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Season 2024 • 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 Iowa State 8-0 1.029 - 105.3 +60.9 +60.0 31.3 17.1 +15.2 0.747 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Ohio State 9-1 1.026 - 100.8 +70.3 +66.2 37.1 13.7 +26.5 0.882 0.967 0.0% (Decayed)
3 BYU 8-0 0.999 - 103.1 +57.1 +57.6 31.8 19.1 +16.6 0.685 0.984 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Army 8-0 0.994 - 102.6 +56.8 +63.8 34.6 14.9 +27.1 0.405 0.980 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Penn State 8-1 0.993 - 98.4 +66.2 +64.1 31.5 15.4 +17.8 0.797 0.949 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Navy 7-0 0.986 +1 100.2 +60.1 +67.1 36.3 23.1 +21.7 0.408 0.962 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Miami 7-1 0.936 +1 94.0 +59.7 +58.7 38.8 25.5 +22.4 0.749 0.917 0.0% (Decayed)
8 LSU 7-1 0.920 +2 91.7 +60.2 +58.9 33.5 21.0 +13.5 0.759 0.900 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Notre Dame 9-2 0.914 - 89.0 +64.6 +60.2 30.7 14.5 +15.8 0.893 0.880 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Indiana 7-1 0.909 +2 90.9 +58.7 +61.1 38.2 18.0 +29.4 0.607 0.894 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Pittsburgh 6-1 0.885 - 90.5 +52.5 +54.8 34.1 28.4 +14.6 0.610 0.891 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Oregon 7-1 0.882 +2 86.9 +60.1 +57.8 31.7 19.2 +13.2 0.802 0.864 0.0% (Decayed)
13 UNLV 7-1 0.876 +9 89.4 +52.5 +55.9 33.7 23.6 +19.8 0.564 0.883 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Memphis 7-1 0.871 +1 90.4 +48.8 +51.0 30.5 23.3 +13.1 0.612 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Kansas State 7-1 0.864 +3 86.1 +56.4 +54.9 32.6 22.3 +11.5 0.773 0.859 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Mississippi 6-2 0.860 - 85.1 +57.8 +59.4 37.4 14.2 +31.0 0.640 0.851 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Texas 8-2 0.856 -11 80.9 +66.4 +62.8 34.1 15.5 +21.4 0.857 0.820 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Georgia 6-2 0.852 +11 84.3 +57.2 +54.3 30.9 17.0 +12.5 0.831 0.845 0.0% (Decayed)
19 Illinois 7-1 0.847 - 86.8 +49.8 +50.0 28.1 20.2 +10.5 0.698 0.863 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Boise State 5-2 0.834 +3 81.4 +58.5 +58.2 35.7 26.8 +15.3 0.716 0.824 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Cincinnati 5-2 0.833 +9 86.0 +47.7 +48.2 27.7 19.7 +10.7 0.684 0.858 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Syracuse 6-1 0.820 +4 84.1 +48.1 +48.7 31.1 26.0 +10.3 0.679 0.844 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Texas A&M 6-2 0.814 +2 80.2 +55.4 +54.4 30.6 19.8 +11.5 0.747 0.815 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Missouri 7-1 0.811 +7 81.6 +51.2 +52.5 30.4 18.3 +14.5 0.649 0.826 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Vanderbilt 6-2 0.807 +2 82.8 +47.2 +47.4 29.5 24.1 +10.6 0.699 0.834 0.0% (Decayed)
26 UL Monroe 5-1 0.802 +8 83.5 +44.0 +47.2 24.8 21.0 +2.8 0.568 0.840 14.3% Prior
