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Last Updated: 12 Oct 2026, 4:42 pm




Z-Score Team Conference Level Offense Z Defense Z Explosive Z Success Z
59 Air Force Mountain West FBS 0.972983 0.680355 1.2919 0.932685
152 Akron MAC FBS 0.0081882 0.387206 -0.672694 -0.0362384
53 Alabama SEC FBS 1.26484 0.322978 0.41651 0.354221
42 Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 0.973124 -0.13844 0.425943 0.878135
172 Arizona Big 12 FBS 0.317327 0.754508 -0.0336195 -0.744007
176 Arizona State Big 12 FBS 0.315258 1.25355 0.557778 -0.368024
94 Arkansas SEC FBS 0.821019 0.976242 0.340023 0.199684
117 Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 0.35714 0.234194 -0.0136841 -0.501502
158 Army American FBS 0.0644131 0.171545 -0.236099 -0.708907
65 Auburn SEC FBS 1.0791 0.55598 0.22267 0.414164
16 Ball State MAC FBS 1.39845 -0.327472 0.933814 1.63787
2 Baylor Big 12 FBS 2.00227 -0.122561 1.72033 2.13319
201 Boise State Pac-12 FBS 0.286034 1.03839 -0.83264 -0.955855
81 Boston College ACC FBS 0.866168 0.528771 0.35328 0.0258891
14 Bowling Green MAC FBS 1.58194 -0.0233713 1.58169 1.53059
95 Buffalo MAC FBS 0.447575 0.148085 0.3453 -0.18033
5 BYU Big 12 FBS 1.94765 0.336804 2.72791 1.67201
31 California ACC FBS 1.47033 0.523137 0.59463 1.56182
133 Central Michigan MAC FBS 0.420484 0.428185 -0.640791 -0.455225
122 Charlotte American FBS 0.527312 0.728553 -0.391169 -0.228656
96 Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 0.578743 0.312329 -0.124368 -0.0679855
74 Clemson ACC FBS 0.957555 0.664052 0.0842343 0.349061
45 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 1.06496 0.269173 1.34653 0.771669
69 Colorado Big 12 FBS 1.07208 0.847576 0.523925 0.418152
23 Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 1.52701 0.35166 1.57833 1.52542
97 Duke ACC FBS 0.862991 0.933393 0.368616 0.000539482
19 East Carolina American FBS 1.19419 -0.180884 1.27795 1.63694
139 Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 0.132694 0.208979 0.0675159 -0.580769
78 FIU C-USA FBS 0.363721 -0.0497075 0.632036 0.256289
11 Florida SEC FBS 1.79039 0.104305 1.39206 1.58337
154 Florida Atlantic American FBS 0.358977 0.929116 -0.022547 -0.288367
7 Florida State ACC FBS 1.49271 -0.578544 2.04818 1.49073
174 Fresno State Pac-12 FBS 0.385996 0.940962 -0.0894634 -0.644657
32 Georgia SEC FBS 1.55536 0.318798 1.24643 0.809813
82 Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 0.391558 0.17695 -0.130763 0.534652
92 Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 0.630136 0.224491 0.0711548 -0.320685
44 Georgia Tech ACC FBS 1.24507 0.522727 1.14555 0.826852
128 Hawaii Mountain West FBS 0.540914 0.900209 0.16741 -0.298872
13 Houston Big 12 FBS 1.67226 0.103901 0.835293 1.80672
41 Illinois Big Ten FBS 1.42557 0.196778 0.416727 0.549213
27 Indiana Big Ten FBS 1.45548 -0.197333 1.02785 0.804212
98 Iowa Big Ten FBS 0.654058 0.495433 -0.517533 0.0904785
202 Iowa State Big 12 FBS 0.0732431 0.567049 -0.583244 -1.24756
10 Kansas Big 12 FBS 1.67085 -0.260519 0.359696 1.79542
223 Kansas State Big 12 FBS 0.127986 1.14617 -0.0142533 -1.33049
