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Season 2021 • Week 3 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 5-0 1.120 - 110.8 +75.2 +68.2 36.4 10.2 +24.2 0.914 1.000 28.6% Prior
2 Kansas State 4-0 1.052 +5 107.3 +63.1 +61.6 32.5 14.7 +17.0 0.748 0.967 42.9% Prior
3 Arkansas 4-0 1.039 - 106.0 +62.3 +64.0 32.4 19.2 +22.2 0.614 0.955 42.9% Prior
4 Texas Tech 4-0 1.030 +6 103.9 +64.6 +63.5 36.4 17.9 +20.8 0.733 0.935 42.9% Prior
5 Texas A&M 3-0 1.029 -1 104.3 +63.3 +64.9 31.2 10.8 +22.7 0.597 0.938 57.1% Prior
6 Army 4-0 1.014 -1 105.2 +56.9 +57.8 33.0 21.2 +17.2 0.648 0.947 42.9% Prior
7 San Diego State 4-0 1.014 -5 104.2 +59.0 +60.1 31.4 21.7 +14.5 0.643 0.938 42.9% Prior
8 Wake Forest 4-0 1.007 +3 102.6 +60.8 +64.2 36.9 14.0 +26.5 0.547 0.922 42.9% Prior
9 Utah State 4-0 0.993 +3 104.4 +52.3 +51.1 33.6 25.8 +10.5 0.735 0.940 42.9% Prior
10 Oklahoma State 4-0 0.988 +7 105.3 +48.6 +48.1 26.6 23.1 +3.8 0.705 0.948 42.9% Prior
11 Michigan State 4-0 0.980 +9 101.8 +54.4 +58.2 32.4 19.7 +19.0 0.530 0.915 42.9% Prior
12 Baylor 4-0 0.978 +6 102.0 +53.6 +57.7 33.7 13.9 +30.0 0.519 0.916 42.9% Prior
13 Kentucky 4-0 0.976 -7 102.5 +51.7 +51.6 30.5 23.0 +12.5 0.688 0.921 42.9% Prior
14 Wyoming 4-0 0.959 +2 100.9 +50.4 +54.9 32.8 28.9 +14.2 0.503 0.906 42.9% Prior
15 Liberty 4-0 0.958 +6 100.1 +52.0 +58.6 39.3 15.1 +28.2 0.417 0.899 42.9% Prior
16 Oklahoma 4-0 0.946 +6 99.9 +48.9 +51.3 35.8 19.1 +25.8 0.587 0.897 42.9% Prior
17 Maryland 4-0 0.941 +6 99.5 +48.2 +51.8 34.8 17.1 +28.8 0.539 0.893 42.9% Prior
18 Coastal Carolina 4-0 0.937 +1 98.7 +48.8 +55.6 35.9 27.8 +18.5 0.412 0.886 42.9% Prior
19 Iowa 3-1 0.936 +9 92.6 +63.0 +62.6 29.8 13.3 +14.5 0.702 0.827 42.9% Prior
20 Alabama 4-1 0.933 +7 93.5 +59.9 +55.8 33.0 17.7 +14.6 0.818 0.836 28.6% Prior
21 SMU 3-0 0.927 +4 98.1 +47.4 +50.9 36.7 18.6 +24.0 0.493 0.880 57.1% Prior
22 TCU 2-0 0.912 +7 95.9 +48.0 +49.3 34.9 21.5 +22.0 0.581 0.859 71.4% Prior
23 Memphis 3-0 0.909 +7 97.0 +44.3 +46.8 32.9 34.7 +10.7 0.548 0.870 57.1% Prior
24 Michigan 3-1 0.904 +14 87.2 +65.9 +61.6 35.5 16.6 +21.0 0.864 0.776 42.9% Prior
25 Penn State 3-1 0.904 +10 89.7 +60.1 +55.8 28.5 17.1 +7.8 0.861 0.800 42.9% Prior
26 South Alabama 3-0 0.896 -11 96.8 +41.2 +46.4 29.6 23.2 +11.3 0.404 0.867 57.1% Prior
27 Mississippi 3-1 0.895 +18 87.6 +62.2 +61.3 36.5 16.3 +20.5 0.723 0.780 42.9% Prior
