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Last Updated: 04 Oct 2026, 1:33 pm




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
57 Air Force Mountain West FBS 0.980494 0.52688 1.04591 0.91915
164 Akron MAC FBS -0.0631138 0.416894 -0.594348 -0.166207
56 Alabama SEC FBS 1.23324 0.206641 0.293698 0.238064
36 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 1.05561 -0.324529 0.364031 1.09937
166 Arizona Big 12 FBS 0.287525 0.645411 -0.139267 -0.758327
180 Arizona State Big 12 FBS 0.195046 1.14366 0.276985 -0.299369
86 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.869274 0.974069 0.474901 0.25712
115 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 0.334206 0.157544 0.0308887 -0.4597
136 Army American FBS 0.116666 0.0534558 -0.178381 -0.569743
63 Auburn SEC FBS 1.38773 0.721638 0.295795 0.33964
16 Ball State MAC FBS 1.44114 -0.253096 1.07164 1.60362
2 Baylor Big 12 FBS 2.18441 -0.485671 1.49042 2.33481
198 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 0.253217 0.992134 -0.803049 -0.901661
75 Boston College ACC FBS 0.852966 0.408494 0.301657 0.0687646
13 Bowling Green MAC FBS 1.68843 -0.00960175 1.79737 1.4802
98 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.424132 0.160517 0.215632 -0.195919
7 BYU Big 12 FBS 1.96919 0.297588 2.6611 1.67382
24 California ACC FBS 1.46521 0.374824 0.813188 1.61971
137 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.501518 0.485327 -0.688428 -0.649204
117 Charlotte American FBS 0.552515 0.647206 -0.369315 -0.173543
96 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 0.584672 0.292218 -0.0826937 -0.132108
72 Clemson ACC FBS 0.927702 0.638923 0.0361129 0.413231
45 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 1.10569 0.271296 1.44738 0.738547
78 Colorado Big 12 FBS 0.930108 0.94294 0.305889 0.496594
21 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 1.51467 0.305069 1.58343 1.50263
102 Duke ACC FBS 0.815836 0.905115 0.195622 -0.160054
19 East Carolina American FBS 1.22529 -0.208096 1.09147 1.64008
138 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 0.0437154 0.039018 -0.129765 -0.540385
80 FIU C-USA FBS 0.275643 -0.000776638 0.754366 0.32799
9 Florida SEC FBS 1.84003 0.109694 1.35924 1.58532
134 Florida Atlantic American FBS 0.376457 0.817612 0.133409 -0.153428
6 Florida State ACC FBS 1.54555 -0.645377 2.19844 1.51154
145 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS 0.459961 0.874258 -0.0353778 -0.416774
32 Georgia SEC FBS 1.6211 0.335604 1.23889 0.823603
83 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 0.308127 0.0432726 -0.168826 0.550652
84 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 0.621702 0.0767697 0.187913 -0.276459
44 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 1.23102 0.45747 1.11641 0.895621
129 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.481201 0.840659 0.0983978 -0.286261
12 Houston Big 12 FBS 1.70762 -0.00867739 0.815037 1.80851
43 Illinois Big Ten FBS 1.40571 0.190346 0.648268 0.367638
26 Indiana Big Ten FBS 1.44769 -0.202619 1.18881 0.687855
92 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.614636 0.374803 -0.499083 0.148933
208 Iowa State Big 12 FBS -0.0208379 0.556137 -0.501893 -1.30099
8 Kansas Big 12 FBS 1.67679 -0.435929 0.44524 1.75149
220 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 0.129503 1.11638 -0.165295 -1.33407
154 Kent State MAC FBS 0.0549125 0.233438 -0.122299 -0.561454
67 Kentucky SEC FBS 0.971256 0.686674 0.0943558 0.751746
156 Liberty C-USA FBS -0.0698489 0.00718308 -0.0958892 -0.629849
101 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 0.217508 0.116801 -0.187361 0.143661
126 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 0.0184342 0.0692841 -0.406422 -0.200428
152 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 0.312867 0.589322 -0.331009 -0.488094
77 Louisville ACC FBS 0.812889 0.844789 -0.207906 0.782716
34 LSU SEC FBS 1.4709 0.131993 0.596046 0.978382