167 Kent State MAC FBS 0.07695 0.319863 -0.191926 -0.681379
67 Kentucky SEC FBS 0.905699 0.612008 0.0195846 0.642818
157 Liberty C-USA FBS -0.0263071 0.123956 0.12903 -0.703894
101 Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 0.273024 0.17842 -0.265459 0.143329
119 Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 0.114464 0.0120625 -0.480412 -0.165736
136 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 0.393786 0.568961 -0.204587 -0.435257
80 Louisville ACC FBS 0.807514 0.831294 -0.348971 0.816364
38 LSU SEC FBS 1.41303 0.504784 0.829416 0.958162
54 Marshall Sun Belt FBS 0.951333 0.305321 0.134684 1.0402
62 Maryland Big Ten FBS 1.17665 0.58609 0.119458 0.666471
155 Memphis American FBS 0.234532 0.526417 -0.666426 -0.374133
56 Miami (FL) ACC FBS 0.91204 -0.0353933 0.50075 0.470799
197 Miami (OH) MAC FBS -0.131532 0.714805 -0.0537466 -0.658329
46 Michigan Big Ten FBS 1.30772 0.463389 -0.111251 1.0193
66 Michigan State Big Ten FBS 1.06149 0.70357 0.801783 0.34522
204 Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS -0.404868 0.0524009 -0.623149 -1.01609
26 Minnesota Big Ten FBS 1.2907 0.0798785 0.989351 1.52479
124 Mississippi State SEC FBS 0.757827 1.16965 -0.498023 -0.102663
215 Missouri SEC FBS 0.267681 1.27079 -0.134409 -1.09242
37 Navy American FBS 1.35579 0.271369 0.522822 0.979277
48 NC State ACC FBS 1.09839 0.486631 1.72152 0.729782
43 Nebraska Big Ten FBS 1.04783 0.286643 0.742235 1.13982
107 Nevada Mountain West FBS 0.672095 0.810855 0.285204 -0.208971
39 New Mexico Mountain West FBS 1.04481 0.017091 0.65777 1.06976
118 New Mexico State C-USA FBS 0.0516602 0.286221 -0.38986 0.295583
22 North Carolina ACC FBS 1.65715 0.479601 2.97461 0.993112
85 North Texas American FBS 0.730889 0.410115 0.682956 -0.213898
20 Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 1.26969 -0.259449 1.04326 1.43912
208 Northwestern Big Ten FBS 0.255017 0.853693 -0.329659 -1.42558
35 Notre Dame Independent FBS 1.37793 0.149468 0.242759 0.955001
72 Ohio MAC FBS 0.732587 0.318309 0.450675 0.238345
91 Ohio State Big Ten FBS 0.876432 0.918214 -0.189635 0.21177
87 Oklahoma SEC FBS 0.610164 0.407049 -0.219993 0.238276
25 Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 1.352 0.033027 0.811327 1.62528
125 Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 0.412624 0.87379 0.709926 -0.218853
17 Ole Miss SEC FBS 1.41652 -0.192101 1.07245 1.62019
110 Oregon Big Ten FBS 0.747395 0.916194 -0.12275 -0.12634
173 Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 0.447008 0.946829 0.390453 -0.891639
34 Penn State Big Ten FBS 1.21174 -0.0331258 1.41938 0.833097
64 Pittsburgh ACC FBS 1.03889 0.496903 0.535693 0.380154
9 Purdue Big Ten FBS 1.80417 -0.0484179 1.03381 1.6244
77 Rice American FBS 0.629363 0.110121 -0.197819 0.219027
88 Rutgers Big Ten FBS 0.685806 0.232227 -0.423385 -0.0839325
47 San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 1.27479 0.367428 0.488449 0.637937
30 San Jose State Mountain West FBS 1.16903 -0.0784365 0.152757 1.54844
55 SMU ACC FBS 1.09374 0.156322 1.3123 0.132822
