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Last Updated: 24 Aug 2026, 4:53 pm




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
71 Air Force Mountain West FBS 0.614917 0.122096 0.522374 0.809175
157 Akron MAC FBS -0.341319 0.202281 0.11161 -0.115302
36 Alabama SEC FBS 1.29753 -0.841018 0.725975 0.729768
51 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 0.671477 -0.570078 0.804156 1.04643
120 Arizona Big 12 FBS 0.217739 -0.460934 -0.795822 -0.823366
158 Arizona State Big 12 FBS 0.040745 0.519223 -0.203166 -0.389196
109 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.158141 -0.0130792 -0.0730596 -0.0326689
94 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 0.348152 -0.0853506 -0.151536 -0.214858
75 Army American FBS -0.095574 -1.24781 0.231311 0.189754
76 Auburn SEC FBS 0.834735 0.0816178 0.121823 0.104415
38 Ball State MAC FBS 0.850891 -1.05284 1.06292 1.0341
2 Baylor Big 12 FBS 2.01659 -1.64819 1.39254 1.50217
126 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 0.397087 0.286408 -0.439369 -0.597484
80 Boston College ACC FBS 0.480149 -0.238131 -0.0264709 0.100764
18 Bowling Green MAC FBS 1.42928 -0.83771 1.98311 1.36229
101 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.32298 0.198457 -0.21413 0.103316
14 BYU Big 12 FBS 1.61931 -0.655505 1.95572 1.36566
22 California ACC FBS 1.36973 -0.817077 1.31927 1.34779
99 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.378199 0.0309598 -0.255469 -0.139413
81 Charlotte American FBS 0.524139 -0.107823 -0.131504 0.191541
87 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 0.373461 -0.19 0.276063 0.0461353
53 Clemson ACC FBS 0.875052 -0.601943 0.274463 0.570598
64 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 0.770234 -0.279708 1.16425 0.398199
69 Colorado Big 12 FBS 0.586463 -0.273401 0.40995 0.486367
21 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 1.46743 -0.908828 1.06675 1.28421
97 Duke ACC FBS 0.159997 -0.043556 0.288764 0.040508
39 East Carolina American FBS 0.863692 -1.07834 0.831633 0.972582
150 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS -0.416728 -0.315099 -0.336329 -0.419627
67 FIU C-USA FBS 0.456969 -0.601578 0.495466 0.435149
9 Florida SEC FBS 1.74837 -0.975796 1.71866 1.35442
121 Florida Atlantic American FBS 0.248026 0.477245 -0.0825491 0.107239
1 Florida State ACC FBS 1.65691 -1.78011 1.94794 1.861
185 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS -0.375924 0.345456 -0.391597 -0.621689
30 Georgia SEC FBS 1.22503 -0.80951 0.871693 1.07064
143 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS -0.30214 0.0456811 -0.138201 -0.0799125
86 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 0.586419 -0.359381 -0.221069 -0.427092
45 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 1.01067 -0.399081 0.731763 1.11109
166 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.0123232 0.502128 -0.388074 -0.425203
15 Houston Big 12 FBS 1.52613 -0.705245 1.1888 1.7234
44 Illinois Big Ten FBS 1.01986 -1.00043 0.338486 0.782727
5 Indiana Big Ten FBS 1.64987 -1.61375 1.4709 1.26485
90 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.346486 -0.0781909 -0.279034 0.0664433
178 Iowa State Big 12 FBS -0.222871 0.167703 -0.511884 -0.824733
20 Kansas Big 12 FBS 1.09417 -1.49249 0.803959 1.49093
175 Kansas State Big 12 FBS -0.129411 0.260439 -0.70869 -0.750243
155 Kent State MAC FBS -0.0620372 0.352883 -0.444403 -0.250949
46 Kentucky SEC FBS 1.06437 -0.610431 0.45123 0.741772
152 Liberty C-USA FBS -0.587564 -0.353103 -0.0335171 -0.26239
93 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS -0.184883 -0.604643 0.146817 0.0780539
88 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 0.121667 -0.576865 -0.102412 0.0641625
136 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 0.0678841 0.359317 -0.242855 -0.165551
113 Louisville ACC FBS 0.0476462 -0.129412 -0.084745 -0.0966363
63 LSU SEC FBS 0.784569 -0.690551 0.243325 0.170221
