01 / Team Index
EVERY TEAM.EARNED ON THE FIELD.
FBS and FCS on one scale. Tap a team for its profile. AP and CFP tags are for comparison only.
- 1 Utah 9-0, Big 12, index 3.75
- 2 UCLA 9-0, Big Ten, index 3.59
- 3 Notre Dame 8-1, FBS Independents, index 3.52
- 4 Miami 8-1, ACC, index 3.51
- 5 Georgia 8-1, SEC, index 3.22
- 6 Alabama 7-2, SEC, index 3.21
- 7 Indiana 8-1, Big Ten, index 2.57
- 8 Texas 7-2, SEC, index 2.52
- 9 Tennessee 7-2, SEC, index 2.50
- 10 Kentucky 7-2, SEC, index 2.49
- 11 Wake Forest 8-1, ACC, index 2.20
- 12 Texas Tech 8-1, Big 12, index 2.00
- 13 Houston 7-2, Big 12, index 2.00
- 14 BYU 7-2, Big 12, index 1.93
- 15 Oregon 6-3, Big Ten, index 1.89
- 16 Boise State 8-1, Pac-12, index 1.85
- 17 Ole Miss 6-3, SEC, index 1.63
- 18 USC 7-2, Big Ten, index 1.50
- 19 Ohio State 6-3, Big Ten, index 1.49
- 20 Iowa 7-2, Big Ten, index 1.47
- 21 LSU 6-3, SEC, index 1.37
- 22 Arizona 7-2, Big 12, index 1.28
- 23 South Carolina 6-3, SEC, index 1.27
- 24 New Mexico 8-1, Mountain West, index 1.26
- 25 Liberty 8-1, Conference USA, index 1.25
About this page
What the Team Index is
The Team Index ranks every FBS and FCS team on one scale, using only the games played this season. No preseason ratings, recruiting rankings, last season's results or polls go into it. A team's place is what it has earned on the field so far.
How to read it
Index is the overall rating. It weighs two things equally: Power, how well a team plays once every opponent and site are accounted for, and Résumé, how hard its record would be to match against the same schedule. Record is the team's wins and losses. Playoff is the team's chance to make the twelve-team field, from 10,000 simulated seasons. Switch to Projected to see where each team is expected to finish once the rest of the schedule is played out.
Why it can differ from the polls
Polls start with expectations and move slowly. The index starts from zero each season and moves with every result, so an unbeaten team with a soft schedule can sit below a two-loss team that has beaten good opponents. The AP and CFP tags are shown for comparison only and are never used in any rating. This week's full list can be downloaded as a spreadsheet file.