61 South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 0.81677 0.0565665 -0.151131 0.775627
149 South Carolina SEC FBS 0.762928 1.20555 -0.840067 -0.386721
63 South Florida American FBS 0.923064 0.144327 1.38112 0.00474666
93 Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 0.517589 0.233994 -0.0198243 -0.0530504
15 Stanford ACC FBS 1.47588 -0.0497982 0.063602 2.16255
76 Syracuse ACC FBS 0.519279 0.520028 2.16472 0.211788
165 TCU Big 12 FBS 0.542189 1.00454 -0.0637381 -0.677792
24 Temple American FBS 1.29767 -0.361544 1.27485 1.08144
1 Tennessee SEC FBS 2.18431 -0.10311 4.28869 2.40474
52 Texas SEC FBS 1.21871 0.449047 0.309419 0.72116
142 Texas A&M SEC FBS 0.206875 0.225791 -0.267245 -0.648015
99 Texas State Pac-12 FBS 0.810307 0.794904 0.508237 -0.327109
3 Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 2.01836 0.020688 1.31034 2.20932
228 Toledo MAC FBS -0.379472 0.394302 -0.617455 -1.23244
225 Troy Sun Belt FBS -0.154069 0.692034 -0.469689 -1.26589
12 Tulane American FBS 1.50727 -0.0437403 1.10846 2.04218
18 Tulsa American FBS 1.67944 0.232502 0.922163 1.48007
90 UAB American FBS 0.894702 1.17923 0.922859 0.209026
248 UCF Big 12 FBS -0.0148057 1.33476 -1.26032 -1.41247
49 UCLA Big Ten FBS 1.3224 0.689136 0.195176 1.03898
83 UConn Independent FBS 0.68749 0.481966 0.24637 0.186563
252 UMass MAC FBS -0.512906 0.702215 -0.904104 -1.46397
8 UNLV Mountain West FBS 1.56608 -0.0256114 0.757964 2.36679
51 USC Big Ten FBS 1.03522 0.475961 2.2166 0.547817
105 UTEP Mountain West FBS 0.594491 0.637898 -0.125972 -0.0716027
140 UTSA American FBS 0.308146 0.740671 -0.413378 -0.0838275
40 Utah Big 12 FBS 1.35252 0.290473 0.928261 0.679023
28 Utah State Pac-12 FBS 1.08132 -0.543325 0.513542 1.2451
57 Vanderbilt SEC FBS 1.0021 0.341264 1.17327 0.557714
36 Virginia ACC FBS 1.05437 0.186226 0.0787417 1.6254
145 Virginia Tech ACC FBS 0.33833 0.511356 -0.196452 -0.598015
161 Wake Forest ACC FBS 0.251722 0.432159 -0.310117 -0.728253
50 Washington Big Ten FBS 1.01957 0.0369381 0.976178 0.465803
29 Washington State Pac-12 FBS 1.5201 0.348531 0.355829 1.36389
6 West Virginia Big 12 FBS 1.72443 0.0299209 2.6741 1.70631
58 Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 0.791317 0.0208033 0.21734 0.833418
4 Western Michigan MAC FBS 1.63829 -0.445699 2.72545 1.79812
21 Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 1.3819 0.0444987 1.24724 1.54962
224 Wyoming Mountain West FBS -0.0172491 1.20899 -0.624976 -0.774377
235 San Diego Pioneer FCS -1.18244 -0.253603 -0.997959 -0.75981
127 Georgetown Patriot FCS -0.599364 -0.740915 0.106206 -0.172546
126 South Dakota State MVFC FCS -0.537722 -0.788463 -0.355627 -0.187474
60 Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 0.692249 0.0234925 0.355 0.917025
150 Sam Houston State C-USA FBS -0.00720477 0.22023 0.185804 -0.509638
73 Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 0.45881 0.0458861 0.386333 0.437905
243 Austin Peay UAC FCS -1.41259 -0.218186 -0.201886 -0.905582
153 Central Arkansas UAC FCS -0.970483 -0.680246 -0.0269365 0.23597
