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

Houston
9-3 · resume score 16.6 · schedule 2.3
Resume #30
CFP #21
Arizona
9-3 · resume score 20.3 · schedule 2.4
Resume #25
CFP #17
Iowa
8-4 · resume score 17.6 · schedule 3.2
Resume #29
CFP #23

Resume says higher

James Madison
12-1 · resume score 72.5 · schedule 2.4
Resume #9
CFP #24
North Texas
11-2 · resume score 50.9 · schedule 2.6
Resume #17
CFP #25
Navy
10-2 · resume score 49.0 · schedule 2.5
Resume #19
CFP unranked

Every FBS team, 2025

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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	Indiana	13-0	99.4	3.6	5	1	1
2	Ohio State	12-1	92.4	3.5	1	5	2
3	Texas A&M	11-1	89.5	3.1	13	8	7
4	Oregon	11-1	88.5	3.1	4	4	5
5	Georgia	12-1	87.6	3.1	2	6	3
6	Texas Tech	12-1	86.9	3.0	6	7	4
7	Ole Miss	11-1	84.5	2.8	7	3	6
8	BYU	11-2	84.4	4.0	15	11	12
9	James Madison	12-1	72.5	2.4	8	19	24
10	Oklahoma	10-2	68.6	3.2	14	13	8
11	Notre Dame	10-2	60.8	2.9	3	10	11
12	Alabama	10-3	58.6	3.9	16	9	9
13	Vanderbilt	10-2	56.9	2.8	11	15	14
14	Tulane	11-2	56.9	2.8	19	18	20
15	Miami	10-2	54.3	2.7	9	2	10
16	Texas	9-3	52.1	3.6	12	12	13
17	North Texas	11-2	50.9	2.6	28	24	25
18	Utah	10-2	49.5	2.6	10	14	15
19	Navy	10-2	49.0	2.5	25	23	-
20	USC	9-3	40.6	3.2	21	20	16
21	Michigan	9-3	36.4	3.1	22	21	18
22	South Florida	9-3	29.2	2.8	24	-	-
23	Georgia Tech	9-3	24.6	2.7	60	-	22
24	Virginia	10-3	22.5	2.5	46	16	19
25	Arizona	9-3	20.3	2.4	17	-	17
26	Kennesaw State	10-3	19.3	2.5	50	-	-
27	Illinois	8-4	19.0	3.3	49	-	-
28	Old Dominion	9-3	18.7	2.5	27	-	-
29	Iowa	8-4	17.6	3.2	18	17	23
30	Houston	9-3	16.6	2.3	58	22	21
31	UNLV	10-3	15.8	2.2	37	-	-
32	Boise State	9-4	15.7	3.1	34	-	-
33	Arizona State	8-4	15.2	3.1	45	-	-
34	New Mexico	9-3	14.7	2.2	41	-	-
35	San Diego State	9-3	11.9	2.0	53	-	-
36	Louisville	8-4	11.5	2.9	33	-	-
37	LSU	7-5	11.4	3.8	47	-	-
38	TCU	8-4	10.8	2.8	31	25	-
39	Iowa State	8-4	9.8	2.7	42	-	-
40	Washington	8-4	9.6	2.8	35	-	-
41	Tennessee	8-4	9.4	2.8	39	-	-
42	Missouri	8-4	9.0	2.8	32	-	-
43	SMU	8-4	8.3	2.6	20	-	-
44	Pittsburgh	8-4	7.2	2.5	48	-	-
45	East Carolina	8-4	5.5	2.4	44	-	-
46	NC State	7-5	4.9	3.3	54	-	-
47	Duke	8-5	4.9	3.0	29	-	-
48	Western Michigan	9-4	4.6	2.2	40	-	-
49	Wake Forest	8-4	4.2	2.2	65	-	-
50	UConn	9-3	3.9	1.4	36	-	-
51	Memphis	8-4	3.6	2.1	56	-	-
52	Troy	8-5	2.6	2.9	64	-	-
53	Ohio	8-4	2.5	2.2	38	-	-
54	Western Kentucky	8-4	2.4	2.0	79	-	-
55	Toledo	8-4	2.1	1.9	30	-	-
56	Hawai'i	8-4	2.0	1.9	59	-	-
57	Minnesota	7-5	1.8	2.9	52	-	-
58	Cincinnati	7-5	1.7	2.6	75	-	-
59	Northwestern	6-6	1.6	3.5	76	-	-
60	Fresno State	8-4	1.5	1.8	62	-	-
61	Nebraska	7-5	1.4	2.4	74	-	-
62	Clemson	7-5	1.3	2.4	26	-	-
63	California	7-5	1.2	2.3	85	-	-
