| Rank | Team | Conference | Record | Rating | Opp Rating | Ranking Score | Rating Deviation | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Miami (OH) | Mid-American | 0-6 | 966 | 1403 | 1060.4 | 221 | ||
| 178 | Florida Atlantic | Conference USA | 1-5 | 1033 | 1273 | 1088.3 | 174 | ||
| 169 | San José State | Mountain West | 1-5 | 1058 | 1307 | 1115.5 | 182 | ||
| 163 | Coastal Carolina | FCS Independents | 3-2 | 1185 | 1027 | 1143.3 | 229 | ||
| 157 | Fresno State | Mountain West | 1-5 | 1091 | 1346 | 1150.0 | 177 | ||
| 154 | UL Monroe | Sun Belt | 1-4 | 1120 | 1356 | 1174.6 | 199 | ||
| 152 | Charlotte | Conference USA | 2-4 | 1182 | 1240 | 1196.2 | 171 | ||
| 150 | Buffalo | Mid-American | 1-4 | 1152 | 1345 | 1197.9 | 196 | ||
| 149 | Bowling Green | Mid-American | 1-5 | 1148 | 1398 | 1205.9 | 194 | ||
| 147 | Marshall | Conference USA | 1-4 | 1164 | 1385 | 1216.0 | 196 | ||
| 145 | Kansas | Big 12 | 1-4 | 1167 | 1381 | 1217.0 | 203 | ||
| 139 | Massachusetts | FBS Independents | 1-5 | 1179 | 1404 | 1231.5 | 168 | ||
| 138 | UNLV | Mountain West | 2-4 | 1207 | 1314 | 1232.7 | 190 | ||
| 137 | Rice | Conference USA | 0-5 | 1141 | 1563 | 1234.5 | 204 | ||
| 136 | Arkansas State | Sun Belt | 1-4 | 1192 | 1376 | 1235.3 | 193 | ||
| 131 | Delaware | CAA | 2-3 | 1236 | 1280 | 1246.6 | 202 | ||
| 130 | Liberty | Big South | 1-3 | 1222 | 1322 | 1246.7 | 212 | ||
| 129 | Kennesaw State | Big South | 2-1 | 1347 | 994 | 1248.7 | 246 | ||
| 128 | UTEP | Conference USA | 1-5 | 1187 | 1458 | 1249.8 | 166 | ||
| 127 | Nevada | Mountain West | 3-3 | 1268 | 1214 | 1254.1 | 174 | ||
| 122 | Illinois | Big Ten | 1-4 | 1204 | 1472 | 1265.6 | 214 | ||
| 120 | Iowa State | Big 12 | 1-5 | 1217 | 1489 | 1279.7 | 214 | ||
| 118 | Florida International | Conference USA | 2-4 | 1277 | 1353 | 1295.6 | 168 | ||
| 117 | Utah State | Mountain West | 2-4 | 1267 | 1389 | 1296.2 | 181 | ||
| 116 | New Mexico | Mountain West | 2-3 | 1293 | 1338 | 1304.4 | 198 | ||
| 115 | Kent State | Mid-American | 2-4 | 1289 | 1378 | 1310.3 | 181 | ||
| 114 | Louisiana | Sun Belt | 2-3 | 1314 | 1359 | 1325.3 | 183 | ||
| 113 | Oregon | Pac-12 | 2-4 | 1300 | 1445 | 1335.0 | 192 | ||
| 111 | Ball State | Mid-American | 3-3 | 1339 | 1329 | 1336.3 | 187 | ||
| 110 | Hawai'i | Mountain West | 3-3 | 1363 | 1291 | 1344.4 | 175 | ||
| 109 | East Carolina | American Athletic | 2-4 | 1314 | 1448 | 1346.1 | 178 | ||