210 Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS -0.831806 -0.152216 -0.857778 -0.444837
116 North Alabama UAC FCS -0.591056 -0.610378 -0.253368 0.385545
234 Stetson Pioneer FCS -1.05696 -0.263229 -0.848928 -1.05778
269 Albany CAA FCS -1.57018 -0.202266 -1.17052 -1.53953
137 Bryant CAA FCS -0.554326 -0.325942 -0.196073 0.186738
171 Maine CAA FCS -0.607103 -0.3842 0.28028 -0.501149
266 New Hampshire CAA FCS -1.29023 -0.040311 -1.07533 -1.40333
113 UC Davis Big Sky FCS -0.305608 -0.0584394 0.499299 0.384002
70 Cal Poly Big Sky FCS -0.342204 -0.787605 0.826008 0.839917
181 Drake Pioneer FCS -0.641788 -0.236894 -0.321381 -0.357369
33 James Madison Sun Belt FBS 1.17343 0.0107357 0.74342 1.2918
193 Davidson Pioneer FCS -1.05886 -0.72264 -0.550167 -0.43601
227 Dayton Pioneer FCS -0.986332 -0.205697 -0.82919 -0.713297
262 Duquesne NEC FCS -1.1616 0.279963 -0.787064 -1.04407
168 Fordham Patriot FCS -0.749599 -0.638544 -0.199805 -0.341045
178 Rhode Island CAA FCS -0.867334 0.000727829 0.462018 0.259586
229 Richmond Patriot FCS -1.11099 -0.194894 -0.0513717 -0.820013
261 Butler Pioneer FCS -1.44904 -0.269936 -0.839814 -1.18282
236 Marquette Independent FCS -1.07048 -0.142521 -1.31704 -0.763558
169 Villanova Patriot FCS -0.851956 -0.583508 -0.0730633 -0.121791
211 Indiana State MVFC FCS -0.898041 -0.449924 0.0179605 -1.02146
108 Illinois State MVFC FCS -0.771447 -1.04184 -0.74702 0.543103
246 Missouri State C-USA FBS -0.26214 1.04454 -0.64755 -1.40876
213 Murray State MVFC FCS -0.884332 -0.197261 -0.237273 -0.66291
207 Northern Iowa MVFC FCS -1.10654 -0.583639 -0.178097 -0.656814
147 Southern Illinois MVFC FCS -0.842424 -0.796265 -0.372212 0.0309595
245 Valparaiso Pioneer FCS -1.38185 -0.0637225 -1.25615 -0.435612
257 North Dakota MVFC FCS -1.32022 -0.474142 -0.913455 -1.54461
194 North Dakota State Mountain West FBS 0.133495 0.900041 -0.861082 -0.557823
256 St. Thomas Pioneer FCS -1.29204 -0.0416055 -0.340887 -1.14219
135 South Dakota MVFC FCS -0.734306 -0.924824 -0.501162 -0.0703436
123 Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -0.583125 -0.733681 -0.372771 0.035163
260 Abilene Christian UAC FCS -1.22996 -0.088735 -1.43494 -1.10547
112 Southern Utah Big Sky FCS -0.537479 -0.390155 -0.460556 0.789755
232 Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS -1.25874 -0.366071 -0.960216 -0.637095
251 Tarleton State UAC FCS -1.2637 -0.145299 -0.499907 -1.20245
267 UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS -1.3015 0.013737 -0.514495 -1.67897
259 Utah Tech Big Sky FCS -1.09327 0.246018 -1.37767 -0.93593
186 Bucknell Patriot FCS -0.798059 -0.519154 -0.351402 -0.572741
132 Colgate Patriot FCS -0.494567 -0.385277 0.054165 0.0700672
200 Holy Cross Patriot FCS -0.683096 -0.291428 -0.160247 -0.929374
177 Lafayette Patriot FCS -0.6194 -0.337853 -1.12627 -0.130028
148 Lehigh Patriot FCS -0.711559 -0.722895 -0.424698 -0.133163
160 Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS -0.857974 -0.570119 0.118352 0.0273228
75 Idaho Big Sky FCS -0.330111 -0.607754 0.629025 0.959733
