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Season 2021 • Week 2 Rankings

Don't care who you are or where you play.

Ranking Blend Formula
70% Resume / 30% Power
Composite = 0.70 × Resume + 0.30 × Spread
Undefeated Barrier
λ = 0.40 Hinge
Strict buffer keeping undefeated programs above teams with losses
Preseason Prior Horizon
7.0 Games
Linear decay w = max(0, 1 - games / 7.0) to eliminate poll inertia
Blowout Suppression
±24.0 Points
Clamped margin MSE loss prevents garbage-time stat padding

Top 25 Rankings Leaderboard

Rank Team Record Index Rank Δ Resume (70%) Power Spread (30%) Raw Power Exp Offense Exp Defense Avg Margin SOS SOR Prior Weight
1 Georgia 4-0 1.099 - 110.0 +71.0 +65.4 34.9 10.9 +23.5 0.870 1.000 42.9% Prior
2 San Diego State 3-0 1.050 +4 106.4 +64.5 +65.0 32.8 20.6 +18.7 0.652 0.961 57.1% Prior
3 Arkansas 3-0 1.037 +15 106.6 +60.3 +60.3 30.6 20.8 +18.0 0.674 0.962 57.1% Prior
4 Texas A&M 2-0 1.036 +8 107.1 +59.1 +58.1 29.9 9.2 +17.0 0.739 0.968 71.4% Prior
5 Army 3-0 1.036 -2 107.0 +59.0 +56.7 30.0 19.1 +12.7 0.778 0.967 57.1% Prior
6 Kentucky 3-0 1.018 +7 105.2 +58.0 +56.8 29.1 23.3 +15.0 0.727 0.948 57.1% Prior
7 Kansas State 3-0 1.017 -3 104.7 +58.8 +59.5 30.9 17.2 +15.7 0.641 0.942 57.1% Prior
8 UCLA 2-0 1.014 +9 104.8 +57.6 +59.1 34.1 19.6 +22.5 0.567 0.944 71.4% Prior
9 Purdue 3-0 1.008 -1 106.1 +52.7 +53.5 34.4 24.9 +20.3 0.636 0.958 57.1% Prior
10 Texas Tech 3-0 0.992 -8 101.7 +58.3 +57.6 33.1 20.4 +16.7 0.704 0.908 57.1% Prior
11 Wake Forest 3-0 0.990 -4 100.8 +59.8 +62.9 38.8 16.4 +28.3 0.526 0.899 57.1% Prior
12 Utah State 3-0 0.986 -2 103.1 +53.0 +52.9 31.1 20.8 +12.7 0.680 0.925 57.1% Prior
13 UCF 3-0 0.983 +1 102.6 +53.7 +52.3 35.2 19.5 +22.0 0.737 0.919 57.1% Prior
14 Virginia 2-0 0.974 +25 98.4 +60.7 +62.8 40.6 13.8 +35.5 0.523 0.872 71.4% Prior
15 South Alabama 2-0 0.974 +7 103.0 +49.9 +52.1 29.8 20.4 +13.5 0.514 0.923 71.4% Prior
16 Wyoming 3-0 0.963 +14 101.6 +50.0 +50.7 32.1 30.8 +8.0 0.639 0.908 57.1% Prior
17 Oklahoma State 3-0 0.960 +12 103.0 +46.0 +46.4 27.2 24.7 +4.7 0.650 0.923 57.1% Prior
18 Baylor 3-0 0.960 -13 100.9 +50.5 +52.8 32.8 15.5 +27.3 0.564 0.900 57.1% Prior
19 Coastal Carolina 3-0 0.958 +14 98.8 +54.8 +59.8 38.7 29.0 +23.7 0.436 0.877 57.1% Prior
20 Michigan State 3-0 0.957 +3 100.0 +51.9 +55.0 33.4 18.6 +18.3 0.525 0.890 57.1% Prior
21 Liberty 3-0 0.953 +5 99.5 +51.8 +56.8 37.6 17.2 +28.3 0.440 0.884 57.1% Prior
22 Oklahoma 3-0 0.952 -7 99.9 +50.8 +52.5 39.1 20.4 +32.0 0.594 0.888 57.1% Prior
23 Maryland 3-0 0.947 -14 99.0 +51.4 +54.6 39.9 17.2 +37.3 0.520 0.879 57.1% Prior
