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College Football - 2025

Last Updated: 05 Oct 2025, 8:52 pm




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
36 Air Force Mountain West FBS 0.864087 0.714906 0.276756 1.03073
87 Akron MAC FBS 0.720339 0.850464 0.668819 -0.48085
81 Alabama SEC FBS 0.544698 0.531107 0.478659 -0.283147
172 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS -0.627549 -0.504678 -0.488784 -1.1438
15 Arizona Pac-12 FBS 1.24926 1.07479 2.8867 0.875329
45 Arizona State Pac-12 FBS 1.08865 1.31158 0.243289 1.12351
51 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.550252 0.644515 -1.00153 1.48243
173 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS -0.684269 -0.638588 -0.518001 -1.22204
115 Army Independent FBS 0.358738 0.372697 -1.26062 -0.548996
101 Auburn SEC FBS 0.378669 0.52852 0.442281 -0.505252
25 Ball State MAC FBS 0.813765 0.620848 1.07065 1.35019
24 Baylor Big 12 FBS 1.28136 0.96634 -0.79257 1.52326
5 Boise State Mountain West FBS 0.76101 0.555411 1.76373 1.99006
180 Boston College ACC FBS 0.496235 0.841408 -1.76468 -1.37095
27 Bowling Green MAC FBS 0.845411 0.709419 1.99587 0.976093
126 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.645163 0.927412 -0.436919 -0.976385
3 BYU Independent FBS 1.22069 0.854325 2.35249 1.47771
77 California Pac-12 FBS 0.765615 0.900799 -0.356792 0.169471
61 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.803433 0.734912 0.813978 0.0348657
112 Charlotte C-USA FBS 0.161156 0.307517 0.869432 -0.827474
90 Cincinnati AAC FBS 0.904321 1.21921 0.691185 -0.438792
57 Clemson ACC FBS 0.687078 0.750422 -0.261784 0.724732
167 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS -0.388565 -0.204513 -1.26062 -0.892248
47 Colorado Pac-12 FBS 1.19812 1.20033 0.503585 0.604432
38 Colorado State Mountain West FBS 0.855162 0.875258 1.27576 0.889109
70 Duke ACC FBS 0.811019 0.804938 -0.804007 0.277999
106 East Carolina AAC FBS -0.00300315 0.122971 -0.867348 0.100487
129 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 0.561212 0.771027 -0.731041 -0.972175
110 FIU C-USA FBS 0.334389 0.321558 0.0634708 -0.743337
67 Florida SEC FBS 0.613451 0.785825 0.108199 0.499266
144 Florida Atlantic C-USA FBS 0.170242 0.390367 -0.545915 -1.06051
12 Florida State ACC FBS 1.11809 0.819489 0.613692 1.68479
154 Fresno State Mountain West FBS 0.68976 0.99414 -1.32566 -1.22036
58 Georgia SEC FBS 0.80565 0.886456 -1.39351 1.032
74 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS -0.30377 -0.446779 -0.0867873 0.455521
149 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS -0.555719 -0.323861 0.251553 -0.932631
71 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 0.839209 0.743425 -0.857378 0.138346
125 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.702894 0.969069 0.503585 -1.32889
18 Houston AAC FBS 1.24088 1.15985 0.555135 1.60979
69 Illinois Big Ten FBS 1.02041 1.0159 -1.76468 0.548906
31 Indiana Big Ten FBS 1.11083 1.11734 -0.0395239 1.35817
174 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.70536 1.14156 -1.76468 -1.2212
60 Iowa State Big 12 FBS 1.13359 1.13568 0.243289 0.108897
7 Kansas Big 12 FBS 1.29537 1.12918 1.34186 1.69224
73 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 0.947317 1.10665 1.44657 -0.485898
80 Kent State MAC FBS 0.740947 0.704952 0.694884 -0.477489
14 Kentucky SEC FBS 0.774624 0.535323 0.680153 1.95388
82 Liberty Independent FBS 0.379978 0.320317 0.0499279 -0.162837
