College Football Ratings
All Time Top 100 Teams - Defense Rating
S E A S O N R A N K I N G S | P O W E R R A T I N G S | N O R M A L I Z E D P O W E R R A T I N G S
Rank Year Team Yr Rk Rating W L T PF PA PMV Rk NMV Rk Pow YrRk Off YrRk Def YrRk Sch YrRk NPow Rk NOff Rk NDef Rk NSch Rk
1 2005 Ohio St. 3 92.91 10 2 0 392 183 94.68 117 90.62 347 55.80 3 36.50 12 19.30 1 38.38 2 93.45 139 81.90 1409 100.64 1 87.22 247
2 1972 Oklahoma 2 95.77 11 1 0 399 74 97.88 43 93.17 182 59.91 2 38.55 5 21.36 1 32.83 7 100.67 20 94.32 257 100.54 2 83.86 676
3 1985 Michigan 2 94.22 10 1 1 342 98 95.15 102 92.48 219 51.96 1 31.49 13 20.46 1 31.62 3 95.59 80 83.71 1127 99.91 3 82.82 876
4 1905 Wisconsin 4 93.85 4 2 0 115 28 96.17 86 90.76 334 73.52 3 40.73 5 32.79 1 59.02 4 97.08 53 92.89 337 99.52 4 93.89 35
5 1905 Michigan 2 96.65 5 1 0 142 2 99.90 23 92.63 210 73.49 4 41.04 4 32.45 2 50.16 9 97.06 54 93.19 321 99.17 5 88.27 163
6 1965 Michigan St. 1 97.14 10 1 0 263 76 97.25 54 96.48 55 49.00 1 30.84 5 18.16 1 32.00 2 97.16 52 90.06 503 99.06 6 87.15 257
7 1905 Chicago 1 97.93 10 0 0 245 5 99.15 29 95.80 73 76.20 2 43.86 3 32.34 3 52.20 6 98.47 40 95.92 187 99.06 7 89.57 110
8 2000 Florida St. 3 93.86 11 2 0 511 136 96.31 81 90.84 329 60.76 1 41.77 5 18.99 1 31.91 17 97.86 44 91.31 435 98.38 8 78.92 2064
9 1992 Arizona 18 79.11 6 5 1 232 118 83.06 1131 74.93 3143 38.71 10 21.54 61 17.17 1 29.21 15 82.45 1279 63.28 6829 98.35 9 78.57 2188
10 1991 Miami (FL) 2 97.72 12 0 0 386 100 97.60 49 97.20 42 52.14 2 33.11 14 19.03 1 28.31 25 93.07 153 82.56 1289 98.25 10 75.96 3193
11 1902 Chicago 3 94.09 7 1 0 124 21 93.47 151 93.49 158 46.05 4 23.57 6 22.48 1 33.17 5 93.50 138 84.29 1049 98.16 11 89.84 104
12 2003 LSU 1 95.94 12 1 0 440 147 97.11 59 94.21 126 54.58 2 36.50 12 18.08 1 32.04 22 93.93 124 84.06 1083 97.46 12 78.71 2143
13 1991 Washington 1 101.08 12 0 0 495 115 104.80 7 96.81 48 63.03 1 44.63 1 18.41 2 31.37 8 103.23 10 101.49 72 97.17 13 81.88 1128
14 1972 Nebraska 6 91.66 9 2 1 501 97 96.25 84 86.84 713 65.10 1 45.86 1 19.25 2 31.44 16 105.21 3 105.73 35 97.12 14 81.87 1130
15 2001 Miami (FL) 1 99.58 12 0 0 512 117 101.86 15 96.70 50 65.48 1 46.58 2 18.91 1 32.57 23 103.37 9 101.62 69 96.86 15 77.89 2439
16 1971 Nebraska 1 106.69 13 0 0 507 104 113.02 2 99.97 16 60.01 1 42.26 2 17.76 1 29.01 26 101.52 17 100.39 87 96.79 16 78.64 2166
17 1978 Southern Cal 1 98.61 12 1 0 318 153 96.28 82 100.15 14 48.05 4 31.17 12 16.89 1 35.36 3 92.86 163 84.86 966 96.76 17 89.23 120
18 1945 Army 1 106.76 7 0 0 325 33 108.36 3 104.40 1 79.95 1 56.96 1 22.99 1 38.23 3 110.23 2 119.34 2 96.50 18 94.12 32
19 1902 Michigan 1 104.28 6 0 0 240 6 106.06 4 100.95 7 69.00 1 47.78 1 21.22 2 30.00 7 111.17 1 117.86 3 96.35 19 86.43 329
