Power rankings for every FBS football team (as of 9/13/2022)
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 Georgia -29.5 2 Alabama -26.5 3 Ohio State -24 4 Michigan -15.5 5 Clemson -15 6 Oklahoma -14.5 7 Utah -13.5 8 Tennessee -13 9 Michigan State -12.5 10 USC -12 11 Arkansas -11 12 Oklahoma State -10.5 13 Mississippi -10 13 Mississippi State -10 13 North Carolina State -10 13 Penn State -10 17 Kentucky -9.5 18 Wake Forest -9 18 Washington -9 20 Baylor -8.5 20 BYU -8.5 20 Florida -8.5 20 Minnesota -8.5 24 Cincinnati -8 24 Florida State -8 24 Texas -8 24 Texas A&M -8 28 Kansas State -7.5 28 Notre Dame -7.5 30 Wisconsin -7 31 LSU -6.5 32 Miami -6 32 Oregon -6 34 Air Force -5.5 34 Oregon State -5.5 34 UCLA -5.5 37 Auburn -5 37 Maryland -5 37 Pittsburgh -5 37 SMU -5 37 TCU -5 42 Appalachian State -4.5 43 Arizona State -4 43 Houston -4 43 South Carolina -4 46 Coastal Carolina -3.5 46 Iowa State -3.5 46 Louisville -3.5 46 Nebraska -3.5 46 North Carolina -3.5 49 Purdue -3.5 52 Fresno State -3 52 Iowa -3 52 Texas Tech -3 55 UCF -2.5 55 West Virginia -2.5 57 Boise State -2 57 Marshall -2 57 Washington State -2 60 Indiana -1.5 61 East Carolina -1 61 Illinois -1 61 Missouri -1 61 UTSA -1 65 Virginia Tech -0.5 66 Boston College 0 66 California 0 66 Syracuse 0 69 Louisiana 0.5 70 Liberty 1 70 Rutgers 1 70 UAB 1 70 Virginia 1 74 Stanford 1.5 74 Toledo 1.5 76 Memphis 2.5 76 Western Kentucky 2.5 78 Duke 3 79 Kansas 4 79 San Diego State 4 79 Tulane 4 79 Tulsa 4 83 Northwestern 4.5 84 Arizona 5.5 84 Central Michigan 5.5 86 Army 6 86 Troy 6 88 Vanderbilt 6.5 88 Western Michigan 6.5 90 Georgia Tech 7 90 James Madison 7 92 Florida Atlantic 7.5 92 Georgia State 7.5 94 Miami Ohio 8 94 Northern Illinois 8 94 South Alabama 8 94 UNLV 8 98 North Texas 8.5 98 Old Dominion 8.5 100 Utah State 9 101 South Florida 9.5 102 Colorado 10 102 Georgia Southern 10 104 San Jose State 11 104 Wyoming 11 106 Navy 11.5 107 Buffalo 12 108 Nevada 12.5 109 Kent State 13.5 110 Colorado State 14 110 UTEP 14 112 Arkansas State 14.5 113 Eastern Michigan 15 113 Louisiana Tech 15 113 New Mexico 15 113 Ohio 15 117 Southern Miss 15.5 118 Bowling Green 16 118 Texas State 16 120 Ball State 16.5 121 Middle Tennessee 18.5 122 Rice 19.5 123 Charlotte 20 123 Temple 20 125 Louisiana-Monroe 22 126 New Mexico State 25.5 127 Connecticut 26 127 Florida International 26 129 Akron 28.5 130 Hawaii 29 131 Massachusetts 31