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CBCR2 CFB Power Index

CBCR2 is a predictive analytics power rankings system developed by R2 with the Chapel Bell Curve podcast where it is often featured. For more information about CBCR2, see this primer.

Rank	Team	CBCR2	Offense	Offense Rk	Defense	Defense Rk
1	Ohio State	27.3	41.3	3	14	1
2	Alabama	24.7	40.6	4	15.9	4
3	Michigan	23.8	37.8	8	14.1	2
4	Georgia	21.6	37.4	10	15.8	3
5	Texas	20.7	37.2	11	16.5	6
6	Oregon	19.9	37.9	7	18.1	8
7	Washington	18.7	41.3	2	22.6	24
8	Texas A&M	18.6	37.9	6	19.3	12
9	Clemson	18.3	34.6	21	16.3	5
10	Tennessee	17.7	39.7	5	21.9	19
11	Oklahoma	17.4	37.5	9	20	15
12	Penn State	16.5	35.1	15	18.7	11
13	USC	16.2	41.4	1	25.1	41
14	Utah	16.1	34.7	19	18.6	10
15	Notre Dame	15.4	35	16	19.6	14
16	Miami	15.3	34.8	17	19.4	13
17	LSU	14.4	36.9	12	22.4	21
18	Ole Miss	13	34.6	20	21.6	18
19	Florida State	12.7	35.2	14	22.6	23
20	Wisconsin	12	30.1	44	18.1	9
21	North Carolina	11.5	35.8	13	24.3	32
22	Florida	10.4	32.8	27	22.5	22
23	Duke	9.9	33.1	26	23.2	26
24	Auburn	9.7	30.2	41	20.5	16
25	UCLA	9.1	32.3	28	23.4	28
26	Maryland	8.8	33.7	25	24.8	38
27	Kansas State	8.6	33.8	24	25.1	40
28	Texas Tech	7.9	34.7	18	26.8	59
29	TCU	7.7	34.5	22	26.8	61
30	Oregon State	7.3	30.6	36	23.3	27
31	Iowa	7.1	24.3	98	17.2	7
32	Kentucky	6.3	29.4	48	23.1	25
33	Baylor	6.2	32	30	25.8	48
34	UCF	6.1	31.8	31	25.7	47
35	West Virginia	5.6	26.9	70	21.3	17
36	Syracuse	5.5	27.7	57	22.1	20
37	Louisville	5.4	30.3	38	24.8	37
38	Washington State	5.3	32.2	29	26.8	62
39	Missouri	4.7	29.4	49	24.6	35
40	UT San Antonio	4.5	30.1	43	25.6	46
41	Boise State	4.1	29.6	47	25.5	44
42	Mississippi State	3.9	31.5	32	27.5	66
43	Arkansas	3.8	30.2	40	26.4	54
44	Minnesota	3.8	27.9	55	24.2	31
45	Pittsburgh	3.6	30.1	42	26.6	56
46	Illinois	3.4	27	68	23.5	29
47	Michigan State	3.4	27.2	67	23.8	30
48	California	3.4	29.6	46	26.3	52
49	Iowa State	3	27.5	61	24.5	34
50	South Carolina	2.8	30.5	37	27.8	68
51	Appalachian State	2.5	29	51	26.5	55
52	NC State	2.3	27.6	60	25.3	42
53	Memphis	2	28.7	53	26.8	60
54	Rutgers	2	26.8	72	24.8	36
55	Wake Forest	1.9	28.7	54	26.8	58
56	Cincinnati	1.9	26.2	80	24.4	33
57	Kansas	1.9	34.2	23	32.4	101
58	James Madison	1.2	29.3	50	28	70
59	Tulane	1	27.6	58	26.6	57
60	Nebraska	0.9	26.8	73	25.9	49
61	SMU	0.8	30.2	39	29.4	81
62	Arizona	0.5	31.2	34	30.6	90
63	South Alabama	0.4	28.9	52	28.5	75
64	Purdue	0	31	35	30.9	93
65	Virginia Tech	0	25	90	24.9	39
66	Houston	0	29.9	45	29.8	83
67	Georgia Tech	-0.3	26.9	71	27.2	64
