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Season 2022 • 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 1.080 +1 107.1 +71.8 +67.2 40.6 10.2 +35.8 0.730 1.000 28.6% Prior
2 Penn State 4-0 1.040 +4 106.2 +62.1 +60.5 34.7 19.5 +20.8 0.644 0.991 42.9% Prior
3 Tennessee 4-0 1.039 +1 106.2 +61.9 +60.6 37.9 17.4 +32.5 0.626 0.992 42.9% Prior
4 Alabama 4-0 1.038 +1 105.8 +62.5 +61.7 38.6 17.0 +34.2 0.605 0.988 42.9% Prior
5 Maryland 4-0 1.022 +3 104.3 +61.2 +60.2 31.9 19.4 +16.8 0.613 0.973 42.9% Prior
6 Washington 4-0 1.009 +7 102.6 +61.3 +60.7 37.2 20.5 +22.2 0.598 0.957 42.9% Prior
7 Arkansas 4-0 1.006 +2 105.8 +52.9 +50.9 33.7 30.8 +8.5 0.658 0.988 42.9% Prior
8 Oregon State 4-0 1.005 -5 104.0 +56.7 +56.3 36.7 21.7 +21.8 0.589 0.971 42.9% Prior
9 Tulane 4-0 0.997 +5 102.7 +57.6 +57.2 36.0 18.8 +23.0 0.588 0.958 42.9% Prior
10 Minnesota 4-0 0.992 +2 100.9 +60.2 +63.8 38.0 17.6 +35.0 0.418 0.941 42.9% Prior
11 Florida State 4-0 0.985 +5 103.5 +52.0 +49.1 34.2 23.5 +12.0 0.695 0.966 42.9% Prior
12 Wake Forest 4-0 0.970 +5 101.6 +52.0 +52.9 34.3 23.4 +16.2 0.535 0.948 42.9% Prior
13 Ohio State 3-1 0.969 +9 95.4 +66.2 +61.8 39.7 19.0 +24.8 0.760 0.889 42.9% Prior
14 Iowa State 3-0 0.964 +13 100.0 +54.1 +53.9 32.9 14.3 +22.7 0.582 0.932 57.1% Prior
15 Duke 4-0 0.961 -8 100.1 +52.8 +56.3 33.2 20.2 +21.0 0.418 0.934 42.9% Prior
16 USC 3-1 0.959 +9 94.6 +65.1 +62.0 40.5 25.1 +23.0 0.705 0.881 42.9% Prior
17 Indiana 3-0 0.942 +11 100.9 +45.2 +44.0 29.7 24.7 +6.3 0.645 0.941 57.1% Prior
18 Iowa 3-1 0.928 +23 92.4 +60.9 +57.2 24.6 5.2 +12.2 0.731 0.860 42.9% Prior
19 Oklahoma 3-1 0.912 +13 89.5 +63.0 +64.7 35.7 18.7 +23.5 0.498 0.833 42.9% Prior
20 Mississippi State 3-1 0.902 -19 90.0 +58.7 +52.9 31.4 19.1 +10.5 0.823 0.838 42.9% Prior
21 Syracuse 3-1 0.897 +3 87.8 +62.5 +59.5 32.4 21.6 +13.2 0.703 0.817 42.9% Prior
22 James Madison 2-0 0.892 +8 94.9 +44.4 +49.0 43.9 15.4 +46.5 0.181 0.884 71.4% Prior
23 LSU 3-1 0.888 +13 88.9 +57.2 +57.6 38.9 15.1 +29.5 0.552 0.827 42.9% Prior
24 Michigan 3-1 0.883 +15 86.1 +62.3 +65.8 39.9 23.7 +35.8 0.424 0.800 42.9% Prior
25 Pittsburgh 3-1 0.877 +13 88.9 +53.9 +50.3 29.8 24.0 +5.8 0.730 0.827 42.9% Prior
26 Rutgers 3-0 0.869 +9 94.5 +38.3 +43.9 31.4 22.2 +20.7 0.248 0.881 57.1% Prior
27 North Carolina State 3-1 0.866 +22 88.5 +51.7 +50.6 29.1 12.2 +15.5 0.616 0.823 42.9% Prior
