2026 College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Monday, September 28, 2026 - thru games of September 27
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 266 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 266 is weakest)
* = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
| | ALPHABETICAL RATINGS | | W | L | RATING | SS
|
| 167 | Abilene Christian | FCS | 1 | 4 | 90.7 | 100
|
| 128 | Air Force | FBS | 2 | 1 | 102.7 | 158
|
| 147 | Akron | FBS | 1 | 3 | 94.9 | 69
|
| 6 | Alabama | FBS | 4 | 0 | 141.6 | 12
|
| 227 | Alabama A&M | FCS | 4 | 1 | 76.6 | 264
|
| 179 | Alabama State | FCS | 3 | 1 | 87.4 | 256
|
| 208 | Albany | FCS | 2 | 3 | 80.9 | 212
|
| 243 | Alcorn State | FCS | 3 | 2 | 72.8 | 247
|
| 99 | Appalachian State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 108.8 | 126
|
| 40 | Arizona | FBS | 3 | 1 | 124.9 | 68
|
| 46 | Arizona State | FBS | 2 | 1 | 123.5 | 76
|
| 72 | Arkansas | FBS | 2 | 2 | 114.9 | 15
|
| 109 | Arkansas State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 106.2 | 101
|
| 255 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | FCS | 2 | 2 | 65.7 | 251
|
| 64 | Army | FBS | 2 | 1 | 117.5 | 118
|
| 29 | Auburn | FBS | 3 | 1 | 127.5 | 10
|
| 113 | Austin Peay | FCS | 4 | 1 | 105.0 | 186
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| 150 | Ball State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 94.2 | 34
|
| 48 | Baylor | FBS | 3 | 1 | 122.2 | 82
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| 244 | Bethune-Cookman | FCS | 2 | 2 | 72.2 | 254
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| 19 | Boise State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 131.0 | 8
|
| 115 | Boston College | FBS | 2 | 2 | 104.8 | 85
|
| 148 | Bowling Green | FBS | 0 | 4 | 94.4 | 22
|
| 210 | Brown | FCS | 1 | 1 | 80.1 | 236
|
| 194 | Bryant | FCS | 3 | 1 | 84.6 | 206
|
| 245 | Bucknell | FCS | 1 | 4 | 72.0 | 184
|
| 165 | Buffalo | FBS | 2 | 2 | 91.4 | 142
|
| 240 | Butler | FCS | 4 | 1 | 73.2 | 262
|
| 12 | BYU | FBS | 3 | 0 | 133.6 | 117
|
| 173 | Cal Poly | FCS | 3 | 2 | 89.0 | 204
|
| 81 | California | FBS | 2 | 2 | 113.1 | 67
|
| 156 | Campbell | FCS | 4 | 1 | 92.6 | 181
|
| 190 | Central Arkansas | FCS | 2 | 3 | 85.8 | 180
|
| 201 | Central Connecticut | FCS | 0 | 3 | 83.6 | 41
|
| 133 | Central Michigan | FBS | 2 | 2 | 101.3 | 39
|
| 213 | Charleston Southern | FCS | 2 | 2 | 79.4 | 253
|
| 160 | Charlotte | FBS | 0 | 4 | 91.9 | 75
|
| 157 | Chattanooga | FCS | 3 | 2 | 92.4 | 219
|
| 266 | Chicago State | FCS | 1 | 4 | 47.2 | 265
|
| 51 | Cincinnati | FBS | 4 | 0 | 121.6 | 105
|
| 235 | Citadel | FCS | 1 | 3 | 74.1 | 201
|
| 41 | Clemson | FBS | 3 | 1 | 124.8 | 11
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| 127 | Coastal Carolina | FBS | 1 | 3 | 102.8 | 103
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| 151 | Colgate | FCS | 4 | 1 | 94.1 | 202
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| 86 | Colorado | FBS | 2 | 2 | 112.6 | 42
|
| 82 | Colorado State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 113.0 | 61
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| 222 | Columbia | FCS | 2 | 0 | 77.2 | 250
|
| 84 | Connecticut | FBS | 2 | 2 | 112.7 | 127
|
| 191 | Cornell | FCS | 1 | 1 | 85.8 | 174
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| 170 | Dartmouth | FCS | 0 | 2 | 89.9 | 145
|
| 263 | Davidson | FCS | 2 | 3 | 55.0 | 260
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| 204 | Dayton | FCS | 3 | 0 | 82.8 | 261
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| 207 | Delaware State | FCS | 3 | 2 | 81.6 | 228
|
| 106 | Delaware* | FBS | 2 | 2 | 106.6 | 77
|
| 241 | Drake | FCS | 1 | 3 | 73.1 | 234
|
| 28 | Duke | FBS | 4 | 0 | 127.7 | 102
|
| 238 | Duquesne | FCS | 1 | 3 | 73.8 | 215
|
| 80 | East Carolina | FBS | 2 | 2 | 113.3 | 80
|
| 168 | East Tennessee State | FCS | 3 | 2 | 90.3 | 218
|
| 214 | East Texas A&M | FCS | 1 | 4 | 79.4 | 173
|
| 224 | Eastern Illinois | FCS | 1 | 4 | 77.2 | 132
|
| 200 | Eastern Kentucky | FCS | 1 | 3 | 83.6 | 175
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| 141 | Eastern Michigan | FBS | 2 | 3 | 97.7 | 121
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| 181 | Eastern Washington | FCS | 1 | 4 | 87.1 | 129
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| 174 | Elon | FCS | 4 | 1 | 88.8 | 255
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| 119 | FIU | FBS | 2 | 2 | 103.6 | 130
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| 7 | Florida | FBS | 4 | 0 | 140.1 | 23
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| 256 | Florida A&M* | FCS | 1 | 4 | 65.5 | 207
|
| 70 | Florida Atlantic | FBS | 3 | 1 | 115.4 | 45
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| 59 | Florida State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 118.9 | 54
