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Season 2023 • 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 Michigan 10-0 1.105 - 109.2 +74.6 +73.6 37.8 10.3 +30.6 0.792 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Georgia 8-0 1.026 - 105.3 +60.1 +62.5 36.3 13.0 +30.4 0.619 0.974 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Air Force 8-0 0.987 - 102.5 +54.9 +59.4 31.6 16.9 +19.4 0.509 0.956 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Oregon 7-1 0.964 - 96.8 +61.3 +60.9 37.9 14.1 +31.1 0.760 0.919 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Missouri 8-1 0.951 +3 96.9 +57.3 +54.7 30.1 19.3 +10.7 0.880 0.919 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Texas 6-2 0.951 - 93.1 +66.0 +62.3 32.4 18.0 +14.1 0.932 0.894 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Washington 8-1 0.948 -2 91.9 +68.3 +64.3 34.8 21.2 +14.9 0.947 0.886 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Ohio State 7-1 0.943 +2 92.6 +64.9 +62.0 31.8 9.2 +19.4 0.895 0.891 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Oklahoma 7-1 0.935 -2 92.4 +63.0 +61.4 35.7 19.0 +21.9 0.824 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Florida State 7-1 0.923 +3 89.2 +66.9 +63.7 34.7 22.6 +12.6 0.909 0.868 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Notre Dame 7-2 0.907 +3 89.8 +60.9 +58.2 34.9 15.3 +20.9 0.881 0.872 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Alabama 7-2 0.898 +5 88.2 +61.8 +56.8 29.3 16.0 +11.8 1.000 0.862 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Mississippi 7-1 0.896 -1 90.3 +56.4 +52.9 34.9 22.2 +15.9 0.919 0.875 0.0% (Decayed)
14 James Madison 7-1 0.882 +4 90.5 +51.8 +52.7 29.6 20.7 +10.2 0.698 0.877 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Penn State 6-2 0.859 -4 82.5 +63.3 +62.7 36.2 14.6 +24.6 0.775 0.824 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Oregon State 6-2 0.854 +3 84.1 +58.3 +57.6 32.7 23.0 +11.6 0.778 0.835 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Kansas State 6-2 0.853 +5 84.8 +56.3 +55.1 33.2 18.1 +17.5 0.805 0.840 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Liberty 7-1 0.843 +2 83.5 +56.3 +57.1 31.6 24.4 +9.6 0.704 0.831 0.0% (Decayed)
19 USC 7-2 0.830 -4 81.8 +56.6 +56.4 36.9 31.2 +14.8 0.751 0.819 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Fresno State 7-1 0.824 +3 84.9 +47.5 +52.5 29.8 22.1 +15.5 0.488 0.840 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Duke 6-2 0.814 -12 79.1 +57.9 +56.3 30.2 14.0 +14.6 0.824 0.802 0.0% (Decayed)
22 LSU 7-2 0.808 +2 77.7 +59.4 +58.5 39.1 26.4 +19.0 0.791 0.792 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Utah 6-2 0.801 +6 80.2 +51.8 +51.1 24.9 14.8 +6.5 0.775 0.809 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Toledo 7-2 0.797 +6 82.2 +45.7 +50.4 28.9 22.5 +13.0 0.501 0.822 0.0% (Decayed)
25 UCLA 6-2 0.789 - 78.4 +52.1 +52.9 30.0 16.4 +16.0 0.702 0.797 0.0% (Decayed)
26 Kansas 6-2 0.782 - 78.7 +49.3 +49.3 32.3 28.8 +8.6 0.741 0.799 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Arizona 5-3 0.779 +8 77.4 +51.3 +50.5 29.8 19.9 +11.6 0.784 0.791 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Miami 5-3 0.776 +13 75.4 +55.2 +56.2 32.7 21.4 +14.1 0.694 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Tennessee 6-2 0.775 -13 75.6 +54.6 +53.2 31.3 17.3 +15.0 0.814 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Memphis 6-2 0.774 +4 76.5 +52.3 +54.6 32.0 25.3 +12.5 0.623 0.784 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Wisconsin 5-3 0.765 -3 74.8 +53.3 +51.8 26.9 20.7 +7.0 0.820 0.774 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Rutgers 7-2 0.756 +5 76.1 +47.8 +50.0 28.6 19.6 +11.8 0.626 0.782 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Wyoming 6-2 0.748 +3 75.6 +46.6 +43.6 25.9 21.7 +0.8 0.898 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Texas State 6-2 0.743 +8 76.9 +42.0 +47.4 31.8 29.6 +11.6 0.469 0.787 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Troy 5-3 0.736 +9 72.2 +50.9 +49.4 26.7 17.0 +7.1 0.815 0.756 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Maryland 6-2 0.736 +3 72.2 +50.9 +54.7 31.9 22.0 +15.2 0.544 0.756 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Texas A&M 4-4 0.730 -6 69.8 +54.7 +52.4 29.6 21.4 +9.9 0.864 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
