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Season 2022 • 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 1.084 - 108.6 +69.5 +66.7 38.7 10.4 +31.9 0.806 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Tennessee 8-0 1.042 - 106.9 +61.3 +58.3 39.3 20.4 +25.8 0.816 0.990 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Ohio State 7-1 1.020 - 98.3 +74.7 +71.7 43.0 18.3 +30.2 0.818 0.942 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Michigan 7-1 0.970 - 94.2 +69.0 +67.7 38.0 19.9 +26.0 0.739 0.920 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Alabama 8-1 0.965 - 96.2 +63.2 +61.8 37.0 16.9 +26.3 0.742 0.931 0.0% (Decayed)
6 USC 6-2 0.932 +1 93.2 +60.3 +58.1 35.3 25.2 +15.9 0.784 0.914 0.0% (Decayed)
7 TCU 8-1 0.909 +1 89.0 +63.2 +60.0 36.4 30.1 +8.2 0.831 0.891 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Clemson 8-1 0.890 +2 87.1 +62.0 +61.3 33.8 20.4 +13.4 0.711 0.880 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Penn State 7-1 0.887 +2 86.9 +61.4 +58.8 32.4 18.6 +14.5 0.796 0.879 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Tulane 8-1 0.878 +2 87.4 +57.7 +57.8 32.2 20.8 +14.6 0.670 0.882 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Wake Forest 7-1 0.877 +2 88.9 +54.0 +55.9 34.5 24.7 +16.5 0.589 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Illinois 6-2 0.867 -3 84.4 +61.5 +60.4 29.4 12.3 +13.9 0.730 0.865 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Sacramento State 7-0 0.859 +3 91.3 +42.8 +55.2 38.6 23.9 +25.3 0.094 0.904 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Oregon 7-1 0.857 +5 84.8 +57.5 +56.7 34.4 27.1 +11.9 0.714 0.867 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Liberty 7-2 0.849 +5 86.0 +52.2 +53.6 28.4 22.5 +8.3 0.611 0.874 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Oklahoma State 6-2 0.843 +6 84.5 +53.9 +54.7 34.8 26.4 +13.1 0.640 0.866 0.0% (Decayed)
17 UCLA 6-2 0.839 -11 84.0 +54.2 +54.1 34.3 27.1 +12.0 0.677 0.863 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Oregon State 7-2 0.833 +3 83.7 +52.9 +51.9 30.8 20.8 +11.8 0.725 0.862 0.0% (Decayed)
19 Maryland 7-2 0.819 -5 80.7 +55.7 +54.4 29.5 23.3 +9.3 0.739 0.845 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Texas 5-4 0.818 -3 79.2 +59.1 +55.8 31.0 18.9 +12.8 0.828 0.836 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Duke 6-3 0.809 +19 81.6 +50.6 +52.3 31.4 22.9 +12.8 0.599 0.850 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Syracuse 6-2 0.802 -7 78.8 +55.1 +55.7 31.7 19.4 +15.4 0.650 0.834 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Utah 5-3 0.787 +5 75.9 +57.4 +54.6 35.0 22.9 +14.4 0.810 0.818 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Western Kentucky 6-3 0.784 +15 78.6 +50.2 +51.4 33.1 23.5 +16.1 0.620 0.833 0.0% (Decayed)
25 North Carolina 6-2 0.783 +16 78.4 +50.3 +49.7 34.0 31.5 +8.0 0.705 0.832 0.0% (Decayed)
26 LSU 7-2 0.782 +10 75.8 +56.0 +54.7 34.8 18.3 +18.7 0.735 0.818 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Florida State 5-3 0.781 +6 77.9 +51.0 +48.6 30.6 23.6 +7.5 0.791 0.829 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Washington 7-2 0.781 -3 78.6 +49.2 +51.6 33.0 27.3 +12.1 0.563 0.833 0.0% (Decayed)
