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Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 2021/8/26 and 2022/1/10
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2021 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	35.78	1	33.49	11	39.96	Georgia	1	1	1	14	13-1	1	15	14-1	SEC
2	31.47	3	31.49	14	41.68	Alabama	2	2	2	14	12-2	2	15	13-2	SEC
3	27.56	7	24.92	33	48.82	Michigan	3	3	3	14	12-2	3	14	12-2	BIG 10
4	27.03	2	31.50	8	38.15	Baylor	7	5	6	13	11-2	6	14	12-2	BIG 12
5	26.33	4	30.91	2	33.62	Oklahoma State	5	7	7	13	11-2	5	14	12-2	BIG 12
6	24.76	5	25.83	16	43.00	Ohio State	4	6	5	13	11-2	4	13	11-2	BIG 10
7	24.13	6	25.59	69	64.54	Cincinnati	6	4	4	13	12-1	7	14	13-1	AAC
8	21.42	10	21.52	22	43.54	Oklahoma	9	10	10	12	10-2	9	13	11-2	BIG 12
9	20.69	11	20.56	56	57.50	Notre Dame	8	8	9	13	11-2	8	13	11-2	FBS-Ind
10	19.13	8	23.49	20	43.46	Michigan State	10	9	8	12	10-2	10	13	11-2	BIG 10
11	19.12	13	17.52	23	44.17	Arkansas	16	21	20	12	8-4	14	13	9-4	SEC
12	18.60	22	13.83	52	55.58	Utah	14	12	12	13	9-4	11	14	10-4	PAC-12
13	18.57	12	19.47	61	60.65	Pittsburgh	15	13	13	13	10-3	12	14	11-3	ACC
14	18.13	9	21.67	19	43.25	Mississippi	12	11	11	12	9-3	13	13	10-3	SEC
15	17.41	16	16.45	34	49.17	Clemson	11	14	16	12	9-3	16	13	10-3	ACC
16	16.35	38	8.66	6	37.62	Iowa State	28			12	6-6	19	13	7-6	BIG 12
17	15.15	15	16.46	60	59.46	Minnesota	25			13	9-4	18	13	9-4	BIG 10
18	14.70	17	16.29	25	45.46	Wisconsin	13			13	9-4	15	13	9-4	BIG 10
19	14.33	14	16.70	57	58.00	Kentucky	19	18	15	12	9-3	22	13	10-3	SEC
20	14.13	28	10.93	21	43.50	Kansas State	31			12	7-5	24	13	8-5	BIG 12
21	13.89	39	8.47	10	39.67	Texas	47			12	5-7	32	12	5-7	BIG 12
22	13.68	32	10.19	59	58.41	North Carolina State	23	20	19	11	8-3	21	12	9-3	ACC
23	13.61	24	12.47	13	40.46	Penn State	29			12	6-6	17	13	7-6	BIG 10
24	13.58	20	13.99	31	48.19	Purdue	18			13	9-4	20	13	9-4	BIG 10
25	13.03	34	9.18	42	52.00	Texas A&M	24		25	11	7-4	26	12	8-4	SEC
26	12.62	25	12.33	32	48.43	Iowa	20	23	23	14	10-4	23	14	10-4	BIG 10
27	11.94	37	8.77	53	55.75	Boise State	34			12	7-5	28	12	7-5	MWC
28	11.75	18	16.10	65	61.96	Brigham Young	27	19	22	12	9-3	29	13	10-3	FBS-Ind
29	11.53	23	13.82	51	54.88	Wake Forest	17	15	14	13	10-3	25	14	11-3	ACC
30	11.10	21	13.91	92	74.85	Houston	22	17	17	13	11-2	30	14	12-2	AAC
31	10.72	30	10.56	50	54.85	Oregon	30	22	21	13	9-4	31	14	10-4	PAC-12
32	10.32	29	10.74	15	42.38	Texas Tech	46			12	6-6	42	13	7-6	BIG 12
