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: 03-Aug-2026 05pm EDT

Rank	Team	W	L	Rating	Points	BCS-Style	Conference
1	Indiana	0	0	5.21	100.93	1	B10
2	Oregon	0	0	4.46	93.18	2	B10
3	Ohio State	0	0	4.35	94.40	3	B10
4	Notre Dame	0	0	3.98	92.97	8	FBS
5	Miami FL	0	0	3.95	89.49	6	ACC
6	Texas Tech	0	0	3.89	91.28	9	B12
7	Georgia	0	0	3.73	84.82	5	SEC
8	Utah	0	0	3.71	88.65	11	B12
9	Mississippi	0	0	3.65	84.00	7	SEC
10	Brigham Young	0	0	3.64	81.47	4	B12
11	Oklahoma	0	0	3.41	82.04	10	SEC
12	Texas A&M	0	0	3.34	82.81	13	SEC
13	Alabama	0	0	3.33	82.22	12	SEC
14	Southern Cal	0	0	3.30	83.51	16	B10
15	Washington	0	0	3.15	83.91	26	B10
16	Vanderbilt	0	0	3.11	83.20	25	SEC
17	Texas	0	0	3.08	79.78	17	SEC
18	North Texas	0	0	3.04	77.06	14	AMER
19	Iowa	0	0	3.04	82.34	28	B10
20	Michigan	0	0	3.02	78.78	18	B10
21	Arizona	0	0	2.94	78.32	22	B12
22	Illinois	0	0	2.92	77.38	20	B10
23	Virginia	0	0	2.80	75.46	21	ACC
24	James Madison	0	0	2.77	75.89	24	SUN
25	TCU	0	0	2.77	74.28	19	B12
26	South Florida	0	0	2.72	78.25	34	AMER
27	Penn State	0	0	2.66	81.47	42	B10
28	Iowa St	0	0	2.62	74.30	29	B12
29	Tulane	0	0	2.58	68.63	15	AMER
30	Houston	0	0	2.56	71.09	23	B12
31	Georgia Tech	0	0	2.44	72.46	33	ACC
32	Duke	0	0	2.42	71.27	31	ACC
33	Tennessee	0	0	2.41	77.53	44	SEC
34	Louisville	0	0	2.40	75.05	37	ACC
35	SMU	0	0	2.38	75.94	43	ACC
36	Arizona St	0	0	2.37	71.01	32	B12
37	LSU	0	0	2.34	74.90	41	SEC
38	North Carolina St	0	0	2.31	72.25	35	ACC
39	Pittsburgh	0	0	2.25	74.81	45	ACC
40	Montana St	0	0	2.24	66.90	30	I-SKY
41	Missouri	0	0	2.23	77.06	52	SEC
42	Old Dominion	0	0	2.20	70.64	36	SUN
43	East Carolina	0	0	2.19	71.60	39	AMER
44	North Dakota St	0	0	2.15	71.13	40	MWC
45	Navy	0	0	2.12	63.63	27	AMER
46	Wake Forest	0	0	2.04	68.37	38	ACC
47	Kansas St	0	0	1.96	72.54	56	B12
48	Northwestern	0	0	1.92	69.84	49	B10
49	Boise St	0	0	1.88	68.62	48	PAC12
50	Cincinnati	0	0	1.86	70.08	55	B12
51	Auburn	0	0	1.80	75.19	80	SEC
52	Nebraska	0	0	1.78	69.90	61	B10
53	Clemson	0	0	1.76	71.96	70	ACC
54	San Diego St	0	0	1.75	68.38	57	PAC12
55	Florida St	0	0	1.73	75.59	90	ACC
56	Minnesota	0	0	1.73	64.74	46	B10
57	Memphis	0	0	1.67	67.33	58	AMER
58	Washington St	0	0	1.66	68.44	64	PAC12
59	Florida	0	0	1.65	71.29	79	SEC
60	Wisconsin	0	0	1.63	67.77	63	B10
61	New Mexico	0	0	1.61	64.13	51	MWC
62	Texas-San Antonio	0	0	1.59	67.46	66	AMER
63	UNLV	0	0	1.54	63.36	53	MWC
64	Kentucky	0	0	1.53	68.55	76	SEC
65	Western Michigan	0	0	1.53	63.44	54	MAC
66	South Carolina	0	0	1.52	71.09	88	SEC
67	Army	0	0	1.49	64.02	60	AMER
68	Tarleton St	0	0	1.41	64.19	68	I-UAC
69	Montana	0	0	1.40	58.58	47	I-SKY
70	Mississippi St	0	0	1.39	68.84	91	SEC
71	Toledo	0	0	1.37	70.41	99	MAC
72	Kansas	0	0	1.35	68.26	93	B12
73	Rutgers	0	0	1.34	66.11	81	B10
