7 Oct 2023 Ranking

 

Rank		Team	Q	Losses
1		Oklahoma	160	0
2		Florida St	150	0
3		Penn St	148	0
4		Ohio St	147	0
5		Texas	147	1
6		North Carolina	146	0
7		Washington	145	0
8		Michigan	142	0
9		Louisville	141	0
10		Iowa	139	1
11		James Madison	137	0
12		Oregon	136	0
13		Alabama	136	1
14		Wisconsin	133	1
15		Notre Dame	133	1
16		Duke	130	1
17		Mississippi	129	1
18		Georgia	128	0
19		Liberty	128	0
20		UC Los Angeles	127	1
21		Wyoming	126	1
22		USC	124	0
23		Ohio	124	0
24		West Virginia	123	1
25		Washington St	123	1
26		Utah	119	1
27		Oregon St	118	1
28		Missouri	117	1
29		Kansas	116	1
30		Maryland	114	1
31		Tulane	113	1
32		Miami FL	113	1
33		Air Force	111	0
34		Miami OH	111	1
35		Texas A&M	110	2
36		Ga Southern	109	1
37		Memphis	109	1
38		Rutgers	108	2
39		LSU	108	2
40		Clemson	106	2
41		BYU	106	1
42		West Kentucky	105	2
43		Tennessee	105	1
44		Georgia St	105	1
45		NC State	104	2
46		UN Las Vegas	103	1
47		Fresno St	103	1
48		Marshall	102	1
49		Kentucky	101	1
50		Colorado	99	2
51		Georgia Tech	99	3
52		Toledo	98	1
53		Syracuse	98	2
54		UL Lafayette	97	2
55		Appalachian St	97	2
56		Kansas St	96	2
57		Texas Tech	95	3
58		Northwestern	95	3
59		Nebraska	95	3
60		Auburn	94	2
61		Troy	94	2
62		Minnesota	93	3
63		SMU	91	2
64		Florida	90	2
65		Wake Forest	89	2
66		Arkansas St	88	3
67		TCU	85	3
68		Oklahoma St	85	2
69		Iowa St	85	3
70		Mississippi St	85	3
71		Indiana	85	3
72		Baylor	84	4
73		Tulsa	84	3
74		Illinois	84	4
75		Cent Michigan	82	3
76		Boston College	81	3
77		Purdue	81	4
78		Texas St	81	2
79		South Florida	79	3
80		Michigan St	78	3
81		South Carolina	78	3
82		Jacksonville	78	2
83		Rice	78	3
84		Navy	77	3
85		California	77	3
86		Colorado St	74	3
87		Arizona	74	3
88		New Mexico	73	3
89		Cent Florida	73	3
90		FL Atlantic	73	3
91		Boise St	72	3
92		Utah St	71	3
93		South Alabama	71	3
94		Stanford	71	3
95		Old Dominion	70	3
96		Florida Intl	69	3
97		Coastal Carolina	69	3
98		Bowling Green	69	4
99		East Michigan	68	3
100		UA Birmingham	68	4
101		Cincinnati	67	3
102		New Mexico St	67	3
103		Virginia Tech	66	4
104		Arkansas	66	4
105		UL Monroe	65	3
106		Temple	65	4
107		UT San Antonio	64	3
108		Buffalo	63	4
109		Houston	62	3
110		Louisiana Tech	62	4
111		Army	62	3
112		West Michigan	59	4
113		East Carolina	57	4
114		Vanderbilt	56	5
115		North Illinois	55	4
116		Connecticut	55	5
117		Virginia	55	5
118		North Texas	54	3
119		Ball St	51	5
120		Hawaii	51	4
121		Pittsburgh	50	4
122		Mid Tenn St	49	5
123		Charlotte	49	4
124		Southern Miss	47	5
125		Arizona St	44	5
126		UT El Paso	44	5
127		San Diego St	39	5
128		San Jose St	36	5
129		Nevada	33	5
130		Massachusetts	32	6
131		Akron	28	5
132		Kent	27	5
133		Sam Houston	24	5

