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Last Updated: 31 Jan 2026, 7:20 pm




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
58 Air Force Mountain West FBS 0.732025 0.593996 -0.988282 0.659178
125 Akron MAC FBS 0.585351 0.816986 -1.44081 -0.178372
38 Alabama SEC FBS 0.578365 0.547287 -0.306831 1.09813
60 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 0.310164 0.40396 -1.46358 1.31888
95 Arizona Pac-12 FBS 0.696147 0.772635 -0.602991 0.0121031
47 Arizona State Pac-12 FBS 0.750963 0.689237 0.827141 0.335758
35 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.514298 0.651015 0.760992 1.15075
158 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 0.34291 0.435479 -1.09081 -1.42644
145 Army Independent FBS 0.514846 0.604846 -0.925365 -1.33938
73 Auburn SEC FBS 0.74444 0.599635 0.827141 -0.286824
52 Ball State MAC FBS 0.697148 0.670142 0.420442 0.439721
3 Baylor Big 12 FBS 0.852484 0.795023 1.45712 2.43421
28 Boise State Mountain West FBS 0.701975 0.794771 -0.124353 1.5191
84 Boston College ACC FBS 0.697652 0.782028 1.6273 -0.377207
15 Bowling Green MAC FBS 0.814974 0.690864 -0.250536 1.82841
75 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.507327 0.616043 0.956101 0.123976
64 BYU Independent FBS 0.800394 0.781927 -1.8188 0.910737
65 California Pac-12 FBS 0.641567 0.752961 -0.314547 0.686141
5 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.806702 0.625191 0.474349 2.1887
108 Charlotte C-USA FBS 0.726082 0.652474 -0.031929 -0.653893
79 Cincinnati American FBS 0.754776 0.825563 0.0531598 0.117786
132 Clemson ACC FBS 0.654235 0.799514 -0.988282 -0.936152
85 Colorado Pac-12 FBS 0.809741 0.849677 1.25239 -0.442562
13 Colorado State Mountain West FBS 0.832894 0.78236 0.238176 1.80495
29 Duke ACC FBS 0.840635 0.870174 0.526467 1.12123
45 East Carolina American FBS 0.776911 0.708698 -0.607154 0.827313
120 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 0.638706 0.659102 -1.4359 -0.367479
70 FIU C-USA FBS 0.492573 0.4782 -0.373537 0.518007
61 Florida SEC FBS 0.608802 0.564865 -0.180834 0.491795
129 Florida Atlantic C-USA FBS 0.562327 0.699068 -0.934298 -0.71229
39 Florida State ACC FBS 0.873271 0.677705 0.49362 0.357565
190 Fresno State Mountain West FBS 0.607277 0.893971 -1.40354 -2.53791
37 Georgia SEC FBS 0.802601 0.833447 1.7192 0.380673
100 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 0.515187 0.428692 -0.478648 -0.193038
124 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 0.185923 0.302196 -0.104653 -0.443946
2 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 1.16945 0.85876 4.65314 0.826495
112 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.795992 0.775284 -0.550697 -0.563527
14 Houston American FBS 0.747142 0.788136 1.92511 1.37663
25 Illinois Big Ten FBS 0.590342 0.539966 -0.0638388 1.45337
81 Indiana Big Ten FBS 0.65971 0.629566 0.945263 -0.263616
91 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.799756 0.841165 0.0472336 -0.183945
83 Iowa State Big 12 FBS 0.60221 0.638253 -0.9387 0.484854
41 Kansas Big 12 FBS 0.663979 0.616018 -0.387568 0.926138
11 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 0.850334 0.745813 -0.233674 1.97345
121 Kent State MAC FBS 0.709951 0.720298 1.2847 -1.35189
21 Kentucky SEC FBS 0.554236 0.613405 0.338517 1.62307
103 Liberty Independent FBS 0.464441 0.622181 -1.48752 0.45704
123 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 0.444138 0.450931 -0.639465 -0.54726
