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

NC State
8-4 · resume score 16.2 · schedule 3.1
Resume #32
CFP #23
Utah
10-3 · resume score 47.6 · schedule 3.5
Resume #16
CFP #8
Florida State
9-3 · resume score 34.3 · schedule 3.0
Resume #21
CFP #13

Resume says higher

Troy
11-2 · resume score 64.5 · schedule 3.1
Resume #12
CFP #24
UTSA
11-2 · resume score 56.8 · schedule 2.8
Resume #13
CFP #25
Tulane
11-2 · resume score 70.3 · schedule 3.3
Resume #9
CFP #16

Every FBS team, 2022

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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	Georgia	13-0	99.1	3.7	1	1	1
2	Michigan	13-0	98.5	3.2	2	3	2
3	TCU	12-1	95.4	4.0	8	2	3
4	Ohio State	11-1	91.5	3.3	4	4	4
5	Tennessee	10-2	83.7	3.9	14	6	6
6	USC	11-2	82.1	3.8	24	12	10
7	Alabama	10-2	76.0	3.5	3	5	5
8	Penn State	10-2	73.9	3.4	9	7	11
9	Tulane	11-2	70.3	3.3	15	9	16
10	Clemson	11-2	67.4	3.2	5	13	7
11	Kansas State	10-3	65.1	4.1	6	14	9
12	Troy	11-2	64.5	3.1	19	19	24
13	UTSA	11-2	56.8	2.8	12	-	25
14	Washington	10-2	51.4	2.6	20	8	12
15	Oregon	9-3	50.4	3.6	18	15	15
16	Utah	10-3	47.6	3.5	7	10	8
17	LSU	9-4	47.2	4.4	34	16	17
18	Oregon State	9-3	45.9	3.4	22	17	14
19	South Alabama	10-2	42.8	2.3	26	-	-
20	Texas	8-4	36.5	4.0	11	25	20
21	Florida State	9-3	34.3	3.0	17	11	13
22	Mississippi State	8-4	33.2	3.9	30	20	22
23	South Carolina	8-4	31.5	3.8	29	23	19
24	Coastal Carolina	9-3	29.1	2.8	53	-	-
25	Cincinnati	9-3	27.4	2.7	13	-	-
26	UCLA	9-3	26.9	2.7	31	21	18
27	North Carolina	9-4	25.0	3.5	67	-	-
28	Ole Miss	8-4	23.6	3.5	46	-	-
29	Notre Dame	8-4	20.4	3.4	10	18	21
30	UCF	9-4	19.2	3.3	39	-	-
31	Boise State	9-4	16.3	3.1	36	-	-
32	NC State	8-4	16.2	3.1	38	-	23
33	James Madison	8-3	14.9	2.2	32	-	-
34	Marshall	8-4	14.1	3.0	28	-	-
35	Purdue	8-5	13.0	3.8	41	-	-
36	Fresno State	9-4	11.9	2.9	16	24	-
37	Texas Tech	7-5	11.7	3.8	42	-	-
38	Illinois	8-4	11.6	2.9	43	-	-
39	Minnesota	8-4	11.4	2.9	25	-	-
40	Air Force	9-3	10.9	2.0	21	-	-
41	Louisville	7-5	9.9	3.6	37	-	-
42	Syracuse	7-5	8.9	3.5	84	-	-
43	Oklahoma State	7-5	8.4	3.6	69	-	-
44	Ohio	9-4	8.3	2.6	48	-	-
45	SMU	7-5	8.1	3.4	47	-	-
46	Kentucky	7-5	8.0	3.5	35	-	-
47	Maryland	7-5	7.0	3.5	59	-	-
48	Pittsburgh	8-4	6.4	2.4	23	22	-
49	Iowa	7-5	6.2	3.4	33	-	-
50	Wake Forest	7-5	6.0	3.3	51	-	-
51	Kansas	6-6	5.5	4.0	93	-	-
52	Houston	7-5	5.0	3.2	50	-	-
53	Washington State	7-5	4.9	3.2	54	-	-
54	Liberty	8-4	4.9	2.3	80	-	-
55	BYU	7-5	4.3	3.1	45	-	-
56	Florida	6-6	4.3	4.0	63	-	-
57	Missouri	6-6	4.0	4.0	64	-	-
58	Arkansas	6-6	3.6	3.7	27	-	-
59	San José State	7-4	3.4	2.2	76	-	-
