2016 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Rankings: Championship (Jan 9)

Mathematically-derived, based on regular-season game scores.     Includes all teams that have played at least one Division I FBS team this season.  Compare with the AP, Coaches, and Playoff rankings.

Computed Ranks for Week:   3 . 4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . Bowls . Championship

Predictions vs Results for Week:  4 . 5 . 6 . 7 . 8 . 9 . 10 . 11 . 12 . 13 . 14 . 15 . Bowls . Championship

(Click on a column header to sort by that column.  Color coding:    Big 12  Pac-10  ACC  SEC    LSU Texas   Most over-rated    Most under-rated    )

Scores and Standings
High Low Wk16 +/- Rank Team W-L-T Div Conf Off Def Strength
1 23 1 0 1 Alabama 14-1-0 Western SEC 62.0 38.0 100.0
2 112 2 0 2 Clemson 14-1-0 Atlantic ACC 63.6 32.0 95.7
1 10 3 0 3 Ohio State 11-2-0 East Big_Ten 55.7 33.3 89.1
1 8 5 1 4 Michigan 10-3-0 East Big_Ten 57.8 30.5 88.3
4 74 4 -1 5 Washington 12-2-0 Pac-12 56.8 31.3 88.1
6 91 6 0 6 Oklahoma 11-2-0 Big_12 65.0 23.0 88.0
7 128 7 0 7 LSU 8-4-0 Western SEC 50.8 35.2 86.0
8 43 8 0 8 Florida State 10-3-0 Atlantic ACC 57.1 26.9 84.0
5 103 9 0 9 Penn State 11-2-0 East Big_Ten 59.0 24.2 83.2
8 162 10 0 10 USC 10-3-0 Pac-12 53.0 28.6 81.5
2 43 11 0 11 Miami (Fla.) 9-4-0 Coastal ACC 52.0 29.5 81.4
7 131 12 0 12 Wisconsin 11-3-0 West Big_Ten 50.1 30.7 80.8
8 73 13 0 13 Oklahoma State 10-3-0 Big_12 55.5 25.0 80.5
4 142 14 0 14 Auburn 8-5-0 Western SEC 48.8 30.8 79.6
11 104 15 0 15 Virginia Tech 10-4-0 Coastal ACC 53.7 25.6 79.3
16 16 16 0 16 Penn St. 0-1-0 77.6 1.0 78.5
2 85 18 1 17 Louisville 9-4-0 Atlantic ACC 57.2 20.9 78.1
17 85 17 -1 18 Western Kentucky 11-3-0 East USA 59.2 18.6 77.9
4 41 19 0 19 Eastern Washington 1-0-0 67.3 10.4 77.7
6 135 20 0 20 Kansas State 8-4-0 Big_12 51.2 25.5 76.7
21 171 22 1 21 Pittsburgh 8-5-0 Coastal ACC 64.2 11.5 75.7
16 86 21 -1 22 Florida 9-4-0 Eastern SEC 45.7 30.0 75.6
1 78 24 1 23 West Virginia 10-3-0 Big_12 50.3 24.6 74.9
6 52 23 -1 24 Washington State 8-5-0 Pac-12 52.4 22.3 74.7
12 75 25 0 25 Illinois State 1-0-0 34.3 40.3 74.6
11 39 27 1 26 North Dakota State 1-0-0 50.2 23.3 73.5
21 134 30 3 27 North Carolina State 7-6-0 Atlantic ACC 47.1 26.1 73.1
16 84 28 0 28 North Carolina 8-5-0 Coastal ACC 50.9 22.3 73.1
27 85 29 0 29 Northern Iowa 1-0-0 44.1 28.8 73.0
17 98 34 4 30 Northwestern 7-6-0 West Big_Ten 47.3 25.3 72.6
10 67 31 0 31 Texas A&M 8-5-0 Western SEC 52.1 20.5 72.6
16 73 35 3 32 Richmond 1-0-0 51.4 21.1 72.5
15 92 33 0 33 Western Michigan 13-1-0 West Mid-American 52.9 19.5 72.4
