2016 College Football Power Ratings


Last updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 - 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 253 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 253 is weakest)
OVERALL RATINGS W L RATING SS
1 Alabama FBS 14 1 147.2 1
2 Clemson FBS 14 1 145.6 2
3 Washington FBS 12 2 139.7 11
4 Ohio State FBS 11 2 138.6 3
5 Michigan FBS 10 3 137.9 36
6 Oklahoma FBS 11 2 135.2 22
7 Florida State FBS 10 3 133.9 4
8 Southern California FBS 10 3 133.6 6
9 Penn State FBS 11 3 132.7 16
10 Louisiana State FBS 8 4 132.3 7
11 Wisconsin FBS 11 3 131.8 14
12 Louisville FBS 9 4 130.4 47
13 Oklahoma State FBS 10 3 129.7 48
14 Miami(Florida) FBS 9 4 129.3 49
15 Virginia Tech FBS 10 4 129.2 18
16 Stanford FBS 10 3 128.7 17
17 Auburn FBS 8 5 128.3 26
18 Colorado FBS 10 4 128.3 9
19 West Virginia FBS 10 3 127.9 25
20 Florida FBS 9 4 126.9 8
21 North Carolina FBS 8 5 126.8 10
22 Western Michigan FBS 13 1 126.7 103
23 Kansas State FBS 9 4 126.5 56
24 Washington State FBS 8 5 126.2 27
25 Tennessee FBS 9 4 125.6 30
26 Western Kentucky FBS 11 3 125.3 98
27 Pittsburgh FBS 8 5 124.9 12
28 Georgia Tech FBS 9 4 124.0 34
29 Iowa FBS 8 5 123.9 35
30 Texas A&M FBS 8 5 123.3 50
31 Utah FBS 9 4 123.3 53
32 James Madison FCS 14 1 123.0 138
33 Minnesota FBS 9 4 122.9 60
34 Temple FBS 10 4 122.4 81
35 South Florida FBS 11 2 122.4 82
36 North Carolina State FBS 7 6 121.6 24
37 Nebraska FBS 9 4 121.4 55
38 Boise State FBS 10 3 121.3 74
39 Northwestern FBS 7 6 121.3 28
40 Tulsa FBS 10 3 121.1 86
41 Brigham Young FBS 9 4 120.8 70
42 Houston FBS 9 4 120.2 80
43 San Diego State FBS 11 3 120.1 100
44 North Dakota State FCS 12 2 119.7 102
45 Appalachian State FBS 10 3 119.1 95
46 Georgia FBS 8 5 119.0 52
47 Memphis FBS 8 5 118.0 71
48 Texas Christian FBS 6 7 117.9 39
49 Mississippi FBS 5 7 117.9 5
50 Baylor FBS 7 6 117.9 63
51 Arkansas FBS 7 6 117.5 45
52 Toledo FBS 9 4 117.1 94
53 Notre Dame FBS 4 8 116.1 38
54 Vanderbilt FBS 6 7 116.1 42
55 Navy FBS 9 5 116.0 68
56 Wake Forest FBS 7 6 116.0 51
57 Eastern Washington FCS 12 2 115.7 136
58 Troy FBS 10 3 115.2 124
59 Air Force FBS 10 3 115.0 120
60 Kentucky FBS 7 6 114.9 59
61 Mississippi State FBS 6 7 114.9 46
62 Texas FBS 5 7 114.8 41
63 California FBS 5 7 114.7 15
64 Youngstown State FCS 12 4 114.7 105
65 Louisiana Tech FBS 9 5 114.4 90
66 Texas Tech FBS 5 7 114.0 54
67 Colorado State FBS 7 6 113.9 77
68 Indiana FBS 6 7 113.9 57
69 UCLA FBS 4 8 113.8 20
70 Duke FBS 4 8 113.5 23
71 Boston College FBS 7 6 112.7 61
72 Oregon FBS 4 8 112.0 19
73 Old Dominion FBS 10 3 111.3 131
74 Oregon State FBS 4 8 111.3 33
75 Arizona State FBS 5 7 111.2 31
76 Wyoming FBS 8 6 111.1 73
77 Arkansas State FBS 8 5 111.1 114
78 Michigan State FBS 3 9 110.8 29
79 South Carolina FBS 6 7 110.8 58
80 New Mexico FBS 9 4 110.7 121
81 Iowa State FBS 3 9 110.6 37
82 Central Florida FBS 6 7 110.3 76
83 South Dakota State FCS 9 4 109.9 115
