CFB Power Rankings

Team Def · FBS · 2025 · ranked by SP+ (FCS: SRS)

Team Overall Team Off Team Def QB RB WR TE EDGE DL LB DB K P Returners

Season2025 2024 2023 2022 2021

Team Power · FBS

2025

#	Team	Conf	SP+	Off	Def▲	SRS	FPI	Elo	Talent
1	Ohio State	Big Ten	30.1	37.6	7.7	26.6	27.6	2138	974
2	Indiana	Big Ten	32.4	40.8	9.9	27.3	31.5	2346	645
3	Texas Tech	Big 12	27.6	39.3	12.3	22.3	21.5	2056	757
4	Oklahoma	SEC	18.3	30.1	12.9	12.7	15.9	1810	883
5	Oregon	Big Ten	25.9	38.7	13.5	22.1	23.9	2071	941
6	Iowa	Big Ten	19.7	32.1	14.2	13.8	15.3	1937	710
7	Miami	ACC	20.7	34.2	14.3	22.2	22.4	2014	875
8	Georgia	SEC	24.1	37.0	14.8	16.0	21.4	2057	1003
9	Washington	Big Ten	18.4	34.5	15.3	17.4	14.0	1866	721
10	Missouri	SEC	14.4	31.2	15.4	10.5	13.1	1750	805
11	Alabama	SEC	14.8	32.2	16.1	12.7	19.0	1857	994
12	LSU	SEC	10.3	25.8	16.1	8.2	10.7	1675	920
13	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	24.4	40.0	16.3	24.1	25.3	2243	912
14	Texas A&M	SEC	20.7	38.0	16.4	16.6	18.4	1872	917
15	Michigan	Big Ten	12.4	30.9	17.0	11.0	14.2	1786	907
16	Auburn	SEC	11.6	28.3	17.4	8.3	11.1	1670	892
17	Utah	Big 12	22.2	39.7	17.5	21.3	20.1	1976	708
18	Texas	SEC	16.2	32.9	17.9	12.6	18.6	1926	974
19	Virginia	ACC	11.1	28.8	18.1	9.8	8.3	1637	667
20	Ole Miss	SEC	24.0	40.4	18.3	15.8	19.3	2009	813
21	Toledo	Mid-American	6.0	25.8	18.5	6.2	4.3	1646	620
22	Penn State	Big Ten	18.1	35.1	18.8	14.4	15.9	1954	910
23	BYU	Big 12	15.9	33.9	18.8	15.0	15.3	1750	649
24	Clemson	ACC	9.5	27.5	18.9	6.2	9.4	1755	918
25	SMU	ACC	13.4	34.2	19.5	11.0	12.5	1852	767
26	Arizona	Big 12	12.0	33.0	19.5	12.2	10.1	1688	652
27	Iowa State	Big 12	9.9	28.1	19.5	9.6	8.6	1629	649
28	San Diego State	Pac-12	6.7	24.4	19.6	3.6	0.6	1528	594
29	Louisville	ACC	12.4	31.6	19.8	9.3	10.2	1749	701
30	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.8	24.4	20.0	4.4	3.5	1574	678
31	South Carolina	SEC	5.9	24.6	20.2	3.8	9.0	1697	833
32	Washington State	Pac-12	3.8	24.6	20.5	6.2	1.4	1549	569
33	Minnesota	Big Ten	1.5	23.8	20.8	0.7	1.1	1516	711
34	Wake Forest	ACC	5.7	26.6	20.9	4.2	2.1	1531	627
35	Wisconsin	Big Ten	-4.4	17.4	20.9	2.3	2.5	1502	763
36	USC	Big Ten	16.9	38.9	21.0	15.5	18.0	1871	848
37	Fresno State	Pac-12	1.8	23.0	21.1	-2.7	-4.3	1548	587
38	Florida State	ACC	7.2	29.3	21.2	8.4	9.4	1556	828
39	Vanderbilt	SEC	20.3	39.9	21.4	16.0	17.1	1880	685
40	James Madison	Sun Belt	12.3	34.9	21.4	9.9	10.3	1905	460
41	Illinois	Big Ten	12.9	33.3	21.7	12.3	10.0	1595	662
42	Western Michigan	Mid-American	-1.4	21.7	21.8	-0.1	-2.7	1546	534
43	Florida	SEC	3.5	24.5	22.6	5.4	8.2	1593	899
44	Nebraska	Big Ten	6.2	28.8	22.7	2.5	5.5	1558	821
45	Arizona State	Big 12	3.9	28.3	22.7	5.8	6.3	1609	739
46	Houston	Big 12	7.4	31.5	23.0	6.3	4.4	1512	657
47	Pittsburgh	ACC	8.4	31.6	23.5	10.0	7.7	1614	681
48	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	5.9	31.6	23.7	6.1	4.8	1670	477
49	Kentucky	SEC	1.8	25.5	23.7	2.9	5.1	1465	763
50	TCU	Big 12	8.3	32.9	23.9	8.5	9.4	1670	745