28 Western Kentucky 3-1 0.864 -10 89.4 +49.0 +50.1 34.4 25.7 +15.2 0.525 0.832 42.9% Prior
29 East Carolina 3-1 0.864 +5 87.0 +54.5 +55.3 36.3 23.8 +20.0 0.541 0.809 42.9% Prior
30 Kansas 3-1 0.862 +17 87.4 +52.8 +53.9 39.8 32.1 +18.8 0.526 0.813 42.9% Prior
31 Oregon 3-1 0.858 +33 86.5 +53.9 +50.7 30.6 24.1 +8.0 0.711 0.804 42.9% Prior
32 Texas 2-2 0.857 +31 82.7 +62.4 +57.8 31.0 18.4 +13.8 0.772 0.768 42.9% Prior
33 UCLA 3-1 0.855 +11 86.1 +53.8 +55.0 34.8 24.1 +16.2 0.522 0.800 42.9% Prior
34 TCU 3-1 0.853 +9 83.6 +59.3 +55.4 36.2 32.9 +3.8 0.740 0.776 42.9% Prior
35 Air Force 3-1 0.852 -20 86.3 +52.6 +55.3 31.2 19.6 +18.5 0.453 0.802 42.9% Prior
36 Michigan State 2-1 0.848 -25 85.8 +52.7 +52.9 32.8 21.3 +21.0 0.563 0.797 57.1% Prior
37 Delaware 3-0 0.846 +8 93.3 +34.5 +41.7 32.8 17.8 +18.0 0.154 0.869 57.1% Prior
38 North Carolina 3-1 0.842 +10 86.1 +49.9 +50.7 34.5 36.5 +10.0 0.540 0.800 42.9% Prior
39 Oklahoma State 3-1 0.839 +1 84.6 +52.6 +54.9 37.6 20.5 +20.0 0.475 0.786 42.9% Prior
40 App State 2-1 0.836 +13 86.1 +48.2 +46.0 32.3 35.8 +1.7 0.699 0.800 57.1% Prior
41 Tulsa 2-1 0.833 +20 87.1 +45.1 +45.1 35.8 31.6 +12.3 0.566 0.810 57.1% Prior
42 Wisconsin 3-1 0.830 +26 83.4 +52.7 +52.7 33.8 14.5 +25.2 0.573 0.775 42.9% Prior
43 Illinois 2-2 0.826 +3 81.4 +56.4 +53.8 27.0 16.0 +10.2 0.684 0.755 42.9% Prior
44 Clemson 3-1 0.824 +16 80.0 +58.9 +60.8 34.4 18.4 +16.2 0.490 0.743 42.9% Prior
45 Liberty 2-2 0.823 -12 82.3 +53.1 +49.2 27.0 22.7 +1.5 0.743 0.764 42.9% Prior
46 Kentucky 3-1 0.814 +21 80.3 +55.2 +55.2 29.9 18.9 +11.0 0.571 0.745 42.9% Prior
47 Sacramento State 2-0 0.809 +3 89.0 +33.4 +40.0 37.3 28.9 +19.5 0.000 0.828 71.4% Prior
48 Boise State 3-1 0.797 +4 81.7 +47.1 +46.9 28.8 21.4 +6.5 0.579 0.758 42.9% Prior
49 BYU 3-1 0.797 -39 80.2 +50.3 +46.7 28.9 24.3 +3.8 0.729 0.745 42.9% Prior
50 Marshall 3-1 0.797 -24 84.1 +41.0 +46.4 28.9 25.1 +17.0 0.342 0.782 42.9% Prior
51 UAB 3-1 0.795 +19 82.3 +44.7 +47.9 30.0 20.8 +17.5 0.436 0.765 42.9% Prior
52 Texas A&M 2-1 0.794 +23 81.4 +46.6 +46.9 25.9 10.8 +12.0 0.553 0.756 57.1% Prior
53 Virginia Tech 2-1 0.782 +1 82.1 +41.5 +46.2 25.8 22.3 +11.3 0.301 0.762 57.1% Prior
54 Texas Tech 3-1 0.776 -35 78.8 +47.2 +46.6 33.3 26.5 +15.0 0.600 0.731 42.9% Prior
55 Memphis 3-1 0.774 - 77.5 +49.9 +52.6 32.6 31.7 +9.5 0.455 0.718 42.9% Prior
56 California 2-1 0.771 -25 79.7 +43.9 +43.7 25.8 17.3 +6.7 0.579 0.739 57.1% Prior