29 North Carolina State 5-3 0.780 +3 78.6 +48.8 +46.9 27.2 16.3 +8.8 0.766 0.833 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Mississippi State 6-3 0.764 -12 73.2 +57.0 +52.4 30.3 20.5 +8.9 0.893 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Louisville 5-3 0.753 +18 73.2 +53.6 +51.9 27.7 19.6 +7.9 0.755 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Kansas State 5-3 0.740 -1 71.3 +54.2 +50.2 28.8 21.6 +4.6 0.866 0.793 0.0% (Decayed)
33 East Carolina 6-3 0.734 +17 70.7 +53.8 +51.8 32.2 23.7 +11.7 0.770 0.789 0.0% (Decayed)
34 UAB 5-3 0.732 +4 73.5 +46.5 +48.9 28.8 18.8 +13.0 0.566 0.805 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Cincinnati 6-2 0.731 +10 71.9 +50.1 +52.7 29.6 23.2 +10.9 0.553 0.796 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Air Force 6-3 0.729 -10 71.8 +49.9 +52.6 29.7 19.5 +14.2 0.546 0.795 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Notre Dame 5-3 0.728 +7 70.0 +53.7 +50.8 27.7 22.3 +5.0 0.813 0.786 0.0% (Decayed)
38 Boise State 6-2 0.726 +14 71.8 +48.8 +49.2 28.2 21.4 +7.0 0.657 0.795 0.0% (Decayed)
39 James Madison 5-2 0.723 -16 73.6 +43.8 +49.8 34.0 22.3 +17.9 0.393 0.806 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Toledo 6-3 0.721 -13 71.2 +48.6 +51.2 32.0 27.8 +8.9 0.554 0.792 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Troy 7-2 0.719 +5 71.6 +47.3 +47.1 25.1 16.5 +5.0 0.684 0.794 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Mississippi 7-2 0.703 -18 66.8 +53.7 +54.0 33.0 24.0 +13.7 0.664 0.768 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Kentucky 5-3 0.703 +5 67.2 +52.9 +51.8 26.4 17.9 +6.1 0.728 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
44 Marshall 5-3 0.696 +13 72.4 +38.6 +42.1 27.4 18.9 +10.5 0.512 0.799 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Iowa State 3-4 0.691 +6 67.2 +49.1 +46.4 25.3 13.9 +7.7 0.805 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Memphis 5-4 0.688 -3 64.5 +54.4 +53.3 31.6 29.6 +6.2 0.728 0.755 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Pittsburgh 5-3 0.683 -18 67.1 +46.8 +47.4 29.2 26.9 +5.1 0.647 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Buffalo 6-3 0.677 +15 65.2 +49.5 +49.9 28.4 24.8 +5.7 0.661 0.759 0.0% (Decayed)
49 Minnesota 5-3 0.671 -15 64.6 +49.0 +49.4 31.2 20.1 +14.6 0.661 0.756 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Oklahoma 4-4 0.669 +3 62.2 +54.4 +51.4 30.2 30.0 +2.1 0.815 0.742 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Texas Tech 5-3 0.669 +4 65.6 +46.3 +45.4 31.9 26.0 +10.2 0.715 0.761 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Delaware 6-1 0.668 +2 73.4 +27.8 +41.4 30.6 15.0 +17.9 0.039 0.804 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Purdue 5-4 0.665 -6 62.6 +52.1 +48.9 29.7 28.8 +0.2 0.828 0.744 0.0% (Decayed)
54 UT San Antonio 6-3 0.664 +8 64.2 +48.1 +49.1 30.2 28.1 +4.9 0.630 0.753 0.0% (Decayed)
55 South Alabama 5-3 0.658 -13 62.9 +49.3 +52.4 28.9 23.5 +7.9 0.533 0.746 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Baylor 4-4 0.657 +5 63.3 +47.9 +48.2 30.6 23.5 +9.8 0.664 0.748 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Georgia Southern 5-4 0.649 +1 63.6 +45.0 +45.6 30.9 29.7 +5.6 0.646 0.750 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Kansas 5-4 0.648 -28 62.9 +46.2 +44.7 32.6 31.6 +6.3 0.747 0.746 0.0% (Decayed)
