DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-September 2, 2024

NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Loss(es)
Georgia   SEC 1 1W-0L n/a
Ohio State Big Ten 2 1W-0L n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 3 1W-0L n/a
Texas SEC 4 1W-0L n/a
Alabama SEC 5 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi   SEC 6 1W-0L n/a
Notre Dame Independent 7 1W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten 8 1W-0L n/a
Missouri SEC 9 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma   SEC 10 1W-0L n/a
USC Big Ten 11 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma State Big 12 12 1W-0L n/a
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 13 1W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 14 1W-0L n/a
Tennessee SEC 15 1W-0L n/a
LSU SEC 16 0W-1L USC
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 17 1W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast 18 1W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten 19 1W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 20 1W-0L n/a
Arizona   Big 12 21 1W-0L n/a
Kentucky SEC 22 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten 23 1W-0L n/a
Boise State Mountain West 24 1W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 25 1W-0L n/a
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 26 2W-0L n/a
Washington Big Ten 27 1W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 28 2W-0L n/a
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 29 1W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast 30 0W-1L Georgia Tech
Wisconsin Big Ten 31 1W-0L n/a
Texas A&M SEC 32 0W-1L Notre Dame
South Carolina SEC 33 1W-0L n/a
Clemson Atlantic Coast 34 0W-1L Georgia   
Auburn SEC 35 1W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 36 1W-0L n/a
Memphis State American Athletic 37 1W-0L n/a
Arkansas SEC 38 1W-0L n/a
Utah Big 12 39 1W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 40 1W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten 41 1W-0L n/a
Maryland Big Ten 42 1W-0L n/a
Florida SEC 43 0W-1L Miami-FL
West Virginia Big 12 44 0W-1L Penn State
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 45 1W-0L n/a
Duke Atlantic Coast 46 1W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten 47 1W-0L n/a
Central Florida Big 12 48 1W-0L n/a
Liberty Conference USA 49 1W-0L n/a
Fresno State Mountain West 50 0W-1L Michigan
Indiana Big Ten 51 1W-0L n/a
UCLA Big Ten 52 1W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast 53 0W-0L n/a
UNLV Mountain West 54 1W-0L n/a
Coastal Carolina Sun Belt-E 55 1W-0L n/a
Colorado Big 12 56 1W-0L n/a
Arizona State Big 12 57 1W-0L n/a
Vanderbilt SEC 58 1W-0L n/a
California Atlantic Coast 59 1W-0L n/a
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 60 1W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten 61 0W-1L North Carolina
BYU Big 12 62 1W-0L n/a
Air Force Mountain West 63 1W-0L n/a
Illinois Big Ten 64 1W-0L n/a
Toledo Mid-American 65 1W-0L n/a
James Madison Sun Belt-E 66 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi State SEC 67 1W-0L n/a
Stanford Atlantic Coast 68 0W-1L TCU
Old Dominion Sun Belt-E 69 0W-1L South Carolina
Michigan State Big Ten 70 1W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten 71 1W-0L n/a
Georgia State Sun Belt-E 72 0W-1L Georgia Tech
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 73 1W-0L n/a
Houston Big 12 74 0W-1L UNLV
Purdue Big Ten 75 1W-0L n/a
Tulane American Athletic 76 1W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12-North 77 1W-0L n/a
Baylor Big 12 78 1W-0L n/a
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 79 0W-1L Vanderbilt
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 80 1W-0L n/a
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 81 1W-0L n/a
Miami-OH Mid-American 82 0W-1L Northwestern
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 83 1W-0L n/a
Jacksonville State Conference USA 84 0W-1L Coastal Carolina
Ohio University Mid-American 85 0W-1L Syracuse
Appalachian State Sun Belt-E 86 1W-0L n/a
Georgia Southern Sun Belt-E 87 0W-1L Boise State
Wyoming Mountain West 88 0W-1L Arizona State
Troy State Sun Belt-W 89 0W-1L Nevada
New Mexico State Conference USA 90 1W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic 91 1W-0L n/a
Navy American Athletic 92 1W-0L n/a
Army American Athletic 93 1W-0L n/a
Northern Illinois Mid-American 94 1W-0L n/a
Western Michigan Mid-American 95 0W-1L Wisconsin
Cincinnati Big 12 96 1W-0L n/a
Marshall Sun Belt-E 97 1W-0L n/a
Utah State Mountain West 98 1W-0L n/a
Texas State Sun Belt-W 99 1W-0L n/a
Hawaii Mountain West 100 1W-1L UCLA
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 101 1W-0L n/a
Bowling Green Mid-American 102 1W-0L n/a
Arkansas State Sun Belt-W 103 1W-0L n/a
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 104 0W-1L Michigan State
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt-W 105 1W-0L n/a
Temple American Athletic 106 0W-1L Oklahoma
North Texas State American Athletic 107 1W-0L n/a
San Jose State Mountain West 108 1W-0L n/a
Colorado State Mountain West 109 0W-1L Texas
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 110 1W-0L n/a
East Carolina American Athletic 111 1W-0L n/a
Sam Houston State Conference USA 112 1W-0L n/a
Buffalo Mid-American 113 1W-0L n/a
Central Michigan Mid-American 114 1W-0L n/a
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 115 1W-0L n/a
San Diego State Mountain West 116 1W-0L n/a
Western Kentucky Conference USA 117 0W-1L Alabama
Tulsa American Athletic 118 1W-0L n/a
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 119 1W-0L n/a
Ball State Mid-American 120 0W-0L n/a
Nevada Mountain West 121 1W-1L SMU
Southern Mississippi Sun Belt-W 122 0W-1L Kentucky
Akron Mid-American 123 0W-1L Ohio State
South Alabama Sun Belt-W 124 0W-1L North Texas St.
Rice American Athletic 125 0W-1L Sam Houston
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 126 0W-1L Nebraska
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt-W 127 1W-0L n/a
Kennesaw State Conference USA 128 0W-1L Texas-San Antonio
Connecticut Independent 129 0W-1L Maryland
Florida International Conference USA 130 0W-1L Indiana
Kent State Mid-American 131 0W-1L Pittsburgh
New Mexico Mountain West 132 0W-2L Montana State/Arizona
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 133 0W-1L James Madison
Massachusetts Independent 134 0W-1L Eastern Michigan