20 1913 Princeton 12 82.07 2 2 1 44 18 86.17 674 77.38 2495 41.43 10 12.96 34 28.47 1 36.23 11 83.13 1143 65.29 6110 96.13 20 83.67 703
21 1978 Texas 8 89.18 9 3 0 287 136 89.74 330 88.01 605 45.17 8 28.67 20 16.51 2 32.59 11 90.07 310 80.45 1684 96.07 21 84.92 508
22 1994 Washington St. 17 78.41 8 4 0 192 136 78.07 2214 78.46 2247 37.37 19 20.30 73 17.07 1 32.71 8 78.29 2221 59.22 8263 95.84 22 80.48 1525
23 1907 Michigan 7 83.47 1 1 0 8 6 82.49 1242 83.78 1152 39.67 5 14.34 25 25.33 1 38.67 3 84.94 844 70.20 4370 95.82 23 89.07 128
24 1983 Miami (FL) 3 92.01 11 1 0 313 136 90.37 297 92.66 209 43.54 4 27.13 26 16.41 1 28.79 14 88.76 403 75.84 2689 95.73 24 80.14 1643
25 1979 Alabama 1 94.49 12 0 0 383 67 96.66 70 91.89 251 50.88 1 34.11 4 16.77 1 24.55 58 95.47 84 89.78 527 95.66 25 73.11 4266
26 1974 Michigan 3 91.22 10 1 0 324 75 91.77 209 90.23 386 49.30 3 31.88 10 17.43 1 26.67 44 91.81 214 85.03 946 95.65 26 75.39 3405
27 1979 Texas 7 89.12 9 3 0 221 104 89.64 339 88.20 576 41.77 8 25.07 41 16.70 2 32.02 3 86.95 580 74.88 2946 95.53 27 83.64 715
28 1946 Notre Dame 1 97.77 8 0 1 271 24 99.63 25 95.33 94 61.11 1 39.61 1 21.49 1 33.66 9 98.83 34 98.59 117 95.33 28 84.86 519
29 1988 Miami (FL) 2 96.65 11 1 0 418 116 97.65 48 95.05 102 56.45 1 38.10 8 18.36 1 31.29 16 94.89 101 88.94 585 95.29 29 77.94 2415
30 1980 Florida St. 2 95.07 10 2 0 369 103 96.93 63 92.74 201 54.08 2 37.06 5 17.01 1 31.91 8 96.79 57 93.62 296 95.27 30 82.60 931
31 1972 Michigan 8 89.40 10 1 0 264 57 89.87 323 88.48 552 45.17 7 27.19 25 17.98 3 26.36 43 87.79 497 76.59 2496 95.08 31 74.62 3714
32 1976 Michigan 2 92.64 10 2 0 432 95 96.91 65 88.07 591 56.48 1 39.84 1 16.64 1 28.40 32 100.98 18 101.24 77 94.97 32 78.29 2280
33 2007 Ohio St. 6 87.84 10 2 0 370 160 89.48 351 85.89 864 47.83 10 31.38 37 16.44 1 30.33 48 86.47 633 72.04 3776 94.85 33 70.90 5056
34 1971 Alabama 3 98.58 11 1 0 368 122 99.04 30 97.46 37 54.27 3 37.71 5 16.56 2 33.77 3 96.49 62 93.38 309 94.76 34 85.20 469
35 1997 Michigan 5 92.09 12 0 0 322 114 90.19 309 93.49 159 48.57 7 30.29 31 18.28 1 31.24 28 87.27 549 74.15 3136 94.76 35 77.98 2398
36 1959 LSU 3 93.30 9 2 0 164 50 93.57 148 92.41 224 40.45 3 22.75 15 17.70 1 30.09 3 88.52 420 78.58 2074 94.59 36 84.30 601
37 1940 Michigan 2 95.39 7 1 0 196 34 97.37 51 92.59 213 50.02 1 32.91 2 17.11 1 29.77 4 100.49 21 101.62 70 94.57 37 90.33 89
38 1986 Oklahoma 3 94.74 11 1 0 508 81 99.46 26 89.51 448 60.36 1 43.77 1 16.59 1 24.78 43 102.74 14 104.51 44 94.55 38 69.84 5395
39 1952 Southern Cal 3 89.80 9 1 0 234 41 89.37 363 89.95 404 48.47 4 27.53 15 20.94 1 29.17 20 88.80 400 79.73 1813 94.50 39 79.14 1974