57 SMU 2-2 0.768 -15 76.0 +51.5 +52.1 33.5 23.1 +14.8 0.550 0.705 42.9% Prior
58 UNLV 2-1 0.760 +27 76.6 +47.6 +51.0 35.8 27.4 +18.7 0.376 0.710 57.1% Prior
59 Toledo 3-1 0.757 -39 76.9 +46.2 +47.6 30.9 30.8 +7.0 0.508 0.713 42.9% Prior
60 Miami 2-1 0.754 -39 76.8 +45.7 +49.5 34.4 17.9 +24.0 0.353 0.712 57.1% Prior
61 Utah 2-2 0.749 +29 72.5 +54.0 +52.9 35.4 22.7 +19.2 0.616 0.671 42.9% Prior
62 Kansas State 2-2 0.746 +7 71.8 +54.6 +51.4 30.2 17.9 +7.5 0.709 0.665 42.9% Prior
63 Louisville 2-2 0.744 +2 73.4 +50.4 +43.9 24.7 20.7 -1.2 0.853 0.680 42.9% Prior
64 Eastern Michigan 3-1 0.742 +13 77.2 +41.0 +41.3 29.5 33.6 +0.8 0.557 0.716 42.9% Prior
65 Notre Dame 2-2 0.741 +16 73.4 +49.5 +45.2 25.2 24.4 -0.5 0.758 0.680 42.9% Prior
66 Virginia 2-1 0.734 +28 76.2 +40.8 +40.3 24.5 23.6 -0.7 0.601 0.706 57.1% Prior
67 Fresno State 2-2 0.732 -30 72.6 +48.9 +46.3 29.9 22.3 +5.0 0.685 0.672 42.9% Prior
68 Coastal Carolina 3-1 0.724 +14 73.8 +43.6 +44.1 29.8 31.7 +0.5 0.548 0.684 42.9% Prior
69 Mississippi 3-1 0.724 +3 69.3 +53.9 +57.2 34.1 18.6 +24.8 0.432 0.641 42.9% Prior
70 Washington State 3-1 0.720 +17 72.3 +45.7 +46.9 24.5 20.2 +4.5 0.520 0.670 42.9% Prior
71 Florida 2-2 0.710 +25 70.6 +46.9 +41.6 22.8 26.1 -7.8 0.800 0.653 42.9% Prior
72 Baylor 2-2 0.707 +21 69.3 +48.9 +49.9 32.4 20.5 +18.2 0.529 0.641 42.9% Prior
73 South Alabama 2-2 0.703 +5 70.1 +46.1 +47.9 30.7 26.6 +8.2 0.494 0.648 42.9% Prior
74 Missouri State 2-1 0.700 -16 76.5 +30.3 +33.0 25.9 29.2 +2.3 0.415 0.709 57.1% Prior
75 UCF 2-2 0.694 +35 65.9 +52.9 +51.3 32.1 20.5 +12.2 0.638 0.609 42.9% Prior
76 Auburn 2-1 0.687 -53 69.8 +42.0 +41.2 28.5 24.5 +1.7 0.617 0.646 57.1% Prior
77 Middle Tennessee 3-1 0.682 +2 71.5 +36.3 +41.0 28.5 26.9 +5.8 0.369 0.662 42.9% Prior
78 Wyoming 3-2 0.681 +21 68.2 +43.8 +43.2 25.4 27.3 -1.2 0.592 0.631 28.6% Prior
79 Georgia Southern 2-2 0.680 -13 69.7 +40.2 +43.2 31.7 30.0 +9.8 0.444 0.644 42.9% Prior
80 Old Dominion 1-2 0.667 -7 66.0 +45.0 +42.1 24.2 26.4 -5.7 0.736 0.609 57.1% Prior
81 Vanderbilt 3-1 0.667 +20 66.2 +44.4 +46.5 33.7 30.0 +13.5 0.479 0.611 42.9% Prior
82 Southern Mississippi 2-2 0.663 -2 68.0 +39.0 +41.7 29.7 26.4 +10.8 0.456 0.629 42.9% Prior
83 Louisiana 2-2 0.659 -32 64.4 +46.1 +47.0 26.2 21.3 +6.5 0.532 0.594 42.9% Prior
84 Missouri 2-2 0.656 +11 66.1 +41.3 +41.7 28.3 28.0 +1.8 0.555 0.611 42.9% Prior
85 Cincinnati 2-2 0.654 +21 63.7 +46.3 +48.5 28.9 24.8 +12.5 0.477 0.588 42.9% Prior