133 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS -0.590649 -0.495855 -0.403725 -0.521233
113 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS -0.59383 -0.664465 0.827623 -0.619666
99 Louisiana Tech C-USA FBS 0.113368 0.205414 -0.480761 -0.0787104
35 Louisville ACC FBS 0.906845 0.756511 1.1222 0.745771
6 LSU SEC FBS 0.734721 0.410219 -0.43331 2.5494
33 Marshall Sun Belt FBS -0.139034 -0.387022 -0.270946 1.87804
54 Maryland Big Ten FBS 0.892307 0.927319 0.869432 0.239303
55 Memphis AAC FBS 0.455143 0.258956 1.1868 0.113107
26 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 0.903656 0.835805 0.28816 1.63309
128 Miami (OH) MAC FBS 0.666174 0.879204 -1.11661 -0.875429
20 Michigan Big Ten FBS 1.17181 1.01561 -0.545915 1.85713
123 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 0.823684 1.03185 0.329103 -1.34235
134 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS 0.209061 0.362086 -1.76468 -0.55573
23 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 1.131 0.795659 1.21242 0.944252
76 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.624276 0.595334 0.276756 -0.161999
49 Missouri SEC FBS 0.568885 0.471918 0.787117 0.698655
48 Navy AAC FBS 0.559384 0.521716 -0.0148796 1.05587
43 NC State ACC FBS 0.904069 0.850379 -0.804007 1.27579
42 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 1.01815 0.924105 -0.280002 0.977971
103 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.643807 0.757713 -0.661204 -0.384104
37 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 0.890219 0.777532 0.302597 1.05219
94 New Mexico State Independent FBS 0.404069 0.467869 -1.0356 0.0565007
16 North Carolina ACC FBS 0.897637 0.58508 0.52907 1.66448
46 North Texas AAC FBS 0.281947 0.148603 0.156671 1.20363
84 Northern Illinois MAC FBS 0.707752 0.729879 -1.47305 0.168633
183 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 0.718135 1.2038 -0.964121 -1.763
19 Notre Dame Independent FBS 1.0405 0.793701 0.957238 1.35992
79 Ohio MAC FBS 0.643255 0.578681 -0.731041 0.0365517
86 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.894318 1.131 0.251553 -0.298291
88 Oklahoma Big 12 FBS 0.294847 0.379767 -0.780857 0.173681
17 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 1.25853 1.15699 0.755613 1.54838
178 Old Dominion C-USA FBS -0.589046 -0.434531 -0.843733 -1.12277
102 Ole Miss SEC FBS 0.40522 0.701381 -0.717793 0.0542191
39 Oregon Pac-12 FBS 1.06947 0.896923 0.329103 0.726418
105 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 0.70014 0.911913 -0.519903 -0.363075
10 Penn State Big Ten FBS 1.02146 0.724082 0.125539 1.93356
97 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 0.613028 0.809115 -0.173953 -0.341197
32 Purdue Big Ten FBS 0.952288 0.833593 1.26989 0.834946
175 Rice C-USA FBS 0.0967637 0.240773 -1.76468 -1.20942
132 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.723362 0.999311 -1.06074 -0.932631
65 San Diego State Mountain West FBS 0.945122 0.823443 -1.18963 0.430282
56 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 0.827691 0.835782 0.202971 0.446263
41 SMU AAC FBS 0.822101 0.638386 0.665602 0.698655
111 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS -0.606264 -0.550748 0.202971 -0.172933
100 South Carolina SEC FBS 0.310695 0.41985 -0.0148796 -0.354655
179 South Florida AAC FBS -0.0159695 0.132721 -0.726665 -1.57118
148 Southern Miss C-USA FBS -0.606033 -0.523142 0.226966 -1.08886
29 Stanford Pac-12 FBS 0.678979 0.723785 0.0499279 1.76796
