2024 College Football Rankings (as of 9/30/2024)

Welcome to another weekly college football ranking. This week, Texas and Alabama hold the top spots, well ahead of #3 Ohio State. The top-5 conference leaders right now look to be Texas, Ohio State, BYU, Miami (FL), and James Madison; which would put Michigan as the first team out. As the season progresses, the order may change, as some schools will start to play tougher competition.

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For the Opp W/L, the record for non-FBS schools is set at 1-9, double the expected W/L for those schools - which is a cumulative record of 6-108 against FBS schools this season.

The rank score is calculated by taking 0.6 * Win Pct + 0.5 * Opp Win Pct + 0.4 * Pyth Win Pct.

School	W	L	PF/G	PA/G	Opp W	Opp L	Opp Strength	Win Pct.	Pyth Pct.	Rank Score	Rank
Texas	5	0	45	7	12	11	0.667	1.000	0.865	1.27949	1
Alabama	4	0	47	15	10	8	0.714	1.000	0.758	1.26037	2
Ohio State	4	0	48.75	6.75	7	11	0.500	1.000	0.878	1.20135	3
Penn State	4	0	36.25	11.5	7	11	0.500	1.000	0.759	1.15366	4
Missouri	4	0	36.5	12	10	14	0.500	1.000	0.753	1.15103	5
Tennessee	4	0	54	7	8	17	0.381	1.000	0.885	1.14457	6
Brigham Young	5	0	33	15.8	12	18	0.480	1.000	0.676	1.11049	7
Indiana	5	0	48.8	13	9	20	0.375	1.000	0.790	1.10336	8
Iowa State	4	0	28.25	7.25	7	16	0.368	1.000	0.796	1.10252	9
Oregon	4	0	36	18.75	8	14	0.444	1.000	0.658	1.08524	10
Michigan	4	1	24.8	21.4	15	8	0.778	0.800	0.537	1.08361	11
Miami (FL)	5	0	49.4	15	8	20	0.348	1.000	0.767	1.08075	12
Notre Dame	4	1	32.4	12.6	11	10	0.625	0.800	0.720	1.08050	13
Southern California	3	1	34.25	17	11	7	0.714	0.750	0.668	1.07446	14
Duke	5	0	28.8	16.2	10	19	0.417	1.000	0.640	1.06433	15
James Madison	4	0	44	17.5	7	17	0.350	1.000	0.715	1.06118	16
Nevada-Las Vegas	4	0	45.25	13.75	6	19	0.286	1.000	0.767	1.04964	17
Clemson	3	1	42	25.75	10	7	0.692	0.750	0.620	1.04412	18
Rutgers	4	0	35	16.25	7	18	0.333	1.000	0.683	1.03984	19
Navy	4	0	46	23.5	7	17	0.350	1.000	0.662	1.03975	20
Army	4	0	36.25	10.5	5	20	0.238	1.000	0.775	1.02921	21
Kansas State	4	1	31.4	19.6	15	14	0.583	0.800	0.616	1.01794	22
Pittsburgh	4	0	48.5	25.5	6	18	0.300	1.000	0.655	1.01216	23
Oklahoma	4	1	28.6	16	11	13	0.526	0.800	0.641	0.99966	24
Illinois	4	1	27.2	14.2	13	16	0.500	0.800	0.657	0.99280	25
Texas Tech	4	1	41.6	34.4	15	14	0.583	0.800	0.547	0.99061	26
Washington State	4	1	41.8	32.4	14	14	0.565	0.800	0.563	0.98795	27
Georgia	3	1	32.25	14.75	11	12	0.526	0.750	0.686	0.98763	28
Mississippi	4	1	47.4	8.4	9	20	0.333	0.800	0.849	0.98645	29
South Carolina	3	1	34.25	17	9	10	0.533	0.750	0.668	0.98398	30
Liberty	4	0	33.5	20.5	5	19	0.250	1.000	0.620	0.97315	31
Boise State	3	1	47.75	30	12	12	0.550	0.750	0.614	0.97066	32
Boston College	4	1	29.8	15.8	12	17	0.458	0.800	0.654	0.97057	33
Southern Methodist	4	1	42.2	21.4	12	18	0.440	0.800	0.664	0.96541	34
Nebraska	4	1	30.8	12.2	10	18	0.391	0.800	0.716	0.96216	35
Kentucky	3	2	22	13.4	14	8	0.706	0.600	0.621	0.96153	36
Central Florida	3	1	39.5	24.75	12	13	0.524	0.750	0.615	0.95782	37
