After doing position-by-position "Up/Downs" for all 130 college football teams, here is my 2nd set of 2019 preseason power ratings. Obviously, there were some tweaks made to a handful of teams but note that no team moved more than 2-points from my initial set of power ratings that I released back in June. Only about 8-10 teams moved more than 1.5-points. My next and final set of preseason power ratings will be released in mid-August just prior to the season. I don't anticipate many changes in that update outside of transfers, suspensions or major injuries in fall camp.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
1 |
Alabama |
SEC |
99.82 |
3 |
Georgia |
SEC |
93.73 |
4 |
LSU |
SEC |
91.43 |
8 |
Florida |
SEC |
88.20 |
9 |
Auburn |
SEC |
87.34 |
11 |
Texas A&M |
SEC |
85.26 |
15 |
Mississippi State |
SEC |
83.52 |
20 |
Missouri |
SEC |
82.01 |
23 |
South Carolina |
SEC |
80.74 |
29 |
Tennessee |
SEC |
79.65 |
49 |
Kentucky |
SEC |
73.85 |
52 |
Ole Miss |
SEC |
73.00 |
60 |
Vanderbilt |
SEC |
70.34 |
62 |
Arkansas |
SEC |
70.09 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
6 |
Michigan |
Big Ten |
89.75 |
7 |
Ohio State |
Big Ten |
88.93 |
12 |
Michigan State |
Big Ten |
85.14 |
14 |
Penn State |
Big Ten |
84.16 |
18 |
Wisconsin |
Big Ten |
82.60 |
21 |
Iowa |
Big Ten |
81.93 |
25 |
Nebraska |
Big Ten |
80.40 |
31 |
Minnesota |
Big Ten |
79.21 |
41 |
Northwestern |
Big Ten |
75.95 |
47 |
Indiana |
Big Ten |
74.50 |
50 |
Purdue |
Big Ten |
73.84 |
67 |
Maryland |
Big Ten |
68.74 |
89 |
Illinois |
Big Ten |
62.88 |
102 |
Rutgers |
Big Ten |
58.51 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
2 |
Clemson |
ACC |
98.74 |
22 |
Florida State |
ACC |
81.07 |
26 |
Miami (FL) |
ACC |
80.08 |
28 |
Virginia Tech |
ACC |
79.92 |
37 |
Virginia |
ACC |
77.67 |
40 |
Syracuse |
ACC |
76.94 |
53 |
Pittsburgh |
ACC |
72.87 |
54 |
NC State |
ACC |
72.60 |
57 |
Duke |
ACC |
71.40 |
63 |
North Carolina |
ACC |
69.55 |
64 |
Boston College |
ACC |
69.33 |
65 |
Wake Forest |
ACC |
69.27 |
75 |
Georgia Tech |
ACC |
66.22 |
79 |
Louisville |
ACC |
65.31 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
5 |
Oklahoma |
Big 12 |
90.57 |
19 |
Texas |
Big 12 |
82.35 |
24 |
Iowa State |
Big 12 |
80.58 |
32 |
Oklahoma State |
Big 12 |
78.71 |
34 |
TCU |
Big 12 |
78.38 |
38 |
Baylor |
Big 12 |
77.63 |
51 |
Texas Tech |
Big 12 |
73.78 |
58 |
Kansas State |
Big 12 |
70.96 |
59 |
West Virginia |
Big 12 |
70.86 |
106 |
Kansas |
Big 12 |
57.34 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
13 |
Oregon |
Pac-12 |
84.98 |
16 |
Washington |
Pac-12 |
83.15 |
17 |
Utah |
Pac-12 |
82.72 |
27 |
Washington State |
Pac-12 |
79.96 |
30 |
USC |
Pac-12 |
79.55 |
33 |
Stanford |
