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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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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2021 - Ranking of University Division teams based on Chi Square fit to Win/Loss
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
4	27.03	2	31.50	8	38.15	Baylor	7	5	6	13	11-2	3	14	12-2	BIG 12
2	31.47	3	31.49	14	41.68	Alabama	2	2	2	14	12-2	4	15	13-2	SEC
5	26.33	4	30.91	2	33.62	Oklahoma State	5	7	7	13	11-2	2	14	12-2	BIG 12
6	24.76	5	25.83	16	43.00	Ohio State	4	6	5	13	11-2	5	13	11-2	BIG 10
7	24.13	6	25.59	69	64.54	Cincinnati	6	4	4	13	12-1	9	14	13-1	AAC
3	27.56	7	24.92	33	48.82	Michigan	3	3	3	14	12-2	6	14	12-2	BIG 10
10	19.13	8	23.49	20	43.46	Michigan State	10	9	8	12	10-2	7	13	11-2	BIG 10
14	18.13	9	21.67	19	43.25	Mississippi	12	11	11	12	9-3	11	13	10-3	SEC
8	21.42	10	21.52	22	43.54	Oklahoma	9	10	10	12	10-2	8	13	11-2	BIG 12
9	20.69	11	20.56	56	57.50	Notre Dame	8	8	9	13	11-2	10	13	11-2	FBS-Ind
13	18.57	12	19.47	61	60.65	Pittsburgh	15	13	13	13	10-3	13	14	11-3	ACC
11	19.12	13	17.52	23	44.17	Arkansas	16	21	20	12	8-4	12	13	9-4	SEC
19	14.33	14	16.70	57	58.00	Kentucky	19	18	15	12	9-3	19	13	10-3	SEC
17	15.15	15	16.46	60	59.46	Minnesota	25			13	9-4	17	13	9-4	BIG 10
15	17.41	16	16.45	34	49.17	Clemson	11	14	16	12	9-3	16	13	10-3	ACC
18	14.70	17	16.29	25	45.46	Wisconsin	13			13	9-4	14	13	9-4	BIG 10
28	11.75	18	16.10	65	61.96	Brigham Young	27	19	22	12	9-3	23	13	10-3	FBS-Ind
33	10.01	19	16.02	77	67.88	San Diego State	26	25		13	11-2	15	14	12-2	MWC
24	13.58	20	13.99	31	48.19	Purdue	18			13	9-4	18	13	9-4	BIG 10
30	11.10	21	13.91	92	74.85	Houston	22	17	17	13	11-2	26	14	12-2	AAC
12	18.60	22	13.83	52	55.58	Utah	14	12	12	13	9-4	28	14	10-4	PAC-12
29	11.53	23	13.82	51	54.88	Wake Forest	17	15	14	13	10-3	22	14	11-3	ACC
23	13.61	24	12.47	13	40.46	Penn State	29			12	6-6	29	13	7-6	BIG 10
26	12.62	25	12.33	32	48.43	Iowa	20	23	23	14	10-4	20	14	10-4	BIG 10
43	7.41	26	11.72	106	84.00	Texas San Antonio	33			13	11-2	27	14	12-2	CUSA
39	8.75	27	11.30	124	92.50	Louisiana Lafayette	21	16	18	13	12-1	21	14	13-1	SBC
20	14.13	28	10.93	21	43.50	Kansas State	31			12	7-5	24	13	8-5	BIG 12
32	10.32	29	10.74	15	42.38	Texas Tech	46			12	6-6	33	13	7-6	BIG 12
31	10.72	30	10.56	50	54.85	Oregon	30	22	21	13	9-4	30	14	10-4	PAC-12
35	9.77	31	10.26	28	47.62	Tennessee	39			12	6-6	44	13	7-6	SEC
22	13.68	32	10.19	59	58.41	North Carolina State	23	20	19	11	8-3	34	12	9-3	ACC
37	9.11	33	10.05	83	70.54	Utah State	35	24	24	13	10-3	31	14	11-3	MWC
25	13.03	34	9.18	42	52.00	Texas A&M	24		25	11	7-4	37	12	8-4	SEC
54	4.22	35	9.07	39	51.09	Miami FL	41			11	6-5	41	12	7-5	ACC
44	7.40	36	9.06	17	43.12	Maryland	53			12	6-6	36	13	7-6	BIG 10
27	11.94	37	8.77	53	55.75	Boise State	34			12	7-5	38	12	7-5	MWC
16	16.35	38	8.66	6	37.62	Iowa State	28			12	6-6	32	13	7-6	BIG 12
21	13.89	39	8.47	10	39.67	Texas	47			12	5-7	39	12	5-7	BIG 12
40	7.98	40	8.46	88	72.79	Army	45			12	8-4	43	13	9-4	FBS-Ind
34	9.81	41	7.94	78	67.96	Air Force	32			12	9-3	35	13	10-3	MWC
63	1.05	42	7.87	71	65.88	Tulsa	68			12	7-5	60	13	7-6	AAC
