2021 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	CFP12/5	AP12/5	Coaches12/5	FPIfinal pre-bowl
1	12-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	33.5645	71.5	435.0	155	1	1	1	2
2	12-1	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	32.0667	75.0	415.5	158	2	2	2	4
3	12-1	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	31.1638	73.0	396.0	155	3	3	3	1
4	11-2	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	30.3846	65.0	396.0	156	7	6	6	18
5	11-2	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	29.8726	65.0	390.5	157	9	9	9	8
6	11-1	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	29.6394	68.5	347.0	145	5	5	5	5
7	13-0	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	AAC	28.4744	66.0	365.0	156	4	4	4	7
8	10-2	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	27.3242	62.0	323.5	146	6	7	7	3
9	10-3	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	26.9143	61.5	350.5	158	11	10	11	12
10	10-2	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	26.1250	58.5	306.0	144	8	8	8	17
11	10-3	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	26.0804	60.0	337.0	157	14	15	15	26
12	11-2	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	26.0449	66.5	326.5	156	12	13	12	10
13	10-2	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	25.9375	60.0	301.5	144	10	11	10	21
14	10-2	252	Provo	BYU	Ind	24.6473	57.0	290.5	146	13	12	14	39
15	10-3	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	24.2436	58.5	308.0	156	17	20	19	29
16	12-1	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	23.6972	58.0	302.0	157	23	16	17	51
17	12-1	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	CUSA	23.3269	59.5	292.5	156		24	25	56
18	8-4	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	22.6450	49.0	271.0	146				13
19	10-3	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	22.5857	62.0	281.5	158	15	17	16	35
20	10-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	22.3448	60.0	251.5	145	16	14	13	6
21	11-2	21	Carson	San Diego St	MWC	21.9976	56.0	279.5	158	24			71
22	9-3	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	21.6944	52.0	250.0	144	18	18	18	16
23	9-3	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	21.6844	53.5	251.5	146	19	19	22	11
24	8-4	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	21.4971	45.5	258.5	146	25	23	23	15
25	8-4	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	20.3118	50.5	233.5	145				25
26	7-5	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	20.1216	40.5	244.5	146				20
27	10-3	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	19.9223	49.5	253.0	157				77
28	10-3	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	19.8388	48.0	253.5	157				24
29	9-3	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	19.4722	52.0	218.0	144	22	25	20	30
30	8-4	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	19.4497	50.5	221.0	145				33
31	9-3	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	19.3933	44.5	229.0	146				55
32	7-5	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	19.2432	35.0	240.0	147				40
33	8-4	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	18.6882	45.5	216.0	145	21	22	24	28
34	7-5	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	18.5486	40.5	218.5	144				23
35	9-4	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	18.5180	44.5	238.5	158				97
36	7-5	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	18.1353	40.5	215.5	146				48
37	11-2	248	Houston	Houston	AAC	17.7949	53.0	214.0	156	20	21	21	41
38	7-5	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	17.5819	40.5	206.0	145				14
39	7-5	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	17.1764	40.5	201.5	146				9
40	8-4	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	16.9294	50.5	187.0	147				31
41	9-3	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	16.8592	43.0	192.5	145				67
42	7-5	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	16.7106	34.5	202.0	146				81
43	8-4	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	16.4653	38.0	191.5	144				78
44	7-5	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	16.2371	40.5	186.5	145				42
45	8-4	349	West Point	Army	Ind	16.1322	38.0	188.0	145				61
46	6-6	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	15.9152	32.5	191.5	145				19
47	7-5	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	15.8630	42.0	180.5	146				53
48	6-6	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	15.8333	34.0	188.5	145				36
49	6-6	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	15.6597	32.5	186.5	144				37
50	7-5	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	15.3733	39.0	177.0	146				22
51	8-4	9	Tempe	Arizona St	Pac-12	15.0972	47.0	161.0	144				38
52	8-4	5	Birmingham	UAB	CUSA	14.8563	38.0	169.5	145				64
53	8-5	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	14.6747	38.0	184.5	157				47
54	5-7	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	14.5672	29.5	178.0	147				27
55	10-2	324	Conway	Coastal	Sun Belt	14.4028	49.5	148.0	144				43
56	6-6	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	14.2569	34.0	164.5	144				45
57	8-4	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	14.0503	39.5	156.0	145				46
58	6-6	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	13.9412	32.5	164.0	146				59
59	7-5	2335	Lynchburg	Liberty	Ind	13.7917	33.0	159.0	144				68
60	6-6	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	13.7717	28.0	167.0	146				92
61	8-4	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	13.7055	39.5	151.0	145				54
62	6-6	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	13.6825	35.5	155.5	145				44
63	7-5	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	13.6016	35.0	156.0	146				88
64	7-5	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	13.5139	33.0	155.0	144				91
65	5-7	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	13.3542	29.0	157.5	144				70
66	6-6	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	13.3333	32.5	153.0	144				76
67	6-6	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	13.2708	35.5	148.5	144				49