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| 215 | Fordham | FCS | 1 | 4 | 79.3 | 146
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| 65 | Fresno State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 117.4 | 96
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| 186 | Furman | FCS | 2 | 3 | 86.4 | 152
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| 154 | Gardner-Webb | FCS | 1 | 4 | 92.9 | 144
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| 242 | Georgetown | FCS | 0 | 3 | 72.9 | 195
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| 4 | Georgia | FBS | 4 | 0 | 145.4 | 123
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| 105 | Georgia Southern | FBS | 1 | 3 | 107.0 | 62
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| 103 | Georgia State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 107.2 | 148
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| 71 | Georgia Tech | FBS | 1 | 3 | 115.3 | 49
|
| 223 | Grambling State | FCS | 2 | 2 | 77.2 | 249
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| 257 | Hampton | FCS | 1 | 4 | 61.4 | 244
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| 146 | Harvard | FCS | 2 | 0 | 95.4 | 235
|
| 142 | Hawaii | FBS | 1 | 3 | 97.6 | 112
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| 219 | Holy Cross | FCS | 1 | 4 | 78.1 | 155
|
| 27 | Houston | FBS | 3 | 1 | 127.8 | 99
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| 221 | Houston Christian | FCS | 2 | 3 | 77.4 | 238
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| 251 | Howard | FCS | 1 | 3 | 69.3 | 119
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| 175 | Idaho | FCS | 0 | 4 | 88.6 | 116
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| 118 | Idaho State | FCS | 4 | 0 | 103.8 | 223
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| 44 | Illinois | FBS | 2 | 2 | 123.6 | 18
|
| 129 | Illinois State | FCS | 4 | 1 | 101.6 | 245
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| 203 | Incarnate Word | FCS | 2 | 2 | 82.9 | 243
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| 10 | Indiana | FBS | 4 | 0 | 137.9 | 140
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| 188 | Indiana State | FCS | 2 | 3 | 86.3 | 200
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| 18 | Iowa | FBS | 4 | 0 | 131.1 | 94
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| 75 | Iowa State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 114.5 | 58
|
| 192 | Jackson State | FCS | 4 | 0 | 85.4 | 266
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| 102 | Jacksonville State | FBS | 3 | 2 | 107.9 | 124
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| 33 | James Madison | FBS | 4 | 0 | 126.7 | 137
|
| 76 | Kansas | FBS | 1 | 2 | 114.2 | 83
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| 36 | Kansas State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 125.5 | 113
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| 120 | Kennesaw State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 103.5 | 90
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| 140 | Kent State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 98.3 | 43
|
| 26 | Kentucky | FBS | 3 | 1 | 128.1 | 9
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| 233 | Lafayette | FCS | 1 | 3 | 74.6 | 211
|
| 137 | Lamar | FCS | 3 | 1 | 99.6 | 166
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| 122 | Lehigh | FCS | 5 | 0 | 103.4 | 232
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| 74 | Liberty | FBS | 3 | 1 | 114.6 | 110
|
| 211 | Lindenwood | FCS | 1 | 3 | 79.7 | 165
|
| 230 | Long Island | FCS | 0 | 5 | 76.3 | 141
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| 69 | Louisiana | FBS | 3 | 1 | 115.7 | 81
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| 100 | Louisiana Tech | FBS | 1 | 2 | 108.5 | 74
|
| 35 | Louisville | FBS | 2 | 2 | 126.0 | 33
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| 5 | LSU | FBS | 3 | 1 | 141.9 | 4
|
| 216 | Maine | FCS | 1 | 4 | 79.3 | 170
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| 236 | Marist | FCS | 2 | 2 | 74.0 | 257
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| 123 | Marshall | FBS | 3 | 1 | 103.2 | 87
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| 79 | Maryland | FBS | 2 | 2 | 113.6 | 91
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| 135 | Massachusetts | FBS | 4 | 0 | 100.5 | 203
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| 197 | McNeese | FCS | 2 | 3 | 84.1 | 230
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| 57 | Memphis | FBS | 3 | 1 | 119.7 | 73
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| 149 | Mercer | FCS | 3 | 2 | 94.3 | 210
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| 248 | Mercyhurst* | FCS | 1 | 4 | 70.8 | 147
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| 226 | Merrimack | FCS | 2 | 3 | 76.9 | 188