36	9.69	43	7.80	18	43.21	Mississippi State	43			12	6-6	45	13	7-6	SEC
41	7.81	44	7.61	3	36.00	West Virginia	55			12	5-7	42	13	6-7	BIG 12
51	5.24	45	6.57	38	50.46	South Carolina	57			12	6-6	48	13	7-6	SEC
45	7.14	46	6.39	24	44.83	Louisville	56			12	5-7	56	13	6-7	ACC
42	7.69	47	6.33	91	74.50	Fresno State	37			12	9-3	40	13	10-3	MWC
46	7.04	48	6.12	85	71.23	Southern Methodist	48			11	7-4	49	12	8-4	AAC
62	1.29	49	5.68	41	51.73	Virginia	63			11	5-6	51	12	6-6	ACC
59	2.45	50	4.86	87	72.21	Central Florida	52			12	8-4	54	13	9-4	AAC
73	-0.73	51	4.75	26	46.75	Rutgers	84			12	4-8	62	13	5-8	BIG 10
65	1.01	52	4.71	36	49.46	Missouri	73			12	5-7	59	13	6-7	SEC
48	6.35	53	4.39	12	40.12	Louisiana State	51			12	5-7	47	13	6-7	SEC
55	3.93	54	4.01	37	49.86	Florida State	71			11	5-6	77	12	5-7	ACC
38	8.77	55	3.88	7	37.92	Auburn	40			12	5-7	50	13	6-7	SEC
71	-0.62	56	3.34	101	81.04	Appalachian State	38			13	9-4	46	14	10-4	SBC
66	0.93	57	2.87	43	52.05	Syracuse	79			11	4-7	86	12	5-7	ACC
47	6.67	58	2.75	80	68.92	UCLA	36			12	8-4	55	12	8-4	PAC-12
49	5.76	59	2.22	66	62.17	Washington State	60			12	6-6	69	13	7-6	PAC-12
67	0.70	60	1.70	100	79.96	Alabama Birmingham	50			12	8-4	52	13	9-4	CUSA
64	1.05	61	1.04	45	53.00	North Carolina	65			12	5-7	82	13	6-7	ACC
50	5.70	62	1.04	96	78.46	Western Kentucky	44			13	8-5	57	14	9-5	CUSA
56	3.76	63	1.03	70	65.00	Arizona State	49			12	7-5	75	13	8-5	PAC-12
61	2.31	64	0.50	98	78.88	Liberty	58			12	7-5	72	13	8-5	FBS-Ind
57	3.05	65	0.39	62	60.88	Oregon State	59			12	6-6	78	13	7-6	PAC-12
72	-0.70	66	0.34	79	68.77	East Carolina	66			11	6-5	71	12	7-5	AAC
58	2.47	67	0.25	47	53.04	Florida	61			12	5-7	80	13	6-7	SEC
68	0.09	68	0.08	68	63.36	Boston College	78			11	5-6	88	12	6-6	ACC
74	-1.38	69	-0.05	76	67.82	Memphis	77			11	5-6	85	12	6-6	AAC
52	4.85	70	-0.06	74	67.33	Nevada Reno	54			12	7-5	65	13	8-5	MWC
69	-0.27	71	-0.19	30	48.00	Illinois	70			12	5-7	66	12	5-7	BIG 10
60	2.31	72	-1.19	5	36.36	Texas Christian	72			11	4-7	63	12	5-7	BIG 12
76	-2.58	73	-1.22	58	58.00	Virginia Tech	76			12	5-7	79	13	6-7	ACC
87	-6.36	74	-1.65	102	81.50	Western Michigan	64			12	7-5	68	13	8-5	MAC
78	-2.86	75	-1.65	114	88.79	Central Michigan	62			12	8-4	70	13	9-4	MAC
75	-2.10	76	-2.52	130	106.71	Coastal Carolina	42			12	10-2	58	13	11-2	SBC
98	-9.45	77	-3.03	1	24.64	Indiana	96			11	1-10	92	12	2-10	BIG 10
53	4.32	78	-3.95	4	36.23	Nebraska	67			11	2-9	91	12	3-9	BIG 10
95	-8.25	79	-4.34	113	87.81	Northern Illinois	74			13	8-5	73	14	9-5	MAC
70	-0.56	80	-4.63	86	71.50	California	83			11	4-7	101	12	5-7	PAC-12
93	-7.59	81	-4.63	40	51.25	Navy	85			12	4-8	93	12	4-8	AAC
84	-5.82	82	-4.78	111	86.27	Georgia State	69			13	8-5	84	13	8-5	SBC
80	-2.99	83	-5.50	99	79.46	Wyoming	80			12	6-6	76	13	7-6	MWC
79	-2.98	84	-5.95	81	69.14	Washington	88			11	4-7	119	12	4-8	PAC-12
81	-3.26	85	-6.13	108	85.54	Marshall	75			12	6-6	100	13	7-6	CUSA
82	-5.18	86	-6.35	64	61.67	Southern California	86			12	4-8	116	12	4-8	PAC-12
102	-12.76	87	-8.05	121	91.62	Eastern Michigan	90			12	6-6	107	13	7-6	MAC
105	-14.08	88	-8.32	105	83.73	Kent State	91			13	6-7	102	14	7-7	MAC
97	-8.83	89	-8.36	54	56.27	Colorado	95			11	3-8	118	12	4-8	PAC-12