64	Penn State	6-6	1.0	3.3	23	-	-
65	Washington State	6-6	0.7	3.1	63	-	-
66	Missouri State	7-5	0.7	2.2	97	-	-
67	Utah State	6-6	0.7	3.1	71	-	-
68	Kansas State	6-6	0.6	3.0	43	-	-
69	Kentucky	5-7	0.6	3.8	81	-	-
70	Central Michigan	7-5	0.5	2.1	82	-	-
71	Florida International	7-5	0.4	2.0	67	-	-
72	Southern Miss	7-5	0.4	1.8	102	-	-
73	Rutgers	5-7	0.4	3.6	80	-	-
74	Army	6-6	0.3	2.7	57	-	-
75	Mississippi State	5-7	0.3	3.5	95	-	-
76	UTSA	6-6	0.3	2.7	55	-	-
77	Georgia Southern	6-6	0.3	2.7	77	-	-
78	Miami (OH)	7-6	0.3	2.4	61	-	-
79	Jacksonville State	8-5	0.3	1.7	66	-	-
80	Wisconsin	4-8	0.3	4.4	84	-	-
81	Coastal Carolina	6-6	0.2	2.5	89	-	-
82	Auburn	5-7	0.2	3.5	78	-	-
83	Louisiana Tech	7-5	0.2	1.8	72	-	-
84	Texas State	6-6	0.2	2.4	51	-	-
85	Florida	4-8	0.1	4.2	69	-	-
86	Kansas	5-7	0.1	3.3	86	-	-
87	Louisiana	6-6	0.1	2.4	68	-	-
88	Baylor	5-7	0.1	3.0	87	-	-
89	Florida State	5-7	0.1	2.8	91	-	-
90	South Carolina	4-8	0.1	3.7	70	-	-
91	Arkansas State	6-6	0.1	1.9	83	-	-
92	West Virginia	4-8	<0.1	3.5	90	-	-
93	Temple	5-7	<0.1	2.6	110	-	-
94	Stanford	4-8	<0.1	3.6	96	-	-
95	Marshall	5-7	<0.1	2.7	73	-	-
96	Rice	5-7	<0.1	2.6	112	-	-
97	Delaware	6-6	<0.1	1.7	98	-	-
98	UCF	5-7	<0.1	2.7	94	-	-
99	UCLA	3-9	<0.1	4.2	99	-	-
100	Michigan State	4-8	<0.1	3.4	106	-	-
101	Kent State	5-7	<0.1	2.5	116	-	-
102	App State	5-7	<0.1	2.3	92	-	-
103	Syracuse	3-9	<0.1	3.8	121	-	-
104	Colorado	3-9	<0.1	3.3	109	-	-
105	UAB	4-8	<0.1	2.6	113	-	-
106	Air Force	4-8	<0.1	2.6	88	-	-
107	Florida Atlantic	4-8	<0.1	2.7	115	-	-
108	Buffalo	5-7	<0.1	1.7	103	-	-
109	North Carolina	4-8	<0.1	2.2	104	-	-
110	Virginia Tech	3-9	<0.1	3.0	111	-	-
111	Ball State	4-8	<0.1	2.5	125	-	-
112	Maryland	4-8	<0.1	2.4	118	-	-
113	Liberty	4-8	<0.1	2.3	105	-	-
114	Akron	5-7	<0.1	1.6	108	-	-
115	South Alabama	4-8	<0.1	2.2	93	-	-
116	Wyoming	4-8	<0.1	2.2	117	-	-
117	Eastern Michigan	4-8	<0.1	2.0	107	-	-
118	Arkansas	2-10	<0.1	3.9	101	-	-
119	Purdue	2-10	<0.1	4.0	122	-	-
120	Tulsa	4-8	<0.1	2.1	124	-	-
121	Bowling Green	4-8	<0.1	2.0	119	-	-
122	Nevada	3-9	<0.1	2.5	114	-	-
123	New Mexico State	4-8	<0.1	1.9	126	-	-
124	UL Monroe	3-9	<0.1	2.4	131	-	-
125	San José State	3-9	<0.1	2.4	127	-	-
126	Boston College	2-10	<0.1	2.9	100	-	-
127	Colorado State	2-10	<0.1	2.7	129	-	-
128	Sam Houston	2-10	<0.1	2.6	130	-	-
129	Northern Illinois	3-9	<0.1	2.0	120	-	-
130	Middle Tennessee	3-9	<0.1	1.7	123	-	-
131	Oregon State	2-10	<0.1	2.8	128	-	-
132	Georgia State	1-11	<0.1	3.4	133	-	-
133	Charlotte	1-11	<0.1	3.2	135	-	-
134	Oklahoma State	1-11	<0.1	3.2	134	-	-
135	UTEP	2-10	<0.1	2.0	132	-	-
136	Massachusetts	0-12	<0.1	2.3	136	-	-

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.