2021 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated:  Tuesday, January 11, 2022 - final ratings


I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes several
factors, including win-loss record, schedule strength, and margin of victory
in games.  The most recent games are counted with more slightly emphasis than
those played earlier in the season.  


The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the 
ranking among the 258 teams in these ratings.


The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the 
season, not future opponents.


SS = strength of schedule ranking among all Division I teams (1 is strongest
and 258 is weakest)

* = record contains forfeits
** = ineligible for conference championship or postseason play
ALPHABETICAL RATINGS W L RATING SS
192 Abilene Christian FCS 5 6 84.9 220
37 Air Force FBS 10 3 121.1 93
179 Akron FBS 2 10 88.6 110
3 Alabama FBS 13 2 140.9 6
212 Alabama A&M FCS 7 3 80.1 247
235 Alabama State FCS 5 6 73.8 238
197 Albany FCS 2 9 84.1 161
209 Alcorn State FCS 6 5 80.5 237
35 Appalachian State FBS 10 4 122.8 75
130 Arizona FBS 1 11 100.4 41
46 Arizona State FBS 8 5 120.0 69
20 Arkansas FBS 9 4 127.1 34
158 Arkansas State FBS 2 10 94.3 98
252 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 2 9 63.3 230
61 Army FBS 9 4 117.2 106
34 Auburn FBS 6 7 122.9 18
156 Austin Peay FCS 6 5 94.8 187
106 Ball State FBS 6 7 105.5 96
7 Baylor FBS 12 2 133.0 30
234 Bethune-Cookman FCS 2 9 73.9 198
32 Boise State FBS 7 5 123.1 49
84 Boston College FBS 6 6 111.4 83
143 Bowling Green FBS 4 8 98.1 114
228 Brown FCS 2 8 74.8 186
191 Bryant FCS 7 4 85.0 240
254 Bucknell FCS 1 10 60.4 204
137 Buffalo FBS 4 8 99.0 132
256 Butler FCS 3 8 57.0 256
31 BYU FBS 10 3 123.7 65
223 Cal Poly FCS 2 9 77.5 139
72 California FBS 5 7 113.9 64
208 Campbell FCS 3 8 80.5 194
183 Central Arkansas FCS 5 6 87.5 215
227 Central Connecticut State FCS 4 7 75.1 226
68 Central Florida FBS 9 4 114.7 103
69 Central Michigan FBS 9 4 114.3 117
189 Charleston Southern FCS 4 6 86.2 174
147 Charlotte FBS 5 7 96.7 130
141 Chattanooga FCS 6 5 98.1 169
8 Cincinnati FBS 13 1 132.8 72
205 Citadel FCS 4 7 81.4 181
14 Clemson FBS 10 3 129.4 48
53 Coastal Carolina FBS 11 2 118.3 136
216 Colgate FCS 5 6 78.8 221
92 Colorado FBS 4 8 109.1 45
123 Colorado State FBS 3 9 102.8 70
176 Columbia FCS 7 3 89.2 217
184 Connecticut FBS 1 11 87.3 76
226 Cornell FCS 2 8 75.7 199
115 Dartmouth FCS 9 1 103.2 209
207 Davidson FCS 8 3 80.9 249
236 Dayton FCS 6 4 73.6 253
170 Delaware FCS 5 6 91.3 160
247 Delaware State FCS 5 6 67.8 255
230 Dixie State FCS 1 10 74.4 152
251 Drake FCS 2 8 63.9 245
154 Duke FBS 3 9 95.8 74
195 Duquesne FCS 7 3 84.3 242
70 East Carolina FBS 7 5 114.2 78
125 East Tennessee State FCS 11 2 101.5 193
238 Eastern Illinois FCS 1 10 73.6 182
145 Eastern Kentucky FCS 7 4 97.1 176
105 Eastern Michigan FBS 7 6 106.4 118
94 Eastern Washington FCS 10 3 108.7 158
152 Elon FCS 6 5 96.1 148
56 Florida FBS 6 7 117.7 46
171 Florida A&M FCS 9 3 91.0 235
113 Florida Atlantic FBS 5 7 103.7 115
199 Florida International FBS 1 11 83.0 127
67 Florida State FBS 5 7 115.1 50
