Talisman Red's College Football Computer Ratings

Everything here is free. You get what you pay for. To calculate a hypothetical margin of victory for any matchup, just use the "Points" column. The home advantage fluctuates based on games played, but is consistently about 3 points for college football. It's already included on all games under the Predictions tab.

Many thanks to Dr. Kenneth Massey and Dr. Peter Wolfe for compiling scores and schedule data for all varsity college football teams all these years, and to Dr. Massey for maintaining and listing me on his college football composite page.

Links to all data are found in the menu at the left (small screen = it's at the bottom). If you need the original text files with all schools, they are in the Explanation tab. Help yourself. Here is the current top 25: 

Talisman Red's College Football Rankings
Last updated: 23-Nov-2025 01pm EST

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
   1 Indiana               11  0     4.55    95.87    1
   2 Ohio State            11  0     4.47    94.85    2
   3 Oregon                10  1     4.15    92.12    6
   4 Notre Dame             9  2     4.05    93.01   10
   5 Texas A&M             11  0     3.89    84.29    3
   6 Georgia               10  1     3.82    84.68    5
   7 Brigham Young         10  1     3.80    83.23    4
   8 Texas Tech            10  1     3.70    90.44   15
   9 Oklahoma               9  2     3.68    83.74    7
  10 Utah                   9  2     3.66    89.23   14

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  11 Alabama                9  2     3.57    84.56   11
  12 Mississippi           10  1     3.52    81.71    8
  13 Michigan               9  2     3.44    80.69    9
  14 Southern Cal           8  3     3.36    84.34   16
  15 Miami FL               9  2     3.35    84.94   18
  16 Vanderbilt             9  2     3.25    83.11   19
  17 North Texas           10  1     3.21    78.61   12
  18 Washington             8  3     3.07    83.40   23
  19 Tennessee              8  3     2.87    80.60   26
  20 South Florida          8  3     2.86    79.27   24

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  21 Texas                  8  3     2.86    78.58   22
  22 James Madison         10  1     2.82    74.42   17
  23 Virginia               9  2     2.75    73.82   20
  24 Arizona St             8  3     2.66    72.08   21
  25 SMU                    8  3     2.63    77.35   33

 

 

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