| 107 | Western Kentucky | Conference USA | 3-3 | 1353 | 1337 | 1349.3 | 179 | ||
| 106 | UTSA | Conference USA | 2-3 | 1343 | 1371 | 1349.8 | 206 | ||
| 104 | Northern Illinois | Mid-American | 1-5 | 1298 | 1585 | 1364.7 | 199 | ||
| 103 | Syracuse | ACC | 2-4 | 1339 | 1470 | 1370.5 | 183 | ||
| 102 | Texas State | Sun Belt | 2-3 | 1357 | 1425 | 1374.0 | 202 | ||
| 101 | Missouri State | MVFC | 2-2 | 1392 | 1322 | 1374.2 | 199 | ||
| 100 | Arizona | Pac-12 | 2-4 | 1349 | 1459 | 1375.4 | 176 | ||
| 99 | SMU | American Athletic | 2-4 | 1342 | 1486 | 1377.0 | 171 | ||
| 98 | Cincinnati | American Athletic | 3-3 | 1384 | 1358 | 1377.6 | 182 | ||
| 97 | Old Dominion | Conference USA | 4-2 | 1434 | 1235 | 1381.2 | 174 | ||
| 96 | Missouri | SEC | 2-3 | 1380 | 1418 | 1389.6 | 195 | ||
| 95 | Army | FBS Independents | 3-2 | 1408 | 1343 | 1391.4 | 207 | ||
| 94 | Duke | ACC | 3-3 | 1410 | 1355 | 1396.1 | 182 | ||
| 93 | Rutgers | Big Ten | 2-4 | 1361 | 1510 | 1396.5 | 193 | ||
| 92 | North Texas | Conference USA | 3-3 | 1410 | 1370 | 1399.6 | 175 | ||
| 91 | Louisiana Tech | Conference USA | 3-3 | 1427 | 1358 | 1409.2 | 172 | ||
| 90 | Southern Miss | Conference USA | 3-2 | 1433 | 1345 | 1410.7 | 197 | ||
| 89 | Notre Dame | FBS Independents | 2-4 | 1381 | 1505 | 1410.8 | 178 | ||
| 88 | Georgia State | Sun Belt | 1-4 | 1361 | 1579 | 1412.2 | 207 | ||
| 87 | Georgia Southern | Sun Belt | 2-2 | 1420 | 1436 | 1424.1 | 221 | ||
| 86 | New Mexico State | Sun Belt | 2-3 | 1411 | 1471 | 1425.9 | 189 | ||
| 85 | UConn | American Athletic | 3-3 | 1438 | 1395 | 1426.8 | 188 | ||
| 84 | Temple | American Athletic | 3-3 | 1436 | 1402 | 1427.6 | 165 | ||
| 83 | Virginia | ACC | 2-3 | 1442 | 1416 | 1435.4 | 216 | ||
| 82 | South Carolina | SEC | 2-4 | 1393 | 1570 | 1435.5 | 180 | ||
| 81 | Texas Tech | Big 12 | 3-2 | 1473 | 1346 | 1440.3 | 188 | ||
| 80 | James Madison | CAA | 5-1 | 1568 | 1122 | 1442.0 | 208 | ||
| 79 | Sam Houston | Southland | 4-0 | 1630 | 1002 | 1443.4 | 264 | ||
| 78 | Colorado State | Mountain West | 3-3 | 1456 | 1443 | 1452.9 | 173 | ||
| 77 | Akron | Mid-American | 4-2 | 1503 | 1314 | 1452.9 | 185 | ||
| 76 | Michigan State | Big Ten | 2-3 | 1444 | 1502 | 1458.4 | 180 | ||
| 75 | Boston College | ACC | 3-3 | 1465 | 1449 | 1460.8 | 182 | ||
| 74 | Mississippi State | SEC | 2-3 | 1447 | 1521 | 1465.1 | 181 | ||