33	10.01	19	16.02	77	67.88	San Diego State	26	25		13	11-2	35	14	12-2	MWC
34	9.81	41	7.94	78	67.96	Air Force	32			12	9-3	33	13	10-3	MWC
35	9.77	31	10.26	28	47.62	Tennessee	39			12	6-6	34	13	7-6	SEC
36	9.69	43	7.80	18	43.21	Mississippi State	43			12	6-6	40	13	7-6	SEC
37	9.11	33	10.05	83	70.54	Utah State	35	24	24	13	10-3	41	14	11-3	MWC
38	8.77	55	3.88	7	37.92	Auburn	40			12	5-7	38	13	6-7	SEC
39	8.75	27	11.30	124	92.50	Louisiana Lafayette	21	16	18	13	12-1	36	14	13-1	SBC
40	7.98	40	8.46	88	72.79	Army	45			12	8-4	45	13	9-4	FBS-Ind
41	7.81	44	7.61	3	36.00	West Virginia	55			12	5-7	52	13	6-7	BIG 12
42	7.69	47	6.33	91	74.50	Fresno State	37			12	9-3	44	13	10-3	MWC
43	7.41	26	11.72	106	84.00	Texas San Antonio	33			13	11-2	43	14	12-2	CUSA
44	7.40	36	9.06	17	43.12	Maryland	53			12	6-6	48	13	7-6	BIG 10
45	7.14	46	6.39	24	44.83	Louisville	56			12	5-7	46	13	6-7	ACC
46	7.04	48	6.12	85	71.23	Southern Methodist	48			11	7-4	47	12	8-4	AAC
47	6.67	58	2.75	80	68.92	UCLA	36			12	8-4	37	12	8-4	PAC-12
48	6.35	53	4.39	12	40.12	Louisiana State	51			12	5-7	49	13	6-7	SEC
49	5.76	59	2.22	66	62.17	Washington State	60			12	6-6	54	13	7-6	PAC-12
50	5.70	62	1.04	96	78.46	Western Kentucky	44			13	8-5	39	14	9-5	CUSA
51	5.24	45	6.57	38	50.46	South Carolina	57			12	6-6	61	13	7-6	SEC
52	4.85	70	-0.06	74	67.33	Nevada Reno	54			12	7-5	56	13	8-5	MWC
53	4.32	78	-3.95	4	36.23	Nebraska	67			11	2-9	50	12	3-9	BIG 10
54	4.22	35	9.07	39	51.09	Miami FL	41			11	6-5	51	12	7-5	ACC
55	3.93	54	4.01	37	49.86	Florida State	71			11	5-6	69	12	5-7	ACC
56	3.76	63	1.03	70	65.00	Arizona State	49			12	7-5	55	13	8-5	PAC-12
57	3.05	65	0.39	62	60.88	Oregon State	59			12	6-6	57	13	7-6	PAC-12
58	2.47	67	0.25	47	53.04	Florida	61			12	5-7	59	13	6-7	SEC
59	2.45	50	4.86	87	72.21	Central Florida	52			12	8-4	62	13	9-4	AAC
60	2.31	72	-1.19	5	36.36	Texas Christian	72			11	4-7	73	12	5-7	BIG 12
61	2.31	64	0.50	98	78.88	Liberty	58			12	7-5	64	13	8-5	FBS-Ind
62	1.29	49	5.68	41	51.73	Virginia	63			11	5-6	63	12	6-6	ACC
63	1.05	42	7.87	71	65.88	Tulsa	68			12	7-5	77	13	7-6	AAC
64	1.05	61	1.04	45	53.00	North Carolina	65			12	5-7	67	13	6-7	ACC
65	1.01	52	4.71	36	49.46	Missouri	73			12	5-7	75	13	6-7	SEC
66	0.93	57	2.87	43	52.05	Syracuse	79			11	4-7	78	12	5-7	ACC
67	0.70	60	1.70	100	79.96	Alabama Birmingham	50			12	8-4	60	13	9-4	CUSA
68	0.09	68	0.08	68	63.36	Boston College	78			11	5-6	81	12	6-6	ACC
