2016 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	CFP12/4	AP12/4	Coaches12/4	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	13-0	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	38.2258	78.0	499.5	155	1	1	1	1
2	11-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	35.5371	68.5	435.5	146	3	2	2	2
3	12-1	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	35.4551	73.0	465.5	156	2	3	3	5
4	11-2	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	30.3325	68.5	396.0	158	5	5	5	12
5	12-1	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	30.2628	73.0	384.5	156	4	4	4	4
6	10-2	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	29.1532	62.0	355.0	148	6	6	6	3
7	10-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	28.3819	63.5	332.5	144	7	7	7	8
8	13-0	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	26.7115	66.0	337.5	156	15	12	14	25
9	9-3	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	26.1017	53.5	309.5	143	11	10	10	9
10	9-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	25.2127	55.0	295.0	143	12	13	13	18
11	10-2	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	25.0699	60.0	287.0	143	16	14	12	21
12	10-3	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	24.9615	62.0	315.0	156	8	8	8	13
13	8-4	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	24.6136	45.5	304.0	146	21			19
14	10-2	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	24.3824	53.0	291.5	146				30
15	9-3	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	24.3078	57.0	287.5	147	9	9	9	10
16	10-3	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	23.8782	60.0	300.5	156	10	11	11	14
17	8-4	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	23.2605	45.0	279.0	143				22
18	8-4	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	23.0263	47.0	279.0	146	23	22		24
19	9-3	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	22.1130	57.0	253.5	146	18	16	16	20
20	9-3	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	21.8194	46.0	259.0	144				33
21	9-3	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	21.6455	55.5	248.5	146		24	21	40
22	8-4	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	21.5187	50.5	251.0	145		21	25	26
23	8-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	21.2392	45.5	249.5	143				15
24	9-3	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	20.9698	55.5	237.0	145	13	15	15	6
25	10-2	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	20.7802	49.5	241.5	145		25	22	38
26	8-4	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	20.6458	49.0	238.5	144	17	20	18	27
27	9-4	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	20.5577	53.5	256.5	156	22	18	19	23
28	8-4	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	20.4842	50.5	236.0	145				17
29	7-4	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	19.9976	40.5	217.0	133	20	19	20	7
30	8-4	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	19.8477	47.0	231.0	145				48
31	8-4	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	19.7986	45.5	230.5	144				16
32	8-4	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	19.7986	45.5	230.5	144	14	17	17	11
33	7-5	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	19.2841	40.5	227.5	143				44
34	10-3	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	19.2656	48.0	244.5	157	24	23	24	36
35	8-4	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	19.1710	45.5	223.0	145	19		23	34
36	10-3	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	19.1670	48.0	244.5	158				32
37	9-4	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	19.0641	44.5	244.0	156	25			54
38	8-5	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	18.6556	38.0	247.0	157				79
39	9-3	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	18.3779	43.0	216.0	146				72
40	9-3	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	18.2639	45.0	209.0	144				59
41	6-6	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	18.0208	32.5	220.5	144				52
42	10-3	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	17.6052	49.5	218.0	158				51
43	9-3	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	17.5489	43.0	202.5	145				55
44	7-5	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	16.9653	39.0	197.5	144				50
45	9-3	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	16.8472	43.0	191.0	144				53
46	8-4	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	16.4770	38.0	193.0	145				81
47	8-4	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	16.4641	39.5	191.0	145				47
48	9-3	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	16.3611	43.0	184.0	144				73
49	8-4	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	16.2244	47.0	176.0	143				29
50	8-4	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	16.1580	47.0	177.5	145				49
51	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	16.1528	40.5	184.0	144				62
52	6-6	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	15.4028	34.0	181.0	144				43
53	9-3	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	14.8681	43.0	162.5	144				87
54	8-4	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	14.6955	42.5	159.5	143				31
55	7-5	349	West Point	Army	Ind	14.6875	32.5	172.5	144				76
56	8-4	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	14.5330	39.5	163.0	145				83
57	5-7	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	14.1247	26.0	171.0	143				28
58	7-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	14.1199	33.0	166.0	146				71
59	7-5	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	13.9829	33.0	164.0	146				104
60	8-5	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	13.9422	38.0	173.0	157				61
61	6-6	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	13.8707	39.0	154.0	145				41
62	6-6	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	13.5963	29.5	161.5	145				85
63	8-5	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	13.2949	39.5	160.0	156				88
64	7-5	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	13.2314	35.0	147.5	143				84
65	5-7	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	12.7874	31.0	150.0	147				56
66	8-4	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	12.7500	38.0	138.0	144				98