54 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 0.990929 0.248895 0.0611626 1.02094
61 Maryland Big Ten FBS 1.19512 0.545957 -0.0402865 0.688747
140 Memphis American FBS 0.279466 0.48767 -0.562271 -0.324201
55 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 0.837088 -0.130928 0.428609 0.556332
187 Miami (OH) MAC FBS -0.143104 0.50065 -0.0982302 -0.510203
39 Michigan Big Ten FBS 1.39596 0.382958 0.0496574 1.26702
66 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 1.08167 0.667832 0.78167 0.329968
204 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS -0.449381 0.112243 -0.48512 -0.926365
28 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 1.23019 0.00126906 0.905713 1.44563
155 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.629734 1.2239 -0.386246 -0.309226
206 Missouri SEC FBS 0.276476 1.25564 -0.063649 -1.00991
41 Navy American FBS 1.37348 0.243369 0.500753 0.847738
51 NC State ACC FBS 1.04337 0.367529 1.71688 0.585815
42 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 1.14132 0.170584 0.623637 1.15959
100 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.695803 0.726712 0.336833 -0.12808
46 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 0.944036 -0.12582 0.476078 0.840814
112 New Mexico State C-USA FBS 0.0834168 0.248295 -0.374631 0.338911
17 North Carolina ACC FBS 1.68686 0.386522 2.86196 1.05303
97 North Texas American FBS 0.62994 0.462963 0.632565 -0.33707
25 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 1.18622 -0.26454 1.20092 1.15596
203 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 0.223115 0.831242 -0.294943 -1.36946
37 Notre Dame Independent FBS 1.37631 0.122845 0.346338 1.01644
76 Ohio MAC FBS 0.708409 0.243998 0.17897 0.109448
81 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.952885 0.856489 -0.0607716 0.377327
82 Oklahoma SEC FBS 0.597925 0.246994 -0.177701 0.311158
30 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 1.2144 -0.0082235 0.794477 1.37824
130 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 0.358788 0.886805 0.829607 -0.228795
23 Ole Miss SEC FBS 1.22144 -0.216307 1.06635 1.4616
105 Oregon Big Ten FBS 0.760524 0.803878 -0.165819 -0.119979
159 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 0.434513 0.82374 0.431663 -0.841929
33 Penn State Big Ten FBS 1.22229 -0.118336 1.47669 0.901404
64 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 1.0412 0.436971 0.588373 0.387974
10 Purdue Big Ten FBS 1.74205 -0.110467 1.05266 1.55264
68 Rice American FBS 0.689287 -0.0291041 -0.143729 0.360159
95 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.773679 0.364897 -0.448365 -0.263726
50 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 1.23574 0.42633 0.481043 0.700196
35 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 1.06798 -0.107637 0.0504333 1.5349
48 SMU ACC FBS 1.1114 -0.01075 1.37258 0.202212
59 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 0.897987 0.0491763 -0.00557564 0.735573
170 South Carolina SEC FBS 0.647322 1.2566 -0.894004 -0.506442
65 South Florida American FBS 0.883664 0.164486 1.38793 -0.0354897
94 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 0.496152 0.25556 -0.0868806 0.0717738
15 Stanford ACC FBS 1.49362 -0.145178 0.153258 2.15062
74 Syracuse ACC FBS 0.490324 0.475191 2.09271 0.311219
165 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.430572 1.01533 0.0934565 -0.603638
22 Temple American FBS 1.34634 -0.353245 1.11313 1.10217
1 Tennessee SEC FBS 2.22261 -0.299281 4.22368 2.41282
52 Texas SEC FBS 1.18839 0.422229 0.416766 0.747309
143 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.131757 0.13806 -0.140059 -0.677412
99 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 0.736693 0.710976 0.592091 -0.304743
3 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 2.03605 -0.0237931 1.27961 2.21094
224 Toledo MAC FBS -0.480264 0.458651 -0.620589 -1.08839
221 Troy Sun Belt FBS -0.16943 0.734398 -0.468824 -1.15295
14 Tulane American FBS 1.52596 -0.0488799 1.20059 1.92856
