Talisman Red's College Football Computer Ratings

The Rating is a combination of two components:

• Points, a system that considers scores and allows for game predictions; and
• BCS a formula like the six that were once part of the BCS, considering only wins and losses which was much more "politically correct" in that era.

How to use: to estimate the point spread between two teams, just use the Points column. Don't forget to add in home field advantage, which is usually around 3 points. (The actual number fluctuates a little but it's within 0.25 points of that, usually.)

Early in the season, ratings rely heavily on last year's results. Each column below should be sortable, but here's the full text file if you want it.

Last updated: 30-Aug-2026 07pm EDT

Rank	Team	W	L	Rating	Points	BCS-Style	Conference
1	Indiana	0	0	5.13	100.97	1	B10
2	Oregon	0	0	4.39	93.18	2	B10
3	Ohio State	0	0	4.31	94.69	3	B10
4	Miami FL	0	0	3.96	89.76	5	ACC
5	Notre Dame	0	0	3.96	93.05	8	FBS
6	Texas Tech	0	0	3.84	91.32	9	B12
7	Georgia	0	0	3.71	85.03	6	SEC
8	Mississippi	0	0	3.63	84.22	7	SEC
9	Utah	0	0	3.63	88.49	11	B12
10	Brigham Young	0	0	3.58	81.44	4	B12
11	Oklahoma	0	0	3.38	82.24	10	SEC
12	Alabama	0	0	3.33	82.51	12	SEC
13	Texas A&M	0	0	3.32	83.08	14	SEC
14	Southern Cal	1	0	3.13	81.88	18	B10
15	Vanderbilt	0	0	3.11	83.62	25	SEC
16	Washington	0	0	3.09	83.89	27	B10
17	Texas	0	0	3.07	80.18	17	SEC
18	North Texas	0	0	3.06	77.48	13	AMER
19	Virginia	1	0	3.04	77.53	15	ACC
20	Iowa	0	0	3.03	82.54	26	B10
21	Michigan	0	0	2.97	78.78	19	B10
22	Illinois	0	0	2.90	77.61	20	B10
23	Arizona	0	0	2.85	78.09	23	B12
24	South Florida	0	0	2.77	78.85	29	AMER
25	James Madison	0	0	2.76	76.05	21	SUN
26	Penn State	0	0	2.63	81.57	42	B10
27	Tulane	0	0	2.62	69.01	16	AMER
28	Iowa St	0	0	2.52	74.03	31	B12
29	Duke	0	0	2.49	71.92	28	ACC
30	Houston	0	0	2.49	70.91	24	B12
31	Georgia Tech	0	0	2.46	72.72	30	ACC
32	Louisville	0	0	2.43	75.34	36	ACC
33	TCU	0	1	2.43	72.47	32	B12
34	Tennessee	0	0	2.40	77.76	45	SEC
35	SMU	0	0	2.39	76.20	40	ACC
36	Arizona St	0	0	2.31	70.81	33	B12
37	LSU	0	0	2.30	74.94	41	SEC
38	Pittsburgh	0	0	2.28	74.97	43	ACC
39	North Carolina St	0	1	2.28	71.55	35	ACC
40	Missouri	0	0	2.27	77.50	50	SEC
41	East Carolina	0	0	2.26	72.09	39	AMER
42	Old Dominion	0	0	2.20	70.89	38	SUN
43	Navy	0	0	2.16	64.07	22	AMER
