2017 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated: Tuesday, January 9, 2018 - 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 254 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 254 is weakest)
OVERALL RATINGS W L RATING SS
1 Alabama FBS 13 1 142.3 22
2 Georgia FBS 13 2 141.4 3
3 Ohio State FBS 12 2 140.9 11
4 Clemson FBS 12 2 139.4 8
5 Penn State FBS 11 2 139.1 24
6 Oklahoma FBS 12 2 138.2 16
7 Wisconsin FBS 13 1 138.1 33
8 Notre Dame FBS 10 3 135.2 2
9 Auburn FBS 10 4 134.3 5
10 Washington FBS 10 3 133.7 48
11 Central Florida FBS 13 0 132.8 71
12 TCU FBS 11 3 131.3 43
13 Oklahoma State FBS 10 3 131.0 41
14 Southern California FBS 11 3 130.2 13
15 Miami(Florida) FBS 10 3 129.6 20
16 Michigan State FBS 10 3 129.0 12
17 Stanford FBS 9 5 128.8 15
18 N.C. State FBS 9 4 128.5 10
19 Iowa FBS 8 5 128.4 4
20 Virginia Tech FBS 9 4 127.8 47
21 Mississippi State FBS 9 4 127.0 40
22 Iowa State FBS 8 5 126.8 19
23 Northwestern FBS 10 3 126.7 42
24 LSU FBS 9 4 126.3 44
25 Michigan FBS 8 5 125.6 17
26 Wake Forest FBS 8 5 125.2 23
27 South Carolina FBS 9 4 124.2 35
28 Louisville FBS 8 5 124.1 53
29 Washington State FBS 9 4 123.8 38
30 Texas FBS 7 6 123.6 34
31 Memphis FBS 10 3 123.3 74
32 Boston College FBS 7 6 123.3 7
33 North Dakota State FCS 14 1 122.9 155
34 Florida State FBS 7 6 122.6 36
35 Kansas State FBS 8 5 122.6 56
36 Boise State FBS 11 3 122.4 70
37 Oregon FBS 7 6 122.0 39
38 Purdue FBS 7 6 121.4 28
39 Florida Atlantic FBS 11 3 121.1 101
40 James Madison FCS 14 1 120.7 139
41 South Florida FBS 10 2 120.5 96
42 Utah FBS 7 6 120.4 60
43 Georgia Tech FBS 5 6 120.4 6
44 Duke FBS 7 6 120.2 58
45 Texas Tech FBS 6 7 119.3 21
46 Arizona State FBS 7 6 119.1 25
47 Texas A&M FBS 7 6 118.5 54
48 West Virginia FBS 7 6 118.5 55
49 Missouri FBS 7 6 118.3 64
50 Arizona FBS 7 6 118.2 66
51 San Diego State FBS 10 3 118.1 90
52 Fresno State FBS 10 4 117.5 83
53 Army FBS 10 3 117.4 89
54 Toledo FBS 11 3 117.2 99
55 UCLA FBS 6 7 117.0 14
56 Navy FBS 7 6 116.9 62
57 California FBS 5 7 116.3 30
58 Indiana FBS 5 7 115.9 37
59 Troy FBS 11 2 115.4 131
60 Kentucky FBS 7 6 115.2 59
61 Pittsburgh FBS 5 7 115.0 27
62 Houston FBS 7 5 114.5 76
63 Appalachian State FBS 9 4 113.7 126
64 Ohio FBS 9 4 113.6 122
65 Mississippi FBS 6 6 113.5 61
66 Minnesota FBS 5 7 113.4 51
67 Florida FBS 4 7 112.9 26
68 Weber State FCS 11 3 112.9 151
69 Syracuse FBS 4 8 112.8 18
70 Northern Illinois FBS 8 5 112.0 95
71 Virginia FBS 6 7 111.4 52
72 Maryland FBS 4 8 111.3 1
73 Western Illinois FCS 8 4 111.1 128
74 Temple FBS 7 6 111.0 75
75 South Dakota State FCS 11 3 110.9 165
76 Nebraska FBS 4 8 110.7 9
77 Wyoming FBS 8 5 110.2 110
78 North Carolina FBS 3 9 110.2 32
79 Marshall FBS 8 5 110.1 108
80 Colorado FBS 5 7 110.1 67
81 Northern Iowa FCS 8 5 109.8 114
82 Arkansas FBS 4 8 108.9 49
83 SMU FBS 7 6 108.8 79
84 Vanderbilt FBS 5 7 108.8 65
85 Colorado State FBS 7 6 108.3 106
