2014 Harbin Rankings: FBS

4-team CFP era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 16 status: COMPLETE

Top 4 teams by Harbin average qualify
Current Rank	Rated W-L	ID #	City	School	Conf	Current Average	Level 1	Level 2	L2 divisor	CFPfinal pre-bowl	APfinal pre-bowl	Coachesfinal pre-bowl	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	13-0	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	35.5897	81.0	458.0	156	3	2	2	12
2	12-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	34.2436	73.5	446.0	156	4	5	4	5
3	12-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	33.1282	71.5	431.0	156	1	1	1	2
4	12-1	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	31.5588	73.0	412.5	159	2	3	3	1
5	9-3	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	29.3118	50.5	364.0	145	9	9	12	7
6	9-3	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	29.0357	57.0	357.0	147	14	14	15	15
7	11-1	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	28.7383	65.0	333.5	143	5	4	5	4
8	11-1	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	28.7235	66.5	331.5	143	6	6	6	3
9	10-3	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	26.5192	58.5	343.5	156	12	10	9	21
10	11-2	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	25.9603	55.0	345.5	159	20	21	21	37
11	10-3	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	25.6851	60.5	336.5	160	10	12	11	24
12	10-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	25.5127	58.5	332.0	158	18	17	17	19
13	9-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	24.9756	53.5	297.5	145	13	13	13	6
14	10-2	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	24.5776	57.0	287.5	145	7	8	8	10
15	10-3	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	24.4679	58.5	311.5	156	16	16	14	27
16	10-2	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	24.3889	58.5	281.0	144	8	7	7	9
17	9-3	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	23.4994	53.5	278.0	146	15	15	16	25
18	8-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	23.4813	45.5	285.5	145	19	19	19	8
19	9-3	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	23.0000	53.5	267.0	144	11	11	10	17
20	8-4	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	21.7738	47.0	262.5	147	22	23	25	30
21	9-3	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	21.7529	53.5	252.5	146	17	18	18	22
22	8-4	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	21.7227	45.5	260.0	145	23	22	23	13
23	12-1	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	21.6908	58.0	270.5	157				29
24	8-4	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	21.5029	50.5	252.5	146	24	24		14
25	9-3	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	21.4023	52.0	247.5	145		25	22	26
26	9-3	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	20.4583	53.5	232.0	145	21	20	20	34
27	6-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	19.6826	34.0	246.0	146				46
28	11-2	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	19.6762	54.5	240.0	155				67
29	8-4	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	18.9629	45.5	221.5	146	25			39
30	10-2	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	18.8390	51.0	213.0	146				58
31	9-3	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	18.7213	43.0	219.5	145				54
32	9-3	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	18.7194	43.0	222.5	147				83
33	6-6	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	18.6609	34.0	229.5	145				53
34	8-4	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	18.4971	49.0	209.0	145			24	11
35	7-5	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	18.3248	35.0	226.5	147				81
36	9-3	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	17.7471	52.0	194.5	145				42
37	7-5	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	17.4037	42.5	201.0	145				32
38	9-3	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	17.2328	45.0	195.5	145				47
39	8-5	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	17.2171	40.0	222.0	157				56
40	7-5	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	17.1897	42.0	198.5	145				28
41	7-5	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	16.8922	40.5	196.0	145				16
42	6-6	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	16.8864	32.5	207.0	146				35
43	8-4	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	16.3611	38.0	190.0	144				70
44	7-5	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	16.3442	37.5	193.0	146				23
45	6-6	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	16.2798	32.5	199.5	147				18
46	6-6	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	16.0757	32.5	196.5	147				80
47	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	15.9444	40.5	181.0	144				52
48	7-5	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	15.9435	40.5	183.5	146				51
49	9-4	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	15.8759	44.5	198.0	159				66
50	7-5	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	15.6509	40.5	178.0	145				44
51	6-6	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	15.2431	32.5	180.5	144				36
52	8-4	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	15.1743	42.5	171.0	147				40
53	6-5	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	14.9566	34.0	159.0	134				20
54	6-6	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	14.7631	32.5	176.0	146				33
55	7-5	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	14.7457	37.5	168.5	145				60
56	8-4	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	14.6633	38.0	169.0	147				82
57	9-3	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	14.6597	43.0	159.5	144				41
58	7-5	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	14.6541	39.0	166.5	146				72
59	7-5	2426	Annapolis	Navy	Ind	14.6466	33.0	172.5	145				69
60	6-6	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	14.6121	33.0	172.0	145				57
61	7-5	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	14.0638	34.5	160.0	143				88
62	9-3	290	Statesboro	GA Southern ineligible	Sun Belt	13.8958	43.0	148.5	144				71
63	8-5	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	13.7516	45.5	163.0	159				31
64	6-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	13.6954	34.0	157.5	145				43
65	5-7	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	13.6153	29.0	163.5	146				65
66	8-4	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	13.3056	38.0	146.0	144				76
67	8-4	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	13.2431	41.0	141.5	144				59
68	6-6	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	12.9167	37.5	141.0	144				38
69	5-7	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	12.9124	27.5	154.0	145				45
70	7-5	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	12.4405	35.0	140.0	147				87
71	7-5	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	12.2374	34.5	139.5	149				68
72	7-5	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	12.2270	35.0	135.0	145				97
73	7-5	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	12.0903	33.0	134.5	144				78
74	7-5	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	12.0259	33.0	134.5	145				55
75	7-5	2026	Boone	App State ineligible	Sun Belt	11.7710	33.0	129.0	143				89
76	6-6	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	11.6609	34.0	128.0	145				50
77	7-5	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	11.3554	33.0	126.5	147				79
78	5-7	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	11.1480	29.5	126.0	145				48
79	7-6	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	10.6987	34.5	125.5	156				101
80	6-6	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion ineligible	CUSA	10.6437	28.0	120.5	145				110
81	6-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	10.5402	28.0	119.0	145				92
82	5-7	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	10.4660	26.0	122.0	147				62
83	6-7	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	10.1226	28.0	127.5	160				85
84	5-7	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	9.9097	26.0	111.5	144				61
85	5-7	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	9.7443	23.0	113.5	145				95
86	6-6	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	9.6279	28.0	106.5	146				90
87	4-8	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	9.5051	21.0	114.0	147				75
88	6-6	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	9.4718	30.0	99.0	142				98
89	5-7	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	9.2534	29.0	100.5	147				49
90	7-5	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	9.1585	33.0	91.0	142				93
91	4-8	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	8.7819	18.0	108.5	149				109
92	6-6	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	8.7778	29.5	91.0	144				77
93	6-6	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	8.2708	28.0	85.5	144				106
94	4-8	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	7.7847	18.0	90.5	144				113
95	5-6	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	7.7045	21.0	76.5	132				107
96	5-7	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	7.4612	24.5	77.5	143				105
97	4-8	349	West Point	Army	Ind	7.3571	18.0	82.0	140				116
98	4-8	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	7.2831	20.0	82.0	146				104
99	4-8	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	7.2361	21.0	79.0	144				64
100	3-9	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	7.2083	14.5	87.0	145				86
101	3-9	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	6.8095	16.0	80.5	147				63
102	3-9	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	6.6566	14.5	79.0	145				73
103	2-10	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	6.4097	11.5	78.5	144				84
104	3-9	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	6.3536	13.0	78.0	148				120
105	3-9	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	5.7730	13.0	68.0	145				99
106	3-9	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	5.7021	15.0	65.0	146				112
107	3-9	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	5.5278	13.0	64.0	144				94
108	3-9	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	5.4892	14.5	62.5	146				103
109	3-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	5.3403	14.5	59.5	144				91
110	4-9	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	5.3221	18.0	63.0	160				96
111	4-8	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	5.3153	20.0	54.0	148				111
112	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	4.7637	21.5	42.5	143				100
113	2-10	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	4.5632	8.0	56.5	145				118
114	4-8	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	4.3276	18.0	41.0	145				102
115	4-8	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	4.1207	18.0	38.0	145				115
116	2-9	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	4.0572	10.0	42.5	135				117
117	3-9	113	Foxborough	UMass	MAC	3.9261	15.0	38.0	142				119
118	3-9	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	3.8536	13.0	41.0	148				108
119	2-10	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	3.0631	10.0	33.0	148				74
120	2-11	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	2.9279	8.0	37.0	160				122
121	2-10	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	2.5694	10.0	25.0	144				121
122	3-9	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	2.3689	15.0	16.0	143				124
123	2-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	2.3450	8.0	24.0	143				126
124	2-10	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	2.0833	10.0	18.0	144				114
125	1-10	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	2.0576	5.0	21.0	131				128
126	1-11	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St ineligible	Sun Belt	1.5259	3.0	18.5	145				127
127	1-10	70	Moscow	Idaho ineligible	Sun Belt	1.0606	5.0	8.0	132				123
128	1-11	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	0.9722	5.0	8.0	144				125