190 Fordham FCS 6 5 85.5 216
44 Fresno State FBS 10 3 120.3 101
165 Furman FCS 6 5 92.8 179
214 Gardner-Webb FCS 4 7 79.8 223
248 Georgetown FCS 2 8 66.8 231
1 Georgia FBS 14 1 147.1 12
138 Georgia Southern FBS 3 9 98.8 87
74 Georgia State FBS 8 5 113.2 90
101 Georgia Tech FBS 3 9 107.1 19
229 Grambling State FCS 4 7 74.5 218
217 Hampton FCS 5 6 78.4 228
118 Harvard FCS 8 2 103.2 206
97 Hawaii FBS 6 7 107.5 88
140 Holy Cross FCS 10 3 98.3 219
33 Houston FBS 12 2 122.9 108
249 Houston Baptist FCS 0 11 66.6 178
246 Howard FCS 2 8 67.9 227
182 Idaho FCS 4 7 87.7 164
210 Idaho State FCS 1 10 80.5 133
62 Illinois FBS 5 7 116.8 21
172 Illinois State FCS 4 7 91.0 145
117 Incarnate Word FCS 10 3 103.2 185
104 Indiana FBS 2 10 106.7 1
173 Indiana State FCS 5 6 90.3 137
21 Iowa FBS 10 4 126.9 16
22 Iowa State FBS 7 6 126.8 13
161 Jackson State FCS 11 2 93.4 232
164 Jacksonville State FCS 5 6 92.9 146
64 James Madison FCS 12 2 115.8 156
127 Kansas FBS 2 10 101.1 15
28 Kansas State FBS 8 5 124.1 22
129 Kennesaw State FCS 11 2 100.9 208
103 Kent State FBS 7 7 106.8 97
17 Kentucky FBS 10 3 127.7 55
222 Lafayette FCS 3 8 77.7 202
245 Lamar FCS 2 9 69.5 195
237 Lehigh FCS 3 8 73.6 207
65 Liberty FBS 8 5 115.7 104
250 Long Island FCS 2 8 64.4 211
136 Louisiana Tech FBS 3 9 99.2 95
29 Louisiana-Lafayette FBS 13 1 124.1 107
128 Louisiana-Monroe FBS 4 8 101.0 73
51 Louisville FBS 6 7 119.0 38
43 LSU FBS 6 7 120.4 11
163 Maine FCS 6 5 92.9 171
244 Marist FCS 5 5 69.8 254
78 Marshall FBS 7 6 112.1 112
55 Maryland FBS 7 6 117.7 29
200 Massachusetts FBS 1 11 82.7 102
177 McNeese State FCS 4 7 89.0 175
88 Memphis FBS 6 6 110.3 82
148 Mercer FCS 7 3 96.7 197
239 Merrimack FCS 5 6 73.2 243
39 Miami(Florida) FBS 7 5 120.8 52
89 Miami(Ohio) FBS 7 6 109.7 119
4 Michigan FBS 12 2 139.4 4
11 Michigan State FBS 11 2 130.3 10
95 Middle Tennessee FBS 7 6 108.2 121
24 Minnesota FBS 9 4 126.2 35
12 Mississippi FBS 10 3 130.2 20
38 Mississippi State FBS 7 6 121.1 33
233 Mississippi Valley State FCS 4 7 73.9 224
75 Missouri FBS 6 7 113.2 40
99 Missouri State FCS 8 4 107.4 134
155 Monmouth FCS 7 4 95.4 188
96 Montana FCS 10 3 107.6 159
90 Montana State FCS 12 3 109.6 155
232 Morehead State FCS 7 4 73.9 252
253 Morgan State FCS 2 9 62.4 234
185 Murray State FCS 6 5 87.2 192
91 Navy FBS 4 8 109.3 39
49 Nebraska FBS 3 9 119.1 3
59 Nevada FBS 8 5 117.5 81
198 New Hampshire FCS 3 8 83.7 144
159 New Mexico FBS 3 9 94.1 91
167 New Mexico State FBS 2 10 91.4 79
146 Nicholls State FCS 6 5 97.0 167
224 Norfolk State FCS 6 5 76.2 246
202 North Alabama FCS 3 8 82.5 189
63 North Carolina FBS 6 7 116.4 58
201 North Carolina A&T FCS 5 6 82.5 205
242 North Carolina Central FCS 6 5 71.7 250
23 North Carolina State FBS 9 3 126.7 66
134 North Dakota FCS 5 6 99.7 141
45 North Dakota State FCS 14 1 120.3 143
111 North Texas FBS 6 7 104.6 123
175 Northern Arizona FCS 5 6 89.5 163
204 Northern Colorado FCS 3 8 81.8 153
85 Northern Illinois FBS 9 5 111.4 84
100 Northern Iowa FCS 6 6 107.2 126
110 Northwestern FBS 3 9 104.9 32
218 Northwestern State FCS 3 8 78.0 180
6 Notre Dame FBS 11 2 134.5 28
