2023 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	13-0	264	Seattle	Washington	Pac-12	37.4328	81.5	495.5	159	2	2	2	13
2	13-0	130	Ann Arbor	Michigan	Big Ten	35.9323	80.0	470.5	158	1	1	1	1
3	12-1	251	Austin	Texas	Big 12	34.9464	75.0	461.0	158	3	3	4	7
4	12-1	333	Tuscaloosa	Alabama	SEC	34.2898	71.5	452.0	157	4	5	4	5
5	13-0	52	Tallahassee	Florida St	ACC	33.6154	79.5	429.0	156	5	4	3	11
6	11-1	194	Columbus	Ohio State	Big Ten	31.5139	66.5	374.0	144	7	7	7	2
7	12-1	61	Athens	Georgia	SEC	30.7564	71.5	394.0	156	6	6	6	6
8	10-2	201	Norman	Oklahoma	Big 12	30.0757	60.5	368.0	147	12	12	12	8
9	10-2	213	University Park	Penn State	Big Ten	27.5862	60.0	327.5	145	10	10	10	3
10	13-0	2335	Lynchburg	Liberty	CUSA	25.9688	65.0	335.5	160	23	18	20	49
11	11-2	2483	Eugene	Oregon	Pac-12	25.9065	66.5	328.5	158	8	8	8	4
12	10-2	142	Columbia	Missouri	SEC	25.8472	58.5	302.0	144	9	9	9	16
13	10-3	97	Louisville	Louisville	ACC	25.5962	61.5	325.5	156	15	16	15	23
14	10-2	145	Oxford	Ole Miss	SEC	25.3545	58.5	299.0	146	11	11	11	15
15	11-1	256	Harrisonburg	James Madison ineligible	Sun Belt	25.0934	54.5	298.0	145		24	25	37
16	10-3	2294	Iowa City	Iowa	Big Ten	24.5781	62.0	311.0	157	17	20	17	41
17	9-4	197	Stillwater	Oklahoma St	Big 12	23.7821	55.0	305.0	156	20	22	21	40
18	9-3	99	Baton Rouge	LSU	SEC	23.0920	52.0	272.0	145	13	13	13	9
19	9-3	152	Raleigh	NC State	ACC	22.7361	52.0	265.0	144	18	19	18	36
20	9-3	87	Notre Dame	Notre Dame	Ind	21.8681	52.0	252.5	144	16	15	16	10
21	11-2	2653	Troy	Troy	Sun Belt	21.7051	53.0	275.0	156				45
22	11-2	2649	Toledo	Toledo	MAC	21.6565	53.0	276.0	157				61
23	9-3	12	Tucson	Arizona	Pac-12	21.6111	53.5	247.0	144	14	14	14	22
24	8-4	228	Clemson	Clemson	ACC	20.8611	47.0	244.0	144	22			19
25	8-4	2306	Manhattan	Kansas St	Big 12	20.8002	47.0	246.5	146	25			12
26	11-2	2655	New Orleans	Tulane	AAC	20.7221	53.0	258.0	155		23	24	52
27	8-4	153	Chapel Hill	North Carolina	ACC	20.4444	47.0	238.0	144				26
28	11-2	2567	Dallas	SMU	AAC	20.2871	53.0	254.5	157	24	17	19	20
29	8-4	204	Corvallis	Oregon St	Pac-12	20.0675	45.5	236.0	145	19	21	22	18
30	8-4	2305	Lawrence	Kansas	Big 12	19.7787	47.0	230.0	145				29
31	8-4	254	Salt Lake City	Utah	Pac-12	18.9382	48.5	216.0	145				25
32	11-2	193	Oxford	Miami OH	MAC	18.4917	54.5	224.5	157				71
33	7-5	150	Durham	Duke	ACC	18.3060	40.5	216.5	145				32
34	8-4	2633	Knoxville	Tennessee	SEC	18.2399	45.5	209.5	145	21	25	23	17
35	8-5	68	Boise	Boise St	MWC	18.2097	38.0	240.0	157				46
36	7-5	324	Conway	Coastal	Sun Belt	17.7153	33.0	215.5	144				79
37	7-5	66	Ames	Iowa State	Big 12	17.6781	42.0	207.0	146				31
38	7-5	2390	Miami Gardens	Miami	ACC	17.5993	39.0	209.5	146				24
39	8-4	277	Morgantown	West Virginia	Big 12	17.2708	48.5	190.5	144				44
40	7-5	77	Evanston	Northwestern	Big Ten	17.0903	40.5	197.5	144				64
41	8-4	2751	Laramie	Wyoming	MWC	16.9403	39.5	202.0	148				77
42	7-5	275	Madison	Wisconsin	Big Ten	16.7486	42.5	191.5	145				43
43	9-3	235	Memphis	Memphis	AAC	16.6998	43.0	191.5	146				53
44	7-5	30	Los Angeles	USC	Pac-12	16.4869	42.5	189.0	146				21
45	7-5	26	Pasadena	UCLA	Pac-12	16.4668	39.0	189.0	143				35
46	8-4	2005	USAF Academy	Air Force	MWC	16.0434	38.0	188.0	146				66
47	9-3	195	Athens	Ohio	MAC	15.7569	44.5	173.5	144				85
48	8-4	278	Fresno	Fresno St	MWC	15.6580	41.0	177.5	145				80
49	9-4	2439	Las Vegas	UNLV	MWC	15.4800	44.5	190.5	158				74
50	8-4	2636	San Antonio	UTSA	AAC	15.1954	40.0	172.0	145				57
