Vern's Ranking compared with the College Football Playoff

2025-2026

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Indiana

CFP Champion - Indiana

                             (vs. Miami FL)

Pre-Bowl Rank      CFP Final Ranking

1.   Indiana               1. Indiana

2.   Ohio St               2. Ohio St

3.   Georgia              3. Georgia

4.   BYU                    4. Texas Tech

5.   Mississippi         5. Oregon

6.   Oregon               6. Mississippi

7.   Oklahoma           7. Texas A&M

8.   Texas Tech          8. Oklahoma

9.   Texas A&M         9. Alabama

10. Notre Dame       10. Miami FL

11. Alabama             11. Notre Dame*

12. Tulane                12. BYU*

13. Miami FL            20. Tulane**

14. James Madison       24. James Madison**

 *Excluded, **Invited 

 

2024-2025

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Ohio St

CFP Champion - Ohio St

                        (vs. Notre Dame)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank     CFP Final Ranking

1.   Oregon              1. Oregon

2.   Notre Dame       2. Georgia

3.   Texas                 3. Texas

4.   Georgia             4. Penn St

5.   Ohio St              5. Notre Dame

6.   Boise St             6. Ohio St

7.   Penn St             7. Tennessee

8.   Indiana              8. Boise St

9.   Alabama            9. Indiana

10. Arizona St         10. SMU

11. South Carolina  11. Alabama*

12. SMU                  12. Arizona St

16. Clemson            16. Clemson**

17. Tennessee

 *Excluded, **Invited

 

2023-2024

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Michigan

CFP Champion - Michigan

                        (vs. Washington)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank   CFP Final Ranking

1.   Washington     1. Michigan

2.   Michigan         2. Washington

3.   Texas               3. Texas

4.   Alabama          4. Alabama

 

2022-2023

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Georgia

CFP Champion - Georgia

                             (vs. TCU)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank   CFP Final Ranking

1.   Georgia           1. Georgia

2.   Michigan         2. Michigan

3.   TCU                 3. TCU

4.   Ohio St            4. Ohio St

 

2021-2022

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Georgia

CFP Champion - Georgia

                             (vs. Alabama)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Michigan          1. Alabama

2. Alabama           2. Michigan

3. Georgia            3. Georgia

4. Notre Dame     4. Cincinnati

6. Cincinnati

 

2020-2021(COVID)

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Alabama

CFP Champion - Alabama

                             (vs. Ohio St)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1.   Alabama          1. Alabama

2.   Ohio St            2. Clemson

3.   San Jose St     3. Ohio St

4.   Cincinnati        4. Notre Dame

6.   Clemson

10. Notre Dame 

 

2019-2020

Vern's Final Rank - 1. LSU

CFP Champion - LSU

                             (vs. Clemson)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Ohio St              1. LSU

2. LSU                   2. Ohio St

3. Clemson            3. Clemson

4. Notre Dame      4. Oklahoma

6. Oklahoma

 

2018-2019

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Clemson

CFP Champion - Clemson

                             (vs. Alabama)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Notre Dame      1. Alabama

2. Clemson            2. Clemson

3. Alabama            3. Notre Dame

4. Notre Dame       4. Oklahoma

 

2017-2018

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Alabama

CFP Champion - Alabama

                             (vs. Georgia)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Georgia             1. Clemson

2. Clemson            2. Oklahoma

3. Cent Florida      3. Georgia

4. Notre Dame       4. Alabama

6. Alabama

7. Oklahoma

 

2016-2017

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Clemson

CFP Champion - Clemson

                             (vs. Alabama)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Alabama            1. Alabama

2. Ohio St              2. Clemson

3. Clemson            3. Ohio St

4. Washington       4. Washington

 

2015-2016

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Alabama

CFP Champion - Alabama

                             (vs. Clemson)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Alabama            1. Clemson

2. Michigan St      2. Alabama

3. Clemson            3. Michigan St

4. Ohio St              4. Oklahoma

6. Oklahoma 

 

2014-2015

Vern's Final Rank - 1. Ohio St

CFP Champion - Ohio St

                             (vs. Oregon)