40 1962 Minnesota 6 88.01 6 2 1 131 61 88.32 448 87.26 664 39.82 7 21.71 32 18.11 1 32.04 6 86.46 636 75.04 2898 94.47 40 85.30 452
41 1998 Florida St. 3 92.53 11 2 0 401 161 92.52 174 91.91 249 51.89 3 35.37 15 16.53 1 33.43 6 91.28 237 82.16 1356 94.42 41 81.55 1217
42 1973 Nebraska 7 90.93 9 2 1 306 163 89.63 342 91.41 289 52.90 6 33.59 12 19.31 1 40.98 1 91.50 226 83.95 1095 94.41 42 90.99 77
43 1945 Navy 2 94.43 7 1 1 220 65 93.28 158 94.98 107 55.82 3 34.48 3 21.34 2 38.59 2 93.99 123 90.71 463 94.39 43 94.57 28
44 1932 Southern Cal 1 95.84 10 0 0 201 13 96.71 67 94.15 131 45.40 1 28.32 1 17.09 1 26.60 2 98.46 41 97.23 144 94.32 44 87.95 187
45 1996 Ohio St. 3 92.25 11 1 0 455 131 92.14 191 91.83 257 60.32 3 41.75 4 18.57 1 33.32 10 96.38 64 91.76 402 94.28 45 80.36 1576
46 1987 Auburn 5 89.52 9 1 2 314 132 89.12 383 89.41 456 46.76 6 29.50 20 17.26 1 31.60 8 88.01 472 77.44 2309 94.19 46 80.62 1478
47 1980 Nebraska 3 94.34 10 2 0 470 110 99.02 31 89.40 458 60.69 1 44.32 1 16.37 2 30.69 15 102.87 13 105.86 34 94.16 47 80.79 1429
48 1988 Auburn 10 85.39 10 2 0 338 92 86.01 693 84.36 1065 45.70 9 28.05 27 17.65 2 25.20 56 85.31 795 72.83 3535 94.15 48 67.87 6065
49 1994 Illinois 15 79.29 7 5 0 309 156 83.90 983 74.64 3225 45.17 6 29.08 28 16.09 2 32.42 10 85.77 734 73.38 3374 94.09 49 79.95 1696
50 1998 Texas A&M 8 85.91 11 3 0 335 214 85.29 794 86.05 837 45.05 9 28.72 36 16.33 2 36.41 2 84.70 881 71.13 4056 94.08 50 87.58 213
51 1973 Ohio St. 2 98.53 10 0 1 413 64 105.48 6 91.06 312 61.92 2 42.89 4 19.03 2 30.19 31 98.61 37 97.10 150 94.01 51 77.83 2457
52 1981 Clemson 1 95.38 11 0 0 293 95 94.63 121 95.50 89 48.79 4 32.28 10 16.51 1 30.79 6 92.75 166 86.96 745 93.98 52 82.00 1094
53 1993 Florida St. 1 95.88 12 1 0 536 129 97.32 52 93.74 148 60.89 1 43.81 3 17.08 1 29.59 33 98.75 35 96.57 169 93.97 53 73.94 3982
54 1978 Penn St. 4 92.10 11 1 0 333 111 90.79 274 92.73 205 46.02 6 30.70 16 15.32 3 27.52 33 90.89 272 84.04 1085 93.91 54 77.04 2743
55 1980 Alabama 6 89.44 10 2 0 352 98 90.85 273 87.62 631 49.91 4 33.70 7 16.21 3 28.74 28 92.96 160 87.95 658 93.88 55 77.91 2427
56 2002 Kansas St. 6 88.79 9 2 0 471 138 93.18 162 84.19 1090 60.05 1 42.89 2 17.16 1 29.78 47 97.84 45 95.96 184 93.81 56 72.50 4469
57 1973 Michigan 3 96.38 10 0 1 330 68 102.35 12 89.84 415 54.95 5 36.07 10 18.88 3 31.13 27 93.11 148 87.46 700 93.78 57 78.97 2043
58 1987 Oklahoma 3 93.07 10 1 0 424 88 96.03 89 89.66 431 55.29 2 38.30 4 16.99 2 24.74 55 95.95 71 93.16 325 93.74 58 68.41 5905
59 1975 Alabama 3 93.47 11 1 0 374 72 94.71 116 91.58 275 51.85 1 35.61 4 16.24 1 26.68 34 96.78 58 94.66 235 93.69 59 77.18 2688
