68.4 257
119 San Diego State FBS 4 8 102.7 88
63 San Jose State FBS 7 6 114.9 79
21 SMU FBS 11 3 126.6 109
65 South Alabama FBS 7 6 114.5 105
53 South Carolina FBS 5 7 118.3 16
220 South Carolina State FCS 5 6 77.9 236
106 South Dakota FCS 10 3 106.0 143
24 South Dakota State FCS 15 0 125.8 136
92 South Florida FBS 7 6 108.4 103
185 Southeast Missouri State FCS 4 7 88.3 162
200 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 3 8 82.7 196
216 Southern FCS 6 5 78.4 248
23 Southern California FBS 8 5 126.4 9
111 Southern Illinois FCS 8 5 104.9 145
137 Southern Mississippi FBS 3 9 98.3 75
155 Southern Utah FCS 6 5 95.7 182
225 St. Francis(PA) FCS 4 6 77.3 235
206 St. Thomas* FCS 8 3 81.3 249
103 Stanford FBS 3 9 106.4 4
195 Stephen F. Austin FCS 3 8 84.4 174
261 Stetson FCS 3 8 58.9 256
237 Stonehill** FCS 5 5 73.6 242
243 Stony Brook FCS 0 10 70.1 155
78 Syracuse FBS 6 7 112.2 70
140 Tarleton State** FCS 8 3 98.1 201
50 TCU FBS 5 7 119.1 27
165 Temple FBS 3 9 93.8 115
17 Tennessee FBS 9 4 128.9 30
203 Tennessee State FCS 6 5 81.6 224
210 Tennessee Tech FCS 4 7 79.7 203
7 Texas FBS 12 2 139.3 3
27 Texas A&M FBS 7 6 124.5 52
241 Texas A&M-Commerce* FCS 2 9 71.3 191
232 Texas Southern FCS 3 8 75.2 223
87 Texas State FBS 8 5 110.3 120
39 Texas Tech FBS 7 6 121.5 11
56 Toledo FBS 11 3 117.6 123
186 Towson FCS 5 6 87.9 161
31 Troy FBS 11 3 124.1 83
46 Tulane FBS 11 3 119.5 81
130 Tulsa FBS 4 8 99.5 96
125 UAB FBS 4 8 100.8 100
139 UC-Davis FCS 7 4 98.1 158
37 UCLA FBS 8 5 122.0 67
64 UNLV FBS 9 5 114.8 78
26 Utah FBS 8 5 124.6 20
110 Utah State FBS 6 7 105.3 98
202 Utah Tech** FCS 2 9 81.7 142
135 UTEP FBS 3 9 98.6 89
129 UT-Martin FCS 8 3 100.2 171
58 UTSA FBS 9 4 117.0 97
254 Valparaiso FCS 3 8 64.8 253
115 Vanderbilt FBS 2 10 103.4 37
99 Villanova FCS 10 3 107.4 159
89 Virginia FBS 3 9 109.2 18
42 Virginia Tech FBS 7 6 120.5 60
198 VMI FCS 5 6 83.5 188
246 Wagner FCS 4 7 68.4 241
85 Wake Forest FBS 4 8 110.6 40
6 Washington FBS 14 1 139.9 1
59 Washington State FBS 5 7 116.9 50
153 Weber State FCS 6 5 95.9 160
35 West Virginia FBS 9 4 123.3 63
149 Western Carolina FCS 7 4 96.9 193
252 Western Illinois FCS 0 11 66.0 146
86 Western Kentucky FBS 8 5 110.5 106
131 Western Michigan FBS 4 8 99.5 92
172 William & Mary FCS 6 5 92.0 194
48 Wisconsin FBS 7 6 119.2 55
227 Wofford FCS 2 9 76.6 192
55 Wyoming FBS 9 4 117.7 74
169 Yale FCS 7 3 92.9 220
124 Youngstown State FCS 8 5 101.1 154