74	Baylor	0	0	1.28	65.77	85	B12
75	Kennesaw St	0	0	1.26	56.85	50	CUSA
76	Hawai`i	0	0	1.23	60.43	67	MWC
77	Michigan St	0	0	1.22	66.15	94	B10
78	Connecticut	0	0	1.18	59.99	69	FBS
79	California	0	0	1.15	60.43	72	ACC
80	Fresno St	0	0	1.13	60.96	78	PAC12
81	Ohio U.	0	0	1.11	59.78	74	MAC
82	UCLA	0	0	1.09	62.68	89	B10
83	Illinois St	0	0	1.03	54.80	59	I-MOVAL
84	Western Kentucky	0	0	1.01	58.39	77	CUSA
85	Louisiana Tech	0	0	1.00	60.05	84	SUN
86	Utah St	0	0	0.92	62.86	106	PAC12
87	Central Florida	0	0	0.91	62.51	105	B12
88	West Virginia	0	0	0.89	59.83	95	B12
89	Stanford	0	0	0.88	60.45	98	ACC
90	Colorado	0	0	0.87	60.82	102	B12
91	Lehigh	0	0	0.85	51.63	62	I-PATR
92	Maryland	0	0	0.85	63.91	121	B10
93	Arkansas	0	0	0.82	69.73	144	SEC
94	Purdue	0	0	0.82	62.77	116	B10
95	Stephen F. Austin	0	0	0.81	56.65	86	I-STHLD
96	Villanova	0	0	0.80	51.58	65	I-PATR
97	UC-Davis	0	0	0.75	52.16	71	I-SKY
98	Virginia Tech	0	0	0.75	61.80	120	ACC
99	North Dakota	0	0	0.73	60.61	113	I-MOVAL
100	South Dakota St	0	0	0.73	54.15	83	I-MOVAL
101	Temple	0	0	0.69	57.06	100	AMER
102	Texas St-San Marcos	0	0	0.68	60.14	118	PAC12
103	Jacksonville St	0	0	0.64	53.36	87	CUSA
104	Yale	0	0	0.64	50.41	75	I-IVY
105	Troy	0	0	0.63	54.94	97	SUN
106	South Dakota	0	0	0.60	49.70	73	I-MOVAL
107	Georgia Southern	0	0	0.53	51.58	92	SUN
108	Miami OH	0	0	0.52	57.47	122	MAC
109	Harvard	0	0	0.51	49.83	82	I-IVY
110	Abilene Christian	0	0	0.50	52.20	96	I-UAC
111	North Carolina	0	0	0.48	57.00	124	ACC
112	Missouri St	0	0	0.45	52.93	104	CUSA
113	Southern Miss	0	0	0.42	53.81	109	SUN
114	Florida Int'l	0	0	0.41	51.99	103	CUSA
115	Marshall	0	0	0.37	56.41	130	SUN
116	Syracuse	0	0	0.30	55.45	132	ACC
117	Arkansas St	0	0	0.29	51.19	107	SUN
118	Youngstown St	0	0	0.24	51.48	119	I-MOVAL
119	Central Michigan	0	0	0.21	52.98	129	MAC
120	Rice	0	0	0.21	47.66	101	AMER
121	Southern Illinois	0	0	0.19	53.72	136	I-MOVAL
122	Delaware	0	0	0.18	49.98	115	CUSA
123	Tennessee Tech	0	0	0.16	49.25	114	I-SOCON
124	SE Louisiana	0	0	0.15	52.40	131	I-STHLD
125	Idaho St	0	0	0.14	51.14	127	I-SKY
126	Air Force	0	0	0.14	56.26	145	MWC
127	Mercer	0	0	0.08	48.01	117	I-SOCON
128	Coastal Carolina	0	0	0.06	47.07	112	SUN
129	Southern Utah	0	0	0.05	49.38	126	I-SKY
130	Florida Atlantic	0	0	0.05	50.69	134	AMER
131	West Georgia	0	0	0.04	46.58	111	I-UAC
132	Louisiana-Lafayette	0	0	0.03	50.70	137	SUN
133	Alabama-Birmingham	0	0	0.03	48.82	125	AMER
134	Tulsa	0	0	0.02	52.00	141	AMER
135	Rhode Island	0	0	0.01	45.87	110	I-COAS
136	Austin Peay	0	0	-0.02	50.88	139	I-UAC
137	Northern Arizona	0	0	-0.03	46.65	123	I-SKY
138	Sacramento St	0	0	-0.06	49.80	138	MAC
139	Boston College	0	0	-0.09	57.20	171	ACC
140	Liberty	0	0	-0.15	52.98	155	CUSA
141	Wyoming	0	0	-0.18	53.11	158	MWC
