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Season 2023 • 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 Michigan 10-0 1.105 - 109.2 +74.3 +73.6 38.0 10.0 +30.6 0.795 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Georgia 9-0 1.041 - 106.3 +62.1 +64.2 36.9 13.8 +29.6 0.666 0.981 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Air Force 9-0 0.994 - 103.2 +55.5 +60.4 31.4 16.3 +19.1 0.539 0.962 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Oregon 8-1 0.977 - 97.8 +62.9 +62.6 38.1 13.6 +30.9 0.776 0.928 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Ohio State 8-1 0.949 +3 93.4 +64.9 +62.1 31.5 9.1 +18.8 0.894 0.900 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Washington 9-1 0.944 +1 91.9 +67.0 +63.8 34.7 22.4 +14.3 0.914 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Texas 7-2 0.931 -1 90.4 +66.5 +64.1 32.8 17.2 +15.8 0.874 0.881 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Missouri 8-1 0.929 -3 94.4 +56.5 +54.7 30.3 19.5 +10.7 0.848 0.906 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Florida State 8-1 0.924 +1 89.1 +67.6 +65.6 35.6 22.3 +14.0 0.858 0.872 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Mississippi 8-1 0.902 +3 90.5 +57.7 +55.5 34.7 20.2 +17.0 0.863 0.881 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Alabama 7-2 0.899 +1 88.2 +62.0 +56.8 29.7 15.9 +11.8 1.000 0.867 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Notre Dame 8-2 0.892 -1 87.4 +61.9 +60.0 36.3 14.8 +23.9 0.848 0.862 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Kansas State 7-2 0.876 +4 87.1 +57.8 +57.3 33.8 15.9 +20.1 0.787 0.860 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Penn State 7-2 0.874 +1 84.9 +62.4 +62.1 35.6 15.8 +22.9 0.776 0.846 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Oklahoma 7-2 0.872 -6 85.1 +61.4 +59.6 34.8 20.2 +18.9 0.844 0.847 0.0% (Decayed)
16 James Madison 8-1 0.872 -2 89.4 +51.4 +52.2 29.4 21.2 +9.4 0.724 0.874 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Liberty 8-1 0.853 +1 84.4 +57.2 +57.7 32.1 24.4 +10.0 0.738 0.843 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Fresno State 8-1 0.839 +2 86.4 +48.4 +52.6 29.7 21.6 +14.6 0.567 0.856 0.0% (Decayed)
19 UCLA 7-2 0.815 +6 81.6 +52.5 +53.0 29.5 15.7 +15.6 0.739 0.825 0.0% (Decayed)
20 LSU 7-2 0.812 +2 78.0 +59.7 +58.5 39.6 26.6 +19.0 0.822 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Toledo 7-2 0.811 +3 83.8 +46.1 +50.4 29.4 22.3 +13.0 0.563 0.839 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Oregon State 6-3 0.809 -6 78.8 +57.4 +56.5 32.1 22.9 +10.0 0.804 0.807 0.0% (Decayed)
23 USC 8-2 0.804 -4 78.8 +55.9 +55.4 37.1 32.5 +13.4 0.786 0.807 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Tennessee 7-2 0.800 +5 78.9 +54.3 +52.6 31.1 18.0 +14.0 0.839 0.808 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Memphis 7-2 0.794 +5 79.2 +51.7 +53.7 32.3 26.3 +11.4 0.670 0.810 0.0% (Decayed)
26 Kansas 7-2 0.792 - 79.6 +50.4 +49.6 32.7 28.3 +8.2 0.799 0.812 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Arizona 6-3 0.785 - 78.1 +51.8 +50.4 29.4 19.6 +10.7 0.828 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Rutgers 7-2 0.760 +4 76.5 +47.9 +50.0 28.9 19.2 +11.8 0.665 0.793 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Miami 6-3 0.752 -1 73.0 +53.8 +55.2 31.9 21.9 +12.9 0.697 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Troy 6-3 0.746 +5 72.9 +52.0 +51.1 27.3 16.0 +8.3 0.804 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Texas A&M 5-4 0.741 +6 70.9 +55.2 +53.6 29.6 20.8 +10.2 0.835 0.757 0.0% (Decayed)
32 West Virginia 6-3 0.737 +14 74.8 +45.1 +44.8 28.6 23.6 +6.0 0.778 0.782 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Tulane 7-2 0.733 +7 71.6 +51.3 +52.5 28.3 21.1 +6.7 0.708 0.762 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Duke 6-3 0.715 -13 67.8 +54.9 +52.4 28.9 14.3 +10.4 0.878 0.738 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Oklahoma State 7-2 0.704 +9 68.5 +49.9 +49.1 29.7 22.8 +6.9 0.797 0.742 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Miami (OH) 7-3 0.696 +16 68.1 +48.4 +52.9 27.9 20.3 +9.3 0.556 0.740 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Louisville 7-2 0.695 +14 66.4 +52.0 +52.9 30.3 21.0 +11.6 0.718 0.729 0.0% (Decayed)