68 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 0.67156 -0.213822 0.250487 0.539075
62 Maryland Big Ten FBS 0.976747 -0.267035 0.068984 0.546242
96 Memphis American FBS 0.173586 -0.397245 -0.110468 -0.315556
23 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 1.17085 -1.31849 1.07533 0.935772
200 Miami (OH) MAC FBS -0.502638 0.494854 -0.550752 -0.689388
32 Michigan Big Ten FBS 1.4124 -0.597021 0.774938 0.903888
70 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 0.661607 -0.190426 0.570459 0.308425
171 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS -0.679068 -0.242598 0.118416 -0.390306
33 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 0.934827 -1.44489 0.454947 0.827039
106 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.435294 0.0635532 -0.538481 -0.282328
197 Missouri SEC FBS -0.666746 0.300455 0.00903657 -0.740472
34 Navy American FBS 1.25349 -0.843226 0.966339 0.796136
58 NC State ACC FBS 1.0595 -0.188683 0.671574 0.488301
27 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 1.3844 -0.68822 0.675947 1.21388
59 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.877 -0.561315 0.677174 0.262149
61 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 0.625523 -0.676787 0.515837 0.557172
116 New Mexico State C-USA FBS 0.162762 0.275295 -0.196092 0.165135
28 North Carolina ACC FBS 1.29443 -0.659505 1.7427 0.996728
127 North Texas American FBS 0.0904641 -0.0454865 -0.215939 -0.547969
19 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 1.45721 -1.32713 0.813527 1.02046
193 Northwestern Big Ten FBS -0.541105 0.164861 -0.472121 -0.923262
42 Notre Dame Independent FBS 1.05097 -0.623111 1.19029 1.00022
47 Ohio MAC FBS 0.587351 -1.03397 0.81686 0.804616
72 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.672954 -0.110315 -0.160384 0.494258
83 Oklahoma SEC FBS 0.0978103 -0.359051 0.393013 0.446994
52 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 0.939246 -0.182297 0.687326 0.867431
95 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 0.372407 0.274265 0.220752 0.084998
8 Ole Miss SEC FBS 1.70056 -1.24533 1.3506 1.6051
89 Oregon Big Ten FBS 0.537484 0.332625 -0.0858967 0.353151
172 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS -0.247804 0.177491 0.0868304 -0.708523
43 Penn State Big Ten FBS 0.97423 -0.670356 1.28898 1.04861
55 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 0.92674 -0.389993 0.455682 0.639387
10 Purdue Big Ten FBS 1.58541 -1.14495 1.264 1.60433
66 Rice American FBS 0.710328 -0.407108 0.275933 0.390212
77 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.339633 -0.789389 -0.31827 -0.093638
41 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 1.18249 -0.515203 0.818693 1.03692
26 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 1.21077 -0.952218 0.675674 1.29163
60 SMU ACC FBS 0.629452 -1.0144 0.572975 0.159672
56 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 0.881363 -0.618688 0.337343 0.456527
168 South Carolina SEC FBS 0.0889292 0.530787 -0.731773 -0.530489
49 South Florida American FBS 0.981666 -0.555058 1.10489 0.503352
91 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 0.101505 -0.411602 -0.360055 0.0709612
11 Stanford ACC FBS 1.51641 -1.1886 0.526797 1.61906
108 Syracuse ACC FBS -0.058976 -0.178493 0.580154 -0.00986929
105 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.158729 -0.162951 0.120042 -0.221416
35 Temple American FBS 1.0492 -1.19253 0.769291 0.804493
3 Tennessee SEC FBS 1.83271 -1.09384 3.01965 2.01822
54 Texas SEC FBS 0.927667 -0.556643 0.410229 0.434063
79 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.359548 -0.367835 -0.00854324 0.218498
84 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 0.468363 -0.0914336 0.402133 0.0511027
7 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 1.57912 -1.29494 1.5645 1.72421
191 Toledo MAC FBS -0.697872 -0.165616 -0.552443 -0.918127
207 Troy Sun Belt FBS -0.339575 0.656151 -0.7248 -1.01114
4 Tulane American FBS 1.4277 -1.55864 1.37662 1.81908
