DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-September 8, 2024

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

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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 2W-0L n/a
Texas SEC 2 2W-0L n/a
Alabama SEC 4 2W-0L n/a
Mississippi   SEC 6 2W-0L n/a
Missouri SEC 8 2W-0L n/a
Oklahoma   SEC 10 2W-0L n/a
Tennessee SEC 13 2W-0L n/a
LSU SEC 15 1W-1L USC
South Carolina SEC 18 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas SEC 26 1W-1L Oklahoma State
Texas A&M SEC 32 1W-1L Notre Dame
Florida SEC 40 1W-1L Miami-FL
Kentucky SEC 41 1W-1L South Carolina
Auburn SEC 42 1W-1L California
Vanderbilt SEC 59 2W-0L n/a
Mississippi State SEC 66 1W-1L Arizona State 

2-Big Ten

Ohio State Big Ten 3 2W-0L n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 5 2W-0L n/a
USC Big Ten 7 2W-0L n/a
Penn State Big Ten 9 2W-0L n/a
Michigan Big Ten 19 1W-1L Texas
Washington Big Ten 22 2W-0L n/a
Wisconsin Big Ten 31 2W-0L n/a
Nebraska Big Ten 33 2W-0L n/a
Iowa Big Ten 36 1W-1L Iowa State
Illinois Big Ten 37 2W-0L n/a
Rutgers Big Ten 39 2W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 45 2W-0L n/a
Minnesota Big Ten 49 1W-1L North Carolina
UCLA Big Ten 56 1W-0L n/a
Michigan State Big Ten 57 2W-0L n/a
Maryland Big Ten 60 1W-1L Michigan State 
Northwestern Big Ten 61 1W-1L Duke
Purdue Big Ten 71 1W-0L n/a

3-ACC-Atlantic Coast 

Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 12 2W-0L n/a
Clemson Atlantic Coast 16 1W-1L Georgia   
Louisville Atlantic Coast 17 2W-0L n/a
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 20 2W-0L n/a
Boston College Atlantic Coast 25 2W-0L n/a
California Atlantic Coast 34 2W-0L n/a
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 35 2W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 43 2W-1L Syracuse
Duke Atlantic Coast 46 2W-0L n/a
Florida State Atlantic Coast 50 0W-2L Georgia Tech/Boston College
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 52 2W-1L BYU
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 53 1W-1L Tennessee
Stanford Atlantic Coast 67 1W-1L TCU
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 75 2W-0L n/a
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 76 1W-1L Virginia  
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 77 1W-1L Vanderbilt
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 83 2W-0L n/a

4-Big Twelve 

Oklahoma State Big 12 11 2W-0L n/a
Kansas State Big 12 14 2W-0L n/a
Arizona   Big 12 21 2W-0L n/a
Iowa State Big 12 24 2W-0L n/a
TCU Big 12 27 2W-0L n/a
Utah Big 12 29 2W-0L n/a
Kansas   Big 12 38 1W-1L Illinois
West Virginia Big 12 44 1W-1L Penn State
Arizona State Big 12 48 2W-0L n/a
BYU Big 12 51 2W-0L n/a
Central Florida Big 12 58 2W-0L n/a
Houston Big 12 70 0W-2L UNLV/Oklahoma
Baylor Big 12 74 1W-1L Utah
Texas Tech Big 12 78 1W-1L Washington State
Colorado Big 12 79 1W-1L Nebraska
Cincinnati Big 12 84 1W-1L Pittsburgh

5-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference

Oregon State Pacific 12-North 69 2W-0L n/a
Washington State Pacific 12-North 73 2W-0L n/a

Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State will move to PAC-12 in 2026

