Thor Nystrom’s College Football Power Rankings for Every Team (Bowl Games & Playoffs)
Check out my College Football Power Ratings for every team ahead of the 2022 college football bowl season and playoffs.
College Football Power Rankings for Every Team
Rank | Team | ATL | Preseason | Change |
1 | Georgia | 59.4 | 3 | 2 |
2 | Michigan | 55.5 | 5 | 3 |
3 | Ohio St. | 54.5 | 2 | -1 |
4 | Alabama | 54.1 | 1 | -3 |
5 | TCU | 47.7 | 38 | 33 |
6 | Utah | 47.3 | 6 | 0 |
7 | Texas | 47.2 | 10 | 3 |
8 | Kansas St. | 46.6 | 44 | 36 |
9 | Penn St. | 46.5 | 13 | 4 |
10 | Clemson | 45.6 | 4 | -6 |
11 | Tennessee | 45.0 | 14 | 3 |
12 | Oregon | 43.7 | 18 | 6 |
13 | USC | 43.0 | 32 | 19 |
14 | LSU | 42.5 | 15 | 1 |
15 | Florida St. | 41.7 | 28 | 13 |
16 | Ole Miss | 40.9 | 17 | 1 |
17 | Washington | 40.6 | 41 | 24 |
18 | Mississippi St. | 40.3 | 33 | 15 |
19 | Minnesota | 40.1 | 36 | 17 |
20 | Oregon St. | 39.9 | 56 | 36 |
21 | Notre Dame | 39.7 | 7 | -14 |
22 | Illinois | 39.6 | 78 | 56 |
23 | UCLA | 39.2 | 37 | 14 |
24 | Oklahoma | 39.1 | 11 | -13 |
25 | Tulane | 38.5 | 63 | 38 |
26 | Baylor | 38.0 | 23 | -3 |
27 | Iowa | 37.5 | 22 | -5 |
28 | Kentucky | 37.4 | 30 | 2 |
29 | Arkansas | 37.0 | 27 | -2 |
30 | South Carolina | 36.9 | 48 | 18 |
31 | Louisville | 36.8 | 24 | -7 |
32 | Maryland | 36.7 | 45 | 13 |
33 | Florida | 36.6 | 25 | -8 |
34 | Cincinnati | 36.5 | 29 | -5 |
35 | Oklahoma St. | 36.4 | 34 | -1 |
36 | Texas Tech | 35.9 | 55 | 19 |
37 | Wisconsin | 35.4 | 20 | -17 |
38 | UCF | 35.3 | 40 | 2 |
39 | Pittsburgh | 35.0 | 19 | -20 |
40 | Purdue | 34.8 | 39 | -1 |
41 | Wake Forest | 34.7 | 49 | 8 |
42 | Washington St. | 34.2 | 66 | 24 |
43 | Texas A&M | 34.0 | 8 | -35 |
44 | North Carolina St. | 33.8 | 12 | -32 |
45 | North Carolina | 33.7 | 35 | -10 |
46 | UTSA | 33.6 | 81 | 35 |
47 | Troy | 33.4 | 77 | 30 |
48 | Missouri | 32.9 | 69 | 21 |
49 | Auburn | 32.7 | 21 | -28 |
50 | South Alabama | 32.6 | 106 | 56 |
51 | Iowa St. | 32.5 | 46 | -5 |
52 | Memphis | 32.4 | 65 | 13 |
53 | Duke | 31.8 | 112 | 59 |
54 | Syracuse | 31.6 | 50 | -4 |
55 | James Madison | 31.5 | 102 | 47 |
56 | Boise St. | 31.4 | 53 | -3 |
57 | SMU | 31.3 | 47 | -10 |
58 | Houston | 31.1 | 42 | -16 |
59 | Kansas | 30.7 | 92 | 33 |
60 | Air Force | 30.6 | 62 | 2 |
61 | Michigan St. | 30.4 | 16 | -45 |
62 | West Virginia | 30.3 | 64 | 2 |
63 | Fresno St. | 30.1 | 59 | -4 |
64 | East Carolina | 29.2 | 71 | 7 |
65 | Western Kentucky | 29.1 | 68 | 3 |
