Thor Nystrom’s College Football Power Rankings for Every Team

In the heart of the summer, when the excitement and buzz for the upcoming football season are just beginning to brew, it’s time to take an early look at College Football Power Rankings. And we aren’t just going to cover the favorites or some of the ambitious underdogs. We’re going to rank Every. Single. Team. In the coming weeks, I’ll have an in-depth preview of every team AND every conference. But to kick things off, here are my College Football Power Rankings for Every Team.

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Thor Nystrom’s College Football Power Rankings

Rank	Team	ATL	2022	Change
1	Georgia	54.1	1	0
2	Michigan	52.9	2	0
3	Ohio St.	52.3	3	0
4	Alabama	50.5	4	0
5	Texas	48.4	7	2
6	LSU	47.4	14	8
7	USC	45.6	13	6
8	Florida St.	44.9	15	7
9	Clemson	44.8	10	1
10	Oregon	44.7	12	2
11	Penn St.	44.3	9	-2
12	Utah	43.9	6	-6
13	Notre Dame	43.8	21	8
14	Washington	43.3	17	3
15	Oklahoma	41.8	24	9
16	Texas A&M	41.4	43	27
17	Ole Miss	41.2	16	-1
18	Tennessee	40.2	11	-7
19	Wisconsin	39.0	37	18
20	North Carolina	38.2	45	25
21	Kentucky	38.0	28	7
22	Texas Tech	37.4	36	14
23	Arkansas	36.9	29	6
24	Auburn	36.8	49	25
25	Oregon St.	36.6	20	-5
26	Florida	36.5	33	7
27	TCU	36.3	5	-22
28	Baylor	36.1	26	-2
29	Louisville	36.0	31	2
30	UCLA	35.8	23	-7
31	Kansas St.	34.9	8	-23
32	Miami (FL)	34.4	72	40
33	Minnesota	34.3	19	-14
34	Missouri	34.1	48	14
35	Mississippi St.	33.9	18	-17
36	Maryland	33.6	32	-4
37	South Carolina	32.9	30	-7
38	Iowa	32.6	27	-11
39	Iowa St.	32.5	51	12
40	UCF	31.9	38	-2
41	Illinois	31.7	22	-19
42	Nebraska	31.4	70	28
43	Michigan St.	31.3	61	18
44	Tulane	31.1	25	-19
45	Oklahoma St.	30.9	35	-10
46	Syracuse	30.7	54	8
47	North Carolina St.	30.6	44	-3
48	Duke	29.3	53	5
49	Memphis	28.5	52	3
50	Pittsburgh	28.4	39	-11
51	Brigham Young	28.2	68	17
52	Purdue	28.1	40	-12
53	Cincinnati	27.9	34	-19
54	SMU	27.6	57	3
55	Kansas	27.5	59	4
56	Houston	27.1	58	2
57	Wake Forest	27.0	41	-16
58	Washington St.	26.6	42	-16
59	West Virginia	26.5	62	3
60	Boise St.	26.3	56	-4
61	UTSA	25.8	46	-15
62	Arizona St.	25.7	79	17
63	Troy	25.6	47	-16
64	California	25.4	73	9
65	Toledo	24.7	76	11
66	Arizona	23.4	77	11
67	South Alabama	23.1	50	-17
68	Fresno St.	21.7	63	-5
69	Florida Atlantic	21.6	93	24
70	North Texas	21.5	80	10
71	Virginia	21.3	88	17
72	Colorado	20.9	122	50
73	Marshall	20.6	67	-6
74	Air Force	20.4	60	-14
75	Virginia Tech	20.2	95	20
76	Northwestern	20.0	103	27
77	Wyoming	19.9	99	22
78	James Madison	19.5	55	-23
79	Georgia Tech	19.4	96	17
80	Rutgers	19.3	97	17
81	Western Kentucky	19.0	65	-16
82	Appalachian St.	18.9	66	-16
83	Vanderbilt	18.8	89	6
84	Navy	18.7	82	-2
85	Indiana	18.5	86	1
86	San Diego St.	17.9	81	-5
87	Liberty	17.8	78	-9
88	Boston College	17.7	107	19
89	Southern Miss	17.6	85	-4
90	Louisiana	17.5	71	-19
91	Temple	17.3	106	15
92	East Carolina	16.7	64	-28
93	Coastal Carolina	16.6	75	-18
94	Georgia St.	16.0	83	-11
95	Rice	15.9	116	21
96	Army	15.7	74	-22
97	South Florida	15.0	119	22
98	Miami (OH)	14.9	110	12
99	UAB	14.7	69	-30
100	Ohio	14.6	92	-8
101	San Jose St.	14.4	87	-14
102	Stanford	13.8	90	-12
103	Northern Illinois	13.7	123	20
104	UNLV	13.6	104	0
105	Central Michigan	13.5	108	3
106	Old Dominion	13.3	109	3
107	Connecticut	12.9	114	7
108	Georgia Southern	12.8	91	-17
109	Tulsa	12.7	84	-25
110	Ball St.	12.3	112	2
111	Colorado St.	12.1	126	15
112	Louisiana Tech	11.6	121	9
113	Eastern Michigan	11.1	98	-15
114	Buffalo	11.0	100	-14
115	Middle Tennessee	10.6	94	-21
116	UTEP	9.6	101	-15
117	Sam Houston	9.0	FCS	N/A
118	Utah St.	8.8	105	-13
119	Arkansas St.	8.3	113	-6
120	Nevada	8.1	127	7
121	Akron	8.0	125	4
122	Bowling Green	7.7	120	-2
123	Hawai’i	7.5	128	5
124	Western Michigan	7.3	118	-6
125	New Mexico St.	7.2	115	-10
126	Louisiana-Monroe	7.0	117	-9
127	Texas St.	6.2	111	-16
128	Jacksonville St.	5.9	FCS	N/A
129	Florida International	5.1	130	1
130	New Mexico	4.8	129	-1
131	Charlotte	2.8	124	-7
132	Kent St.	2.1	102	-30
133	Massachusetts	0.0	131	-2

 

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