69	-0.27	71	-0.19	30	48.00	Illinois	70			12	5-7	68	12	5-7	BIG 10
70	-0.56	80	-4.63	86	71.50	California	83			11	4-7	74	12	5-7	PAC-12
71	-0.62	56	3.34	101	81.04	Appalachian State	38			13	9-4	58	14	10-4	SBC
72	-0.70	66	0.34	79	68.77	East Carolina	66			11	6-5	76	12	7-5	AAC
73	-0.73	51	4.75	26	46.75	Rutgers	84			12	4-8	82	13	5-8	BIG 10
74	-1.38	69	-0.05	76	67.82	Memphis	77			11	5-6	86	12	6-6	AAC
75	-2.10	76	-2.52	130	106.71	Coastal Carolina	42			12	10-2	65	13	11-2	SBC
76	-2.58	73	-1.22	58	58.00	Virginia Tech	76			12	5-7	80	13	6-7	ACC
77	-2.77	96	-9.81	109	86.08	Miami OH	81			12	6-6	88	13	7-6	MAC
78	-2.86	75	-1.65	114	88.79	Central Michigan	62			12	8-4	84	13	9-4	MAC
79	-2.98	84	-5.95	81	69.14	Washington	88			11	4-7	94	12	4-8	PAC-12
80	-2.99	83	-5.50	99	79.46	Wyoming	80			12	6-6	87	13	7-6	MWC
81	-3.26	85	-6.13	108	85.54	Marshall	75			12	6-6	85	13	7-6	CUSA
82	-5.18	86	-6.35	64	61.67	Southern California	86			12	4-8	98	12	4-8	PAC-12
83	-5.42	94	-9.72	89	73.54	Hawaii	89			12	5-7	103	13	6-7	MWC
84	-5.82	82	-4.78	111	86.27	Georgia State	69			13	8-5	91	13	8-5	SBC
85	-5.93	102	-11.28	82	69.77	Colorado State	104			11	3-8	109	12	3-9	MWC
86	-6.04	95	-9.75	49	54.33	Stanford	99			12	3-9	106	12	3-9	PAC-12
87	-6.36	74	-1.65	102	81.50	Western Michigan	64			12	7-5	83	13	8-5	MAC
88	-6.60	108	-13.76	127	95.33	Toledo	82			12	6-6	93	13	7-6	MAC
89	-7.00	98	-10.24	55	56.27	Nevada Las Vegas	108			11	2-9	117	12	2-10	MWC
90	-7.28	91	-9.05	35	49.18	Georgia Tech	94			11	2-9	90	12	3-9	ACC
91	-7.50	92	-9.05	27	47.09	Tulane	105			11	1-10	111	12	2-10	AAC
92	-7.52	103	-11.34	29	47.91	Northwestern	101			11	2-9	105	12	3-9	BIG 10
93	-7.59	81	-4.63	40	51.25	Navy	85			12	4-8	100	12	4-8	AAC
94	-8.05	90	-8.53	90	73.55	San Jose State	100			11	4-7	135	12	4-8	MWC
95	-8.25	79	-4.34	113	87.81	Northern Illinois	74			13	8-5	97	14	9-5	MAC
96	-8.42	93	-9.63	117	89.79	Texas El Paso	93			12	6-6	110	13	7-6	CUSA
97	-8.83	89	-8.36	54	56.27	Colorado	95			11	3-8	113	12	4-8	PAC-12
98	-9.45	77	-3.03	1	24.64	Indiana	96			11	1-10	104	12	2-10	BIG 10
99	-10.25	99	-10.51	115	88.79	Old Dominion	98			12	5-7	118	13	6-7	CUSA
100	-10.36	97	-10.24	125	92.83	Middle Tennessee	87			12	6-6	107	13	7-6	CUSA
101	-11.87	109	-13.85	103	83.42	Ball State	92			12	5-7	119	13	6-7	MAC
102	-12.76	87	-8.05	121	91.62	Eastern Michigan	90			12	6-6	120	13	7-6	MAC
103	-13.41	104	-12.62	107	84.92	North Texas	97			12	5-7	127	13	6-7	CUSA