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2014 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: GA Southern (FBS transition: Georgia Southern (9-3, Sun Belt champion) was not bowl-eligible in its FBS transition year.); App State (FBS transition: Appalachian State (7-5) was not bowl-eligible in its FBS transition year.); Old Dominion (FBS transition: Old Dominion (6-6) was only conditionally eligible under FCS-to-FBS transition rules and was not selected.); Georgia St (FBS transition: Georgia State was in the second year of its FBS transition and not bowl-eligible (1-11).); Idaho (APR: Idaho was ineligible for postseason play for an insufficient Academic Progress Rate (1-10, would not have qualified anyway).).

Selection-day field under the 2014 rules

The top 4 teams by ranking; semifinals 1 v 4 and 2 v 3. Real field: the committee’s selection-day top 4. Harbin matches 4 of 4.

Seed	Harbin field	Harbin #	W-L	Seed	Real field	Harbin #
1	Florida St ACC	1	13-0	1	Alabama SEC	3
2	Ohio State Big Ten	2	12-1	2	Oregon Pac-12	4
3	Alabama SEC	3	12-1	3	Florida St ACC	1
4	Oregon Pac-12	4	12-1	4	Ohio State Big Ten	2

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Florida St vs #4 Oregon
#2 Ohio State vs #3 Alabama

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Ohio State
#2 Oregon vs #3 Florida St

Green = in the Harbin field but not the real one; red = in the real field but not the Harbin one. Harbin # is the team’s national Harbin rank.

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