60 1974 Oklahoma 1 99.50 11 0 0 473 92 102.36 11 96.17 61 64.40 1 48.17 1 16.24 2 29.77 17 104.85 4 110.51 12 93.65 60 79.43 1866
61 2002 Ohio St. 2 93.25 14 0 0 410 183 88.73 411 97.46 38 46.31 9 29.26 43 17.05 2 30.09 45 84.63 897 70.52 4259 93.63 61 73.22 4227
62 2004 Southern Cal 1 98.70 13 0 0 496 169 97.87 44 98.74 21 62.99 1 45.14 3 17.85 1 37.84 5 99.22 32 98.59 118 93.52 62 85.13 479
63 1996 Nebraska 5 89.10 11 2 0 553 174 91.28 239 86.49 765 63.33 1 45.35 2 17.98 2 34.17 9 99.01 33 97.52 140 93.36 63 81.96 1105
64 1990 Miami (FL) 2 89.92 10 2 0 447 184 91.67 214 87.80 616 54.92 1 38.08 9 16.84 1 33.00 12 94.03 120 88.57 608 93.28 64 80.45 1537
65 2000 Oklahoma 2 96.55 13 0 0 481 194 95.89 92 96.51 54 55.28 3 39.28 8 16.01 2 33.21 12 92.86 164 87.33 707 93.27 65 81.72 1162
66 1927 TCU 4 85.50 1 2 2 23 38 86.11 680 84.25 1080 29.16 15 12.02 49 17.14 1 32.16 2 80.81 1623 64.32 6474 93.24 66 94.10 33
67 1912 Minnesota 3 91.83 4 2 0 87 28 92.41 177 89.29 471 53.94 2 29.67 7 24.27 1 44.11 2 91.04 257 85.50 889 93.24 67 91.81 61
68 1977 Arkansas 3 93.59 11 1 0 389 101 94.86 109 91.75 263 47.75 5 30.92 16 16.83 1 23.75 71 89.59 346 82.48 1298 93.19 68 70.27 5257
69 2007 Auburn 12 82.47 8 4 0 280 217 82.10 1312 82.58 1367 42.94 17 27.49 60 15.44 2 37.69 3 81.38 1484 65.15 6156 93.06 69 87.11 261
70 1971 Notre Dame 15 82.60 8 2 0 225 86 82.63 1212 82.19 1440 41.73 11 26.17 21 15.56 3 27.83 30 85.50 769 75.63 2735 93.06 70 77.01 2759
71 1902 Wisconsin 9 83.96 3 3 0 141 34 87.79 490 79.51 1993 53.66 2 34.78 2 18.88 3 35.83 3 99.36 31 99.84 96 92.99 71 92.69 47
72 1905 Minnesota 3 94.26 5 1 0 246 22 96.61 73 91.14 309 85.25 1 58.74 1 26.51 4 47.91 12 103.16 11 110.36 13 92.97 72 86.85 289
73 1962 LSU 5 89.85 9 1 1 175 34 88.41 437 90.82 331 39.15 9 22.04 28 17.11 2 26.33 20 85.88 726 75.59 2745 92.90 73 78.30 2274
74 1966 Notre Dame 1 97.94 9 0 1 362 38 102.09 14 93.36 169 55.08 1 39.22 1 15.85 1 22.68 37 102.29 15 106.46 32 92.87 74 74.32 3831
75 1990 Clemson 8 85.57 9 2 0 285 109 84.23 943 86.58 748 46.21 11 29.64 26 16.57 2 30.21 25 85.95 717 74.44 3049 92.83 75 75.56 3339
76 1921 Washington & Jefferson 8 88.32 4 0 1 51 17 85.67 736 90.41 370 43.65 13 19.83 24 23.82 1 36.85 10 84.03 992 73.37 3376 92.79 76 84.68 544
77 1949 Michigan 7 87.07 6 2 1 135 85 85.75 727 88.87 512 45.53 8 25.30 30 20.23 1 39.98 1 85.20 809 74.85 2953 92.77 77 90.03 97
78 1965 Notre Dame 6 89.54 7 2 1 270 73 92.76 167 86.02 840 47.33 2 32.69 2 14.64 2 27.63 17 95.57 81 93.16 327 92.71 78 81.26 1310
79 1966 Mississippi 5 87.49 8 3 0 170 65 87.56 506 86.97 697 38.38 6 22.64 28 15.74 2 28.83 3 86.37 652 76.03 2632 92.68 79 83.30 776
80 1980 Southern Cal 10 87.50 8 2 1 265 134 86.61 615 87.97 607 45.18 7 29.68 17 15.49 4 33.27 1 88.61 416 81.17 1544 92.66 80 84.60 560
