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Season 2021 • Week 9 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 10-0 1.123 - 110.7 +76.4 +72.9 37.3 8.9 +28.8 0.882 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Wake Forest 9-0 1.004 - 102.7 +59.4 +61.4 36.8 22.2 +20.4 0.642 0.955 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Michigan State 9-0 1.001 - 103.8 +55.9 +56.4 31.1 20.2 +13.7 0.711 0.962 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Oklahoma 10-0 0.974 +2 100.2 +56.4 +59.0 34.9 24.6 +18.3 0.618 0.941 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Oklahoma State 8-1 0.957 +2 97.8 +56.9 +55.2 29.0 19.5 +10.3 0.804 0.928 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Alabama 8-2 0.941 -1 91.5 +67.0 +62.6 37.7 19.2 +20.8 0.921 0.892 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Ohio State 8-1 0.940 +2 91.9 +65.7 +65.1 39.1 23.4 +25.2 0.757 0.895 0.0% (Decayed)
8 San Diego State 8-1 0.902 -4 91.8 +54.4 +55.9 30.2 20.1 +12.3 0.664 0.894 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Baylor 8-1 0.886 +2 90.3 +53.2 +54.5 31.5 18.3 +17.6 0.674 0.886 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Notre Dame 7-2 0.882 +5 87.2 +59.2 +54.8 30.8 26.1 +7.0 0.921 0.868 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Houston 8-1 0.881 +2 88.3 +56.3 +59.8 32.2 20.4 +16.0 0.578 0.874 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Cincinnati 8-1 0.876 - 85.2 +62.3 +65.4 34.4 17.1 +20.4 0.595 0.857 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Coastal Carolina 8-1 0.862 +1 89.2 +48.8 +56.2 35.5 23.2 +23.7 0.405 0.879 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Liberty 8-2 0.854 +2 88.2 +48.8 +54.0 34.5 20.3 +21.3 0.501 0.874 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Michigan 7-2 0.854 -5 80.9 +65.6 +61.8 34.1 19.9 +15.2 0.898 0.833 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Utah 5-4 0.850 +11 84.3 +56.7 +52.2 31.8 26.4 +6.9 0.927 0.852 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Texas A&M 6-2 0.844 +2 81.5 +61.3 +62.1 29.9 17.5 +13.5 0.694 0.836 0.0% (Decayed)
18 SMU 7-1 0.843 -10 87.0 +48.1 +53.5 34.8 26.7 +16.6 0.494 0.867 0.0% (Decayed)
19 UT San Antonio 8-1 0.843 -2 84.2 +54.6 +58.1 33.3 23.1 +16.8 0.579 0.851 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Fresno State 8-2 0.841 - 85.7 +50.7 +52.2 30.7 22.8 +13.5 0.664 0.860 0.0% (Decayed)
21 North Dakota State 10-0 0.838 - 91.8 +35.5 +47.1 32.8 11.8 +23.7 0.221 0.894 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Sam Houston 7-0 0.829 - 91.1 +34.4 +47.8 36.1 19.8 +23.1 0.146 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Louisiana 8-1 0.824 +5 81.9 +54.4 +55.1 29.9 19.3 +13.0 0.697 0.838 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Oregon 7-2 0.822 +1 81.0 +56.1 +55.1 33.0 26.0 +9.8 0.769 0.833 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Air Force 7-2 0.822 -2 80.7 +56.6 +57.5 29.9 20.5 +11.4 0.689 0.831 0.0% (Decayed)
26 BYU 7-3 0.788 +5 77.7 +53.4 +51.8 28.3 26.2 +4.2 0.801 0.815 0.0% (Decayed)
27 North Carolina State 6-2 0.781 +6 77.3 +52.3 +54.1 30.7 18.7 +15.2 0.651 0.812 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Kansas State 6-3 0.760 +8 73.9 +54.0 +50.9 28.3 20.7 +6.4 0.863 0.793 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Minnesota 7-2 0.755 +8 72.9 +55.0 +55.0 28.1 18.6 +9.8 0.727 0.788 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Clemson 6-3 0.750 +2 74.1 +50.6 +48.1 25.2 13.9 +6.1 0.839 0.794 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Boise State 4-4 0.743 +9 70.0 +58.1 +52.8 29.2 21.3 +7.5 0.961 0.771 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Kentucky 7-2 0.740 -14 72.9 +50.5 +48.6 26.9 21.0 +5.9 0.815 0.788 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Pittsburgh 6-3 0.740 -9 71.0 +55.1 +56.7 35.5 24.2 +18.4 0.658 0.777 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Penn State 5-4 0.733 -5 68.3 +58.9 +56.1 28.5 18.4 +6.9 0.854 0.762 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Arkansas 6-3 0.726 -1 70.7 +51.4 +50.4 30.5 22.3 +9.8 0.773 0.775 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Iowa State 5-4 0.726 -10 68.8 +55.7 +55.4 30.4 21.9 +10.3 0.739 0.765 0.0% (Decayed)