28 BYU 3-1 0.892 +9 90.8 +53.9 +53.0 26.2 22.4 +6.0 0.723 0.810 42.9% Prior
29 Notre Dame 3-1 0.885 +14 90.7 +52.2 +51.6 29.7 30.2 +4.5 0.707 0.809 42.9% Prior
30 Boston College 3-0 0.882 +21 97.4 +35.5 +44.7 34.3 19.1 +31.0 0.190 0.873 57.1% Prior
31 UCLA 2-1 0.880 -23 88.0 +56.9 +55.8 34.0 23.8 +14.0 0.747 0.784 57.1% Prior
32 Rutgers 3-1 0.868 +4 86.5 +56.9 +56.6 33.8 18.2 +15.2 0.697 0.769 42.9% Prior
33 Ohio State 3-1 0.866 +11 87.0 +55.1 +53.0 33.4 32.5 +7.8 0.769 0.774 42.9% Prior
34 Wisconsin 2-1 0.865 - 86.2 +56.7 +55.4 26.1 14.3 +9.3 0.755 0.767 57.1% Prior
35 Western Kentucky 2-1 0.863 +4 87.3 +53.4 +52.0 40.4 29.4 +18.7 0.761 0.777 57.1% Prior
36 UAB 3-1 0.856 +11 87.6 +50.5 +48.6 30.4 25.9 +4.8 0.764 0.780 42.9% Prior
37 Houston 3-1 0.849 -4 85.9 +52.3 +53.8 31.6 18.7 +17.2 0.625 0.764 42.9% Prior
38 Clemson 3-1 0.847 +17 85.1 +54.0 +50.9 26.6 9.7 +13.0 0.811 0.756 42.9% Prior
39 Stanford 2-1 0.843 +24 84.4 +54.2 +50.7 29.5 25.8 +5.0 0.876 0.750 57.1% Prior
40 UT San Antonio 3-1 0.837 +18 84.6 +52.1 +52.8 32.8 24.1 +15.2 0.660 0.751 42.9% Prior
41 Oregon 3-1 0.829 - 84.0 +51.2 +49.7 33.2 22.5 +10.0 0.746 0.745 42.9% Prior
42 Texas 2-1 0.825 +27 83.5 +51.2 +49.7 33.3 21.6 +19.7 0.767 0.741 57.1% Prior
43 UCF 3-1 0.820 -30 84.3 +47.8 +46.8 33.6 25.8 +14.8 0.727 0.748 42.9% Prior
44 Fresno State 4-1 0.818 +12 84.1 +47.5 +50.7 32.9 22.3 +20.2 0.582 0.747 28.6% Prior
45 North Dakota State 5-0 0.818 +3 92.6 +27.6 +41.1 35.4 11.3 +29.6 0.246 0.827 28.6% Prior
46 Purdue 3-1 0.816 -37 84.0 +47.4 +46.5 30.6 23.1 +11.8 0.722 0.745 42.9% Prior
47 Sam Houston 2-0 0.813 +6 89.4 +33.6 +42.1 38.8 22.1 +32.0 0.000 0.797 71.4% Prior
48 Air Force 3-1 0.807 -22 82.8 +47.5 +50.4 30.1 28.8 +10.0 0.566 0.734 42.9% Prior
49 Cincinnati 3-1 0.800 +12 77.6 +57.3 +58.3 34.1 19.7 +15.8 0.643 0.685 42.9% Prior
50 Minnesota 3-1 0.798 +27 78.5 +54.5 +52.5 28.4 20.1 +8.2 0.766 0.694 42.9% Prior
51 USC 2-1 0.798 +40 78.8 +53.8 +52.8 32.2 23.1 +13.3 0.739 0.696 57.1% Prior
52 Western Michigan 3-1 0.792 +15 79.9 +49.7 +48.7 33.5 26.1 +6.5 0.729 0.707 42.9% Prior
53 South Carolina 3-1 0.778 -29 79.9 +45.3 +43.5 29.4 20.5 +9.8 0.759 0.707 42.9% Prior
54 Florida 2-2 0.776 -14 75.5 +55.0 +52.9 29.0 22.3 +7.2 0.771 0.665 42.9% Prior
55 Virginia 2-1 0.771 -41 76.5 +51.3 +51.3 37.5 26.7 +17.0 0.683 0.674 57.1% Prior
56 Duke 2-1 0.768 +18 80.0 +42.2 +46.2 31.4 28.2 +10.7 0.470 0.708 57.1% Prior
