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Season 2021 • Week 8 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 9-0 1.115 - 110.0 +75.8 +72.3 37.4 9.2 +29.0 0.843 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Wake Forest 8-0 1.008 +1 104.0 +57.9 +59.5 36.5 23.4 +18.2 0.618 0.964 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Michigan State 8-0 0.987 +1 102.2 +55.4 +57.4 30.9 18.8 +14.9 0.601 0.954 0.0% (Decayed)
4 San Diego State 8-0 0.980 +1 101.5 +55.2 +58.1 31.1 19.7 +15.1 0.562 0.949 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Alabama 8-2 0.961 +2 93.9 +67.1 +62.6 37.6 18.9 +20.8 0.886 0.904 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Oklahoma 9-0 0.959 - 99.6 +53.4 +56.8 33.9 24.9 +16.9 0.541 0.938 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Oklahoma State 7-1 0.955 -5 98.0 +55.9 +52.0 27.6 20.4 +5.1 0.857 0.928 0.0% (Decayed)
8 SMU 7-0 0.943 +1 99.4 +48.9 +56.2 34.8 24.1 +20.0 0.365 0.937 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Ohio State 7-1 0.920 +1 89.9 +64.4 +65.5 39.8 23.4 +27.2 0.636 0.880 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Michigan 7-1 0.908 +1 87.0 +67.6 +64.3 34.5 18.0 +17.6 0.831 0.863 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Baylor 7-1 0.873 +1 88.8 +53.0 +55.0 32.1 18.8 +18.9 0.596 0.874 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Cincinnati 7-1 0.870 +1 84.5 +62.0 +64.3 35.1 18.0 +20.6 0.588 0.848 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Houston 7-1 0.868 +4 87.1 +55.5 +60.2 31.5 18.8 +17.1 0.485 0.864 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Coastal Carolina 7-1 0.866 -6 89.3 +49.5 +56.8 36.4 22.3 +25.8 0.367 0.877 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Notre Dame 6-2 0.865 -1 85.5 +58.2 +54.4 30.2 25.7 +6.6 0.854 0.854 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Liberty 7-2 0.860 -1 87.4 +52.4 +56.5 33.7 19.6 +18.7 0.506 0.865 0.0% (Decayed)
17 UT San Antonio 8-1 0.852 +6 85.4 +54.7 +58.1 33.1 22.9 +16.8 0.540 0.853 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Kentucky 7-1 0.843 +1 84.7 +53.6 +51.2 27.7 18.9 +8.4 0.793 0.849 0.0% (Decayed)
19 Texas A&M 6-2 0.841 +5 81.1 +61.4 +62.1 29.8 17.6 +13.5 0.657 0.827 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Fresno State 7-2 0.835 +2 85.4 +49.4 +51.6 30.8 23.4 +13.9 0.591 0.853 0.0% (Decayed)
21 North Dakota State 9-0 0.830 +4 91.7 +33.4 +44.2 32.1 12.2 +21.7 0.215 0.891 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Sam Houston 6-0 0.824 +8 90.9 +33.5 +46.9 35.6 18.7 +24.0 0.101 0.886 14.3% Prior
23 Air Force 7-2 0.820 -7 80.4 +56.8 +57.5 29.8 20.4 +11.4 0.658 0.823 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Pittsburgh 6-2 0.812 -3 79.9 +55.6 +57.5 36.5 22.8 +21.2 0.608 0.820 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Oregon 6-2 0.807 +8 79.9 +54.2 +52.3 31.4 24.7 +8.1 0.772 0.820 0.0% (Decayed)
26 Iowa State 5-3 0.804 +2 78.3 +56.9 +56.5 30.5 19.6 +12.5 0.702 0.811 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Utah 4-4 0.802 -7 79.0 +54.7 +49.9 31.4 27.1 +5.2 0.896 0.815 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Louisiana 7-1 0.801 -1 80.5 +50.9 +52.0 28.4 21.0 +9.0 0.642 0.824 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Penn State 5-3 0.784 -11 74.2 +60.6 +58.9 29.0 17.7 +8.9 0.765 0.786 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Arizona State 5-3 0.766 +11 74.7 +54.1 +54.8 29.4 21.8 +10.2 0.656 0.789 0.0% (Decayed)
