2017 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	CFP12/3	AP12/3	Coaches12/3	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	12-1	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	36.3251	73.0	476.0	155	1	1	1	3
2	12-1	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	34.0670	73.0	441.0	155	3	3	3	5
3	12-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	32.7504	75.0	429.0	159	2	2	2	7
4	11-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.6300	68.5	416.5	158	5	5	5	2
5	12-0	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	30.4828	59.5	365.0	143	12	10	10	21
6	12-1	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	30.3394	73.5	392.5	159	6	6	6	9
7	11-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	30.2787	65.0	360.5	145	4	4	4	1
8	11-2	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	30.1947	70.0	392.0	158	8	8	7	14
9	10-2	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	29.0625	60.0	346.5	144	10	11	11	15
10	10-2	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	28.2356	62.0	334.5	145	9	9	9	4
11	9-3	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	28.1735	54.0	348.0	147	14	14	15	10
12	10-3	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	27.0949	58.5	357.0	158	7	7	8	6
13	10-2	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	26.1724	60.0	307.0	145	11	12	12	8
14	9-3	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	25.4977	52.0	309.0	146	18	21	21	31
15	9-3	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	24.8664	55.5	293.5	145	16	18	19	37
16	9-4	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	23.7201	57.0	305.5	158	13	15	16	13
17	10-3	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	23.2172	50.0	308.0	159	25	25	25	45
18	10-3	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	22.3948	48.0	295.5	158				61
19	10-3	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	22.3861	60.0	279.0	157	15	13	13	11
20	9-3	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	21.8508	52.0	250.5	143	22	22	22	16
21	9-3	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	21.6595	55.5	247.0	145	21	20	20	26
22	10-2	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	21.4269	51.0	252.5	147				52
23	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	21.2292	53.5	241.5	144	17	16	14	17
24	10-2	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	21.1879	49.5	244.0	143				71
25	11-2	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	21.0514	53.0	266.5	157				48
26	8-4	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	20.6528	47.0	241.0	144	24			22
27	7-5	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	20.4804	42.5	249.0	147				24
28	10-2	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	20.3222	49.5	230.0	142	20	19	18	29
29	8-4	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	19.9236	47.0	230.5	144				36
30	7-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	19.5913	44.0	232.5	146				46
31	8-4	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	19.5228	44.0	231.5	146	23	24	23	19
32	9-3	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	19.5223	55.5	217.5	146	19	17	17	12
33	7-5	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	19.5087	39.0	232.5	143				30
34	7-5	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	19.2997	40.5	232.5	146				28
35	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	19.0374	41.0	226.5	145				34
36	7-4	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	18.2800	36.5	196.0	131				54
37	8-4	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	18.2213	49.0	205.0	145				23
38	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	17.7955	39.0	208.0	143				59
39	8-4	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	17.3889	47.0	194.0	144				18
40	9-4	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	16.8013	43.0	210.5	156				91
41	9-3	349	West Point	Army	Ind	16.6739	44.5	188.0	145				64
42	7-5	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	16.5347	40.5	189.5	144				25
43	6-6	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	16.2414	37.5	191.5	146				38
44	9-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	16.1379	43.0	204.0	159				60
45	6-6	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	16.0905	37.5	188.0	145				50
46	7-5	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	16.0822	39.0	183.5	143				44
47	9-2	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	15.6485	44.5	152.0	131		23	24	47
48	7-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	15.4095	40.5	174.5	145				32
49	7-5	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	15.1582	40.5	168.5	143				41
50	5-6	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	14.8920	29.0	163.0	133				33
51	6-6	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	14.5076	35.5	164.0	142				40
52	8-4	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	14.5069	39.5	161.5	144				87
53	8-4	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	14.4861	38.0	163.0	144				110
54	6-6	145	Oxford	Ole Miss ineligible	SEC	14.2708	32.5	166.5	144				55
55	8-4	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	14.2582	38.0	157.5	142				102
56	8-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	14.1882	39.5	158.0	145				62
57	8-4	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	13.7778	39.5	151.0	144				73
58	7-5	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	13.4095	40.5	145.5	145				42
59	7-5	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	13.3794	33.0	152.0	143				67
60	6-6	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	13.2639	30.0	155.0	144				63
61	8-4	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	13.1667	38.0	143.0	143				69
62	6-6	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	13.1458	34.0	148.5	144				43
63	8-4	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	13.0967	38.0	142.0	143				88
64	6-6	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	13.0580	32.5	148.0	143				68
65	6-6	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	13.0431	34.0	146.0	143				20
66	4-8	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	13.0347	21.0	162.5	144				58
67	5-7	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	12.9255	27.5	151.0	142				56
68	6-6	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	12.5169	37.5	139.0	148				27