66 | Appalachian St. | 28.8 | 58 | -8 |
67 | Marshall | 28.5 | 57 | -10 |
68 | Brigham Young | 27.8 | 26 | -42 |
69 | UAB | 27.6 | 60 | -9 |
70 | Nebraska | 27.5 | 31 | -39 |
71 | Louisiana | 26.8 | 74 | 3 |
72 | Miami (FL) | 25.7 | 9 | -63 |
73 | California | 25.2 | 79 | 6 |
74 | Army | 25.1 | 72 | -2 |
75 | Coastal Carolina | 24.8 | 67 | -8 |
76 | Toledo | 24.5 | 52 | -24 |
77 | Arizona | 24.4 | 87 | 10 |
78 | Liberty | 24.3 | 73 | -5 |
79 | Arizona St. | 24.2 | 43 | -36 |
80 | North Texas | 23.1 | 97 | 17 |
81 | San Diego St. | 23.0 | 83 | 2 |
82 | Navy | 22.9 | 100 | 18 |
83 | Georgia St. | 22.8 | 82 | -1 |
84 | Tulsa | 22.7 | 90 | 6 |
85 | Southern Miss | 22.6 | 99 | 14 |
86 | Indiana | 22.5 | 85 | -1 |
87 | San Jose St. | 22.4 | 94 | 7 |
88 | Virginia | 22.0 | 54 | -34 |
89 | Vanderbilt | 21.8 | 116 | 27 |
90 | Stanford | 21.3 | 70 | -20 |
91 | Georgia Southern | 20.9 | 114 | 23 |
92 | Ohio | 20.5 | 121 | 29 |
93 | Florida Atlantic | 20.4 | 103 | 10 |
94 | Middle Tennessee | 20.2 | 95 | 1 |
95 | Virginia Tech | 20.1 | 51 | -44 |
96 | Georgia Tech | 19.2 | 80 | -16 |
97 | Rutgers | 19.0 | 75 | -22 |
98 | Eastern Michigan | 18.6 | 98 | 0 |
99 | Wyoming | 18.1 | 89 | -10 |
100 | Buffalo | 17.2 | 108 | 8 |
101 | UTEP | 16.9 | 109 | 8 |
102 | Kent St. | 16.6 | 118 | 16 |
103 | Northwestern | 16.5 | 76 | -27 |
104 | UNLV | 16.4 | 111 | 7 |
105 | Utah St. | 16.3 | 96 | -9 |
106 | Temple | 16.2 | 124 | 18 |
107 | Boston College | 16.1 | 61 | -46 |
108 | Central Michigan | 16.0 | 86 | -22 |
109 | Old Dominion | 15.8 | 101 | -8 |
110 | Miami (OH) | 15.5 | 84 | -26 |
111 | Texas St. | 15.4 | 117 | 6 |
112 | Ball St. | 14.3 | 122 | 10 |
113 | Arkansas St. | 14.0 | 110 | -3 |
114 | Connecticut | 13.9 | 127 | 13 |
115 | New Mexico St. | 13.8 | 129 | 14 |
116 | Rice | 13.6 | 123 | 7 |
117 | Louisiana-Monroe | 13.5 | 126 | 9 |
118 | Western Michigan | 13.0 | 107 | -11 |
119 | South Florida | 12.8 | 93 | -26 |
120 | Bowling Green | 11.7 | 120 | 0 |
121 | Louisiana Tech | 11.4 | 104 | -17 |
122 | Colorado | 10.1 | 88 | -34 |
123 | Northern Illinois | 10.0 | 91 | -32 |
124 | Charlotte | 9.7 | 115 | -9 |
125 | Akron | 8.3 | 125 | 0 |
126 | Colorado St. | 7.8 | 105 | -21 |
127 | Nevada | 7.4 | 119 | -8 |
128 | Hawaiâi | 6.1 | 113 | -15 |
129 | New Mexico | 4.9 | 130 | 1 |
130 | Florida International | 2.0 | 131 | 1 |
131 | Massachusetts | 0.0 | 128 | -3 |
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