38 UT San Antonio 6-3 0.689 +12 67.4 +48.0 +52.3 28.6 26.0 +6.6 0.562 0.735 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Boston College 6-3 0.687 +10 67.6 +47.1 +45.5 26.8 25.9 +0.8 0.839 0.736 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Iowa State 5-4 0.682 +14 67.1 +46.5 +45.4 26.0 21.8 +2.6 0.811 0.733 0.0% (Decayed)
41 App State 5-4 0.677 +14 68.2 +42.6 +45.6 28.4 30.3 +3.6 0.625 0.740 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Louisiana 5-4 0.674 +20 68.3 +41.3 +43.8 29.6 28.1 +5.0 0.646 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Western Kentucky 5-4 0.667 -2 66.7 +43.1 +43.0 29.7 30.5 +0.7 0.765 0.731 0.0% (Decayed)
44 North Carolina 6-3 0.665 -6 61.1 +55.7 +56.4 30.4 26.5 +7.8 0.730 0.695 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Wisconsin 5-4 0.659 -14 61.7 +52.4 +49.9 26.3 20.8 +4.7 0.881 0.699 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Maryland 6-3 0.657 -10 63.2 +48.3 +52.4 31.3 23.6 +12.9 0.574 0.709 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Coastal Carolina 6-3 0.653 +14 64.4 +44.4 +44.9 28.7 19.3 +9.7 0.741 0.716 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Delaware 7-1 0.651 +9 71.4 +27.4 +41.8 34.2 21.1 +15.4 0.094 0.761 0.0% (Decayed)
49 SMU 6-3 0.651 +10 62.1 +49.1 +54.7 33.5 17.6 +22.6 0.501 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Clemson 5-4 0.643 -8 62.7 +45.4 +44.9 29.1 23.6 +7.2 0.786 0.705 0.0% (Decayed)
51 UNLV 6-3 0.643 -4 62.5 +45.9 +48.5 31.0 29.8 +5.1 0.643 0.704 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Wyoming 6-3 0.643 -19 63.0 +44.5 +40.9 24.8 22.5 -2.1 0.927 0.707 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Iowa 6-3 0.640 +3 60.4 +49.7 +48.9 22.0 17.6 +0.6 0.798 0.691 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Minnesota 6-3 0.623 +6 59.1 +47.7 +46.1 24.7 25.1 -0.8 0.836 0.682 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Ohio 7-3 0.620 -16 60.4 +43.9 +47.7 25.7 19.4 +7.5 0.587 0.691 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Utah 6-3 0.615 -33 57.3 +49.5 +47.5 23.9 15.6 +2.6 0.855 0.671 0.0% (Decayed)
57 BYU 5-3 0.614 -12 60.2 +42.5 +41.7 26.2 25.3 -0.8 0.801 0.689 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Boise State 4-5 0.610 +6 55.6 +52.2 +51.5 29.1 27.5 +0.4 0.792 0.660 0.0% (Decayed)
59 Jacksonville State 8-2 0.596 +8 58.0 +42.1 +46.7 28.0 22.5 +9.1 0.551 0.676 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Virginia Tech 5-4 0.592 +6 54.7 +48.7 +48.2 27.5 23.9 +5.2 0.789 0.655 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Nebraska 5-3 0.591 +8 54.7 +48.5 +47.1 23.4 20.1 +1.6 0.827 0.655 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Colorado 4-4 0.587 -9 55.7 +45.1 +43.0 28.4 33.7 -2.8 0.858 0.661 0.0% (Decayed)
63 New Mexico State 6-4 0.587 - 56.0 +44.3 +49.6 26.8 25.7 +4.5 0.517 0.663 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Georgia State 7-2 0.578 -21 53.5 +47.3 +49.7 29.7 26.0 +6.9 0.653 0.647 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Florida 5-3 0.568 -17 53.4 +44.8 +47.2 28.4 24.3 +5.1 0.648 0.646 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Texas State 6-3 0.553 -32 52.3 +42.7 +46.3 30.8 29.3 +8.3 0.598 0.639 0.0% (Decayed)
67 TCU 4-4 0.544 +3 49.6 +46.5 +46.6 29.1 22.6 +6.4 0.762 0.622 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Georgia Tech 5-4 0.534 +12 49.7 +43.3 +42.6 29.1 29.4 +1.4 0.795 0.623 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Kentucky 5-4 0.529 -4 46.9 +48.2 +48.6 29.6 26.4 +5.0 0.740 0.605 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Georgia Southern 6-3 0.529 +4 48.7 +44.1 +48.2 30.1 29.0 +5.9 0.573 0.616 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Arkansas 2-6 0.529 +1 47.0 +47.9 +46.6 26.6 21.4 +3.6 0.819 0.606 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Northern Illinois 5-4 0.521 +3 47.3 +45.1 +47.3 25.6 23.9 +2.9 0.661 0.608 0.0% (Decayed)