126 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 0.16489 0.338936 0.191428 -0.585768
49 Louisiana Tech C-USA FBS 0.54404 0.356707 0.945263 0.215109
96 Louisville ACC FBS 0.531756 0.647655 -0.233674 0.0510458
30 LSU SEC FBS 0.522937 0.480558 0.200609 1.31246
54 Marshall C-USA FBS 0.268311 0.351888 -0.713173 1.22932
32 Maryland Big Ten FBS 0.753464 0.815773 -0.564188 1.43953
48 Memphis American FBS 0.5744 0.577968 -0.143609 0.836306
92 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 0.730691 0.740933 -0.867722 0.12526
80 Miami (OH) MAC FBS 0.747379 0.841692 -0.0585996 0.188697
36 Michigan Big Ten FBS 0.798716 0.83466 1.04763 0.629663
117 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 0.688843 0.693859 -1.44081 -0.293782
94 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS 0.579378 0.480425 1.36858 -0.785988
59 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 0.929118 0.798576 1.30295 -0.306296
56 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.718262 0.749878 0.827141 0.310079
122 Missouri SEC FBS 0.50575 0.638141 0.760992 -0.87914
62 Navy American FBS 0.502875 0.658721 -0.344632 0.874715
86 NC State ACC FBS 0.770374 0.838934 -0.525671 0.163669
31 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 0.774882 0.69641 1.00135 0.774054
87 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.804408 0.80072 -0.934298 0.178953
18 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 0.825819 0.797716 0.638144 1.38527
128 New Mexico State Independent FBS 0.450527 0.545638 -0.9387 -0.612181
24 North Carolina ACC FBS 0.733838 0.698643 0.165656 1.3473
23 North Texas C-USA FBS 0.639034 0.720158 1.2444 1.23032
66 Northern Illinois MAC FBS 0.753314 0.710465 -0.306831 0.398643
68 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 0.778165 0.798005 -1.12507 0.708699
8 Notre Dame Independent FBS 0.875379 0.815196 0.571742 1.90029
77 Ohio MAC FBS 0.778445 0.790338 -0.359226 0.17061
51 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.829374 0.738485 -0.325972 0.519292
72 Oklahoma Big 12 FBS 0.650128 0.818011 0.553424 0.28662
22 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 0.80997 0.812755 0.638144 1.22391
76 Old Dominion C-USA FBS 0.217438 0.304905 -0.414832 0.709233
82 Ole Miss SEC FBS 0.790652 0.703411 -0.180834 -0.053135
104 Oregon Pac-12 FBS 0.669418 0.839201 0.664007 -0.393892
67 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 0.687838 0.702831 -0.216444 0.468169
78 Penn State Big Ten FBS 0.53109 0.672642 -0.80213 0.650202
114 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 0.685062 0.602331 -1.49121 -0.284155
111 Purdue Big Ten FBS 0.492133 0.521468 -1.22318 -0.047996
89 Rice C-USA FBS 0.551687 0.585398 -0.397914 0.190715
19 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.835868 0.811694 0.474349 1.35524
43 San Diego State Mountain West FBS 0.792753 0.74655 2.22 -0.0518503
102 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 0.740189 0.6803 -0.623529 -0.303509
109 SMU American FBS 0.817597 0.726594 -1.35081 -0.318809
113 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 0.363098 0.256145 0.214534 -0.646952
69 South Carolina SEC FBS 0.601448 0.476267 1.34013 -0.259027
147 South Florida American FBS 0.437104 0.650391 -1.26251 -1.03626
44 Southern Miss C-USA FBS 0.344404 0.230487 0.757413 0.604001
12 Stanford Pac-12 FBS 0.709508 0.436538 -0.084486 1.78478
119 Syracuse ACC FBS 0.297056 0.550424 0.228653 -0.348008