59 App State 4-3 0.636 +6 62.7 +43.2 +45.1 32.4 28.9 +9.0 0.585 0.745 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Iowa 4-4 0.632 -23 57.5 +54.2 +47.7 23.5 14.0 +0.8 0.983 0.716 0.0% (Decayed)
61 SMU 3-5 0.618 -1 59.3 +45.8 +44.3 29.5 27.7 +4.1 0.748 0.726 0.0% (Decayed)
62 San Jose State 4-3 0.615 +2 58.1 +47.8 +52.7 26.9 21.2 +7.6 0.447 0.719 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Houston 5-3 0.612 +5 56.1 +51.5 +48.1 28.3 28.0 +1.4 0.835 0.708 0.0% (Decayed)
64 UCF 5-3 0.608 -29 53.5 +56.3 +56.6 33.5 20.5 +15.5 0.661 0.694 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Arkansas 5-3 0.605 -9 57.2 +46.7 +44.3 31.2 33.4 +0.4 0.793 0.715 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Rice 4-4 0.601 - 59.1 +41.2 +43.0 27.7 31.2 -2.1 0.593 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Texas A&M 3-4 0.596 -8 56.9 +44.9 +42.5 24.8 18.8 +1.4 0.787 0.713 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Fresno State 4-4 0.587 +10 55.5 +45.6 +46.1 28.0 23.6 +4.2 0.654 0.705 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Florida 4-4 0.587 +4 54.9 +46.8 +44.8 27.0 27.0 -0.5 0.775 0.701 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Louisiana 4-4 0.583 +1 54.0 +47.8 +49.2 26.0 19.7 +6.1 0.610 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
71 South Carolina 5-3 0.570 +1 51.2 +50.5 +50.0 31.3 27.9 +6.4 0.696 0.681 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Missouri 3-5 0.567 +7 53.7 +43.6 +43.0 24.5 22.7 -0.5 0.707 0.695 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Washington State 4-4 0.561 +10 52.1 +45.7 +43.1 24.5 21.1 +0.5 0.800 0.686 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Southern Mississippi 5-3 0.549 +7 53.2 +39.3 +40.8 26.9 23.3 +4.5 0.606 0.692 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Ohio 6-3 0.540 +2 51.2 +41.4 +43.8 28.5 33.9 -1.8 0.564 0.681 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Coastal Carolina 6-2 0.531 - 47.9 +46.6 +47.7 29.0 32.0 +0.2 0.626 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Tulsa 3-4 0.530 +5 50.7 +39.5 +39.5 29.5 33.1 -0.3 0.676 0.678 0.0% (Decayed)
78 California 3-4 0.521 -3 49.2 +40.5 +42.6 23.8 23.3 +0.7 0.578 0.670 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Wisconsin 5-4 0.515 +8 44.6 +49.2 +46.0 30.4 22.4 +9.6 0.827 0.645 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Army 3-4 0.503 +15 47.2 +39.6 +43.0 29.5 29.3 +3.3 0.515 0.659 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Sam Houston 4-2 0.499 +5 55.4 +19.5 +29.8 20.2 17.3 -2.3 0.192 0.704 14.3% Prior
82 Old Dominion 3-4 0.499 -13 44.5 +45.0 +44.5 25.6 27.0 -0.7 0.702 0.644 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Stanford 3-4 0.490 +15 46.0 +38.7 +36.7 25.8 25.6 -2.3 0.773 0.652 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Ball State 4-4 0.472 -10 44.8 +36.2 +40.8 23.9 29.3 -3.6 0.457 0.646 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Auburn 3-4 0.468 +6 41.2 +43.3 +36.4 26.1 25.2 -6.0 1.000 0.625 0.0% (Decayed)