18 Tulsa American FBS 1.62357 0.172433 1.02639 1.39836
87 UAB American FBS 0.880978 1.11206 0.963897 0.245704
253 UCF Big 12 FBS -0.175164 1.30083 -1.17965 -1.41555
40 UCLA Big Ten FBS 1.41803 0.555791 0.1728 1.35859
93 UConn Independent FBS 0.62344 0.483311 0.164472 0.047614
243 UMass MAC FBS -0.557411 0.579496 -0.810086 -1.31923
11 UNLV Mountain West FBS 1.4931 0.0234176 0.855531 2.28354
49 USC Big Ten FBS 1.02079 0.343375 2.03252 0.572255
116 UTEP Mountain West FBS 0.487987 0.596018 -0.142104 -0.168405
132 UTSA American FBS 0.345566 0.787684 -0.346933 0.0424377
58 Utah Big 12 FBS 1.11292 0.371039 0.96353 0.412586
27 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 1.01782 -0.617834 0.503101 1.19705
62 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 0.890645 0.289829 0.970886 0.586114
38 Virginia ACC FBS 1.00583 0.104677 0.193777 1.673
146 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 0.317528 0.50002 -0.201161 -0.59527
142 Wake Forest ACC FBS 0.279244 0.33731 -0.518948 -0.575812
47 Washington Big Ten FBS 1.0365 -0.0820292 0.900795 0.565582
29 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 1.54589 0.285845 0.422021 1.31747
4 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 1.8335 -0.232098 2.75211 1.79142
53 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.863062 -0.0168264 0.249654 0.862783
5 Western Michigan MAC FBS 1.59953 -0.475481 2.78602 1.67313
20 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 1.4382 0.0235681 1.41372 1.40495
218 Wyoming Mountain West FBS -0.0028487 1.11995 -0.519859 -0.811606
241 San Diego Pioneer FCS -1.26461 -0.178476 -1.05955 -0.764258
119 Georgetown Patriot FCS -0.536845 -0.753716 0.0945603 -0.0524141
127 South Dakota State MVFC FCS -0.487987 -0.676114 -0.286081 -0.234525
60 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 0.749976 -0.00220601 0.348078 0.837512
147 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS 0.0512888 0.32025 0.143977 -0.424715
70 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 0.536745 0.0574349 0.468879 0.47926
242 Austin Peay UAC FCS -1.40102 -0.211299 -0.175425 -0.884447
167 Central Arkansas UAC FCS -0.988625 -0.580492 -0.0122069 0.0964
207 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS -0.956963 -0.286997 -0.948131 -0.375268
121 North Alabama UAC FCS -0.589255 -0.57734 -0.274052 0.235596
236 Stetson Pioneer FCS -0.975399 -0.0765172 -0.842357 -1.03786
269 Albany CAA FCS -1.63492 -0.0499415 -1.24945 -1.53479
161 Bryant CAA FCS -0.66742 -0.286423 -0.383832 0.0575218
174 Maine CAA FCS -0.586251 -0.274002 0.160761 -0.495724
267 New Hampshire CAA FCS -1.31417 0.0391371 -1.0833 -1.3499
110 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -0.248695 -0.0612433 0.396342 0.436469
71 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -0.288307 -0.704167 0.693116 0.907379
172 Drake Pioneer FCS -0.52715 -0.267722 -0.258853 -0.433357
31 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 1.24264 -0.0927541 0.761644 1.17148
194 Davidson Pioneer FCS -0.976438 -0.646113 -0.510778 -0.477032
225 Dayton Pioneer FCS -0.998592 -0.0662467 -0.806509 -0.693034
259 Duquesne NEC FCS -1.14344 0.385607 -0.708101 -0.977464
176 Fordham Patriot FCS -0.729548 -0.540582 -0.301658 -0.471335
175 Rhode Island CAA FCS -0.894274 -0.122474 0.412664 0.236982
222 Richmond Patriot FCS -1.08601 -0.116436 -0.0267267 -0.71492
261 Butler Pioneer FCS -1.42803 -0.123042 -0.734834 -1.12642
228 Marquette Independent FCS -1.03295 -0.0642327 -1.26559 -0.557012
160 Villanova Patriot FCS -0.814345 -0.572386 -0.0245065 -0.118508
205 Indiana State MVFC FCS -0.856299 -0.41128 0.0656532 -1.00519
103 Illinois State MVFC FCS -0.696273 -1.07888 -0.719979 0.509794
254 Missouri State C-USA FBS -0.323393 1.14998 -0.773766 -1.47632
211 Murray State MVFC FCS -0.853193 -0.125819 -0.277664 -0.632344
212 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS -1.09512 -0.482053 -0.126123 -0.686015
144 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS -0.809903 -0.745744 -0.477463 0.118579
