2016 NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision Z-Ratings

Data courtesy Peter Wolfe. Ratings current through 9 January 2017 (759 games). ( γ = .0001 )

Conference ratings | Teams sorted by conference

Rank		Team	Conf.		Z-Rating	BSWP	nCWP		Record	Pct	Ratio		SOS	Rank
1		Clemson	AC		28182	.9796	.9796		13-1	.929	13.00		2167.9	1
2		Alabama	SE		27203	.9789	.9785		13-1	.929	13.00		2092.6	2
3		Ohio State	TN		9565.9	.9501	.9553		11-2	.846	5.500		1739.3	3
4		Washington	PT		5750.8	.9282	.9314		11-2	.846	5.500		1045.6	6
5		Wisconsin	TN		4069.5	.9095	.9210		11-3	.786	3.667		1109.9	4
6		Penn State	TN		3599.3	.9021	.9145		11-3	.786	3.667		981.63	7
7		Southern California	PT		3485.8	.9001	.9061		10-3	.769	3.333		1045.8	5
8		Michigan	TN		3221.8	.8950	.9083		10-3	.769	3.333		966.55	8
9		Oklahoma	BT		2482.6	.8769	.8750		11-2	.846	5.500		451.38	22
10		Florida State	AC		2467.9	.8764	.8855		9-3	.750	3.000		822.65	9
11		Western Michigan	MA		2335.2	.8723	.8611		12-1	.923	12.00		194.61	50
12		Stanford	PT		1808.6	.8520	.8621		10-3	.769	3.333		542.60	16
13		Colorado	PT		1609.8	.8421	.8529		9-4	.692	2.250		715.48	10
14		Iowa	TN		1322.6	.8243	.8439		8-4	.667	2.000		661.32	11
15		Florida	SE		1273.0	.8207	.8326		9-4	.692	2.250		565.79	15
16		Nebraska	TN		1084.9	.8053	.8259		9-4	.692	2.250		482.18	19
17		Louisiana State	SE		1049.6	.8020	.8155		7-4	.636	1.750		599.75	13
18		Tennessee	SE		1015.8	.7987	.8125		8-4	.667	2.000		507.90	18
19		Oklahoma State	BT		1012.5	.7983	.7992		9-3	.750	3.000		337.52	29
20		Minnesota	TN		917.57	.7882	.8096		8-4	.667	2.000		458.79	20
21		Virginia Tech	AC		910.86	.7874	.8042		9-4	.692	2.250		404.83	24
22		Georgia Tech	AC		845.18	.7795	.7969		8-4	.667	2.000		422.59	23
23		West Virginia	BT		809.44	.7749	.7765		9-3	.750	3.000		269.82	40
24		Pittsburgh	AC		806.54	.7745	.7923		7-5	.583	1.400		576.10	14
25		Washington State	PT		781.43	.7711	.7863		8-4	.667	2.000		390.72	25
26		Miami (FL)	AC		771.97	.7697	.7880		8-4	.667	2.000		385.99	26
27		Northwestern	TN		757.38	.7677	.7897		6-5	.545	1.200		631.15	12
28		Auburn	SE		753.07	.7670	.7838		7-5	.583	1.400		537.91	17
29		Louisville	AC		638.51	.7485	.7683		9-4	.692	2.250		283.79	37
30		South Florida	AA		602.48	.7418	.7286		10-2	.833	5.000		120.50	59
31		Utah	PT		573.32	.7360	.7529		8-4	.667	2.000		286.66	36
32		Kansas State	BT		549.00	.7309	.7338		8-4	.667	2.000		274.50	38
33		North Carolina	AC		548.18	.7307	.7518		6-5	.545	1.200		456.82	21
34		Texas A&M	SE		458.13	.7090	.7309		7-5	.583	1.400		327.24	31
35		Georgia	SE		446.12	.7057	.7279		7-5	.583	1.400		318.66	32
36		Arkansas	SE		304.77	.6568	.6827		6-6	.500	1.000		304.77	33
37		Kentucky	SE		301.27	.6552	.6813		6-6	.500	1.000		301.27	34
38		Appalachian State	SB		293.05	.6515	.6322		10-3	.769	3.333		87.915	70
39		Boise State	MW		279.79	.6453	.6246		10-3	.769	3.333		83.939	72
40		North Carolina State	AC		273.85	.6425	.6688		6-6	.500	1.000		273.85	39
41		Western Kentucky	US		209.14	.6055	.5736		10-3	.769	3.333		62.743	81
42		Boston College	AC		208.15	.6049	.6328		6-6	.500	1.000		208.15	49
43		Vanderbilt	SE		206.37	.6037	.6330		5-7	.417	0.714		288.91	35
44		Tulsa	AA		202.95	.6013	.5905		9-3	.750	3.000		67.649	80