8 99 32 -2 34 Stanford 10-3-0 Pac-12 44.9 27.4 72.4
26 52 26 -9 35 Chattanooga 0-1-0 41.0 31.0 72.0
31 87 37 1 36 Notre Dame 4-8-0 Independent 51.9 19.7 71.7
6 43 36 -1 37 Colorado 10-4-0 Pac-12 46.6 25.1 71.7
14 46 38 0 38 Iowa 8-5-0 West Big_Ten 44.3 27.2 71.5
10 117 40 1 39 Georgia Tech 9-4-0 Coastal ACC 48.9 22.4 71.3
19 108 39 -1 40 Tennessee 9-4-0 Eastern SEC 58.6 12.6 71.2
29 94 41 0 41 Tulsa 10-3-0 The_American 57.4 13.3 70.7
19 139 42 0 42 Temple 10-4-0 The_American 46.3 24.2 70.6
29 95 43 0 43 Minnesota 9-4-0 West Big_Ten 44.8 25.4 70.2
28 103 44 0 44 San Diego State 11-3-0 Mountain_West 46.2 22.9 69.0
31 113 45 0 45 Brigham Young 9-4-0 Independent 43.4 25.4 68.8
6 79 46 0 46 Georgia 8-5-0 Eastern SEC 45.7 23.0 68.6
9 76 47 0 47 TCU 6-7-0 Big_12 45.0 23.4 68.4
48 113 48 0 48 Iowa State 3-9-0 Big_12 48.8 19.1 68.0
4 64 49 0 49 Memphis 8-5-0 The_American 52.8 15.3 68.0
11 50 50 0 50 South Florida 11-2-0 The_American 58.9 9.0 67.9
25 106 51 0 51 Utah 9-4-0 Pac-12 46.3 21.0 67.2
52 110 52 0 52 Central Arkansas 1-0-0 48.2 18.6 66.8
3 63 54 1 53 Houston 9-4-0 The_American 48.0 18.4 66.4
15 81 53 -1 54 Baylor 7-6-0 Big_12 49.2 17.2 66.4
30 102 55 0 55 Arkansas 7-6-0 Western SEC 50.2 15.9 66.1
20 181 56 0 56 Navy 9-5-0 The_American 52.1 13.7 65.8
25 100 57 0 57 Texas 5-7-0 Big_12 46.1 19.6 65.7
51 149 59 1 58 Vanderbilt 6-7-0 Eastern SEC 42.5 22.6 65.2
52 167 58 -1 59 Jacksonville State 0-1-0 48.2 16.8 65.0
46 153 60 0 60 Colorado State 7-6-0 Mountain_West 55.0 9.9 64.9
33 168 64 3 61 Michigan State 3-9-0 East Big_Ten 45.4 19.3 64.8
13 62 61 -1 62 Boise State 10-3-0 Mountain_West 44.3 20.5 64.8
54 130 63 0 63 Appalachian State 10-3-0 Sun_Belt 41.0 23.7 64.6
57 114 65 1 64 Louisiana Tech 9-5-0 West USA 55.5 9.0 64.6
48 121 62 -3 65 Mississippi State 6-7-0 Western SEC 49.1 15.4 64.5
55 148 66 0 66 Kentucky 7-6-0 Eastern SEC 47.7 16.4 64.0
37 155 68 1 67 Wake Forest 7-6-0 Atlantic ACC 40.9 23.0 63.9
4 86 67 -1 68 Texas Tech 5-7-0 Big_12 59.0 4.6 63.6
5 73 69 0 69 Mississippi 5-7-0 Western SEC 51.4 12.0 63.3
6 70 70 0 70 Nebraska 9-4-0 West Big_Ten 42.0 20.9 62.9
34 117 71 0 71 Air Force 10-3-0 Mountain_West 48.7 14.0 62.7
20 77 72 0 72 Toledo 9-4-0 West Mid-American 51.0 11.5 62.6
49 148 73 0 73 Indiana 6-7-0 East Big_Ten 43.8 18.5 62.3
68 122 74 0 74 Western Illinois 1-0-0 41.9 19.9 61.8
65 145 75 0 75 Arkansas State 8-5-0 Sun_Belt 41.6 20.2 61.8
27 91 78 2 76 Duke 4-8-0 Coastal ACC 42.5 18.9 61.4
40 133 76 -1 77 Oregon State 4-8-0 Pac-12 43.8 17.4 61.1
44 90 77 -1 78 California 5-7-0 Pac-12 55.3 5.7 61.0