25 Tulsa American FBS 1.45349 -0.626447 1.15948 1.15035
114 UAB American FBS 0.235562 0.366837 -0.063327 0.149046
189 UCF Big 12 FBS -0.313595 0.292161 -0.772106 -0.90831
37 UCLA Big Ten FBS 1.43954 -0.358023 0.703294 1.09194
107 UConn Independent FBS -0.0529272 0.0273582 0.308877 0.349441
216 UMass MAC FBS -0.9329 0.282805 -0.708569 -0.795654
12 UNLV Mountain West FBS 1.498 -0.916102 1.87954 1.42602
50 USC Big Ten FBS 0.859652 -0.646289 0.832757 0.654234
130 UTEP Mountain West FBS 0.148699 0.518127 -0.213512 0.00936636
103 UTSA American FBS -0.170694 -0.133497 0.032497 0.523314
48 Utah Big 12 FBS 0.68339 -0.979257 0.704082 0.71591
16 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 1.34504 -1.30355 0.8606 1.34904
73 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 0.604963 -0.0779169 0.542096 0.38645
40 Virginia ACC FBS 0.892175 -1.10929 0.739417 0.852018
118 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 0.142342 0.0530476 -0.385961 -0.0701675
102 Wake Forest ACC FBS -0.101981 -0.591674 -0.341401 -0.086786
31 Washington Big Ten FBS 1.16383 -1.00466 0.657294 0.978524
24 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 1.48736 -0.637358 1.11978 1.17513
17 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 1.31186 -0.936579 2.1241 1.48164
57 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.833925 -0.621018 0.507124 0.477177
13 Western Michigan MAC FBS 1.43183 -1.02275 1.90503 1.34824
6 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 2.00111 -1.09912 0.905056 1.40334
213 Wyoming Mountain West FBS -0.379286 1.10498 -0.45077 -0.774368
252 San Diego Pioneer FCS -1.09237 1.25492 -0.950849 -0.903033
124 Georgetown Patriot FCS -0.249382 -0.138732 0.105931 0.132953
139 South Dakota State MVFC FCS -0.221516 -0.0821517 -0.408128 -0.210358
65 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 0.677104 -0.324616 0.349227 0.763484
141 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS -0.0971692 -0.117589 -0.301441 -0.56791
115 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 0.159109 0.201433 0.0660477 0.0371055
251 Austin Peay UAC FCS -1.50845 0.841937 -0.45908 -0.591641
223 Central Arkansas UAC FCS -1.10827 0.589605 -0.367425 -0.305535
229 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS -0.853033 0.953861 -0.803882 -0.633538
176 North Alabama UAC FCS -0.218273 0.632342 -0.421394 -0.193282
226 Stetson Pioneer FCS -0.647352 1.17217 -0.707638 -0.612596
269 Albany CAA FCS -2.21156 0.979675 -1.09522 -1.28562
194 Bryant CAA FCS -0.472677 0.771196 -0.106851 -0.37853
198 Maine CAA FCS -0.607751 0.584381 -0.219433 -0.408049
263 New Hampshire CAA FCS -1.64517 1.07864 -0.993497 -0.90948
147 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -0.225901 0.388135 0.154906 0.00245769
110 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -0.096619 -0.22295 -0.0410874 0.152579
220 Drake Pioneer FCS -1.01398 0.474024 -0.401176 -0.537295
29 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 1.03916 -1.19314 1.21879 0.884941
211 Davidson Pioneer FCS -0.878187 0.506818 -0.489765 -0.406982
253 Dayton Pioneer FCS -0.92855 1.42207 -0.939938 -1.04979
249 Duquesne NEC FCS -0.937388 1.25067 -0.638639 -1.09172
199 Fordham Patriot FCS -0.661543 0.312342 -0.438855 -0.593364
215 Rhode Island CAA FCS -0.913712 0.564167 -0.230691 -0.524247
235 Richmond Patriot FCS -1.12804 0.976625 -0.307435 -0.475425
244 Butler Pioneer FCS -1.2795 1.03704 -0.395023 -0.496407
233 Marquette Independent FCS -1.02202 0.767593 -1.10846 -0.670432
187 Villanova Patriot FCS -0.763664 0.268285 -0.171885 -0.183553
231 Indiana State MVFC FCS -0.971565 0.619841 -0.984012 -0.970129
119 Illinois State MVFC FCS -0.298114 -0.505036 -0.370673 0.0378372
232 Missouri State C-USA FBS -0.796312 0.769363 -0.889013 -1.16873
228 Murray State MVFC FCS -0.735653 1.07029 -0.513586 -0.800174
210 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS -1.20693 -0.311888 -0.608121 -0.780152
162 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS -0.438921 0.166026 -0.329839 0.0739813