51	East Carolina	American Athletic	8.0	32.6	24.0	5.7	5.1	1593	612
52	UCF	Big 12	-1.2	23.2	24.0	-0.8	-0.8	1448	710
53	Army	American Athletic	0.8	24.7	24.1	-0.8	-2.7	1589	24
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	-3.4	19.3	24.2	-5.6	-5.7	1400	592
55	Maryland	Big Ten	0.6	24.4	24.7	-0.8	-1.8	1387	699
56	Wyoming	Mountain West	-11.3	15.3	24.7	-10.7	-11.5	1295	489
57	Georgia Tech	ACC	9.3	32.5	24.9	7.8	7.6	1595	716
58	Kansas State	Big 12	7.0	31.3	25.0	7.2	7.8	1674	706
59	North Carolina	ACC	-6.6	17.2	25.0	-6.7	-5.9	1320	753
60	Boise State	Pac-12	3.1	29.1	25.1	4.3	3.6	1594	611
61	Ohio	Mid-American	-4.0	23.2	25.2	-3.5	-2.4	1584	470
62	South Florida	American Athletic	11.6	37.7	25.3	12.6	11.1	1774	667
63	Tennessee	SEC	15.0	39.3	25.4	11.7	14.3	1787	867
64	NC State	ACC	4.8	31.4	25.5	7.0	5.2	1605	708
65	Central Michigan	Mid-American	-8.8	17.6	25.7	-8.4	-11.2	1232	481
66	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.9	25.4	26.1	-0.2	-2.7	1494	379
67	Cincinnati	Big 12	4.5	30.2	26.4	2.9	3.7	1471	644
68	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	-1.3	25.6	27.0	-3.9	-6.2	1431	494
69	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1.7	27.3	27.3	-3.3	-5.2	1459	481
70	Buffalo	Mid-American	-7.5	18.2	27.4	-14.2	-13.3	1298	513
71	Tulane	American Athletic	6.3	32.4	27.6	3.0	3.7	1583	651
72	Navy	American Athletic	6.2	33.6	27.9	2.1	0.5	1575	—
73	California	ACC	-3.2	25.6	27.9	-4.1	-3.4	1360	726
74	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	-16.7	12.0	28.1	-17.2	-14.3	1233	471
75	Memphis	American Athletic	7.6	34.3	28.3	2.5	3.4	1540	669
76	UConn	FBS Independents	5.1	32.0	28.5	-3.5	-3.5	1477	568
77	Kansas	Big 12	4.1	30.9	28.5	3.2	4.4	1516	705
78	North Texas	American Athletic	13.8	43.1	28.6	10.6	7.0	1709	569
79	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1.6	28.8	28.6	-4.2	-7.4	1408	561
80	Stanford	ACC	-11.8	18.4	28.6	-4.1	-3.6	1335	707
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	-3.4	26.6	28.7	-0.3	0.8	1409	717
82	Nevada	Mountain West	-13.4	14.2	28.7	-13.3	-14.3	1277	489
83	Bowling Green	Mid-American	-12.6	15.4	28.8	-14.4	-11.8	1260	527
84	Mississippi State	SEC	4.1	31.6	29.0	2.3	3.4	1468	770
85	Troy	Sun Belt	-4.8	23.6	29.0	-7.9	-6.8	1384	562
86	Duke	ACC	6.6	34.8	29.2	5.2	6.4	1622	669
87	Akron	Mid-American	-13.9	17.2	29.3	-14.6	-17.6	1101	537
88	Colorado	Big 12	-8.3	22.6	29.5	-2.2	-2.7	1344	755
89	UNLV	Mountain West	4.3	33.8	29.8	-0.9	0.1	1622	701
90	Purdue	Big Ten	-6.1	21.9	29.9	-1.6	-4.8	1227	688
91	UTSA	American Athletic	3.7	33.3	30.0	1.5	1.6	1668	662
92	West Virginia	Big 12	-6.8	22.8	30.0	-2.6	-4.1	1291	662
93	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	-5.4	26.4	30.2	-4.4	-8.0	1310	339
94	UCLA	Big Ten	-8.7	21.7	30.4	-1.1	-2.4	1322	767
95	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.0	31.6	30.7	2.4	1.4	1469	689
96	Virginia Tech	ACC	-10.1	21.4	30.8	-4.1	-1.2	1382	712