60	Baylor	6-6	3.3	3.7	40	-	-
61	Oklahoma	6-6	3.0	3.6	44	-	-
62	Wyoming	7-5	2.9	2.8	79	-	-
63	East Carolina	7-5	2.7	2.9	71	-	-
64	Western Kentucky	8-5	2.5	2.7	62	-	-
65	Toledo	8-5	2.5	2.8	57	-	-
66	Duke	8-4	2.5	2.0	56	-	-
67	Eastern Michigan	8-4	2.5	1.9	70	-	-
68	San Diego State	7-5	2.0	2.8	61	-	-
69	Wisconsin	6-6	1.4	3.2	58	-	-
70	Auburn	5-7	1.2	4.2	77	-	-
71	Georgia Southern	6-6	1.1	3.0	91	-	-
72	Middle Tennessee	7-5	1.1	2.3	73	-	-
73	North Texas	7-6	0.9	3.1	74	-	-
74	Michigan State	5-7	0.9	4.1	75	-	-
75	West Virginia	5-7	0.9	3.9	81	-	-
76	Georgia Tech	5-7	0.8	4.1	102	-	-
77	Memphis	6-6	0.7	3.0	66	-	-
78	Bowling Green	6-6	0.6	2.9	96	-	-
79	Vanderbilt	5-7	0.6	3.9	99	-	-
80	Southern Miss	6-6	0.6	2.9	86	-	-
81	Utah State	6-6	0.4	2.9	78	-	-
82	UConn	6-6	0.4	3.0	100	-	-
83	Louisiana	6-6	0.4	2.8	49	-	-
84	App State	6-6	0.4	2.7	65	-	-
85	Arizona	5-7	0.4	3.6	98	-	-
86	Buffalo	6-6	0.3	2.5	89	-	-
87	Army	6-6	0.3	2.7	55	-	-
88	UAB	6-6	0.3	2.5	52	-	-
89	Kent State	5-7	0.3	3.5	88	-	-
90	Texas A&M	5-7	0.2	3.4	60	-	-
91	Miami (OH)	6-6	0.1	2.3	82	-	-
92	Iowa State	4-8	0.1	3.9	85	-	-
93	Indiana	4-8	0.1	4.0	106	-	-
94	Miami	5-7	0.1	2.9	101	-	-
95	Rice	5-7	0.1	2.9	111	-	-
96	Tulsa	5-7	0.1	2.9	83	-	-
97	Navy	4-8	0.1	3.7	90	-	-
98	UL Monroe	4-8	0.1	3.9	114	-	-
99	UNLV	5-7	0.1	2.9	107	-	-
100	Western Michigan	5-7	0.1	2.5	92	-	-
101	Ball State	5-7	<0.1	2.6	97	-	-
102	Rutgers	4-8	<0.1	3.7	112	-	-
103	Florida Atlantic	5-7	<0.1	2.5	95	-	-
104	UTEP	5-7	<0.1	2.4	104	-	-
105	Stanford	3-9	<0.1	4.3	121	-	-
106	California	4-8	<0.1	3.4	105	-	-
107	Georgia State	4-8	<0.1	3.1	72	-	-
108	New Mexico State	6-6	<0.1	1.9	68	-	-
109	Nebraska	4-8	<0.1	3.1	87	-	-
110	Virginia	3-7	<0.1	2.2	109	-	-
111	Central Michigan	4-8	<0.1	2.7	94	-	-
112	Texas State	4-8	<0.1	2.8	110	-	-
113	Boston College	3-9	<0.1	3.5	116	-	-
114	Arizona State	3-9	<0.1	3.3	103	-	-
115	Florida International	4-8	<0.1	2.3	128	-	-
116	Old Dominion	3-9	<0.1	3.0	113	-	-
117	Virginia Tech	3-8	<0.1	2.5	108	-	-
118	Louisiana Tech	3-9	<0.1	3.2	118	-	-
119	Arkansas State	3-9	<0.1	3.0	122	-	-
120	Colorado State	3-9	<0.1	3.2	115	-	-
121	Colorado	1-11	<0.1	4.6	124	-	-
122	Northern Illinois	3-9	<0.1	2.6	125	-	-
123	Charlotte	3-9	<0.1	2.5	120	-	-
124	Temple	3-9	<0.1	2.6	123	-	-
125	Hawai'i	3-10	<0.1	3.3	117	-	-
126	New Mexico	2-10	<0.1	3.0	130	-	-
127	Nevada	2-10	<0.1	2.9	126	-	-
128	Akron	2-10	<0.1	2.8	119	-	-
129	Northwestern	1-11	<0.1	3.9	127	-	-
130	South Florida	1-11	<0.1	3.5	129	-	-
131	Massachusetts	1-11	<0.1	2.8	131	-	-

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.