44	Montana St	1	0	2.12	66.99	34	I-SKY
45	Wake Forest	0	0	2.12	68.98	37	ACC
46	North Dakota St	1	0	2.06	70.63	44	MWC
47	Northwestern	0	0	1.91	69.97	49	B10
48	Kansas St	0	0	1.88	72.17	58	B12
49	Memphis	1	0	1.86	68.06	47	AMER
50	Boise St	0	0	1.82	68.79	52	PAC12
51	Clemson	0	0	1.82	72.27	64	ACC
52	Auburn	0	0	1.81	75.37	79	SEC
53	Florida St	1	0	1.79	74.91	80	ACC
54	Cincinnati	0	0	1.77	69.76	56	B12
55	Nebraska	0	0	1.77	70.00	59	B10
56	San Diego St	0	0	1.72	68.75	57	PAC12
57	Minnesota	0	0	1.71	64.83	46	B10
58	Florida	0	0	1.67	71.57	71	SEC
59	Washington St	0	0	1.66	68.73	63	PAC12
60	Wisconsin	0	0	1.63	67.93	61	B10
61	Texas-San Antonio	0	0	1.62	67.83	62	AMER
62	Kentucky	0	0	1.59	69.08	69	SEC
63	Western Michigan	0	0	1.57	63.88	53	MAC
64	South Carolina	0	0	1.56	71.67	86	SEC
65	New Mexico	0	0	1.56	64.38	54	MWC
66	Army	0	0	1.51	64.20	55	AMER
67	Mississippi St	0	0	1.43	69.26	87	SEC
68	Toledo	0	0	1.42	70.76	96	MAC
69	Rutgers	0	0	1.37	66.56	81	B10
70	UNLV	0	1	1.36	63.14	66	MWC
71	Tarleton St	1	0	1.35	62.95	65	I-UAC
72	Montana	1	0	1.30	57.71	48	I-SKY
73	Kansas	0	0	1.30	68.06	95	B12
74	California	0	0	1.25	61.24	68	ACC
75	Kennesaw St	0	0	1.24	57.01	51	CUSA
76	Baylor	0	0	1.21	65.51	90	B12
77	Michigan St	0	0	1.20	66.10	94	B10
78	Connecticut	0	0	1.20	60.18	67	FBS
79	Ohio U.	0	0	1.13	60.14	70	MAC
80	Fresno St	0	0	1.12	61.41	77	PAC12
81	Stanford	1	0	1.12	61.63	82	ACC
82	Hawai`i	0	1	1.07	60.35	78	MWC
83	UCLA	0	0	1.05	62.60	91	B10
84	Western Kentucky	0	0	1.00	58.54	74	CUSA
85	Louisiana Tech	0	0	0.97	60.16	88	SUN
86	Central Florida	0	0	0.90	62.64	107	B12
87	Utah St	0	0	0.89	63.22	112	PAC12
88	West Virginia	0	0	0.87	59.77	97	B12
89	Arkansas	0	0	0.87	70.07	141	SEC
90	Lehigh	1	0	0.86	52.23	60	I-PATR
91	North Carolina	1	0	0.86	59.15	93	ACC
92	Maryland	0	0	0.85	64.09	123	B10
93	Virginia Tech	0	0	0.84	62.34	113	ACC
94	Colorado	0	0	0.81	60.61	105	B12
95	Stephen F. Austin	1	0	0.81	56.20	84	I-STHLD
96	Illinois St	1	0	0.80	54.05	72	I-MOVAL
97	Purdue	0	0	0.78	62.49	120	B10
98	Temple	0	0	0.76	57.54	98	AMER
99	Texas St-San Marcos	0	0	0.72	60.42	115	PAC12
100	Troy	0	0	0.67	55.17	92	SUN
101	Villanova	0	1	0.62	50.93	76	I-PATR
102	North Dakota	1	0	0.61	59.13	122	I-MOVAL
103	UC-Davis	1	0	0.61	50.33	73	I-SKY
104	Yale	0	0	0.57	50.05	75	I-IVY
105	Miami OH	0	0	0.56	57.84	119	MAC
106	Georgia Southern	0	0	0.54	51.70	89	SUN
