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2022 Week 8 College Football Team Rankings

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Historical 2022 rankings calculated with the Modern Formula from official ESPN scores; divisions are combined into their conferences.
RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
100.140Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC6–01.0001+24Beat Alabama 52–49
210.231Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC7–01.0001+21Beat Auburn 48–34
340.241Michigan (MICHIGAN)B107–01.0001+22Beat Penn State 41–17
4-20.259Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC6–10.85710+20Lost to Tennessee 49–52
570.267TCUB126–01.0001+18Beat Oklahoma State 43–40
6-10.271Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC7–01.0001+19Beat Vanderbilt 55–0
7-30.295Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B106–01.0001+19BYE
820.311UCLAPAC6–01.0001+19BYE
9-30.320Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC7–01.0001+21Beat Florida State 34–28
1060.436Syracuse (SYRACUSE)ACC6–01.0001+18Beat NC State 24–9
11-20.480USCPAC6–10.85710+16Lost to Utah 42–43
12-40.532Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC5–20.71426+13Lost to Kentucky 17–27
1320.624Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC5–10.83317+15BYE
14100.627Texas (TEXAS)B125–20.71426+13Beat Iowa State 24–21
15130.664Utah (UTAH)PAC5–20.71426+13Beat USC 43–42
16-50.697Penn State (PENN STATE)B105–10.83317+15Lost to Michigan 17–41
1760.729Purdue (PURDUE)B105–20.71426+14Beat Nebraska 43–37
1870.744Tulane (TULANE)IND AAC6–10.85710+11Beat South Florida 45–31
19-50.802Oregon (OREGON)PAC5–10.83317+13BYE
2070.818Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC5–20.71426+12Beat Mississippi State 27–17
2150.829Illinois (ILLINOIS)B106–10.85710+12Beat Minnesota 26–14
22-10.833LSUSEC5–20.71426+11Beat Florida 45–35
23-30.844Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B125–10.83317+11BYE
24130.913UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)IND AAC5–10.83317+8Beat Temple 70–13
25-60.922NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC5–20.71426+14Lost to Syracuse 9–24
26-130.931Kansas (KANSAS)B125–20.71426+10Lost to Oklahoma 42–52
27-100.974Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B125–10.83317+10Lost to TCU 40–43
28100.994Maryland (MARYLAND)B105–20.71426+12Beat Indiana 38–33
29201.110Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC5–20.71426+9Beat Washington State 24–10
30131.153Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC4–30.57147+7Beat BYU 52–35
3121.159Liberty (LIBERTY)IND FBSI6–10.85710+11BYE
3291.159North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC6–10.85710+11Beat Duke 38–35
33131.243Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)B124–30.57147+10Beat Kansas 52–42
34-51.278Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)IND AAC5–10.83317+6BYE
35-131.284Coastal Carolina (COASTAL CAROLINA)SUN6–10.85710+11Lost to Old Dominion 21–49
36-181.334James Madison (JAMES MADISON)SUN5–10.83317+8Lost to Georgia Southern 38–45
37141.338Troy (TROY)SUN5–20.71426+10Beat Texas State 17–14
3891.420South Alabama (SOUTH ALABAMA)SUN5–10.83317+9Beat UL Monroe 41–34
3911.517South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC4–20.66741+5BYE
40-81.553Houston (HOUSTON)IND AAC3–30.50065+6BYE
41-111.587Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC4–30.57147+7Lost to Clemson 28–34
42-71.610Florida (FLORIDA)SEC4–30.57147+4Lost to LSU 35–45
43-11.736Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B123–30.50065+4BYE
44141.755Washington (WASHINGTON)PAC5–20.71426+6Beat Arizona 49–39
45-11.818Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B104–20.66741+3Lost to Illinois 14–26
46221.877SMUIND AAC3–30.50065+3Beat Navy 40–34
47-111.930Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC4–30.57147+3Lost to Oregon State 10–24
4861.968Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)SEC3–30.50065+1BYE
49271.977Georgia Southern (GEORGIA SOUTHERN)SUN4–30.57147+5Beat James Madison 45–38
50-112.017Memphis (MEMPHIS)IND AAC4–30.57147+2Lost to East Carolina 45–47
51232.051East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)IND AAC4–30.57147+1Beat Memphis 47–45
52112.096UTSA (TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO)USA5–20.71426+6Beat Florida International 30–10
5332.123Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC3–30.50065+7BYE
54-232.176Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–30.50065+6Lost to Stanford 14–16
55-72.200BYUIND FBSI4–30.57147+4Lost to Arkansas 35–52
56-112.263Auburn (AUBURN)SEC3–40.42985+3Lost to Ole Miss 34–48
5702.278Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)ACC4–20.66741+4BYE
5872.316UABUSA4–20.66741+4Beat Charlotte 34–20
59-72.337Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B123–40.42985-1Lost to Texas 21–24
60132.377West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)B123–30.50065-1Beat Baylor 43–40
61-272.415Baylor (BAYLOR)B123–30.50065-1Lost to West Virginia 40–43
62172.465Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC5–20.71426+2Beat UNLV 42–7
63-82.479Indiana (INDIANA)B103–40.42985+3Lost to Maryland 33–38
64-52.480App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)SUN3–30.50065+2BYE
65-42.577Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–40.42985+2Lost to Georgia 0–55
66212.631Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)SUN3–30.50065+2Beat Arkansas State 20–19