27 SMU 6-2 0.800 +6 79.7 +52.5 +52.5 34.1 23.3 +14.1 0.708 0.811 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Alabama 5-3 0.790 -8 75.7 +58.8 +54.9 33.0 21.0 +14.0 0.871 0.782 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Texas State 5-3 0.788 -12 78.4 +52.0 +53.5 30.3 24.5 +10.9 0.639 0.802 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Tennessee 6-2 0.782 +11 77.2 +52.9 +51.4 33.1 15.8 +21.4 0.769 0.794 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Toledo 6-2 0.779 +11 78.7 +48.5 +49.4 29.8 23.9 +9.6 0.666 0.804 0.0% (Decayed)
32 James Madison 6-2 0.778 -19 78.1 +49.5 +52.3 29.7 19.3 +16.5 0.588 0.800 0.0% (Decayed)
33 USC 4-4 0.773 -1 75.8 +53.5 +49.5 29.0 23.1 +7.8 0.876 0.783 0.0% (Decayed)
34 North Dakota State 9-1 0.762 +5 80.5 +39.3 +44.9 32.0 18.4 +15.5 0.469 0.817 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Clemson 6-2 0.759 +3 70.7 +61.3 +62.1 35.7 26.7 +14.9 0.674 0.745 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Louisville 5-3 0.751 +1 74.0 +51.0 +48.3 32.2 23.6 +11.6 0.819 0.770 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Nebraska 6-2 0.745 -16 74.2 +49.1 +51.3 26.5 19.3 +7.0 0.614 0.771 0.0% (Decayed)
38 Arizona State 5-3 0.744 -14 73.3 +50.6 +49.0 27.9 24.7 +4.6 0.777 0.764 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Liberty 5-1 0.737 +6 74.5 +45.7 +52.1 27.0 25.6 +6.7 0.434 0.773 14.3% Prior
40 San Jose State 5-3 0.735 +13 75.6 +42.7 +47.4 28.2 29.6 +6.5 0.508 0.781 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Duke 6-2 0.722 +7 71.3 +48.6 +49.4 26.9 23.6 +3.5 0.671 0.750 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Western Kentucky 5-3 0.721 +5 70.0 +51.5 +52.8 28.7 24.5 +4.2 0.648 0.740 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Georgia Southern 5-3 0.704 +13 69.7 +47.0 +45.4 28.4 27.2 +1.0 0.776 0.738 0.0% (Decayed)
44 Iowa 4-4 0.700 -16 67.3 +51.4 +48.6 29.4 21.4 +6.8 0.825 0.721 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Colorado 5-3 0.697 +10 65.2 +55.5 +52.9 29.6 23.3 +5.2 0.821 0.705 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Washington State 6-2 0.683 +16 65.3 +51.3 +51.3 32.6 29.3 +8.8 0.707 0.706 0.0% (Decayed)
47 South Carolina 4-4 0.683 +18 63.7 +55.0 +51.8 28.0 19.6 +8.1 0.844 0.694 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Virginia Tech 4-4 0.676 +13 62.1 +56.8 +55.5 29.2 22.7 +6.8 0.760 0.682 0.0% (Decayed)
49 North Texas 5-3 0.674 -5 66.1 +46.7 +48.3 32.9 34.0 +4.6 0.639 0.712 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Louisiana 6-2 0.672 +13 67.3 +43.3 +49.1 28.2 25.8 +6.0 0.460 0.720 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Northern Illinois 5-3 0.672 -2 67.6 +42.5 +43.7 24.5 18.7 +7.0 0.655 0.723 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Wisconsin 5-2 0.663 +12 63.7 +49.1 +49.3 29.0 18.2 +11.4 0.700 0.694 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Washington 4-4 0.663 +5 63.5 +49.3 +48.1 26.0 19.1 +6.1 0.759 0.693 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Marshall 4-3 0.654 +15 64.3 +44.9 +44.8 27.8 26.2 +3.7 0.708 0.698 0.0% (Decayed)