86 Louisiana Tech FBS 7 6 108.1 112
87 North Texas FBS 9 5 108.1 97
88 Central Michigan FBS 8 5 108.0 100
89 Tulane FBS 5 7 107.6 69
90 Southern Utah FCS 9 3 107.5 134
91 Tennessee FBS 4 8 107.2 57
92 Western Michigan FBS 6 6 107.2 102
93 Youngstown State FCS 6 5 106.9 138
94 Utah State FBS 6 7 106.7 98
95 Rutgers FBS 4 8 106.3 50
96 Southern Mississippi FBS 8 5 106.3 127
97 Central Arkansas FCS 10 2 106.1 194
98 Buffalo FBS 6 6 106.1 104
99 Jacksonville State FCS 10 2 106.1 183
100 Stony Brook FCS 10 3 106.0 162
101 Eastern Michigan FBS 5 7 105.8 93
102 Samford FCS 8 4 105.7 145
103 Yale FCS 9 1 105.5 209
104 Arkansas State FBS 7 5 105.1 158
105 Furman FCS 8 5 105.1 149
106 Kennesaw State FCS 12 2 105.0 195
107 Middle Tennessee FBS 7 6 104.8 116
108 Air Force FBS 5 7 104.5 86
109 Illinois State FCS 6 5 104.3 144
110 Florida International FBS 8 5 104.2 118
111 Sam Houston State FCS 12 2 104.0 186
112 UTSA FBS 6 5 103.8 142
113 Richmond FCS 6 5 103.5 135
114 Wofford FCS 10 3 103.4 163
115 Baylor FBS 1 11 103.3 29
116 Eastern Washington FCS 7 4 103.1 132
117 Akron FBS 7 7 103.0 88
118 Miami(Ohio) FBS 5 7 102.5 109
119 Delaware FCS 7 4 102.5 148
120 South Dakota FCS 8 5 102.1 174
121 New Mexico State FBS 7 6 101.6 124
122 Elon FCS 8 4 101.3 129
123 UAB FBS 8 5 101.3 154
124 New Hampshire FCS 9 5 100.9 153
125 BYU FBS 4 9 100.5 81
126 Massachusetts FBS 4 8 100.3 107
127 Cincinnati FBS 4 8 99.9 73
128 Illinois FBS 2 10 99.8 45
129 Georgia State FBS 7 5 99.8 130
130 Nevada FBS 3 9 99.8 80
131 Villanova FCS 5 6 99.5 152
132 UNLV FBS 5 7 99.4 111
133 North Carolina A&T FCS 12 0 99.2 236
134 Sacramento State FCS 7 4 99.1 172
135 Montana FCS 7 4 99.0 173
136 Tulsa FBS 2 10 98.6 68
137 Mercer FCS 5 6 98.3 137
138 Northern Arizona FCS 7 5 98.3 156
139 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 4 8 98.0 91
140 Western Kentucky FBS 6 7 97.9 133
141 McNeese State FCS 9 2 97.8 219
142 Montana State FCS 5 6 97.7 140
143 Idaho FBS 4 8 96.6 117
144 Maine FCS 4 6 96.5 143
145 Connecticut FBS 3 9 96.5 72
146 Old Dominion FBS 5 7 96.3 105
147 East Carolina FBS 3 9 96.3 63
148 Austin Peay FCS 8 4 96.2 178
149 UC-Davis FCS 5 6 95.6 157
150 Dartmouth FCS 8 2 95.6 215
151 Oregon State FBS 1 11 95.5 46
152 Kansas FBS 1 11 95.5 31
153 Southern Illinois FCS 4 7 95.4 147
154 San Diego FCS 10 3 95.4 232
155 South Alabama FBS 4 8 95.3 121
156 Monmouth FCS 9 3 95.1 206
157 Bowling Green FBS 2 10 95.0 77
158 Western Carolina FCS 7 5 94.9 185
159 Columbia FCS 8 2 94.7 218
160 New Mexico FBS 3 9 94.5 87
161 Colgate FCS 7 4 94.2 212
162 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 6 5 94.0 203
163 Pennsylvania FCS 6 4 93.9 188
164 Albany FCS 4 7 93.7 159
165 Hawaii FBS 3 9 93.7 103
166 Nicholls State FCS 8 4 93.7 201
167 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 5 7 93.4 123
168 Tennessee-Martin FCS 6 5 92.6 200
169 Georgia Southern FBS 2 10 92.4 92