142	Appalachian St	0	0	-0.21	48.41	143	SUN
143	Dartmouth	0	0	-0.21	41.27	108	I-IVY
144	Lamar	0	0	-0.21	44.14	128	I-STHLD
145	Texas-Rio Grande Val	0	0	-0.27	48.93	149	I-STHLD
146	Oregon St	0	0	-0.30	51.53	164	PAC12
147	South Alabama	0	0	-0.34	50.05	159	SUN
148	Oklahoma St	0	0	-0.36	51.21	168	B12
149	Nevada	0	0	-0.38	50.20	165	MWC
150	Monmouth NJ	0	0	-0.42	44.03	142	I-COAS
151	South Carolina St	0	0	-0.47	40.18	133	I-MEAC
152	New Hampshire	0	0	-0.49	41.49	140	I-COAS
153	Alabama St	0	0	-0.50	44.23	148	I-SWAC
154	San Jose St	0	0	-0.53	48.63	172	MWC
155	Colorado St	0	0	-0.54	49.72	178	PAC12
156	Pennsylvania	0	0	-0.60	37.80	135	I-IVY
157	Kent St	0	0	-0.62	44.15	157	MAC
158	Cal Poly SLO	0	0	-0.64	44.62	163	I-SKY
159	Bowling Green	0	0	-0.66	48.79	188	MAC
160	Buffalo	0	0	-0.67	47.15	179	MAC
161	New Mexico St	0	0	-0.70	46.28	177	CUSA
162	Akron	0	0	-0.73	45.52	174	MAC
163	Eastern Michigan	0	0	-0.74	46.69	183	MAC
164	East Tennessee St	0	0	-0.74	42.41	162	I-SOCON
165	Ball St	0	0	-0.77	42.64	166	MAC
166	Prairie View A&M	0	0	-0.79	41.14	160	I-SWAC
167	Gardner-Webb	0	0	-0.81	37.81	146	I-OVC
168	Lafayette	0	0	-0.82	38.87	154	I-PATR
169	Western Carolina	0	0	-0.84	41.43	167	I-SOCON
170	Presbyterian	0	0	-0.87	37.20	152	I-PION
171	Drake	0	0	-0.88	36.68	147	I-PION
172	William & Mary	0	0	-0.90	39.09	161	I-PATR
173	Middle Tennessee St	0	0	-0.91	44.17	192	CUSA
174	Incarnate Word	0	0	-0.91	43.64	187	I-STHLD
175	Weber St	0	0	-0.93	36.45	153	I-SKY
176	UNC-Charlotte	0	0	-0.94	41.40	175	AMER
177	Eastern Washington	0	0	-0.95	39.45	169	I-SKY
178	San Diego	0	0	-0.96	35.48	151	I-PION
179	Eastern Kentucky	0	0	-0.96	41.66	181	I-UAC
180	Jackson St	0	0	-0.96	39.30	170	I-SWAC
181	Idaho	0	0	-0.97	44.49	198	I-SKY
182	Brown	0	0	-0.99	36.53	156	I-IVY
183	Northern Illinois	0	0	-0.99	46.61	212	MWC
184	Sacred Heart	0	0	-1.06	33.06	150	I-FCS
185	Elon	0	0	-1.09	39.88	186	I-COAS
186	Georgia St	0	0	-1.13	42.91	205	SUN
187	Louisiana-Monroe	0	0	-1.13	39.70	191	SUN
188	St Thomas MN	0	0	-1.16	39.06	190	I-PION
189	UTEP	0	0	-1.17	45.04	220	MWC
190	North Carolina Centr	0	0	-1.21	36.51	180	I-MEAC
191	Wofford	0	0	-1.23	40.32	203	I-SOCON
192	Tennessee-Martin	0	0	-1.25	36.32	182	I-OVC
193	Stony Brook	0	0	-1.25	38.54	196	I-COAS
194	Lindenwood	0	0	-1.30	35.75	185	I-OVC
195	Richmond	0	0	-1.33	33.16	173	I-PATR
196	Indiana St	0	0	-1.35	34.48	184	I-MOVAL
197	Sam Houston St	0	0	-1.38	37.02	202	CUSA
198	Central Conn St	0	0	-1.40	32.26	176	I-NEC
199	Princeton	0	0	-1.41	36.11	200	I-IVY
200	Northern Iowa	0	0	-1.42	38.41	215	I-MOVAL
201	Nicholls St	0	0	-1.44	37.82	214	I-STHLD
202	Towson	0	0	-1.47	37.27	213	I-COAS
203	Charleston Southern	0	0	-1.47	33.06	193	I-OVC
204	Maine	0	0	-1.47	34.95	201	I-COAS