68	6-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	13.0764	34.0	147.5	144				50
69	7-5	276	Huntington	Marshall	CUSA	12.6121	33.0	143.0	145				63
70	6-6	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	12.5936	34.0	142.5	146				75
71	8-4	2116	Orlando	UCF	AAC	12.5764	38.0	135.5	144				62
72	5-7	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	12.4806	31.0	144.5	146				65
73	5-7	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	12.1667	31.0	138.0	144				52
74	7-6	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	12.0954	33.0	151.0	158				100
75	6-6	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	12.0139	32.5	134.0	144				73
76	6-6	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	11.8819	28.0	137.5	144				95
77	6-6	249	Denton	North Texas	CUSA	11.7431	28.0	135.5	144				94
78	5-7	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	11.7222	29.0	134.0	144				66
79	6-6	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	11.6997	29.5	134.0	145				79
80	7-5	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	11.4306	33.0	125.0	144				57
81	7-5	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	11.2672	33.0	123.5	145				80
82	6-6	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	11.1911	32.5	123.0	145				32
83	6-6	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	10.7292	32.5	115.5	144				69
84	6-6	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	10.4931	28.0	117.5	144				85
85	5-7	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	10.4770	26.0	120.5	145				72
86	4-8	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	9.8174	20.0	119.0	146				103
87	6-6	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	9.7603	30.0	106.0	146				74
88	7-5	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	9.6250	33.0	99.0	144				110
89	6-7	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	9.6061	28.0	117.0	157				102
90	6-6	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	CUSA	9.5747	28.0	105.0	145				105
91	4-8	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	9.0685	18.0	110.5	146				120
92	6-6	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	8.9540	28.0	96.0	145				89
93	5-7	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	8.7500	27.5	93.0	144				82
94	4-8	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	8.6250	19.5	101.5	145				123
95	4-8	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	8.5244	24.5	94.0	145				58
96	5-7	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	CUSA	8.2708	23.0	91.5	144				93
97	3-9	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	8.0976	19.5	94.5	146				87
98	4-8	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	7.4267	22.5	80.5	145				86
99	5-7	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	7.3994	23.0	79.5	145				101
100	5-7	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	CUSA	7.2847	24.5	75.5	144				117
101	5-7	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	7.1906	23.0	77.0	146				108
102	5-7	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	6.8477	23.0	71.5	145				109
103	3-9	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	6.7100	16.0	78.5	146				83
104	3-9	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	6.3958	13.0	76.5	144				104
105	4-8	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	6.3865	24.5	63.0	145				60
106	4-8	242	Houston	Rice	CUSA	6.3276	18.0	70.0	145				122
107	3-9	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	6.0417	15.0	69.0	144				114
108	3-9	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	5.9760	15.0	69.0	146				98
109	4-8	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	5.2529	20.0	52.0	145				119
110	3-9	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	5.1739	14.5	57.5	145				96
111	4-8	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	5.0172	18.0	51.0	145				99
112	3-9	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	4.6911	14.5	50.5	145				34
113	2-10	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	4.2986	9.5	50.5	144				115
114	3-9	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	4.0230	16.0	39.0	145				113
115	2-10	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	3.9660	8.0	48.5	147				84
116	3-9	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	3.7385	13.0	38.5	145				111
117	3-9	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	3.6695	13.0	37.5	145				125
118	2-10	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	3.6224	10.0	41.0	147				112
119	3-9	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	3.5661	13.0	36.0	145				124
120	2-10	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	3.4792	8.0	40.5	144				128
121	2-10	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	3.3218	8.0	38.5	145				107
122	3-9	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	CUSA	3.0144	13.0	28.0	145				116
123	2-10	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	2.8391	8.0	31.5	145				118
124	1-11	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	2.5280	6.5	29.0	146				106
125	2-10	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	Ind	2.2207	8.0	23.0	148				127
126	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	2.0833	10.0	18.0	144				121
127	2-10	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	1.6322	8.0	14.0	145				90
128	1-11	41	East Hartford	UConn	Ind	1.3063	3.0	15.0	142				129
129	1-11	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	0.6696	3.0	6.0	143				126
130	1-11	113	Amherst	UMass	Ind	0.6265	5.0	3.0	143				130

Selection-day field under the 2021 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	12-1	1	Alabama SEC	1
2	Michigan Big Ten	2	12-1	2	Michigan Big Ten	2
3	Georgia SEC	3	12-1	3	Georgia SEC	3
4	Baylor Big 12	4	11-2	4	Cincinnati AAC	7

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Baylor
#2 Michigan vs #3 Georgia

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Alabama vs #4 Cincinnati
#2 Michigan 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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