24 South Carolina 3-0 0.939 +7 99.2 +48.2 +51.3 32.8 18.8 +22.0 0.528 0.881 57.1% Prior
25 SMU 2-0 0.936 +24 97.0 +52.6 +56.1 41.2 10.7 +35.0 0.424 0.857 71.4% Prior
26 Air Force 3-0 0.935 +8 98.9 +48.0 +52.7 28.7 24.6 +14.7 0.454 0.878 57.1% Prior
27 Alabama 3-1 0.934 +5 92.7 +62.1 +59.8 34.4 15.4 +17.8 0.752 0.809 42.9% Prior
28 Iowa 2-1 0.925 +9 93.0 +58.7 +56.9 29.6 16.2 +11.7 0.753 0.812 57.1% Prior
29 TCU 2-0 0.915 +13 96.1 +48.3 +49.3 34.9 23.3 +22.0 0.608 0.847 71.4% Prior
30 Memphis 2-0 0.906 +14 96.3 +45.3 +47.2 37.1 31.7 +15.0 0.534 0.849 71.4% Prior
31 New Mexico 2-0 0.906 +21 96.6 +44.4 +48.2 27.0 30.5 +9.5 0.407 0.853 71.4% Prior
32 Charlotte 2-0 0.902 -7 95.5 +46.1 +47.8 33.1 20.6 +15.5 0.550 0.840 71.4% Prior
33 Houston 2-1 0.882 +13 89.6 +53.8 +51.1 28.7 19.1 +8.0 0.794 0.775 57.1% Prior
34 Wisconsin 2-1 0.875 +29 86.8 +58.3 +55.4 26.2 14.9 +9.3 0.804 0.744 57.1% Prior
35 Penn State 2-1 0.870 +27 86.6 +57.1 +54.0 27.4 18.1 +7.7 0.814 0.742 57.1% Prior
36 Rutgers 2-1 0.857 +37 85.5 +56.0 +52.1 30.3 19.9 +9.7 0.853 0.730 57.1% Prior
37 BYU 2-1 0.856 +4 87.5 +50.8 +51.5 24.2 24.7 +4.7 0.638 0.752 57.1% Prior
38 Michigan 2-1 0.855 +30 84.2 +58.4 +55.1 32.0 22.5 +10.3 0.825 0.715 57.1% Prior
39 Western Kentucky 2-1 0.853 -12 86.7 +51.9 +52.0 38.6 31.5 +18.7 0.669 0.743 57.1% Prior
40 Florida 2-1 0.852 +29 84.7 +56.1 +55.3 29.2 23.1 +10.3 0.708 0.721 57.1% Prior
41 Oregon 2-1 0.846 +31 85.8 +51.9 +47.7 29.1 23.7 -0.3 0.865 0.733 57.1% Prior
42 Boise State 1-1 0.844 +54 83.3 +57.3 +55.1 37.1 21.6 +18.0 0.829 0.705 71.4% Prior
43 Notre Dame 2-1 0.842 +11 86.2 +49.8 +48.8 30.1 34.3 +1.3 0.718 0.738 57.1% Prior
44 Ohio State 2-1 0.834 -33 84.4 +51.4 +49.1 31.5 36.1 +3.3 0.777 0.718 57.1% Prior
45 Mississippi 2-1 0.829 +10 82.5 +54.6 +54.5 33.3 20.6 +14.0 0.676 0.697 57.1% Prior
46 Arizona State 2-1 0.824 +37 80.7 +57.0 +59.5 31.1 21.1 +15.7 0.554 0.677 57.1% Prior
47 UAB 2-1 0.824 -23 85.7 +45.5 +42.1 27.8 32.0 -5.0 0.829 0.732 57.1% Prior
48 North Dakota State 4-0 0.823 -3 93.2 +27.8 +38.8 35.3 12.5 +30.0 0.284 0.815 42.9% Prior
49 Texas State 1-1 0.814 +48 82.4 +50.4 +47.8 27.0 19.5 -1.5 0.850 0.696 71.4% Prior
50 Auburn 2-1 0.812 +10 81.4 +52.0 +56.4 36.8 16.5 +36.0 0.469 0.684 57.1% Prior
51 Boston College 2-0 0.811 -4 93.2 +24.2 +33.3 36.4 26.1 +34.0 0.032 0.815 71.4% Prior
52 Mississippi State 2-1 0.810 +32 82.9 +48.1 +45.1 24.4 23.7 -4.0 0.812 0.701 57.1% Prior
53 Sam Houston 2-0 0.809 +5 89.4 +32.5 +42.1 38.2 24.1 +32.0 0.000 0.773 71.4% Prior