84 Idaho FBS 9 4 109.8 99
85 Syracuse FBS 4 8 109.5 13
86 Missouri FBS 4 8 109.5 65
87 Maryland FBS 6 7 109.4 66
88 Army FBS 8 5 108.3 132
89 Ohio FBS 8 6 108.1 104
90 Wofford FCS 10 4 107.8 143
91 Jacksonville State FCS 10 2 107.4 153
92 Northern Iowa FCS 5 6 106.8 118
93 Chattanooga FCS 9 4 106.4 166
94 Northern Illinois FBS 5 7 106.4 88
95 Villanova FCS 9 4 106.2 148
96 Southern Methodist FBS 5 7 106.1 64
97 Arizona FBS 3 9 105.9 21
98 Southern Mississippi FBS 7 6 105.4 129
99 Middle Tennessee FBS 8 5 105.3 130
100 Sam Houston State FCS 12 1 105.2 193
101 Central Arkansas FCS 10 3 105.2 162
102 Citadel FCS 10 2 104.9 145
103 Eastern Michigan FBS 7 6 104.6 125
104 Virginia FBS 2 10 104.6 32
105 UTSA FBS 6 7 104.4 119
106 Illinois FBS 3 9 104.4 44
107 Miami(Ohio) FBS 6 7 104.3 111
108 Georgia Southern FBS 5 7 104.0 97
109 Central Michigan FBS 6 7 103.8 92
110 Charleston Southern FCS 7 4 103.6 156
111 Tulane FBS 4 8 103.5 79
112 Richmond FCS 10 4 103.2 149
113 Cincinnati FBS 4 8 102.8 72
114 New Hampshire FCS 8 5 102.7 139
115 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 6 7 102.6 113
116 Coastal Carolina FCS 10 2 102.6 211
117 Princeton FCS 8 2 102.5 212
118 Utah State FBS 3 9 102.3 69
119 Illinois State FCS 6 6 102.3 134
120 Hawaii FBS 7 7 102.1 91
121 Samford FCS 7 5 101.1 141
122 North Dakota FCS 9 3 100.7 173
123 South Alabama FBS 6 7 100.5 126
124 East Carolina FBS 3 9 100.3 67
125 Western Illinois FCS 6 5 100.3 133
126 Purdue FBS 3 9 100.1 62
127 Lehigh FCS 9 3 100.0 181
128 Akron FBS 5 7 99.9 101
129 Nevada FBS 5 7 99.6 128
130 Kansas FBS 2 10 99.4 43
131 Southern Utah FCS 6 5 98.8 150
132 Ball State FBS 4 8 98.8 122
133 South Dakota FCS 4 7 98.5 112
134 San Jose State FBS 4 8 98.5 83
135 Rutgers FBS 2 10 97.9 40
136 North Texas FBS 5 8 97.7 110
137 Bowling Green FBS 4 8 97.6 87
138 Kent State FBS 3 9 97.5 89
139 San Diego FCS 10 2 97.5 220
140 Albany FCS 7 4 97.4 182
141 Maine FCS 6 5 96.4 140
142 Montana FCS 6 5 96.4 191
143 Georgia State FBS 3 9 96.3 96
144 UNLV FBS 4 8 96.3 117
145 Fordham FCS 8 3 96.3 210
146 Connecticut FBS 3 9 96.2 75
147 Cal Poly FCS 7 5 96.0 155
148 Pennsylvania FCS 7 3 96.0 205
149 Florida International FBS 4 8 95.2 116
150 Grambling State FCS 12 1 95.0 246
151 Southern Illinois FCS 4 7 95.0 147
152 Northern Arizona FCS 5 6 94.9 171
153 Mercer FCS 6 5 94.9 152
154 Liberty FCS 6 5 94.8 170
155 Rice FBS 3 9 94.7 108
156 Massachusetts FBS 2 10 94.6 78
157 New Mexico State FBS 3 9 94.0 85
158 Colgate FCS 5 5 94.0 194
159 Kennesaw State FCS 8 3 93.8 232
160 Marshall FBS 3 9 93.7 123
161 Charlotte FBS 4 8 93.7 127
162 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 4 8 93.5 84
163 William & Mary FCS 5 6 93.2 163
164 Indiana State FCS 4 7 93.0 137
165 Weber State FCS 7 5 92.7 165
166 Tennessee-Martin FCS 7 5 92.7 208
167 Furman FCS 3 8 92.7 144
168 Tennessee Tech FCS 5 6 92.4 169
169 Eastern Illinois FCS 6 5 92.3 178
