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: 14-Dec-2025 02pm EST

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
   1 Indiana               13  0     4.85    98.25    1
   2 Ohio State            12  1     4.48    95.76    4
   3 Oregon                11  1     4.40    93.85    3
   4 Texas Tech            12  1     4.08    94.06    9
   5 Notre Dame            10  2     4.06    93.06    7
   6 Georgia               12  1     3.98    85.15    2
   7 Oklahoma              10  2     3.66    82.73    5
   8 Utah                  10  2     3.60    88.44   17
   9 Miami FL              10  2     3.57    87.79   16
  10 Mississippi           11  1     3.54    82.21    6

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  11 Brigham Young         11  2     3.50    81.98    8
  12 Texas A&M             11  1     3.45    82.32   10
  13 Southern Cal           9  3     3.40    84.32   15
  14 Vanderbilt            10  2     3.34    84.15   19
  15 Alabama               10  3     3.31    82.22   12
  16 Michigan               9  3     3.20    80.11   14
  17 Washington             9  4     3.09    84.46   26
  18 James Madison         12  1     3.00    76.11   13
  19 North Texas           11  2     3.00    77.20   18
  20 Texas                  9  3     2.99    78.76   20

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  21 South Florida          9  3     2.96    80.39   22
  22 Arizona                9  3     2.87    78.72   24
  23 Iowa                   8  4     2.79    82.47   35
  24 Tulane                11  2     2.73    69.63   11
  25 Illinois               8  4     2.66    76.43   28

 

 

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