55 California 3-5 0.650 -5 60.9 +51.6 +49.6 24.9 17.7 +3.2 0.792 0.673 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Michigan 5-3 0.630 -2 59.6 +48.5 +44.2 23.6 20.9 -0.1 0.892 0.664 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Arkansas 5-3 0.627 -21 60.6 +45.3 +46.7 28.0 20.7 +9.0 0.648 0.671 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Connecticut 5-3 0.622 -6 59.4 +46.8 +49.3 29.8 23.1 +11.9 0.599 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
59 Florida 5-3 0.620 +15 58.6 +48.1 +46.9 30.6 20.0 +9.5 0.757 0.656 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Georgia Tech 5-4 0.620 -9 58.7 +47.6 +48.7 28.9 25.3 +6.0 0.659 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
61 TCU 5-3 0.615 +12 60.2 +42.7 +45.1 29.9 26.4 +8.0 0.605 0.668 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Kansas 2-5 0.611 +20 57.8 +47.2 +47.2 29.4 24.2 +6.4 0.706 0.650 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Miami (OH) 4-4 0.609 +8 57.4 +47.6 +46.7 24.7 23.2 +1.2 0.742 0.648 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Boston College 4-4 0.598 -18 56.8 +45.5 +43.9 26.7 22.8 +4.2 0.773 0.643 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Minnesota 5-3 0.597 +5 55.8 +47.8 +47.6 26.1 16.9 +9.8 0.719 0.636 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Buffalo 5-3 0.592 -9 56.8 +43.8 +44.5 25.4 24.5 -0.5 0.675 0.643 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Oregon State 4-3 0.591 - 56.7 +43.7 +45.5 27.4 27.9 +3.0 0.632 0.642 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Missouri State 5-2 0.591 +7 62.9 +29.2 +40.0 29.6 24.8 +10.6 0.246 0.688 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Sam Houston 6-2 0.590 -34 54.8 +47.9 +49.7 27.2 27.1 +4.5 0.631 0.629 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Tulane 5-3 0.587 +9 54.4 +47.9 +50.5 32.0 23.5 +14.1 0.598 0.625 0.0% (Decayed)
71 UT San Antonio 4-4 0.568 +9 56.1 +38.4 +41.3 26.8 29.6 -0.9 0.581 0.638 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Ohio 5-3 0.567 -4 56.3 +37.8 +40.8 23.5 25.4 -1.8 0.578 0.639 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Baylor 3-5 0.565 +10 50.5 +50.5 +47.2 30.9 27.4 +4.4 0.844 0.597 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Western Michigan 4-4 0.564 +11 55.6 +38.3 +40.4 27.7 36.0 -4.5 0.616 0.634 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Fresno State 4-4 0.557 +12 53.2 +41.9 +42.6 26.0 26.1 +0.4 0.679 0.616 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Arkansas State 5-3 0.551 +2 53.6 +39.1 +39.6 25.1 31.7 -6.9 0.687 0.620 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Utah 4-3 0.544 -11 51.3 +42.5 +44.5 23.6 16.5 +7.6 0.620 0.602 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Virginia 4-3 0.541 -18 50.8 +42.7 +42.3 26.9 24.7 +2.3 0.726 0.599 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Michigan State 4-3 0.535 +14 50.9 +40.5 +40.0 24.3 21.0 +0.7 0.730 0.600 0.0% (Decayed)
80 South Alabama 4-4 0.530 +4 50.8 +39.5 +43.8 28.5 25.9 +9.9 0.521 0.599 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Rutgers 4-4 0.529 - 48.6 +44.4 +45.3 27.8 27.6 +3.4 0.668 0.583 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Bowling Green 3-5 0.525 +13 49.4 +41.1 +44.9 25.2 27.0 +2.4 0.543 0.589 0.0% (Decayed)
