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Season 2021 • Week 4 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 6-0 1.113 - 109.9 +75.1 +70.4 38.3 10.5 +30.5 0.846 1.000 14.3% Prior
2 Arkansas 5-0 1.070 +1 108.2 +66.2 +64.0 31.8 15.5 +19.8 0.747 0.986 28.6% Prior
3 Oklahoma State 5-0 1.027 +7 107.5 +55.3 +51.1 28.1 21.9 +5.2 0.826 0.980 28.6% Prior
4 Wake Forest 5-0 1.014 +4 103.2 +61.3 +64.4 36.3 14.1 +25.2 0.526 0.945 28.6% Prior
5 Army 5-0 0.998 +1 102.7 +57.6 +59.0 31.6 20.1 +16.4 0.596 0.941 28.6% Prior
6 Kentucky 5-0 0.984 +7 102.8 +53.2 +52.5 29.2 20.3 +11.2 0.687 0.942 28.6% Prior
7 Michigan State 5-0 0.973 +4 101.0 +54.2 +55.7 32.1 17.0 +15.8 0.589 0.927 28.6% Prior
8 Alabama 5-1 0.961 +12 95.3 +63.9 +59.7 36.8 17.1 +20.3 0.830 0.880 14.3% Prior
9 Baylor 5-0 0.959 +3 100.1 +52.1 +55.5 32.1 16.2 +24.4 0.513 0.920 28.6% Prior
10 San Diego State 5-0 0.953 -3 99.2 +52.5 +57.5 33.4 23.1 +17.0 0.448 0.912 28.6% Prior
11 SMU 4-0 0.946 +10 100.2 +48.0 +50.0 36.6 21.0 +20.0 0.548 0.921 42.9% Prior
12 Maryland 5-0 0.945 +5 99.2 +50.1 +55.2 34.8 18.0 +27.2 0.445 0.912 28.6% Prior
13 Iowa 4-1 0.940 +6 93.3 +62.5 +62.6 28.9 15.0 +13.6 0.648 0.864 28.6% Prior
14 Notre Dame 4-1 0.933 +15 93.7 +59.3 +56.5 32.2 28.5 +9.2 0.771 0.867 28.6% Prior
15 Oklahoma 5-0 0.932 +1 98.2 +48.6 +50.8 33.2 18.5 +21.2 0.563 0.904 28.6% Prior
16 Michigan 4-1 0.925 +8 88.6 +68.9 +61.9 34.3 15.1 +18.2 0.947 0.825 28.6% Prior
17 Wyoming 5-0 0.919 -3 98.6 +44.0 +50.7 30.8 29.5 +11.8 0.377 0.907 28.6% Prior
18 Penn State 4-1 0.911 +7 90.4 +60.5 +56.8 30.6 17.0 +10.4 0.806 0.840 28.6% Prior
19 UCLA 3-1 0.909 +12 91.1 +58.1 +55.1 33.2 23.8 +13.2 0.809 0.846 42.9% Prior
20 Kansas State 4-1 0.907 -18 91.5 +56.7 +53.7 30.3 18.6 +11.4 0.776 0.849 28.6% Prior
21 Boston College 4-0 0.901 +9 98.0 +39.8 +47.3 34.9 20.8 +25.0 0.263 0.902 42.9% Prior
22 BYU 4-1 0.900 +6 91.6 +54.5 +54.3 26.8 24.3 +6.4 0.662 0.850 28.6% Prior
23 Coastal Carolina 5-0 0.898 -5 96.9 +41.6 +52.0 36.2 23.5 +24.8 0.225 0.893 28.6% Prior
24 Texas A&M 3-1 0.894 -19 88.2 +60.7 +60.4 28.1 13.2 +14.5 0.668 0.822 42.9% Prior
25 Texas 3-1 0.892 +17 88.7 +58.7 +55.5 38.5 22.9 +23.5 0.817 0.826 42.9% Prior
26 South Alabama 3-0 0.884 - 95.3 +40.9 +46.4 28.5 22.4 +11.3 0.278 0.880 57.1% Prior
27 Ohio State 4-1 0.878 +6 87.2 +58.3 +57.4 35.4 28.8 +16.6 0.693 0.814 28.6% Prior
28 Mississippi 3-1 0.859 -1 83.4 +61.6 +61.3 36.8 17.6 +20.5 0.672 0.782 42.9% Prior
