2018 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	CFP12/2	AP12/2	Coaches12/2	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	13-0	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	36.9541	79.5	478.0	155	2	2	2	2
2	12-0	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	36.4201	75.0	443.5	147	3	3	3	7
3	13-0	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	34.4395	78.0	446.5	157	1	1	1	1
4	12-1	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	32.1705	75.0	414.5	157	4	4	4	6
5	12-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.7445	76.5	406.0	157	6	5	5	5
6	11-2	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	30.1911	65.0	395.5	157	5	6	6	3
7	10-2	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	28.2146	62.0	336.5	146	7	8	8	4
8	12-0	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	27.9855	59.5	338.5	147	8	7	7	23
9	10-3	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	27.4816	60.0	359.0	157	9	9	9	10
10	10-2	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	26.2198	58.5	309.5	145	13	12	13	17
11	9-4	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	23.9388	57.0	307.0	157	15	14	14	22
12	9-3	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	23.4023	52.0	276.5	145	14	16	15	26
13	9-3	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	23.3921	55.5	274.0	146	12	13	12	8
14	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	23.2032	52.0	275.5	146	11	11	11	16
15	9-4	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	22.8291	52.0	297.5	158	17	20	19	15
16	10-3	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	22.5803	50.0	296.0	158	25	23	24	27
17	9-3	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	22.5583	50.0	263.0	143	10	10	10	13
18	11-2	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	22.1670	54.5	284.0	158	21	19	21	24
19	8-3	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	22.1535	48.5	236.0	133	16	15	16	11
20	8-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	22.1478	45.5	268.0	146	19	21	20	18
21	10-2	349	West Point	Army	Ind	21.4195	46.0	255.0	145		22	25	70
22	8-4	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	21.3994	47.0	253.5	145				19
23	8-4	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	20.7098	47.0	243.5	145				14
24	10-2	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	20.2759	48.0	236.0	145				48
25	8-5	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	20.1783	52.0	254.0	157	22		22	41
26	8-4	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	19.6806	47.0	227.0	144	24	25		40
27	10-2	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	19.6458	49.5	223.5	144				42
28	7-5	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	19.4440	40.5	233.0	145				50
29	6-6	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	19.3801	39.0	235.5	146				35
30	8-4	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	19.3739	45.5	227.5	146	23	24		12
31	7-6	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	19.1985	42.0	247.5	155				51
32	9-3	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	19.1597	52.0	213.5	144	20	17	17	33
33	8-4	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	18.9306	45.5	218.0	144	18	18	18	9
34	9-3	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	18.8587	50.5	209.5	143				25
35	10-3	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	18.3397	48.0	228.5	156				73
36	7-5	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	17.9937	42.5	211.0	146				31
37	8-4	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	17.7227	45.5	202.0	145				29
38	9-3	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	17.5014	44.5	200.0	145				83
39	8-5	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	17.4124	40.0	226.5	158				78
40	8-4	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	17.3549	41.5	201.5	145				56
41	7-5	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	17.3190	39.0	204.0	145				20
42	7-5	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	17.2626	44.0	198.5	146				39
43	6-6	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	17.0587	34.5	208.5	147				53
44	10-2	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	17.0000	48.0	188.5	145			23	30
45	9-3	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	16.7083	43.0	189.0	144				79
46	7-5	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	16.6303	39.0	190.0	142				21
47	7-5	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	16.3879	39.0	190.5	145				28
48	7-5	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	16.3121	40.5	185.0	143				52
49	10-3	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	16.3077	49.5	195.0	156				74
50	7-5	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	16.3056	39.0	188.0	144				38
51	6-6	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	16.2945	32.5	197.0	145				34
52	8-4	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	16.0688	38.0	184.5	143				75
53	6-6	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	15.4885	34.0	183.5	145				44
54	7-5	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	15.3479	39.0	173.0	143				47
55	8-4	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	15.0417	38.0	171.0	144				58
56	7-5	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	14.8818	40.5	168.0	146				37
57	7-5	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	14.8750	34.5	174.0	145				82
58	7-5	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	14.7486	42.5	162.5	145				32
59	6-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	14.5587	34.0	166.5	142				54
60	9-3	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	14.4776	44.5	154.0	143				72
61	8-5	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	14.1573	38.0	177.5	158				76
62	8-4	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	13.4287	39.5	148.0	146				59
63	6-6	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	13.3933	32.5	156.0	146				60
64	6-6	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	13.2928	31.0	158.5	148				66
65	8-4	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	12.8908	38.0	141.0	145				90
66	7-5	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	12.8405	34.5	144.5	145				86
67	8-4	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	12.8218	38.0	140.0	145				87
68	6-6	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	12.8132	32.5	144.5	143				46