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| 8 | Miami(FL) | FBS | 4 | 0 | 139.9 | 131
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| 77 | Miami(OH) | FBS | 2 | 2 | 114.0 | 63
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| 23 | Michigan | FBS | 3 | 1 | 129.2 | 31
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| 61 | Michigan State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 118.3 | 6
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| 138 | Middle Tennessee | FBS | 2 | 2 | 99.5 | 161
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| 53 | Minnesota | FBS | 3 | 1 | 121.1 | 104
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| 14 | Mississippi | FBS | 3 | 1 | 132.9 | 2
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| 17 | Mississippi State | FBS | 4 | 0 | 131.1 | 24
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| 264 | Mississippi Valley State* | FCS | 1 | 4 | 54.0 | 252
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| 34 | Missouri | FBS | 3 | 1 | 126.2 | 92
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| 117 | Missouri State* | FBS | 1 | 3 | 104.2 | 64
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| 158 | Monmouth | FCS | 3 | 2 | 92.4 | 162
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| 111 | Montana | FCS | 4 | 1 | 105.8 | 197
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| 93 | Montana State | FCS | 5 | 0 | 110.2 | 216
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| 261 | Morehead State | FCS | 1 | 3 | 57.7 | 259
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| 218 | Morgan State | FCS | 3 | 1 | 78.7 | 248
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| 249 | Murray State | FCS | 1 | 4 | 69.7 | 177
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| 78 | Navy | FBS | 1 | 2 | 113.9 | 128
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| 55 | NC State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 120.7 | 48
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| 21 | Nebraska | FBS | 4 | 0 | 130.1 | 109
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| 136 | Nevada | FBS | 1 | 3 | 100.4 | 122
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| 231 | New Hampshire | FCS | 1 | 4 | 76.2 | 189
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| 254 | New Haven* | FCS | 1 | 4 | 66.3 | 233
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| 52 | New Mexico | FBS | 3 | 1 | 121.5 | 134
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| 143 | New Mexico State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 97.0 | 120
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| 225 | Nicholls | FCS | 2 | 3 | 77.1 | 169
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| 232 | Norfolk State | FCS | 3 | 2 | 76.0 | 246
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| 178 | North Alabama | FCS | 3 | 2 | 87.9 | 191
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| 68 | North Carolina | FBS | 2 | 1 | 116.0 | 44
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| 247 | North Carolina A&T | FCS | 1 | 4 | 70.9 | 193
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| 234 | North Carolina Central | FCS | 2 | 3 | 74.3 | 237
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| 114 | North Dakota | FCS | 4 | 1 | 104.9 | 172
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| 67 | North Dakota State | FBS | 4 | 0 | 116.2 | 167
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| 89 | North Texas | FBS | 2 | 2 | 111.3 | 51
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| 145 | Northern Arizona | FCS | 3 | 2 | 95.7 | 153
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| 196 | Northern Colorado | FCS | 2 | 3 | 84.6 | 214
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| 153 | Northern Illinois | FBS | 0 | 4 | 93.8 | 19
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| 164 | Northern Iowa | FCS | 2 | 2 | 91.5 | 143
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| 37 | Northwestern | FBS | 2 | 1 | 125.5 | 13
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| 262 | Northwestern State | FCS | 0 | 5 | 56.6 | 226
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| 2 | Notre Dame | FBS | 4 | 0 | 146.0 | 37
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| 112 | Ohio | FBS | 2 | 2 | 105.5 | 107
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| 1 | Ohio State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 146.6 | 35
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| 25 | Oklahoma | FBS | 2 | 2 | 128.1 | 5
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| 30 | Oklahoma State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 127.3 | 60
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| 124 | Old Dominion | FBS | 1 | 3 | 103.2 | 66
