Thor Nystrom’s College Football Power Rankings for Every Team: Week 8 (2022)

Check out my College Football Power Ratings for every team ahead of Week 8 of the 2022 NCAAF season.

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College Football Power Rankings for Every Team: Week 8

Rank Team ATL Previous Change
1 Ohio St. 60.0 1 0
2 Georgia 58.1 3 1
3 Alabama 56.8 2 -1
4 Michigan 52.6 4 0
5 Tennessee 51.2 7 2
6 Texas 48.9 5 -1
7 Clemson 48.4 6 -1
8 Ole Miss 46.3 8 0
9 Utah 45.5 9 0
10 TCU 45.3 14 4
11 Oregon 45.2 11 0
12 Oklahoma St. 43.8 15 3
13 UCLA 43.6 17 4
14 USC 43.5 13 -1
15 Penn St. 43.3 12 -3
16 Mississippi St. 43.2 10 -6
17 LSU 42.8 20 3
18 Kentucky 42.6 27 9
19 Minnesota 42.4 16 -3
20 Baylor 42.2 18 -2
21 Cincinnati 42.1 21 0
22 Kansas St. 41.9 22 0
23 Texas A&M 41.5 25 2
24 Oklahoma 41.4 31 7
25 Florida St. 40.7 26 1
26 UCF 40.3 32 6
27 Wake Forest 40.1 28 1
28 Purdue 39.8 23 -5
29 Arkansas 39.5 37 8
30 Notre Dame 39.2 19 -11
31 Washington 39.0 30 -1
32 Illinois 38.7 36 4
33 Wisconsin 38.6 29 -4
34 Pittsburgh 38.4 33 -1
35 Maryland 38.3 24 -11
36 Iowa St. 38.1 38 2
37 Syracuse 37.6 48 11
38 Florida 37.4 34 -4
39 Iowa 37.0 39 0
40 North Carolina 36.8 41 1
41 West Virginia 36.4 49 8
42 Miami (FL) 36.1 45 3
43 Texas Tech 36.0 43 0
44 Oregon St. 35.9 52 8
45 South Carolina 35.8 47 2
46 Louisville 35.6 46 0
47 Michigan St. 35.4 55 8
48 Tulane 35.3 44 -4
49 Auburn 35.2 53 4
50 James Madison 35.1 50 0
51 North Carolina St. 34.7 35 -16
52 SMU 34.5 51 -1
53 Kansas 34.3 42 -11
54 Missouri 34.0 56 2
55 Brigham Young 33.7 40 -15
56 Washington St. 33.2 54 -2
57 Appalachian St. 32.7 57 0
58 UAB 32.3 58 0
59 East Carolina 32.2 59 0
60 Houston 32.1 60 0
61 South Alabama 31.9 62 1
62 Western Kentucky 31.7 70 8
63 Stanford 31.5 74 11
64 Air Force 31.4 72 8
65 Nebraska 31.2 67 2
66 Troy 31.1 61 -5
67 Boise St. 30.9 65 -2
68 Memphis 30.8 69 1
69 Toledo 30.3 71 2
70 UTSA 30.1 66 -4
71 Arizona St. 29.8 68 -3
72 Marshall 29.3 64 -8
73 Coastal Carolina 28.8 63 -10
74 Duke 28.4 76 2
75 Tulsa 28.1 78 3
76 Louisiana 27.9 87 11
77 Rutgers 27.8 79 2
78 San Jose St. 27.7 77 -1
79 Virginia 27.1 80 1
80 California 26.9 73 -7
81 Indiana 26.2 86 5
82 Georgia Southern 26.0 85 3
83 Arizona 25.9 88 5
84 Southern Miss 25.7 81 -3
85 Liberty 25.6 75 -10
86 Virginia Tech 25.4 84 -2
87 Georgia Tech 25.3 82 -5
88 Georgia St. 25.0 83 -5
89 Boston College 24.4 89 0
90 Old Dominion 24.3 98 8
91 Navy 24.1 90 -1
92 Fresno St. 24.0 92 0
93 Army 23.3 91 -2
94 Arkansas St. 23.2 100 6
95 North Texas 22.4 97 2
96 Vanderbilt 21.8 93 -3
97 Northwestern 21.7 95 -2
98 Florida Atlantic 21.5 94 -4
99 Buffalo 20.9 103 4
100 Northern Illinois 20.4 112 12
101 South Florida 19.9 104 3
102 Rice 19.7 110 8
103 Texas St. 19.5 109 6
104 San Diego St. 19.4 102 -2
105 Middle Tennessee 19.2 99 -6
106 Kent St. 19.0 107 1
107 Utah St. 18.8 106 -1
108 Central Michigan 18.7 105 -3
109 UNLV 18.6 96 -13
110 Wyoming 18.5 108 -2
111 Miami (OH) 18.3 101 -10
112 Louisiana-Monroe 17.9 115 3
113 Eastern Michigan 16.4 111 -2
114 Ohio 16.3 119 5
115 Louisiana Tech 16.1 113 -2
116 Ball St. 15.7 116 0
117 Colorado 15.5 120 3
118 UTEP 15.2 118 0
119 Western Michigan 14.1 114 -5
120 Temple 13.8 117 -3
121 Bowling Green 12.1 124 3
122 New Mexico 11.9 121 -1
123 Charlotte 11.5 125 2
124 Nevada 10.7 122 -2
125 Connecticut 10.4 126 1
126 Colorado St. 8.6 123 -3
127 Hawai’i 6.3 129 2
128 New Mexico St. 6.2 128 0
129 Akron 6.1 127 -2
130 Massachusetts 1.3 130 0
131 Florida International 0.0 131 0


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