84 Idaho State Big Sky FCS -0.420205 -0.611176 0.506642 0.800628
199 Montana Big Sky FCS -0.646851 -0.152179 -0.328428 -0.709808
198 Montana State Big Sky FCS -0.722419 -0.233658 -0.309437 -0.665987
146 Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS -0.464891 -0.36407 -0.124341 -0.200306
120 Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS -0.554839 -0.626449 0.728845 -0.0855239
191 Portland State Big Sky FCS -0.579339 -0.304848 -1.07955 -0.609266
89 Sacramento State MAC FBS 0.56608 0.184972 -0.159571 -0.0819272
109 Weber State Big Sky FCS -0.465522 -0.630569 -0.280659 0.306246
183 Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS -0.89861 -0.488304 -0.611701 -0.168097
212 Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS -1.16517 -0.42105 0.279105 -0.547718
268 Presbyterian Pioneer FCS -1.35522 0.28015 -1.09401 -1.10119
106 Delaware C-USA FBS 0.186544 0.121171 0.213595 -0.0913177
270 Elon CAA FCS -1.75226 -0.062349 -1.16722 -1.88254
151 Hampton CAA FCS -0.560886 -0.127294 -0.272976 0.282911
230 Monmouth CAA FCS -1.0623 -0.207205 -1.23918 -0.68208
103 North Carolina A&T CAA FCS -0.340887 -0.275041 -0.124386 0.62779
79 Towson CAA FCS -0.157673 -0.326496 0.701824 0.900928
258 Stony Brook CAA FCS -1.07997 0.218391 -1.13784 -1.07563
221 William & Mary Patriot FCS -1.00078 -0.455929 -1.28816 -0.748005
188 Campbell CAA FCS -0.844343 -0.318483 -0.797584 -0.142167
184 Robert Morris NEC FCS -0.794235 -0.317108 -0.316091 -0.253157
156 Youngstown State MVFC FCS -0.763509 -0.484123 0.280631 -0.0599902
100 Brown Ivy League FCS -0.316649 -0.563394 -0.654054 0.476636
141 Columbia Ivy League FCS -0.696267 -0.563461 -0.453496 0.181769
162 Cornell Ivy League FCS -0.66223 -0.503586 -0.903247 0.019418
144 Dartmouth Ivy League FCS -0.684483 -0.725995 -0.431051 -0.123503
175 Penn Ivy League FCS -0.812869 -0.76128 -0.735551 -0.318553
179 Harvard Ivy League FCS -0.958606 -0.824174 -0.526291 -0.386099
180 Princeton Ivy League FCS -0.843233 -0.398893 -0.800698 -0.00435194
129 Yale Ivy League FCS -0.637509 -0.695986 -0.506524 0.150101
104 Marist Pioneer FCS -0.585909 -0.756298 0.553346 0.2319
219 Norfolk State MEAC FCS -1.0658 -0.481159 -0.988199 -0.707168
240 North Carolina Central MEAC FCS -1.10227 0.0872327 -0.834159 -0.768299
71 Howard MEAC FCS -0.302984 -0.734863 0.773564 0.806979
239 Morgan State MEAC FCS -1.05963 -0.0553298 -0.617371 -1.05467
241 Delaware State MEAC FCS -1.08691 0.326464 -0.355652 -0.774455
187 South Carolina State MEAC FCS -0.711132 -0.182595 0.0632414 -0.505583
255 Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS -1.15065 0.165505 -0.717838 -0.997736
195 Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS -0.790949 -0.273113 -0.816995 -0.374846
205 Morehead State Pioneer FCS -0.931853 -0.39912 -1.15419 -0.397997
222 UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS -0.872214 -0.102622 -0.840208 -0.70052
196 Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS -0.847807 -0.336866 -0.146968 -0.581812
216 Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS -0.995738 -0.212595 -0.439443 -0.47848