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| 9 | Oregon | FBS | 3 | 1 | 139.7 | 20
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| 73 | Oregon State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 114.8 | 28
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| 22 | Penn State | FBS | 3 | 1 | 129.3 | 97
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| 182 | Pennsylvania | FCS | 1 | 1 | 86.8 | 199
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| 32 | Pittsburgh | FBS | 4 | 0 | 127.2 | 125
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| 206 | Portland State | FCS | 1 | 4 | 81.8 | 89
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| 180 | Prairie View A&M | FCS | 2 | 3 | 87.2 | 149
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| 259 | Presbyterian | FCS | 1 | 3 | 59.0 | 242
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| 189 | Princeton | FCS | 1 | 1 | 86.0 | 231
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| 91 | Purdue | FBS | 1 | 3 | 110.9 | 7
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| 193 | Rhode Island | FCS | 2 | 3 | 85.4 | 190
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| 125 | Rice | FBS | 1 | 3 | 103.2 | 32
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| 187 | Richmond | FCS | 4 | 1 | 86.3 | 225
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| 212 | Robert Morris | FCS | 2 | 2 | 79.5 | 239
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| 104 | Rutgers | FBS | 1 | 3 | 107.1 | 133
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| 183 | Sacramento State | FBS | 1 | 4 | 86.7 | 150
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| 217 | Sacred Heart | FCS | 1 | 3 | 79.1 | 179
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| 131 | Sam Houston | FBS | 1 | 3 | 101.6 | 71
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| 202 | Samford | FCS | 1 | 3 | 83.0 | 205
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| 229 | San Diego | FCS | 1 | 3 | 76.3 | 164
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| 95 | San Diego State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 109.8 | 30
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| 121 | San Jose State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 103.4 | 70
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| 39 | SMU | FBS | 3 | 1 | 125.1 | 59
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| 110 | South Alabama | FBS | 2 | 2 | 106.1 | 65
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| 45 | South Carolina | FBS | 2 | 2 | 123.6 | 57
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| 155 | South Carolina State | FCS | 5 | 0 | 92.6 | 263
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| 126 | South Dakota | FCS | 3 | 2 | 103.1 | 138
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| 96 | South Dakota State | FCS | 4 | 1 | 109.5 | 222
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| 60 | South Florida | FBS | 4 | 0 | 118.9 | 136
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| 176 | Southeast Missouri State | FCS | 2 | 3 | 88.3 | 159
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| 171 | Southeastern Louisiana | FCS | 3 | 2 | 89.8 | 220
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| 253 | Southern | FCS | 2 | 3 | 68.2 | 229
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| 24 | Southern California | FBS | 4 | 1 | 129.0 | 27
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| 144 | Southern Illinois | FCS | 3 | 2 | 96.4 | 171
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| 130 | Southern Mississippi | FBS | 1 | 3 | 101.6 | 88
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| 172 | Southern Utah | FCS | 1 | 4 | 89.3 | 135
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| 177 | St. Thomas | FCS | 4 | 1 | 87.9 | 241
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| 98 | Stanford | FBS | 2 | 2 | 109.3 | 14
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| 97 | Stephen F. Austin | FCS | 5 | 0 | 109.4 | 224
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| 265 | Stetson | FCS | 1 | 3 | 53.8 | 240
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| 239 | Stonehill | FCS | 1 | 4 | 73.7 | 192
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| 166 | Stony Brook | FCS | 3 | 2 | 91.0 | 217
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| 83 | Syracuse | FBS | 1 | 2 | 112.7 | 106
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| 116 | Tarleton State | FCS | 4 | 0 | 104.5 | 208
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| 54 | TCU | FBS | 2 | 2 | 120.9 | 111
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| 101 | Temple | FBS | 1 | 3 | 107.9 | 53
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| 11 | Tennessee | FBS | 3 | 1 | 135.2 | 50