10 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.803103 0.766296 0.191428 2.05998
53 Temple American FBS 0.508637 0.5494 1.20513 0.393504
7 Tennessee SEC FBS 0.946543 0.601717 2.6856 0.880421
183 Texas Big 12 FBS 0.434659 0.49154 -0.964209 -2.35854
50 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.540882 0.473585 -1.09969 1.05578
46 Texas State Sun Belt FBS 0.395904 0.541545 0.00116008 1.15065
101 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 0.806659 0.838061 -1.40354 0.0354287
16 Toledo MAC FBS 0.945332 0.761993 2.0102 0.803854
105 Troy Sun Belt FBS 0.419557 0.409341 -0.246355 -0.171431
9 Tulane American FBS 0.930652 0.720136 2.5261 0.978762
1 Tulsa American FBS 0.913871 0.530849 3.24865 2.00819
90 UAB C-USA FBS 0.558636 0.629719 -1.10836 0.409772
88 UCF American FBS 0.698695 0.685119 -0.246355 -0.000410587
33 UCLA Pac-12 FBS 0.886547 0.864926 1.09713 0.621971
116 Uconn American FBS 0.498351 0.51949 0.793648 -0.817973
63 Umass Independent FBS 0.499222 0.714854 -0.639465 1.0455
27 UNLV Mountain West FBS 0.783542 0.675245 -0.639465 1.42156
55 USC Pac-12 FBS 0.876476 0.782555 0.923837 0.0161742
71 UTEP C-USA FBS 0.55148 0.504163 0.932977 -0.0210499
98 UTSA C-USA FBS 0.572954 0.664619 0.191428 -0.180191
17 Utah Pac-12 FBS 0.66359 0.605584 -0.414832 1.9606
57 Utah State Mountain West FBS 0.790423 0.825123 -0.447481 0.683672
110 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 0.386111 0.496162 -0.325972 -0.135275
4 Virginia ACC FBS 0.696432 0.619765 1.16267 2.37004
42 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 0.752547 0.750737 1.3782 0.323561
97 Wake Forest ACC FBS 0.604053 0.716621 0.698072 -0.316023
74 Washington Pac-12 FBS 0.82002 0.879271 0.588005 -0.0240365
6 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 0.832198 0.760339 -0.819363 2.54329
20 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 0.796695 0.745662 1.91326 0.828881
26 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.515687 0.404521 -0.216444 1.45932
40 Western Michigan MAC FBS 0.744712 0.684161 0.262376 0.700257
34 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 0.804186 0.790085 1.42112 0.574469
93 Wyoming Mountain West FBS 0.719875 0.788583 0.615604 -0.403619
134 Georgetown Patriot FCS -1.60523 -1.72016 -0.684825 0.101101
153 South Dakota State Missouri Valley FCS -1.62545 -1.60425 -0.607154 -0.304694
141 Jacksonville State WAC FCS 0.46149 0.489571 -0.988282 -1.21562
137 Sam Houston State WAC FCS 0.413646 0.536827 -0.765822 -1.04652
99 Kennesaw State Big South FCS 0.475004 0.598696 0.317675 -0.117205
149 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -1.6135 -1.71548 0.0957042 -0.62975
180 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -1.62252 -1.75106 -0.988282 -1.16278
106 James Madison CAA FCS 0.558187 0.308617 0.0711593 -0.721817
164 Fordham Patriot FCS -1.56083 -1.50729 -0.0585996 -0.731378
142 Indiana State Missouri Valley FCS -1.59686 -1.50638 0.265882 -0.272091
138 Illinois State Missouri Valley FCS -1.65082 -1.67469 0.508833 -0.316023
181 Missouri State Missouri Valley FCS -1.80679 -1.68608 -0.79031 -0.784469
187 Murray State Ohio Valley FCS -1.61459 -1.58974 0.729144 -1.83562
140 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley FCS -1.53609 -1.63042 0.00116008 -0.373419
150 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley FCS -1.61354 -1.7374 -1.1981 -0.227676
167 North Dakota Missouri Valley FCS -1.7212 -1.7266 -1.12507 -0.506198