29 Liberty 4-1 0.852 -14 87.4 +50.0 +54.0 36.1 16.1 +22.0 0.489 0.816 28.6% Prior
30 UAB 4-1 0.851 +6 86.6 +51.5 +49.3 29.1 22.9 +5.2 0.746 0.809 28.6% Prior
31 Oregon 4-1 0.848 +10 85.2 +53.8 +54.6 34.1 23.8 +12.4 0.622 0.797 28.6% Prior
32 Texas Tech 4-1 0.848 -28 83.9 +56.8 +53.5 35.3 25.5 +9.6 0.791 0.787 28.6% Prior
33 Fresno State 5-1 0.838 +11 86.4 +48.1 +51.0 32.6 24.9 +18.2 0.536 0.807 14.3% Prior
34 UCF 3-1 0.834 +9 85.7 +48.6 +46.8 34.5 25.8 +14.8 0.745 0.801 42.9% Prior
35 Boise State 2-2 0.833 +33 80.8 +59.7 +56.3 31.9 17.4 +14.8 0.827 0.761 42.9% Prior
36 Air Force 4-1 0.831 +12 83.3 +53.1 +56.1 31.5 24.7 +12.8 0.534 0.782 28.6% Prior
37 UT San Antonio 4-1 0.828 +3 84.4 +49.9 +51.2 31.2 23.8 +12.8 0.597 0.791 28.6% Prior
38 Purdue 4-1 0.826 +8 84.5 +48.9 +46.8 28.6 21.3 +10.2 0.741 0.792 28.6% Prior
39 Houston 4-1 0.821 -2 83.6 +49.5 +54.0 29.8 20.1 +15.4 0.466 0.784 28.6% Prior
40 Florida 3-2 0.812 +14 78.2 +59.6 +57.6 30.6 19.7 +10.6 0.736 0.740 28.6% Prior
41 North Dakota State 5-0 0.811 +4 91.6 +28.0 +41.1 35.5 10.7 +29.6 0.112 0.849 28.6% Prior
42 Duke 3-1 0.808 +14 83.4 +46.2 +50.2 33.1 28.8 +12.8 0.450 0.783 42.9% Prior
43 Syracuse 3-1 0.804 +14 83.1 +45.8 +48.5 29.7 21.1 +12.8 0.513 0.780 42.9% Prior
44 Sam Houston 3-0 0.801 +3 88.9 +31.3 +40.8 37.6 24.5 +24.7 0.000 0.828 57.1% Prior
45 Western Michigan 4-1 0.801 +7 79.7 +52.6 +52.4 32.8 22.6 +9.2 0.665 0.752 28.6% Prior
46 Memphis 3-1 0.801 -23 82.5 +46.0 +46.7 31.9 32.3 +7.2 0.621 0.776 42.9% Prior
47 Cincinnati 3-1 0.800 +2 77.4 +57.6 +58.3 34.3 19.3 +15.8 0.619 0.734 42.9% Prior
48 Rutgers 3-2 0.798 -16 78.0 +55.9 +52.5 31.7 17.7 +10.8 0.793 0.738 28.6% Prior
49 Wisconsin 2-2 0.790 -15 76.4 +57.1 +51.5 24.4 18.5 0.0 0.945 0.725 42.9% Prior
50 Oregon State 3-2 0.789 +17 77.9 +53.2 +54.1 31.1 21.5 +11.6 0.617 0.737 28.6% Prior
51 Charlotte 3-1 0.783 +11 81.8 +42.6 +43.6 28.4 22.7 +5.8 0.598 0.769 42.9% Prior
52 Utah State 4-1 0.777 -43 77.9 +49.6 +45.6 30.0 25.6 +3.6 0.819 0.738 28.6% Prior
53 Louisville 3-2 0.775 +18 76.0 +53.6 +50.9 30.0 25.5 +4.0 0.766 0.722 28.6% Prior
54 Auburn 3-2 0.775 +7 76.8 +51.7 +53.6 33.4 19.3 +22.0 0.575 0.728 28.6% Prior
55 Utah 2-3 0.774 +26 77.0 +51.0 +47.1 29.6 26.4 +4.0 0.817 0.730 28.6% Prior
56 Clemson 3-2 0.774 -18 76.4 +52.5 +47.4 26.3 11.6 +9.2 0.866 0.725 28.6% Prior
57 Pittsburgh 3-2 0.771 +8 78.1 +47.4 +49.2 37.3 25.5 +21.6 0.579 0.739 28.6% Prior