57 Syracuse 2-1 0.768 +3 78.6 +45.3 +48.6 30.7 21.6 +16.0 0.508 0.695 57.1% Prior
58 Troy 2-1 0.766 +23 79.8 +42.0 +45.1 30.5 12.2 +18.7 0.521 0.705 57.1% Prior
59 Arizona State 2-2 0.765 -13 75.7 +51.5 +52.8 28.4 22.7 +9.2 0.631 0.666 42.9% Prior
60 North Carolina State 2-1 0.764 +20 76.8 +48.6 +50.8 32.5 15.3 +23.0 0.563 0.677 57.1% Prior
61 Auburn 2-2 0.757 -11 75.4 +49.5 +51.9 34.8 18.6 +25.0 0.589 0.664 42.9% Prior
62 Charlotte 2-1 0.756 -30 78.4 +42.3 +43.6 27.6 19.2 +6.7 0.611 0.693 57.1% Prior
63 Iowa State 2-2 0.754 +36 74.4 +51.2 +49.7 28.3 18.8 +8.5 0.743 0.654 42.9% Prior
64 Mississippi State 2-2 0.753 -12 74.5 +50.4 +45.5 24.8 22.0 -3.5 0.885 0.656 42.9% Prior
65 Pittsburgh 2-2 0.753 -11 76.0 +47.0 +45.7 32.0 26.4 +9.5 0.741 0.669 42.9% Prior
66 Missouri 2-2 0.752 -4 77.0 +44.3 +46.4 31.0 27.4 +8.0 0.603 0.679 42.9% Prior
67 Oregon State 2-2 0.742 +5 73.6 +49.3 +51.2 28.8 19.4 +10.0 0.609 0.647 42.9% Prior
68 Boise State 1-2 0.740 -26 71.2 +54.3 +52.1 31.7 22.2 +11.7 0.803 0.624 57.1% Prior
69 James Madison 5-1 0.740 +6 80.9 +31.7 +43.9 37.1 14.0 +29.0 0.290 0.716 14.3% Prior
70 LSU 2-2 0.735 +37 72.5 +49.9 +48.9 31.9 25.8 +5.5 0.726 0.637 42.9% Prior
71 Louisville 2-2 0.730 +34 71.2 +51.4 +49.5 30.0 25.7 +3.0 0.763 0.624 42.9% Prior
72 Virginia Tech 2-2 0.728 -15 71.1 +51.3 +48.1 24.9 23.5 -5.5 0.815 0.623 42.9% Prior
73 California 1-2 0.728 +28 73.7 +44.9 +45.8 28.9 28.6 +1.7 0.634 0.648 57.1% Prior
74 Florida Atlantic 2-1 0.726 -3 73.3 +45.2 +49.1 30.9 23.9 +14.0 0.473 0.644 57.1% Prior
75 Tennessee 2-2 0.726 -5 72.8 +46.4 +51.8 35.3 27.2 +19.5 0.463 0.639 42.9% Prior
76 New Mexico 2-1 0.724 -45 76.1 +38.3 +40.1 23.8 29.6 -5.0 0.588 0.671 57.1% Prior
77 Louisiana 3-1 0.714 +25 71.1 +46.8 +48.0 29.7 24.9 +8.2 0.639 0.623 42.9% Prior
78 App State 2-2 0.712 +10 70.7 +47.2 +49.8 30.3 28.9 +6.2 0.578 0.619 42.9% Prior
79 Louisiana Tech 1-2 0.710 -3 72.7 +41.9 +42.1 31.7 34.6 0.0 0.679 0.638 57.1% Prior
80 Marshall 2-2 0.709 -12 69.6 +48.7 +52.8 34.2 29.3 +14.2 0.520 0.609 42.9% Prior
81 Utah 1-3 0.708 +4 69.8 +48.2 +44.3 30.2 29.5 +2.2 0.842 0.610 42.9% Prior
82 Nebraska 2-2 0.706 -17 71.8 +42.9 +45.3 29.0 16.1 +13.8 0.585 0.630 42.9% Prior
83 North Carolina 2-2 0.706 +15 66.2 +55.8 +53.3 32.9 28.1 +9.5 0.789 0.577 42.9% Prior
84 West Virginia 2-2 0.703 +22 69.4 +47.5 +46.8 29.2 20.7 +13.5 0.714 0.607 42.9% Prior