47 119 79 0 79 Wyoming 8-6-0 Mountain_West 51.3 9.0 60.3
27 88 80 0 80 UCLA 4-8-0 Pac-12 40.7 19.5 60.2
37 83 81 0 81 UCF 6-7-0 The_American 41.5 17.7 59.2
10 89 82 0 82 Troy 10-3-0 Sun_Belt 43.3 15.5 58.8
19 83 83 0 83 Oregon 4-8-0 Pac-12 52.5 6.0 58.5
84 171 84 0 84 Idaho 9-4-0 Sun_Belt 48.3 10.0 58.3
5 118 85 0 85 Youngstown State 0-1-0 45.6 12.3 57.9
30 172 86 0 86 New Mexico 9-4-0 Mountain_West 46.2 11.6 57.9
3 143 87 0 87 Missouri 4-8-0 Eastern SEC 45.5 12.2 57.7
67 138 90 2 88 South Carolina 6-7-0 Eastern SEC 38.0 19.6 57.6
17 173 89 0 89 Old Dominion 10-3-0 East USA 44.6 13.0 57.6
32 125 88 -2 90 Eastern Illinois 1-0-0 38.8 18.7 57.5
14 127 91 0 91 Boston College 7-6-0 Atlantic ACC 38.8 18.5 57.3
58 142 92 0 92 Northern Illinois 5-7-0 West Mid-American 42.9 13.9 56.8
25 113 94 1 93 Syracuse 4-8-0 Atlantic ACC 47.2 8.9 56.1
7 100 93 -1 94 Nicholls State 0-2-0 49.3 6.4 55.7
56 122 96 1 95 Virginia 2-10-0 Coastal ACC 41.1 14.4 55.5
95 176 95 -1 96 Montana State 0-1-0 27.0 28.3 55.3
97 156 97 0 97 Villanova 0-1-0 18.5 36.2 54.7
4 121 98 0 98 Ohio 8-6-0 East Mid-American 35.0 19.3 54.3
77 138 99 0 99 UTSA 6-7-0 West USA 37.9 16.0 53.9
45 120 101 1 100 Army 8-5-0 Independent 35.9 17.7 53.7
42 136 100 -1 101 Miami (Ohio) 6-7-0 East Mid-American 35.7 17.8 53.5
21 135 102 0 102 Maryland 6-7-0 East Big_Ten 41.7 11.5 53.3
7 103 103 0 103 Arizona State 5-7-0 Pac-12 47.5 5.4 52.9
94 146 104 0 104 La.-Lafayette 6-7-0 Sun_Belt 35.2 17.1 52.4
41 141 105 0 105 Southern Mississippi 7-6-0 West USA 42.6 9.6 52.3
37 169 106 0 106 Utah State 3-9-0 Mountain_West 39.2 12.2 51.4
57 128 107 0 107 Southern Methodist 5-7-0 The_American 43.3 8.0 51.3
7 180 108 0 108 Eastern Michigan 7-6-0 West Mid-American 39.1 12.0 51.1
16 126 109 0 109 Georgia Southern 5-7-0 Sun_Belt 39.1 11.7 50.8
14 155 110 0 110 Kansas 2-10-0 Big_12 38.5 12.3 50.7
71 159 111 0 111 Nevada 5-7-0 Mountain_West 38.2 12.5 50.6
64 166 113 1 112 Tulane 4-8-0 The_American 36.3 14.2 50.5
46 135 112 -1 113 South Dakota State 0-1-0 64.4 -14.0 50.4
29 128 114 0 114 Southeast Missouri 0-1-0 32.3 17.8 50.0
45 116 116 1 115 Cincinnati 4-8-0 The_American 32.9 17.1 50.0
22 184 117 1 116 Illinois 3-9-0 West Big_Ten 38.3 11.6 50.0
50 122 115 -2 117 Arizona 3-9-0 Pac-12 44.8 5.0 49.8
81 141 119 1 118 Furman 0-1-0 32.3 17.4 49.8
105 134 118 -1 119 Samford 0-1-0 56.4 -6.9 49.5
38 147 120 0 120 Purdue 3-9-0 West Big_Ten 44.5 4.7 49.2
13 178 121 0 121 Middle Tennessee 8-5-0 East USA 48.8 -0.9 47.9
82 140 122 0 122 South Alabama 6-7-0 Sun_Belt 36.7 11.1 47.8
77 163 123 0 123 Cal Poly 0-1-0 39.5 8.2 47.6
