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Last Updated: 10 Aug 2026, 8:49 am




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
70 Air Force Mountain West FBS 1.05617 0.0707128 0.50906 0.50906
110 Akron MAC FBS -0.230549 -0.40107 -0.000664904 -0.000664904
46 Alabama SEC FBS 1.23448 -0.913966 0.658868 0.68162
56 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 0.761262 -1.00579 0.571724 0.911166
134 Arizona Big 12 FBS -0.319236 -0.604492 -0.782101 -0.792654
155 Arizona State Big 12 FBS -0.179736 0.435495 -0.221124 -0.352277
103 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.0902525 -0.0961675 0.0269612 0.00997683
121 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS -0.0678091 0.00601279 -0.052001 -0.268322
78 Army American FBS -0.190626 -1.49172 0.203344 0.203344
82 Auburn SEC FBS 0.732832 -0.0664035 -0.10472 -0.10472
30 Ball State MAC FBS 1.12456 -1.16737 1.03653 1.25033
3 Baylor Big 12 FBS 2.1758 -1.9631 1.39074 1.39074
116 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 0.197568 0.128925 -0.421744 -0.324051
79 Boston College ACC FBS 0.613346 -0.283142 0.110152 0.163421
9 Bowling Green MAC FBS 1.53317 -1.83056 1.44572 1.4449
97 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.286288 0.0277936 0.0427596 0.0427596
13 BYU Big 12 FBS 1.88366 -0.943931 1.77758 1.34557
18 California ACC FBS 1.55848 -1.19238 1.29992 1.32348
119 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.103924 0.26809 -0.241748 -0.118838
85 Charlotte American FBS 0.524331 -0.199945 0.00418705 0.00418705
83 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 0.380025 -0.379273 0.315277 -0.00585473
63 Clemson ACC FBS 0.813593 -0.723448 0.504277 0.504277
68 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 0.872201 -0.458042 0.890388 0.260219
57 Colorado Big 12 FBS 0.872489 -1.14357 0.640917 0.479226
41 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 1.13931 -0.999935 0.837222 0.953526
93 Duke ACC FBS 0.37881 0.00514151 0.415055 -0.143239
37 East Carolina American FBS 1.00322 -1.22899 1.02342 1.02342
138 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS -0.171226 0.00213569 -0.447589 -0.447589
75 FIU C-USA FBS 0.294208 -0.679137 0.457551 0.457551
10 Florida SEC FBS 1.67442 -1.7133 1.33977 1.23976
108 Florida Atlantic American FBS 0.455837 0.281092 -0.380209 -0.309284
2 Florida State ACC FBS 2.01981 -2.17147 1.76047 1.76047
153 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS -0.260743 0.235531 -0.3644 -0.3644
29 Georgia SEC FBS 1.43744 -1.07678 0.810841 1.15028
141 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS -0.34926 0.219408 -0.0155322 -0.0155322
76 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 0.570954 -0.730516 -0.123098 0.017938
38 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 1.21205 -0.731774 0.971578 1.24436
135 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.037269 0.222889 -0.517246 -0.517246
24 Houston Big 12 FBS 1.64592 -0.854252 1.04586 1.29834
39 Illinois Big Ten FBS 1.12892 -1.28117 0.591618 0.780486
4 Indiana Big Ten FBS 1.90034 -2.07573 1.32831 1.32831
86 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.392207 -0.428631 -0.324623 0.0357291
176 Iowa State Big 12 FBS -0.580871 -0.0949192 -0.603768 -0.703729
28 Kansas Big 12 FBS 1.25268 -1.32003 1.00089 1.13938
158 Kansas State Big 12 FBS -0.25285 0.151679 -0.57544 -0.57544
132 Kent State MAC FBS -0.108088 0.105729 -0.386937 -0.386937
64 Kentucky SEC FBS 0.980623 -0.338883 0.621927 0.621927
131 Liberty C-USA FBS -0.43183 -0.114783 -0.115417 -0.115417
89 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 0.15664 -0.444964 0.215749 0.215749
95 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS -0.0450731 -0.22423 0.308741 0.308741
112 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 0.123982 0.0188402 -0.200006 -0.200006
101 Louisville ACC FBS 0.131098 -0.362884 -0.143699 -0.143699
48 LSU SEC FBS 1.29225 -0.982179 0.435043 0.435043