31 BYU 6-3 0.761 - 75.0 +51.6 +50.2 26.2 24.6 +2.8 0.749 0.791 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Clemson 5-3 0.759 -6 75.4 +50.2 +46.7 24.7 12.6 +5.6 0.841 0.794 0.0% (Decayed)
33 North Carolina State 5-2 0.757 -4 75.2 +50.3 +52.8 31.0 19.1 +15.3 0.577 0.792 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Arkansas 6-3 0.753 +1 74.0 +51.9 +50.4 30.4 21.9 +9.8 0.756 0.785 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Mississippi 6-2 0.747 +2 72.3 +53.9 +52.5 33.2 24.6 +10.1 0.747 0.775 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Kansas State 5-3 0.745 +6 72.6 +52.5 +48.7 28.1 21.9 +4.9 0.858 0.777 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Minnesota 6-2 0.743 +1 71.9 +53.9 +53.3 27.2 18.8 +7.6 0.716 0.772 0.0% (Decayed)
38 Louisville 4-4 0.721 +21 68.3 +55.5 +53.4 30.3 25.1 +3.8 0.778 0.751 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Texas 4-3 0.712 +4 67.4 +54.8 +52.2 34.3 28.3 +12.0 0.804 0.746 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Boise State 3-4 0.710 - 66.2 +57.2 +52.5 29.1 22.3 +7.3 0.893 0.739 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Iowa 6-2 0.709 -2 64.0 +61.9 +60.3 28.8 16.7 +11.4 0.759 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
42 UTEP 6-2 0.704 +2 70.0 +46.4 +52.6 25.5 24.1 +4.0 0.414 0.762 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Oregon State 5-3 0.697 +2 67.0 +51.4 +52.6 30.0 25.7 +7.8 0.637 0.743 0.0% (Decayed)
44 South Alabama 4-3 0.688 -10 69.8 +42.2 +47.8 27.3 25.9 +6.7 0.443 0.760 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Auburn 5-3 0.678 +2 64.5 +51.7 +49.7 31.1 20.3 +13.2 0.774 0.728 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Florida 4-4 0.677 +2 62.5 +55.8 +54.8 29.9 21.9 +10.1 0.728 0.717 0.0% (Decayed)
47 UCF 5-3 0.668 +5 65.9 +45.3 +44.6 29.4 27.2 +5.1 0.716 0.737 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Virginia 6-2 0.666 +7 63.1 +51.3 +50.0 33.0 25.8 +11.2 0.744 0.720 0.0% (Decayed)
49 James Madison 8-2 0.665 +5 71.2 +31.8 +42.7 33.1 15.7 +20.3 0.211 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
50 App State 5-3 0.661 +7 61.9 +52.5 +50.7 30.6 25.9 +3.8 0.768 0.713 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Wisconsin 5-3 0.660 +10 58.0 +61.2 +55.7 26.0 18.1 +3.2 0.930 0.690 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Northern Illinois 6-3 0.656 -1 64.4 +45.2 +45.0 29.2 33.1 -2.2 0.695 0.728 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Army 5-3 0.652 -17 61.9 +49.8 +49.1 29.6 27.2 +6.2 0.717 0.713 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Miami 3-4 0.650 +23 62.6 +47.5 +44.9 30.0 28.1 +2.1 0.801 0.717 0.0% (Decayed)
55 UCLA 5-3 0.649 -9 59.6 +54.2 +52.8 30.1 27.2 +7.0 0.749 0.700 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Marshall 4-4 0.648 - 62.0 +48.6 +53.4 32.1 26.6 +10.6 0.480 0.714 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Nebraska 3-5 0.646 +5 62.0 +48.0 +45.1 30.2 18.8 +11.4 0.812 0.714 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Syracuse 4-4 0.641 +5 62.1 +46.2 +46.7 29.2 26.2 +5.9 0.665 0.714 0.0% (Decayed)