73 North Carolina State 5-4 0.519 - 47.5 +43.9 +43.2 26.2 24.1 +1.2 0.793 0.609 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Texas Tech 4-5 0.511 +5 45.8 +45.3 +45.7 29.2 23.1 +6.3 0.742 0.598 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Washington State 4-4 0.491 -7 44.6 +42.2 +41.2 30.1 30.7 +1.2 0.806 0.591 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Auburn 4-5 0.478 +7 40.6 +47.8 +45.3 26.6 20.4 +1.8 0.878 0.565 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Navy 3-4 0.478 +5 42.9 +42.3 +43.1 22.8 21.8 -3.9 0.725 0.580 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Old Dominion 4-5 0.474 -1 44.1 +38.2 +41.7 24.1 28.4 -1.7 0.602 0.588 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Virginia 2-6 0.469 -1 41.7 +42.6 +39.8 25.2 30.0 -7.0 0.892 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
80 South Alabama 5-4 0.469 -22 39.9 +46.6 +49.8 32.2 21.6 +16.4 0.614 0.561 0.0% (Decayed)
81 North Dakota State 6-3 0.451 +6 45.1 +29.2 +41.9 32.6 20.9 +17.0 0.175 0.594 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Sacramento State 6-2 0.432 +4 44.7 +24.3 +34.8 29.0 25.6 +9.0 0.280 0.592 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Northwestern 5-4 0.411 +7 35.2 +40.2 +38.8 25.1 25.4 -3.0 0.829 0.531 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Rice 4-5 0.410 +4 35.2 +40.0 +43.0 28.3 30.7 +2.2 0.624 0.531 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Louisiana Tech 3-6 0.397 +7 34.9 +36.9 +40.5 25.7 29.4 -1.1 0.596 0.529 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Wake Forest 4-4 0.380 -15 32.6 +37.1 +38.7 23.3 24.9 -2.2 0.690 0.515 0.0% (Decayed)
87 North Texas 3-5 0.378 +2 31.6 +38.7 +41.8 29.8 37.9 -1.1 0.619 0.509 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Marshall 4-5 0.374 -12 30.6 +40.1 +40.0 24.8 29.5 -5.1 0.771 0.502 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Florida Atlantic 4-4 0.368 +2 30.2 +39.1 +42.2 26.5 25.3 +2.0 0.618 0.500 0.0% (Decayed)
90 South Carolina 2-6 0.367 -5 29.0 +41.7 +36.8 27.0 29.4 -6.1 0.989 0.492 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Mississippi State 4-4 0.361 -7 29.4 +39.1 +38.8 25.6 25.4 -0.8 0.775 0.494 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Arkansas State 4-5 0.344 +8 28.1 +36.9 +39.2 23.7 33.7 -9.8 0.658 0.486 0.0% (Decayed)
93 UCF 3-6 0.341 -12 24.2 +45.1 +44.5 29.5 28.8 +1.7 0.794 0.462 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Bowling Green 4-5 0.333 -1 24.6 +42.0 +39.5 25.5 26.4 -3.1 0.877 0.464 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Utah State 3-6 0.324 +2 24.1 +40.1 +39.0 29.9 35.2 -1.4 0.815 0.461 0.0% (Decayed)
96 California 3-6 0.317 +2 20.9 +45.6 +42.3 28.2 31.9 -3.3 0.914 0.441 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Buffalo 3-5 0.314 +4 24.1 +37.5 +41.1 25.4 30.9 -3.0 0.595 0.461 0.0% (Decayed)
98 San Diego State 3-5 0.314 +8 24.0 +37.6 +36.9 22.4 28.7 -8.5 0.795 0.460 0.0% (Decayed)
99 San Jose State 4-6 0.313 +8 21.3 +43.6 +43.4 28.9 25.6 +4.0 0.769 0.443 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Central Michigan 4-4 0.307 -4 25.9 +31.1 +34.5 23.4 31.2 -7.8 0.608 0.472 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Middle Tennessee 2-6 0.299 +7 22.9 +35.6 +35.6 24.1 33.2 -9.4 0.764 0.453 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Illinois 3-5 0.297 +1 19.7 +42.7 +39.1 22.9 27.2 -7.4 0.930 0.433 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Houston 3-5 0.280 -9 18.9 +39.2 +35.8 25.7 31.4 -7.2 0.921 0.428 0.0% (Decayed)
104 New Mexico 3-5 0.267 -2 20.1 +32.5 +36.6 26.6 35.6 -3.6 0.569 0.436 0.0% (Decayed)
105 UL Monroe 2-6 0.266 -10 19.1 +34.6 +35.8 22.0 32.5 -12.5 0.708 0.429 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Arizona State 2-6 0.266 +18 16.3 +41.2 +38.4 21.1 22.9 -6.9 0.890 0.411 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Western Michigan 3-6 0.247 +10 16.9 +34.3 +37.2 27.0 35.8 -6.6 0.626 0.415 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Kennesaw State 2-5 0.243 +8 30.0 +2.5 +18.9 23.4 22.9 +2.4 0.000 0.498 0.0% (Decayed)