69 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 0.707771 -0.733193 0.156349 0.316918
54 Maryland Big Ten FBS 1.47992 -0.544798 0.276648 0.276648
80 Memphis American FBS 0.409573 -0.692925 0.0215477 0.0215477
14 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 1.35116 -1.87824 1.19497 1.19497
177 Miami (OH) MAC FBS -0.45649 0.238536 -0.586932 -0.586932
19 Michigan Big Ten FBS 1.60692 -1.15201 1.1783 1.17232
62 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 0.938035 -0.606391 0.636447 0.386217
162 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS -0.636686 -0.00702649 -0.217457 -0.217457
33 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 1.00745 -1.52383 0.589836 0.948972
98 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.396348 -0.210442 -0.362679 -0.362679
167 Missouri SEC FBS -0.269363 0.269596 -0.260577 -0.653328
36 Navy American FBS 1.06337 -1.27194 1.00931 0.862032
58 NC State ACC FBS 1.04315 -0.748966 0.5026 0.683602
21 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 1.51029 -0.909311 1.46198 1.46198
59 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.937466 -0.632143 0.626569 0.626569
52 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 0.53601 -1.52386 0.573336 0.762607
118 New Mexico State C-USA FBS -0.0362652 0.224477 0.0653074 0.0653074
25 North Carolina ACC FBS 1.40592 -1.21874 1.05112 1.14455
104 North Texas American FBS 0.0259452 -0.634917 -0.341668 -0.486175
34 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 1.18004 -1.17156 0.926508 0.926508
159 Northwestern Big Ten FBS -0.390972 -0.105934 -0.500066 -0.672017
23 Notre Dame Independent FBS 1.30857 -1.46256 1.41285 1.0884
49 Ohio MAC FBS 0.925959 -1.06146 0.801177 0.801177
77 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.545068 -0.293875 0.130935 0.466457
67 Oklahoma SEC FBS 0.516529 -0.912665 0.508666 0.508666
47 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 1.24095 -0.741452 0.73856 0.858212
126 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 0.0666592 0.204684 -0.382383 -0.382383
8 Ole Miss SEC FBS 1.73019 -1.52388 1.77956 1.77956
87 Oregon Big Ten FBS 0.671451 0.158279 0.0858037 0.0858037
151 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS -0.0420222 0.310616 -0.112656 -0.708579
51 Penn State Big Ten FBS 0.499722 -1.16456 1.21524 1.17566
53 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 1.06013 -0.869895 0.417183 0.63714
6 Purdue Big Ten FBS 1.96328 -1.64329 1.50841 1.54842
71 Rice American FBS 0.415274 -0.818877 0.216812 0.448675
73 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.717144 -0.768152 -0.0874146 -0.0874146
43 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 1.20458 -0.737286 1.05645 1.05645
27 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 1.3879 -1.01818 1.22399 1.22399
65 SMU ACC FBS 0.373346 -1.46394 0.489982 0.269787
42 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 1.29879 -0.949782 0.709032 0.709032
171 South Carolina SEC FBS -0.0618039 0.477218 -0.702073 -0.723987
55 South Florida American FBS 0.888663 -1.0118 0.831003 0.595113
91 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS -0.0606839 -0.70523 -0.121943 0.260137
11 Stanford ACC FBS 1.70189 -1.75183 0.719816 1.28045
105 Syracuse ACC FBS -0.0909487 -0.389244 -0.0483744 -0.0483744
84 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.358947 -0.379145 0.0883309 0.0883309
20 Temple American FBS 1.44584 -1.70703 0.817256 0.817256
1 Tennessee SEC FBS 2.2049 -2.34845 2.59257 2.15619
50 Texas SEC FBS 1.01014 -0.979154 0.637882 0.637882
74 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.403551 -0.896216 0.0272673 0.198646
81 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 0.507244 -0.379923 0.165749 0.165749
7 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 1.99057 -1.46342 1.32321 1.6067
201 Toledo MAC FBS -0.982207 -0.0241423 -0.581716 -0.581716
200 Troy Sun Belt FBS -0.387694 0.659781 -0.74912 -0.762777