54 Pittsburgh 2-1 0.807 +25 84.7 +42.8 +44.0 31.1 23.1 +13.7 0.615 0.721 57.1% Prior
55 Clemson 2-1 0.806 -5 81.6 +49.9 +49.4 28.2 11.7 +15.3 0.697 0.686 57.1% Prior
56 Fresno State 3-1 0.806 -3 82.4 +48.0 +52.5 33.1 21.0 +24.5 0.513 0.695 42.9% Prior
57 Virginia Tech 2-1 0.800 +30 80.6 +50.4 +47.6 25.2 21.7 -5.3 0.806 0.676 57.1% Prior
58 UT San Antonio 2-1 0.799 -1 80.9 +49.2 +49.5 31.9 28.6 +15.7 0.660 0.679 57.1% Prior
59 Colorado 1-1 0.797 -19 79.9 +51.1 +50.5 29.8 10.9 +12.5 0.709 0.668 71.4% Prior
60 Syracuse 1-1 0.792 -40 79.7 +50.0 +49.6 23.1 16.8 +5.0 0.703 0.666 71.4% Prior
61 Cincinnati 2-1 0.790 +14 76.6 +56.7 +55.4 33.9 18.3 +16.3 0.736 0.631 57.1% Prior
62 Missouri 1-2 0.782 -26 77.5 +52.0 +47.3 28.5 25.6 +0.3 0.893 0.642 57.1% Prior
63 Stanford 1-1 0.781 +48 79.2 +47.9 +44.9 25.9 25.4 -1.5 0.885 0.660 71.4% Prior
64 Georgia Tech 1-1 0.777 +38 79.4 +46.2 +48.7 29.3 18.9 +13.5 0.496 0.663 71.4% Prior
65 Nebraska 2-1 0.773 +27 79.3 +45.2 +49.6 32.4 16.0 +20.7 0.470 0.662 57.1% Prior
66 Central Michigan 2-1 0.772 -2 80.3 +42.8 +44.8 28.2 24.7 +12.7 0.581 0.672 57.1% Prior
67 Western Michigan 2-1 0.771 +19 77.0 +50.2 +49.6 33.6 24.3 +7.7 0.700 0.636 57.1% Prior
68 Marshall 2-1 0.771 +2 77.5 +48.9 +53.5 34.8 25.8 +20.3 0.456 0.641 57.1% Prior
69 Texas 1-1 0.769 -53 79.2 +44.3 +41.6 28.8 28.5 +0.5 0.861 0.660 71.4% Prior
70 Tennessee 1-2 0.762 -27 75.1 +51.7 +50.9 32.8 31.0 +7.3 0.708 0.615 57.1% Prior
71 Florida Atlantic 1-1 0.757 +54 76.8 +46.3 +46.2 27.7 23.5 +5.5 0.679 0.634 71.4% Prior
72 Oregon State 1-2 0.755 +34 74.8 +50.7 +48.6 25.4 24.1 -0.7 0.767 0.611 57.1% Prior
73 Delaware 2-0 0.752 +3 88.8 +16.9 +25.2 25.4 26.4 +13.5 0.094 0.766 71.4% Prior
74 Duke 1-1 0.748 +16 76.4 +44.6 +46.9 33.7 26.2 +12.5 0.513 0.630 71.4% Prior
75 James Madison 4-1 0.742 +7 81.7 +30.5 +43.6 37.7 12.8 +32.2 0.304 0.688 28.6% Prior
76 Louisiana Tech 1-1 0.741 +15 77.6 +39.6 +41.4 30.1 38.6 +1.0 0.545 0.643 71.4% Prior
77 Minnesota 2-1 0.740 +1 72.6 +51.1 +49.1 25.2 24.5 +1.0 0.765 0.587 57.1% Prior
78 Washington State 1-2 0.738 +15 73.8 +47.9 +47.8 27.6 23.8 +4.7 0.675 0.600 57.1% Prior
79 Northern Illinois 1-2 0.736 -18 72.1 +51.2 +46.3 29.5 32.6 -4.0 0.899 0.582 57.1% Prior
80 North Carolina State 1-1 0.730 -59 73.5 +46.1 +47.0 25.7 20.2 +15.5 0.609 0.597 71.4% Prior
81 Troy 1-1 0.729 -33 75.5 +41.0 +42.4 32.6 10.7 +22.0 0.571 0.620 71.4% Prior
82 Tulane 1-1 0.723 +13 74.2 +42.3 +45.7 39.4 28.5 +22.0 0.438 0.605 71.4% Prior
83 Arkansas State 1-1 0.720 -48 74.7 +40.1 +41.9 33.1 33.0 +7.0 0.548 0.611 71.4% Prior