44 Syracuse ACC FBS 0.807088 0.78769 -0.306512 1.2038
92 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.953106 1.29812 -0.545915 -0.0837582
93 Temple AAC FBS 0.291563 0.294778 0.973835 -0.615466
2 Tennessee SEC FBS 0.999054 0.535192 2.64924 1.85569
62 Texas Big 12 FBS 0.603634 0.57735 0.0911691 0.455521
53 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.310424 0.279018 -0.115037 0.976285
68 Texas State Sun Belt FBS -0.204237 -0.321622 -0.99433 0.9853
9 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 1.21947 0.979335 1.20469 1.59464
64 Toledo MAC FBS 0.738307 0.785316 0.119721 0.406073
114 Troy Sun Belt FBS -0.5789 -0.737837 -1.16426 -0.0938539
63 Tulane AAC FBS 0.521055 0.426528 -0.563835 0.616527
1 Tulsa AAC FBS 0.657385 0.262101 3.99324 1.74536
137 UAB C-USA FBS 0.228747 0.378134 -1.49067 -0.73829
72 UCF AAC FBS 0.930201 1.20299 -0.388431 0.295667
50 UCLA Pac-12 FBS 1.1174 0.963057 -0.15302 0.522819
83 Uconn AAC FBS 0.768643 0.738186 0.195099 -0.467393
59 Umass Independent FBS 0.722214 0.760037 1.10049 0.161061
4 UNLV Mountain West FBS 1.07822 0.78557 0.422572 2.12538
22 USC Pac-12 FBS 1.12403 1.07658 3.75272 0.496742
52 UTEP C-USA FBS 0.431732 0.320072 1.89944 0.275718
104 UTSA C-USA FBS 0.106021 0.234606 0.672857 -0.464869
13 Utah Pac-12 FBS 1.03529 1.10645 0.462344 2.26745
21 Utah State Mountain West FBS 1.01678 0.854903 0.63701 1.5164
145 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 0.313768 0.69198 -0.115037 -1.14801
28 Virginia ACC FBS 0.794401 0.725259 -0.743964 1.98255
91 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 0.649744 0.671223 -0.731041 -0.213316
158 Wake Forest ACC FBS 0.516893 0.994942 0.179543 -1.43741
30 Washington Pac-12 FBS 1.03746 1.03234 0.685045 1.17399
8 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 1.10026 0.854849 -0.131532 2.1987
40 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 1.28619 1.02872 0.384202 0.409182
107 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.229706 0.227753 -0.675914 -0.290719
34 Western Michigan MAC FBS 0.912206 0.608218 -0.323668 1.09491
11 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 1.1505 1.01256 2.60984 1.22182
98 Wyoming Mountain West FBS 0.622803 0.900576 2.71652 -1.22878
143 Georgetown Patriot FCS -1.43092 -1.54737 -0.508414 -0.405133
142 South Dakota State Missouri Valley FCS -1.39164 -1.41441 0.442281 -0.620514
85 Jacksonville State WAC FCS 0.403043 0.405405 -0.372793 -0.0585191
75 Sam Houston State WAC FCS 0.355164 0.369509 -0.316854 0.277939
78 Kennesaw State Big South FCS 0.415527 0.504571 -1.24786 0.624623
169 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -1.44244 -1.40619 -0.447624 -0.71305
155 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -1.46816 -1.5042 0.356295 -0.821579
66 James Madison CAA FCS -0.136841 -0.348859 0.886539 0.326085
124 Fordham Patriot FCS -1.43654 -1.53795 -0.0752165 -0.144332
188 Richmond CAA FCS -1.48444 -1.28234 1.4757 -1.7344
152 Indiana State Missouri Valley FCS -1.07277 -0.886479 -0.622621 -0.376532
139 Illinois State Missouri Valley FCS -1.34645 -1.42935 -0.743964 -0.301653
89 Missouri State Missouri Valley FCS 0.444804 0.45944 -0.0867873 -0.264894
164 Murray State Ohio Valley FCS -1.41647 -1.33903 -0.375949 -0.620514
187 Northern Iowa Missouri Valley FCS -1.41198 -1.28951 -0.1477 -1.21447
109 Southern Illinois Missouri Valley FCS -1.1788 -1.41577 -0.306512 0.104697
121 North Dakota Missouri Valley FCS -1.26282 -1.31083 -0.527449 0.025608