16 Tulane American FBS 1.30123 -1.46898 1.36197 1.73667
17 Tulsa American FBS 1.64543 -1.23034 1.32938 1.23233
100 UAB American FBS 0.271606 0.20905 0.231264 0.231264
202 UCF Big 12 FBS -0.79078 -0.0745091 -0.860996 -0.965453
32 UCLA Big Ten FBS 1.54609 -0.709339 0.85851 0.9463
94 UConn Independent FBS 0.0476582 -0.253747 0.143434 0.143434
208 UMass MAC FBS -0.966329 0.21689 -0.575289 -0.575289
15 UNLV Mountain West FBS 1.626 -1.28496 1.51874 1.31709
60 USC Big Ten FBS 0.94647 -0.77875 0.33794 0.33794
140 UTEP Mountain West FBS -0.0431848 0.333214 -0.351355 -0.351355
106 UTSA American FBS -0.40227 -0.452721 0.351044 0.351044
31 Utah Big 12 FBS 1.06746 -1.42069 0.797975 0.984514
35 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 0.971044 -1.41635 0.945174 0.926371
66 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 0.913035 -0.481802 0.422946 0.422946
45 Virginia ACC FBS 0.977546 -1.07212 0.9064 0.9064
120 Virginia Tech ACC FBS -0.0983641 -0.00859614 -0.198167 -0.107625
107 Wake Forest ACC FBS -0.318687 -0.719301 -0.295047 -0.0143976
40 Washington Big Ten FBS 1.34137 -0.993404 0.701154 0.701154
22 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 1.63538 -0.920401 1.28359 1.2441
12 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 1.72915 -1.17373 2.05436 1.53261
61 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.834652 -0.563452 0.680903 0.680903
5 Western Michigan MAC FBS 2.05121 -1.44059 1.93685 1.51174
26 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 1.59032 -1.01292 0.77461 1.04446
205 Wyoming Mountain West FBS -0.319063 0.838696 -0.633122 -0.867549
262 San Diego Pioneer FCS -1.49177 1.51018 -1.07289 -1.07289
137 Georgetown Patriot FCS -0.385811 0.187588 0.0748168 0.0748168
129 South Dakota State MVFC FCS -0.139702 0.0839404 -0.453781 -0.272813
72 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 0.642653 -0.414051 0.221552 0.470012
109 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS -0.103089 -0.216542 -0.00674071 -0.00674071
90 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 0.590684 0.0941751 0.0339302 0.0339302
257 Austin Peay UAC FCS -1.7223 1.30909 -0.646437 -0.646437
221 Central Arkansas UAC FCS -1.20465 0.651164 -0.310694 -0.310694
225 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS -0.815314 1.00079 -0.69443 -0.69443
186 North Alabama UAC FCS -0.224355 1.03322 -0.356445 -0.356445
222 Stetson Pioneer FCS -0.465546 1.5385 -0.574125 -0.574125
266 Albany CAA FCS -1.90115 1.29903 -1.0586 -1.0586
210 Bryant CAA FCS -0.709959 1.02105 -0.248707 -0.248707
188 Maine CAA FCS -0.519485 0.753896 -0.237447 -0.237447
267 New Hampshire CAA FCS -1.81589 1.44329 -1.07876 -1.07876
136 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -0.189352 0.445792 0.109355 0.0198443
115 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -0.08169 0.0566848 0.014589 0.014589
189 Drake Pioneer FCS -0.357388 1.07111 -0.191047 -0.191047
44 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 0.926007 -1.2081 0.891183 0.838675
192 Davidson Pioneer FCS -0.705313 0.541951 -0.301784 -0.301784
251 Dayton Pioneer FCS -1.31566 1.44569 -0.926217 -1.0035
261 Duquesne NEC FCS -1.54263 1.54811 -0.711964 -0.928285
190 Fordham Patriot FCS -0.628009 0.473254 -0.436255 -0.436255
228 Rhode Island CAA FCS -1.16034 0.64109 -0.562194 -0.562194
227 Richmond Patriot FCS -0.984455 1.01614 -0.366244 -0.463818
255 Butler Pioneer FCS -1.50585 1.67452 -0.55804 -0.55804
247 Marquette Independent FCS -1.07187 1.22676 -1.17623 -1.17623
209 Villanova Patriot FCS -1.04516 0.438301 -0.291747 -0.291747
218 Indiana State MVFC FCS -0.789276 0.451076 -1.09109 -1.09109
133 Illinois State MVFC FCS -0.330167 0.00991215 -0.152918 -0.152918
212 Missouri State C-USA FBS -0.581826 0.748891 -0.800844 -0.800844
195 Murray State MVFC FCS -0.42889 0.732718 -0.556859 -0.556859
220 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS -1.02708 0.502227 -0.720088 -0.720088
180 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS -0.642952 0.405075 -0.221567 -0.221567