30 Sep 2023 Ranking

 

Rank		Team	Q	Losses
1		Texas	166	0
2		Oklahoma	152	0
3		Penn St	148	0
4		Washington St	147	0
5		Ohio St	147	0
6		Washington	145	0
7		Florida St	143	0
8		North Carolina	139	0
9		Michigan	139	0
10		Miami FL	138	0
11		Missouri	137	0
12		Oregon	137	0
13		Iowa	136	1
14		Alabama	134	1
15		James Madison	132	0
16		Liberty	132	0
17		Texas A&M	130	1
18		Louisville	130	0
19		Wisconsin	128	1
20		Wyoming	127	1
21		USC	124	0
22		West Virginia	124	1
23		Georgia	121	0
24		Duke	121	1
25		Ohio	121	0
26		Kentucky	120	0
27		Kansas	119	1
28		Maryland	119	0
29		Rutgers	118	1
30		Oregon St	117	1
31		Marshall	117	0
32		Kansas St	117	1
33		Utah	116	1
34		Mississippi	116	1
35		Miami OH	115	1
36		Notre Dame	113	1
37		Fresno St	113	0
38		Syracuse	111	1
39		Air Force	108	0
40		Memphis	106	1
41		BYU	106	1
42		UN Las Vegas	104	1
43		Tulane	103	1
44		UC Los Angeles	103	1
45		Tennessee	103	1
46		Ga Southern	99	1
47		West Kentucky	98	2
48		Georgia St	97	1
49		Toledo	97	1
50		LSU	97	2
51		Colorado St	97	2
52		Rice	96	2
53		Tulsa	96	2
54		Colorado	96	2
55		TCU	96	2
56		Temple	95	3
57		Appalachian St	94	2
58		Northwestern	93	3
59		Baylor	92	3
60		California	92	2
61		Wake Forest	92	1
62		Texas St	92	1
63		South Florida	92	2
64		Arkansas St	91	2
65		SMU	89	2
66		Illinois	88	3
67		Clemson	88	2
68		Cent Michigan	87	2
69		Minnesota	86	2
70		Auburn	86	2
71		Nebraska	85	3
72		Texas Tech	84	3
73		Troy	84	2
74		Purdue	83	3
75		Cent Florida	83	2
76		Florida Intl	82	2
77		Arizona	81	2
78		UL Monroe	81	2
79		NC State	80	2
80		UL Lafayette	76	2
81		Bowling Green	75	3
82		Georgia Tech	74	3
83		Michigan St	72	3
84		Mississippi St	71	3
85		Army	71	2
86		Florida	71	2
87		Jacksonville	71	2
88		North Texas	71	2
89		Virginia Tech	70	3
90		Louisiana Tech	68	3
91		Navy	68	3
92		New Mexico	67	3
93		Boise St	67	3
94		West Michigan	65	3
95		Stanford	64	3
96		East Michigan	62	3
97		Cincinnati	62	3
98		Houston	60	3
99		East Carolina	60	4
100		Arkansas	60	3
101		Mid Tenn St	59	4
102		South Carolina	59	3
103		Iowa St	59	3
104		Indiana	59	3
105		Coastal Carolina	59	3
106		New Mexico St	58	3
107		Boston College	57	3
108		Vanderbilt	54	4
109		Utah St	52	3
110		FL Atlantic	51	3
111		Oklahoma St	50	2
112		Pittsburgh	48	4
113		UT San Antonio	48	3
114		South Alabama	48	3
115		Southern Miss	46	4
116		Old Dominion	46	3
117		Ball St	46	4
118		Hawaii	44	4
119		UT El Paso	43	5
120		North Illinois	43	4
121		Buffalo	42	4
122		Charlotte	40	4
123		UA Birmingham	40	4
124		Massachusetts	37	5
125		San Jose St	34	4
126		Kent	32	4
127		Connecticut	30	5
128		Arizona St	28	4
129		San Diego St	22	5
130		Sam Houston	22	4
131		Nevada	22	5
132		Virginia	17	5
133		Akron	17	4

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