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| 252 | Tennessee State | FCS | 1 | 3 | 68.9 | 163
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| 134 | Tennessee Tech | FCS | 4 | 0 | 100.6 | 196
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| 199 | Tennessee-Martin | FCS | 1 | 4 | 83.8 | 156
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| 3 | Texas | FBS | 4 | 0 | 146.0 | 1
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| 20 | Texas A&M | FBS | 2 | 2 | 130.8 | 3
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| 246 | Texas Southern | FCS | 1 | 3 | 71.9 | 227
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| 62 | Texas State | FBS | 2 | 2 | 117.8 | 29
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| 16 | Texas Tech | FBS | 4 | 0 | 131.3 | 79
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| 63 | Toledo | FBS | 3 | 1 | 117.5 | 114
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| 220 | Towson | FCS | 0 | 5 | 77.8 | 157
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| 87 | Troy | FBS | 2 | 2 | 112.4 | 86
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| 85 | Tulane | FBS | 2 | 2 | 112.6 | 25
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| 88 | Tulsa | FBS | 3 | 1 | 111.5 | 93
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| 107 | UAB | FBS | 2 | 2 | 106.6 | 55
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| 161 | UC-Davis | FCS | 3 | 2 | 91.8 | 187
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| 56 | UCF | FBS | 3 | 1 | 120.0 | 98
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| 15 | UCLA | FBS | 4 | 0 | 132.5 | 46
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| 169 | UL-Monroe | FBS | 0 | 4 | 90.1 | 56
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| 90 | UNLV | FBS | 2 | 2 | 111.0 | 78
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| 13 | Utah | FBS | 4 | 0 | 133.6 | 95
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| 92 | Utah State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 110.8 | 17
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| 237 | Utah Tech | FCS | 0 | 5 | 73.9 | 84
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| 152 | UTEP | FBS | 1 | 3 | 93.9 | 52
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| 162 | UT-Rio Grande Valley | FCS | 2 | 2 | 91.7 | 198
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| 42 | UTSA | FBS | 3 | 1 | 124.4 | 21
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| 260 | Valparaiso | FCS | 1 | 3 | 58.7 | 258
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| 47 | Vanderbilt | FBS | 3 | 1 | 123.1 | 40
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| 184 | Villanova | FCS | 2 | 3 | 86.6 | 182
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| 31 | Virginia | FBS | 3 | 1 | 127.3 | 115
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| 43 | Virginia Tech | FBS | 4 | 0 | 124.2 | 160
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| 258 | VMI | FCS | 0 | 5 | 59.8 | 185
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| 250 | Wagner | FCS | 1 | 3 | 69.3 | 176
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| 49 | Wake Forest | FBS | 3 | 1 | 121.7 | 16
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| 50 | Washington | FBS | 3 | 1 | 121.7 | 108
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| 94 | Washington State | FBS | 1 | 3 | 110.2 | 47
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| 205 | Weber State | FCS | 2 | 3 | 82.7 | 209
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| 159 | West Florida* | FCS | 3 | 1 | 92.0 | 168
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| 228 | West Georgia* | FCS | 1 | 4 | 76.6 | 194
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| 58 | West Virginia | FBS | 3 | 1 | 119.3 | 72
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| 185 | Western Carolina | FCS | 2 | 3 | 86.4 | 183
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| 195 | Western Illinois | FCS | 2 | 3 | 84.6 | 221
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| 132 | Western Kentucky | FBS | 1 | 3 | 101.5 | 26
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| 66 | Western Michigan | FBS | 2 | 2 | 116.5 | 36
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| 209 | William & Mary | FCS | 2 | 3 | 80.5 | 154
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| 38 | Wisconsin | FBS | 3 | 1 | 125.4 | 38
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| 198 | Wofford | FCS | 2 | 3 | 84.0 | 178
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| 139 | Wyoming | FBS | 2 | 2 | 98.8 | 139
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| 163 | Yale | FCS | 1 | 1 | 91.6 | 213
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| 108 | Youngstown State | FCS | 3 | 2 | 106.4 | 151
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