6-American Athletic

Memphis State American Athletic 28 2W-0L n/a
Tulane American Athletic 72 1W-1L Kansas State
South Florida American Athletic 91 1W-1L Alabama
Navy American Athletic 92 2W-0L n/a
Army American Athletic 93 2W-0L n/a
North Texas State American Athletic 94 2W-0L n/a
East Carolina American Athletic 95 2W-0L n/a
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 106 0W-2L Michigan State/Army
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 110 1W-1L Texas State
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 111 1W-1L Louisiana-Monroe
Rice American Athletic 120 1W-1L Sam Houston
Tulsa American Athletic 123 1W-1L Arkansas State
Temple American Athletic 127 0W-2L Oklahoma/Navy
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 133 0W-2L James Madison/North Carolina

7-Mountain West

Boise State Mountain West 23 1W-1L Oregon
Fresno State Mountain West 47 1W-1L Michigan
UNLV Mountain West 54 2W-0L n/a
San Jose State Mountain West 80 2W-0L n/a
Air Force Mountain West 81 1W-1L San Jose State
Hawaii Mountain West 100 1W-1L UCLA
Wyoming Mountain West 101 0W-2L Arizona State/Idaho
Utah State Mountain West 102 1W-1L USC
Colorado State Mountain West 109 1W-1L Texas
San Diego State Mountain West 116 1W-1L Oregon State
Nevada Mountain West 121 1W-2L SMU/Georgia Southern
New Mexico Mountain West 132 0W-2L Montana State/Arizona

8-Sun Belt Conference 

Coastal Carolina Sun Belt-E 63 2W-0L n/a
James Madison Sun Belt-E 65 2W-0L n/a
Georgia State Sun Belt-E 68 1W-1L Georgia Tech
Appalachian State Sun Belt-E 86 1W-1L Clemson
Georgia Southern Sun Belt-E 87 1W-1L Boise State
Marshall Sun Belt-E 97 1W-1L Virginia Tech
Old Dominion Sun Belt-E 105 0W-2L South Carolina/East Carolina
Texas State Sun Belt-W 82 2W-0L n/a
Arkansas State Sun Belt-W 103 2W-0L n/a
Troy State Sun Belt-W 104 0W-2L Nevada/Memphis State
Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt-W 107 2W-0L n/a
Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt-W 108 2W-0L n/a
Southern Mississippi Sun Belt-W 122 1W-1L Kentucky
South Alabama Sun Belt-W 128 0W-2L North Texas St./Ohio Univ.

9-MAC-Mid-American

Northern Illinois Mid-American 62 2W-0L n/a
Toledo Mid-American 64 2W-0L n/a
Ohio University Mid-American 85 1W-1L Syracuse
Miami-OH Mid-American 89 0W-1L Northwestern
Western Michigan Mid-American 96 0W-2L Wisconsin/Ohio State
Bowling Green Mid-American 99 1W-1L Penn State
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 113 1W-1L Washington
Buffalo Mid-American 114 1W-1L Missouri
Ball State Mid-American 119 1W-0L n/a
Akron Mid-American 124 0W-2L Ohio State/Akron
Central Michigan Mid-American 125 1W-1L Florida International
Kent State Mid-American 131 0W-2L Pittsburgh/St. Francis

10-Conference USA 

Liberty Conference USA 55 2W-0L n/a
Jacksonville State Conference USA 88 0W-2L Coastal Carolina/Louisville
New Mexico State Conference USA 90 1W-1L Liberty
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 98 1W-0L n/a
Sam Houston State Conference USA 112 1W-1L Central Florida
Florida International Conference USA 115 1W-1L Indiana
Western Kentucky Conference USA 117 1W-1L Alabama
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 118 1W-1L Mississippi
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 126 0W-1L Nebraska
Kennesaw State Conference USA 129 0W-2L Texas-San Antonio/Louisiana-Lafayette

Conference USA over

Independents 

Notre Dame Independent 30 1W-1L Northern Illinois
Connecticut Independent 130 1W-1L Maryland
Massachusetts Independent 134 0W-2L Eastern Michigan/Toledo

Independents over

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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
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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

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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

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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
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Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
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South Carolina (3)
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Clemson

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Iowa (2)
Iowa
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Kansas (2)
Kansas State
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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