 

Pre-Bowl Rank:  CFP Final Ranking

1. Florida St          1. Alabama

2. Alabama            2. Oregon

3. Oregon              3. Florida St

4. Ohio St              4. Ohio St

9 Jan 2023 Ranking - Final

 

Rank		Team	Q	Losses
1		Georgia	162	0
2		Michigan	145	1
3		Tennessee	143	2
4		TCU	142	2
5		Ohio St	142	2
6		Alabama	142	2
7		Penn St	138	2
8		Tulane	137	2
9		Clemson	132	3
10		LSU	132	4
11		USC	131	3
12		Troy	131	2
13		Oregon	131	3
14		Kansas St	129	4
15		Washington	129	2
16		Florida St	128	3
17		Mississippi St	128	4
18		Oregon St	126	3
19		Notre Dame	124	4
20		Utah	123	4
21		UT San Antonio	121	3
22		Texas	121	5
23		Mississippi	117	5
24		South Carolina	117	5
25		Maryland	116	5
26		UC Los Angeles	116	4
27		Fresno St	115	4
28		Pittsburgh	115	4
29		Texas Tech	115	5
30		Boise St	115	4
31		South Alabama	114	3
32		Louisville	114	5
33		NC State	114	5
34		North Carolina	114	5
35		Coastal Carolina	113	4
36		Marshall	112	4
37		Wake Forest	112	5
38		Cincinnati	111	4
39		Kentucky	111	6
40		Cent Florida	111	5
41		Arkansas	110	6
42		Minnesota	110	4
43		Purdue	109	6
44		BYU	109	5
45		Air Force	109	3
46		Syracuse	108	6
47		Houston	107	5
48		Florida	107	7
49		Iowa	107	5
50		Illinois	107	5
51		Auburn	107	7
52		East Carolina	106	5
53		Duke	105	4
54		West Kentucky	105	5
55		SMU	104	6
56		Washington St	104	6
57		James Madison	103	4
58		Missouri	103	7
59		Toledo	102	5
60		Ohio	102	5
61		Oklahoma St	101	6
62		Wisconsin	101	6
63		Oklahoma	100	7
64		Memphis	100	6
65		Appalachian St	100	5
66		Vanderbilt	99	7
67		Michigan St	99	7
68		Kansas	99	7
69		Mid Tenn St	98	5
70		East Michigan	98	4
71		Baylor	98	7
72		Georgia Tech	97	7
73		Southern Miss	97	6
74		Liberty	96	5
75		UA Birmingham	96	6
76		Wyoming	96	6
77		San Diego St	95	6
78		Arizona	94	7
79		North Texas	93	7
80		San Jose St	93	5
81		Texas A&M	93	7
82		West Virginia	93	7
83		UL Lafayette	91	7
84		Indiana	91	8
85		Buffalo	91	6
86		Kent	91	7
87		Ball St	91	6
88		Ga Southern	90	7
89		Miami OH	89	6
90		Miami FL	89	7
91		Connecticut	89	7
92		Bowling Green	88	7
93		Navy	88	7
94		Utah St	88	7
95		Iowa St	87	8
96		Army	86	6
97		California	85	8
98		Rutgers	84	8
99		Stanford	84	9
100		FL Atlantic	83	7
101		Rice	82	8
102		Tulsa	82	7
103		UL Monroe	81	8
104		Georgia St	80	8
105		New Mexico St	80	6
106		UN Las Vegas	79	7
107		UT El Paso	79	7
108		Nebraska	78	8
109		Boston College	77	9
110		Virginia	76	7
111		Arizona St	74	9
112		Cent Michigan	74	8
113		West Michigan	74	8
114		Colorado	73	11
115		Texas St	73	8
116		Florida Intl	69	8
117		Old Dominion	69	9
118		Louisiana Tech	69	9
119		Arkansas St	68	9
120		Colorado St	68	9
121		Virginia Tech	68	8
122		Hawaii	66	10
123		Northwestern	64	11
124		Charlotte	63	9
125		New Mexico	63	10
126		Temple	60	9
127		North Illinois	59	9
128		Akron	59	10
129		South Florida	58	11
130		Nevada	56	10
131		Massachusetts	46	11