260 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS -1.54629 1.39291 -1.01414 -1.01414
231 North Dakota MVFC FCS -1.08329 0.73692 -0.866727 -0.866727
157 North Dakota State Mountain West FBS -0.0697724 0.453212 -0.663204 -0.510029
256 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS -1.46329 1.34769 -0.567038 -1.10499
165 South Dakota MVFC FCS -0.518328 0.147668 -0.256331 -0.256331
191 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -0.727764 0.450519 -0.359177 -0.359177
238 Abilene Christian UAC FCS -1.25829 1.06422 -0.898508 -0.718177
170 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS -0.369241 0.482074 -0.214139 -0.214139
245 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS -1.34109 1.13944 -0.843473 -0.843473
241 Tarleton State UAC FCS -1.21275 1.46876 -0.569984 -0.569984
268 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS -1.52996 1.6154 -1.33921 -1.33921
242 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS -0.999431 1.43194 -0.965942 -0.965942
164 Bucknell Patriot FCS -0.370208 0.0583047 -0.558628 -0.558628
122 Colgate Patriot FCS 0.0605172 0.384809 -0.0541704 -0.0541704
174 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -0.357244 0.620741 -0.257764 -0.257764
143 Lafayette Patriot FCS 0.0593672 0.614274 -0.297681 -0.297681
144 Lehigh Patriot FCS -0.307095 0.0910936 -0.275792 -0.275792
183 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -0.928007 0.167504 -0.069738 -0.069738
124 Idaho Big Sky FCS -0.24316 0.0877274 0.0266502 0.0266502
99 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -0.346097 -0.292199 0.657212 0.657212
160 Montana Big Sky FCS -0.365856 0.345306 -0.26254 -0.26254
206 Montana State Big Sky FCS -0.729248 0.568381 -0.525408 -0.525408
173 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -0.353298 0.604195 -0.23937 -0.23937
139 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -0.25939 0.165024 -0.16104 -0.16104
142 Portland State Big Sky FCS -0.106192 0.293977 -0.49728 -0.305103
102 Sacramento State MAC FBS 0.14022 0.043916 0.137673 0.137673
130 Weber State Big Sky FCS -0.251928 0.17628 -0.0810898 -0.0810898
187 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS -0.678843 0.475031 -0.293715 -0.265857
224 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS -1.32038 0.560763 -0.333338 -0.333338
269 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS -1.69351 1.67198 -1.1519 -1.1519
117 Delaware C-USA FBS 0.122878 0.268137 -0.457378 0.00274816
270 Elon CAA FCS -2.13932 1.17869 -1.28086 -1.26503
216 Hampton CAA FCS -0.600703 1.42317 -0.288267 -0.288267
234 Monmouth CAA FCS -0.96071 1.15499 -0.889776 -0.889776
196 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS -0.429099 1.09845 -0.214945 -0.214945
168 Towson CAA FCS -0.14081 1.06257 0.0380123 0.0380123
239 Stony Brook CAA FCS -1.15489 1.29755 -0.740334 -0.740334
219 William & Mary Patriot FCS -0.778952 0.476538 -1.08129 -1.08129
214 Campbell CAA FCS -0.778305 0.968986 -0.402951 -0.402951
197 Robert Morris NEC FCS -0.780971 0.668678 -0.127708 -0.127708
181 Youngstown State MVFC FCS -0.503705 0.58029 -0.269085 -0.269085
123 Brown Ivy League FCS 0.0346489 0.136689 -0.274077 -0.274077
127 Columbia Ivy League FCS -0.284971 0.208266 0.127585 0.127585
172 Cornell Ivy League FCS -0.477517 0.473684 -0.149785 -0.149785
149 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS -0.315877 -0.0327477 -0.472141 -0.472141
166 Penn Ivy League FCS -0.457196 0.187379 -0.331226 -0.331226
163 Harvard Ivy League FCS -0.559663 0.284778 -0.045646 -0.045646
154 Princeton Ivy League FCS -0.348417 0.328545 -0.158503 -0.158503
111 Yale Ivy League FCS 0.0298856 0.184335 0.167155 0.167155
152 Marist Pioneer FCS -0.530821 0.369983 0.187221 0.187221
217 Norfolk State MEAC FCS -1.01644 0.681972 -0.514376 -0.514376
252 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS -1.71471 1.18269 -0.663345 -0.663345