95 North Dakota State Missouri Valley FCS -1.23355 -1.49504 0.0499279 0.352041
119 South Dakota Missouri Valley FCS -1.31051 -1.40785 0.63701 -0.307548
122 Western Illinois Missouri Valley FCS -1.26416 -1.23762 1.28224 -0.490108
136 Bucknell Patriot FCS -1.3413 -1.32982 -0.285379 -0.268004
166 Colgate Patriot FCS -1.46511 -1.54016 -0.504535 -0.753433
135 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -1.34498 -1.4911 -0.219812 -0.474965
147 Lafayette Patriot FCS -1.28646 -1.23476 -0.243113 -0.503313
190 Lehigh Patriot FCS -1.45706 -1.2369 -0.717793 -1.04453
165 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -1.3022 -1.29049 -1.21665 -0.507776
189 Idaho Big Sky FCS -1.32488 -1.3731 -1.26062 -1.30449
116 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -1.41522 -1.52678 0.694884 -0.210792
108 Montana Big Sky FCS -1.27725 -1.54552 -0.675914 0.288095
170 Montana State Big Sky FCS -1.47107 -1.53588 -0.731041 -0.734928
186 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -1.32579 -1.2047 -1.20539 -0.885524
162 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -1.32124 -1.2408 -1.07267 -0.398409
182 Portland State Big Sky FCS -1.33713 -1.19706 -0.768861 -0.906554
96 Sacramento State Big Sky FCS -1.28126 -1.42182 1.20469 0.0954396
193 Weber State Big Sky FCS -1.31385 -1.17237 -1.13655 -1.32889
131 Delaware CAA FCS 0.403413 0.498547 -0.726665 -1.06808
168 Youngstown State Missouri Valley FCS -1.21216 -1.27217 0.0911691 -1.17325
151 Brown Ivy FCS -1.49594 -1.61304 -0.969318 -0.38158
159 Columbia Ivy FCS -1.55422 -1.63035 -0.614577 -0.5389
150 Cornell Ivy FCS -1.54313 -1.58936 -0.109464 -0.529653
156 Dartmouth Ivy FCS -1.59266 -1.5683 0.767335 -0.824103
138 Penn Ivy FCS -1.43227 -1.35476 1.37599 -0.723994
177 Harvard Ivy FCS -1.53667 -1.57102 -0.545915 -0.811483
195 Princeton Ivy FCS -1.5728 -1.38504 -0.948108 -1.78151
127 Yale Ivy FCS -1.51096 -1.62464 0.112502 -0.253698
181 Furman Southern FCS -1.02259 -0.826056 -1.0039 -0.834198
130 Samford Southern FCS -1.09507 -1.15147 0.577951 -0.697907
146 The Citadel Southern FCS -1.14946 -1.19981 -1.07267 -0.444678
117 Wofford Southern FCS -1.13632 -1.28502 -0.15302 -0.193972
176 Chattanooga Southern FCS -1.21815 -1.02398 0.0911691 -0.901506
141 East Tennessee State Southern FCS -1.21793 -1.24927 0.276756 -0.685287
184 Western Carolina Southern FCS -1.27921 -1.28289 -0.931442 -1.1093
171 Mercer Southern FCS -1.14174 -1.11733 -0.864049 -0.798025
185 VMI Southern FCS -1.40928 -1.35261 -1.02234 -0.95787
153 Grambling SWAC FCS -1.54039 -1.62849 0.202971 -0.747164
120 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS -1.44978 -1.62548 0.0399045 -0.13255
140 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -1.51193 -1.59666 1.15166 -0.85019
118 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -1.38282 -1.52941 0.957238 -0.42593
161 Southern SWAC FCS -1.39388 -1.40912 -0.316854 -0.719421
192 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -1.53931 -1.45005 -0.640957 -1.38441
157 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -1.44086 -1.37967 1.37599 -1.08491
160 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -1.49574 -1.51694 0.568393 -0.938981
191 Alabama State SWAC FCS -1.61735 -1.56834 -0.296023 -1.44836
194 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -1.40513 -1.23486 -1.76468 -1.52744
163 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -1.58869 -1.57718 -0.0775437 -0.672668
196 Jackson State SWAC FCS -1.48199 -1.30284 -1.76468 -1.6427