Pac-12 |
78.62 |
36 |
UCLA |
Pac-12 |
77.97 |
44 |
Arizona State |
Pac-12 |
75.21 |
45 |
Arizona |
Pac-12 |
75.18 |
55 |
California |
Pac-12 |
72.38 |
71 |
Colorado |
Pac-12 |
67.09 |
88 |
Oregon State |
Pac-12 |
62.99 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
35 |
UCF |
AAC |
78.03 |
42 |
Cincinnati |
AAC |
75.92 |
43 |
Memphis |
AAC |
75.33 |
68 |
Houston |
AAC |
67.66 |
72 |
Temple |
AAC |
67.07 |
77 |
USF |
AAC |
66.03 |
82 |
SMU |
AAC |
64.60 |
86 |
Tulane |
AAC |
64.01 |
95 |
Tulsa |
AAC |
61.25 |
104 |
Navy |
AAC |
57.90 |
110 |
East Carolina |
AAC |
54.78 |
130 |
Connecticut |
AAC |
44.63 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
39 |
Boise State |
MW |
77.19 |
56 |
Fresno State |
MW |
71.41 |
61 |
Utah State |
MW |
70.24 |
69 |
San Diego State |
MW |
67.63 |
70 |
Air Force |
MW |
67.42 |
90 |
Hawaii |
MW |
62.38 |
94 |
Nevada |
MW |
61.27 |
96 |
Wyoming |
MW |
60.74 |
107 |
UNLV |
MW |
56.08 |
109 |
Colorado State |
MW |
55.38 |
118 |
New Mexico |
MW |
51.42 |
119 |
San Jose State |
MW |
51.34 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
73 |
Marshall |
CUSA |
67.06 |
78 |
FIU |
CUSA |
65.73 |
80 |
Florida Atlantic |
CUSA |
65.02 |
81 |
Southern Miss |
CUSA |
64.93 |
84 |
Louisiana Tech |
CUSA |
64.30 |
92 |
North Texas |
CUSA |
61.76 |
97 |
UAB |
CUSA |
60.24 |
100 |
Western Kentucky |
CUSA |
59.40 |
101 |
Middle Tennessee |
CUSA |
59.17 |
114 |
Charlotte |
CUSA |
53.70 |
122 |
UTSA |
CUSA |
49.50 |
123 |
Old Dominion |
CUSA |
49.23 |
126 |
Rice |
CUSA |
46.03 |
128 |
UTEP |
CUSA |
45.45 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
74 |
Ohio |
MAC |
66.36 |
76 |
Western Michigan |
MAC |
66.10 |
85 |
Toledo |
MAC |
64.20 |
91 |
Northern Illinois |
MAC |
62.06 |
98 |
Miami (OH) |
MAC |
60.11 |
103 |
Eastern Michigan |
MAC |
58.45 |
105 |
Buffalo |
MAC |
57.55 |
111 |
Ball State |
MAC |
54.45 |
112 |
Kent State |
MAC |
54.30 |
120 |
Central Michigan |
MAC |
50.48 |
124 |
Bowling Green |
MAC |
48.80 |
125 |
Akron |
MAC |
48.56 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
48 |
Appalachian State |
Sun Belt |
74.16 |
83 |
Arkansas State |
Sun Belt |
64.37 |
87 |
Troy |
Sun Belt |
63.33 |
93 |
Georgia Southern |
Sun Belt |
61.70 |
99 |
UL-Lafayette |
Sun Belt |
59.60 |
108 |
UL-Monroe |
Sun Belt |
55.84 |
115 |
Texas State |
Sun Belt |
53.50 |
116 |
Georgia State |
Sun Belt |
51.98 |
117 |
Coastal Carolina |
Sun Belt |
51.86 |
127 |
South Alabama |
Sun Belt |
45.87 |
Rank |
Team |
Conference |
Rating 7/9 |
10 |
Notre Dame |
Indep |
86.92 |
46 |
BYU |
Indep |
74.78 |
66 |
Army |
Indep |
68.98 |
113 |
Liberty |
Indep |
54.15 |
121 |
New Mexico State |
Indep |
49.67 |
129 |
Massachusetts |
Indep |
44.80 |