109 South Florida 5-4 0.237 +12 13.7 +38.6 +40.3 28.0 31.5 -0.6 0.681 0.395 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Stanford 2-6 0.222 +10 11.6 +39.2 +35.5 23.4 33.6 -14.8 0.934 0.382 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Pittsburgh 2-6 0.203 -6 10.8 +35.4 +35.8 24.3 29.0 -6.4 0.746 0.376 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Colorado State 3-5 0.187 -13 8.9 +34.9 +36.1 25.1 31.7 -5.4 0.703 0.365 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Tulsa 3-5 0.183 -2 9.7 +31.9 +33.5 24.1 35.7 -13.9 0.690 0.370 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Syracuse 4-5 0.180 -10 6.6 +38.3 +39.4 25.0 27.0 -3.0 0.711 0.350 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Army 2-6 0.176 -3 8.0 +33.8 +36.2 21.8 26.3 -5.4 0.652 0.359 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Cincinnati 2-6 0.156 -7 4.4 +36.3 +36.4 24.7 28.7 -3.1 0.762 0.336 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Indiana 2-6 0.152 +8 3.7 +36.7 +31.9 23.6 29.7 -11.1 0.983 0.332 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Connecticut 1-7 0.135 +4 0.6 +39.1 +39.5 21.2 29.3 -9.5 0.745 0.312 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Michigan State 2-6 0.132 -4 0.6 +37.9 +33.7 23.5 27.8 -9.8 0.958 0.312 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Sam Houston 0-8 0.118 +3 -0.8 +37.0 +36.4 19.8 28.2 -11.2 0.788 0.303 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Southern Mississippi 1-7 0.117 +5 1.7 +30.8 +29.8 23.9 38.3 -16.5 0.810 0.319 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Baylor 3-5 0.106 -12 -1.0 +34.0 +34.7 24.3 30.8 -7.5 0.730 0.302 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Purdue 2-6 0.087 -9 -6.8 +41.8 +38.7 24.3 32.1 -8.1 0.909 0.265 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Florida International 4-5 0.033 -6 -9.1 +30.9 +33.6 22.2 30.3 -7.8 0.641 0.251 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Akron 1-7 0.031 +5 -8.0 +27.9 +33.4 19.2 33.0 -14.0 0.510 0.258 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Missouri State 3-5 0.023 +1 -4.1 +16.3 +25.9 27.2 30.6 -0.6 0.320 0.282 0.0% (Decayed)
127 UAB 2-6 0.022 +2 -10.5 +31.0 +29.8 27.4 35.9 -8.6 0.820 0.242 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Charlotte 2-6 0.005 -9 -12.4 +30.4 +31.7 19.7 25.4 -9.9 0.703 0.230 0.0% (Decayed)
129 UTEP 3-6 -0.003 +4 -13.5 +30.7 +32.0 22.3 28.2 -8.6 0.703 0.223 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Eastern Michigan 4-6 -0.030 -17 -16.2 +28.8 +33.5 20.5 28.6 -8.3 0.547 0.205 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Ball State 2-6 -0.038 +3 -17.0 +28.2 +29.5 20.3 29.6 -12.9 0.700 0.201 0.0% (Decayed)
132 East Carolina 1-7 -0.040 - -18.9 +32.3 +31.2 21.6 25.6 -7.6 0.816 0.189 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Nevada 2-6 -0.047 +2 -20.7 +34.2 +32.7 19.7 29.4 -14.6 0.834 0.177 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Temple 2-6 -0.085 +2 -21.2 +24.3 +25.4 22.1 38.0 -18.9 0.712 0.174 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Vanderbilt 2-7 -0.094 -4 -25.6 +31.6 +30.6 25.5 32.4 -8.8 0.809 0.146 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Massachusetts 2-7 -0.097 +1 -28.1 +36.7 +35.8 23.6 40.2 -16.6 0.801 0.131 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Hawaii 2-7 -0.129 -9 -29.0 +29.2 +30.5 21.9 35.8 -15.3 0.700 0.124 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Kent State 1-7 -0.314 - -48.7 +20.1 +21.8 18.8 33.9 -20.5 0.686 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 Notre Dame, #14 Penn State, #15 Oklahoma, #16 James Madison

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 8
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 7
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- 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 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 1