Power rankings for every FBS football team (as of 9/5/2022)
NOTE: These are power rankings, the type used to create betting lines as you would see in a Vegas-style sportsbook. It is intended to be a numerical reflection of the strength of each team at the time of this writing.
It is not intended to be a ranking, such as the Associated Press Top 25. When done correctly, rankings should tell you where a team sits by virtue of what it has already done. Power ratings tell you where they are at the moment. This information will be repeated until every human on earth understands it. Looking at you, Kirk Herbstreit.
The power rating for each team is my take on what the point spread would be on a neutral field against an average team.
Rk Team Power 1 Alabama -30.5 2 Georgia -28.5 3 Ohio State -24.5 4 Michigan -16 5 Oklahoma -16 6 Texas A&M -15.5 7 Clemson -13.5 8 Notre Dame -13.5 9 Utah -12.5 10 Michigan State -12 11 Tennessee -12 12 Wisconsin -12 13 USC -11.5 14 North Carolina State -10.5 15 Arkansas -10 16 Florida -10 17 Oklahoma State -9.5 18 Texas -9.5 19 LSU -9 20 Penn State -9 21 Baylor -8.5 22 BYU -8.5 23 Mississippi -8.5 24 Mississippi State -8.5 25 Kentucky -7.5 26 Auburn -7 27 Florida State -7 28 Maryland -7 29 Miami -7 30 Minnesota -7 31 Oregon -7 32 UCF -7 33 Washington -7 34 Cincinnati -6.5 35 Kansas State -6.5 36 Iowa -6 37 Iowa State -6 38 UCLA -6 39 Nebraska -5.5 40 SMU -5.5 41 TCU -5.5 42 Purdue -5 43 South Carolina -5 44 Houston -4 45 Louisville -4 46 North Carolina -4 47 Oregon State -4 48 Pittsburgh -4 49 Texas Tech -4 50 Wake Forest -4 51 Appalachian State -3.5 52 UAB -3.5 53 Air Force -3 54 Fresno State -2.5 55 West Virginia -2.5 56 Arizona State -2 57 Liberty -2 58 Coastal Carolina -1.5 59 Missouri -1.5 60 Boise State -1 61 Washington State -1 62 Boston College -0.5 63 California -0.5 64 Illinois 0 65 Virginia 0 66 Virginia Tech 0 67 Toledo 0.5 68 UTSA 0.5 69 East Carolina 1 70 Syracuse 1 71 Tulane 1 72 Louisiana 1.5 73 San Diego State 1.5 74 Stanford 1.5 75 Rutgers 2 76 Tulsa 2 77 Marshall 2.5 78 Memphis 2.5 79 Arizona 3.5 80 Indiana 3.5 81 Northwestern 4 82 Central Michigan 5 83 Army 5.5 84 Miami Ohio 5.5 85 Vanderbilt 5.5 86 Western Kentucky 6 87 Western Michigan 6 88 Duke 7 89 North Texas 7 90 Utah State 7 91 Colorado 7.5 92 Georgia Tech 7.5 93 Kansas 7.5 94 Nevada 7.5 95 Georgia State 8 96 James Madison 8.5 97 Northern Illinois 8.5 98 South Alabama 8.5 99 Old Dominion 9 100 Florida Atlantic 9.5 101 Troy 9.5 102 UNLV 10 103 Buffalo 10.5 104 Wyoming 10.5 105 Navy 11 106 San Jose State 11 107 South Florida 11 108 Colorado State 12 109 Georgia Southern 12.5 110 Kent State 13 111 Eastern Michigan 13.5 112 Louisiana Tech 13.5 113 Ball State 14.5 114 UTEP 14.5 115 New Mexico 15 116 Texas State 15 117 Arkansas State 16 118 Southern Miss 16 119 Ohio 16.5 120 Middle Tennessee 17 121 Bowling Green 17.5 122 Temple 17.5 123 Louisiana-Monroe 19 124 Charlotte 19.5 125 Rice 20 126 Akron 24.5 127 Florida International 25 128 Connecticut 25.5 129 New Mexico State 25.5 130 Massachusetts 26.5 131 Hawaii 29.5