38 North Carolina 6-2 0.729 -17 68.3 +57.8 +58.1 30.2 24.4 +9.2 0.725 0.731 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Ohio 7-2 0.723 +1 73.6 +43.8 +49.4 25.8 18.9 +9.9 0.454 0.765 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Tulane 6-2 0.722 +5 70.0 +51.8 +53.2 28.4 21.0 +7.2 0.670 0.742 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Western Kentucky 5-3 0.721 -9 73.3 +43.9 +45.4 30.0 29.7 +2.4 0.665 0.763 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Clemson 5-3 0.717 -9 70.8 +48.6 +46.9 30.1 23.2 +9.0 0.829 0.747 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Georgia State 7-1 0.714 +3 69.9 +49.6 +52.9 30.0 24.2 +9.9 0.574 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
44 Oklahoma State 6-2 0.704 +7 69.5 +47.7 +46.6 28.3 24.1 +3.8 0.797 0.738 0.0% (Decayed)
45 BYU 5-2 0.700 +4 70.3 +44.7 +45.8 27.5 25.0 +3.3 0.686 0.743 0.0% (Decayed)
46 West Virginia 5-3 0.691 -19 69.5 +43.8 +43.2 27.9 23.2 +5.1 0.771 0.739 0.0% (Decayed)
47 UNLV 6-2 0.684 +3 66.8 +48.0 +51.5 31.6 30.3 +6.6 0.559 0.721 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Florida 5-2 0.682 +7 68.7 +42.9 +46.8 28.3 22.5 +9.1 0.545 0.733 0.0% (Decayed)
49 Boston College 5-3 0.679 +8 67.0 +45.8 +44.3 27.1 27.3 0.0 0.824 0.722 0.0% (Decayed)
50 UT San Antonio 5-3 0.672 +3 65.2 +48.1 +51.4 27.7 24.8 +5.6 0.575 0.710 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Louisville 6-2 0.669 +1 64.7 +48.4 +50.1 30.0 23.6 +10.1 0.653 0.707 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Miami (OH) 6-3 0.657 -9 64.2 +46.1 +51.6 27.0 20.8 +8.8 0.461 0.703 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Colorado 4-3 0.657 -5 64.2 +45.8 +44.6 29.2 35.2 -1.4 0.804 0.704 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Iowa State 4-4 0.655 +2 63.7 +46.5 +44.0 25.7 22.0 +1.4 0.870 0.700 0.0% (Decayed)
55 App State 4-4 0.653 -8 65.4 +42.1 +44.2 27.7 29.4 +2.8 0.632 0.711 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Iowa 6-3 0.647 -18 61.3 +49.8 +48.9 21.7 17.8 +0.6 0.788 0.685 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Delaware 6-1 0.644 +5 71.3 +25.5 +40.0 32.3 22.0 +12.1 0.000 0.750 0.0% (Decayed)
58 South Alabama 5-3 0.635 +8 60.1 +48.9 +52.3 33.7 21.1 +20.1 0.566 0.677 0.0% (Decayed)
59 SMU 5-3 0.632 +4 60.6 +47.0 +52.0 31.4 18.2 +18.0 0.486 0.680 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Minnesota 5-3 0.629 +8 60.0 +47.3 +44.6 24.3 26.5 -2.8 0.879 0.676 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Coastal Carolina 5-3 0.624 +3 62.4 +40.4 +41.6 27.6 21.2 +7.4 0.684 0.692 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Louisiana 4-4 0.624 -4 63.0 +38.9 +42.1 29.0 29.8 +4.0 0.575 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
63 New Mexico State 5-4 0.584 +11 55.7 +44.0 +49.4 26.7 26.0 +4.7 0.464 0.648 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Boise State 3-5 0.582 +7 53.3 +49.2 +48.0 28.2 29.9 -2.6 0.804 0.632 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Kentucky 5-3 0.581 +5 53.2 +48.9 +49.9 29.8 25.8 +6.4 0.689 0.631 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Virginia Tech 4-4 0.579 +3 53.7 +47.3 +45.5 26.4 25.0 +2.4 0.835 0.635 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Jacksonville State 7-2 0.576 +5 56.7 +39.2 +43.7 26.8 23.3 +7.3 0.510 0.654 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Washington State 4-3 0.558 -7 52.0 +45.1 +42.9 30.6 28.3 +3.0 0.857 0.623 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Nebraska 4-3 0.558 +9 51.0 +47.3 +45.3 22.4 20.6 -0.6 0.847 0.617 0.0% (Decayed)