107	Jacksonville St	0	1	0.53	52.90	99	CUSA
108	South Dakota St	1	0	0.47	52.87	101	I-MOVAL
109	South Dakota	1	0	0.47	49.44	83	I-MOVAL
110	Harvard	0	0	0.46	49.30	85	I-IVY
111	Southern Miss	0	0	0.45	54.00	110	SUN
112	Missouri St	0	0	0.43	53.03	106	CUSA
113	Florida Int'l	0	0	0.42	52.21	102	CUSA
114	Syracuse	0	0	0.39	55.85	126	ACC
115	Marshall	0	0	0.38	56.41	130	SUN
116	Tennessee Tech	1	0	0.35	51.06	104	I-SOCON
117	Arkansas St	0	0	0.33	51.44	109	SUN
118	Rice	0	0	0.28	48.11	100	AMER
119	Abilene Christian	0	1	0.28	50.38	108	I-UAC
120	Central Michigan	0	0	0.25	53.25	127	MAC
121	Delaware	0	0	0.20	50.28	117	CUSA
122	Rhode Island	1	0	0.18	47.33	103	I-COAS
123	Youngstown St	1	0	0.15	51.12	125	I-MOVAL
124	Florida Atlantic	0	0	0.13	51.08	128	AMER
125	Air Force	0	0	0.12	56.50	146	MWC
126	Coastal Carolina	0	0	0.11	47.54	111	SUN
127	Alabama-Birmingham	0	0	0.11	49.14	124	AMER
128	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	0	0.09	51.06	131	SUN
129	Tulsa	0	0	0.07	52.27	137	AMER
130	Mercer	1	0	0.07	47.17	114	I-SOCON
131	Idaho St	1	0	0.01	49.76	132	I-SKY
132	Austin Peay	1	0	-0.01	49.86	134	I-UAC
133	Boston College	0	0	-0.02	57.51	168	ACC
134	Northern Arizona	1	0	-0.05	45.74	121	I-SKY
135	Lamar	1	0	-0.07	44.87	118	I-STHLD
136	Southern Utah	0	1	-0.08	48.22	133	I-SKY
137	Liberty	0	0	-0.12	53.33	157	CUSA
138	Appalachian St	0	0	-0.17	48.64	140	SUN
139	Wyoming	0	0	-0.21	53.24	166	MWC
140	Southern Illinois	0	1	-0.23	50.38	151	I-MOVAL
141	SE Louisiana	0	1	-0.23	49.85	148	I-STHLD
142	Texas-Rio Grande Val	1	0	-0.25	48.80	145	I-STHLD
143	South Carolina St	1	0	-0.26	43.35	129	I-MEAC
144	South Alabama	0	0	-0.26	50.41	156	SUN
145	Oregon St	0	0	-0.27	51.77	164	PAC12
146	Dartmouth	0	0	-0.27	40.75	116	I-IVY
147	Sacramento St	0	1	-0.32	48.39	149	MAC
148	West Georgia	0	1	-0.38	42.91	135	I-UAC
149	Oklahoma St	0	0	-0.39	51.05	173	B12
150	Alabama St	1	0	-0.40	43.85	139	I-SWAC
151	Nevada	0	0	-0.41	50.40	170	MWC
152	San Jose St	0	1	-0.41	50.52	172	MWC
153	William & Mary	1	0	-0.47	41.69	138	I-PATR
154	Monmouth NJ	0	1	-0.48	43.58	143	I-COAS
155	Eastern Michigan	1	0	-0.49	47.90	167	MAC
156	Kent St	0	0	-0.57	44.24	155	MAC
157	Colorado St	0	0	-0.57	49.86	185	PAC12
158	Western Carolina	1	0	-0.57	43.45	150	I-SOCON
159	Buffalo	0	0	-0.59	47.51	176	MAC
160	Bowling Green	0	0	-0.60	49.08	184	MAC