131 North Dakota State Missouri Valley FCS -1.73759 -1.77941 0.888852 -0.189501
188 South Dakota Missouri Valley FCS -1.76611 -1.70922 -0.577394 -1.36996
151 Western Illinois Missouri Valley FCS -1.71659 -1.84834 -1.12507 -0.235385
136 Bucknell Patriot FCS -1.54777 -1.594 -0.246355 -0.0574063
107 Colgate Patriot FCS -1.65607 -1.70193 -0.233674 1.05087
171 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -1.74852 -1.76415 -1.02907 -0.702563
174 Lafayette Patriot FCS -1.49511 -1.40528 -0.287195 -1.01806
152 Lehigh Patriot FCS -1.49929 -1.4938 0.104027 -0.644916
130 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -1.60563 -1.61593 0.698072 -0.117405
177 Idaho Big Sky FCS -1.52259 -1.3762 -0.031929 -1.09845
127 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -1.47695 -1.40839 2.24786 -0.364693
144 Montana Big Sky FCS -1.41718 -1.22266 0.00116008 -0.209606
186 Montana State Big Sky FCS -1.71443 -1.72613 -0.79031 -1.23041
143 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -1.52318 -1.65017 0.228653 -0.614133
156 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -1.65081 -1.67933 -0.964209 -0.291513
161 Portland State Big Sky FCS -1.33572 -1.42227 -1.8188 -0.350661
185 Sacramento State Big Sky FCS -1.55013 -1.46145 -0.573024 -1.23193
170 Weber State Big Sky FCS -1.61806 -1.64041 -0.80213 -0.784469
191 Youngstown State Missouri Valley FCS -1.44624 -1.54639 -0.602991 -2.00551
194 Brown Ivy FCS -1.86452 -1.76391 -1.053 -1.82546
192 Columbia Ivy FCS -1.81386 -1.79723 -1.41492 -1.40333
166 Cornell Ivy FCS -1.73633 -1.75519 -0.380587 -0.7059
159 Dartmouth Ivy FCS -1.63195 -1.69048 0.245034 -0.759292
173 Penn Ivy FCS -1.679 -1.52846 0.146757 -0.92781
172 Harvard Ivy FCS -1.66445 -1.69678 -1.50514 -0.622475
182 Princeton Ivy FCS -1.69255 -1.83343 -0.157767 -1.42335
165 Yale Ivy FCS -1.87398 -1.88671 -0.550697 -0.452289
135 Furman Southern FCS -1.0567 -1.03524 0.146757 -0.409826
139 Samford Southern FCS -0.980699 -1.04766 -0.615398 -0.467455
148 The Citadel Southern FCS -1.09562 -0.992153 0.478604 -0.825431
169 Wofford Southern FCS -1.08821 -1.03035 -0.753135 -1.04082
133 Chattanooga Southern FCS -1.00584 -1.01092 1.16267 -0.766266
146 East Tennessee State Southern FCS -1.03951 -0.949773 0.956101 -0.954355
163 Western Carolina Southern FCS -0.948307 -0.731821 0.120895 -0.964967
118 Mercer Southern FCS -0.95926 -1.15424 1.05762 -0.36501
157 VMI Southern FCS -1.01654 -1.02866 -0.380587 -0.887616
168 Grambling SWAC FCS -1.09604 -1.259 0.782671 -1.77495
160 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS -1.2346 -1.33704 -0.314547 -0.927176
175 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -1.23325 -1.24976 -0.458031 -1.329
154 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -1.22178 -1.22908 0.563693 -1.00745
155 Southern SWAC FCS -1.26961 -1.25634 0.165656 -0.844385
189 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -1.40193 -1.40286 -1.4359 -1.52164
178 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -1.1726 -1.16056 0.00116008 -1.55349
176 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -0.951683 -0.954538 -1.44081 -1.19552
184 Alabama State SWAC FCS -1.19537 -1.0686 -0.684825 -1.32598
179 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -1.17328 -1.16868 -1.4359 -1.11665
162 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -1.33885 -1.21801 1.0812 -1.1212
193 Jackson State SWAC FCS -1.399 -1.41426 -0.95164 -2.01308
115 Central Connecticut Northeast FCS 0.201982 0.24633 0.392451 -0.450904