85 Missouri State 1-1 0.696 +9 75.9 +30.4 +31.6 26.3 28.1 +1.0 0.590 0.669 71.4% Prior
86 San Jose State 2-1 0.688 +26 71.1 +39.1 +41.4 24.1 20.4 +4.0 0.559 0.623 57.1% Prior
87 Miami (OH) 2-2 0.674 +5 68.5 +40.9 +41.8 26.7 30.1 +2.0 0.650 0.598 42.9% Prior
88 Texas State 1-2 0.670 -39 66.5 +44.4 +43.4 26.2 25.1 -3.7 0.740 0.579 57.1% Prior
89 Georgia Tech 1-2 0.668 -25 67.1 +42.7 +44.2 26.5 19.8 +7.0 0.603 0.585 57.1% Prior
90 East Carolina 1-2 0.661 +23 64.0 +47.7 +44.9 26.1 27.7 -4.3 0.837 0.556 57.1% Prior
91 Miami 1-2 0.660 -7 66.3 +42.0 +36.7 21.2 31.7 -16.7 0.971 0.577 57.1% Prior
92 UTEP 2-2 0.655 +4 64.2 +45.4 +46.8 25.7 28.9 -2.8 0.628 0.558 42.9% Prior
93 Washington 1-2 0.636 +33 62.8 +43.0 +42.9 25.9 15.6 +7.3 0.692 0.544 57.1% Prior
94 Indiana 1-2 0.631 +6 64.1 +38.5 +36.1 29.5 28.8 0.0 0.816 0.557 57.1% Prior
95 UL Monroe 1-1 0.623 +16 66.5 +30.7 +30.9 20.7 29.5 -15.0 0.664 0.579 71.4% Prior
96 Illinois 1-3 0.622 +1 59.6 +46.4 +41.7 26.0 25.8 -7.5 0.874 0.514 42.9% Prior
97 Northern Illinois 1-3 0.621 -18 59.4 +46.5 +39.8 27.3 40.8 -16.2 0.959 0.512 42.9% Prior
98 Nevada 2-2 0.616 -12 59.8 +43.9 +43.2 27.2 30.4 -1.2 0.711 0.516 42.9% Prior
99 Tulane 1-2 0.612 -17 62.5 +36.6 +37.9 34.8 38.7 +1.3 0.615 0.541 57.1% Prior
100 Delaware 2-1 0.605 -27 69.5 +18.3 +23.3 24.4 29.0 -1.7 0.410 0.608 57.1% Prior
101 Jacksonville State 2-1 0.596 +8 64.6 +26.8 +30.5 19.4 28.2 -8.3 0.483 0.562 57.1% Prior
102 Kennesaw State 2-1 0.596 +18 69.0 +16.6 +24.6 26.9 31.1 +1.0 0.252 0.603 57.1% Prior
103 Florida International 1-2 0.594 -16 58.8 +40.0 +39.7 26.6 32.8 -0.3 0.698 0.506 57.1% Prior
104 Middle Tennessee 2-2 0.591 -15 58.7 +39.0 +39.1 27.2 26.4 +1.8 0.683 0.505 42.9% Prior
105 Tulsa 1-3 0.589 -1 59.5 +36.9 +36.3 23.6 23.8 -3.8 0.707 0.513 42.9% Prior
106 Eastern Michigan 2-2 0.587 +9 64.5 +24.4 +26.7 26.2 35.1 -7.2 0.592 0.560 42.9% Prior
107 Georgia State 2-2 0.576 +15 54.1 +45.4 +43.5 25.1 32.3 -8.2 0.766 0.462 42.9% Prior
108 Bowling Green 1-2 0.575 +8 58.1 +35.6 +35.7 22.7 23.6 -6.0 0.680 0.500 57.1% Prior
109 Georgia Southern 1-2 0.572 -1 61.3 +27.2 +25.3 21.2 33.9 -20.7 0.790 0.530 57.1% Prior
110 Colorado 1-2 0.568 -51 54.1 +42.9 +40.7 24.0 18.1 -1.7 0.805 0.462 57.1% Prior
111 Central Michigan 2-2 0.567 -45 57.3 +35.4 +37.6 26.0 29.7 +2.5 0.593 0.492 42.9% Prior
112 Buffalo 1-2 0.565 -2 57.2 +34.9 +37.5 29.8 20.7 +11.3 0.541 0.491 57.1% Prior