37 South Alabama 5-3 0.722 +7 73.5 +43.7 +50.0 26.9 24.3 +8.1 0.453 0.791 0.0% (Decayed)
38 Mississippi 6-3 0.702 -3 67.6 +51.4 +50.1 32.2 25.6 +7.8 0.786 0.758 0.0% (Decayed)
39 App State 6-3 0.698 +11 65.3 +55.7 +54.1 32.6 26.6 +6.8 0.800 0.745 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Auburn 6-3 0.697 +5 66.4 +52.9 +51.2 30.8 19.8 +13.0 0.806 0.751 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Wisconsin 6-3 0.694 +10 61.7 +62.7 +57.6 26.6 17.3 +5.1 0.952 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Syracuse 5-4 0.684 +16 67.1 +47.3 +48.4 29.0 24.0 +6.9 0.682 0.755 0.0% (Decayed)
43 UCF 6-3 0.684 +4 67.3 +46.9 +47.6 30.7 26.0 +9.2 0.699 0.756 0.0% (Decayed)
44 UTEP 6-3 0.682 -2 67.1 +46.8 +52.2 25.8 24.6 +3.2 0.493 0.755 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Marshall 5-4 0.677 +11 63.5 +53.6 +57.4 32.9 23.6 +13.7 0.560 0.735 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Army 5-3 0.675 +7 64.6 +50.5 +49.1 30.1 27.2 +6.2 0.789 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Texas 4-4 0.674 -8 63.1 +53.7 +50.3 33.5 28.0 +9.6 0.879 0.732 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Northern Illinois 6-3 0.667 +4 65.8 +45.2 +45.0 29.2 32.9 -2.2 0.736 0.748 0.0% (Decayed)
49 Western Kentucky 5-4 0.660 +11 62.0 +52.0 +52.4 35.4 31.2 +11.2 0.708 0.726 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Miami 4-4 0.654 +4 62.3 +49.6 +46.2 30.5 27.3 +2.4 0.876 0.728 0.0% (Decayed)
51 James Madison 9-2 0.650 -2 68.7 +33.3 +43.9 34.0 16.5 +20.6 0.270 0.764 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Oregon State 5-4 0.643 -9 60.7 +49.8 +50.2 29.5 27.0 +5.3 0.712 0.719 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Nevada 6-3 0.632 +11 56.6 +56.1 +58.2 33.1 29.1 +8.7 0.638 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Louisville 4-5 0.629 -16 57.7 +52.8 +50.4 29.3 25.4 +1.7 0.834 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Arizona State 5-4 0.622 -25 57.3 +51.6 +52.2 28.4 23.1 +7.7 0.705 0.700 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Miami (OH) 5-4 0.621 +5 60.3 +44.3 +46.0 25.1 23.1 +2.8 0.656 0.717 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Purdue 6-3 0.616 +5 57.5 +49.4 +46.9 27.2 21.8 +5.4 0.841 0.701 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Utah State 7-2 0.603 +7 56.6 +47.7 +46.6 29.0 28.4 +3.3 0.778 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
59 East Carolina 4-4 0.599 +13 57.3 +44.8 +45.9 27.4 26.1 +2.1 0.681 0.700 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Washington 4-4 0.593 +3 55.3 +47.6 +47.5 24.5 20.0 +3.9 0.735 0.689 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Memphis 4-4 0.592 +8 57.6 +42.1 +44.4 28.2 30.5 +2.6 0.631 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Kennesaw State 7-1 0.585 -3 65.5 +21.6 +38.3 27.7 19.8 +11.0 0.000 0.746 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Florida 4-5 0.585 -17 51.0 +55.4 +52.4 28.9 22.7 +6.0 0.861 0.664 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Missouri State 5-3 0.585 +2 61.2 +31.4 +39.0 30.1 26.7 +6.2 0.398 0.722 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Florida Atlantic 5-3 0.582 +5 53.7 +48.0 +48.6 30.4 22.9 +8.8 0.703 0.680 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Iowa 6-3 0.581 -25 49.7 +57.4 +55.4 27.2 18.3 +7.9 0.817 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Nebraska 3-6 0.580 -10 53.8 +47.5 +45.2 29.5 19.9 +9.6 0.828 0.680 0.0% (Decayed)
68 West Virginia 4-5 0.579 +6 53.4 +47.8 +46.3 27.2 22.0 +4.7 0.796 0.678 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Tennessee 4-5 0.566 -2 51.7 +48.1 +48.2 33.8 28.3 +9.3 0.725 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Eastern Michigan 5-4 0.551 +3 52.1 +42.6 +45.4 29.5 30.9 +3.0 0.606 0.670 0.0% (Decayed)