151 Ohio FBS 3 9 96.3 120
2 Ohio State FBS 11 2 141.9 14
10 Oklahoma FBS 11 2 131.2 37
5 Oklahoma State FBS 12 2 135.8 5
107 Old Dominion FBS 6 7 105.3 124
26 Oregon FBS 10 4 125.0 26
48 Oregon State FBS 7 6 119.6 53
18 Penn State FBS 7 6 127.1 2
215 Pennsylvania FCS 3 7 79.4 212
15 Pittsburgh FBS 11 3 129.2 71
162 Portland State FCS 5 6 92.9 150
203 Prairie View A&M FCS 7 5 82.4 225
258 Presbyterian FCS 2 9 46.0 258
124 Princeton FCS 9 1 101.8 213
16 Purdue FBS 9 4 128.2 9
169 Rhode Island FCS 7 4 91.3 191
150 Rice FBS 4 8 96.3 99
149 Richmond FCS 6 5 96.5 170
225 Robert Morris FCS 4 6 76.2 200
82 Rutgers FBS 5 8 111.7 24
108 Sacramento State FCS 9 3 105.1 172
196 Sacred Heart FCS 8 4 84.2 244
93 Sam Houston State FCS 11 1 108.9 190
180 Samford FCS 4 7 88.2 173
221 San Diego FCS 7 4 77.9 248
41 San Diego State FBS 12 2 120.7 85
120 San Jose State FBS 5 7 103.1 100
57 SMU FBS 8 4 117.6 89
122 South Alabama FBS 5 7 102.9 122
66 South Carolina FBS 7 6 115.4 43
194 South Carolina State FCS 7 5 84.8 222
121 South Dakota FCS 7 5 103.1 140
79 South Dakota State FCS 11 4 112.1 142
131 South Florida FBS 2 10 100.2 62
181 Southeast Missouri State FCS 4 7 88.2 166
133 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 9 4 100.1 183
231 Southern FCS 4 7 74.1 236
83 Southern California FBS 4 8 111.6 36
112 Southern Illinois FCS 8 5 104.4 135
160 Southern Mississippi FBS 3 9 94.1 125
220 Southern Utah FCS 1 10 78.0 138
211 St. Francis(PA) FCS 5 6 80.4 239
213 St. Thomas FCS 7 3 80.1 251
102 Stanford FBS 3 9 107.0 17
135 Stephen F. Austin FCS 8 4 99.7 201
255 Stetson FCS 3 7 57.7 257
166 Stony Brook FCS 5 6 92.8 165
81 Syracuse FBS 5 7 111.9 60
193 Tarleton State FCS 6 5 84.8 233
76 TCU FBS 5 7 113.0 23
174 Temple FBS 3 9 90.0 105
30 Tennessee FBS 7 6 124.0 42
206 Tennessee State FCS 5 6 81.2 203
240 Tennessee Tech FCS 3 8 72.8 214
42 Texas FBS 5 7 120.6 8
19 Texas A&M FBS 8 4 127.1 59
241 Texas Southern FCS 2 8 72.6 210
142 Texas State FBS 4 8 98.1 109
52 Texas Tech FBS 7 6 118.8 27
80 Toledo FBS 7 6 111.9 129
186 Towson FCS 4 7 87.2 147
116 Troy FBS 5 7 103.2 111
109 Tulane FBS 2 10 105.0 61
73 Tulsa FBS 7 6 113.5 68
54 UAB FBS 9 4 117.8 86
139 UC-Davis FCS 8 4 98.6 168
27 UCLA FBS 8 4 124.6 57
126 UNLV FBS 2 10 101.1 51
9 Utah FBS 10 4 132.1 25
36 Utah State FBS 11 3 121.2 77
114 UTEP FBS 7 6 103.6 128
132 UT-Martin FCS 10 3 100.2 177
47 UTSA FBS 12 2 119.7 116
243 Valparaiso FCS 4 7 71.1 241
144 Vanderbilt FBS 2 10 97.8 47
98 Villanova FCS 10 3 107.5 157
60 Virginia FBS 6 6 117.4 44
77 Virginia Tech FBS 6 7 113.0 63
178 VMI FCS 6 5 88.7 184
257 Wagner FCS 0 11 56.0 229
25 Wake Forest FBS 11 3 125.9 67
86 Washington FBS 4 8 110.7 54
50 Washington State FBS 7 6 119.1 56
119 Weber State FCS 6 5 103.2 149
58 West Virginia FBS 6 7 117.6 31
187 Western Carolina FCS 4 7 86.5 162
188 Western Illinois FCS 2 9 86.2 131
40 Western Kentucky FBS 9 5 120.7 92
71 Western Michigan FBS 8 5 114.0 80
153 William & Mary FCS 6 5 96.1 154
13 Wisconsin FBS 9 4 130.2 7
219 Wofford FCS 1 10 78.0 151
87 Wyoming FBS 7 6 110.5 94
168 Yale FCS 5 5 91.4 196
157 Youngstown State FCS 3 7 94.4 113