161	Cal Poly SLO	1	0	-0.61	44.04	162	I-SKY
162	New Mexico St	0	1	-0.64	47.81	181	CUSA
163	Pennsylvania	0	0	-0.66	37.26	136	I-IVY
164	New Hampshire	0	1	-0.66	40.21	144	I-COAS
165	Prairie View A&M	0	1	-0.67	42.41	160	I-SWAC
166	Akron	0	0	-0.68	45.74	175	MAC
167	Ball St	0	0	-0.72	42.81	165	MAC
168	Lafayette	0	0	-0.82	38.71	152	I-PATR
169	Jackson St	1	0	-0.82	39.33	158	I-SWAC
170	UNC-Charlotte	0	0	-0.84	41.87	171	AMER
171	Gardner-Webb	0	1	-0.84	38.40	153	I-OVC
172	Incarnate Word	1	0	-0.89	44.13	191	I-STHLD
173	Middle Tennessee St	0	0	-0.90	44.30	194	CUSA
174	Weber St	1	0	-0.90	35.90	147	I-SKY
175	Northern Illinois	0	0	-0.92	46.90	207	MWC
176	Wofford	1	0	-0.95	42.45	190	I-SOCON
177	Brown	0	0	-0.96	36.57	159	I-IVY
178	Sacred Heart	0	0	-0.98	33.42	142	I-FCS
179	Elon	1	0	-1.00	40.39	177	I-COAS
180	East Tennessee St	0	1	-1.03	40.22	183	I-SOCON
181	Eastern Washington	0	1	-1.07	39.39	182	I-SKY
182	Louisiana-Monroe	0	0	-1.07	39.98	187	SUN
183	Georgia St	0	0	-1.09	42.96	205	SUN
184	Presbyterian	1	0	-1.09	33.59	154	I-PION
185	San Diego	0	0	-1.11	33.69	161	I-PION
186	Richmond	1	0	-1.12	34.39	163	I-PATR
187	Idaho	0	1	-1.14	43.48	214	I-SKY
188	Lindenwood	1	0	-1.14	36.17	174	I-OVC
189	Eastern Kentucky	0	1	-1.14	39.25	193	I-UAC
190	Delaware St	1	0	-1.15	34.81	169	I-MEAC
191	UTEP	0	0	-1.16	45.28	222	MWC
192	Maine	1	0	-1.21	36.30	180	I-COAS
193	North Carolina Centr	0	1	-1.23	36.62	186	I-MEAC
194	Chattanooga	1	0	-1.25	35.39	179	I-SOCON
195	Stony Brook	0	1	-1.30	38.46	204	I-COAS
196	Sam Houston St	0	0	-1.38	37.21	206	CUSA
197	Nicholls St	1	0	-1.40	37.95	212	I-STHLD
198	Central Arkansas	1	0	-1.40	37.27	209	I-UAC
199	St Thomas MN	1	0	-1.41	34.88	197	I-PION
200	Tennessee-Martin	0	1	-1.41	35.77	202	I-OVC
201	Princeton	0	0	-1.43	35.61	203	I-IVY
202	Charleston Southern	0	1	-1.43	34.49	198	I-OVC
203	Duquesne	0	0	-1.45	32.77	192	I-NEC
204	Drake	0	1	-1.47	31.93	189	I-PION
205	Texas Southern	1	0	-1.47	32.80	195	I-SWAC
206	Towson	0	1	-1.47	37.72	216	I-COAS
207	Central Conn St	0	1	-1.48	30.68	178	I-NEC
208	McNeese St	0	1	-1.50	37.15	215	I-STHLD
209	Colgate	1	0	-1.51	33.72	201	I-PATR
210	Furman	1	0	-1.54	30.57	188	I-SOCON
211	Northern Iowa	0	0	-1.57	37.05	223	I-MOVAL
212	Cornell NY	0	0	-1.61	31.09	200	I-IVY
213	SE Missouri St	1	0	-1.62	33.72	213	I-OVC
214	Indiana St	0	1	-1.62	33.33	211	I-MOVAL