71 UAB 6-3 0.547 -3 49.6 +47.2 +49.3 27.2 22.9 +5.2 0.636 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Middle Tennessee 5-4 0.542 +6 50.8 +43.2 +44.4 29.6 27.1 +4.2 0.677 0.663 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Toledo 4-5 0.532 +6 48.9 +44.7 +47.0 26.9 20.4 +8.3 0.628 0.652 0.0% (Decayed)
74 UCLA 5-4 0.531 -19 45.5 +51.9 +50.2 29.5 28.7 +4.0 0.806 0.634 0.0% (Decayed)
75 California 3-5 0.529 +7 47.1 +47.8 +46.7 26.4 24.2 +1.6 0.776 0.642 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Virginia 6-3 0.526 -28 46.6 +48.1 +46.8 33.4 30.6 +8.1 0.785 0.640 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Troy 4-4 0.517 -2 50.5 +36.2 +40.9 25.1 22.9 +4.1 0.525 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Stanford 3-5 0.505 -7 43.3 +49.5 +47.2 25.1 28.1 -2.1 0.828 0.621 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Central Michigan 5-4 0.498 +10 46.7 +39.5 +43.0 26.7 29.3 +0.9 0.575 0.640 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Maryland 6-3 0.492 +3 44.0 +43.9 +44.1 30.3 29.7 +3.9 0.718 0.625 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Mississippi State 5-4 0.491 - 40.2 +52.6 +50.1 26.3 25.6 0.0 0.841 0.603 0.0% (Decayed)
82 South Carolina 5-4 0.488 +2 45.4 +39.7 +38.6 25.4 25.1 -1.3 0.775 0.633 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Florida State 3-5 0.483 -7 44.7 +39.6 +39.3 27.2 27.8 +3.0 0.743 0.629 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Washington State 5-5 0.482 +11 40.7 +48.8 +47.0 25.9 24.5 +0.8 0.810 0.606 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Western Michigan 6-3 0.471 +7 39.8 +47.5 +47.3 30.4 26.5 +4.7 0.739 0.601 0.0% (Decayed)
86 LSU 4-5 0.468 +13 40.5 +45.0 +43.3 28.7 30.2 -0.9 0.806 0.605 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Georgia Tech 3-5 0.456 -10 39.4 +43.8 +42.4 27.6 27.9 0.0 0.792 0.600 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Wyoming 5-4 0.445 -8 38.7 +42.3 +43.9 25.9 25.8 +1.7 0.658 0.595 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Virginia Tech 4-5 0.439 +13 35.2 +48.7 +47.6 24.6 25.0 -3.4 0.776 0.575 0.0% (Decayed)
90 TCU 3-5 0.427 -2 36.7 +41.7 +39.9 29.2 29.1 0.0 0.810 0.584 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Texas Tech 6-4 0.425 +9 33.3 +49.0 +48.7 30.2 29.6 +2.5 0.740 0.565 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Louisiana Tech 2-6 0.416 +1 36.5 +38.7 +37.6 25.5 30.5 -6.0 0.778 0.583 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Buffalo 4-5 0.415 -8 38.1 +34.8 +40.4 29.0 30.7 +4.7 0.487 0.592 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Tulsa 4-5 0.409 -7 34.7 +41.0 +40.7 25.0 29.1 -4.3 0.742 0.573 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Boston College 4-4 0.399 -5 36.9 +32.9 +37.2 26.0 23.6 +4.9 0.544 0.585 0.0% (Decayed)
96 San Jose State 5-4 0.390 +10 33.2 +38.7 +41.2 22.9 24.3 -1.4 0.621 0.565 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Duke 3-5 0.377 -11 32.8 +35.8 +38.7 24.4 33.8 -8.8 0.601 0.562 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Indiana 2-6 0.369 +7 30.5 +38.8 +33.7 24.6 29.1 -9.6 0.954 0.549 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Ball State 4-5 0.362 +8 27.6 +43.4 +43.3 25.5 31.2 -6.4 0.733 0.533 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Hawaii 4-5 0.354 -9 27.5 +41.5 +41.9 27.0 33.9 -4.7 0.711 0.532 0.0% (Decayed)
101 USC 4-4 0.350 +9 24.6 +47.0 +46.9 29.0 30.8 +2.6 0.733 0.516 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Georgia Southern 2-6 0.344 -1 29.1 +34.6 +35.6 23.7 32.2 -10.1 0.686 0.541 0.0% (Decayed)