67	6-6	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	12.4837	34.0	138.0	143				35
68	6-6	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	11.7189	29.5	131.5	142				92
69	6-6	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	11.6690	28.0	133.5	143				101
70	6-6	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	11.5625	32.5	127.5	144				74
71	5-7	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	11.4875	27.5	131.5	143				46
72	6-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	11.2844	28.0	128.0	143				106
73	5-7	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	11.1458	27.5	127.5	144				57
74	6-6	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	11.1319	34.0	119.5	144				66
75	6-6	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	11.1029	27.5	126.0	143				112
76	6-6	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	11.0999	32.5	120.0	143				45
77	6-6	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	10.8793	30.0	121.5	145				99
78	5-7	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	10.8472	31.0	119.0	144				42
79	5-7	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	10.7744	27.5	123.0	145				68
80	6-6	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	10.5489	31.0	115.5	145				77
81	6-6	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	10.5172	36.0	109.0	145				69
82	4-8	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	10.5000	21.0	126.0	144				64
83	4-8	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	10.2728	23.0	122.0	146				37
84	5-7	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	10.1580	23.0	119.5	145				93
85	5-7	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	9.7838	23.0	112.5	143				94
86	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	9.6667	21.0	114.0	144				80
87	6-7	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	9.4468	28.0	114.5	157				115
88	6-6	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	9.3819	28.0	101.5	144				67
89	6-6	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	9.1319	32.5	92.5	144				75
90	4-8	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	9.1092	21.0	104.5	142				63
91	5-7	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	8.8611	23.0	100.0	144				117
92	4-8	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	8.6408	23.0	97.5	145				39
93	5-7	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	8.3847	25.0	92.0	146				82
94	4-8	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	8.2198	22.5	92.0	145				60
95	5-7	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	7.6016	23.0	83.0	146				110
96	3-9	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	7.1267	14.5	87.0	147				78
97	4-8	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	7.0388	19.5	78.5	145				89
98	4-8	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	6.9167	18.0	78.0	144				124
99	4-8	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	6.8750	22.5	72.5	145				70
100	4-8	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	6.8425	18.0	78.0	146				107
101	4-8	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	6.6379	18.0	74.5	145				95
102	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	6.5699	18.0	72.5	143				126
103	4-8	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	6.5694	18.0	73.0	144				116
104	3-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	6.3889	15.0	74.0	144				123
105	5-7	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	6.3687	23.0	65.0	146				100
106	4-8	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	5.9132	20.0	62.0	146				122
107	4-8	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	5.6667	18.0	60.0	144				125
108	3-9	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	5.3542	13.0	61.5	144				114
109	3-9	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	5.3462	18.0	55.0	143				65
110	3-9	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	5.1523	13.0	59.0	145				90
111	4-8	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	5.0517	18.0	51.5	145				103
112	3-9	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	5.0144	13.0	57.0	145				121
113	3-9	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	4.9412	14.5	54.5	146				97
114	2-10	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	4.6609	10.0	55.5	145				127
115	3-9	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	4.6107	13.0	51.5	146				108
116	3-9	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	4.5876	14.5	49.0	145				111
117	3-9	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	4.5661	13.0	50.5	145				113
118	4-8	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	4.5208	18.0	43.5	144				102
119	2-10	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	4.4653	11.5	50.5	144				86
120	3-9	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	4.4152	14.5	46.5	145				96
121	3-9	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	4.0920	16.0	40.0	145				58
122	3-9	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	4.0694	13.0	43.0	144				119
123	2-10	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	4.0347	8.0	48.5	144				128
124	3-9	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	3.8161	16.0	36.0	145				91
125	2-10	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	3.7011	8.0	44.0	145				109
126	2-10	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	3.3611	9.5	37.0	144				105
127	2-10	113	Foxborough	UMass	Ind	3.0805	8.0	35.0	145				118
128	1-11	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	0.6638	3.0	6.0	145				120

Selection-day field under the 2016 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 3 of 4.

Seed	Harbin field	Harbin #	W-L	Seed	Real field	Harbin #
1	Alabama SEC	1	13-0	1	Alabama SEC	1
2	Ohio State Big Ten	2	11-1	2	Clemson ACC	3
3	Clemson ACC	3	12-1	3	Ohio State Big Ten	2
4	Penn State Big Ten	4	11-2	4	Washington Pac-12	5

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Penn State
#2 Ohio State vs #3 Clemson

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Washington
#2 Clemson vs #3 Ohio State

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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