258 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS -1.50049 0.0382246 -1.16347 -0.562045
248 North Dakota MVFC FCS -1.30738 -0.444888 -0.82915 -1.45061
189 North Dakota State Mountain West FBS 0.0859071 0.755928 -0.934329 -0.438444
246 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS -1.2172 0.101637 -0.176117 -1.00374
122 South Dakota MVFC FCS -0.642926 -0.872102 -0.458217 -0.0123544
124 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -0.598581 -0.759489 -0.475405 0.019628
251 Abilene Christian UAC FCS -1.23731 -0.0548259 -1.37095 -0.959109
107 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS -0.509863 -0.398396 -0.590863 0.90838
233 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS -1.3056 -0.307642 -0.865096 -0.579551
263 Tarleton State UAC FCS -1.40421 -0.0939412 -0.644338 -1.30252
266 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS -1.24358 -0.0297326 -0.426995 -1.68347
260 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS -1.09244 0.351714 -1.31143 -0.969921
193 Bucknell Patriot FCS -0.772469 -0.497211 -0.261777 -0.711469
131 Colgate Patriot FCS -0.413758 -0.291774 -0.0787986 0.0452346
199 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -0.621239 -0.131103 -0.194731 -0.928506
179 Lafayette Patriot FCS -0.561011 -0.254041 -1.11371 -0.179807
141 Lehigh Patriot FCS -0.681165 -0.70671 -0.472703 -0.0433171
149 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -0.761807 -0.512488 0.327749 0.00544845
73 Idaho Big Sky FCS -0.314608 -0.630827 0.501644 1.04826
90 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -0.435909 -0.59561 0.534552 0.709981
196 Montana Big Sky FCS -0.567164 -0.099671 -0.239905 -0.77328
216 Montana State Big Sky FCS -0.822167 -0.112193 -0.430984 -0.777879
157 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -0.482016 -0.241794 -0.0806669 -0.190451
111 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -0.443748 -0.591834 0.790667 -0.0413992
188 Portland State Big Sky FCS -0.513786 -0.269952 -1.07046 -0.507862
89 Sacramento State MAC FBS 0.48927 0.0334825 -0.0950814 -0.0817852
114 Weber State Big Sky FCS -0.409726 -0.485287 -0.0970828 0.228803
178 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS -0.832373 -0.533041 -0.482907 -0.216744
210 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS -1.14674 -0.38203 0.220713 -0.552203
268 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS -1.39395 0.485257 -1.19355 -1.21384
106 Delaware C-USA FBS 0.135105 0.070499 0.126599 0.00937421
270 Elon CAA FCS -1.80786 0.135221 -1.25266 -1.87811
153 Hampton CAA FCS -0.654662 -0.250307 -0.246197 0.27698
234 Monmouth CAA FCS -1.09011 -0.165608 -1.31935 -0.720418
118 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS -0.442604 -0.244865 -0.137262 0.546381
88 Towson CAA FCS -0.219528 -0.298367 0.454031 0.735048
262 Stony Brook CAA FCS -1.15682 0.204878 -1.05364 -1.13697
231 William & Mary Patriot FCS -1.07809 -0.388882 -1.28961 -0.942477
191 Campbell CAA FCS -0.813094 -0.236652 -0.770704 -0.0804642
190 Robert Morris NEC FCS -0.760239 -0.261527 -0.229269 -0.364944
162 Youngstown State MVFC FCS -0.773942 -0.420971 0.232867 -0.115952
104 Brown Ivy League FCS -0.288073 -0.472418 -0.695822 0.466875
148 Columbia Ivy League FCS -0.703365 -0.489269 -0.300078 0.152268
158 Cornell Ivy League FCS -0.61768 -0.440199 -0.887516 0.0502756
135 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS -0.61567 -0.670273 -0.375087 -0.000979493
171 Penn Ivy League FCS -0.779989 -0.759487 -0.860894 -0.361485
186 Harvard Ivy League FCS -0.961795 -0.730048 -0.482089 -0.373652
184 Princeton Ivy League FCS -0.799282 -0.35419 -0.944275 0.0152574
120 Yale Ivy League FCS -0.623468 -0.734836 -0.447587 0.21216
109 Marist Pioneer FCS -0.568266 -0.755511 0.514924 0.117089
223 Norfolk State MEAC FCS -1.1182 -0.420978 -0.975263 -0.744288
247 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS -1.11615 0.235214 -0.809663 -0.835999
79 Howard MEAC FCS -0.36285 -0.658541 0.709996 0.773696