59 Kennesaw State 6-1 0.625 +7 69.6 +23.9 +39.6 27.8 18.1 +12.0 0.000 0.759 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Western Kentucky 4-4 0.618 +9 57.8 +49.1 +49.5 34.8 33.1 +8.6 0.672 0.689 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Miami (OH) 5-4 0.615 +11 59.8 +43.8 +46.0 24.8 23.4 +2.8 0.590 0.701 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Purdue 5-3 0.600 -30 55.3 +49.6 +46.4 26.9 21.6 +5.5 0.828 0.674 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Washington 3-4 0.591 +12 55.2 +47.2 +46.7 24.9 20.6 +3.4 0.710 0.673 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Nevada 5-3 0.587 -11 51.9 +53.9 +55.3 31.9 29.6 +5.9 0.625 0.654 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Utah State 6-2 0.586 +18 55.2 +45.7 +43.9 28.1 28.3 +1.2 0.768 0.673 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Missouri State 4-3 0.584 -6 61.5 +30.5 +38.2 29.9 26.5 +6.6 0.350 0.711 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Tennessee 4-5 0.582 +1 53.6 +48.4 +48.2 33.8 28.2 +9.3 0.694 0.663 0.0% (Decayed)
68 UAB 6-3 0.575 -10 53.1 +47.5 +49.3 27.1 23.1 +5.2 0.606 0.660 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Memphis 4-4 0.573 -20 55.2 +41.8 +44.4 27.8 30.3 +2.6 0.576 0.673 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Florida Atlantic 4-3 0.570 +9 52.5 +47.3 +48.0 30.7 21.4 +9.6 0.656 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Stanford 3-4 0.568 +14 51.3 +49.5 +47.5 25.9 29.0 -1.4 0.778 0.650 0.0% (Decayed)
72 East Carolina 3-4 0.568 +9 54.5 +42.0 +43.4 27.1 27.5 +0.3 0.627 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Eastern Michigan 5-4 0.567 +15 54.0 +42.9 +45.4 29.4 31.0 +3.0 0.575 0.666 0.0% (Decayed)
74 West Virginia 3-5 0.566 +13 53.0 +45.0 +44.5 26.0 21.0 +4.4 0.711 0.660 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Troy 4-3 0.553 +3 55.3 +35.8 +41.4 24.8 22.4 +5.7 0.442 0.674 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Florida State 3-4 0.551 +4 53.1 +40.3 +39.7 27.4 26.6 +4.9 0.717 0.661 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Georgia Tech 3-4 0.550 -3 50.6 +45.6 +43.2 29.1 27.5 +1.3 0.795 0.646 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Middle Tennessee 4-4 0.542 +12 51.7 +40.8 +40.7 28.8 28.1 +1.6 0.689 0.652 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Toledo 4-5 0.534 +12 49.2 +44.6 +47.0 26.8 20.4 +8.3 0.581 0.637 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Wyoming 5-3 0.527 -16 48.9 +43.0 +44.5 26.0 24.9 +2.6 0.624 0.636 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Mississippi State 4-4 0.515 +11 43.7 +51.4 +48.5 25.6 26.3 -1.8 0.815 0.604 0.0% (Decayed)
82 California 2-5 0.512 +14 46.0 +45.0 +44.6 25.4 24.5 -0.1 0.708 0.618 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Maryland 5-3 0.511 -13 46.5 +43.9 +43.0 30.2 28.4 +4.0 0.726 0.621 0.0% (Decayed)