58 TCU 2-1 0.770 -36 79.5 +43.9 +44.0 33.5 23.3 +12.0 0.647 0.751 57.1% Prior
59 Arizona State 3-2 0.769 - 74.9 +54.2 +56.8 29.4 22.3 +11.8 0.547 0.713 28.6% Prior
60 Western Kentucky 2-2 0.762 -25 75.4 +51.1 +49.9 36.8 30.7 +13.5 0.718 0.717 42.9% Prior
61 Louisiana 4-1 0.761 +16 77.5 +46.0 +48.5 28.9 24.7 +8.2 0.551 0.734 28.6% Prior
62 North Carolina State 3-1 0.761 -2 76.9 +47.4 +49.4 31.6 18.3 +18.8 0.547 0.729 42.9% Prior
63 James Madison 5-1 0.748 +6 81.5 +32.8 +43.9 37.5 14.0 +29.0 0.194 0.767 14.3% Prior
64 Louisiana Tech 2-2 0.744 +15 77.1 +42.0 +43.5 29.6 31.9 +1.8 0.574 0.731 42.9% Prior
65 Stanford 2-2 0.727 -26 70.6 +52.0 +49.0 26.7 28.1 +1.0 0.811 0.677 42.9% Prior
66 Virginia Tech 3-2 0.723 +6 70.4 +51.1 +49.1 25.4 21.8 -2.2 0.737 0.676 28.6% Prior
67 Iowa State 2-3 0.722 -4 69.5 +52.9 +49.7 28.8 19.8 +6.4 0.788 0.668 28.6% Prior
68 App State 3-2 0.716 +10 70.4 +49.2 +50.5 30.6 26.9 +5.2 0.603 0.676 28.6% Prior
69 LSU 3-2 0.715 +1 70.2 +49.1 +48.9 30.8 27.4 +5.0 0.664 0.675 28.6% Prior
70 Missouri State 2-1 0.707 +15 76.2 +33.0 +34.1 28.0 26.1 +3.3 0.578 0.723 57.1% Prior
71 UL Monroe 2-1 0.707 +24 73.4 +39.4 +39.9 25.0 26.0 -5.7 0.618 0.701 57.1% Prior
72 Georgia Tech 2-2 0.706 +17 69.6 +48.1 +49.2 29.5 19.3 +11.0 0.596 0.669 42.9% Prior
73 South Carolina 3-2 0.705 -20 71.3 +43.8 +41.0 27.3 19.0 +6.6 0.769 0.683 28.6% Prior
74 Minnesota 3-2 0.700 -24 67.5 +51.1 +50.1 26.4 20.9 +5.8 0.694 0.652 28.6% Prior
75 Indiana 2-2 0.699 +19 71.6 +41.2 +37.7 29.1 27.0 +0.5 0.835 0.686 42.9% Prior
76 Missouri 2-3 0.698 -10 70.2 +44.2 +43.8 31.9 28.6 +5.0 0.670 0.674 28.6% Prior
77 UTEP 3-2 0.697 +15 69.1 +46.4 +48.6 25.8 27.3 -0.8 0.566 0.665 28.6% Prior
78 Nebraska 2-3 0.693 +4 70.0 +43.2 +43.4 28.4 17.4 +10.4 0.646 0.673 28.6% Prior
79 West Virginia 2-3 0.686 +5 66.9 +48.3 +46.1 27.9 19.0 +10.2 0.745 0.647 28.6% Prior
80 Marshall 2-3 0.676 - 65.6 +48.2 +51.9 32.9 28.6 +11.2 0.498 0.637 28.6% Prior
81 Miami 2-2 0.675 +10 68.6 +41.1 +40.2 29.1 26.0 +4.8 0.705 0.661 42.9% Prior
82 Washington 2-2 0.665 +11 64.6 +47.4 +45.9 26.7 17.5 +7.2 0.730 0.629 42.9% Prior
83 Mississippi State 2-3 0.649 -19 60.9 +51.3 +46.9 24.4 24.1 -3.4 0.837 0.598 28.6% Prior
84 California 1-3 0.646 -11 64.2 +42.9 +43.9 27.9 30.1 -0.5 0.601 0.625 42.9% Prior
85 New Mexico 2-2 0.644 -9 65.8 +38.4 +40.3 22.3 28.5 -5.5 0.554 0.638 42.9% Prior