Colorado	4	1	31	23	12	16	0.478	0.800	0.574	0.94876	38
Texas A&M	4	1	29	18	11	17	0.435	0.800	0.617	0.94420	39
Louisville	3	1	41.5	16	9	15	0.400	0.750	0.722	0.93870	40
Utah	4	1	28.4	15	10	18	0.391	0.800	0.654	0.93740	41
Sam Houston	4	1	30	24.4	9	13	0.471	0.800	0.551	0.93588	42
Louisiana State	4	1	35.2	21.6	10	17	0.409	0.800	0.620	0.93243	43
Arizona State	3	1	32.75	22	8	11	0.467	0.750	0.598	0.92260	44
Washington	3	2	25.2	12.4	15	13	0.565	0.600	0.670	0.91069	45
Iowa	3	1	32	13.75	8	16	0.350	0.750	0.699	0.90478	46
Syracuse	3	1	33.75	22.5	9	15	0.400	0.750	0.600	0.89000	47
Arizona	3	1	28.25	22.5	10	15	0.429	0.750	0.557	0.88695	48
North Texas	4	1	40.8	32.2	10	20	0.360	0.800	0.559	0.88356	49
Memphis	4	1	33.2	18.4	8	21	0.292	0.800	0.643	0.88320	50
Maryland	3	2	33.4	21.8	15	14	0.542	0.600	0.605	0.87286	51
Tulane	3	2	36.8	22.2	14	15	0.500	0.600	0.624	0.85949	52
Virginia	3	1	30.25	23.5	8	15	0.368	0.750	0.563	0.85933	53
Connecticut	3	2	37.2	22	14	16	0.480	0.600	0.628	0.85135	54
Oregon State	3	1	27.75	21.25	7	15	0.333	0.750	0.566	0.84320	55
Toledo	3	1	37.25	19	6	19	0.238	0.750	0.662	0.83394	56
North Carolina	3	2	34.4	27.6	14	15	0.500	0.600	0.555	0.83194	57
Oklahoma State	3	2	33.4	25	14	16	0.480	0.600	0.572	0.82877	58
Michigan State	3	2	21.8	19	14	15	0.500	0.600	0.534	0.82373	59
Louisiana-Monroe	3	1	19.5	20	8	16	0.350	0.750	0.494	0.82247	60
Eastern Michigan	4	1	32.4	22.2	6	23	0.208	0.800	0.593	0.82153	61
San Jose State	3	1	35.5	23.75	6	17	0.263	0.750	0.599	0.82124	62
Coastal Carolina	3	1	36.75	27.75	6	17	0.263	0.750	0.570	0.80949	63
California	3	1	23	12.75	5	19	0.200	0.750	0.643	0.80734	64
Arkansas	3	2	35.8	20.2	11	18	0.375	0.600	0.639	0.80321	65
Virginia Tech	2	3	30.4	25.8	14	7	0.688	0.400	0.541	0.80012	66
Western Kentucky	3	2	25.2	25.2	13	15	0.478	0.600	0.500	0.79913	67
Cincinnati	3	2	33.4	21.6	11	17	0.391	0.600	0.607	0.79856	68
Louisiana	3	1	37	24.75	5	18	0.211	0.750	0.599	0.79494	69
Georgia Tech	3	2	33	20.4	10	17	0.364	0.600	0.618	0.78901	70
East Carolina	3	2	27	18.6	10	17	0.364	0.600	0.592	0.77866	71
Texas Christian	3	2	38.6	31	11	17	0.391	0.600	0.555	0.77749	72
Georgia Southern	3	2	31.6	32	12	16	0.435	0.600	0.497	0.77613	73
Fresno State	3	2	31.2	28	11	18	0.375	0.600	0.527	0.75831	74
North Carolina State	3	2	27.4	33.6	11	15	0.429	0.600	0.449	0.75396	75
Northern Illinois	2	2	26.75	19	11	14	0.429	0.500	0.585	0.74817	76
Texas State	2	2	37.5	27	10	14	0.400	0.500	0.581	0.73256	77
Vanderbilt	2	2	37	23.25	9	14	0.368	0.500	0.614	0.72985	78
Florida	2	2	31.75	27.25	11	14	0.429	0.500	0.538	0.72954	79
Baylor	2	3	29.4	20.2	15	14	0.500	0.400	0.593	0.72710	80
Buffalo	3	2	18	24.2	11	17	0.391	0.600	0.427	0.72627	81
West Virginia	2	2	31.75	28.5	10	13	0.421	0.500	0.527	0.72131	82
Ohio	3	2	21.2	23	10	19	0.333	0.600	0.480	0.71852	83
Central Michigan	3	2	30	29.4	9	19	0.304	0.600	0.505	0.71419	84
Stanford	2	2	27	26.25	10	13	0.421	0.500	0.507	0.71334	85
Northwestern	2	2	17.25	15.75	10	14	0.400	0.500	0.523	0.70909	86
UCLA	1	3	14.75	30.75	15	3	0.857	0.250	0.324	0.70824	87