| 73 | Eastern Michigan | Mid-American | 4-2 | 1516 | 1331 | 1467.5 | 180 | ||
| 72 | Jacksonville State | OVC | 4-1 | 1570 | 1206 | 1469.6 | 218 | ||
| 71 | UCF | American Athletic | 3-2 | 1506 | 1373 | 1471.5 | 190 | ||
| 70 | Texas | Big 12 | 2-3 | 1443 | 1563 | 1472.3 | 181 | ||
| 69 | Northwestern | Big Ten | 2-3 | 1466 | 1507 | 1476.4 | 202 | ||
| 68 | Vanderbilt | SEC | 2-4 | 1446 | 1587 | 1480.1 | 168 | ||
| 67 | TCU | Big 12 | 4-2 | 1531 | 1338 | 1480.1 | 181 | ||
| 66 | Purdue | Big Ten | 3-2 | 1514 | 1387 | 1480.8 | 190 | ||
| 65 | Ohio | Mid-American | 4-2 | 1539 | 1325 | 1482.4 | 199 | ||
| 64 | Minnesota | Big Ten | 3-2 | 1496 | 1443 | 1482.4 | 191 | ||
| 63 | Central Michigan | Mid-American | 4-2 | 1539 | 1363 | 1493.1 | 197 | ||
| 62 | Oregon State | Pac-12 | 2-3 | 1491 | 1513 | 1496.8 | 209 | ||
| 61 | Georgia Tech | ACC | 3-3 | 1505 | 1485 | 1499.9 | 176 | ||
| 60 | UAB | None | 0-0 | 1500 | 1500 | 1500.0 | 351 | ||
| 59 | Tulane | American Athletic | 3-2 | 1541 | 1391 | 1501.7 | 196 | ||
| 58 | Middle Tennessee | Conference USA | 4-1 | 1586 | 1282 | 1504.1 | 189 | ||
| 57 | Iowa | Big Ten | 4-2 | 1549 | 1404 | 1511.2 | 182 | ||
| 56 | San Diego State | Mountain West | 4-1 | 1591 | 1317 | 1517.8 | 211 | ||
| 55 | Washington State | Pac-12 | 3-2 | 1581 | 1392 | 1531.5 | 203 | ||
| 54 | South Alabama | Sun Belt | 3-2 | 1562 | 1477 | 1540.3 | 192 | ||
| 53 | Memphis | American Athletic | 4-1 | 1620 | 1326 | 1540.9 | 191 | ||
| 51 | LSU | SEC | 3-2 | 1572 | 1498 | 1553.0 | 184 | ||
| 50 | Pittsburgh | ACC | 4-2 | 1600 | 1435 | 1556.9 | 176 | ||
| 49 | Colorado | Pac-12 | 4-2 | 1599 | 1451 | 1560.6 | 179 | ||
| 48 | UCLA | Pac-12 | 3-3 | 1559 | 1568 | 1561.7 | 167 | ||
| 47 | Toledo | Mid-American | 4-1 | 1640 | 1363 | 1565.5 | 202 | ||
| 46 | Georgia | SEC | 4-2 | 1606 | 1464 | 1569.1 | 187 | ||
| 45 | App State | Sun Belt | 3-2 | 1600 | 1509 | 1576.8 | 191 | ||
| 44 | BYU | FBS Independents | 3-3 | 1585 | 1590 | 1586.4 | 176 | ||
| 43 | Maryland | Big Ten | 4-1 | 1663 | 1394 | 1591.4 | 191 | ||
| 42 | Troy | Sun Belt | 4-1 | 1677 | 1369 | 1594.1 | 208 | ||
| 41 | Stanford | Pac-12 | 3-2 | 1606 | 1568 | 1596.6 | 183 | ||
| 40 | Air Force | Mountain West | 4-1 | 1668 | 1406 | 1598.2 | 195 | ||
| 39 | California | Pac-12 | 3-3 | 1592 | 1617 | 1598.6 | 181 | ||
| 38 | Kansas State | Big 12 | 3-2 | 1620 | 1552 | 1603.0 | 181 | ||
| 37 | Wyoming | Mountain West | 4-2 | 1648 | 1481 | 1604.3 | 178 | ||
