2015 Harbin Rankings: FBS

4-team CFP era

Latest update: 2026-10-18 5:01 am ET | Week 15 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	CFP12/6	AP12/6	Coaches12/6	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	12-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	36.9103	71.5	490.0	156	2	2	2	2
2	12-1	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	35.4956	73.5	471.5	158	3	3	4	14
3	13-0	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	35.0897	79.5	452.0	156	1	1	1	6
4	11-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	34.0764	68.5	408.5	144	4	4	3	1
5	11-2	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	30.0701	70.0	392.5	159	6	5	6	8
6	11-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	28.6786	67.0	339.5	147	7	7	5	3
7	12-1	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	27.9872	73.0	349.0	156	5	6	7	27
8	10-2	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	27.8276	60.0	331.0	145	13	12	12	54
9	10-2	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	26.1509	58.5	308.5	145	9	9	8	10
10	9-3	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	25.9306	52.0	311.0	144	12	16	15	5
11	11-2	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	25.6712	64.5	321.0	155	10	10	11	15
12	10-2	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	25.5822	60.5	304.0	148	8	8	9	9
13	8-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	25.4175	49.0	283.0	135	20	22	21	13
14	12-1	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	25.2692	61.0	321.0	156	18	14	16	40
15	10-2	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	25.1198	58.5	289.5	143	16	13	13	17
16	9-3	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	25.0706	53.5	303.0	147	15	15	14	25
17	9-3	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	24.2140	55.5	286.0	146	22	20	20	29
18	10-3	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	23.4679	60.5	293.5	156	19	19	18	24
19	10-2	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	23.3566	60.0	262.5	143	11	11	10	7
20	9-3	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	22.7284	55.5	262.5	145	14	17	17	18
21	11-2	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	22.3910	56.5	281.5	156		25		31
22	8-5	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	22.1340	49.0	292.0	159	25			12
23	10-2	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	21.7931	48.0	258.0	145	21	21	22	47
24	9-2	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	21.6398	48.0	231.5	134				46
25	9-3	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	20.7319	52.0	234.5	143	17	18	19	4
26	7-5	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	20.6989	40.5	246.0	142				16
27	8-4	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	20.1378	49.0	236.0	147				20
28	8-4	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	19.9514	44.0	234.5	144				22
29	8-4	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	19.8980	50.5	227.5	145				53
30	9-3	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	19.8265	46.0	233.5	146				43
31	8-4	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	19.6753	47.0	228.5	145				49
32	9-3	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	19.4076	44.5	224.5	143				44
33	8-4	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	19.2615	47.0	222.5	145				37
34	7-5	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	19.1913	40.5	232.5	147				28
35	8-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	19.0364	45.5	218.0	143				23
36	10-3	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	18.8205	53.0	230.0	156				41
37	8-4	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	18.7917	45.5	219.0	146	23			11
38	9-3	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	18.1609	52.0	200.5	145			25	19
39	10-3	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	17.9917	48.0	224.5	157				61
40	10-3	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	17.9743	51.5	220.0	157	24	24	24	48
41	10-2	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	17.0345	48.0	189.0	145				57
42	9-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.3367	54.0	174.0	147		23	23	26
43	8-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	15.7874	38.0	183.0	145				88
44	9-3	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	15.7014	43.0	174.5	144				71
45	6-6	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	15.6104	32.5	184.5	143				32
46	5-7	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	15.2815	29.5	188.5	147				45
47	8-4	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	15.2708	39.5	172.5	144				55
48	6-6	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	15.2471	34.0	180.0	145				42
49	7-5	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	15.1854	41.0	173.0	147				51
50	7-5	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	14.9484	40.5	165.5	143				35
51	5-7	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	14.8056	31.0	176.0	144				50
52	6-6	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	14.7299	34.0	172.5	145				30
53	7-5	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	14.5638	40.5	160.0	143				21
54	9-3	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	14.1566	44.5	151.5	145				69
55	8-4	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	14.1389	38.0	158.0	144				63
56	8-4	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	14.0718	41.0	154.5	145				38
57	8-4	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	13.9653	38.0	155.5	144				68
58	7-5	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	13.7759	42.0	149.0	145				39
59	7-5	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	13.6121	33.0	157.5	145				60
60	7-5	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	13.5302	34.5	154.5	145				65
61	8-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	12.9553	38.0	155.5	155				80
62	7-5	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	12.8534	33.0	146.5	145				97
63	9-4	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	12.7949	43.0	148.0	156				64
64	6-6	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	12.6741	32.5	145.5	146				56
65	6-6	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	12.5057	28.0	147.5	145				76
66	7-5	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	12.4722	33.0	140.0	144				85