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Best Bowl Records

2024: Big Ten 6-4

2023: MAC 4-2, Independents 3-2, American 4-3, Big Ten 5-4, ACC 5-4, SEC 7-5

2022: Mountain West 5-1

2021: Big Twelve 5-0

2020: SEC 8-2

2019: Conference USA 4-2

2018: Big Ten 7-1

2017: ACC 9-3, Sunbelt 4-2

2016: SEC 9-2

2015: Conference USA 5-1

2014: SEC 7-3

2013: WAC 2-0, Conference USA 4-1

2012: Big Twelve 6-2, MAC 4-1

2011: Mountain West 4-1

2010: Mountain West 4-1

2009: PAC 10 5-0

2008: SEC 7-2

2007: Big East 5-0

2006: ACC, Big Twelve 5-3

2005: Mountain West 2-1

2004: ACC 5-1

2003: Big Ten 5-2

NCAA FB Team Bowl Wins Bowl Games Conference
Alabama 45 75 SEC
USC 35 55 PAC-12
Georgia 38 61 SEC
Oklahoma 31 56 Big 12
Penn State 31 52 Big Ten
Texas 31 58 Big 12
Tennessee 31 55 SEC
Florida State 29 47 ACC
Nebraska 26 53 Big Ten
LSU 30 54 SEC
Georgia Tech 25 45 ACC
Mississippi   25 39 SEC
Ohio State 26 54 Big Ten
Auburn 24 46 SEC
Florida 25 49 SEC
Clemson 27 49 ACC
Michigan 23 50 Big Ten
Miami-FL 19 42 ACC
Notre Dame 19 40 Independent
Oklahoma State 21 33 Big 12
Texas A&M 20 42 Big 12
Washington 19 40 PAC-12
TCU 18 35 Big 12
North Carolina St. 17 34 ACC
Utah 17 25 PAC-12
UCLA 16 37 PAC-12
Arkansas 17 44 SEC
BYU 17 40 Big 12
West Virginia 16 39 Big 12
Missouri 15 35 SEC
Iowa 18 35 Big Ten
Wisconsin 19 34 Big Ten
Syracuse 16 27 ACC
Texas Tech 16 40 Big 12
North Carolina 15 37 ACC
Arizona State 15 33 PAC-12
Stanford 15 30 PAC-12
Boston College 14 27 ACC
Pittsburgh 15 37 ACC
Oregon 16 36 PAC-12
Virginia Tech 13 34 ACC
Mississippi St. 15 26 SEC
Colorado 12 29 PAC-12
Michigan State 14 30 Big Ten
Air Force 15 29 MWC
Baylor 12 23 Big 12
Boise State 12 18 MWC
Fresno State 12 15 MWC
Maryland 11 27 Big Ten
Houston 11 28 American
California 12 23 PAC-12
Navy 12 23 American
So.Mississippi 11 21 CUSA
Louisville 11 22 ACC
Purdue 11 21 Big Ten
Toledo 11 20 MAC
South Carolina 9 22 SEC
Kansas State 9 21 Big 12
Arizona   9 20 PAC-12
Oregon State 9 15 PAC-12
Minnesota 11 23 Big Ten
Illinois 8 20 Big Ten
Kentucky 10 18 SEC
Virginia    7 19 ACC
Washington St. 7 14 PAC-12
Rutgers 6 9 Big Ten
Army  6 9 Independent
Northwestern 5 15 Big Ten
Vanderbilt 4 8 SEC
Indiana 3 13 Big Ten