232 Morgan State MEAC FCS -0.982315 -0.0520115 -0.574525 -0.950389
239 Delaware State MEAC FCS -1.01935 0.350387 -0.388378 -0.764201
192 South Carolina State MEAC FCS -0.681648 -0.0760579 0.13289 -0.449386
255 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS -1.1154 0.3202 -0.789894 -1.02249
195 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS -0.754237 -0.191776 -0.716407 -0.353547
200 Morehead State Pioneer FCS -0.861177 -0.227913 -1.07132 -0.296908
226 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS -0.9307 -0.0113195 -0.821041 -0.756384
197 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS -0.796448 -0.224913 -0.14025 -0.567787
214 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS -0.974939 -0.157075 -0.46727 -0.496078
217 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -1.12084 -0.317562 -0.423329 -0.499216
133 Furman SoCon FCS -0.613483 -0.27016 0.229633 0.353399
244 Samford SoCon FCS -1.24711 -0.29919 -1.10392 -1.11539
108 The Citadel SoCon FCS -0.517783 -0.706635 -0.102238 0.289867
215 Wofford SoCon FCS -1.10465 -0.721111 -0.437749 -1.00362
85 Chattanooga SoCon FCS -0.417961 -0.739817 0.616504 0.546685
183 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS -0.956156 -0.961153 0.0381342 -0.770002
169 Western Carolina SoCon FCS -0.565559 -0.194156 -0.998963 0.033116
113 Mercer SoCon FCS -0.504762 -0.720617 -0.383121 0.210776
168 VMI SoCon FCS -0.651424 -0.476732 -0.0450681 -0.431579
227 McNeese Southland FCS -1.20597 -0.328579 -0.595402 -0.733508
257 Northwestern State Southland FCS -1.3025 0.0219499 -0.941851 -1.03619
240 Incarnate Word Southland FCS -1.02686 0.0677552 -0.643214 -1.04431
219 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS -0.863331 0.255029 -0.558815 -0.350042
252 East Texas A&M Southland FCS -1.18534 0.146851 -1.00912 -0.954604
238 Nicholls Southland FCS -1.05789 0.127415 -0.674851 -0.868485
151 Lamar Southland FCS -0.717532 -0.316169 0.0723121 0.235403
177 Houston Christian Southland FCS -0.72453 -0.223311 -0.427548 -0.0329607
202 Grambling SWAC FCS -0.899728 -0.286823 -0.394125 -0.549085
69 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS -0.342911 -1.15992 1.6034 0.299554
229 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -1.11644 -0.253906 -0.261739 -1.01659
128 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -0.663401 -0.746215 0.00100181 -0.073876
91 Southern SWAC FCS -0.455091 -0.895905 0.232175 0.362044
163 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -0.795295 -0.753079 -0.24367 -0.366273
245 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -1.34881 -0.277847 -0.418401 -1.15918
139 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -0.595758 -0.581389 -0.103911 -0.1224
173 Alabama State SWAC FCS -0.884023 -0.752927 -0.732695 -0.234019
201 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -0.903521 -0.439713 -0.597189 -0.666135
182 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -0.90165 -0.642199 -0.738711 -0.149964
181 Jackson State SWAC FCS -0.754169 -0.463274 0.139581 -0.498129
123 Chicago State NEC FCS -0.651269 -0.856053 -0.645963 0.0556444
264 Wagner NEC FCS -1.39814 -0.184323 -1.19779 -1.27389
235 Sacred Heart Independent FCS -0.907693 0.267605 -1.16837 -0.580231
265 Stonehill NEC FCS -1.46165 -0.09435 -1.32114 -1.00696
230 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS -0.997247 -0.172296 -1.02682 -0.900805
213 LIU NEC FCS -1.01121 -0.221951 -1.05357 -0.249695
150 Merrimack Independent FCS -0.734639 -0.73571 -0.268006 -0.169784
185 Central Connecticut NEC FCS -0.713808 -0.429629 -0.629518 -0.36673
250 Guam Independent FCS -1.23929 -0.111563 -1.18431 -1.04406
256 West Georgia UAC FCS -1.26552 -0.00641625 -1.03644 -1.07896
249 American Samoa Independent FCS -1.27146 -0.125964 -0.677003 -1.16789
209 Mercyhurst NEC FCS -0.831661 -0.166915 -0.75055 -0.567978
237 West Florida UAC FCS -1.13165 -0.296313 -0.55408 -1.117
125 New Haven NEC FCS -0.428012 -0.365237 -0.802782 0.310814