2 Jan 2023 Ranking

 

Rank		Team	Q	Losses
1		Georgia	159	0
2		Michigan	145	1
3		TCU	144	1
4		Tennessee	142	2
5		Ohio St	142	2
6		Alabama	142	2
7		Penn St	138	2
8		Tulane	137	2
9		Clemson	132	3
10		LSU	131	4
11		USC	131	3
12		Troy	131	2
13		Oregon	130	3
14		Kansas St	130	4
15		Washington	129	2
16		Florida St	128	3
17		Mississippi St	127	4
18		Oregon St	126	3
19		Notre Dame	124	4
20		Utah	123	4
21		UT San Antonio	121	3
22		Texas	121	5
23		Mississippi	117	5
24		South Carolina	117	5
25		Maryland	116	5
26		UC Los Angeles	116	4
27		Texas Tech	115	5
28		Fresno St	115	4
29		Pittsburgh	115	4
30		Boise St	115	4
31		South Alabama	114	3
32		Louisville	114	5
33		NC State	114	5
34		North Carolina	114	5
35		Coastal Carolina	113	4
36		Marshall	112	4
37		Wake Forest	112	5
38		Cincinnati	111	4
39		Cent Florida	111	5
40		Kentucky	110	6
41		Arkansas	110	6
42		Minnesota	110	4
43		Purdue	109	6
44		BYU	109	5
45		Air Force	109	3
46		Syracuse	108	6
47		Houston	107	5
48		Iowa	107	5
49		Illinois	107	5
50		East Carolina	106	5
51		Florida	106	7
52		Auburn	106	7
53		Duke	105	4
54		West Kentucky	105	5
55		SMU	105	6
56		Washington St	104	6
57		James Madison	103	4
58		Toledo	102	5
59		Missouri	102	7
60		Ohio	102	5
61		Oklahoma St	102	6
62		Wisconsin	101	6
63		Oklahoma	100	7
64		Memphis	100	6
65		Appalachian St	100	5
66		Kansas	99	7
67		Michigan St	99	7
68		Vanderbilt	99	7
69		Mid Tenn St	98	5
70		Baylor	98	7
71		East Michigan	98	4
72		Southern Miss	97	6
73		Georgia Tech	97	7
74		Liberty	96	5
75		UA Birmingham	96	6
76		Wyoming	96	6
77		San Diego St	95	6
78		Arizona	94	7
79		North Texas	93	7
80		San Jose St	93	5
81		Texas A&M	93	7
82		West Virginia	93	7
83		UL Lafayette	91	7
84		Indiana	91	8
85		Buffalo	91	6
86		Ball St	90	6
87		Kent	90	7
88		Ga Southern	90	7
89		Connecticut	89	7
90		Miami FL	89	7
91		Miami OH	89	6
92		Bowling Green	88	7
93		Navy	88	7
94		Utah St	88	7
95		Iowa St	88	8
96		Army	86	6
97		California	85	8
98		Rutgers	84	8
99		Stanford	84	9
100		FL Atlantic	83	7
101		Rice	82	8
102		Tulsa	82	7
103		UL Monroe	81	8
104		Georgia St	80	8
105		New Mexico St	80	6
106		UN Las Vegas	79	7
107		UT El Paso	79	7
108		Nebraska	78	8
109		Boston College	77	9
110		Virginia	76	7
111		Arizona St	74	9
112		Cent Michigan	74	8
113		West Michigan	74	8
114		Colorado	73	11
115		Texas St	73	8
116		Florida Intl	69	8
117		Old Dominion	69	9
118		Louisiana Tech	69	9
119		Colorado St	68	9
120		Arkansas St	68	9
121		Virginia Tech	68	8
122		Hawaii	66	10
123		Northwestern	64	11
124		Charlotte	63	9
125		New Mexico	62	10
126		Temple	60	9
127		North Illinois	59	9
128		Akron	59	10
129		South Florida	58	11
130		Nevada	56	10
131		Massachusetts	46	11