97	Oregon State	Pac-12	-15.9	17.0	30.8	-12.6	-11.6	1150	668
98	Utah State	Pac-12	-3.1	29.5	31.2	-1.9	-3.0	1446	504
99	Arkansas	SEC	5.1	35.8	31.4	4.0	6.6	1571	773
100	Oklahoma State	Big 12	-15.1	15.2	31.6	-11.3	-12.1	1110	703
101	Air Force	Mountain West	-3.2	28.3	31.7	-7.4	-8.4	1386	—
102	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	-6.7	27.2	32.4	-8.4	-9.5	1491	520
103	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-7.1	27.0	32.8	-8.6	-8.6	1275	603
104	Liberty	Conference USA	-9.0	24.6	32.8	-10.0	-10.7	1441	599
105	Colorado State	Pac-12	-15.6	17.6	32.9	-13.8	-13.2	1155	584
106	Syracuse	ACC	-13.1	18.8	33.0	-7.1	-9.3	1182	728
107	Boston College	ACC	-8.5	23.3	33.1	-5.4	-5.2	1359	650
108	Tulsa	American Athletic	-10.0	21.7	33.1	-11.3	-14.0	1110	595
109	Temple	American Athletic	-5.1	27.1	33.2	-7.0	-8.4	1219	508
110	Baylor	Big 12	1.4	32.8	33.3	0.6	3.0	1509	726
111	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-8.8	24.4	33.5	-10.2	-9.6	1317	591
112	Rice	American Athletic	-14.8	17.7	33.9	-15.1	-17.3	1044	530
113	Louisiana	Sun Belt	-10.1	25.3	34.0	-11.6	-10.6	1334	586
114	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	-14.7	19.4	34.1	-16.2	-13.5	1239	573
115	San José State	Mountain West	-14.3	21.6	34.4	-14.4	-13.7	1146	523
116	Ball State	Mid-American	-23.0	13.4	34.4	-19.1	-19.4	1010	495
117	Texas State	Pac-12	2.3	36.6	34.6	-1.6	-1.5	1606	612
118	Marshall	Sun Belt	-4.5	29.6	34.8	-5.8	-5.8	1468	591
119	Missouri State	Conference USA	-10.7	25.6	34.8	-8.8	-11.5	1328	426
120	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-15.5	19.7	34.9	-16.1	-17.2	1172	403
121	Kent State	Mid-American	-19.3	17.0	34.9	-16.1	-19.6	1001	456
122	App State	Sun Belt	-11.4	23.0	35.2	-12.2	-13.3	1216	611
123	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-21.6	16.1	35.7	-20.0	-19.2	1016	473
124	Florida International	Conference USA	-10.5	26.1	35.8	-10.4	-11.2	1324	563
125	South Alabama	Sun Belt	-12.7	25.4	36.0	-12.8	-10.7	1336	545
126	Delaware	Conference USA	-10.9	26.2	36.2	-12.4	-12.9	1356	243
127	UTEP	Mountain West	-17.5	20.2	36.3	-17.7	-16.6	1135	552
128	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	-15.1	23.4	37.0	-11.6	-14.2	1163	611
129	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-16.0	20.4	37.0	-18.4	-18.0	1164	521
130	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	-9.4	28.3	37.7	-8.6	-9.7	1314	574
131	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-8.7	27.8	38.1	-11.2	-11.3	1178	605
132	UAB	American Athletic	-15.8	25.5	39.8	-14.3	-14.9	1184	541
133	Charlotte	American Athletic	-26.7	14.5	39.8	-21.8	-21.3	1023	526
134	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-24.5	18.6	41.1	-18.1	-17.6	1112	612
135	Sam Houston	Conference USA	-27.8	15.3	41.8	-22.7	-24.3	994	477
136	Massachusetts	Mid-American	-36.6	7.8	42.8	-32.3	-30.5	718	489

FBS ranked by opponent-adjusted SP+. Click any column to sort. Off higher = better; Def lower = better.