84 South Carolina 5-4 0.509 -19 47.8 +40.1 +38.6 25.4 25.1 -1.3 0.753 0.629 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Buffalo 4-4 0.508 +12 49.1 +36.7 +42.3 28.6 26.9 +6.8 0.442 0.637 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Duke 3-4 0.504 +13 47.9 +38.6 +42.0 26.0 32.8 -4.6 0.535 0.630 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Tulsa 4-4 0.498 +6 46.0 +41.1 +40.2 25.5 29.3 -4.5 0.725 0.618 0.0% (Decayed)
88 TCU 3-4 0.496 -21 44.4 +44.1 +41.8 30.7 28.5 +2.7 0.785 0.609 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Central Michigan 5-4 0.495 -13 46.4 +39.4 +43.0 26.5 29.3 +0.9 0.529 0.621 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Boston College 4-3 0.491 -4 48.7 +32.9 +38.2 27.4 23.9 +7.7 0.455 0.634 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Hawaii 4-4 0.476 +9 42.2 +43.2 +44.1 26.9 32.0 -2.8 0.650 0.596 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Western Michigan 6-3 0.462 -21 38.5 +47.8 +47.3 30.6 26.7 +4.7 0.710 0.574 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Louisiana Tech 2-5 0.456 -20 40.6 +41.1 +38.8 25.9 30.7 -6.4 0.787 0.586 0.0% (Decayed)
94 UL Monroe 4-3 0.453 +10 40.3 +41.0 +38.3 25.3 33.1 -13.0 0.806 0.584 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Washington State 4-5 0.445 - 37.2 +46.0 +45.3 25.1 25.5 -0.6 0.720 0.566 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Illinois 3-5 0.442 +15 36.2 +47.3 +43.3 22.8 23.6 -5.8 0.863 0.560 0.0% (Decayed)
97 North Carolina 4-4 0.438 +1 33.4 +52.7 +53.1 30.6 30.2 +4.9 0.672 0.543 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Charlotte 4-3 0.430 -48 38.3 +38.7 +42.3 26.0 28.6 -0.6 0.530 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
99 LSU 4-5 0.430 -10 35.4 +45.5 +43.3 28.6 29.7 -0.9 0.787 0.555 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Texas Tech 6-3 0.425 -18 32.1 +51.9 +52.5 31.2 27.6 +6.2 0.662 0.535 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Georgia Southern 2-5 0.399 +5 36.8 +32.8 +34.4 24.3 33.5 -10.6 0.616 0.564 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Virginia Tech 3-5 0.397 -8 30.5 +47.0 +46.2 24.4 26.2 -5.0 0.723 0.526 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Rice 3-4 0.385 +7 36.2 +30.3 +30.5 21.1 37.0 -19.4 0.681 0.560 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Northwestern 3-4 0.383 -3 32.4 +38.5 +38.6 23.2 26.6 -5.4 0.683 0.537 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Indiana 2-5 0.382 -21 32.3 +38.6 +32.1 23.9 27.7 -10.6 0.973 0.536 0.0% (Decayed)
106 San Jose State 4-4 0.363 +1 30.3 +37.4 +39.6 22.4 24.4 -2.4 0.590 0.525 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Ball State 4-5 0.361 -4 27.4 +43.5 +43.3 25.4 31.1 -6.4 0.698 0.507 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Colorado State 3-4 0.353 +1 25.2 +46.5 +47.7 26.1 23.4 +4.1 0.634 0.494 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Texas State 2-5 0.351 -7 27.5 +40.3 +40.9 25.1 33.2 -8.9 0.664 0.508 0.0% (Decayed)
110 USC 3-4 0.344 -5 23.6 +47.2 +45.7 28.7 29.6 +2.0 0.753 0.485 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Kent State 4-5 0.305 +2 23.2 +36.8 +36.5 28.5 36.3 -5.3 0.702 0.482 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Rutgers 3-5 0.291 +2 18.8 +43.0 +40.2 25.5 23.1 -2.1 0.807 0.456 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Sacramento State 5-2 0.288 +6 26.0 +25.1 +37.6 27.2 25.3 +8.0 0.143 0.499 0.0% (Decayed)
