2011 College Football Power Ratings
Last updated: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 - final ratings
I will be updating this page by each Tuesday night during the season.
These ratings are based on 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. Games
against non-Division I opponents are included in the records shown here, but
are not included in the power ratings or strength of schedule ratings.
| | OVERALL RATINGS | | W | L | RATING | SS
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| 1 | Alabama | I-A | 12 | 1 | 145.9 | 15
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| 2 | LSU | I-A | 13 | 1 | 145.2 | 7
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| 3 | Oklahoma State | I-A | 12 | 1 | 143.4 | 2
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| 4 | Oregon | I-A | 12 | 2 | 138.0 | 25
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| 5 | Stanford | I-A | 11 | 2 | 137.8 | 23
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| 6 | Oklahoma | I-A | 10 | 3 | 136.9 | 5
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| 7 | Southern California | I-A | 10 | 2 | 135.0 | 22
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| 8 | Boise State | I-A | 12 | 1 | 135.0 | 66
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| 9 | Wisconsin | I-A | 11 | 3 | 133.9 | 48
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| 10 | Arkansas | I-A | 11 | 2 | 132.4 | 31
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| 11 | Michigan | I-A | 11 | 2 | 132.2 | 40
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| 12 | South Carolina | I-A | 11 | 2 | 131.3 | 34
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| 13 | Houston | I-A | 13 | 1 | 130.9 | 97
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| 14 | Baylor | I-A | 10 | 3 | 130.3 | 13
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| 15 | Kansas State | I-A | 10 | 3 | 129.2 | 10
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| 16 | Georgia | I-A | 10 | 4 | 129.0 | 29
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| 17 | Michigan State | I-A | 11 | 3 | 128.8 | 45
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| 18 | Texas | I-A | 8 | 5 | 128.5 | 3
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| 19 | Texas Christian | I-A | 11 | 2 | 128.3 | 81
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| 20 | Virginia Tech | I-A | 11 | 3 | 127.7 | 49
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| 21 | Texas A&M | I-A | 7 | 6 | 127.5 | 8
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| 22 | Notre Dame | I-A | 8 | 5 | 127.1 | 21
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| 23 | Missouri | I-A | 8 | 5 | 127.1 | 19
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| 24 | West Virginia | I-A | 10 | 3 | 125.7 | 59
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| 25 | Nebraska | I-A | 9 | 4 | 125.4 | 28
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| 26 | Southern Mississippi | I-A | 12 | 2 | 125.1 | 100
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| 27 | Florida State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 125.0 | 75
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| 28 | Clemson | I-A | 10 | 4 | 123.1 | 38
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| 29 | Penn State | I-A | 9 | 4 | 122.9 | 32
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| 30 | Cincinnati | I-A | 10 | 3 | 122.8 | 88
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| 31 | Utah | I-A | 8 | 5 | 121.9 | 35
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| 32 | Tulsa | I-A | 8 | 5 | 121.8 | 42
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| 33 | California | I-A | 7 | 6 | 121.7 | 27
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| 34 | Mississippi State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 121.6 | 33
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| 35 | Auburn | I-A | 8 | 5 | 121.2 | 20
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| 36 | Brigham Young | I-A | 10 | 3 | 121.2 | 92
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| 37 | Florida | I-A | 7 | 6 | 121.0 | 30
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| 38 | Toledo | I-A | 9 | 4 | 120.2 | 76
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| 39 | Washington | I-A | 7 | 6 | 120.1 | 17
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| 40 | Louisiana Tech | I-A | 8 | 5 | 119.7 | 65
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| 41 | Arizona State | I-A | 6 | 7 | 119.4 | 26
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| 42 | Iowa State | I-A | 6 | 7 | 119.2 | 1
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| 43 | Vanderbilt | I-A | 6 | 7 | 118.8 | 37
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| 44 | Northern Illinois | I-A | 11 | 3 | 118.5 | 102
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| 45 | Iowa | I-A | 7 | 6 | 118.3 | 43
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| 46 | Rutgers | I-A | 9 | 4 | 118.3 | 91
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| 47 | Ohio State | I-A | 6 | 7 | 118.1 | 36
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| 48 | North Carolina | I-A | 7 | 6 | 117.8 | 47
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| 49 | Temple | I-A | 9 | 4 | 117.7 | 121
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| 50 | Miami(Florida) | I-A | 6 | 6 | 117.5 | 58
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| 51 | Georgia Tech | I-A | 8 | 5 | 117.4 | 80
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| 52 | North Dakota State | I-AA | 14 | 1 | 116.8 | 155
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| 53 | Illinois | I-A | 7 | 6 | 116.6 | 55
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| 54 | Arkansas State | I-A | 10 | 3 | 116.5 | 118
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| 55 | UCLA | I-A | 6 | 8 | 116.5 | 6
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| 56 | Tennessee | I-A | 5 | 7 | 116.3 | 16
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| 57 | Louisville | I-A | 7 | 6 | 116.2 | 60
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| 58 | Southern Methodist | I-A | 8 | 5 | 115.9 | 72
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| 59 | Nevada | I-A | 7 | 6 | 115.9 | 74
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| 60 | N.C. State | I-A | 8 | 5 | 115.5 | 84
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| 61 | Arizona | I-A | 4 | 8 | 115.3 | 11
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| 62 | Texas Tech | I-A | 5 | 7 | 114.9 | 18
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| 63 | San Diego State | I-A | 8 | 5 | 114.5 | 89
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| 64 | Pittsburgh | I-A | 6 | 7 | 114.3 | 51
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| 65 | Virginia | I-A | 8 | 5 | 114.2 | 71
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| 66 | South Florida | I-A | 5 | 7 | 114.1 | 68
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| 67 | Northwestern | I-A | 6 | 7 | 113.8 | 57
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| 68 | Air Force | I-A | 7 | 6 | 113.3 | 101