| 36 | South Florida | American Athletic | 5-1 | 1692 | 1379 | 1607.5 | 180 | ||
| 35 | Auburn | SEC | 4-2 | 1651 | 1496 | 1611.1 | 173 | ||
| 34 | Tulsa | American Athletic | 4-1 | 1677 | 1437 | 1613.5 | 190 | ||
| 33 | Kentucky | SEC | 3-3 | 1620 | 1609 | 1617.7 | 174 | ||
| 32 | Oklahoma State | Big 12 | 4-2 | 1668 | 1485 | 1620.7 | 186 | ||
| 31 | Utah | Pac-12 | 5-1 | 1710 | 1415 | 1630.6 | 189 | ||
| 30 | Oklahoma | Big 12 | 3-2 | 1666 | 1592 | 1646.8 | 185 | ||
| 29 | Arkansas | SEC | 4-2 | 1688 | 1535 | 1648.6 | 182 | ||
| 28 | Miami | ACC | 4-1 | 1715 | 1471 | 1650.2 | 190 | ||
| 27 | Arizona State | Pac-12 | 5-1 | 1734 | 1433 | 1653.1 | 182 | ||
| 26 | Ole Miss | SEC | 3-2 | 1678 | 1580 | 1653.3 | 197 | ||
| 25 | Houston | American Athletic | 5-1 | 1741 | 1445 | 1662.0 | 193 | ||
| 24 | NC State | ACC | 4-1 | 1746 | 1441 | 1664.0 | 202 | ||
| 23 | North Carolina | ACC | 4-2 | 1703 | 1590 | 1673.9 | 168 | ||
| 22 | Boise State | Mountain West | 5-0 | 1806 | 1345 | 1677.6 | 217 | ||
| 21 | USC | Pac-12 | 3-3 | 1684 | 1671 | 1681.2 | 182 | ||
| 20 | Florida State | ACC | 4-2 | 1733 | 1562 | 1688.3 | 177 | ||
| 19 | Florida | SEC | 4-1 | 1746 | 1529 | 1688.8 | 188 | ||
| 18 | Navy | American Athletic | 4-1 | 1774 | 1505 | 1702.7 | 195 | ||
| 17 | Indiana | Big Ten | 3-2 | 1707 | 1693 | 1703.4 | 176 | ||
| 16 | West Virginia | Big 12 | 4-0 | 1821 | 1415 | 1709.9 | 213 | ||
| 15 | Baylor | Big 12 | 5-0 | 1855 | 1363 | 1717.9 | 214 | ||
| 14 | Wake Forest | ACC | 5-1 | 1788 | 1551 | 1725.9 | 184 | ||
| 13 | Louisville | ACC | 4-1 | 1782 | 1586 | 1730.9 | 191 | ||
| 12 | Penn State | Big Ten | 4-2 | 1760 | 1648 | 1730.9 | 172 | ||
| 11 | Wisconsin | Big Ten | 4-1 | 1786 | 1579 | 1731.8 | 189 | ||
| 10 | Virginia Tech | ACC | 4-1 | 1785 | 1584 | 1732.3 | 177 | ||
| 9 | Washington | Pac-12 | 6-0 | 1899 | 1370 | 1750.3 | 200 | ||
| 8 | Western Michigan | Mid-American | 6-0 | 1894 | 1392 | 1753.8 | 203 | ||
| 7 | Nebraska | Big Ten | 5-0 | 1887 | 1476 | 1775.0 | 209 | ||
| 6 | Tennessee | SEC | 5-1 | 1869 | 1656 | 1812.9 | 172 | ||
| 5 | Alabama | SEC | 6-0 | 1944 | 1533 | 1832.1 | 184 | ||
| 4 | Ohio State | Big Ten | 5-0 | 1933 | 1568 | 1834.6 | 191 | ||
| 3 | Clemson | ACC | 6-0 | 1976 | 1509 | 1846.9 | 187 | ||
| 2 | Michigan | Big Ten | 6-0 | 1979 | 1594 | 1874.5 | 180 | ||
| 1 | Texas A&M | SEC | 6-0 | 1996 | 1567 | 1879.1 | 179 | ||