86 Tulsa 2-3 0.632 +19 63.5 +40.2 +39.3 25.2 25.6 -1.6 0.689 0.619 28.6% Prior
87 Troy 2-2 0.631 -29 64.9 +36.8 +41.4 26.9 19.1 +10.8 0.421 0.630 42.9% Prior
88 Bowling Green 2-2 0.631 +20 63.8 +39.4 +39.3 22.9 21.9 -3.5 0.660 0.622 42.9% Prior
89 East Carolina 2-2 0.631 +1 63.3 +40.1 +40.3 26.4 29.2 -2.5 0.641 0.618 42.9% Prior
90 Northern Illinois 2-3 0.622 +7 61.3 +42.2 +39.6 29.5 36.7 -7.6 0.762 0.602 28.6% Prior
91 Tennessee 2-3 0.621 -16 60.9 +43.2 +45.5 33.1 28.4 +10.8 0.561 0.598 28.6% Prior
92 Miami (OH) 2-3 0.620 -5 61.9 +40.1 +38.8 25.2 28.4 -1.0 0.708 0.606 28.6% Prior
93 Florida Atlantic 2-2 0.615 -19 61.1 +40.7 +40.9 27.8 24.2 +4.5 0.642 0.599 42.9% Prior
94 Nevada 2-2 0.602 +4 58.3 +43.4 +43.2 28.0 31.0 -1.2 0.665 0.577 42.9% Prior
95 Northwestern 2-2 0.602 +20 59.3 +41.1 +43.2 25.8 22.6 +5.8 0.544 0.585 42.9% Prior
96 Buffalo 2-2 0.600 +16 63.1 +31.4 +36.0 29.9 25.1 +8.8 0.420 0.616 42.9% Prior
97 Delaware 2-1 0.599 +3 69.1 +17.3 +23.3 24.5 30.4 -1.7 0.239 0.665 57.1% Prior
98 Central Michigan 3-2 0.597 +13 60.1 +37.8 +40.6 27.3 28.4 +2.8 0.535 0.591 28.6% Prior
99 Kennesaw State 2-1 0.581 +3 66.7 +17.4 +24.6 26.8 29.7 +1.0 0.161 0.646 57.1% Prior
100 Eastern Michigan 3-2 0.576 +6 59.2 +33.7 +38.2 29.7 34.3 +1.8 0.468 0.584 28.6% Prior
101 Middle Tennessee 2-3 0.570 +3 56.0 +39.2 +39.5 28.4 30.1 +0.8 0.642 0.558 28.6% Prior
102 Tulane 1-3 0.560 -3 55.8 +36.8 +37.1 32.0 37.3 -0.8 0.635 0.556 42.9% Prior
103 Virginia 2-2 0.541 -48 49.0 +46.7 +44.5 33.3 28.1 +7.8 0.773 0.501 42.9% Prior
104 North Carolina 2-3 0.540 -21 47.2 +50.7 +48.7 31.0 32.7 +3.0 0.737 0.485 28.6% Prior
105 Illinois 1-4 0.539 -9 48.9 +46.7 +42.4 24.2 24.3 -6.8 0.832 0.499 28.6% Prior
106 San Jose State 2-2 0.537 -20 53.3 +35.7 +36.8 21.0 20.5 -2.0 0.597 0.536 42.9% Prior
107 Hawaii 2-3 0.526 +13 50.3 +39.4 +40.9 27.0 34.0 -4.4 0.594 0.511 28.6% Prior
108 USC 2-2 0.526 -57 45.9 +49.6 +48.2 30.4 29.3 +5.5 0.726 0.475 42.9% Prior
109 Florida International 1-3 0.509 -6 48.9 +37.6 +39.7 25.1 32.7 -1.2 0.545 0.499 42.9% Prior
110 Toledo 2-3 0.509 +9 48.0 +39.7 +43.3 25.6 23.4 +4.6 0.505 0.492 28.6% Prior
111 Georgia Southern 1-3 0.506 -2 51.4 +30.9 +28.8 21.3 32.7 -17.5 0.762 0.520 42.9% Prior
112 Jacksonville State 2-2 0.498 -11 51.7 +27.6 +33.0 21.4 29.6 -7.0 0.376 0.523 42.9% Prior
113 Texas State 1-3 0.491 -25 46.0 +38.8 +38.2 25.2 33.8 -12.2 0.686 0.476 42.9% Prior