84 Miami 1-1 0.714 +38 73.4 +41.4 +38.2 20.7 31.6 -14.5 0.898 0.597 71.4% Prior
85 Utah 1-2 0.714 -19 71.9 +44.9 +43.7 30.3 29.1 +3.7 0.724 0.580 57.1% Prior
86 Nevada 2-1 0.712 +12 71.0 +46.5 +48.0 29.3 30.6 +5.3 0.601 0.570 57.1% Prior
87 Florida International 1-1 0.707 -49 70.5 +46.3 +48.3 28.3 26.4 +16.0 0.532 0.564 71.4% Prior
88 App State 1-2 0.700 -11 69.1 +47.4 +46.2 26.7 34.5 -3.0 0.727 0.549 57.1% Prior
89 Middle Tennessee 2-1 0.700 -61 71.8 +41.1 +42.8 29.1 27.4 +7.0 0.589 0.579 57.1% Prior
90 Southern Mississippi 1-1 0.700 +19 75.4 +32.5 +34.3 28.7 22.9 +6.5 0.545 0.618 71.4% Prior
91 USC 1-1 0.700 -72 69.9 +45.3 +45.2 28.3 27.2 +4.5 0.681 0.558 71.4% Prior
92 Miami (OH) 1-2 0.698 -4 69.1 +46.9 +44.6 24.6 32.7 -9.0 0.776 0.549 57.1% Prior
93 Temple 1-1 0.696 +35 72.0 +39.7 +39.7 24.8 46.4 -13.0 0.666 0.580 71.4% Prior
94 Missouri State 1-1 0.692 +18 75.7 +29.7 +31.6 25.1 29.3 +1.0 0.540 0.621 71.4% Prior
95 Toledo 1-2 0.692 -15 70.2 +42.4 +44.6 29.1 26.0 +9.7 0.568 0.561 57.1% Prior
96 UTEP 2-2 0.688 -40 67.5 +47.4 +46.8 25.4 29.3 -2.8 0.692 0.531 42.9% Prior
97 Illinois 1-2 0.682 -26 67.3 +46.3 +41.1 28.0 28.5 -9.0 0.916 0.529 57.1% Prior
98 North Carolina 1-2 0.682 +31 65.8 +49.7 +47.5 28.4 25.5 +6.0 0.775 0.512 57.1% Prior
99 Iowa State 1-2 0.675 -14 67.3 +44.1 +41.7 23.9 22.4 -3.7 0.784 0.529 57.1% Prior
100 Indiana 1-1 0.671 +20 69.2 +38.4 +38.4 32.3 21.7 +7.0 0.670 0.550 71.4% Prior
101 California 0-2 0.670 +2 64.4 +49.4 +47.4 25.8 24.4 -3.5 0.812 0.497 71.4% Prior
102 Louisiana 2-1 0.660 -28 66.5 +41.6 +42.0 26.0 27.9 -0.7 0.657 0.520 57.1% Prior
103 Kansas 1-1 0.654 -44 68.6 +35.0 +32.6 23.5 27.3 -12.0 0.842 0.543 71.4% Prior
104 Tulsa 1-2 0.651 -10 66.2 +39.4 +40.8 25.9 21.1 +2.0 0.606 0.517 57.1% Prior
105 Louisville 1-2 0.649 +11 62.5 +47.4 +47.0 29.1 27.2 +1.7 0.690 0.476 57.1% Prior
106 West Virginia 1-2 0.646 +4 63.2 +45.0 +44.9 29.0 17.7 +16.0 0.673 0.484 57.1% Prior
107 LSU 1-2 0.642 +12 64.3 +41.3 +39.6 28.0 27.8 -2.0 0.747 0.496 57.1% Prior
108 Georgia Southern 1-1 0.635 -43 69.7 +26.6 +28.4 20.1 36.2 -13.5 0.544 0.556 71.4% Prior
109 Jacksonville State 1-1 0.632 +21 67.2 +31.6 +31.6 15.0 26.7 -14.0 0.668 0.528 71.4% Prior
110 Buffalo 1-1 0.613 -59 64.9 +31.0 +33.9 32.5 21.2 +18.5 0.472 0.503 71.4% Prior
111 UL Monroe 0-1 0.612 +6 64.9 +30.9 +28.8 16.4 42.8 -35.0 0.972 0.502 85.7% Prior
112 San Jose State 1-1 0.607 -8 61.8 +36.7 +39.0 25.9 26.9 +4.0 0.504 0.468 71.4% Prior
113 East Carolina 0-2 0.606 +1 58.1 +44.8 +42.8 21.3 24.5 -8.5 0.814 0.428 71.4% Prior
114 Kent State 1-2 0.593 +10 58.5 +40.3 +39.3 31.3 33.5 +1.7 0.715 0.431 57.1% Prior
