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

Missouri
9-3 · resume score 27.7 · schedule 2.8
Resume #26
CFP #19
Tennessee
10-2 · resume score 55.6 · schedule 2.7
Resume #13
CFP #7
Colorado
9-3 · resume score 24.4 · schedule 2.6
Resume #29
CFP #23

Resume says higher

BYU
10-2 · resume score 67.5 · schedule 3.1
Resume #9
CFP #17
Boise State
12-1 · resume score 87.8 · schedule 3.0
Resume #3
CFP #9
Army
11-2 · resume score 43.8 · schedule 2.4
Resume #16
CFP #22

Every FBS team, 2024

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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	Oregon	13-0	98.8	3.5	1	3	1
2	Georgia	11-2	90.6	4.4	3	6	2
3	Boise State	12-1	87.8	3.0	6	8	9
4	Notre Dame	11-1	83.5	2.9	2	2	5
5	Texas	11-2	80.9	3.8	4	4	3
6	Penn State	11-2	75.9	3.6	11	5	4
7	Ohio State	10-2	75.3	3.5	5	1	6
8	Indiana	11-1	73.1	2.3	15	10	8
9	BYU	10-2	67.5	3.1	29	13	17
10	Miami	10-2	65.9	3.1	24	18	13
11	SMU	11-2	61.7	3.0	10	12	10
12	Arizona State	11-2	60.3	2.9	8	7	12
13	Tennessee	10-2	55.6	2.7	13	9	7
14	Alabama	9-3	51.2	3.6	12	17	11
15	South Carolina	9-3	46.7	3.4	9	19	15
16	Army	11-2	43.8	2.4	34	21	22
17	Clemson	10-3	42.7	3.3	14	14	16
18	Iowa State	10-3	41.0	3.2	38	15	18
19	Ole Miss	9-3	39.2	3.2	7	11	14
20	Illinois	9-3	39.1	3.2	33	16	20
21	Memphis	10-2	36.5	2.2	17	24	25
22	Syracuse	9-3	35.0	3.0	35	20	21
23	Marshall	10-3	34.6	3.0	18	-	-
24	UNLV	10-3	32.8	2.9	32	23	24
25	Navy	9-3	29.7	2.8	30	-	-
26	Missouri	9-3	27.7	2.8	23	22	19
27	Texas A&M	8-4	26.0	3.6	45	-	-
28	LSU	8-4	24.9	3.5	28	-	-
29	Colorado	9-3	24.4	2.6	31	25	23
30	Duke	9-3	24.3	2.6	25	-	-
31	Louisville	8-4	24.1	3.5	22	-	-
32	Kansas State	8-4	18.2	3.2	39	-	-
33	Michigan	7-5	17.6	4.1	19	-	-
34	Ohio	10-3	16.3	2.3	16	-	-
35	Louisiana	10-3	15.7	2.2	48	-	-
36	Baylor	8-4	15.3	3.0	20	-	-
37	Tulane	9-4	14.6	3.0	36	-	-
38	Georgia Tech	7-5	14.2	4.0	47	-	-
39	Georgia Southern	8-4	14.0	3.0	50	-	-
40	Texas Tech	8-4	12.7	2.9	46	-	-
41	Sam Houston	9-3	11.2	2.0	66	-	-
42	Iowa	8-4	9.4	2.7	21	-	-
43	Florida	7-5	9.3	3.7	27	-	-
44	TCU	8-4	7.6	2.6	43	-	-
45	Washington State	8-4	5.1	2.4	61	-	-
46	Oklahoma	6-6	5.0	4.1	56	-	-
47	Minnesota	7-5	4.2	3.0	44	-	-
48	Jacksonville State	9-4	4.2	2.2	26	-	-
49	Buffalo	8-4	3.9	2.3	69	-	-
50	Pittsburgh	7-5	3.9	3.0	87	-	-
51	Colorado State	8-4	3.8	2.3	63	-	-
52	Washington	6-6	3.6	4.0	42	-	-
53	Boston College	7-5	3.4	2.9	54	-	-
54	USC	6-6	3.4	3.7	49	-	-
55	Western Kentucky	8-5	3.2	3.0	65	-	-
56	James Madison	8-4	3.2	2.1	52	-	-
57	Liberty	8-3	3.0	1.3	41	-	-
58	Miami (OH)	8-5	2.9	2.9	40	-	-
59	Virginia Tech	6-6	2.7	3.5	51	-	-
60	Kansas	5-7	2.4	4.4	37	-	-
61	Vanderbilt	6-6	2.2	3.5	85	-	-