70 TCU 4-4 0.552 -16 50.5 +46.7 +46.6 28.9 22.7 +6.4 0.751 0.613 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Wake Forest 4-3 0.551 +6 54.4 +37.3 +40.9 23.8 23.4 +1.0 0.558 0.639 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Arkansas 2-6 0.537 -5 47.9 +48.3 +46.6 26.4 21.2 +3.6 0.826 0.596 0.0% (Decayed)
73 North Carolina State 4-4 0.535 +11 50.2 +42.3 +41.8 25.8 25.1 +0.5 0.767 0.612 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Georgia Southern 5-3 0.531 +9 50.1 +41.2 +46.0 29.0 29.6 +4.5 0.496 0.611 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Northern Illinois 5-4 0.530 +1 48.3 +45.3 +47.3 25.4 24.5 +2.9 0.638 0.599 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Marshall 4-4 0.516 +5 47.5 +42.7 +42.6 25.7 29.6 -2.2 0.751 0.594 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Old Dominion 4-4 0.502 +9 48.0 +37.5 +42.0 23.7 28.7 -1.5 0.514 0.597 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Virginia 2-5 0.497 +11 45.6 +41.5 +39.1 25.0 31.0 -7.6 0.868 0.581 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Texas Tech 4-5 0.496 -4 43.8 +45.6 +45.7 29.1 22.9 +6.3 0.738 0.569 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Georgia Tech 4-4 0.494 -21 45.4 +41.3 +41.2 28.1 28.1 +1.1 0.746 0.580 0.0% (Decayed)
81 UCF 3-5 0.490 +9 42.6 +46.5 +46.3 29.8 28.0 +3.5 0.749 0.561 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Navy 3-4 0.483 -2 43.7 +42.0 +43.1 22.6 22.5 -3.9 0.687 0.568 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Auburn 3-5 0.468 -1 40.2 +45.5 +42.9 26.0 21.5 +0.2 0.874 0.546 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Mississippi State 4-3 0.465 +8 42.0 +40.5 +40.4 26.2 25.2 +1.1 0.748 0.557 0.0% (Decayed)
85 South Carolina 2-5 0.441 -12 38.0 +42.9 +37.9 27.7 29.5 -5.1 1.000 0.531 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Sacramento State 5-2 0.430 -26 46.2 +20.5 +30.6 27.4 27.1 +5.3 0.221 0.585 0.0% (Decayed)
87 North Dakota State 5-3 0.426 +6 42.6 +27.4 +38.6 32.4 21.7 +15.1 0.168 0.561 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Rice 4-4 0.420 +15 37.0 +38.8 +42.2 28.4 30.4 +2.8 0.567 0.524 0.0% (Decayed)
89 North Texas 3-4 0.408 -1 36.1 +37.3 +41.2 29.4 37.8 -0.9 0.543 0.519 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Northwestern 4-4 0.408 -5 35.6 +38.4 +37.0 24.1 25.5 -4.1 0.814 0.515 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Florida Atlantic 3-4 0.397 -26 34.6 +37.6 +39.2 25.3 25.4 -0.9 0.659 0.508 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Louisiana Tech 3-5 0.395 +5 35.4 +35.2 +39.7 25.6 30.3 -0.9 0.511 0.514 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Bowling Green 4-5 0.381 +12 30.7 +41.9 +39.5 25.4 26.8 -3.1 0.865 0.483 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Houston 3-4 0.369 -3 29.6 +41.0 +38.9 27.1 31.4 -2.4 0.846 0.475 0.0% (Decayed)
95 UL Monroe 2-5 0.344 +5 28.9 +35.2 +36.1 22.1 31.7 -12.9 0.695 0.471 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Central Michigan 4-4 0.334 -1 29.1 +31.7 +34.5 23.3 31.3 -7.8 0.599 0.472 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Utah State 3-6 0.333 -10 25.2 +40.6 +39.0 29.7 35.1 -1.4 0.827 0.446 0.0% (Decayed)
98 California 3-5 0.326 +6 22.8 +44.0 +41.1 27.2 31.2 -3.6 0.889 0.431 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Colorado State 3-4 0.319 +7 25.7 +34.9 +37.7 25.3 32.2 -3.7 0.603 0.450 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Arkansas State 3-5 0.318 +2 25.6 +35.1 +37.0 23.0 34.8 -12.2 0.640 0.449 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Buffalo 3-5 0.313 +13 23.9 +37.6 +41.1 25.3 31.2 -3.0 0.561 0.438 0.0% (Decayed)
102 New Mexico 3-4 0.310 +21 25.2 +33.7 +37.8 26.9 35.0 -2.7 0.532 0.446 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Illinois 3-5 0.307 -2 20.9 +42.9 +39.1 22.8 27.4 -7.4 0.942 0.418 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Syracuse 4-4 0.299 +3 20.4 +41.5 +42.9 25.8 26.0 +0.1 0.669 0.415 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Pittsburgh 2-5 0.289 +5 21.7 +35.5 +37.5 25.0 25.9 0.0 0.642 0.424 0.0% (Decayed)
106 San Diego State 3-5 0.282 -8 19.8 +37.8 +36.9 22.1 28.6 -8.5 0.790 0.411 0.0% (Decayed)