67-52.632Iowa (IOWA)B103–30.500650BYE
68132.640Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC5–20.71426+4Beat Kent State 52–31
69-92.700Duke (DUKE)ACC4–30.57147-1Lost to North Carolina 35–38
70-32.791Louisville (LOUISVILLE)ACC3–30.50065+1BYE
71142.905Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B103–40.429850Beat Wisconsin 34–28
72-32.909Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC4–30.57147+3BYE
73-232.955San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)MWC4–20.66741+2Lost to Fresno State 10–17
74-32.958Boise State (BOISE STATE)MWC4–20.66741+1BYE
75273.015Old Dominion (OLD DOMINION)SUN3–30.50065+2Beat Coastal Carolina 49–21
7673.076Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC4–30.57147+8Beat Massachusetts 34–7
77133.117Western Kentucky (WESTERN KENTUCKY)USA4–30.57147-1Beat Middle Tennessee 35–17
78-143.147UNLVMWC4–30.57147+2Lost to Air Force 7–42
79-73.280Rutgers (RUTGERS)B103–30.50065-3BYE
80-33.323Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)PAC2–40.333101-2BYE
81163.360North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)USA4–30.57147-1Beat Louisiana Tech 47–27
82133.367Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)SUN3–30.50065-2Beat Marshall 23–13
83-133.388Arizona (ARIZONA)PAC3–40.42985-4Lost to Washington 39–49
84163.405Stanford (STANFORD)PAC2–40.333101-3Beat Notre Dame 16–14
8593.412Miami (MIAMI)ACC3–30.50065-3Beat Virginia Tech 20–14
86-333.427California (CALIFORNIA)PAC3–30.50065-4Lost to Colorado 13–20
87-213.526Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B103–40.42985-5Lost to Michigan State 28–34
88-133.578Rice (RICE)USA3–30.50065-1Lost to Florida Atlantic 14–17
89-113.603Missouri (MISSOURI)SEC2–40.333101-6BYE
90-83.795Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B103–40.42985-7Lost to Purdue 37–43
91-113.795Marshall (MARSHALL)SUN3–30.50065-6Lost to Louisiana 13–23
92163.890Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC4–30.57147-1Beat UConn 25–21
93-54.008San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)MWC3–30.50065-1BYE
94-14.040Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–40.333101-4BYE
95-64.099UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND FBSI3–50.375100-5Lost to Ball State 21–25
96104.136Ohio (OHIO)MAC4–30.57147-4Beat Western Michigan 33–14
97204.189Florida Atlantic (FLORIDA ATLANTIC)USA3–40.42985-5Beat Rice 17–14
98-124.234Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC4–30.57147-6Lost to Northern Illinois 10–39
99-84.250Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)USA3–40.42985-4Lost to Western Kentucky 17–35
100-14.274Georgia State (GEORGIA STATE)SUN2–40.333101-4BYE
101-174.308Texas State (TEXAS STATE)SUN3–40.42985-6Lost to Troy 14–17
102-104.370Navy (NAVY)IND AAC2–40.333101-2Lost to SMU 34–40
10304.419Tulsa (TULSA)IND AAC2–40.333101-6BYE
10434.693Utah State (UTAH STATE)MWC3–40.42985+2Beat Colorado State 17–13
10594.783Army (ARMY)IND FBSI2–40.333101-8BYE
106-104.794Temple (TEMPLE)IND AAC2–40.333101-9Lost to UCF 13–70
107144.835Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC3–40.42985+2Beat Miami (OH) 17–13
108-44.864UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)SUN2–50.286114-7Lost to South Alabama 34–41
109144.928Colorado (COLORADO)PAC1–50.167125-5Beat California 20–13
110-124.952Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)SUN2–50.286114-8Lost to Southern Miss 19–20
111-65.024Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)ACC2–40.333101-8BYE
112125.071Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)MWC2–40.333101-6Beat San José State 17–10
11305.127UTEPUSA3–40.42985-8BYE
114-135.156Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC3–40.42985-7Lost to Bowling Green 13–17
115-55.292Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)ACC2–50.286114-10Lost to Miami 14–20
116-75.344Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)USA2–40.333101-5Lost to North Texas 27–47
117-55.434Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC2–50.286114-7Lost to Toledo 31–52
11885.568Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC2–50.286114-7Beat Akron 28–21
11965.680New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)IND FBSI2–50.286114-15Beat New Mexico 21–9
120-45.761South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)IND AAC1–60.143128-14Lost to Tulane 31–45
121-65.763Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B101–50.167125-9BYE
122-45.851Florida International (FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL)USA2–40.333101-12Lost to UTSA 10–30
123-125.912New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC2–50.286114-12Lost to New Mexico State 9–21
124-45.912Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–50.286114-10Lost to Ohio 14–33
12555.921Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MAC2–50.286114-11Beat Eastern Michigan 39–10
126-75.997Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)IND FBSI1–60.143128-14Lost to Buffalo 7–34
12716.158Hawai'i (HAWAII)MWC2–50.286114-13Beat Nevada 31–16
128-66.241Nevada (NEVADA)MWC2–50.286114-10Lost to Hawai'i 16–31
129-26.800Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)MWC1–50.167125-9Lost to Utah State 13–17
130-16.845Charlotte (CHARLOTTE)USA1–60.143128-12Lost to UAB 20–34
13106.999Akron (AKRON)MAC1–60.143128-17Lost to Central Michigan 21–28

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