South Alabama	2	3	40.6	29	14	15	0.458	0.400	0.583	0.70250	88
Minnesota	2	3	26	15.4	13	16	0.417	0.400	0.628	0.69954	89
Auburn	2	3	33.4	18.8	12	17	0.375	0.400	0.640	0.68344	90
Arkansas State	2	2	21.75	33.75	11	13	0.450	0.500	0.392	0.68176	91
Wisconsin	2	2	21.5	26.75	9	13	0.389	0.500	0.446	0.67268	92
South Florida	2	3	27.6	32.8	14	14	0.478	0.400	0.457	0.66191	93
Colorado State	2	2	18.5	28.5	10	14	0.400	0.500	0.394	0.65745	94
Marshall	2	2	25	25.75	8	15	0.316	0.500	0.493	0.65494	95
Georgia State	2	2	23.25	31.5	9	15	0.350	0.500	0.425	0.64486	96
Florida Atlantic	2	3	22	23.6	13	16	0.417	0.400	0.482	0.64132	97
Florida State	1	4	15.2	24.6	18	6	0.737	0.200	0.382	0.64118	98
Jacksonville State	1	3	29.75	37	11	6	0.615	0.250	0.446	0.63597	99
Hawaii	2	2	24.25	17	7	22	0.200	0.500	0.588	0.63515	100
Appalachian State	2	2	23.25	35.75	9	15	0.350	0.500	0.394	0.63263	101
Temple	1	4	18.6	37.6	16	5	0.750	0.200	0.331	0.62738	102
Florida International	2	3	27.6	28	12	17	0.375	0.400	0.496	0.62606	103
Charlotte	2	3	17.8	33.2	14	15	0.458	0.400	0.349	0.60877	104
Nevada	2	3	23.6	23.6	11	19	0.320	0.400	0.500	0.60000	105
Tulsa	2	3	27.8	34.6	11	17	0.348	0.400	0.446	0.59212	106
Houston	1	4	10.4	20.8	16	7	0.667	0.200	0.333	0.58667	107
Texas-San Antonio	2	3	22	31.6	11	17	0.348	0.400	0.410	0.57809	108
Wake Forest	1	3	29.75	31.25	11	12	0.421	0.250	0.488	0.55561	109
Kansas	1	4	28	23.8	14	14	0.435	0.200	0.541	0.55361	110
Bowling Green	1	3	28.75	26.75	10	13	0.368	0.250	0.518	0.54142	111
Alabama-Birmingham	1	3	23	28.25	11	12	0.421	0.250	0.449	0.54004	112
Old Dominion	1	3	20	26.75	9	9	0.429	0.250	0.428	0.53541	113
Purdue	1	3	21.75	33	12	12	0.450	0.250	0.397	0.53390	114
Mississippi State	1	4	27.4	31.6	14	13	0.455	0.200	0.464	0.53304	115
Miami (OH)	1	3	12	22	10	9	0.467	0.250	0.353	0.52451	116
San Diego State	1	3	19	22	10	13	0.368	0.250	0.463	0.51958	117
Ball State	1	3	20.75	49	13	11	0.500	0.250	0.297	0.51900	118
Troy	1	4	21.4	25.8	13	15	0.391	0.200	0.453	0.49701	119
Middle Tennessee State	1	4	16	39	17	13	0.520	0.200	0.291	0.49636	120
Rice	1	4	24.8	26.4	12	17	0.333	0.200	0.484	0.48042	121
Western Michigan	1	3	23.25	35.5	9	13	0.333	0.250	0.396	0.47496	122
Akron	1	4	14.2	40.2	15	12	0.500	0.200	0.261	0.47441	123
Wyoming	1	4	16.4	32.4	14	14	0.435	0.200	0.336	0.47182	124
Louisiana Tech	1	3	18.75	21.75	8	17	0.238	0.250	0.463	0.45423	125
New Mexico State	1	4	19.6	35	13	16	0.375	0.200	0.359	0.45109	126
Utah State	1	3	21.5	36.25	9	15	0.300	0.250	0.372	0.44892	127
Massachusetts	1	4	19	30.8	12	16	0.348	0.200	0.382	0.44652	128
New Mexico	1	4	32	43.8	10	19	0.250	0.200	0.422	0.41387	129
Air Force	1	3	12.5	21.25	7	17	0.200	0.250	0.370	0.39815	130
Southern Mississippi	1	3	16.5	33.5	7	17	0.200	0.250	0.330	0.38200	131
Kent State	0	5	14.8	51.4	17	10	0.545	0.000	0.224	0.36215	132
Texas-El Paso	0	4	14.5	30.5	15	13	0.458	0.000	0.322	0.35806	133
Kennesaw State	0	4	12.25	29.25	9	14	0.263	0.000	0.295	0.24965	134

Credits: Sports Reference for the schedules.

NCAA for the scores to create this chart.

Tableizer to create the code for the table.