107 San Jose State 3-6 0.277 +17 17.8 +41.0 +40.0 28.2 28.1 +0.6 0.793 0.398 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Middle Tennessee 2-6 0.276 +3 19.9 +35.9 +35.6 23.9 33.3 -9.4 0.761 0.412 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Cincinnati 2-5 0.274 -1 18.4 +38.8 +38.8 25.6 26.4 +1.0 0.744 0.402 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Baylor 3-4 0.270 +11 19.6 +34.6 +34.8 24.6 30.3 -6.9 0.734 0.410 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Tulsa 3-4 0.267 -32 19.6 +33.8 +36.5 24.6 32.0 -7.4 0.603 0.410 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Army 2-5 0.267 -3 19.6 +33.8 +35.7 22.5 26.8 -5.1 0.647 0.410 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Eastern Michigan 4-5 0.263 - 20.6 +30.4 +35.2 20.2 26.7 -6.6 0.494 0.416 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Purdue 2-5 0.261 +6 14.5 +43.9 +40.2 24.8 31.5 -6.9 0.933 0.376 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Michigan State 2-5 0.252 -19 15.2 +39.7 +34.9 24.1 27.8 -9.0 0.987 0.381 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Kennesaw State 1-5 0.248 +1 29.7 +4.7 +17.9 23.1 23.8 +0.2 0.062 0.476 14.3% Prior
117 Western Michigan 2-6 0.247 +8 17.9 +32.0 +33.9 25.2 36.9 -10.4 0.645 0.398 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Florida International 4-4 0.247 +9 17.6 +32.7 +36.1 22.3 29.6 -5.6 0.567 0.396 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Charlotte 2-5 0.246 +7 17.3 +32.9 +33.4 20.1 23.9 -8.1 0.719 0.394 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Stanford 2-5 0.241 -26 15.0 +36.9 +34.7 22.3 33.1 -15.6 0.859 0.379 0.0% (Decayed)
121 South Florida 5-4 0.234 -6 13.3 +38.7 +40.3 27.7 31.7 -0.6 0.659 0.368 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Connecticut 1-6 0.226 -10 11.9 +39.8 +39.5 21.6 30.2 -9.9 0.758 0.359 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Sam Houston 0-7 0.219 -7 12.1 +36.9 +34.4 18.5 25.9 -12.4 0.870 0.360 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Arizona State 1-6 0.212 -2 10.1 +39.6 +36.2 19.4 23.4 -9.4 0.913 0.347 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Indiana 2-5 0.198 -26 10.1 +35.3 +31.8 22.8 30.2 -11.4 0.924 0.347 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Southern Mississippi 1-6 0.163 -8 7.8 +30.4 +29.5 22.8 37.3 -17.4 0.789 0.332 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Missouri State 3-4 0.098 +4 5.1 +17.4 +27.8 27.3 29.9 +1.6 0.210 0.314 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Hawaii 2-6 0.071 -9 -4.4 +31.4 +32.4 23.1 36.1 -12.9 0.689 0.252 0.0% (Decayed)
129 UAB 2-6 0.036 -1 -8.5 +30.6 +29.8 27.2 36.6 -8.6 0.787 0.224 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Akron 1-7 0.032 - -8.0 +28.2 +33.4 19.0 33.5 -14.0 0.475 0.228 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Vanderbilt 2-6 0.008 +3 -13.5 +33.9 +32.9 26.6 32.6 -6.6 0.794 0.191 0.0% (Decayed)
132 East Carolina 1-6 -0.009 +1 -14.7 +31.9 +31.6 20.9 24.3 -6.7 0.756 0.183 0.0% (Decayed)
133 UTEP 2-6 -0.028 -4 -16.9 +31.0 +31.6 20.9 26.6 -10.0 0.713 0.169 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Ball State 2-6 -0.036 +1 -16.5 +27.8 +29.5 20.1 30.3 -12.9 0.652 0.172 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Nevada 1-6 -0.077 +2 -24.0 +32.9 +29.8 18.5 30.1 -18.1 0.903 0.123 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Temple 2-6 -0.095 -4 -22.6 +24.4 +25.4 22.1 38.5 -18.9 0.694 0.131 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Massachusetts 1-7 -0.117 +1 -30.0 +35.2 +33.6 23.3 43.1 -19.5 0.822 0.083 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Kent State 1-7 -0.264 -2 -42.6 +20.5 +21.8 18.7 34.0 -20.5 0.680 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: #12 Alabama, #13 Mississippi, #15 Penn State, #16 Oregon State

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 7
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 2
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 1