114 Howard MEAC FCS 0.0313361 0.458638 0.247511 0.247511
253 Morgan State MEAC FCS -1.17039 1.63564 -1.0311 -1.0311
232 Delaware State MEAC FCS -0.856018 1.59343 -0.547752 -0.392756
211 South Carolina State MEAC FCS -0.705464 1.02203 -0.310209 -0.310209
264 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS -1.48494 1.73841 -0.774195 -1.02132
215 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS -0.693447 0.84219 -0.68162 -0.68162
229 Morehead State Pioneer FCS -0.700524 1.21387 -0.738556 -0.738556
204 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS -0.4862 0.844772 -0.541377 -0.541377
213 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS -0.628002 1.14554 -0.43249 -0.43249
223 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS -0.952947 0.928541 -0.47301 -0.47301
230 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -0.919055 1.16259 -0.566112 -0.566112
179 Furman SoCon FCS -0.424336 0.47557 -0.476658 -0.476658
198 Samford SoCon FCS -0.723707 0.534586 -0.371314 -0.371314
96 The Citadel SoCon FCS 0.154881 -0.093709 0.301612 0.0810534
175 Wofford SoCon FCS -0.777946 -0.0394421 -0.320427 -0.320427
113 Chattanooga SoCon FCS -0.190012 -0.199685 -0.0295728 -0.0295728
182 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS -0.876983 0.0380757 -0.272289 -0.272289
156 Western Carolina SoCon FCS -0.235751 0.301448 -0.457252 -0.432112
145 Mercer SoCon FCS -0.259044 0.225046 -0.255798 -0.255798
128 VMI SoCon FCS -0.00212811 0.39893 -0.222619 -0.0702545
246 McNeese Southland FCS -1.37711 1.30658 -0.622344 -0.622344
259 Northwestern State Southland FCS -1.57363 1.36448 -0.922993 -0.922993
248 Incarnate Word Southland FCS -1.20003 1.4144 -0.883364 -0.883364
250 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS -1.0212 1.73963 -0.956624 -0.956624
265 East Texas A&M Southland FCS -1.477 1.45968 -1.25644 -1.37563
236 Nicholls Southland FCS -1.14884 1.37873 -0.458668 -0.458668
194 Lamar Southland FCS -0.573757 0.793671 -0.275656 -0.275656
207 Houston Christian Southland FCS -0.696904 1.08424 -0.0596234 -0.0596234
199 Grambling SWAC FCS -0.668167 0.435017 -0.556222 -0.556222
88 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS 0.0649146 -0.399817 0.430064 0.430064
184 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -0.774954 0.0261491 -0.367507 -0.476242
125 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -0.383642 -0.0523439 0.0886291 0.0886291
92 Southern SWAC FCS 0.0989178 -0.181874 0.3673 0.3673
147 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -0.361949 -0.00377417 -0.360036 -0.360036
233 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -1.23226 0.72305 -0.846357 -0.846357
146 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -0.408645 -0.0119248 -0.153336 -0.332411
178 Alabama State SWAC FCS -0.547209 0.428493 -0.326114 -0.326114
185 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -0.657972 0.325146 -0.399023 -0.345948
193 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -0.542504 0.50858 -0.587835 -0.587835
148 Jackson State SWAC FCS -0.197503 0.18467 -0.30018 -0.463127
161 Chicago State NEC FCS -0.229569 0.296249 -0.519747 -0.519747
254 Wagner NEC FCS -1.35438 1.56323 -0.847843 -0.847843
235 Sacred Heart Independent FCS -1.01229 0.889091 -1.20855 -1.07633
263 Stonehill NEC FCS -1.53556 1.65051 -0.920803 -0.920803
226 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS -0.820619 0.996898 -0.552738 -0.739253
249 LIU NEC FCS -1.07337 1.42815 -1.07479 -1.07479
203 Merrimack Independent FCS -1.08823 0.0708365 -0.626611 -0.33299
150 Central Connecticut NEC FCS -0.38175 0.331872 -0.132161 0.025841
240 Guam Independent FCS -1.05316 1.08985 -1.11407 -1.11407
258 West Georgia UAC FCS -1.53751 1.25631 -0.99452 -1.07491
237 American Samoa Independent FCS -1.27962 0.680736 -0.988666 -1.091
243 Mercyhurst NEC FCS -1.22724 1.38275 -0.698892 -0.698892
244 West Florida UAC FCS -1.11113 1.17375 -1.1202 -1.1202
169 New Haven NEC FCS -0.181511 0.393945 -0.578111 -0.578111