115 Eastern Michigan 1-2 0.576 -14 60.2 +31.3 +31.2 24.8 37.7 -14.3 0.674 0.450 57.1% Prior
116 Bowling Green 0-2 0.562 +11 56.6 +35.4 +32.6 16.7 28.2 -17.5 0.868 0.411 71.4% Prior
117 Florida State 0-2 0.561 -10 54.4 +40.2 +40.5 25.1 34.5 -3.0 0.647 0.386 71.4% Prior
118 Northwestern 1-1 0.560 +13 57.0 +34.0 +34.7 24.2 23.9 +0.5 0.623 0.415 71.4% Prior
119 North Texas 1-2 0.550 -14 55.5 +34.4 +36.0 26.1 27.2 -2.0 0.600 0.399 57.1% Prior
120 Kennesaw State 1-1 0.545 -39 63.0 +15.5 +18.8 24.3 35.4 -9.0 0.441 0.481 71.4% Prior
121 Hawaii 1-2 0.527 -22 52.7 +34.2 +32.7 25.1 39.8 -12.7 0.741 0.367 57.1% Prior
122 Georgia State 1-2 0.522 -33 48.3 +42.9 +41.4 25.1 41.2 -14.7 0.739 0.319 57.1% Prior
123 UNLV 0-2 0.515 -5 52.1 +31.9 +30.3 24.2 30.0 -14.5 0.780 0.361 71.4% Prior
124 Arizona 0-2 0.514 -24 49.3 +38.2 +33.5 20.0 30.6 -16.0 1.000 0.330 71.4% Prior
125 Old Dominion 1-2 0.508 +9 51.2 +31.8 +33.2 26.9 26.5 -1.7 0.607 0.351 57.1% Prior
126 Washington 0-2 0.504 -5 50.2 +33.2 +32.9 17.7 24.8 -13.5 0.692 0.340 71.4% Prior
127 Rice 0-2 0.470 -19 45.8 +33.2 +29.2 16.9 40.4 -29.0 0.951 0.291 71.4% Prior
128 Ball State 1-2 0.450 -15 45.2 +28.7 +30.6 20.9 43.8 -17.3 0.586 0.285 57.1% Prior
129 Vanderbilt 1-1 0.447 +8 40.9 +37.9 +38.5 20.0 23.0 -8.5 0.627 0.237 71.4% Prior
130 South Florida 0-2 0.424 -15 39.5 +34.2 +31.5 16.5 43.7 -33.5 0.862 0.222 71.4% Prior
131 Ohio 0-2 0.416 -5 38.8 +33.5 +34.1 20.0 36.2 -11.0 0.629 0.214 71.4% Prior
132 New Mexico State 0-3 0.366 +1 28.2 +43.4 +38.4 18.4 30.2 -18.0 0.904 0.096 57.1% Prior
133 Akron 0-2 0.329 -10 28.2 +32.2 +30.4 16.9 48.0 -35.5 0.801 0.097 71.4% Prior
134 Navy 0-2 0.328 -2 27.2 +34.1 +30.9 14.5 33.5 -31.0 0.899 0.086 71.4% Prior
135 Sacramento State 1-1 0.315 -68 31.8 +19.5 +24.1 20.9 30.2 -3.0 0.352 0.137 71.4% Prior
136 Connecticut 0-3 0.277 -1 26.7 +20.1 +19.5 15.3 39.3 -34.7 0.697 0.081 57.1% Prior
137 Colorado State 0-2 0.268 +1 19.4 +34.5 +35.4 22.7 35.6 -11.0 0.608 0.000 71.4% Prior
138 Massachusetts 0-2 0.220 -2 24.1 +9.1 +9.9 20.6 40.1 -30.5 0.616 0.052 71.4% Prior

12-Team College Football Playoff Projection

First-Round Byes (Top 4 Conference Champions)

First-Round On-Campus Matchups

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First Four Out: #13 UCF, #14 Virginia, #15 South Alabama, #16 Wyoming

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 6
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 3
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 1
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0