267 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS -1.61193 1.39855 -1.05965 -0.913823
225 North Dakota MVFC FCS -1.04883 0.172181 -0.991715 -0.90482
177 North Dakota State Mountain West FBS -0.292918 0.273262 -0.720803 -0.446836
268 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS -1.60135 1.57454 -0.442917 -1.1383
134 South Dakota MVFC FCS -0.438704 -0.387016 -0.23454 -0.0904249
195 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -0.769516 0.40093 -0.409759 -0.240999
240 Abilene Christian UAC FCS -0.977868 1.07442 -0.912229 -0.715617
159 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS -0.352565 0.221006 -0.298699 0.0291384
237 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS -1.1473 0.859546 -0.761941 -0.601826
227 Tarleton State UAC FCS -0.898438 1.00759 -0.155535 -0.553245
266 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS -1.44567 1.32841 -1.07127 -1.31923
255 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS -1.01771 1.49588 -0.940009 -0.895077
129 Bucknell Patriot FCS -0.0943659 -0.248827 -0.0824245 -0.561672
142 Colgate Patriot FCS -0.0271421 0.465381 0.0446272 -0.0582865
145 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -0.16627 0.184311 -0.126255 -0.215908
163 Lafayette Patriot FCS -0.0707914 0.551369 -0.486483 -0.132261
174 Lehigh Patriot FCS -0.524533 -0.000946388 -0.333792 -0.351164
153 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -0.612197 -0.071712 -0.037687 0.16042
74 Idaho Big Sky FCS 0.730529 0.215793 0.71924 0.379379
85 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -0.106594 -0.438601 0.479458 0.712209
148 Montana Big Sky FCS -0.088952 0.486704 -0.0274841 -0.086636
205 Montana State Big Sky FCS -0.745401 0.512868 -0.668665 -0.358223
181 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -0.35649 0.542194 -0.187992 -0.337788
128 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -0.202034 -0.0193947 0.368147 -0.187563
137 Portland State Big Sky FCS 0.0443399 0.20717 -0.488773 -0.284178
125 Sacramento State MAC FBS 0.063286 0.237886 0.190095 -0.0869384
98 Weber State Big Sky FCS 0.146282 -0.0737802 0.099924 0.0830412
196 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS -0.738459 0.455198 -0.284416 -0.275769
192 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS -0.885896 0.126811 -0.137898 -0.394536
257 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS -1.30592 1.11255 -0.945658 -0.915456
100 Delaware C-USA FBS 0.39672 0.275317 -0.294757 0.131739
270 Elon CAA FCS -2.3671 1.11008 -1.16607 -1.3054
201 Hampton CAA FCS -0.562861 0.791433 -0.393292 -0.306115
234 Monmouth CAA FCS -0.958359 0.875475 -0.960159 -0.72502
154 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS -0.0225409 0.744977 -0.198794 0.121308
167 Towson CAA FCS -0.0526793 0.936469 -0.12413 0.118781
243 Stony Brook CAA FCS -1.11759 0.836057 -0.684804 -0.964466
224 William & Mary Patriot FCS -0.728616 0.583918 -1.11337 -0.939524
212 Campbell CAA FCS -0.82833 0.784804 -0.570699 -0.211223
160 Robert Morris NEC FCS -0.426088 0.225393 -0.215325 0.152627
183 Youngstown State MVFC FCS -0.490812 0.356717 -0.146632 -0.370316
122 Brown Ivy League FCS 0.0923676 0.112316 -0.4676 -0.0118072
156 Columbia Ivy League FCS -0.381156 0.163007 -0.14627 0.024074
146 Cornell Ivy League FCS -0.20727 0.294947 -0.13836 -0.0507198
131 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS -0.165294 -0.340233 -0.509694 -0.432941
117 Penn Ivy League FCS -0.0597279 -0.222958 -0.302003 -0.0365118
144 Harvard Ivy League FCS -0.590711 -0.426867 -0.0397283 -0.174052
179 Princeton Ivy League FCS -0.545274 0.221573 -0.24747 -0.337889
112 Yale Ivy League FCS -0.0410989 -0.132715 -0.114614 0.122276
135 Marist Pioneer FCS -0.304672 0.116585 0.412119 0.0595242
219 Norfolk State MEAC FCS -1.01444 0.408448 -0.659839 -0.508758
259 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS -1.49891 1.24457 -0.620527 -0.715494