120 142 124 0 124 Tennessee State 0-1-0 39.6 7.5 47.2
19 139 125 0 125 East Carolina 3-9-0 The_American 41.1 6.1 47.2
84 153 128 2 126 Delaware 0-1-0 44.0 2.9 46.9
117 150 127 0 127 San Jose State 4-8-0 Mountain_West 37.5 9.3 46.8
81 173 126 -2 128 Abilene Christian 0-1-0 35.0 11.7 46.7
90 167 129 0 129 Hawaii 7-7-0 Mountain_West 39.9 6.7 46.6
5 130 130 0 130 Central Michigan 6-7-0 West Mid-American 36.4 9.9 46.4
36 154 131 0 131 Mercer 0-1-0 32.4 13.9 46.3
66 166 132 0 132 Ball State 4-8-0 West Mid-American 37.8 7.8 45.6
111 173 133 0 133 Bowling Green 4-8-0 East Mid-American 39.5 5.7 45.2
115 160 134 0 134 Liberty 0-2-0 29.4 15.8 45.2
63 166 135 0 135 James Madison 0-1-0 50.3 -5.1 45.1
101 157 136 0 136 Kent State 3-9-0 East Mid-American 33.3 11.5 44.8
121 165 137 0 137 McNeese State 0-1-0 39.1 5.2 44.4
96 176 138 0 138 Georgia State 3-9-0 Sun_Belt 31.2 12.9 44.2
116 174 139 0 139 North Dakota 0-1-0 31.7 12.5 44.2
6 147 140 0 140 UNLV 4-8-0 Mountain_West 42.2 1.9 44.1
32 191 141 0 141 Akron 5-7-0 East Mid-American 36.5 7.1 43.6
129 177 142 0 142 Florida International 4-8-0 East USA 35.0 8.5 43.5
92 150 143 0 143 North Texas 5-8-0 West USA 36.5 6.9 43.4
50 187 144 0 144 Albany 1-0-0 28.4 14.0 42.4
93 183 145 0 145 New Mexico State 3-9-0 Sun_Belt 38.2 3.7 41.9
50 179 146 0 146 Texas-El Paso 4-8-0 West USA 37.9 3.7 41.6
88 151 148 1 147 Rutgers 2-10-0 East Big_Ten 32.7 8.9 41.6
41 159 147 -1 148 Fresno State 1-11-0 Mountain_West 26.8 14.7 41.4
30 156 149 0 149 Massachusetts 2-10-0 Independent 39.3 2.0 41.3
111 167 150 0 150 Alabama State 0-1-0 29.0 11.9 40.9
99 171 152 1 151 Rice 3-9-0 West USA 35.2 5.2 40.5
76 181 151 -1 152 Charlotte 4-8-0 East USA 33.4 7.0 40.4
133 160 153 0 153 North Carolina A&T 1-1-0 41.9 -1.6 40.3
103 176 154 0 154 Indiana State 0-1-0 53.4 -13.2 40.2
110 177 157 2 155 Charleston Southern 0-1-0 34.9 5.1 40.0
119 170 155 -1 156 Southern Utah 0-2-0 29.4 10.5 40.0
83 157 156 -1 157 Grambling 0-1-0 26.0 13.8 39.8
85 158 158 0 158 Connecticut 3-9-0 The_American 27.1 12.6 39.7
31 199 159 0 159 Marshall 3-9-0 East USA 30.9 8.6 39.6
87 188 162 2 160 William & Mary 0-1-0 40.1 -0.9 39.1
159 169 160 -1 161 The Citadel 0-1-0 29.3 9.9 39.1
141 191 161 -1 162 Northern Colorado 0-1-0 30.9 8.0 38.9
49 172 164 1 163 Florida Atlantic 3-9-0 East USA 38.4 0.1 38.4
127 168 165 1 164 Gardner-Webb 0-1-0 40.3 -2.0 38.3
53 165 163 -2 165 Wofford 0-1-0 25.0 13.4 38.3
109 184 166 0 166 New Hampshire 0-1-0 22.9 15.2 38.0
48 177 167 0 167 Louisiana-Monroe 4-8-0 Sun_Belt 36.4 1.2 37.6