113 Arkansas State 1-2 0.560 -30 56.8 +34.2 +35.5 28.0 40.6 -11.7 0.619 0.487 57.1% Prior
114 Southern Mississippi 1-2 0.535 -24 55.6 +29.9 +32.3 24.4 22.7 +0.3 0.554 0.476 57.1% Prior
115 Northwestern 1-2 0.515 +3 50.5 +35.6 +35.1 24.2 24.4 -2.0 0.715 0.428 57.1% Prior
116 Florida State 0-3 0.515 +1 48.5 +40.2 +37.3 24.6 32.1 -9.0 0.839 0.408 57.1% Prior
117 Kent State 1-3 0.504 -3 47.6 +39.1 +33.7 29.2 32.2 -4.5 0.904 0.400 42.9% Prior
118 Washington State 1-3 0.503 -40 46.8 +40.8 +41.2 25.3 28.6 -4.2 0.672 0.392 42.9% Prior
119 Toledo 1-3 0.488 -24 46.1 +37.9 +40.1 26.0 24.6 +3.2 0.595 0.385 42.9% Prior
120 Hawaii 1-3 0.476 +1 45.6 +35.3 +34.7 25.2 35.1 -10.5 0.711 0.381 42.9% Prior
121 Kansas 1-2 0.475 -18 46.5 +33.2 +28.6 22.0 30.5 -20.7 0.934 0.389 57.1% Prior
122 Temple 1-2 0.462 -29 44.1 +34.8 +34.1 23.4 35.9 -17.0 0.721 0.367 57.1% Prior
123 South Florida 1-2 0.438 +7 42.1 +32.3 +31.5 25.1 35.8 -15.3 0.728 0.348 57.1% Prior
124 Old Dominion 1-3 0.416 +1 40.3 +29.8 +29.1 25.5 28.3 -8.2 0.717 0.330 42.9% Prior
125 Ball State 1-3 0.407 +3 39.9 +28.2 +27.7 19.9 40.2 -21.2 0.705 0.327 42.9% Prior
126 Arizona 0-3 0.394 -2 37.5 +29.7 +29.1 19.6 30.4 -11.3 0.717 0.304 57.1% Prior
127 New Mexico State 1-3 0.364 +5 31.3 +35.5 +34.5 21.6 33.2 -11.5 0.724 0.244 42.9% Prior
128 Colorado State 1-2 0.341 +9 26.7 +39.2 +40.8 23.4 25.6 -2.0 0.600 0.201 57.1% Prior
129 Rice 0-3 0.335 -2 29.7 +30.6 +24.8 16.3 42.9 -38.7 1.000 0.230 57.1% Prior
130 Akron 1-2 0.306 +3 27.9 +26.1 +29.5 23.7 42.1 -16.7 0.498 0.213 57.1% Prior
131 North Texas 1-3 0.289 -12 25.0 +27.8 +30.2 22.8 30.4 -10.0 0.587 0.185 42.9% Prior
132 Navy 0-2 0.261 +2 19.0 +33.6 +30.9 12.5 32.3 -31.0 0.903 0.128 71.4% Prior
133 UNLV 0-3 0.260 -10 20.7 +29.2 +28.2 19.9 37.0 -24.7 0.737 0.144 57.1% Prior
134 Vanderbilt 1-2 0.248 -5 15.3 +38.2 +36.8 21.9 28.6 -11.7 0.761 0.093 57.1% Prior
135 Ohio 0-3 0.241 -4 17.7 +30.5 +30.6 19.1 37.0 -19.0 0.682 0.116 57.1% Prior
136 Sacramento State 1-2 0.233 -1 20.3 +22.3 +26.8 22.0 31.0 -6.0 0.438 0.140 57.1% Prior
137 Connecticut 0-4 0.153 -1 10.4 +21.2 +19.9 17.6 42.6 -33.8 0.738 0.046 42.9% Prior
138 Massachusetts 0-3 0.104 - 5.5 +17.9 +19.2 21.2 42.6 -25.0 0.616 0.000 57.1% 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 Kentucky, #14 Wyoming, #15 Liberty, #16 Oklahoma

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

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