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College Football Ranking 2016-2017

Last Updated: 2025-10-26 14:03:25 Central Daylight Time
Nearby teams are re-ordered to minimize ranking violations.
Rank Team Wins Losses Overall Rating Rank Overall Rating Matrix Rating Elo adjCPPD Best Rank Worst Rank
1 Clemson 14 1 2 0.930264 0.922003 2215 2.587 1 1
2 Alabama 14 1 1 0.986667 1.000000 2331 2.920 2 4
3 Washington 12 2 3 0.908016 0.917554 2120 2.568 3 8
4 Ohio State 11 2 4 0.897749 0.907411 2199 2.471 2 4
5 Florida State 10 3 7 0.819143 0.834449 1856 2.155 2 6
6 Michigan 10 3 5 0.893975 0.909486 2133 2.627 5 10
7 Oklahoma 11 2 6 0.833645 0.851534 2047 1.999 4 9
8 Wisconsin 11 3 9 0.810277 0.842756 1918 1.962 6 14
9 LSU 8 4 8 0.811878 0.873508 1972 2.125 5 13
10 USC 10 3 10 0.807330 0.837819 1948 1.967 6 11
11 Western Michigan 13 1 11 0.806608 0.819854 1842 1.708 9 16
12 Louisville 9 4 12 0.795279 0.838523 1872 2.039 8 17
13 Western Kentucky 11 3 13 0.792904 0.792920 1975 1.896 8 18
14 Penn State 11 3 14 0.769201 0.838110 1869 1.538 9 19
15 Auburn 8 5 16 0.760048 0.828744 1904 1.831 11 21
16 Boise State 10 3 17 0.752497 0.743890 1664 1.783 12 19
17 Oklahoma State 10 3 19 0.743047 0.789007 1841 1.449 14 19
18 Colorado 10 4 18 0.746995 0.793390 1649 1.696 16 21
19 Virginia Tech 10 4 20 0.741608 0.804041 1864 1.498 15 19
20 Miami 9 4 15 0.766539 0.828608 1797 1.783 16 20
21 Washington State 8 5 22 0.726520 0.804016 1812 1.576 21 22
22 Stanford 10 3 21 0.733838 0.777041 1750 1.427 22 25
23 West Virginia 10 3 23 0.725947 0.768731 1728 1.375 20 24
24 Kansas State 9 4 24 0.725886 0.757279 1754 1.571 24 27
25 Temple 10 4 28 0.708981 0.753634 1739 1.350 23 26
26 South Florida 11 2 25 0.720535 0.750581 1691 1.216 24 30
27 Texas A&M 8 5 31 0.698977 0.773884 1727 1.402 26 28
28 Tennessee 9 4 27 0.710965 0.770650 1729 1.373 27 30
29 Florida 9 4 26 0.719563 0.782580 1748 1.423 29 31
30 San Diego State 11 3 30 0.705747 0.735421 1756 1.202 25 34
31 Houston 9 4 32 0.695919 0.744456 1746 1.278 29 37
32 Tulsa 10 3 29 0.708675 0.736983 1748 1.271 25 34
33 North Carolina 8 5 34 0.691699 0.753406 1749 1.374 29 34
34 App State 10 3 35 0.690241 0.732385 1630 1.135 32 39
35 BYU 9 4 38 0.676679 0.743562 1730 1.072 33 43
36 Toledo 9 4 36 0.684581 0.732370 1660 1.230 36 41
37 Pittsburgh 8 5 37 0.681016 0.756257 1674 1.281 32 37
38 Georgia Tech 9 4 33 0.693490 0.728825 1634 1.354 33 38
39 Iowa 8 5 39 0.673837 0.762755 1661 1.186 35 43
40 Memphis 8 5 40 0.668302 0.716265 1707 1.248 35 44
41 Utah 9 4 41 0.664244 0.729789 1704 0.988 36 46
42 Nebraska 9 4 47 0.639875 0.717805 1529 0.836 42 46
43 Minnesota 9 4 42 0.662262 0.741150 1652 0.955 43 46
44 Northwestern 7 6 43 0.656443 0.749463 1616 1.227 44 47
45 Air Force 10 3 44 0.650423 0.698342 1593 0.812 39 47
46 Troy 10 3 45 0.649886 0.695069 1461 0.880 40 46
47 NC State 7 6 48 0.630973 0.733748 1624 0.986 43 51
48 Arkansas 7 6 53 0.604142 0.686103 1614 0.839 48 48
49 Louisiana Tech 9 5 49 0.630541 0.690169 1654 0.869 49 50
50 Navy 9 5 46 0.645422 0.701351 1698 0.980 50 51
51 Baylor 7 6 50 0.624622 0.694313 1607 1.047 45 55
52 Ole Miss 5 7 52 0.611310 0.710722 1600 1.123 49 55
53 Georgia 8 5 51 0.618615 0.708789 1658 0.736 52 56
54 Old Dominion 10 3 54 0.603540 0.639356 1405 0.561 49 59
55 Notre Dame 4 8 55 0.603274 0.718270 1725 1.136 52 60
56 TCU 6 7 56 0.597386 0.698206 1703 0.855 52 60
57 Colorado State 7 6 57 0.591635 0.678156 1569 0.745 52 62
58 Arkansas State 8 5 58 0.571660 0.656899 1567 0.415 53 63
59 Army 8 5 61 0.565703 0.610822 1354 0.596 56 66
60 Wake Forest 7 6 59 0.570440 0.643137 1463 0.668 54 64
61 Kentucky 7 6 65 0.554736 0.648261 1486 0.464 60 63
62 Mississippi State 6 7 60 0.568235 0.678469 1668 0.606 61 65
63 Vanderbilt 6 7 62 0.565698 0.670135 1510 0.680 61 67