123 Howard MEAC FCS -0.0595026 0.265254 0.0738899 0.303893
247 Morgan State MEAC FCS -0.962915 1.12078 -0.971082 -0.99744
238 Delaware State MEAC FCS -0.794831 1.63406 -0.527644 -0.380943
209 South Carolina State MEAC FCS -0.651041 0.924948 -0.0127032 -0.362937
261 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS -1.11259 1.58521 -0.75828 -1.07418
206 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS -0.490039 0.835982 -0.430783 -0.55149
241 Morehead State Pioneer FCS -1.0724 0.936808 -0.839183 -0.782668
222 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS -0.595682 1.00696 -0.68144 -0.658198
180 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS -0.552617 0.238877 -0.104078 -0.366196
236 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS -1.21544 0.683566 -0.495429 -0.72609
242 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -1.25533 0.886194 -0.555319 -0.649966
164 Furman SoCon FCS -0.10988 0.565965 -0.381226 -0.0845599
208 Samford SoCon FCS -0.770363 0.564132 -0.545389 -0.371543
92 The Citadel SoCon FCS 0.142107 -0.157957 0.371781 0.0790871
214 Wofford SoCon FCS -1.28931 -0.180619 -0.50468 -0.653057
104 Chattanooga SoCon FCS -0.0292986 -0.254474 -0.154147 0.13126
170 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS -0.751511 -0.41785 -0.274665 -0.313337
161 Western Carolina SoCon FCS -0.0517325 0.280446 -0.470973 -0.456488
138 Mercer SoCon FCS -0.256501 -0.0963428 -0.452977 -0.126774
111 VMI SoCon FCS 0.166473 0.113102 0.13025 -0.0333623
230 McNeese Southland FCS -1.01903 0.894687 -0.340674 -0.57762
264 Northwestern State Southland FCS -1.57103 1.19584 -0.986733 -0.909203
250 Incarnate Word Southland FCS -1.12692 1.05483 -1.00281 -0.870672
239 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS -0.884217 1.1949 -0.613975 -0.834537
265 East Texas A&M Southland FCS -1.12175 1.41316 -1.27016 -1.4273
254 Nicholls Southland FCS -1.47677 1.14917 -0.615273 -0.546499
202 Lamar Southland FCS -0.296618 1.51652 -0.016786 0.000939378
182 Houston Christian Southland FCS -0.483906 0.742159 0.0246223 0.10897
204 Grambling SWAC FCS -0.708952 0.452708 -0.59118 -0.519469
78 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS 0.151801 -0.516774 0.45756 0.323085
184 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -0.559466 0.177712 -0.300356 -0.46346
169 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -0.635132 0.0314759 0.115139 -0.0402577
82 Southern SWAC FCS 0.0501465 -0.445224 0.200136 0.538088
173 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -0.481368 -0.0200556 -0.398581 -0.409416
203 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -0.718268 0.159745 -0.857502 -0.719037
151 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -0.0559687 0.339082 -0.0313964 -0.39854
186 Alabama State SWAC FCS -0.607133 0.267405 -0.404338 -0.322591
188 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -0.484142 0.53649 -0.362922 -0.338503
190 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -0.469815 0.487728 -0.718606 -0.385399
140 Jackson State SWAC FCS 0.199675 0.394563 -0.0651266 -0.545378
133 Chicago State NEC FCS -0.030748 0.0412132 -0.425377 -0.271387
258 Wagner NEC FCS -1.38557 1.1673 -0.789415 -0.983927
245 Sacred Heart Independent FCS -1.04708 0.87605 -1.12405 -1.0277
262 Stonehill NEC FCS -1.43013 1.43496 -0.847783 -0.807632
221 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS -0.741511 0.806394 -0.423955 -0.699194
256 LIU NEC FCS -1.15339 1.32617 -0.959909 -0.908055
165 Merrimack Independent FCS -0.750955 -0.511638 -0.407507 -0.242127
149 Central Connecticut NEC FCS -0.302143 0.293139 -0.079362 0.0778319
218 Guam Independent FCS -0.654261 0.367436 -0.917229 -1.17917
260 West Georgia UAC FCS -1.23268 1.26093 -1.00824 -1.12159
246 American Samoa Independent FCS -1.06726 0.862427 -0.963587 -1.11183
217 Mercyhurst NEC FCS -0.930873 0.557591 -0.623607 -0.468991
248 West Florida UAC FCS -1.01746 0.982768 -0.517755 -1.27536
132 New Haven NEC FCS -0.0327241 0.102137 -0.494539 -0.151713