205	Delaware St	0	0	-1.47	32.86	189	I-MEAC
206	Duquesne	0	0	-1.49	32.91	194	I-NEC
207	McNeese St	0	0	-1.52	36.62	216	I-STHLD
208	Northern Colorado	0	0	-1.57	34.77	211	I-SKY
209	Central Arkansas	0	0	-1.58	37.21	221	I-UAC
210	Colgate	0	0	-1.58	33.88	206	I-PATR
211	Furman	0	0	-1.60	31.30	195	I-SOCON
212	Chattanooga	0	0	-1.62	33.17	209	I-SOCON
213	Cornell NY	0	0	-1.65	31.16	199	I-IVY
214	Dayton	0	0	-1.72	31.12	208	I-PION
215	LIU	0	0	-1.77	30.03	204	I-NEC
216	Bethune-Cookman	0	0	-1.82	29.11	207	I-SWAC
217	The Citadel	0	0	-1.83	33.11	225	I-SOCON
218	SE Missouri St	0	0	-1.84	32.89	224	I-OVC
219	Holy Cross	0	0	-1.84	34.72	228	I-PATR
220	Texas Southern	0	0	-1.86	30.40	218	I-SWAC
221	Grambling St	0	0	-1.87	28.18	210	I-SWAC
222	Mercyhurst	0	0	-1.94	28.26	217	I-NEC
223	East Texas A&M	0	0	-1.95	32.94	230	I-STHLD
224	Western Illinois	0	0	-2.02	28.74	222	I-OVC
225	Utah Tech	0	0	-2.07	32.94	235	I-SKY
226	Columbia	0	0	-2.12	27.78	226	I-IVY
227	Georgetown DC	0	0	-2.20	24.20	219	I-PATR
228	Eastern Illinois	0	0	-2.20	28.75	231	I-OVC
229	North Alabama	0	0	-2.20	31.44	241	I-UAC
230	Portland St	0	0	-2.22	27.26	229	I-SKY
231	Murray St	0	0	-2.25	29.88	239	I-MOVAL
232	Butler	0	0	-2.26	23.95	223	I-PION
233	Merrimack	0	0	-2.28	28.76	236	I-FCS
234	Marist	0	0	-2.41	24.62	232	I-PION
235	Alcorn St	0	0	-2.50	28.30	245	I-SWAC
236	Bucknell	0	0	-2.52	22.62	233	I-PATR
237	Campbell	0	0	-2.54	29.18	247	I-COAS
238	Stonehill	0	0	-2.56	22.65	234	I-NEC
239	Albany NY	0	0	-2.59	25.38	243	I-COAS
240	Howard	0	0	-2.60	23.55	242	I-MEAC
241	Wagner	0	0	-2.65	21.57	237	I-NEC
242	Massachusetts	0	0	-2.73	26.85	250	MAC
243	Morehead St	0	0	-2.77	15.89	227	I-PION
244	Bryant	0	0	-2.77	26.29	251	I-COAS
245	Morgan St	0	0	-2.78	26.24	252	I-MEAC
246	New Haven	0	0	-2.78	19.58	240	I-NEC
247	West Florida	0	0	-2.80	18.76	238	I-UAC
248	Houston Christian	0	0	-2.87	25.80	254	I-STHLD
249	Samford	0	0	-2.96	21.62	249	I-SOCON
250	Chicago St	0	0	-2.99	4.06	197	I-NEC
251	Alabama A&M	0	0	-3.00	20.77	248	I-SWAC
252	Florida A&M	0	0	-3.02	17.39	244	I-SWAC
253	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	0	0	-3.06	18.65	246	I-SWAC
254	Robert Morris	0	0	-3.20	19.51	255	I-NEC
255	Fordham	0	0	-3.21	21.34	257	I-PATR
256	Tennessee St	0	0	-3.26	20.56	258	I-OVC
257	Northwestern St	0	0	-3.27	17.20	253	I-STHLD
258	North Carolina A&T	0	0	-3.51	14.91	256	I-COAS
259	Southern U.	0	0	-3.57	15.17	259	I-SWAC
260	VMI	0	0	-3.68	14.54	264	I-SOCON
261	Mississippi Valley S	0	0	-3.71	13.38	262	I-SWAC
262	Hampton	0	0	-3.72	13.25	263	I-COAS
263	Norfolk St	0	0	-3.81	17.13	266	I-MEAC
264	Valparaiso	0	0	-3.91	11.19	265	I-PION
265	Davidson	0	0	-3.93	8.16	260	I-PION
266	Stetson	0	0	-4.11	4.93	261	I-PION
267	Non-Division I	0	0	-4.59	3.06	267	NON-D1