81 1925 Michigan 4 87.27 7 1 0 227 3 89.35 364 84.88 998 51.38 1 34.05 2 17.32 1 23.38 25 99.42 30 101.04 80 92.65 81 78.21 2314
82 1972 Texas 4 92.81 10 1 0 271 121 91.15 251 93.99 137 48.47 5 32.00 9 16.47 4 34.83 3 90.67 283 84.10 1079 92.64 82 86.72 301
83 1989 Auburn 9 86.39 10 2 0 284 131 85.16 810 87.18 671 44.00 10 27.16 34 16.83 1 31.25 13 83.48 1085 70.59 4235 92.63 83 78.05 2369
84 1959 Mississippi 1 100.26 8 1 0 249 21 104.19 8 95.75 75 52.78 1 36.30 2 16.48 2 27.44 16 99.63 27 102.28 62 92.63 84 80.96 1384
85 1979 Ohio St. 5 90.11 11 1 0 390 126 90.29 303 89.50 451 48.33 2 33.33 8 15.00 3 26.33 38 93.08 150 88.50 615 92.55 85 75.62 3327
86 1986 Penn St. 1 95.90 12 0 0 340 133 93.23 161 97.83 33 46.51 4 31.09 16 15.42 2 29.26 16 89.26 375 81.42 1503 92.52 86 78.46 2231
87 1950 Illinois 3 87.34 6 2 0 109 54 84.61 891 89.60 437 39.53 8 21.03 43 18.50 1 32.65 3 83.44 1093 69.91 4473 92.45 87 89.57 111
88 1975 Penn St. 12 85.92 9 3 0 240 123 85.00 826 86.32 786 39.11 14 23.63 40 15.48 2 29.36 19 84.69 889 73.10 3454 92.40 88 81.41 1266
89 1987 South Carolina 8 84.84 6 4 0 286 132 87.01 563 82.31 1409 50.38 5 34.31 7 16.07 3 34.98 1 91.38 234 86.03 823 92.23 89 86.64 308
90 1987 Miami (FL) 2 98.42 12 0 0 412 125 98.56 36 97.62 34 55.20 3 39.18 3 16.02 4 31.28 11 95.87 74 94.74 234 92.15 90 80.06 1669
91 1972 Tennessee 7 91.11 9 2 0 263 98 91.56 225 90.19 390 45.51 6 29.39 14 16.12 5 30.51 27 88.08 463 80.02 1751 92.08 91 80.55 1504
92 1910 Michigan 1 89.57 2 0 1 17 0 87.06 556 90.71 337 45.83 2 19.36 12 26.46 1 40.16 1 88.41 424 78.38 2108 92.07 92 93.33 39
93 1982 Pittsburgh 9 84.46 9 3 0 300 129 85.15 812 83.28 1241 43.55 7 28.40 27 15.15 1 29.30 20 85.99 713 77.05 2405 92.03 93 77.16 2691
94 1963 Michigan St. 6 86.64 6 2 1 148 63 86.38 645 86.51 759 38.41 2 23.10 18 15.31 1 28.96 6 87.53 525 79.77 1804 92.00 94 84.50 572
95 1905 Purdue 6 89.49 5 1 1 144 30 90.73 277 87.56 639 63.29 6 37.71 8 25.58 5 47.00 13 91.77 216 89.96 513 92.00 95 86.27 344
96 2006 Florida 1 94.75 12 1 0 354 189 91.62 218 97.37 39 46.27 5 32.58 13 13.69 1 33.57 2 89.35 364 82.05 1374 91.98 96 88.45 151
97 1979 Clemson 20 81.22 8 4 0 205 116 81.67 1408 80.49 1794 35.37 20 20.70 62 14.67 4 27.95 23 80.95 1586 67.69 5283 91.97 97 77.90 2434
98 1999 Wisconsin 9 87.19 9 2 0 360 144 87.27 534 86.75 723 49.31 4 34.43 16 14.88 1 29.67 33 89.39 363 82.14 1358 91.92 98 74.78 3640
99 1975 Oklahoma 1 96.49 11 1 0 344 154 93.42 152 98.89 20 51.28 2 36.09 3 15.19 3 35.44 3 96.24 66 95.52 198 91.90 99 91.02 75
100 1962 Alabama 4 91.58 10 1 0 289 39 94.30 132 88.45 554 46.29 2 29.84 4 16.46 3 23.57 30 92.03 205 88.41 627 91.88 100 74.92 3580