86 Rice 2-2 0.650 +30 65.6 +40.6 +41.2 28.5 33.6 -3.0 0.546 0.606 42.9% Prior
87 Houston 2-2 0.648 -58 61.5 +49.7 +45.6 26.9 29.9 -3.0 0.746 0.567 42.9% Prior
88 Troy 2-2 0.648 -2 66.0 +39.2 +39.6 23.6 24.6 +1.2 0.559 0.609 42.9% Prior
89 Army 1-2 0.645 +25 64.4 +42.0 +42.3 31.5 30.0 +8.7 0.555 0.594 57.1% Prior
90 Stanford 1-1 0.644 +10 65.7 +38.7 +39.4 32.8 25.0 +9.0 0.511 0.607 71.4% Prior
91 Northern Illinois 1-2 0.643 -8 66.2 +37.1 +39.1 27.0 32.5 -2.0 0.456 0.612 57.1% Prior
92 Nevada 2-2 0.641 -21 65.8 +37.4 +37.6 25.8 31.8 -1.5 0.563 0.608 42.9% Prior
93 Ohio 2-2 0.638 -31 64.1 +40.6 +34.8 24.8 37.8 -15.8 0.822 0.592 42.9% Prior
94 Purdue 1-3 0.633 +13 59.8 +49.2 +44.8 30.1 32.1 -1.8 0.763 0.551 42.9% Prior
95 West Virginia 1-2 0.633 +14 64.7 +37.6 +37.5 34.6 31.3 +12.7 0.577 0.597 57.1% Prior
96 Arizona 2-1 0.628 -7 63.2 +39.7 +39.5 28.2 29.9 -0.3 0.580 0.583 57.1% Prior
97 Northwestern 1-2 0.626 -41 62.7 +40.4 +40.5 23.7 29.6 -4.0 0.565 0.578 57.1% Prior
98 Jacksonville State 3-1 0.621 -39 67.2 +28.2 +38.4 30.3 25.6 +9.2 0.134 0.621 42.9% Prior
99 Boston College 1-2 0.617 +13 63.1 +36.6 +39.0 26.8 26.7 +1.0 0.432 0.582 57.1% Prior
100 Arkansas State 1-2 0.610 +3 63.4 +33.8 +33.0 28.9 28.2 +3.3 0.621 0.585 57.1% Prior
101 Temple 1-2 0.609 -9 62.5 +35.6 +36.2 23.3 23.0 -5.3 0.535 0.576 57.1% Prior
102 San Jose State 1-2 0.585 +13 59.3 +36.1 +37.6 21.2 31.9 -6.0 0.481 0.546 57.1% Prior
103 Arizona State 1-2 0.584 -5 58.4 +37.7 +37.5 26.1 23.3 +3.7 0.579 0.537 57.1% Prior
104 Florida Atlantic 2-2 0.577 -47 55.2 +43.2 +45.7 30.6 28.4 +8.5 0.462 0.507 42.9% Prior
105 UT San Antonio 1-3 0.575 -31 53.6 +46.4 +43.2 25.8 33.5 -6.5 0.713 0.492 42.9% Prior
106 Ball State 1-2 0.549 +12 55.8 +33.3 +35.1 24.2 36.3 -8.3 0.469 0.513 57.1% Prior
107 Kent State 1-2 0.545 +16 56.7 +30.2 +28.0 27.8 29.9 -0.7 0.700 0.521 57.1% Prior
108 New Mexico 2-1 0.538 +20 52.2 +38.6 +42.4 26.3 21.6 +13.7 0.348 0.478 57.1% Prior
109 UL Monroe 1-2 0.534 -7 55.1 +30.4 +29.5 23.2 41.6 -23.3 0.625 0.506 57.1% Prior
110 South Carolina 1-3 0.531 -26 47.9 +46.6 +40.8 25.8 35.2 -10.2 0.822 0.437 42.9% Prior
111 Buffalo 1-3 0.527 - 50.7 +38.7 +35.6 22.9 29.5 -9.2 0.704 0.464 42.9% Prior
112 Massachusetts 1-2 0.523 +9 54.7 +28.2 +28.4 19.9 35.8 -20.0 0.566 0.503 57.1% Prior
113 Akron 1-2 0.520 -5 55.1 +26.4 +24.6 19.2 43.0 -34.0 0.672 0.506 57.1% Prior