45		Houston	AA		197.10	.5973	.5865		8-4	.667	2.000		98.551	67
46		Brigham Young	IN		195.79	.5963	.5900		8-4	.667	2.000		97.896	68
47		Mississippi	SE		195.41	.5960	.6258		4-7	.364	0.571		341.97	28
48		Temple	AA		177.03	.5821	.5718		9-4	.692	2.250		78.682	75
49		Troy	SB		174.52	.5801	.5604		9-3	.750	3.000		58.172	82
50		South Carolina	SE		173.55	.5793	.6099		5-7	.417	0.714		242.97	42
51		California	PT		173.45	.5792	.6017		5-7	.417	0.714		242.83	43
52		Wake Forest	AC		166.43	.5734	.6022		6-6	.500	1.000		166.43	52
53		Idaho	SB		137.91	.5465	.5269		8-4	.667	2.000		68.956	79
54		Oregon	PT		137.15	.5457	.5689		3-8	.273	0.375		365.74	27
55		San Diego State	MW		136.32	.5448	.5245		10-3	.769	3.333		40.898	91
56		Indiana	TN		135.36	.5438	.5647		6-6	.500	1.000		135.36	54
57		Navy	AA		132.73	.5410	.5319		8-5	.615	1.600		82.955	73
58		Air Force	MW		132.30	.5405	.5202		9-3	.750	3.000		44.099	90
59		Baylor	BT		131.84	.5400	.5476		6-6	.500	1.000		131.84	56
60		Mississippi State	SE		131.37	.5395	.5716		5-7	.417	0.714		183.92	51
61		Memphis	AA		128.75	.5366	.5277		7-5	.583	1.400		91.964	69
62		Oregon State	PT		123.46	.5305	.5540		3-8	.273	0.375		329.21	30
63		Arizona State	PT		121.71	.5285	.5520		4-7	.364	0.571		212.99	48
64		Texas Christian	BT		118.68	.5248	.5327		5-7	.417	0.714		166.16	53
65		UCLA	PT		115.18	.5205	.5441		4-8	.333	0.500		230.36	46
66		Old Dominion	US		104.30	.5061	.4717		9-3	.750	3.000		34.769	99
67		Syracuse	AC		97.569	.4964	.5264		3-8	.273	0.375		260.18	41
68		Toledo	MA		91.658	.4874	.4596		8-4	.667	2.000		45.829	89
69		Maryland	TN		87.473	.4806	.4999		5-7	.417	0.714		122.46	58
70		Missouri	SE		86.577	.4791	.5125		3-8	.273	0.375		230.87	45
71		Wyoming	MW		82.307	.4717	.4526		7-6	.538	1.167		70.549	77
72		Texas	BT		80.452	.4684	.4774		5-7	.417	0.714		112.63	63
73		Duke	AC		80.279	.4681	.4982		3-8	.273	0.375		214.08	47
74		Texas Tech	BT		75.627	.4595	.4686		4-7	.364	0.571		132.35	55
75		Colorado State	MW		74.869	.4580	.4392		6-6	.500	1.000		74.869	76
76		Arkansas State	SB		64.562	.4367	.4185		8-4	.667	2.000		32.281	102
77		New Mexico	MW		63.736	.4348	.4165		8-4	.667	2.000		31.868	105
78		Louisiana Tech	US		60.343	.4270	.3921		8-5	.615	1.600		37.715	93
79		Notre Dame	IN		57.309	.4196	.4159		4-8	.333	0.500		114.62	62
80		Arizona	PT		53.254	.4091	.4335		2-9	.182	0.222		239.64	44
81		Southern Methodist	AA		46.458	.3898	.3862		4-7	.364	0.571		81.302	74
82		Army	IN		42.798	.3784	.3754		6-5	.545	1.200		35.665	96
83		Iowa State	BT		42.134	.3762	.3864		3-8	.273	0.375		112.36	64
84		Central Florida	AA		39.851	.3685	.3656		5-7	.417	0.714		55.792	83
85		Eastern Michigan	MA		34.919	.3503	.3243		6-6	.500	1.000		34.919	98
86		Hawaii	MW		31.190	.3350	.3195		6-7	.462	0.857		36.388	94
87		Middle Tennessee State	US		30.892	.3337	.3004		7-5	.583	1.400		22.066	114
88		Ohio University	MA		29.983	.3297	.3046		7-6	.538	1.167		25.700	111
89		Georgia Southern	SB		27.911	.3202	.3056		4-7	.364	0.571		48.844	85
90		Illinois	TN		27.386	.3177	.3333		2-9	.182	0.222		123.23	57
91		Northern Illinois	MA		26.820	.3150	.2904		5-6	.455	0.833		32.184	103
92		Southern Mississippi	US		26.673	.3143	.2816		6-6	.500	1.000		26.673	109
