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: 20-Jan-2026 08am EST

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
   1 Indiana               16  0     5.47   102.24    1
   2 Oregon                13  2     4.58    93.51    2
   3 Ohio State            12  2     4.35    94.82    3
   4 Miami FL              13  3     4.05    90.16    5
   5 Notre Dame            10  2     4.05    93.31    8
   6 Texas Tech            12  2     3.87    91.61    9
   7 Utah                  11  2     3.70    88.49   10
   8 Georgia               12  2     3.69    84.81    6
   9 Mississippi           13  2     3.65    84.37    7
  10 Brigham Young         12  2     3.62    81.25    4

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  11 Oklahoma              10  3     3.28    81.42   13
  12 Alabama               11  4     3.21    81.58   15
  13 Southern Cal           9  4     3.20    83.17   20
  14 Texas A&M             11  2     3.18    82.21   17
  15 Washington             9  4     3.13    84.48   27
  16 Iowa                   9  4     3.12    83.54   25
  17 Texas                 10  3     3.08    79.82   16
  18 North Texas           12  2     3.06    76.72   12
  19 Vanderbilt            10  3     2.98    83.23   30
  20 Arizona                9  3     2.92    78.65   23

Rank Team                   W  L   Rating   Points  BCS
  21 Illinois               9  4     2.91    77.21   18
  22 Michigan               9  4     2.89    78.48   24
  23 James Madison         12  2     2.88    76.65   19
  24 Virginia              11  3     2.81    75.54   21
  25 TCU                    9  4     2.74    74.31   22

 

 

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