2010 Conference Re-Alignment

1-SEC-Southeastern 

Georgia   SEC 1 1W-0L n/a
Texas SEC 4 1W-0L n/a
Alabama SEC 5 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi   SEC 6 1W-0L n/a
Missouri SEC 9 1W-0L n/a
Oklahoma   SEC 10 1W-0L n/a
Tennessee SEC 15 1W-0L n/a
LSU SEC 16 0W-1L USC
Kentucky SEC 22 1W-0L n/a
Texas A&M SEC 32 0W-1L Notre Dame
South Carolina SEC 33 1W-0L n/a
Auburn SEC 35 1W-0L n/a
Arkansas SEC 38 1W-0L n/a
Florida SEC 43 0W-1L Miami-FL
Vanderbilt SEC 58 1W-0L n/a
Mississippi State SEC 67 1W-0L n/a

2-Big Ten

Ohio State Big Ten 2 1W-0L n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 3 1W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten 8 1W-0L n/a
USC Big Ten 11 1W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten 19 1W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten 23 1W-0L n/a
Washington Big Ten 27 1W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten 31 1W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten 41 1W-0L n/a
Maryland Big Ten 42 1W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten 47 1W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 51 1W-0L n/a
UCLA Big Ten 52 1W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten 61 0W-1L North Carolina
Illinois Big Ten 64 1W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten 70 1W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten 71 1W-0L n/a
Purdue Big Ten 75 1W-0L n/a

3-ACC-Atlantic Coast 

Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 13 1W-0L n/a
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 17 1W-0L n/a
Louisville Atlantic Coast 18 1W-0L n/a
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 26 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 28 2W-0L n/a
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 29 1W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast 30 0W-1L Georgia Tech
Clemson Atlantic Coast 34 0W-1L Georgia   
Duke Atlantic Coast 46 1W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast 53 0W-0L n/a
California Atlantic Coast 59 1W-0L n/a
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 60 1W-0L n/a
Stanford Atlantic Coast 68 0W-1L TCU
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 79 0W-1L Vanderbilt
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 80 1W-0L n/a
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 81 1W-0L n/a
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 83 1W-0L n/a

4-Big Twelve 

Oklahoma State Big 12 12 1W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 14 1W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 20 1W-0L n/a
Arizona   Big 12 21 1W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 25 1W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 36 1W-0L n/a
Utah Big 12 39 1W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 40 1W-0L n/a
West Virginia Big 12 44 0W-1L Penn State
Central Florida Big 12 48 1W-0L n/a
Colorado Big 12 56 1W-0L n/a
Arizona State Big 12 57 1W-0L n/a
BYU Big 12 62 1W-0L n/a
Houston Big 12 74 0W-1L UNLV
Baylor Big 12 78 1W-0L n/a
Cincinnati Big 12 96 1W-0L n/a

5-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference

Oregon State Pacific 12 73 1W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12 77 1W-0L n/a

6-American Athletic

Memphis State American Athletic 37 1W-0L n/a
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 45 1W-0L n/a
Tulane American Athletic 76 1W-0L n/a
South Florida American Athletic 91 1W-0L n/a
Navy American Athletic 92 1W-0L n/a
Army American Athletic 93 1W-0L n/a
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 104 0W-1L Michigan State
Temple American Athletic 106 0W-1L Oklahoma
North Texas State American Athletic 107 1W-0L n/a
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 110 1W-0L n/a
East Carolina American Athletic 111 1W-0L n/a
Tulsa American Athletic 118 1W-0L n/a
Rice American Athletic 125 0W-1L Sam Houston
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 133 0W-1L James Madison