62	UCLA	5-7	1.8	4.2	72	-	-
63	Rutgers	7-5	1.5	2.4	58	-	-
64	UConn	8-4	1.3	1.8	59	-	-
65	Northern Illinois	7-5	1.2	2.6	62	-	-
66	Arkansas State	7-5	1.1	2.5	86	-	-
67	Nebraska	6-6	1.1	3.3	79	-	-
68	Texas State	7-5	1.0	2.3	55	-	-
69	San José State	7-5	1.0	2.3	74	-	-
70	Arkansas	6-6	1.0	3.1	73	-	-
71	East Carolina	7-5	0.9	2.3	82	-	-
72	Toledo	7-5	0.8	2.2	89	-	-
73	Bowling Green	7-5	0.8	2.3	57	-	-
74	NC State	6-6	0.7	3.0	67	-	-
75	App State	5-6	0.6	3.0	76	-	-
76	West Virginia	6-6	0.6	2.7	68	-	-
77	Michigan State	5-7	0.4	3.8	103	-	-
78	Coastal Carolina	6-6	0.4	2.7	83	-	-
79	South Alabama	6-6	0.4	2.7	60	-	-
80	Wisconsin	5-7	0.3	3.5	90	-	-
81	Virginia	5-7	0.3	3.5	99	-	-
82	Cincinnati	5-7	0.3	3.4	92	-	-
83	North Texas	6-6	0.3	2.6	91	-	-
84	Old Dominion	5-7	0.2	3.1	70	-	-
85	North Carolina	6-6	0.2	2.5	81	-	-
86	South Florida	6-6	0.2	2.7	84	-	-
87	Fresno State	6-6	0.2	2.5	75	-	-
88	Western Michigan	6-6	0.2	2.6	93	-	-
89	Northwestern	4-8	0.2	4.0	88	-	-
90	California	6-6	0.2	2.4	64	-	-
91	Kentucky	4-8	0.2	4.3	100	-	-
92	UTSA	6-6	0.1	2.6	53	-	-
93	Utah	5-7	0.1	3.0	77	-	-
94	UL Monroe	5-7	0.1	3.1	120	-	-
95	Charlotte	5-7	0.1	2.9	113	-	-
96	Auburn	5-7	0.1	3.0	80	-	-
97	Houston	4-8	0.1	3.3	107	-	-
98	Oregon State	5-7	<0.1	2.9	94	-	-
99	Maryland	4-8	<0.1	3.7	109	-	-
100	UCF	4-8	<0.1	3.3	108	-	-
101	Wake Forest	4-8	<0.1	3.1	104	-	-
102	Air Force	5-7	<0.1	2.4	78	-	-
103	Arizona	4-8	<0.1	3.0	95	-	-
104	Stanford	3-9	<0.1	4.0	115	-	-
105	Eastern Michigan	5-7	<0.1	2.3	119	-	-
106	Rice	4-8	<0.1	2.9	101	-	-
107	Akron	4-8	<0.1	3.3	112	-	-
108	Hawai'i	5-7	<0.1	2.2	106	-	-
109	New Mexico	5-7	<0.1	1.9	98	-	-
110	Oklahoma State	3-9	<0.1	3.5	114	-	-
111	Troy	4-8	<0.1	2.9	71	-	-
112	Utah State	4-8	<0.1	2.6	96	-	-
113	Louisiana Tech	5-7	<0.1	1.9	105	-	-
114	Central Michigan	4-8	<0.1	2.4	124	-	-
115	Florida State	2-10	<0.1	4.2	97	-	-
116	Georgia State	3-9	<0.1	3.0	117	-	-
117	Wyoming	3-9	<0.1	3.0	102	-	-
118	Florida International	4-8	<0.1	2.3	110	-	-
119	Temple	3-9	<0.1	2.9	128	-	-
120	Nevada	3-10	<0.1	3.4	127	-	-
121	Mississippi State	2-10	<0.1	4.4	116	-	-
122	Ball State	3-9	<0.1	2.8	121	-	-
123	Middle Tennessee	3-9	<0.1	2.9	130	-	-
124	UAB	3-9	<0.1	2.6	111	-	-
125	San Diego State	3-9	<0.1	2.5	125	-	-
126	UTEP	3-9	<0.1	2.5	118	-	-
127	New Mexico State	3-9	<0.1	2.3	122	-	-
128	Tulsa	3-9	<0.1	1.8	133	-	-
129	Florida Atlantic	3-9	<0.1	1.9	123	-	-
130	Purdue	1-11	<0.1	4.2	126	-	-
131	Kennesaw State	2-10	<0.1	2.3	131	-	-
132	Massachusetts	2-10	<0.1	2.9	129	-	-
133	Southern Miss	1-11	<0.1	2.8	132	-	-
134	Kent State	0-12	<0.1	3.3	134	-	-

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.