64 Texas 5 7 63 0.559080 0.672161 1560 0.676 58 68
65 New Mexico 9 4 64 0.557334 0.614060 1444 0.275 59 69
66 Indiana 6 7 66 0.554141 0.640317 1516 0.641 61 71
67 UCLA 4 8 67 0.553688 0.654205 1532 0.873 62 71
68 Idaho 9 4 68 0.551912 0.605519 1363 0.280 63 73
69 Texas Tech 5 7 69 0.545475 0.655155 1416 0.646 64 74
70 Wyoming 8 6 70 0.541961 0.652361 1393 0.278 65 75
71 UCF 6 7 71 0.538129 0.643053 1419 0.499 66 76
72 Ohio 8 6 72 0.534920 0.613249 1422 0.308 68 77
73 Duke 4 8 73 0.518565 0.607761 1383 0.696 68 78
74 California 5 7 74 0.517471 0.641918 1531 0.317 69 79
75 Boston College 7 6 75 0.517210 0.607042 1367 0.229 70 80
76 South Carolina 6 7 76 0.505367 0.597652 1428 0.269 71 81
77 UTSA 6 7 82 0.502662 0.580893 1377 0.316 77 80
78 Southern Miss 7 6 77 0.505206 0.569434 1401 0.196 78 82
79 Maryland 6 7 79 0.504379 0.606459 1304 0.290 74 83
80 Northern Illinois 5 7 80 0.504314 0.624256 1468 0.255 75 85
81 Middle Tennessee 8 5 81 0.504064 0.553022 1301 0.110 78 86
82 Oregon State 4 8 83 0.499309 0.629984 1369 0.416 78 82
83 Oregon 4 8 78 0.504419 0.623471 1483 0.439 79 83
84 Michigan State 3 9 84 0.496867 0.638459 1608 0.434 80 89
85 Miami (OH) 6 7 85 0.492036 0.577016 1312 0.240 80 89
86 SMU 5 7 87 0.491048 0.549801 1274 0.434 82 92
87 Arizona State 5 7 88 0.490338 0.580452 1366 0.285 83 93
88 Missouri 4 8 89 0.485477 0.593626 1404 0.358 84 94
89 Eastern Michigan 7 6 86 0.491793 0.556331 1207 0.180 86 91
90 Iowa State 3 9 90 0.474687 0.625839 1542 0.256 85 95
91 Georgia Southern 5 7 91 0.466772 0.552210 1409 0.088 86 96
92 Tulane 4 8 92 0.445213 0.521822 1222 0.219 87 97
93 Louisiana 6 7 93 0.444932 0.538423 1313 -0.169 88 98
94 South Alabama 6 7 94 0.443588 0.541818 1245 -0.162 89 99
95 Syracuse 4 8 95 0.442864 0.540074 1278 0.108 90 100
96 Utah State 3 9 96 0.430130 0.538689 1329 0.132 91 101
97 Central Michigan 6 7 97 0.426968 0.530937 1231 -0.308 95 102
98 Arizona 3 9 99 0.415160 0.552349 1243 -0.038 94 102
99 Hawai'i 7 7 98 0.424058 0.500622 1161 -0.298 93 103
100 Akron 5 7 102 0.409117 0.514216 1214 -0.347 97 103
101 Ball State 4 8 100 0.413650 0.494817 1230 -0.055 101 105
102 Cincinnati 4 8 101 0.410274 0.503025 1309 -0.157 96 106
103 Virginia 2 10 103 0.404893 0.548974 1350 -0.007 98 105
104 Kent State 3 9 104 0.383916 0.520523 1147 -0.243 99 109
105 East Carolina 3 9 105 0.379257 0.459915 1260 -0.159 100 110
106 Georgia State 3 9 108 0.360386 0.462354 1177 -0.339 103 113
107 Purdue 3 9 112 0.337284 0.450054 1162 -0.553 107 111
108 Illinois 3 9 106 0.375499 0.482483 1226 -0.256 101 111
109 San José State 4 8 113 0.334273 0.422550 1150 -0.682 108 111
110 Nevada 5 7 107 0.368695 0.486624 1359 -0.785 109 112
111 North Texas 5 8 109 0.351729 0.443853 1127 -0.657 104 114
112 UNLV 4 8 110 0.348880 0.444254 1121 -0.572 111 115
113 Bowling Green 4 8 111 0.340807 0.480503 1272 -0.850 106 116
114 Kansas 2 10 114 0.307115 0.410358 1038 -0.520 109 119
115 Rutgers 2 10 115 0.306778 0.447045 1004 -0.623 110 120
116 Massachusetts 2 10 116 0.300927 0.394119 1095 -0.566 111 120
117 New Mexico State 3 9 118 0.293130 0.380230 1040 -0.771 113 123
118 Florida International 4 8 119 0.291944 0.384387 1158 -1.042 114 121
119 UConn 3 9 120 0.290131 0.411108 1102 -0.932 115 125
120 UL Monroe 4 8 121 0.287989 0.380780 963 -0.981 116 126
121 Rice 3 9 122 0.280201 0.361559 1109 -0.891 117 127
122 Charlotte 4 8 117 0.299661 0.387185 1040 -0.907 116 122
123 Marshall 3 9 124 0.262679 0.370082 1200 -1.159 119 126
124 Florida Atlantic 3 9 123 0.269713 0.361023 1071 -0.989 120 127
125 UTEP 4 8 125 0.256273 0.367692 1092 -1.359 123 128
126 Fresno State 1 11 126 0.248849 0.357665 1046 -0.826 121 128
127 Buffalo 2 10 127 0.229734 0.326209 1080 -1.146 122 128
128 Texas State 2 10 128 0.067696 0.000000 801 -1.807 123 128