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| 69 | Ohio | I-A | 10 | 4 | 113.2 | 120
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| 70 | Purdue | I-A | 7 | 6 | 112.6 | 73
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| 71 | Wake Forest | I-A | 6 | 7 | 112.1 | 63
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| 72 | Utah State | I-A | 7 | 6 | 111.8 | 98
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| 73 | Sam Houston State | I-AA | 14 | 1 | 111.6 | 184
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| 74 | Montana | I-AA | 11 | 3 | 111.6 | 139
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| 75 | Oregon State | I-A | 3 | 9 | 111.6 | 12
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| 76 | Washington State | I-A | 4 | 8 | 111.3 | 44
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| 77 | Navy | I-A | 5 | 7 | 111.3 | 64
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| 78 | Marshall | I-A | 7 | 6 | 111.3 | 53
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| 79 | Louisiana-Lafayette | I-A | 9 | 4 | 111.2 | 115
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| 80 | Wyoming | I-A | 8 | 5 | 111.0 | 93
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| 81 | Western Michigan | I-A | 7 | 6 | 110.9 | 108
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| 82 | Georgia Southern | I-AA | 11 | 3 | 110.9 | 128
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| 83 | Northern Iowa | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 110.6 | 126
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| 84 | Kentucky | I-A | 5 | 7 | 109.5 | 39
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| 85 | Central Florida | I-A | 5 | 7 | 109.5 | 111
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| 86 | Connecticut | I-A | 5 | 7 | 109.2 | 79
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| 87 | Syracuse | I-A | 5 | 7 | 108.9 | 61
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| 88 | Boston College | I-A | 4 | 8 | 108.8 | 52
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| 89 | Florida International | I-A | 8 | 5 | 108.7 | 122
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| 90 | San Jose State | I-A | 5 | 7 | 107.8 | 67
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| 91 | Western Kentucky | I-A | 7 | 5 | 107.6 | 109
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| 92 | East Carolina | I-A | 5 | 7 | 107.3 | 70
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| 93 | Colorado | I-A | 3 | 10 | 106.9 | 14
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| 94 | Minnesota | I-A | 3 | 9 | 106.4 | 24
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| 95 | Rice | I-A | 4 | 8 | 106.1 | 46
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| 96 | Ball State | I-A | 6 | 6 | 106.1 | 78
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| 97 | Hawaii | I-A | 6 | 7 | 105.8 | 112
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| 98 | UTEP | I-A | 5 | 7 | 105.6 | 87
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| 99 | Wofford | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 105.5 | 130
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| 100 | Maine | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 105.5 | 144
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| 101 | Montana State | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 105.3 | 140
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| 102 | Fresno State | I-A | 4 | 9 | 105.1 | 69
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| 103 | Bowling Green | I-A | 5 | 7 | 104.8 | 103
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| 104 | Miami(Ohio) | I-A | 4 | 8 | 104.7 | 94
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| 105 | North Texas | I-A | 5 | 7 | 104.5 | 85
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| 106 | Kansas | I-A | 2 | 10 | 104.4 | 4
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| 107 | Mississippi | I-A | 2 | 10 | 104.3 | 9
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| 108 | Duke | I-A | 3 | 9 | 103.7 | 62
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| 109 | Maryland | I-A | 2 | 10 | 103.3 | 41
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| 110 | Kent State | I-A | 5 | 7 | 103.3 | 86
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| 111 | Eastern Michigan | I-A | 6 | 6 | 103.1 | 119
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| 112 | New Hampshire | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 103.0 | 135
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| 113 | Louisiana-Monroe | I-A | 4 | 8 | 102.8 | 107
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| 114 | Towson | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 102.8 | 171
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| 115 | Cal Poly | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 102.8 | 124
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| 116 | Old Dominion | I-AA | 10 | 3 | 102.0 | 181
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| 117 | Southern Utah | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 101.9 | 152
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| 118 | James Madison | I-AA | 8 | 5 | 101.9 | 143
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| 119 | Illinois State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 101.6 | 167
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| 120 | Lehigh | I-AA | 11 | 2 | 101.6 | 191
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| 121 | Central Arkansas | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 101.5 | 146
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| 122 | Chattanooga | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 101.3 | 133
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| 123 | Army | I-A | 3 | 9 | 101.1 | 96
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| 124 | Indiana State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 100.5 | 131
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| 125 | Eastern Washington | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 100.3 | 136
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| 126 | Appalachian State | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 99.9 | 164
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| 127 | Youngstown State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 99.7 | 163
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| 128 | New Mexico State | I-A | 4 | 9 | 99.6 | 82
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| 129 | Harvard | I-AA | 9 | 1 | 99.3 | 212
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| 130 | Furman | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 99.2 | 150
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| 131 | Delaware | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 98.6 | 173
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| 132 | South Dakota | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 98.3 | 110
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| 133 | Stony Brook | I-AA | 9 | 4 | 98.0 | 190
