Using our proprietary formula, we rank all 130 FBS college football teams as we head to the 2018 college football season. Here are our data driven 2018 college football power rankings as we head to week 9 of the season.
Top 5 teams moving up for week 9 – Texas Tech, Missouri, California, Boise State and Purdue
Top 5 teams moving down for week 9 – NC State, Memphis, Kansas, Duke and Tennessee
2018 College Football Power Rankings – Week 9
| RANK | TEAM | Conference |
| 1 | Alabama | SEC |
| 2 | Clemson | ACC |
| 3 | Michigan | BIG TEN |
| 4 | Oklahoma | BIG 12 |
| 5 | Georgia | SEC |
| 6 | Ohio State | BIG TEN |
| 7 | Penn State | BIG TEN |
| 8 | UCF | AMERICAN |
| 9 | LSU | SEC |
| 10 | Iowa | BIG TEN |
| 11 | Florida | SEC |
| 12 | Washington State | PAC 12 |
| 13 | Wisconsin | BIG TEN |
| 14 | Purdue | BIG TEN |
| 15 | Utah State | MWC |
| 16 | Fresno State | MWC |
| 17 | West Virginia | BIG 12 |
| 18 | Kentucky | SEC |
| 19 | Boise State | MWC |
| 20 | Utah | PAC 12 |
| 21 | Miami (FL) | ACC |
| 22 | Washington | PAC 12 |
| 23 | Cincinnati | AMERICAN |
| 24 | Notre Dame | IND |
| 25 | Houston | AMERICAN |
| 26 | Syracuse | ACC |
| 27 | Texas | BIG 12 |
| 28 | Texas Tech | BIG 12 |
| 29 | Appalachian State | SUN BELT |
| 30 | Mississippi State | SEC |
| 31 | Boston College | ACC |
| 32 | Oregon | PAC 12 |
| 33 | North Carolina State | ACC |
| 34 | Auburn | SEC |
| 35 | Arizona State | PAC 12 |
| 36 | Colorado | PAC 12 |
| 37 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 38 | Virginia | ACC |
| 39 | South Florida | AMERICAN |
| 40 | Army | IND |
| 41 | Oklahoma State | BIG 12 |
| 42 | Temple | AMERICAN |
| 43 | Duke | ACC |
| 44 | Maryland | BIG TEN |
| 45 | South Carolina | SEC |
| 46 | Missouri | SEC |
| 47 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| 48 | Iowa State | BIG 12 |
| 49 | Stanford | PAC 12 |
| 50 | Michigan State | BIG TEN |
| 51 | Memphis | AMERICAN |
| 52 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
| 53 | North Texas | C-USA |
| 54 | Florida State | ACC |
| 55 | Northwestern | BIG TEN |
| 56 | California | PAC 12 |
| 57 | Mississippi | SEC |
| 58 | Georgia Southern | SUN BELT |
| 59 | USC | PAC 12 |
| 60 | UAB | C-USA |
| 61 | Baylor | BIG 12 |
| 62 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 63 | Kansas State | BIG 12 |
| 64 | Indiana | BIG TEN |
| 65 | Minnesota | BIG TEN |
| 66 | Air Force | MWC |
| 67 | Buffalo | MAC |
| 68 | Kansas | BIG 12 |
| 69 | TCU | BIG 12 |
| 70 | San Diego State | MWC |
| 71 | Arizona | PAC 12 |
| 72 | Hawaii | MWC |
| 73 | Ohio | MAC |
| 74 | Florida International | C-USA |
| 75 | BYU | IND |
| 76 | UCLA | PAC 12 |
| 77 | New Mexico | MWC |
| 78 | Troy | SUN BELT |
| 79 | Nebraska | BIG TEN |
| 80 | North Carolina | ACC |
| 81 | Miami (OH) | MAC |
| 82 | Eastern Michigan | MAC |
| 83 | Arkansas | SEC |
| 84 | Marshall | C-USA |
| 85 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
| 86 | Nevada | MWC |
| 87 | Wake Forest | ACC |
| 88 | Western Michigan | MAC |
| 89 | Tennessee | SEC |
| 90 | Tulane | AMERICAN |
| 91 | Illinois | BIG TEN |
| 92 | Northern Illinois | MAC |
| 93 | Tulsa | AMERICAN |
| 94 | Navy | AMERICAN |
| 95 | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |
| 96 | Toledo | MAC |
| 97 | Wyoming | MWC |
| 98 | Louisville | ACC |
| 99 | Southern Mis | C-USA |
| 100 | East Carolina | AMERICAN |
| 101 | Colorado State | MWC |
| 102 | UNLV | MWC |
| 103 | Ball State | MAC |
| 104 | Liberty | IND |
| 105 | Rutgers | BIG TEN |
| 106 | SMU | AMERICAN |
| 107 | Arkansas State | SUN BELT |
| 108 | Coastal Carolina | SUN BELT |
| 109 | Akron | MAC |
| 110 | Louisiana | SUN BELT |
| 111 | Middle Tennessee | C-USA |
| 112 | Central Michigan | MAC |
| 113 | Texas State | SUN BELT |
| 114 | San Jose State | MWC |
| 115 | Florida Atlantic | C-USA |
| 116 | Old Dominion | C-USA |
| 117 | Louisiana-Monroe | SUN BELT |
| 118 | Charlotte | C-USA |
| 119 | Oregon State | PAC 12 |
| 120 | Western Kentucky | C-USA |
| 121 | Georgia State | SUN BELT |
| 122 | UTSA | C-USA |
| 123 | Massachusetts | MAC |
| 124 | UTEP | C-USA |
| 125 | Kent State | MAC |
| 126 | New Mexico State | SUN BELT |
| 127 | South Alabama | SUN BELT |
| 128 | Bowling Green | MAC |
| 129 | Connecticut | AMERICAN |
| 130 | Rice | C-USA |
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