86 North Dakota State 6-3 0.448 +8 44.5 +29.5 +38.9 31.0 23.8 +10.1 0.237 0.644 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Nebraska 3-4 0.444 +1 38.5 +42.6 +43.5 27.0 32.2 -1.6 0.633 0.610 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Virginia 3-4 0.442 +15 38.7 +41.3 +37.6 23.8 23.9 -5.0 0.854 0.611 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Florida Atlantic 3-5 0.439 - 37.8 +42.7 +42.7 26.8 26.4 +1.9 0.677 0.607 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Wyoming 5-4 0.439 +7 38.3 +41.6 +42.6 25.0 27.6 -1.1 0.632 0.609 0.0% (Decayed)
91 West Virginia 3-4 0.428 -21 38.7 +37.2 +38.1 30.3 33.1 +1.1 0.636 0.612 0.0% (Decayed)
92 BYU 5-4 0.423 -2 33.9 +47.0 +45.2 27.0 30.2 -1.2 0.762 0.585 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Rutgers 4-3 0.413 +6 36.7 +37.4 +40.2 24.4 24.5 +1.7 0.542 0.601 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Michigan State 3-4 0.399 +10 31.6 +45.2 +41.8 27.1 25.6 -0.1 0.835 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Indiana 3-5 0.383 +6 30.4 +43.1 +37.3 25.8 28.8 -6.1 0.952 0.565 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Arizona State 2-5 0.383 +9 31.9 +39.6 +37.2 24.8 25.6 -3.0 0.789 0.574 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Georgia Tech 3-4 0.375 -13 30.4 +40.7 +38.1 21.4 24.8 -10.1 0.797 0.566 0.0% (Decayed)
98 UNLV 4-4 0.371 -6 31.2 +37.7 +39.1 27.8 32.7 -1.8 0.607 0.570 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Kent State 3-5 0.369 +12 32.5 +34.0 +33.9 26.3 31.8 -3.8 0.686 0.577 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Middle Tennessee 4-4 0.361 +6 31.9 +33.3 +34.0 27.9 31.0 -2.9 0.645 0.574 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Temple 2-5 0.350 -5 29.9 +34.6 +36.3 21.1 27.9 -11.0 0.593 0.562 0.0% (Decayed)
102 North Texas 4-5 0.346 -9 25.8 +42.9 +44.4 30.5 34.6 +0.1 0.604 0.540 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Arkansas State 2-6 0.338 -3 28.4 +34.4 +33.9 27.1 30.3 -2.4 0.702 0.554 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Miami (OH) 3-6 0.325 -2 24.8 +38.9 +42.0 22.1 26.0 -4.4 0.528 0.534 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Northern Illinois 2-6 0.322 +3 25.4 +36.7 +38.7 27.2 33.5 -2.2 0.584 0.538 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Miami 3-4 0.299 -21 22.1 +37.5 +41.1 28.0 25.2 +5.3 0.504 0.520 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Texas State 3-5 0.297 - 23.6 +33.2 +36.1 24.9 25.6 -2.5 0.544 0.528 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Arizona 3-4 0.293 +4 21.2 +38.0 +37.7 28.9 36.8 -4.7 0.692 0.514 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Eastern Michigan 6-3 0.278 +16 18.8 +38.9 +41.4 27.2 32.3 -1.3 0.560 0.501 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Vanderbilt 3-5 0.269 +6 17.9 +38.4 +35.1 27.1 34.5 -10.0 0.831 0.496 0.0% (Decayed)