68	Indiana	-0.4	25.8	82	26.2	50
69	Toledo	-0.9	27.5	62	28.4	73
70	San Diego State	-0.9	25.4	88	26.3	51
71	Northwestern	-1	26.5	75	27.6	67
72	Arizona State	-1.7	26.7	74	28.2	72
73	Oklahoma State	-1.7	27.4	65	29.1	78
74	Georgia State	-1.9	27.5	63	29.4	82
75	BYU	-2.3	26.9	69	29.1	79
76	Ohio	-2.5	24.6	97	27.1	63
77	Wyoming	-2.8	22.5	110	25.4	43
78	Liberty	-3	26.3	78	29.3	80
79	Marshall	-3.3	25.2	89	28.4	74
80	Miami (OH)	-3.3	24.7	94	28.1	71
81	Coastal Carolina	-3.6	27.5	64	31.2	95
82	Troy	-3.7	21.9	115	25.5	45
83	Virginia	-3.7	24.2	100	27.9	69
84	Boston College	-3.8	25	91	28.7	77
85	Fresno State	-3.8	26.4	77	30.2	85
86	Colorado	-4.1	27.6	59	31.7	97
87	Air Force	-4.3	24.2	99	28.5	76
88	Vanderbilt	-4.3	26.3	79	30.6	91
89	Army	-4.9	25.7	83	30.6	89
90	Louisiana	-5.2	24.8	93	30	84
91	East Carolina	-5.5	26.1	81	31.5	96
92	Stanford	-5.6	24.7	95	30.3	86
93	San Jos√© State	-5.7	24.6	96	30.4	88
94	Temple	-5.8	24.9	92	30.7	92
95	Georgia Southern	-6.2	27.8	56	33.9	109
96	South Florida	-6.2	25.6	85	31.8	98
97	Western Kentucky	-6.3	31.3	33	37.6	128
98	Colorado State	-6.5	20.9	122	27.4	65
99	Florida Atlantic	-6.6	25.6	86	32.2	100
100	Rice	-6.9	26.4	76	33.3	106
101	Middle Tennessee	-7.8	24.1	102	32	99
102	Tulsa	-8.1	25.5	87	33.5	107
103	Northern Illinois	-9.1	21.9	114	31.1	94
104	North Texas	-9.2	27.3	66	36.4	124
105	UAB	-9.7	25.6	84	35.2	115
106	Central Michigan	-9.9	22.9	108	32.8	102
107	Buffalo	-10.3	24.1	101	34.4	111
108	Akron	-10.9	22	113	32.9	104
109	UNLV	-11.5	23.3	105	34.7	113
110	Connecticut	-11.6	21.3	119	32.9	105
111	Eastern Michigan	-12.5	18	131	30.3	87
112	Navy	-12.5	20.4	124	32.9	103
113	Southern Mississippi	-12.7	21.7	117	34.4	110
114	Bowling Green	-13.1	23	107	36.1	120
115	Utah State	-13.3	23	106	36.4	123
116	Old Dominion	-13.9	22.2	111	36.2	122
117	Louisiana Tech	-14.2	22.9	109	37	126
118	Arkansas State	-14.3	21.1	120	35.4	116
119	Charlotte	-14.8	23.6	104	38.4	131
120	Florida International	-14.9	20.3	125	35.2	114
121	Nevada	-15	19.5	128	34.5	112
122	New Mexico State	-15.1	21.1	121	36.2	121
123	Ball State	-15.6	18.2	129	33.8	108
124	Jacksonville State	-15.6	20.2	126	35.8	119
125	Hawai'i	-15.7	22.2	112	37.8	130
126	Western Michigan	-15.8	21.9	116	37.6	129
127	Texas State	-15.9	23.7	103	39.6	133
128	UTEP	-16.9	20.1	127	36.9	125
129	Kent State	-17	20.5	123	37.4	127
130	UMass	-17	21.6	118	38.7	132
131	Sam Houston State	-17.2	9.1	133	26.3	53
132	Louisiana Monroe	-17.4	18.1	130	35.5	117
133	New Mexico	-18.8	17	132	35.8	118