206 Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS -1.0654 -0.405665 -0.39033 -0.416669
131 Furman SoCon FCS -0.625184 -0.324021 0.242233 0.361122
247 Samford SoCon FCS -1.22401 -0.337624 -1.18597 -1.22594
111 The Citadel SoCon FCS -0.507713 -0.681535 -0.241449 0.282892
217 Wofford SoCon FCS -1.10638 -0.676538 -0.48914 -0.9367
86 Chattanooga SoCon FCS -0.473712 -0.811077 0.6134 0.509108
182 East Tennessee State SoCon FCS -0.807212 -0.656144 0.109236 -0.793384
163 Western Carolina SoCon FCS -0.57511 -0.344888 -0.858314 0.04126
114 Mercer SoCon FCS -0.562479 -0.800785 -0.199217 0.0800547
170 VMI SoCon FCS -0.691231 -0.538949 -0.228935 -0.367178
220 McNeese Southland FCS -1.15131 -0.426444 -0.73378 -0.551208
263 Northwestern State Southland FCS -1.36997 -0.0754321 -1.02901 -1.11565
238 Incarnate Word Southland FCS -1.04666 -0.0601478 -0.756826 -0.940185
226 Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS -0.944888 0.104251 -0.587466 -0.44252
250 East Texas A&M Southland FCS -1.15318 0.054637 -1.02441 -0.940605
244 Nicholls Southland FCS -1.11502 0.0824973 -0.775265 -0.921232
130 Lamar Southland FCS -0.693037 -0.433194 0.144575 0.389525
159 Houston Christian Southland FCS -0.674727 -0.317909 -0.413701 0.175699
203 Grambling SWAC FCS -0.920944 -0.289346 -0.467438 -0.488483
68 Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS -0.388276 -1.18301 1.69435 0.267052
218 Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS -1.01886 -0.335402 -0.168922 -0.803558
134 Alcorn State SWAC FCS -0.725158 -0.782264 0.037169 -0.0103742
102 Southern SWAC FCS -0.570919 -0.879796 0.223826 0.177446
166 Alabama A&M SWAC FCS -0.833492 -0.844805 -0.415022 -0.308271
249 Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS -1.31974 -0.38212 -0.413208 -1.38619
138 Florida A&M SWAC FCS -0.62999 -0.663391 -0.23522 -0.108119
185 Alabama State SWAC FCS -0.940355 -0.777388 -0.827028 -0.412423
189 Texas Southern SWAC FCS -0.842124 -0.50619 -0.189884 -0.61413
192 Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS -0.985348 -0.57007 -0.748589 -0.285165
164 Jackson State SWAC FCS -0.722619 -0.583827 0.465388 -0.438663
121 Chicago State NEC FCS -0.680539 -0.894826 -0.613938 0.103694
265 Wagner NEC FCS -1.42387 -0.20178 -1.18839 -1.23456
237 Sacred Heart Independent FCS -0.932734 0.275868 -1.09915 -0.586828
264 Stonehill NEC FCS -1.48539 -0.24724 -1.39144 -1.07841
231 Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS -1.00685 -0.208908 -1.03833 -0.903701
209 LIU NEC FCS -1.0513 -0.42516 -1.0771 -0.280571
143 Merrimack Independent FCS -0.764265 -0.793712 -0.26416 -0.0786319
190 Central Connecticut NEC FCS -0.825064 -0.449691 -0.725541 -0.419369
254 Guam Independent FCS -1.26374 -0.229152 -1.25456 -1.11709
242 West Georgia UAC FCS -1.19023 -0.0782024 -0.996945 -0.898236
253 American Samoa Independent FCS -1.2917 -0.215484 -0.577624 -1.2656
214 Mercyhurst NEC FCS -0.901345 -0.23035 -0.691368 -0.552731
233 West Florida UAC FCS -1.1349 -0.293191 -0.315164 -1.11253
115 New Haven NEC FCS -0.41288 -0.47474 -0.839219 0.426409