Resume rankings

Not who's best, but who's done the most: every FBS team ranked by how hard its record would be for a playoff-calibre team to match on the same schedule. The committee says it weighs resumes; here is one, ranked beside its own list. It's the record so far, not a forecast: each team's chance of making the playoff, which also weighs how good it is and what's left on its schedule, is on the playoff odds page, which uses this ranking to pick the field.

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Full regular season. AP poll: final. Committee ranking: final, before the bowls.

Biggest disagreements with the committee

Teams either list has in its top 25 whose CFP rank is furthest from their resume rank.

Ranked above their resume

Iowa
9-3 · resume score 33.2 · schedule 3.0
Resume #24
CFP #16
Oregon
11-2 · resume score 56.2 · schedule 2.8
Resume #13
CFP #6
Wisconsin
10-3 · resume score 54.5 · schedule 3.7
Resume #15
CFP #8

Resume says higher

Boise State
12-1 · resume score 70.9 · schedule 2.3
Resume #7
CFP #19
App State
12-1 · resume score 70.6 · schedule 2.3
Resume #8
CFP #20
Memphis
12-1 · resume score 73.5 · schedule 2.4
Resume #6
CFP #17

Every FBS team, 2019

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Resume is how often a top-12 team, playing the same schedule, would fall short of the record, out of 100: higher is harder to match. Schedule is how many of these games a top-12 team would expect to lose. The rule under row 12 marks the size of the playoff field.