170 Princeton FCS 5 5 92.2 208
171 Coastal Carolina FBS 3 9 91.8 120
172 Central Connecticut State FCS 8 4 91.5 211
173 Towson FCS 5 6 91.4 161
174 Missouri State FCS 3 8 90.9 119
175 Liberty FCS 6 5 90.0 205
176 Charleston Southern FCS 6 5 89.9 207
177 Citadel FCS 5 6 89.8 166
178 Kent State FBS 2 10 89.8 78
179 Duquesne FCS 7 4 89.7 223
180 Rhode Island FCS 3 8 89.3 141
181 Bethune-Cookman FCS 7 4 89.3 192
182 Grambling State FCS 11 2 89.0 241
183 Chattanooga FCS 3 8 88.6 150
184 Eastern Illinois FCS 6 5 87.5 182
185 North Dakota FCS 3 8 87.5 146
186 Harvard FCS 5 5 87.3 210
187 Charlotte FBS 1 11 86.9 94
188 William & Mary FCS 2 9 86.8 136
189 Rice FBS 1 11 86.4 85
190 San Jose State FBS 2 11 86.2 84
191 Eastern Kentucky FCS 4 7 85.9 175
192 Texas State FBS 2 10 85.6 125
193 Tennessee State FCS 6 5 85.4 228
194 Northern Colorado FCS 3 7 85.4 168
195 Idaho State FCS 4 7 84.8 170
196 St. Francis(PA) FCS 5 6 84.4 227
197 Howard FCS 7 4 84.4 222
198 Holy Cross FCS 4 7 84.2 198
199 Southeast Missouri State FCS 3 8 83.7 189
200 UTEP FBS 0 12 83.7 82
201 Cornell FCS 3 7 83.6 177
202 East Tennessee State FCS 4 7 83.3 179
203 Lehigh FCS 5 7 83.2 202
204 North Carolina Central FCS 7 4 83.2 230
205 Ball State FBS 2 10 82.8 113
206 Alcorn State FCS 7 5 82.8 235
207 Northwestern State FCS 4 7 82.6 181
208 Stephen F. Austin FCS 4 7 82.1 184
209 Bryant FCS 6 5 81.5 220
210 Murray State FCS 3 8 80.8 187
211 Wagner FCS 4 7 79.9 214
212 Abilene Christian FCS 2 9 79.9 176
213 Fordham FCS 4 7 79.5 191
214 Southern FCS 7 4 79.3 234
215 Presbyterian FCS 4 7 78.9 193
216 Cal Poly FCS 1 10 78.9 164
217 Sacred Heart FCS 4 7 78.4 221
218 Drake FCS 7 4 78.1 242
219 Hampton FCS 6 5 78.0 233
220 Prairie View A&M FCS 6 5 77.1 245
221 Tennessee Tech FCS 1 10 76.6 171
222 Indiana State FCS 0 11 76.4 115
223 Bucknell FCS 5 6 76.4 229
224 Gardner-Webb FCS 1 10 75.9 180
225 Dayton FCS 5 6 74.3 244
226 Lamar FCS 2 9 74.0 196
227 Norfolk State FCS 4 7 73.6 226
228 Butler FCS 6 5 73.6 249
229 Portland State FCS 0 11 73.3 160
230 Lafayette FCS 3 8 73.0 213
231 Florida A&M FCS 3 8 72.9 225
232 South Carolina State FCS 3 7 72.9 237
233 Valparaiso FCS 6 5 72.2 250
234 Brown FCS 2 8 72.0 199
235 Houston Baptist FCS 1 10 72.0 197
236 Campbell FCS 6 5 71.7 254
237 Savannah State FCS 3 8 70.6 216
238 Alabama State FCS 5 6 70.4 243
239 Jacksonville FCS 7 4 69.8 252
240 Robert Morris FCS 2 9 69.3 204
241 Incarnate Word FCS 1 10 68.9 167
242 Alabama A&M FCS 4 7 67.8 240
243 Delaware State FCS 2 9 67.3 190
244 Jackson State FCS 3 8 67.3 231
245 VMI FCS 0 11 67.0 169
246 Georgetown FCS 1 10 65.8 224
247 Morgan State FCS 1 10 64.7 217
248 Marist FCS 4 7 62.6 247
249 Texas Southern FCS 2 9 60.6 238
250 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 2 9 57.0 248
251 Stetson FCS 2 9 56.7 246
252 Morehead State FCS 4 7 56.6 251
253 Mississippi Valley State FCS 2 9 53.5 239
254 Davidson FCS 2 9 52.9 253