93		Virginia	AC		26.599	.3139	.3407		2-9	.182	0.222		119.69	60
94		Louisiana - Lafayette	SB		25.560	.3087	.2946		5-7	.417	0.714		35.784	95
95		Michigan State	TN		24.782	.3047	.3199		2-9	.182	0.222		111.51	65
96		Central Michigan	MA		23.692	.2989	.2751		5-7	.417	0.714		33.169	101
97		South Alabama	SB		22.885	.2944	.2809		4-7	.364	0.571		40.048	92
98		Miami - Ohio	MA		21.863	.2886	.2654		6-6	.500	1.000		21.863	115
99		Texas - San Antonio	US		20.364	.2796	.2484		5-7	.417	0.714		28.510	107
100		Cincinnati	AA		19.059	.2714	.2723		3-8	.273	0.375		50.823	84
101		Purdue	TN		19.014	.2711	.2857		2-9	.182	0.222		85.563	71
102		Tulane	AA		17.847	.2633	.2645		3-8	.273	0.375		47.592	88
103		East Carolina	AA		15.477	.2462	.2480		2-9	.182	0.222		69.643	78
104		Louisiana - Monroe	SB		12.645	.2228	.2128		3-8	.273	0.375		33.719	100
105		New Mexico State	SB		11.680	.2140	.2044		3-9	.250	0.333		35.039	97
106		Rutgers	TN		11.637	.2136	.2270		1-10	.091	0.100		116.37	61
107		North Texas	US		11.280	.2102	.1833		4-8	.333	0.500		22.560	113
108		San Jose State	MW		11.141	.2088	.1978		3-8	.273	0.375		29.710	106
109		Kansas	BT		10.852	.2059	.2161		1-10	.091	0.100		108.52	66
110		Connecticut	AA		10.777	.2052	.2085		2-9	.182	0.222		48.497	87
111		UNLV	MW		9.6739	.1937	.1833		3-8	.273	0.375		25.797	110
112		Akron	MA		9.3926	.1906	.1745		4-7	.364	0.571		16.437	119
113		Nevada	MW		8.0330	.1748	.1651		4-7	.364	0.571		14.058	125
114		Bowling Green	MA		7.8420	.1725	.1579		3-8	.273	0.375		20.912	116
115		Florida International	US		7.5634	.1689	.1457		4-8	.333	0.500		15.127	120
116		Utah State	MW		7.1322	.1633	.1541		2-9	.182	0.222		32.094	104
117		Ball State	MA		5.4090	.1384	.1272		3-8	.273	0.375		14.424	121
118		Georgia State	SB		5.3188	.1370	.1320		2-9	.182	0.222		23.934	112
119		Texas - El Paso	US		5.1294	.1339	.1146		3-8	.273	0.375		13.678	126
120		Kent State	MA		4.9515	.1310	.1205		2-8	.200	0.250		19.805	118
121		Charlotte	US		4.9201	.1305	.1116		3-8	.273	0.375		13.120	127
122		Massachusetts	IN		4.8606	.1295	.1309		1-10	.091	0.100		48.604	86
123		Rice	US		3.1911	.0981	.0838		2-9	.182	0.222		14.360	122
124		Buffalo	MA		3.1783	.0979	.0910		2-9	.182	0.222		14.302	123
125		Marshall	US		3.1451	.0972	.0830		2-9	.182	0.222		14.153	124
126		Texas State	SB		2.7533	.0886	.0868		1-10	.091	0.100		27.532	108
127		Florida Atlantic	US		2.1253	.0736	.0633		2-9	.182	0.222		9.5635	128
128		Fresno State	MW		.00009	.0000	.0000		0-11	.000	0.000		20.565	117

Conference ratings

Rk	Conference	BSWP	Tms	Top Team
1	Southeastern Conference (SE)	.7142	14	Alabama (2)
2	Atlantic Coast Conference (AC)	.7026	14	Clemson (1)
3	Pacific-12 Conference (PT)	.6955	12	Washington (4)
4	Big Ten Conference (TN)	.6570	14	Ohio State (3)
5	Big 12 Conference (BT)	.5813	10	Oklahoma (9)
6	American Athletic Conference (AA)	.4402	12	South Florida (30)
7	Independent (IN)	.3781	4	Brigham Young (46)
8	Mountain West Conference (MW)	.3331	12	Boise State (39)
9	Sun Belt Conference (SB)	.3323	11	Appalachian State (38)
10	Mid-American Conference (MA)	.2876	12	Western Michigan (11)
11	Conference USA (US)	.2348	13	Western Kentucky (41)

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