#	Team	Record	Resume	Schedule	Elo	AP	CFP
1	LSU	13-0	98.8	3.4	3	1	1
2	Ohio State	13-0	98.6	3.5	1	3	2
3	Clemson	13-0	93.0	2.3	2	2	3
4	Oklahoma	12-1	83.3	2.8	4	7	4
5	Georgia	11-2	78.0	3.6	11	4	5
6	Memphis	12-1	73.5	2.4	7	17	17
7	Boise State	12-1	70.9	2.3	10	23	19
8	App State	12-1	70.6	2.3	5	19	20
9	Penn State	10-2	66.4	3.1	13	9	10
10	Florida	10-2	66.3	3.1	12	6	9
11	Notre Dame	10-2	62.2	3.0	9	12	15
12	Baylor	11-2	61.1	2.9	22	13	7
13	Oregon	11-2	56.2	2.8	8	5	6
14	Auburn	9-3	54.7	3.7	18	14	12
15	Wisconsin	10-3	54.5	3.7	14	11	8
16	Cincinnati	10-3	54.4	3.7	25	21	21
17	Utah	11-2	53.9	2.7	19	16	11
18	Alabama	10-2	53.4	2.7	6	8	13
19	Navy	10-2	51.3	2.6	24	20	23
20	Michigan	9-3	47.0	3.4	16	18	14
21	SMU	10-2	46.5	2.5	30	-	-
22	Air Force	10-2	41.3	2.3	17	22	-
23	Minnesota	10-2	41.2	2.3	27	10	18
24	Iowa	9-3	33.2	3.0	20	15	16
25	Louisiana	10-3	27.8	2.8	23	-	-
26	Florida Atlantic	10-3	25.7	2.7	21	-	-
27	UCF	9-3	16.8	2.3	15	24	-
28	USC	8-4	16.6	3.2	26	-	22
29	Virginia	9-4	14.8	3.1	29	-	24
30	Oklahoma State	8-4	9.7	2.7	38	-	25
31	Kansas State	8-4	7.9	2.6	35	-	-
32	Marshall	8-4	7.1	2.6	44	-	-
33	Indiana	8-4	7.1	2.6	50	-	-
34	Wake Forest	8-4	7.0	2.6	53	-	-
35	Texas	7-5	6.3	3.3	36	25	-
36	San Diego State	9-3	6.3	1.6	40	-	-
37	Temple	8-4	6.2	2.5	41	-	-
38	Louisville	7-5	5.9	3.2	67	-	-
39	Texas A&M	7-5	5.0	3.5	32	-	-
40	Miami (OH)	8-5	4.5	3.2	59	-	-
41	Virginia Tech	8-4	4.3	2.3	31	-	-
42	Louisiana Tech	9-3	4.2	1.5	47	-	-
43	Utah State	7-5	3.9	3.1	55	-	-
44	Iowa State	7-5	3.4	3.0	37	-	-
45	Hawai'i	9-5	3.4	3.0	49	-	-
46	Tennessee	7-5	3.3	3.0	33	-	-
47	Pittsburgh	7-5	2.9	2.8	60	-	-
48	Georgia Southern	7-5	2.7	3.0	45	-	-
49	BYU	7-5	2.5	2.7	43	-	-
50	UAB	9-4	2.4	2.1	63	-	-
51	California	7-5	2.3	2.8	62	-	-
52	Western Kentucky	8-4	2.1	1.8	39	-	-
53	Mississippi State	6-6	1.9	3.5	57	-	-
54	Washington	7-5	1.6	2.4	28	-	-
55	Arizona State	7-5	1.5	2.5	58	-	-
56	Southern Miss	7-5	1.4	2.6	70	-	-
57	Florida State	6-6	1.2	3.4	54	-	-
58	Charlotte	7-5	1.1	2.7	66	-	-
59	Tulane	6-6	0.9	3.2	71	-	-
60	Wyoming	7-5	0.9	2.4	52	-	-
61	Arkansas State	7-5	0.8	2.2	65	-	-
62	Georgia State	7-5	0.8	2.2	92	-	-
63	Kentucky	7-5	0.8	2.3	34	-	-
64	Michigan State	6-6	0.7	3.2	56	-	-
65	North Carolina	6-6	0.6	2.9	51	-	-
66	Central Michigan	8-5	0.5	2.1	75	-	-
67	Buffalo	7-5	0.4	2.0	42	-	-
68	Nevada	7-5	0.4	2.2	80	-	-
69	Boston College	6-6	0.4	2.9	46	-	-
70	Miami	6-6	0.3	2.6	68	-	-
71	Western Michigan	7-5	0.3	1.8	72	-	-
72	Missouri	6-6	0.2	2.5	69	-	-
73	Washington State	6-6	0.2	2.6	61	-	-
74	South Carolina	4-8	0.2	4.1	82	-	-
75	Illinois	6-6	0.2	2.5	100	-	-
76	Kent State	6-6	0.2	2.5	84	-	-
77	Colorado	5-7	0.1	3.1	93	-	-
78	TCU	5-7	0.1	3.1	73	-	-
79	Duke	5-7	0.1	3.0	85	-	-
80	Liberty	7-5	0.1	1.8	79	-	-
81	West Virginia	5-7	0.1	2.9	77	-	-
82	Oregon State	5-7	0.1	2.7	89	-	-
83	Toledo	6-6	<0.1	1.9	108	-	-
84	Nebraska	5-7	<0.1	2.7	78	-	-
85	Ohio	6-6	<0.1	1.9	48	-	-
86	UL Monroe	5-7	<0.1	2.9	86	-	-
87	Florida International	6-6	<0.1	2.1	81	-	-
88	Tulsa	4-8	<0.1	3.1	99	-	-
89	Eastern Michigan	6-6	<0.1	1.7	95	-	-
90	Syracuse	5-7	<0.1	2.4	64	-	-
91	UCLA	4-8	<0.1	3.1	96	-	-
92	Stanford	4-8	<0.1	3.1	101	-	-
93	Houston	4-8	<0.1	3.2	83	-	-
94	Ole Miss	4-8	<0.1	3.4	94	-	-
95	Northern Illinois	5-7	<0.1	2.2	105	-	-
96	South Florida	4-8	<0.1	3.0	103	-	-
97	San José State	5-7	<0.1	2.2	110	-	-
98	Purdue	4-8	<0.1	2.9	97	-	-
99	Ball State	5-7	<0.1	1.9	87	-	-
100	Arizona	4-8	<0.1	2.8	112	-	-
101	Coastal Carolina	5-7	<0.1	2.2	109	-	-
102	Troy	5-7	<0.1	2.1	74	-	-
103	Texas Tech	4-8	<0.1	2.8	90	-	-
104	Middle Tennessee	4-8	<0.1	2.8	98	-	-
105	NC State	4-8	<0.1	2.4	114	-	-
106	Fresno State	4-8	<0.1	2.5	91	-	-
107	UNLV	4-8	<0.1	2.1	104	-	-
108	Army	5-8	<0.1	2.6	88	-	-
109	Maryland	3-9	<0.1	3.2	116	-	-
110	Kansas	3-9	<0.1	2.9	115	-	-
111	Georgia Tech	3-9	<0.1	3.1	107	-	-
112	Vanderbilt	3-9	<0.1	3.1	106	-	-
113	Northwestern	3-9	<0.1	2.9	76	-	-
114	Colorado State	4-8	<0.1	2.1	102	-	-
115	UTSA	4-8	<0.1	2.1	118	-	-
116	North Texas	4-8	<0.1	2.0	111	-	-
117	East Carolina	4-8	<0.1	2.3	119	-	-
118	Texas State	3-9	<0.1	2.8	120	-	-
119	Bowling Green	3-9	<0.1	2.6	123	-	-
120	Rutgers	2-10	<0.1	3.5	122	-	-
121	Rice	3-9	<0.1	2.0	113	-	-
122	Arkansas	2-10	<0.1	3.2	124	-	-
123	South Alabama	2-10	<0.1	2.6	117	-	-
124	New Mexico	2-10	<0.1	2.8	125	-	-
125	UConn	2-10	<0.1	2.5	127	-	-
126	New Mexico State	2-10	<0.1	2.3	121	-	-
127	Old Dominion	1-11	<0.1	2.5	126	-	-
128	UTEP	1-11	<0.1	1.6	129	-	-
129	Massachusetts	1-11	<0.1	1.6	128	-	-
130	Akron	0-12	<0.1	1.7	130	-	-

How it works

Each team's record is held up against a benchmark: the season's 12th-best FBS team, about the last at-large team into a 12-team playoff, playing the same opponents at the same sites. The resume score is how often that benchmark would fall short of the record, out of 100. An unbeaten season through a hard schedule can score above 99; a three-loss season usually scores under 50. Only wins and losses count, not margins: this is what a team has done, not how good it is.

Team strength comes from YardLine's margin-of-victory Elo rating, the same one behind each team's stock chart, built from every game since 2014. Opponents are rated as they stand now, not on the day of the game, so beating a team that turned out to be good counts for more as the season goes on. The Elo column is that rating's rank: how good, beside the resume's how accomplished.

Elo's raw win chances are adjusted to match a decade of results: rating gaps count 15% more than plain Elo says, and teams below FBS are rated 310 points lower than their Elo, because the archive only sees them against FBS teams, which leaves their ratings too high. Both are fitted on every game since 2015, so a predicted 80% is won about 80% of the time.

Regular-season games only, conference championship games included: the committee ranks before the bowls and the playoff. Games update every Tuesday morning; the AP poll from its Sunday release, and the committee's ranking the morning after its Tuesday-night release.