114 Louisiana Tech 1-2 0.516 -9 53.7 +28.7 +29.2 28.7 40.7 -7.0 0.543 0.492 57.1% Prior
115 Central Michigan 1-2 0.507 +9 50.0 +34.4 +35.4 32.2 33.3 +4.3 0.515 0.457 57.1% Prior
116 Nebraska 1-3 0.502 -28 46.2 +41.7 +39.7 28.1 35.2 -5.0 0.659 0.421 42.9% Prior
117 Florida International 1-1 0.499 - 54.1 +22.4 +26.5 21.3 41.9 -14.0 0.212 0.497 71.4% Prior
118 Western Michigan 1-2 0.493 -42 46.9 +37.3 +34.9 21.3 32.5 -12.0 0.708 0.428 57.1% Prior
119 Bowling Green 1-3 0.490 +10 44.9 +41.3 +40.0 27.7 39.0 -8.0 0.630 0.409 42.9% Prior
120 Georgia Tech 1-2 0.483 -16 48.4 +31.0 +27.7 20.9 27.7 -18.3 0.756 0.443 57.1% Prior
121 North Texas 2-3 0.480 -24 45.2 +37.5 +38.1 29.8 37.6 -4.4 0.550 0.412 28.6% Prior
122 North Dakota State 3-2 0.474 +3 50.4 +23.6 +34.2 32.0 28.0 +11.6 0.206 0.461 28.6% Prior
123 Texas State 1-2 0.468 -32 46.3 +31.4 +32.5 22.7 32.0 -10.0 0.513 0.423 57.1% Prior
124 Sam Houston 1-2 0.463 +9 50.8 +19.3 +23.5 19.5 25.2 -9.3 0.331 0.465 57.1% Prior
125 South Florida 1-2 0.450 -5 43.6 +32.3 +35.3 28.5 37.8 -3.3 0.403 0.396 57.1% Prior
126 Miami (OH) 1-3 0.442 -13 41.8 +34.2 +33.8 24.5 31.0 -8.0 0.589 0.380 42.9% Prior
127 Navy 0-2 0.441 +5 43.5 +29.9 +28.0 15.9 24.5 -15.5 0.733 0.396 71.4% Prior
128 Georgia State 0-3 0.431 -6 37.9 +40.0 +40.0 21.5 36.5 -9.7 0.576 0.342 57.1% Prior
129 Kennesaw State 0-2 0.426 +5 47.2 +16.6 +17.5 17.6 47.8 -31.5 0.498 0.431 71.4% Prior
130 New Mexico State 1-4 0.414 -11 37.3 +36.3 +32.9 17.6 33.8 -22.0 0.690 0.337 28.6% Prior
131 Colorado 0-3 0.368 -1 31.9 +35.2 +27.8 16.7 38.1 -32.7 1.000 0.286 57.1% Prior
132 Colorado State 0-3 0.357 -5 31.8 +32.3 +27.8 17.7 39.2 -30.0 0.832 0.284 57.1% Prior
133 San Diego State 1-3 0.327 -7 27.4 +33.5 +35.4 23.3 28.4 -4.2 0.492 0.242 42.9% Prior
134 Connecticut 1-4 0.310 +1 25.8 +32.1 +31.1 20.6 35.9 -18.6 0.607 0.228 28.6% Prior
135 UTEP 1-3 0.239 -4 15.5 +35.1 +32.8 18.5 31.2 -15.0 0.670 0.130 42.9% Prior
136 Utah State 1-3 0.210 - 12.5 +33.3 +28.7 19.0 35.3 -25.0 0.770 0.101 42.9% Prior
137 Hawaii 1-3 0.205 - 15.3 +25.4 +23.0 19.0 41.4 -30.2 0.672 0.128 42.9% Prior
138 Charlotte 1-3 0.128 - 1.8 +33.8 +30.4 24.6 44.0 -20.2 0.719 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 Ohio State, #14 Iowa State, #15 Duke, #16 USC

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 9
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 5
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0