114 South Florida 2-5 0.286 +10 20.8 +36.8 +35.8 25.7 32.0 -8.4 0.730 0.468 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Georgia State 4-4 0.276 - 15.4 +46.2 +45.0 26.5 31.1 -3.2 0.740 0.436 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Missouri 3-5 0.260 -4 16.5 +39.0 +40.0 29.6 35.4 -2.6 0.644 0.442 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Jacksonville State 3-4 0.211 -9 17.2 +22.8 +27.2 21.9 27.5 -12.0 0.491 0.446 0.0% (Decayed)
118 New Mexico 3-5 0.191 +8 9.7 +34.4 +33.8 20.1 27.3 -11.5 0.717 0.402 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Navy 1-6 0.187 +6 5.5 +42.7 +35.6 21.2 28.6 -14.0 1.000 0.377 0.0% (Decayed)
120 UNLV 0-7 0.182 -2 6.1 +40.1 +36.3 22.8 31.5 -14.3 0.853 0.380 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Bowling Green 2-6 0.178 -4 8.6 +32.8 +35.3 21.0 29.5 -9.4 0.579 0.395 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Tulane 1-6 0.168 +1 8.3 +30.7 +30.0 29.0 40.7 -10.4 0.718 0.393 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Delaware 3-4 0.117 -2 11.2 +8.8 +20.2 22.3 28.1 -5.1 0.188 0.411 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Arkansas State 1-6 0.117 +4 1.0 +32.5 +33.0 26.8 42.7 -14.4 0.666 0.350 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Colorado 2-5 0.107 -3 -1.4 +35.2 +35.2 21.6 23.8 -5.6 0.687 0.335 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Florida International 1-6 0.092 -10 -1.8 +31.6 +33.9 24.7 37.0 -9.9 0.591 0.333 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Temple 3-4 0.086 -7 -0.7 +27.2 +32.6 23.1 36.1 -11.9 0.451 0.340 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Old Dominion 1-7 0.067 +1 -6.2 +34.6 +33.1 23.7 28.7 -8.9 0.750 0.307 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Ohio 1-7 0.023 -2 -12.0 +34.9 +38.4 22.3 32.0 -10.0 0.533 0.272 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Southern Mississippi 1-6 0.006 +1 -11.4 +28.4 +29.0 20.0 30.4 -14.3 0.660 0.276 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Kansas 1-6 -0.007 -1 -13.8 +29.9 +24.6 21.8 38.7 -24.6 0.923 0.261 0.0% (Decayed)
132 North Texas 1-7 -0.079 +1 -23.1 +30.2 +30.4 23.2 33.4 -12.1 0.679 0.206 0.0% (Decayed)
133 New Mexico State 1-7 -0.088 +2 -24.5 +31.1 +31.1 24.3 40.3 -14.1 0.689 0.197 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Arizona 0-7 -0.107 - -26.7 +30.4 +29.4 19.4 31.9 -16.1 0.732 0.185 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Akron 2-6 -0.247 -3 -43.1 +27.1 +29.3 22.2 39.4 -19.0 0.592 0.087 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Massachusetts 1-6 -0.248 +2 -41.0 +21.6 +21.9 19.2 42.3 -29.3 0.677 0.099 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Vanderbilt 2-6 -0.345 - -57.6 +31.7 +30.4 19.7 36.5 -22.1 0.744 0.000 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Connecticut 1-8 -0.360 -2 -53.8 +18.0 +22.5 19.5 37.8 -19.8 0.493 0.023 0.0% (Decayed)

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 Houston, #14 Coastal Carolina, #15 Notre Dame, #16 Liberty

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

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