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| 134 | Portland State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 97.8 | 138
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| 135 | Stephen F. Austin | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 97.7 | 159
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| 136 | Central Michigan | I-A | 3 | 9 | 97.6 | 95
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| 137 | North Dakota | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 97.4 | 156
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| 138 | Buffalo | I-A | 3 | 9 | 97.3 | 106
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| 139 | Eastern Kentucky | I-AA | 7 | 5 | 97.2 | 172
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| 140 | Indiana | I-A | 1 | 11 | 97.0 | 50
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| 141 | Idaho | I-A | 2 | 10 | 96.9 | 77
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| 142 | Troy | I-A | 3 | 9 | 96.8 | 99
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| 143 | Weber State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 96.8 | 137
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| 144 | Colorado State | I-A | 3 | 9 | 96.8 | 104
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| 145 | Samford | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 96.5 | 151
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| 146 | UAB | I-A | 3 | 9 | 96.1 | 83
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| 147 | Tennessee Tech | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 95.8 | 178
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| 148 | South Dakota State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 95.8 | 125
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| 149 | Jacksonville State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 95.1 | 183
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| 150 | Murray State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 94.7 | 193
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| 151 | UNLV | I-A | 2 | 10 | 94.4 | 56
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| 152 | UC-Davis | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 93.5 | 132
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| 153 | Liberty | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 93.4 | 194
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| 154 | Southern Illinois | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 93.2 | 148
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| 155 | Citadel | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 92.8 | 158
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| 156 | Massachusetts | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 92.7 | 161
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| 157 | Northwestern State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 91.9 | 134
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| 158 | William & Mary | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 91.9 | 157
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| 159 | Norfolk State | I-AA | 9 | 3 | 91.9 | 201
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| 160 | Missouri State | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 91.6 | 105
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| 161 | Sacramento State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 91.4 | 145
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| 162 | Northern Arizona | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 91.3 | 142
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| 163 | Jackson State | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 91.3 | 240
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| 164 | Bethune-Cookman | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 91.2 | 210
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| 165 | Tennessee-Martin | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 91.0 | 177
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| 166 | Middle Tennessee | I-A | 2 | 10 | 90.4 | 114
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| 167 | Holy Cross | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 90.4 | 189
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| 168 | Tulane | I-A | 2 | 11 | 89.8 | 113
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| 169 | Rhode Island | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 89.7 | 147
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| 170 | Brown | I-AA | 7 | 3 | 89.6 | 200
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| 171 | Elon | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 89.5 | 149
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| 172 | Texas State | I-AA | 6 | 6 | 89.4 | 170
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| 173 | New Mexico | I-A | 1 | 11 | 89.3 | 54
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| 174 | McNeese State | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 89.2 | 185
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| 175 | Albany | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 89.0 | 213
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| 176 | Georgetown | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 88.9 | 220
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| 177 | Tennessee State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 88.3 | 182
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| 178 | Memphis | I-A | 2 | 10 | 88.0 | 117
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| 179 | Duquesne | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 87.8 | 241
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| 180 | South Alabama | I-AA | 6 | 4 | 87.8 | 188
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| 181 | Richmond | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 87.7 | 162
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| 182 | Florida Atlantic | I-A | 1 | 11 | 87.5 | 90
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| 183 | South Carolina State | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 87.4 | 219
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| 184 | Coastal Carolina | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 87.0 | 192
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| 185 | Alabama State | I-AA | 8 | 3 | 86.9 | 229
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| 186 | Drake | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 86.4 | 242
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| 187 | Presbyterian | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 85.0 | 168
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| 188 | Bucknell | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 84.6 | 198
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| 189 | Western Illinois | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 84.1 | 123
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| 190 | Villanova | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 84.1 | 141