215	Grambling St	1	0	-1.63	30.37	196	I-SWAC
216	Bethune-Cookman	0	0	-1.66	29.99	199	I-SWAC
217	Northern Colorado	0	1	-1.70	34.31	221	I-SKY
218	LIU	0	1	-1.72	30.86	208	I-NEC
219	Dayton	1	0	-1.82	29.18	210	I-PION
220	Western Illinois	1	0	-1.84	30.98	217	I-OVC
221	Holy Cross	0	1	-1.85	33.85	229	I-PATR
222	East Texas A&M	0	1	-1.88	33.79	232	I-STHLD
223	The Citadel	0	1	-1.91	32.04	226	I-SOCON
224	Eastern Illinois	1	0	-1.99	30.44	227	I-OVC
225	Mercyhurst	0	1	-2.04	27.20	220	I-NEC
226	Campbell	1	0	-2.06	32.27	238	I-COAS
227	Columbia	0	0	-2.11	27.55	225	I-IVY
228	North Alabama	1	0	-2.12	30.58	234	I-UAC
229	Utah Tech	0	1	-2.15	30.31	237	I-SKY
230	Albany NY	1	0	-2.16	28.10	231	I-COAS
231	Georgetown DC	0	0	-2.19	23.88	218	I-PATR
232	Alcorn St	1	0	-2.20	30.53	240	I-SWAC
233	Portland St	0	1	-2.23	27.75	233	I-SKY
234	Howard	1	0	-2.25	25.42	228	I-MEAC
235	Merrimack	0	1	-2.27	27.94	235	I-FCS
236	West Florida	1	0	-2.29	21.91	219	I-UAC
237	Bryant	1	0	-2.41	28.35	245	I-COAS
238	Butler	1	0	-2.42	20.69	224	I-PION
239	Morgan St	1	0	-2.46	27.45	246	I-MEAC
240	Houston Christian	1	0	-2.49	28.19	248	I-STHLD
241	New Haven	1	0	-2.56	19.77	230	I-NEC
242	Bucknell	0	1	-2.56	22.01	236	I-PATR
243	Murray St	0	1	-2.59	27.37	249	I-MOVAL
244	Massachusetts	0	0	-2.61	27.31	250	MAC
245	Marist	0	1	-2.70	22.24	244	I-PION
246	Stonehill	0	1	-2.74	21.27	242	I-NEC
247	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	1	0	-2.75	20.06	241	I-SWAC
248	Florida A&M	1	0	-2.80	17.85	239	I-SWAC
249	Wagner	0	1	-2.87	19.49	247	I-NEC
250	Alabama A&M	0	1	-2.92	21.48	252	I-SWAC
251	Robert Morris	1	0	-2.93	20.92	251	I-NEC
252	Samford	0	1	-3.02	21.19	253	I-SOCON
253	Tennessee St	0	1	-3.11	22.68	256	I-OVC
254	Morehead St	0	1	-3.15	12.96	243	I-PION
255	Fordham	0	1	-3.22	21.18	259	I-PATR
256	Hampton	1	0	-3.28	17.00	254	I-COAS
257	Southern U.	0	1	-3.32	17.34	255	I-SWAC
258	Norfolk St	1	0	-3.36	20.90	264	I-MEAC
259	North Carolina A&T	0	1	-3.45	16.19	258	I-COAS
260	Northwestern St	0	1	-3.45	15.81	257	I-STHLD
261	VMI	0	1	-3.50	15.56	260	I-SOCON
262	Mississippi Valley S	0	1	-3.63	13.28	262	I-SWAC
263	Valparaiso	1	0	-3.73	12.31	263	I-PION
264	Stetson	0	1	-4.10	3.65	261	I-PION
265	Davidson	0	1	-4.23	5.49	265	I-PION
266	Non-Division I	5	18	-4.37	3.53	266	NON-D1
267	Chicago St	0	1	-7.15	-15.00	267	I-NEC