69	7-5	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	12.3958	35.0	136.5	144				82
70	7-5	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	12.2431	39.0	129.5	144				35
71	6-6	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	12.1641	32.5	139.0	147				39
72	6-6	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	11.6092	28.0	134.5	145				92
73	5-7	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	11.5321	23.0	137.5	143				80
74	4-7	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	11.4378	24.5	122.5	133				51
75	7-4	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	11.4351	33.0	110.5	131				76
76	5-7	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	11.2576	26.0	130.0	143				77
77	5-7	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	11.2098	29.0	127.5	145				53
78	5-7	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	11.0546	23.0	132.5	145				94
79	7-5	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	11.0377	33.0	121.0	146				81
80	7-6	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	10.5639	33.0	126.0	157				100
81	6-6	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	9.8511	28.0	106.0	141				83
82	4-8	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	9.5142	18.0	113.0	141				114
83	4-8	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	9.4267	22.5	109.5	145				84
84	6-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	9.3147	31.5	97.0	145				98
85	5-7	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	9.1480	29.5	97.0	145				66
86	4-8	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	9.1451	24.5	103.0	145				74
87	6-6	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	9.1142	28.0	99.0	146				78
88	5-7	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	9.0347	23.0	102.5	144				90
89	7-5	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	8.8060	34.5	86.0	145				72
90	6-6	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	8.7569	28.0	92.5	144				97
91	5-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	8.6020	27.5	91.5	145				49
92	5-7	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	8.5459	25.0	95.0	147				104
93	6-5	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	8.5288	30.0	76.0	131				117
94	6-6	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	8.4218	28.0	89.5	147				85
95	5-7	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	8.3955	23.0	92.0	142				121
96	6-5	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	8.2879	29.5	74.0	132				93
97	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	7.9009	26.0	82.0	143				65
98	6-6	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	7.8542	28.0	79.5	144				109
99	4-8	70	Moscow	Idaho	Sun Belt	7.7676	18.0	89.0	142				112
100	4-8	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	7.6109	19.5	85.0	142				75
101	4-8	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	7.5905	19.5	86.5	145				70
102	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	7.5408	20.0	84.0	143				105
103	4-8	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	7.3042	18.0	83.0	143				108
104	5-7	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	7.2960	23.0	78.0	145				122
105	6-6	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Sun Belt	7.1853	30.0	67.0	143				103
106	4-8	113	Amherst	UMass	Ind	6.9545	18.0	78.0	143				99
107	4-8	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	6.9444	22.5	73.0	144				95
108	5-7	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	6.9325	26.5	68.5	145				86
109	3-9	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	6.2083	14.5	71.5	143				57
110	2-10	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	4.9942	10.0	59.5	143				89
111	3-9	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	4.7007	15.0	49.0	142				116
112	3-9	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	4.6045	13.0	50.0	142				113
113	3-9	324	Conway	Coastal ineligible	Sun Belt	4.5124	15.0	46.0	141				123
114	3-9	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	4.3793	15.0	46.0	147				101
115	3-9	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	4.2806	13.0	47.0	147				120
116	4-9	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	4.2777	18.0	46.0	159				96
117	2-10	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	3.8391	8.0	46.0	145				125
118	3-9	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	3.7730	13.0	39.0	145				111
119	2-10	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	3.7207	10.0	41.0	142				119
120	2-10	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	3.4943	8.0	41.0	145				128
121	2-10	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	3.3161	10.0	36.0	145				107
122	1-11	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	3.0740	5.0	38.0	143				127
123	2-10	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	2.9713	10.0	31.0	145				115
124	2-11	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	2.9231	8.0	36.0	156				126
125	2-10	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	1.9524	8.0	18.0	140				129
126	1-11	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	0.8707	3.0	9.0	145				118
127	1-11	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	0.7500	6.5	3.0	144				79
128	1-11	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	0.4167	5.0	0.0	144				124
129	1-11	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	0.2500	3.0	0.0	145				106
130	0-12	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	0.0000	0.0	0.0	145				130

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2017 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Ole Miss (self-imposed: Ole Miss (6-6) served a self-imposed bowl ban for 2017 in the NCAA recruiting case.); Coastal (FBS transition: Coastal Carolina was in the second year of its FCS-to-FBS transition and not bowl-eligible.).

Selection-day field under the 2017 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	Clemson ACC	1	12-1	1	Clemson ACC	1
2	Georgia SEC	2	12-1	2	Oklahoma Big 12	3
3	Oklahoma Big 12	3	12-1	3	Georgia SEC	2
4	Ohio State Big Ten	4	11-2	4	Alabama SEC	7

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Clemson vs #4 Ohio State
#2 Georgia vs #3 Oklahoma

Real matchups

Semifinals

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

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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