67	8-5	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	12.4454	38.0	149.5	157				75
68	5-7	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	12.1458	24.5	145.5	144				59
69	7-5	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	11.9871	37.5	128.5	145				36
70	7-5	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	11.5139	39.0	119.0	144				58
71	6-6	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	11.4146	32.5	124.5	143				52
72	6-6	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	11.4070	32.5	127.0	146				74
73	7-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	11.3707	33.0	125.0	145				92
74	7-5	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	10.9914	33.0	119.5	145				78
75	6-6	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	10.9195	28.0	124.5	145				91
76	6-6	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	10.8916	30.0	120.0	143				100
77	5-7	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	10.5747	28.0	119.5	145				66
78	6-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	10.5278	35.5	109.0	144				34
79	6-6	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	10.0920	28.0	112.5	145				98
80	5-7	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	9.7292	23.0	112.5	144				117
81	5-7	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	9.2701	26.0	103.0	145				67
82	7-5	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	9.0437	33.0	90.0	143				94
83	4-8	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	8.7153	22.5	98.5	144				70
84	5-7	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	8.6968	24.5	96.5	145				82
85	5-7	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	8.3893	23.0	94.5	146				90
86	5-7	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	8.1736	26.0	86.5	144				73
87	5-7	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	7.9856	23.0	88.0	145				101
88	6-6	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	7.9110	30.0	79.0	146				93
89	3-9	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	7.8522	14.5	97.0	146				33
90	4-8	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	7.4692	21.0	83.5	146				77
91	3-9	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	7.3966	18.0	85.5	145				62
92	5-7	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	7.2292	23.0	76.5	144				102
93	5-7	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	7.0903	23.0	74.5	144				121
94	3-9	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	6.9960	14.5	84.5	146				84
95	5-7	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	6.2615	23.0	63.0	145				119
96	4-8	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	6.1181	18.0	66.5	144				95
97	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	6.0507	21.0	61.5	143				81
98	4-8	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5.8750	18.0	63.0	144				105
99	4-9	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	5.6139	19.5	65.0	158				83
100	4-8	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	5.3958	21.0	52.5	144				89
101	4-8	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	5.2241	18.0	54.0	145				113
102	3-9	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	4.9741	15.0	54.0	145				114
103	3-9	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	4.9697	16.0	52.0	143				79
104	3-9	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	4.9486	15.0	54.0	146				99
105	3-9	113	Foxborough	UMass	MAC	4.7432	15.0	51.0	146				106
106	3-9	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	4.6944	13.0	52.0	144				110
107	5-7	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	4.6063	23.0	39.0	145				107
108	3-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	4.6062	15.0	49.0	146				124
109	3-9	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	4.3889	11.0	50.0	144				72
110	3-9	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	4.3025	13.0	47.0	146				104
111	2-10	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	3.8396	9.5	44.5	146				87
112	2-10	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	3.6609	10.0	41.0	145				116
113	3-9	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	3.5833	13.0	36.5	146				112
114	2-10	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	3.4943	8.0	41.0	145				96
115	3-9	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	3.3463	14.5	31.0	145				86
116	3-9	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	3.2512	13.0	31.0	143				115
117	3-10	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	3.2223	14.5	33.5	159				120
118	2-10	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte ineligible	CUSA	3.1494	8.0	36.0	145				127
119	3-9	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	2.8889	13.0	26.0	144				103
120	3-9	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	2.8764	13.0	26.0	145				123
121	3-9	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	2.2557	13.0	17.0	145				111
122	2-11	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2.1440	8.0	24.0	157				118
123	2-10	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	2.0747	10.0	18.0	145				108
124	2-10	349	West Point	Army	Ind	1.8555	8.0	17.0	143				109
125	1-11	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	1.4441	5.0	15.0	146				128
126	1-11	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	1.1160	5.0	10.0	143				126
127	0-12	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	0.0000	0.0	0.0	146				125
128	0-12	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	0.0000	0.0	0.0	143				122

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2015 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Charlotte (FBS transition: Charlotte played 2015 as a first-year provisional FBS member (C-USA) and was not bowl-eligible.).

Selection-day field under the 2015 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	Alabama SEC	1	12-1	1	Clemson ACC	3
2	Michigan St Big Ten	2	12-1	2	Alabama SEC	1
3	Clemson ACC	3	13-0	3	Michigan St Big Ten	2
4	Oklahoma Big 12	4	11-1	4	Oklahoma Big 12	4

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 Michigan St vs #3 Clemson

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Clemson vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 Alabama vs #3 Michigan 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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