170 UTEP FBS 4 8 92.1 135
171 Florida Atlantic FBS 3 9 92.0 107
172 Stony Brook FCS 5 6 92.0 158
173 Duquesne FCS 8 3 92.0 215
174 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 7 4 91.9 189
175 McNeese State FCS 6 5 91.8 202
176 Northern Colorado FCS 6 5 91.5 177
177 Delaware FCS 4 7 90.8 154
178 Harvard FCS 7 3 90.8 217
179 Nicholls State FCS 5 6 90.5 180
180 Fresno State FBS 1 11 90.5 93
181 St. Francis(PA) FCS 7 5 90.0 207
182 Buffalo FBS 2 10 89.6 109
183 North Carolina A&T FCS 9 3 89.5 223
184 Montana State FCS 4 7 89.4 174
185 Gardner-Webb FCS 5 6 89.1 197
186 Towson FCS 4 7 88.2 164
187 Portland State FCS 3 8 88.1 151
188 Missouri State FCS 4 7 86.8 146
189 North Carolina Central FCS 9 3 86.7 229
190 Tennessee State FCS 7 4 86.4 219
191 Southern FCS 8 3 85.7 240
192 Southeast Missouri State FCS 3 8 85.6 176
193 Dartmouth FCS 4 6 85.4 198
194 Virginia Military FCS 3 8 85.0 168
195 California-Davis FCS 3 8 84.9 161
196 South Carolina State FCS 5 6 84.7 204
197 Dayton FCS 9 2 84.4 249
198 Western Carolina FCS 2 9 84.3 142
199 Wagner FCS 6 5 83.7 228
200 Bucknell FCS 4 7 83.7 201
201 Stephen F. Austin FCS 5 6 83.6 192
202 Monmouth FCS 4 7 83.5 187
203 Texas State FBS 2 10 83.5 106
204 Murray State FCS 4 7 82.9 184
205 East Tennessee State FCS 5 6 82.0 188
206 Bryant FCS 5 6 81.7 222
207 Holy Cross FCS 4 7 80.9 195
208 Cornell FCS 4 6 80.8 203
209 Prairie View A&M FCS 7 4 80.8 237
210 Lamar FCS 3 8 80.7 179
211 Sacred Heart FCS 6 5 80.5 233
212 Eastern Kentucky FCS 3 8 80.2 199
213 Columbia FCS 3 7 79.4 206
214 Yale FCS 3 7 79.3 186
215 Houston Baptist FCS 4 7 79.2 183
216 Idaho State FCS 2 9 78.3 159
217 Rhode Island FCS 2 9 78.0 157
218 Brown FCS 4 6 77.9 214
219 Abilene Christian FCS 2 9 77.7 185
220 Drake FCS 7 4 77.6 241
221 Alcorn State FCS 5 6 77.4 234
222 Lafayette FCS 2 9 77.2 175
223 Bethune-Cookman FCS 4 6 76.8 236
224 Hampton FCS 5 6 76.8 226
225 Presbyterian FCS 2 9 75.8 167
226 Georgetown FCS 3 8 75.4 213
227 Sacramento State FCS 2 9 74.5 190
228 Elon FCS 2 9 74.4 172
229 Incarnate Word FCS 3 8 74.4 209
230 Central Connecticut State FCS 2 9 73.4 200
231 Northwestern State FCS 1 10 72.5 196
232 Norfolk State FCS 4 7 72.0 230
233 Florida A&M FCS 4 7 72.0 218
234 Austin Peay FCS 0 11 71.0 160
235 Robert Morris FCS 2 9 69.6 216
236 Texas Southern FCS 4 7 69.6 239
237 Alabama State FCS 4 7 69.5 244
238 Jacksonville FCS 5 5 69.2 251
239 Alabama A&M FCS 4 7 69.2 227
240 Marist FCS 5 6 69.1 245
241 Campbell FCS 5 5 67.3 253
242 Savannah State FCS 3 7 67.2 224
243 Morehead State FCS 4 7 66.8 248
244 Howard FCS 2 9 65.3 225
245 Jackson State FCS 3 8 65.2 238
246 Morgan State FCS 3 8 64.9 235
247 Stetson FCS 4 7 64.6 247
248 Valparaiso FCS 4 7 64.4 243
249 Butler FCS 4 7 64.3 250
250 Delaware State FCS 0 11 57.2 221
251 Davidson FCS 2 9 52.5 252
252 Mississippi Valley State FCS 1 10 52.0 231
253 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 1 10 48.0 242