114 Georgia State 2-3 0.489 -7 43.4 +44.4 +41.0 25.5 32.1 -8.6 0.795 0.454 28.6% Prior
115 Arkansas State 1-3 0.485 -2 47.1 +34.6 +35.9 27.9 41.4 -10.5 0.586 0.485 42.9% Prior
116 Florida State 0-4 0.481 - 43.0 +43.0 +37.9 24.2 30.8 -8.8 0.918 0.451 42.9% Prior
117 Colorado 1-3 0.455 -7 41.3 +39.4 +35.6 23.1 23.8 -6.8 0.852 0.437 42.9% Prior
118 Southern Mississippi 1-3 0.445 -4 45.0 +27.5 +28.6 23.3 31.8 -12.0 0.597 0.468 42.9% Prior
119 Kent State 1-4 0.411 -2 36.9 +36.5 +30.3 28.2 32.8 -7.8 0.909 0.401 28.6% Prior
120 Rice 1-3 0.411 +9 41.0 +26.9 +24.8 20.2 41.7 -25.5 0.761 0.435 42.9% Prior
121 South Florida 1-3 0.406 +2 37.0 +34.6 +31.6 25.6 35.9 -13.5 0.807 0.402 42.9% Prior
122 Temple 2-2 0.402 - 37.9 +31.3 +36.2 25.6 32.2 -4.2 0.396 0.409 42.9% Prior
123 Old Dominion 1-4 0.354 +1 30.9 +33.3 +33.6 26.3 29.3 -6.8 0.643 0.352 28.6% Prior
124 Washington State 1-4 0.354 -6 29.2 +37.4 +38.3 23.6 28.7 -5.6 0.617 0.338 28.6% Prior
125 Kansas 1-3 0.354 -4 31.6 +31.5 +27.4 23.4 34.8 -20.2 0.868 0.358 42.9% Prior
126 Ball State 1-4 0.339 -1 30.5 +30.0 +29.6 20.2 36.8 -19.0 0.667 0.348 28.6% Prior
127 Navy 0-3 0.315 +5 23.9 +38.1 +33.1 16.9 31.0 -23.3 1.000 0.294 57.1% Prior
128 Colorado State 1-3 0.301 - 20.8 +41.0 +39.2 23.1 26.2 -4.0 0.750 0.269 42.9% Prior
129 Arizona 0-4 0.297 -3 25.5 +29.0 +26.8 20.2 31.4 -14.0 0.769 0.307 42.9% Prior
130 UNLV 0-4 0.255 +3 17.6 +34.9 +31.4 22.3 35.4 -20.5 0.836 0.243 42.9% Prior
131 Sacramento State 2-2 0.249 +5 23.3 +19.9 +27.8 22.0 30.9 -4.0 0.241 0.289 42.9% Prior
132 Akron 1-3 0.235 -2 19.3 +25.2 +25.9 22.0 42.9 -25.5 0.619 0.257 42.9% Prior
133 North Texas 1-4 0.206 -2 14.0 +28.7 +31.4 21.8 28.9 -9.4 0.543 0.213 28.6% Prior
134 Connecticut 0-5 0.162 +3 7.7 +30.4 +26.9 19.6 38.3 -27.4 0.801 0.161 28.6% Prior
135 Ohio 0-4 0.115 - 3.0 +27.1 +26.6 19.2 35.5 -21.5 0.679 0.123 42.9% Prior
136 New Mexico State 1-4 0.062 -9 -5.9 +32.4 +31.7 21.7 35.0 -13.2 0.683 0.050 28.6% Prior
137 Massachusetts 0-4 0.059 +1 -1.8 +21.7 +19.1 19.6 40.6 -31.2 0.788 0.084 42.9% Prior
138 Vanderbilt 1-3 0.031 -4 -12.0 +37.1 +32.9 19.7 35.3 -24.2 0.869 0.000 42.9% 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 Iowa, #14 Notre Dame, #15 Oklahoma, #16 Michigan

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 6
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 4
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 3
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0