103 North Carolina 4-5 0.341 -6 21.8 +50.8 +50.7 30.3 31.8 +3.2 0.731 0.500 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Illinois 3-6 0.336 -8 23.0 +46.7 +43.8 22.3 23.7 -5.8 0.854 0.507 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Georgia State 5-4 0.334 +10 22.9 +46.0 +46.2 25.9 29.8 -2.1 0.722 0.506 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Charlotte 4-4 0.329 -8 26.0 +37.4 +39.9 25.1 30.2 -4.5 0.620 0.524 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Colorado State 3-5 0.317 +1 20.4 +46.8 +47.1 25.6 23.8 +2.5 0.720 0.493 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Kent State 4-5 0.312 +3 24.3 +36.3 +36.5 28.3 36.0 -5.3 0.721 0.514 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Rutgers 4-5 0.310 +3 20.8 +43.9 +41.9 25.4 23.3 -1.2 0.818 0.494 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Rice 3-5 0.305 -7 25.8 +30.5 +31.9 21.2 36.4 -17.8 0.670 0.523 0.0% (Decayed)
111 UL Monroe 4-4 0.293 -17 21.0 +38.1 +35.4 25.3 36.0 -15.2 0.848 0.496 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Sacramento State 6-2 0.287 +1 25.9 +24.9 +37.3 27.3 26.0 +7.4 0.187 0.524 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Missouri 4-5 0.271 +3 17.5 +39.9 +41.9 29.7 35.7 -1.3 0.645 0.476 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Texas State 2-6 0.253 -5 15.5 +39.1 +38.6 23.9 34.7 -13.4 0.753 0.465 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Navy 2-6 0.231 +4 11.0 +43.4 +37.2 21.4 27.3 -11.9 1.000 0.439 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Bowling Green 3-6 0.207 +5 11.4 +35.1 +37.6 23.4 30.7 -7.0 0.623 0.442 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Northwestern 3-5 0.204 -13 10.7 +35.8 +35.7 22.7 29.0 -8.1 0.732 0.438 0.0% (Decayed)
118 South Florida 2-6 0.187 -4 8.4 +36.1 +35.4 24.7 31.9 -9.2 0.760 0.425 0.0% (Decayed)
119 New Mexico 3-5 0.174 -1 7.8 +33.8 +33.8 20.1 27.5 -11.5 0.732 0.421 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Delaware 4-4 0.148 +3 14.5 +10.5 +23.2 21.9 26.8 -3.6 0.170 0.459 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Old Dominion 2-7 0.123 +7 0.2 +36.2 +35.3 23.8 27.7 -7.6 0.770 0.379 0.0% (Decayed)
122 UNLV 0-8 0.103 -2 -3.4 +38.8 +34.4 22.5 33.3 -16.4 0.924 0.358 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Arkansas State 1-7 0.037 +1 -9.4 +32.7 +32.0 26.3 41.5 -14.9 0.760 0.325 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Colorado 2-6 0.026 +1 -11.3 +33.9 +32.6 22.2 26.4 -7.8 0.786 0.314 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Ohio 1-7 0.022 +4 -12.0 +34.4 +38.4 22.5 32.2 -10.0 0.554 0.310 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Florida International 1-7 0.016 - -11.1 +30.7 +31.7 23.4 37.0 -13.4 0.685 0.315 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Tulane 1-7 0.008 -5 -12.6 +31.9 +29.6 27.9 39.0 -11.5 0.831 0.307 0.0% (Decayed)
128 North Texas 2-7 -0.031 +4 -17.4 +31.3 +32.7 23.5 33.0 -10.1 0.668 0.280 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Southern Mississippi 1-7 -0.116 +1 -26.0 +26.1 +26.8 19.6 30.9 -15.6 0.701 0.231 0.0% (Decayed)
130 New Mexico State 1-7 -0.140 +3 -31.0 +30.6 +31.1 24.3 40.2 -14.1 0.711 0.203 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Arizona 0-8 -0.146 +3 -32.4 +32.1 +31.2 20.2 32.5 -15.0 0.769 0.195 0.0% (Decayed)
132 Kansas 1-7 -0.153 -1 -31.7 +28.2 +23.4 20.8 41.1 -28.0 0.941 0.199 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Jacksonville State 3-5 -0.154 -16 -27.9 +19.4 +24.4 21.1 28.3 -13.5 0.512 0.220 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Temple 3-5 -0.175 -7 -33.3 +25.6 +30.1 22.3 37.8 -15.6 0.532 0.191 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Akron 2-6 -0.222 - -39.9 +26.8 +29.3 22.1 39.3 -19.0 0.623 0.153 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Connecticut 1-8 -0.310 +2 -47.5 +18.3 +22.5 19.5 37.7 -19.8 0.548 0.111 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Massachusetts 1-7 -0.342 -1 -52.7 +21.2 +20.9 19.6 44.6 -31.2 0.740 0.081 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Vanderbilt 2-7 -0.418 -1 -67.2 +32.2 +31.5 20.2 36.6 -20.7 0.760 0.000 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 Coastal Carolina, #14 Liberty, #15 Michigan, #16 Utah

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 2
- 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