51	10-4	166	Las Cruces	New Mexico St	CUSA	15.1828	49.5	198.0	170				91
52	8-5	2026	Boone	App State	Sun Belt	15.1026	38.0	190.0	156				68
53	7-5	23	San Jose	San José St	MWC	14.9949	33.0	180.0	147				63
54	6-6	59	Atlanta	Georgia Tech	ACC	14.6135	35.5	169.0	145				51
55	6-6	2641	Lubbock	Texas Tech	Big 12	14.5790	35.5	168.5	145				39
56	7-5	96	Lexington	Kentucky	SEC	14.4829	39.0	164.0	146				34
57	5-7	135	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Big Ten	13.9994	29.5	168.5	146				67
58	6-6	2116	Orlando	UCF	Big 12	13.8807	32.5	162.0	145				27
59	7-5	245	College Station	Texas A&M	SEC	13.5278	39.0	148.0	144				14
60	7-5	120	College Park	Maryland	Big Ten	13.3056	40.5	143.0	144				33
61	6-6	276	Huntington	Marshall	Sun Belt	13.2514	29.5	156.5	145				92
62	6-6	25	Berkeley	California	Pac-12	13.1437	34.0	149.5	145				48
63	6-6	259	Blacksburg	Virginia Tech	ACC	13.1250	37.5	146.0	146				47
64	6-6	349	West Point	Army	Ind	13.1107	26.0	156.5	143				101
65	5-7	356	Champaign	Illinois	Big Ten	13.1090	29.5	155.5	146				62
66	8-4	55	Jacksonville	Jax State ineligible	CUSA	12.9954	38.0	143.5	146				82
67	6-6	103	Chestnut Hill	Boston College	ACC	12.6394	32.5	144.0	145				86
68	6-6	164	Piscataway	Rutgers	Big Ten	12.2816	34.0	137.0	145				54
69	6-6	6	Mobile	South Alabama	Sun Belt	12.2186	29.5	142.5	146				59
70	5-7	158	Lincoln	Nebraska	Big Ten	12.0816	29.5	140.5	146				60
71	6-6	2459	Dekalb	N Illinois	MAC	11.9306	31.5	134.0	144				94
72	6-6	295	Norfolk	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	11.9167	28.0	138.0	144				104
73	5-7	2579	Columbia	South Carolina	SEC	11.8750	27.5	138.0	144				42
74	5-7	2628	Fort Worth	TCU	Big 12	11.8403	27.5	137.5	144				28
75	5-7	265	Pullman	Washington St	Pac-12	11.6365	27.5	135.5	145				50
76	6-6	2247	Atlanta	Georgia St	Sun Belt	11.6092	28.0	134.5	145				100
77	7-5	326	San Marcos	Texas St	Sun Belt	11.5903	34.5	125.5	144				99
78	6-6	183	Syracuse	Syracuse	ACC	11.3889	32.5	125.0	144				55
79	7-5	189	Bowling Green	Bowling Green	MAC	11.1403	34.5	121.5	147				90
80	5-8	62	Honolulu	Hawai'i	MWC	10.9880	23.0	147.5	160				123
81	6-6	2	Auburn	Auburn	SEC	10.7925	34.0	117.0	147				30
82	7-5	98	Bowling Green	Western KY	CUSA	10.7295	33.0	116.5	146				87
83	6-6	58	Tampa	South Florida	AAC	10.7126	28.0	121.5	145				106
84	5-7	344	Starkville	Mississippi St	SEC	10.0139	26.0	113.0	144				58
85	4-8	248	Houston	Houston	Big 12	9.9646	23.0	117.5	146				76
86	5-7	2117	Mount Pleasant	C Michigan	MAC	9.9028	23.0	115.0	144				114
87	6-6	309	Lafayette	Louisiana	Sun Belt	9.8873	28.0	105.0	139				89
88	4-8	2509	West Lafayette	Purdue	Big Ten	9.7694	26.0	111.0	146				69
89	6-6	290	Statesboro	GA Southern	Sun Belt	9.6250	28.0	105.0	144				96
90	4-8	21	San Diego	San Diego St	MWC	9.6034	18.0	117.5	145				109
91	5-7	252	Provo	BYU	Big 12	9.2227	27.5	100.5	145				73
92	6-6	2032	Jonesboro	Arkansas St	Sun Belt	9.0816	28.0	96.5	143				102
93	5-7	57	Gainesville	Florida	SEC	8.8194	27.5	94.0	144				38
94	4-8	38	Boulder	Colorado	Pac-12	8.6624	24.5	96.0	145				75
95	3-9	258	Charlottesville	Virginia	ACC	8.6597	16.0	105.5	144				88
96	6-6	328	Logan	Utah State	MWC	8.6092	28.0	91.0	145				97
97	6-6	242	Houston	Rice	AAC	8.4515	29.5	87.5	146				83
98	3-9	221	Pittsburgh	Pitt	ACC	8.2299	16.0	100.0	145				65
99	5-7	36	Fort Collins	Colorado St	MWC	8.0811	23.0	90.0	146				112
100	4-8	127	East Lansing	Michigan St	Big Ten	7.9829	21.0	91.0	146				81