94	-8.05	90	-8.53	90	73.55	San Jose State	100			11	4-7	130	12	4-8	MWC
90	-7.28	91	-9.05	35	49.18	Georgia Tech	94			11	2-9	103	12	3-9	ACC
91	-7.50	92	-9.05	27	47.09	Tulane	105			11	1-10	134	12	2-10	AAC
96	-8.42	93	-9.63	117	89.79	Texas El Paso	93			12	6-6	112	13	7-6	CUSA
83	-5.42	94	-9.72	89	73.54	Hawaii	89			12	5-7	106	13	6-7	MWC
86	-6.04	95	-9.75	49	54.33	Stanford	99			12	3-9	127	12	3-9	PAC-12
77	-2.77	96	-9.81	109	86.08	Miami OH	81			12	6-6	104	13	7-6	MAC
100	-10.36	97	-10.24	125	92.83	Middle Tennessee	87			12	6-6	110	13	7-6	CUSA
89	-7.00	98	-10.24	55	56.27	Nevada Las Vegas	108			11	2-9	137	12	2-10	MWC
99	-10.25	99	-10.51	115	88.79	Old Dominion	98			12	5-7	122	13	6-7	CUSA
106	-14.40	100	-10.93	46	53.00	Vanderbilt	118			11	2-9	139	12	2-10	SEC
115	-17.59	101	-11.26	110	86.14	Troy	102			11	4-7	120	12	5-7	SBC
85	-5.93	102	-11.28	82	69.77	Colorado State	104			11	3-8	128	12	3-9	MWC
92	-7.52	103	-11.34	29	47.91	Northwestern	101			11	2-9	109	12	3-9	BIG 10
103	-13.41	104	-12.62	107	84.92	North Texas	97			12	5-7	126	13	6-7	CUSA
111	-15.90	105	-12.83	94	77.18	Louisiana Monroe	107			11	3-8	114	12	4-8	SBC
109	-15.18	106	-13.00	44	52.45	South Florida	111			11	1-10	144	12	2-10	AAC
108	-15.09	107	-13.65	9	38.36	Kansas	109			11	1-10	105	12	2-10	BIG 12
88	-6.60	108	-13.76	127	95.33	Toledo	82			12	6-6	123	13	7-6	MAC
101	-11.87	109	-13.85	103	83.42	Ball State	92			12	5-7	115	13	6-7	MAC
104	-13.84	110	-14.38	112	87.36	Florida Atlantic	103			11	4-7	135	12	5-7	CUSA
121	-22.30	111	-15.30	118	90.50	Texas State	114			11	4-7	146	12	4-8	SBC
113	-16.41	112	-16.33	48	54.18	Arizona	119			11	1-10	188	12	1-11	PAC-12
107	-14.95	113	-16.65	73	66.64	Duke	120			11	2-9	141	12	3-9	ACC
122	-22.31	114	-17.83	72	66.59	Temple	124			11	2-9	166	12	3-9	AAC
112	-16.06	115	-17.84	126	93.50	South Alabama	106			11	4-7	143	12	5-7	SBC
117	-20.39	116	-18.33	129	97.36	UNC Charlotte	112			11	4-7	149	12	5-7	CUSA
110	-15.70	117	-18.34	67	62.59	New Mexico	121			11	2-9	155	12	3-9	MWC
116	-18.43	118	-18.55	84	70.73	Rice	110			11	3-8	145	12	4-8	CUSA
124	-22.88	119	-20.03	128	97.14	Buffalo	115			11	3-8	173	12	4-8	MAC
120	-21.23	120	-20.60	119	90.86	Bowling Green	117			11	3-8	167	12	4-8	MAC
114	-17.38	121	-21.04	97	78.77	Louisiana Tech	113			11	2-9	156	12	3-9	CUSA
118	-20.65	122	-21.25	95	78.32	Georgia Southern	116			11	2-9	163	12	3-9	SBC
119	-21.03	123	-23.02	75	67.59	New Mexico State	126			11	1-10	182	12	2-10	FBS-Ind
125	-25.47	124	-23.71	116	89.36	Southern Mississippi	123			11	2-9	187	12	3-9	CUSA
126	-25.77	125	-24.05	93	75.50	Massachusetts	129			10	1-9	220	12	1-11	FBS-Ind
123	-22.50	126	-25.96	123	92.18	Ohio University	122			11	3-8	200	12	3-9	MAC
127	-26.92	127	-26.65	104	83.45	Arkansas State	125			11	1-10	190	12	2-10	SBC
129	-33.35	128	-30.54	120	91.14	Akron	127			11	1-10	216	12	2-10	MAC
128	-30.03	129	-31.42	63	61.05	Connecticut	128			10	0-10	204	12	1-11	FBS-Ind
130	-36.95	130	-34.76	122	91.91	Florida International	130			11	0-11	255	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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)

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 Win/Loss (WinLoss)