104	-13.84	110	-14.38	112	87.36	Florida Atlantic	103			11	4-7	126	12	5-7	CUSA
105	-14.08	88	-8.32	105	83.73	Kent State	91			13	6-7	125	14	7-7	MAC
106	-14.40	100	-10.93	46	53.00	Vanderbilt	118			11	2-9	151	12	2-10	SEC
107	-14.95	113	-16.65	73	66.64	Duke	120			11	2-9	138	12	3-9	ACC
108	-15.09	107	-13.65	9	38.36	Kansas	109			11	1-10	130	12	2-10	BIG 12
109	-15.18	106	-13.00	44	52.45	South Florida	111			11	1-10	132	12	2-10	AAC
110	-15.70	117	-18.34	67	62.59	New Mexico	121			11	2-9	160	12	3-9	MWC
111	-15.90	105	-12.83	94	77.18	Louisiana Monroe	107			11	3-8	137	12	4-8	SBC
112	-16.06	115	-17.84	126	93.50	South Alabama	106			11	4-7	134	12	5-7	SBC
113	-16.41	112	-16.33	48	54.18	Arizona	119			11	1-10	150	12	1-11	PAC-12
114	-17.38	121	-21.04	97	78.77	Louisiana Tech	113			11	2-9	142	12	3-9	CUSA
115	-17.59	101	-11.26	110	86.14	Troy	102			11	4-7	143	12	5-7	SBC
116	-18.43	118	-18.55	84	70.73	Rice	110			11	3-8	153	12	4-8	CUSA
117	-20.39	116	-18.33	129	97.36	UNC Charlotte	112			11	4-7	156	12	5-7	CUSA
118	-20.65	122	-21.25	95	78.32	Georgia Southern	116			11	2-9	155	12	3-9	SBC
119	-21.03	123	-23.02	75	67.59	New Mexico State	126			11	1-10	186	12	2-10	FBS-Ind
120	-21.23	120	-20.60	119	90.86	Bowling Green	117			11	3-8	162	12	4-8	MAC
121	-22.30	111	-15.30	118	90.50	Texas State	114			11	4-7	163	12	4-8	SBC
122	-22.31	114	-17.83	72	66.59	Temple	124			11	2-9	179	12	3-9	AAC
123	-22.50	126	-25.96	123	92.18	Ohio University	122			11	3-8	169	12	3-9	MAC
124	-22.88	119	-20.03	128	97.14	Buffalo	115			11	3-8	165	12	4-8	MAC
125	-25.47	124	-23.71	116	89.36	Southern Mississippi	123			11	2-9	182	12	3-9	CUSA
126	-25.77	125	-24.05	93	75.50	Massachusetts	129			10	1-9	222	12	1-11	FBS-Ind
127	-26.92	127	-26.65	104	83.45	Arkansas State	125			11	1-10	170	12	2-10	SBC
128	-30.03	129	-31.42	63	61.05	Connecticut	128			10	0-10	196	12	1-11	FBS-Ind
129	-33.35	128	-30.54	120	91.14	Akron	127			11	1-10	204	12	2-10	MAC
130	-36.95	130	-34.76	122	91.91	Florida International	130			11	0-11	242	12	1-11	CUSA

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       Soren Sorensen  -  Updated Tue Mar  3 22:57:38 2026

College Football 2021Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 2021/8/26 and 2022/1/10Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2021
Ranking of University Division Teams

Based on games played between 2021/8/26 and 2022/1/10
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)