101	4-8	167	Albuquerque	New Mexico	MWC	7.5135	18.0	89.0	148				120
102	6-6	2199	Ypsilanti	E Michigan	MAC	7.4375	28.0	73.5	144				122
103	5-7	249	Denton	North Texas	AAC	7.2270	23.0	77.0	145				108
104	3-9	113	Amherst	UMass	Ind	7.0968	13.0	89.0	148				127
105	4-8	2711	Kalamazoo	W Michigan	MAC	7.0862	18.0	81.0	145				116
106	3-9	9	Tempe	Arizona St ineligible	Pac-12	7.0183	16.0	83.0	146				95
107	5-7	2426	Annapolis	Navy	AAC	6.9514	23.0	72.5	144				113
108	3-9	24	Stanford	Stanford	Pac-12	6.6370	18.0	75.0	146				105
109	4-8	154	Winston-Salem	Wake Forest	ACC	6.6111	21.0	70.0	144				72
110	4-8	8	Fayetteville	Arkansas	SEC	6.4514	19.5	69.5	144				56
111	4-8	2226	Boca Raton	FAU	AAC	6.4306	18.0	71.0	144				93
112	4-8	5	Birmingham	UAB	AAC	5.7759	18.0	62.0	145				110
113	4-8	2050	Muncie	Ball State	MAC	5.6438	18.0	60.5	146				111
114	3-9	239	Waco	Baylor	Big 12	5.5347	16.0	60.5	144				84
115	4-8	202	Tulsa	Tulsa	AAC	5.4041	18.0	57.0	146				115
116	4-8	2229	Miami	FIU	CUSA	5.2671	18.0	55.0	146				132
117	3-9	2132	Cincinnati	Cincinnati	Big 12	5.0575	16.0	54.0	145				70
118	3-9	2572	Hattiesburg	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	4.9609	13.0	57.0	147				119
119	4-8	2393	Murfreesboro	MTSU	CUSA	4.9014	18.0	50.0	147				107
120	3-9	84	Bloomington	Indiana	Big Ten	4.8980	14.5	53.5	145				78
121	3-9	2638	El Paso	UTEP	CUSA	4.7477	13.0	53.5	146				121
122	3-9	41	East Hartford	UConn	Ind	4.4749	13.0	48.5	143				126
123	3-9	218	Philadelphia	Temple	AAC	3.8611	13.0	40.0	144				129
124	3-9	2429	Charlotte	Charlotte	AAC	3.8264	13.0	39.5	144				124
125	2-10	2433	Monroe	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	3.5977	8.0	42.5	145				130
126	3-9	2084	Buffalo	Buffalo	MAC	3.5788	15.0	34.0	146				117
127	3-9	2534	Huntsville	Sam Houston ineligible	CUSA	3.5486	13.0	35.5	144				118
128	2-10	151	Greenville	East Carolina	AAC	3.3197	8.0	39.0	147				98
129	2-10	2440	Reno	Nevada	MWC	3.3161	10.0	36.0	145				128
130	3-9	2348	Ruston	Louisiana Tech	CUSA	3.2664	13.0	31.0	142				125
131	2-10	238	Nashville	Vanderbilt	SEC	3.0639	8.0	35.0	146				103
132	2-10	2006	Akron	Akron	MAC	1.7156	8.0	15.0	143				131
133	1-11	2309	Kent	Kent State	MAC	0.7708	3.0	7.5	144				133

Pink rows are ineligible for the 2023 postseason and are skipped for the cut line: James Madison (FBS transition: James Madison (11-1) was in year two of the FCS-to-FBS transition and not eligible for the postseason rankings; only conditionally bowl-eligible and the NCAA denied its waiver.); Jax State (FBS transition: Jacksonville State was in year two of the FCS-to-FBS transition; only conditionally bowl-eligible and ineligible for the CFP rankings.); Arizona St (self-imposed: Arizona State self-imposed a 2023 bowl ban over 2020 recruiting violations (3-9).); Sam Houston (FBS transition: Sam Houston was bowl-ineligible due to its FCS-to-FBS transition (3-9).).

Selection-day field under the 2023 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	Washington Pac-12	1	13-0	1	Michigan Big Ten	2
2	Michigan Big Ten	2	13-0	2	Washington Pac-12	1
3	Texas Big 12	3	12-1	3	Texas Big 12	3
4	Alabama SEC	4	12-1	4	Alabama SEC	4

Harbin matchups

Semifinals

#1 Washington vs #4 Alabama
#2 Michigan vs #3 Texas

Real matchups

Semifinals

#1 Michigan vs #4 Alabama
#2 Washington vs #3 Texas

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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