4 Dec 2022 Ranking - Before Bowl Games

 

Rank		Team	Q	Losses
1		Georgia	157	0
2		Michigan	149	0
3		TCU	144	1
4		Ohio St	142	1
5		Tennessee	139	2
6		Alabama	138	2
7		USC	135	2
8		Clemson	135	2
9		Tulane	134	2
10		Penn St	134	2
11		Kansas St	134	3
12		LSU	128	4
13		Troy	128	2
14		Oregon	127	3
15		Florida St	127	3
16		Utah	127	3
17		Texas	126	4
18		Washington	125	2
19		Mississippi St	124	4
20		Oregon St	124	3
21		UT San Antonio	124	2
22		Notre Dame	121	4
23		UC Los Angeles	121	3
24		Mississippi	120	4
25		South Carolina	120	4
26		South Alabama	119	2
27		NC State	118	4
28		Coastal Carolina	117	3
29		Kentucky	115	5
30		North Carolina	115	4
31		Cincinnati	115	3
32		Cent Florida	114	4
33		Texas Tech	114	5
34		Fresno St	112	4
35		Boise St	112	4
36		Syracuse	112	5
37		Maryland	112	5
38		Louisville	111	5
39		Marshall	111	4
40		Purdue	110	5
41		Pittsburgh	110	4
42		Wake Forest	109	5
43		Florida	109	6
44		Illinois	109	4
45		SMU	108	5
46		Oklahoma St	107	5
47		Air Force	107	3
48		Arkansas	107	6
49		Washington St	107	5
50		Missouri	106	6
51		Minnesota	105	4
52		Houston	104	5
53		Auburn	104	7
54		Oklahoma	104	6
55		Kansas	104	6
56		BYU	104	5
57		Baylor	103	6
58		James Madison	102	4
59		Iowa	102	5
60		East Carolina	101	5
61		Duke	100	4
62		West Kentucky	100	5
63		Appalachian St	100	5
64		Vanderbilt	100	7
65		Wyoming	99	5
66		San Jose St	98	4
67		Liberty	98	4
68		San Diego St	98	5
69		Toledo	98	5
70		Ohio	98	5
71		Michigan St	98	7
72		Georgia Tech	97	7
73		Wisconsin	96	6
74		Memphis	95	6
75		West Virginia	95	7
76		North Texas	95	6
77		Arizona	94	7
78		Southern Miss	94	6
79		UL Lafayette	94	6
80		Ga Southern	93	6
81		Mid Tenn St	93	5
82		East Michigan	93	4
83		Texas A&M	93	7
84		Navy	93	6
85		Miami OH	93	5
86		Bowling Green	92	6
87		Connecticut	92	6
88		UA Birmingham	91	6
89		Indiana	91	8
90		Utah St	91	6
91		Ball St	90	6
92		Iowa St	90	8
93		Kent	89	7
94		Miami FL	88	7
95		Army	86	6
96		Buffalo	86	6
97		California	85	8
98		Rice	85	7
99		Stanford	84	9
100		Rutgers	83	8
101		Tulsa	82	7
102		FL Atlantic	82	7
103		UL Monroe	82	8
104		Georgia St	81	8
105		UN Las Vegas	80	7
106		UT El Paso	79	7
107		Nebraska	78	8
108		Boston College	77	9
109		Virginia	76	7
110		Arizona St	76	9
111		Cent Michigan	74	8
112		Colorado	73	11
113		New Mexico St	73	6
114		Texas St	73	8
115		West Michigan	73	8
116		Louisiana Tech	69	9
117		Old Dominion	69	9
118		Florida Intl	68	8
119		Colorado St	68	9
120		Virginia Tech	67	8
121		Arkansas St	67	9
122		Hawaii	66	10
123		Northwestern	62	11
124		Charlotte	62	9
125		New Mexico	62	10
126		Temple	60	9
127		North Illinois	59	9
128		South Florida	58	11
129		Akron	58	10
130		Nevada	55	10
131		Massachusetts	44	11