7-Mountain West

Boise State Mountain West 24 1W-0L n/a
Fresno State Mountain West 50 0W-1L Michigan
UNLV Mountain West 54 1W-0L n/a
Air Force Mountain West 63 1W-0L n/a
Wyoming Mountain West 88 0W-1L Arizona State
Utah State Mountain West 98 1W-0L n/a
Hawaii Mountain West 100 1W-1L UCLA
San Jose State Mountain West 108 1W-0L n/a
Colorado State Mountain West 109 0W-1L Texas
San Diego State Mountain West 116 1W-0L n/a
Nevada Mountain West 121 1W-1L SMU
New Mexico Mountain West 132 0W-2L Montana State/Arizona

8-Sun Belt Conference 

Coastal Carolina Sun Belt-E 55 1W-0L n/a
James Madison Sun Belt-E 66 1W-0L n/a
Old Dominion Sun Belt-E 69 0W-1L South Carolina
Georgia State Sun Belt-E 72 0W-1L Georgia Tech
Appalachian State Sun Belt-E 86 1W-0L n/a
Georgia Southern Sun Belt-E 87 0W-1L Boise State
Marshall Sun Belt-E 97 1W-0L n/a
Troy State Sun Belt-W 89 0W-1L Nevada
Texas State Sun Belt-W 99 1W-0L n/a
Arkansas State Sun Belt-W 103 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt-W 105 1W-0L n/a
Southern Mississippi Sun Belt-W 122 0W-1L Kentucky
South Alabama Sun Belt-W 124 0W-1L North Texas St.
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt-W 127 1W-0L n/a

9-MAC-Mid-American

Toledo Mid-American 65 1W-0L n/a
Miami-OH Mid-American 82 0W-1L Northwestern
Ohio University Mid-American 85 0W-1L Syracuse
Northern Illinois Mid-American 94 1W-0L n/a
Western Michigan Mid-American 95 0W-1L Wisconsin
Bowling Green Mid-American 102 1W-0L n/a
Buffalo Mid-American 113 1W-0L n/a
Central Michigan Mid-American 114 1W-0L n/a
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 115 1W-0L n/a
Ball State Mid-American 120 0W-0L n/a
Akron Mid-American 123 0W-1L Ohio State
Kent State Mid-American 131 0W-1L Pittsburgh

10-Conference USA 

Liberty Conference USA 49 1W-0L n/a
Jacksonville State Conference USA 84 0W-1L Coastal Carolina
New Mexico State Conference USA 90 1W-0L n/a
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 101 1W-0L n/a
Sam Houston State Conference USA 112 1W-0L n/a
Western Kentucky Conference USA 117 0W-1L Alabama
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 119 1W-0L n/a
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 126 0W-1L Nebraska
Kennesaw State Conference USA 128 0W-1L Texas-San Antonio
Florida International Conference USA 130 0W-1L Indiana

Conference USA over

Independents 

Notre Dame Independent 7 1W-0L n/a
Connecticut Independent 129 0W-1L Maryland
Massachusetts Independent 134 0W-1L Eastern Michigan

Independents over

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Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (14)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU

Texas El-Paso

Texas State

Texas-San Antonio

Texas-Arlington

Sam Houston State
Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron
Florida (8)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic

Florida International

Jacksonville State
California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State
North Carolina (7)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina

East Carolina

North Carolina-Charlotte

Appalachian State
Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State

South Alabama
Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Memphis State
New York(4)/New Jersey (1)
Syracuse
Rutgers
Army

Buffalo

Wagner
Virginia(5)/West Virginia (2)
Virginia Tech

Virginia

Old Dominion

Liberty

James Madison
Marshall
West Virginia
Indiana (4)
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Indiana
Pennsylvania (3)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple
Mississippi (3)
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Illinois (3)
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Northwestern
Oklahoma (3)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Colorado (4)
Colorado
Colorado State

Air Force

Denver
Utah (3)
Utah
BYU
Utah State
Idaho (2)
Boise State
Idaho
Arkansas (2)
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Georgia (5)
Georgia

Georgia Tech

Georgia State

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw State
Kentucky (3)
Louisville

Kentucky

Western Kentucky
Nevada (2)
UNLV
Nevada
New Mexico (2)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Washington (3)
Washington State

Washington

Seattle
Arizona (2)
Arizona State
Arizona
Oregon (2)
Oregon
Oregon State
Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
Navy
South Carolina (3)
South Carolina

Clemson

Coastal Carolina
Iowa (2)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas (2)
Kansas State
Kansas
1 each from:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Missouri, Massachusetts (Boston College), Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii
None from Maine, Rhode Island, Delaware, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana