Ranking the Programs

Our analysis is not yet complete - there are still a number of years to go - but with the start of a new football season approaching, we are proud to announce our interim rankings of current FBS football programs. These rankings take into account football team performance since 1964, with more recent years weighted more heavily than seasons that were played decades ago. Here are the final (interim) results. The results are interim because we intend to add further historic years to our analysis; however, we believe that the impact of years further back in history will be minimal as it would take decades of historic consistency for a team to make a large move in the rankings.:

1 Florida Gators
2 Ohio State Buckeyes
3 USC Trojans
4 Nebraska Cornhuskers
5 Florida State Seminoles
6 Oklahoma Sooners
7 Texas Longhorns
8 Alabama Crimson Tide
9 Penn State Nittany Lions
10 Georgia Bulldogs
11 Miami Hurricanes
12 Tennessee Volunteers
13 Auburn Tigers
14 Virginia Tech Hokies
15 Michigan Wolverines
16 LSU Tigers
17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish
18 Boise State Broncos
19 Clemson Tigers
20 West Virginia Mountaineers
21 BYU Cougars
22 Arkansas Razorbacks
23 Oregon Ducks
24 Texas Tech Red Raiders
25 Texas A&M Aggies
26 UCLA Bruins
27 Boston College Eagles
28 Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets
29 Wisconsin Badgers
30 Iowa Hawkeyes
31 Arizona State Sun Devils
32 Utah Utes
33 Michigan State Spartans
34 South Carolina Gamecocks
35 California Golden Bears
36 Arizona Wildcats
37 Washington Huskies
38 South Florida Bulls
39 Pittsburgh Panthers
40 Colorado Buffaloes
41 Ole Miss Rebels
42 Oklahoma State Cowboys
43 North Carolina Tar Heels
44 Virginia Cavaliers
45 TCU Horned Frogs
46 Missouri Tigers
47 Purdue Boilermakers
48 Southern Miss Golden Eagles
49 NC State Wolfpack
50 Air Force Falcons
51 Kansas State Wildcats
52 Stanford Cardinal
53 Fresno State Bulldogs
54 Maryland Terrapins
55 Oregon State Beavers
56 Louisville Cardinals
57 Syracuse Orange
58 Cincinnati Bearcats
59 Kansas Jayhawks
60 Kentucky Wildcats
61 Minnesota Golden Gophers
62 Mississippi State Bulldogs
63 Washington State Cougars
64 Connecticut Huskies
65 Houston Cougars
66 ECU Pirates
67 Illinois Fighting Illini
68 Hawaii Warriors
69 Bowling Green Falcons
70 Wake Forest Demon Deacons
71 Rutgers Scarlet Knights
72 Troy Trojans
73 Marshall Thundering Herd
74 Colorado State Rams
75 Toledo Rockets
76 Tulsa Golden Hurricane
77 Miami University RedHawks
78 UCF Knights
79 Nevada Wolf Pack
80 Navy Midshipmen
81 Northwestern Wildcats
82 Central Michigan Chippewas
83 Wyoming Cowboys
84 Baylor Bears
85 San Diego State Aztecs
86 Iowa State Cyclones
87 Louisiana Tech Bulldogs
88 Indiana Hoosiers
89 Western Michigan Broncos
90 Memphis Tigers
91 New Mexico Lobos
92 Northern Illinois Huskies
93 Vanderbilt Commodores
94 Ball State Cardinals
95 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
96 SMU Mustangs
97 UAB Blazers
98 San Jose State Spartans
99 Rice Owls
100 Florida Atlantic Owls
101 Duke Blue Devils
102 Ohio Bobcats
103 Tulane Green Wave
104 UTEP Miners
105 Temple Owls
106 UNLV Rebels
107 Utah State Aggies
108 Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns
109 Akron Zips
110 Army Black Knights
111 North Texas Mean Green
112 Arkansas State Red Wolves
113 Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks
114 Idaho Vandals
115 Kent State Golden Flashes
116 Buffalo Bulls
117 Eastern Michigan Eagles
118 New Mexico State Aggies
119 Western Kentucky Hilltoppers
120 FIU Golden Panthers