83 Oklahoma 4-4 0.514 -40 43.9 +50.7 +46.1 24.7 20.7 +0.6 0.906 0.548 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Maryland 4-3 0.512 +15 46.2 +44.7 +43.5 29.1 25.1 +4.6 0.757 0.565 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Delaware 6-1 0.511 -45 57.4 +18.3 +34.8 32.9 21.7 +18.1 0.000 0.648 0.0% (Decayed)
86 UCF 3-4 0.498 +6 44.4 +44.8 +42.0 29.8 25.3 +5.6 0.827 0.552 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Old Dominion 3-4 0.457 +18 39.4 +44.2 +42.5 23.3 26.4 -2.6 0.780 0.515 0.0% (Decayed)
88 North Carolina State 4-5 0.457 +16 39.8 +43.2 +41.9 25.5 30.3 -5.1 0.763 0.518 0.0% (Decayed)
89 North Carolina 3-5 0.454 +5 38.1 +46.4 +44.8 28.8 28.5 +0.5 0.775 0.506 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Auburn 2-5 0.453 -4 40.2 +41.3 +40.9 27.5 20.6 +7.3 0.725 0.521 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Nevada 3-5 0.451 -3 40.0 +41.0 +41.6 25.6 26.5 -0.2 0.681 0.520 0.0% (Decayed)
92 Eastern Michigan 5-2 0.449 +9 41.5 +36.9 +42.8 27.4 29.7 +4.4 0.456 0.531 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Ball State 2-5 0.444 -4 41.5 +35.7 +35.7 23.9 40.8 -17.7 0.704 0.530 0.0% (Decayed)
94 Oklahoma State 3-4 0.442 +6 37.2 +45.0 +43.1 29.9 28.1 +2.1 0.790 0.499 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Northwestern 3-4 0.440 -18 37.2 +44.4 +43.2 23.8 20.5 -0.6 0.761 0.499 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Texas Tech 5-3 0.434 -37 36.2 +44.9 +43.5 30.9 34.2 +0.6 0.766 0.492 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Kentucky 3-4 0.431 -25 35.2 +46.3 +43.9 24.2 19.0 +1.1 0.809 0.484 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Arizona 3-4 0.426 -22 37.5 +39.5 +37.5 24.1 25.5 -4.6 0.790 0.501 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Louisiana Tech 2-5 0.423 -1 37.3 +38.8 +43.7 22.8 26.2 -1.3 0.498 0.500 0.0% (Decayed)
100 East Carolina 4-4 0.397 -9 34.5 +37.8 +40.5 25.7 28.5 -0.1 0.594 0.479 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Wake Forest 3-4 0.396 +13 33.7 +39.2 +38.4 26.0 30.6 -4.9 0.744 0.473 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Central Michigan 3-4 0.388 -6 33.4 +37.5 +40.9 27.3 32.2 -0.4 0.563 0.471 0.0% (Decayed)
103 San Diego State 3-3 0.388 +3 34.9 +34.0 +38.4 23.2 26.1 -1.0 0.518 0.482 14.3% Prior
104 Florida International 2-5 0.374 -7 32.9 +34.7 +34.9 25.0 27.8 -2.6 0.696 0.467 0.0% (Decayed)
105 South Florida 4-4 0.359 +8 30.3 +36.4 +38.3 26.3 30.2 -4.0 0.625 0.448 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Florida State 1-6 0.353 +1 26.5 +43.3 +37.8 19.6 24.0 -10.0 0.941 0.421 0.0% (Decayed)
107 West Virginia 3-5 0.347 -17 24.3 +46.7 +42.5 28.7 28.3 -0.9 0.883 0.404 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Colorado State 4-4 0.342 +7 26.8 +39.5 +40.7 23.5 31.6 -7.4 0.653 0.422 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Florida Atlantic 2-5 0.337 -7 27.5 +36.4 +37.2 25.0 27.8 -3.7 0.674 0.428 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Jacksonville State 3-4 0.336 -2 26.3 +38.8 +43.6 31.4 33.3 +6.9 0.499 0.419 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Temple 2-5 0.314 +5 24.3 +37.0 +34.7 20.5 31.4 -13.4 0.805 0.404 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Charlotte 3-4 0.308 -9 25.3 +32.8 +31.6 24.4 32.4 -11.4 0.760 0.411 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Coastal Carolina 4-4 0.305 -3 22.4 +38.4 +39.0 27.5 33.0 -3.4 0.678 0.390 0.0% (Decayed)