69	6-6	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	12.3472	34.0	137.0	144				64
70	5-7	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	12.3436	31.0	142.5	146				43
71	7-5	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	12.2586	34.5	137.0	146				85
72	5-7	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	12.2569	27.5	143.5	144				36
73	7-5	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	12.1944	33.0	136.0	144				94
74	7-5	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	12.1549	36.0	130.0	142				93
75	8-5	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	12.1319	38.0	145.5	158				106
76	6-6	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	12.1293	28.0	144.0	147				88
77	5-7	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	11.9931	26.0	141.5	144				65
78	6-6	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	11.8493	30.0	136.5	146				84
79	5-7	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	11.6710	27.5	136.0	145				68
80	7-5	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	11.6389	33.0	128.0	144				95
81	6-6	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	11.5641	28.0	132.0	143				105
82	5-7	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	11.5217	31.0	130.5	146				49
83	5-7	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	11.4928	29.5	131.0	145				62
84	8-5	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	11.3205	38.0	131.0	156				45
85	6-5	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	11.1818	28.0	114.0	132				97
86	5-7	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	11.1667	29.0	126.0	144				61
87	7-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	10.8397	33.0	129.5	156				102
88	6-6	2335	Lynchburg	Liberty ineligible	Ind	10.4061	26.0	117.0	142				114
89	7-5	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	10.3527	33.0	111.0	146				71
90	5-7	324	Conway	Coastal	Sun Belt	10.3305	23.0	122.0	145				116
91	5-7	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	10.1882	27.5	114.5	145				69
92	4-8	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	9.9229	22.5	117.5	146				55
93	5-7	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	9.7934	23.0	115.0	146				92
94	5-7	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	9.5833	27.5	105.0	144				63
95	6-6	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	8.8059	28.0	94.5	146				89
96	3-9	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	8.4155	19.5	100.5	148				67
97	5-7	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	8.2708	23.0	91.5	144				109
98	4-8	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	8.1767	19.5	95.0	145				117
99	5-7	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	7.7787	23.0	85.0	145				96
100	4-8	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	7.6379	18.0	89.0	145				110
101	5-7	145	Oxford	Ole Miss ineligible	SEC	7.5486	26.0	77.5	144				57
102	5-7	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	7.5374	23.0	81.5	145				81
103	4-8	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	6.7620	19.5	75.0	146				108
104	4-8	113	Amherst	UMass	Ind	6.6736	18.0	74.5	144				107
105	4-8	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	6.0903	21.0	62.5	144				98
106	4-8	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	5.7014	18.0	60.5	144				112
107	3-9	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	5.1389	15.0	56.0	144				115
108	3-9	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Ind	4.9799	13.0	56.5	145				125
109	3-10	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	4.8217	13.0	60.0	157				99
110	2-9	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	4.6136	9.5	49.5	132				77
111	2-10	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	4.5632	8.0	56.5	145				121
112	3-9	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	4.4861	13.0	49.0	144				113
113	3-9	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	4.4167	18.0	42.0	144				80
114	3-9	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4.2902	13.0	46.5	145				127
115	3-9	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	4.1042	13.0	43.5	144				122
116	3-9	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	4.0970	13.0	44.0	146				100
117	3-9	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	3.6128	16.5	32.0	143				120
118	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	3.1681	16.5	26.0	145				111
119	2-10	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	3.0460	8.0	34.5	145				103
120	3-9	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	3.0431	15.0	26.0	145				124
121	2-10	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	2.8951	9.5	30.5	145				104
122	3-9	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	2.8542	13.0	25.5	144				126
123	2-11	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	2.8269	8.0	34.5	156				128
124	2-10	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	2.4149	8.0	25.0	143				123
125	2-10	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	2.1944	8.0	22.0	144				91
126	1-11	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	2.0431	3.0	26.0	145				118
127	1-11	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	1.6580	5.0	18.0	145				119
128	1-11	41	East Hartford	UConn	AAC	1.4914	3.0	18.0	145				129
129	1-11	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	1.3010	5.0	13.0	147				101
130	1-11	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	0.9722	5.0	8.0	144				130

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2018 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: Liberty (FBS transition: Liberty (6-6) was not bowl-eligible until 2019 because of its FCS-to-FBS transition.); Ole Miss (NCAA sanctions: Ole Miss served the additional NCAA-imposed bowl-ban year (5-7); the 2017 self-imposed year counted toward the two-year ban.).

Selection-day field under the 2018 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	Clemson ACC	1	13-0	1	Alabama SEC	3
2	Notre Dame Ind	2	12-0	2	Clemson ACC	1
3	Alabama SEC	3	13-0	3	Notre Dame Ind	2
4	Oklahoma Big 12	4	12-1	4	Oklahoma Big 12	4

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Clemson vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 Notre Dame vs #3 Alabama

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Oklahoma
#2 Clemson vs #3 Notre Dame

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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