100 190 168 0 168 Buffalo 2-10-0 East Mid-American 30.0 6.4 36.4
75 169 169 0 169 UC Davis 0-2-0 32.3 3.3 35.6
102 209 170 0 170 Western Carolina 0-2-0 41.6 -7.2 34.5
163 186 171 0 171 Portland State 0-2-0 39.0 -5.2 33.8
158 191 172 0 172 Stony Brook 0-1-0 24.2 8.3 32.6
71 173 173 0 173 Towson 0-1-0 29.0 2.9 31.9
132 179 174 0 174 South Carolina State 0-3-0 28.1 3.6 31.7
97 195 175 0 175 South Dakota 0-1-0 32.6 -1.8 30.9
69 187 176 0 176 Southern Illinois 0-1-0 30.1 0.4 30.4
90 187 178 1 177 Colgate 0-1-0 15.9 14.2 30.1
120 178 177 -1 178 Fordham 0-1-0 29.7 0.1 29.8
104 179 179 0 179 Maine 0-2-0 23.5 4.7 28.2
105 181 180 0 180 UT Martin 0-3-0 26.4 1.0 27.4
98 181 181 0 181 Idaho State 0-2-0 28.0 -0.9 27.1
1 189 182 0 182 Texas State 2-10-0 Sun_Belt 27.9 -0.8 27.0
96 199 183 0 183 Southeastern Louisiana 0-1-0 32.0 -5.5 26.5
76 188 184 0 184 Austin Peay 0-2-0 30.1 -4.3 25.8
171 188 185 0 185 Monmouth (NJ) 0-1-0 18.5 6.3 24.8
103 196 186 0 186 Hampton 0-1-0 34.0 -9.4 24.6
93 187 187 0 187 Lamar 0-1-0 18.4 6.0 24.4
169 190 188 0 188 Alcorn State 0-1-0 25.9 -1.8 24.1
83 189 189 0 189 Eastern Kentucky 0-2-0 24.9 -2.0 22.9
160 193 190 0 190 Bethune Cookman 0-1-0 26.9 -4.5 22.4
39 191 191 0 191 Northern Arizona 0-1-0 18.4 3.5 21.9
154 192 192 0 192 North Carolina Central 0-2-0 33.1 -12.1 21.0
82 198 193 0 193 Virginia Military Institute 0-1-0 31.1 -10.5 20.6
171 195 194 0 194 Wagner 0-2-0 18.1 2.2 20.3
136 203 195 0 195 Northwestern State 0-1-0 24.2 -5.8 18.4
72 204 196 0 196 Presbyterian 0-2-0 16.9 1.3 18.2
188 203 197 0 197 Houston Baptist 0-2-0 16.6 0.9 17.5
172 213 198 0 198 Alabama A&M 0-2-0 23.2 -6.2 17.1
192 201 199 0 199 Tennessee Tech 0-1-0 12.6 3.6 16.2
178 202 200 0 200 Prairie View A&M 0-2-0 39.3 -24.6 14.7
165 204 201 0 201 Florida A&M 0-1-0 32.5 -18.0 14.4
115 202 202 0 202 Sacramento State 0-1-0 17.7 -4.2 13.4
101 203 203 0 203 Southern 0-2-0 29.0 -16.4 12.6
161 204 204 0 204 Weber State 0-1-0 18.2 -5.8 12.4
115 205 205 0 205 Stephen F. Austin 0-1-0 21.6 -10.0 11.6
140 206 206 0 206 Howard 0-2-0 23.7 -15.0 8.7
157 207 207 0 207 Elon 0-1-0 21.0 -13.6 7.4
123 208 208 0 208 Mississippi Valley State 0-1-0 26.0 -21.9 4.1
112 211 209 0 209 Rhode Island 0-1-0 18.3 -16.5 1.7
164 210 210 0 210 Murray State 0-1-0 14.6 -13.7 1.0
200 213 211 0 211 Lafayette 0-1-0 24.7 -26.1 -1.3
169 216 212 0 212 Savannah State 0-2-0 10.6 -14.1 -3.5
202 215 213 0 213 Incarnate Word 0-1-0 16.2 -20.1 -4.0
133 214 214 0 214 Jackson State 0-1-0 14.9 -20.8 -5.9
84 217 215 0 215 Morgan State 0-2-0 17.6 -25.9 -8.3
205 218 216 0 216 Delaware State 0-1-0 12.2 -33.5 -21.3