We’ve analyzed all 128 college football teams. See our data driven preseason 2017 college football power rankings.
The Big Ten leads the way in our top 10 with 3 teams followed by the ACC, Pac-12 and SEC with two teams each and one team from the Big 12.
While only one team made the top 10, the Big 12 has six teams in our preseason top 25. The ACC, Big Ten and SEC each have five teams in the top 25 and the Pac-12 has four teams.
College Football Power Rankings – Week 1
| RANK | TEAM | CONFERENCE |
| 1 | Alabama | SEC |
| 2 | Ohio State | BIG TEN |
| 3 | Michigan | BIG TEN |
| 4 | Clemson | ACC |
| 5 | Washington | PAC 12 |
| 6 | Oklahoma | BIG 12 |
| 7 | Louisville | ACC |
| 8 | Wisconsin | BIG TEN |
| 9 | LSU | SEC |
| 10 | USC | PAC 12 |
| 11 | Washington State | PAC 12 |
| 12 | Penn State | BIG TEN |
| 13 | Auburn | SEC |
| 14 | Florida State | ACC |
| 15 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
| 16 | Stanford | PAC 12 |
| 17 | Oklahoma State | BIG 12 |
| 18 | Miami (FL.) | ACC |
| 19 | Florida | SEC |
| 20 | Iowa | BIG TEN |
| 21 | West Virginia | BIG 12 |
| 22 | Baylor | BIG 12 |
| 23 | Tennessee | SEC |
| 24 | North Carolina | ACC |
| 25 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 26 | Houston | AMERICAN |
| 27 | Utah | PAC 12 |
| 28 | Kansas State | BIG 12 |
| 29 | TCU | BIG 12 |
| 30 | Boise State | MWC |
| 31 | Temple | AMERICAN |
| 32 | San Diego State | MWC |
| 33 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
| 34 | Colorado | PAC 12 |
| 35 | Memphis | AMERICAN |
| 36 | Nebraska | BIG TEN |
| 37 | Minnesota | BIG TEN |
| 38 | South Florida | AMERICAN |
| 39 | North Carolina State | ACC |
| 40 | Northwestern | BIG TEN |
| 41 | Georgia | SEC |
| 42 | BYU | IND |
| 43 | Mississippi | SEC |
| 44 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| 45 | Tulsa | AMERICAN |
| 46 | Navy | AMERICAN |
| 47 | Mississippi State | SEC |
| 48 | Western Michigan | MAC |
| 49 | Notre Dame | IND |
| 50 | UCLA | PAC 12 |
| 51 | Air Force | MWC |
| 52 | Texas | BIG 12 |
| 53 | Indiana | BIG TEN |
| 54 | Arkansas | SEC |
| 55 | Michigan State | BIG TEN |
| 56 | Western Kentucky | C-USA |
| 57 | Texas Tech | BIG 12 |
| 58 | California | PAC 12 |
| 59 | Kentucky | SEC |
| 60 | Colorado State | MWC |
| 61 | Appalachian State | SUN BELT |
| 62 | Toledo | MAC |
| 63 | New Mexico | MWC |
| 64 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 65 | Wake Forest | ACC |
| 66 | Iowa State | BIG 12 |
| 67 | Army | IND |
| 68 | Oregon | PAC 12 |
| 69 | South Carolina | SEC |
| 70 | Missouri | SEC |
| 71 | Boston College | ACC |
| 72 | Duke | ACC |
| 73 | Arizona State | PAC 12 |
| 74 | Nevada | MWC |
| 75 | Wyoming | MWC |
| 76 | Maryland | BIG TEN |
| 77 | UCF | AMERICAN |
| 78 | Arkansas State | SUN BELT |
| 79 | Troy | SUN BELT |
| 80 | Virginia | ACC |
| 81 | Utah State | MWC |
| 82 | Oregon State | PAC 12 |
| 83 | Cincinnati | AMERICAN |
| 84 | UNLV | MWC |
| 85 | Ohio | MAC |
| 86 | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |
| 87 | Arizona | PAC 12 |
| 88 | San Jose State | MWC |
| 89 | Northern Illinois | MAC |
| 90 | Illinois | BIG TEN |
| 91 | Hawaii | MWC |
| 92 | Tulane | AMERICAN |
| 93 | Purdue | BIG TEN |
| 94 | Georgia Southern | SUN BELT |
| 95 | Connecticut | AMERICAN |
| 96 | East Carolina | AMERICAN |
| 97 | Syracuse | ACC |
| 98 | Idaho | SUN BELT |
| 99 | La.-Lafayette | SUN BELT |
| 100 | Miami (Ohio) | MAC |
| 101 | SMU | AMERICAN |
| 102 | Bowling Green | MAC |
| 103 | Fresno State | MWC |
| 104 | South Alabama | SUN BELT |
| 105 | Central Michigan | MAC |
| 106 | Georgia State | SUN BELT |
| 107 | Southern Miss | C-USA |
| 108 | Eastern Michigan | MAC |
| 109 | Akron | MAC |
| 110 | Old Dominion | C-USA |
| 111 | Ball State | MAC |
| 112 | Middle Tennessee | C-USA |
| 113 | Rutgers | BIG TEN |
| 114 | Buffalo | MAC |
| 115 | Kent State | MAC |
| 116 | UTSA | C-USA |
| 117 | New Mexico State | SUN BELT |
| 118 | Kansas | BIG 12 |
| 119 | UMass | MAC |
| 120 | Louisiana-Monroe | SUN BELT |
| 121 | Texas State | SUN BELT |
| 122 | Marshall | C-USA |
| 123 | UTEP | C-USA |
| 124 | Florida International | C-USA |
| 125 | Florida Atlantic | C-USA |
| 126 | Charlotte | C-USA |
| 127 | Rice | C-USA |
| 128 | North Texas | C-USA |
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