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| 191 | Akron | I-A | 1 | 11 | 82.9 | 116
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| 192 | Lafayette | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 82.4 | 186
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| 193 | Colgate | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 82.3 | 195
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| 194 | Florida A&M | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 82.1 | 225
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| 195 | Eastern Illinois | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 81.7 | 169
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| 196 | Jacksonville | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 81.6 | 239
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| 197 | Bryant | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 81.5 | 217
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| 198 | Yale | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 81.4 | 199
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| 199 | Cornell | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 81.4 | 211
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| 200 | San Diego | I-AA | 9 | 2 | 81.4 | 244
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| 201 | Hampton | I-AA | 7 | 4 | 81.4 | 233
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| 202 | Georgia State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 81.2 | 166
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| 203 | Texas-San Antonio | I-AA | 4 | 6 | 81.0 | 160
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| 204 | Southeastern Louisiana | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 80.9 | 180
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| 205 | Grambling State | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 80.8 | 227
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| 206 | Dartmouth | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 80.4 | 208
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| 207 | Alabama A&M | I-AA | 8 | 4 | 79.9 | 232
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| 208 | Idaho State | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 79.1 | 127
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| 209 | Pennsylvania | I-AA | 5 | 5 | 78.7 | 223
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| 210 | North Carolina A&T | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 77.9 | 205
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| 211 | Southeast Missouri State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 77.2 | 175
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| 212 | Northern Colorado | I-AA | 0 | 11 | 76.7 | 153
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| 213 | Arkansas-Pine Bluff | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 76.4 | 236
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| 214 | Monmouth | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 76.0 | 216
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| 215 | Prairie View A&M | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 75.4 | 222
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| 216 | Austin Peay | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 75.4 | 165
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| 217 | Gardner-Webb | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 74.9 | 174
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| 218 | Wagner | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 74.7 | 218
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| 219 | Central Connecticut State | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 74.7 | 206
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| 220 | Western Carolina | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 74.5 | 129
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| 221 | Morgan State | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 73.5 | 215
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| 222 | Lamar | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 73.4 | 179
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| 223 | Howard | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 73.2 | 207
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| 224 | Southern | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 73.2 | 226
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| 225 | Dayton | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 72.9 | 246
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| 226 | Sacred Heart | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 72.9 | 234
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| 227 | Campbell | I-AA | 6 | 5 | 72.8 | 235
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| 228 | Nicholls State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 72.8 | 154
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| 229 | Marist | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 69.0 | 238
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| 230 | Virginia Military | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 69.0 | 197
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| 231 | Charleston Southern | I-AA | 0 | 11 | 68.5 | 176
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| 232 | Fordham | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 68.0 | 187
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| 233 | St. Francis(PA) | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 67.4 | 202
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| 234 | Princeton | I-AA | 1 | 9 | 66.7 | 196
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| 235 | Robert Morris | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 66.6 | 224
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| 236 | Butler | I-AA | 5 | 6 | 65.9 | 243
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| 237 | Texas Southern | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 65.7 | 230
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| 238 | Columbia | I-AA | 1 | 9 | 64.8 | 214
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| 239 | Morehead State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 64.4 | 237
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| 240 | North Carolina Central | I-AA | 2 | 9 | 63.6 | 204
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| 241 | Alcorn State | I-AA | 2 | 8 | 62.5 | 228
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| 242 | Delaware State | I-AA | 3 | 8 | 61.3 | 209
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| 243 | Mississippi Valley State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 61.0 | 221
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| 244 | Davidson | I-AA | 4 | 7 | 56.9 | 245
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| 245 | Savannah State | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 56.7 | 203
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| 246 | Valparaiso | I-AA | 1 | 10 | 51.2 | 231
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