114 App State 2-4 0.292 +4 24.1 +30.8 +29.8 26.0 36.4 -12.5 0.748 0.402 14.3% Prior
115 Hawaii 2-5 0.292 -6 23.9 +31.1 +36.3 22.5 25.6 -3.9 0.485 0.401 0.0% (Decayed)
116 UCLA 2-5 0.289 +5 18.6 +42.8 +35.9 21.9 27.6 -11.6 1.000 0.362 0.0% (Decayed)
117 New Mexico State 2-5 0.277 +5 21.6 +32.3 +31.8 21.1 36.0 -16.4 0.726 0.384 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Georgia State 2-4 0.275 -1 20.1 +35.2 +34.3 22.0 30.7 -9.2 0.742 0.373 14.3% Prior
119 Stanford 2-5 0.212 -7 12.5 +34.0 +29.6 22.5 29.8 -13.3 0.893 0.317 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Sacramento State 3-4 0.199 +5 15.5 +23.1 +31.2 28.3 30.4 +0.7 0.359 0.340 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Houston 2-5 0.187 -10 5.6 +42.8 +39.6 20.3 22.8 -9.9 0.843 0.266 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Wyoming 1-6 0.170 +1 7.3 +33.7 +33.6 19.5 30.8 -13.3 0.711 0.279 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Rice 2-5 0.164 -3 7.5 +31.2 +31.9 24.2 27.5 -2.9 0.675 0.281 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Massachusetts 1-6 0.155 +3 6.9 +30.3 +29.9 20.5 34.5 -16.4 0.721 0.276 0.0% (Decayed)
125 New Mexico 3-4 0.145 +6 3.6 +34.8 +38.6 29.6 44.8 -5.6 0.541 0.252 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Akron 1-6 0.138 - 6.2 +26.6 +26.6 19.8 38.1 -21.0 0.709 0.271 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Troy 1-6 0.126 -8 1.5 +34.2 +33.6 21.6 27.7 -8.4 0.732 0.236 0.0% (Decayed)
128 UTEP 1-6 0.114 +5 0.6 +32.6 +31.6 20.3 34.2 -14.6 0.751 0.230 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Air Force 1-6 0.107 -1 0.8 +30.0 +30.4 17.6 27.1 -12.1 0.692 0.231 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Mississippi State 1-6 0.102 - -1.9 +34.8 +31.1 26.8 32.5 -5.9 0.867 0.211 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Tulsa 2-5 0.097 -7 0.1 +28.5 +31.0 22.6 35.7 -12.3 0.601 0.226 0.0% (Decayed)
132 UAB 1-6 0.054 - -5.2 +28.1 +25.2 23.9 36.3 -16.6 0.831 0.187 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Middle Tennessee 2-5 0.048 +2 -4.7 +25.1 +24.9 20.6 36.8 -19.0 0.716 0.191 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Utah State 1-6 0.034 - -8.2 +29.1 +28.9 25.1 42.3 -16.0 0.716 0.165 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Purdue 1-6 -0.015 -6 -14.7 +29.8 +26.8 23.6 39.1 -18.1 0.837 0.117 0.0% (Decayed)
136 Kennesaw State 0-6 -0.095 +2 -22.1 +23.2 +25.3 16.2 32.1 -19.3 0.613 0.063 14.3% Prior
137 Kent State 0-7 -0.106 -1 -23.2 +22.5 +22.1 19.4 45.6 -29.4 0.723 0.055 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Southern Mississippi 1-6 -0.159 -1 -30.6 +24.0 +25.7 20.7 35.9 -15.9 0.637 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 UNLV, #14 Memphis, #15 Kansas State, #16 Mississippi

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 3
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 3
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0