111 San Diego State 4-4 0.265 +10 18.4 +36.1 +38.9 21.8 23.3 -2.2 0.544 0.499 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Boston College 2-5 0.255 -2 18.9 +31.9 +30.8 23.0 31.8 -11.7 0.727 0.501 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Bowling Green 4-5 0.251 +10 15.3 +39.0 +39.8 25.4 34.8 -7.9 0.638 0.482 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Navy 2-5 0.249 -34 13.3 +43.1 +40.1 24.4 24.2 -3.3 0.818 0.471 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Louisiana Tech 2-5 0.244 -1 17.2 +32.6 +31.5 28.1 38.6 -8.0 0.727 0.492 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Jacksonville State 6-2 0.242 -49 21.3 +22.2 +36.6 30.5 25.7 +9.2 0.000 0.515 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Northwestern 1-6 0.241 +1 13.2 +41.0 +38.0 21.8 27.8 -9.6 0.820 0.470 0.0% (Decayed)
118 New Mexico State 3-5 0.232 +1 14.5 +35.1 +38.5 19.6 31.6 -11.6 0.515 0.477 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Virginia Tech 2-5 0.218 -2 13.8 +32.7 +36.2 21.1 26.2 -6.0 0.510 0.473 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Central Michigan 2-6 0.207 -7 12.0 +33.8 +34.3 24.8 30.9 -4.6 0.652 0.463 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Georgia State 2-5 0.201 -12 8.0 +41.3 +40.3 25.0 32.1 -6.6 0.722 0.441 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Connecticut 3-6 0.198 - 10.2 +35.3 +36.7 22.8 31.5 -11.3 0.610 0.453 0.0% (Decayed)
123 UTEP 4-4 0.191 +4 7.9 +38.5 +41.0 22.3 29.5 -5.5 0.561 0.440 0.0% (Decayed)
124 UL Monroe 2-6 0.178 -9 9.4 +31.1 +30.1 24.0 36.6 -15.1 0.723 0.449 0.0% (Decayed)
125 South Florida 1-6 0.148 +4 3.6 +35.5 +33.8 25.5 36.9 -12.3 0.757 0.417 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Colorado State 2-5 0.123 +4 1.9 +32.2 +32.0 17.6 30.6 -16.9 0.685 0.407 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Akron 1-7 0.103 -1 0.0 +30.7 +31.5 21.0 37.2 -18.5 0.641 0.397 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Nevada 2-6 0.059 -8 -6.2 +31.8 +34.1 22.3 32.2 -8.5 0.572 0.362 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Kennesaw State 3-4 0.033 +3 -0.9 +11.9 +21.1 23.7 38.2 -12.3 0.243 0.391 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Utah State 3-6 0.027 -2 -13.0 +38.2 +36.3 21.4 32.3 -13.9 0.764 0.325 0.0% (Decayed)
131 New Mexico 2-6 0.003 -7 -11.3 +27.5 +28.8 20.8 27.2 -8.1 0.614 0.334 0.0% (Decayed)
132 Florida International 3-4 -0.014 +3 -14.2 +29.0 +33.3 20.6 35.7 -15.6 0.473 0.318 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Massachusetts 1-6 -0.027 +3 -14.0 +24.8 +24.7 18.2 33.6 -20.0 0.682 0.319 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Hawaii 2-6 -0.035 - -17.3 +30.0 +32.4 20.7 37.3 -16.4 0.564 0.300 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Colorado 1-6 -0.056 -4 -19.2 +28.1 +23.4 19.1 36.6 -25.0 0.898 0.290 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Western Michigan 3-5 -0.155 +2 -32.6 +30.0 +30.2 22.8 29.9 -7.8 0.667 0.216 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Missouri State 2-5 -0.170 -4 -30.0 +19.3 +22.9 23.4 32.2 -8.9 0.507 0.230 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Charlotte 1-7 -0.459 -1 -71.4 +29.9 +29.6 23.7 43.7 -19.5 0.695 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 Sacramento State, #14 Oregon, #15 Liberty, #16 Oklahoma State

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 8
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 3
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 5
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 0
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 2