Weeks 0 and 1 are in the books so it’s time to analyze all 130 FBS college football teams and publish our data driven week 2 college football power rankings.
The top six stay the same compared to our preseason power rankings.
Moving Up in Week 2
Georgia State is the biggest move up as they jump up eight. Ole Miss moved up seven followed by Wyoming, New Mexico, Hawaii, Stanford, Wisconsin, Oklahoma State and Cincinnati each jumping up six spots. Syracuse, Boston College, USC and Kentucky all moved up five positions.
Moving Down in Week 2
Vanderbilt and Duke each fell eight spots this week. Florida, FIU, Georgia Southern and BYU each dropped six spots. Falling five spots each for week 2 are Fresno State, Louisiana Tech, Pitt, Louisiana and Liberty.
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Week 2 College Football Rankings
| RANK | TEAM | CONFERENCE |
| 1 | Alabama | SEC |
| 2 | Clemson | ACC |
| 3 | Michigan | BIG TEN |
| 4 | Ohio State | BIG TEN |
| 5 | Georgia | SEC |
| 6 | Oklahoma | BIG 12 |
| 7 | LSU | SEC |
| 8 | Michigan State | BIG TEN |
| 9 | Utah | PAC-12 |
| 10 | Texas | BIG 12 |
| 11 | UCF | AAC |
| 12 | Notre Dame | IND |
| 13 | Virginia | ACC |
| 14 | San Diego State | MWC |
| 15 | Penn State | BIG TEN |
| 16 | Boise State | MWC |
| 17 | Texas A&M | SEC |
| 18 | Memphis | AAC |
| 19 | Washington State | PAC-12 |
| 20 | Appalachian State | SUN BELT |
| 21 | Ohio | MAC |
| 22 | Cincinnati | AAC |
| 23 | Iowa State | BIG 12 |
| 24 | Nebraska | BIG TEN |
| 25 | Syracuse | ACC |
| 26 | Fresno State | MWC |
| 27 | Auburn | SEC |
| 28 | Miami (Fla.) | ACC |
| 29 | Florida | SEC |
| 30 | Oregon | PAC-12 |
| 31 | TCU | BIG 12 |
| 32 | Oklahoma State | BIG 12 |
| 33 | Washington | PAC-12 |
| 34 | Army | IND |
| 35 | Florida International | C-USA |
| 36 | Missouri | SEC |
| 37 | Wisconsin | BIG TEN |
| 38 | Tennessee | SEC |
| 39 | Troy | SUN BELT |
| 40 | Stanford | PAC-12 |
| 41 | Houston | AAC |
| 42 | Florida State | ACC |
| 43 | Toledo | MAC |
| 44 | Marshall | C-USA |
| 45 | UCLA | PAC-12 |
| 46 | Mississippi State | SEC |
| 47 | NC St | ACC |
| 48 | UAB | C-USA |
| 49 | Minnesota | BIG TEN |
| 50 | Iowa | BIG TEN |
| 51 | Southern Miss | C-USA |
| 52 | South Florida | AAC |
| 53 | Georgia Southern | SUN BELT |
| 54 | Miami (Ohio) | MAC |
| 55 | Baylor | BIG 12 |
| 56 | Virginia Tech | ACC |
| 57 | Hawaii | MWC |
| 58 | Utah State | MWC |
| 59 | Buffalo | MAC |
| 60 | Boston College | ACC |
| 61 | Western Michigan | MAC |
| 62 | BYU | IND |
| 63 | Florida Atlantic | C-USA |
| 64 | Arkansas State | SUN BELT |
| 65 | Arizona State | PAC-12 |
| 66 | Maryland | BIG TEN |
| 67 | Louisiana Tech | C-USA |
| 68 | California | PAC-12 |
| 69 | Air Force | MWC |
| 70 | Northwestern | BIG TEN |
| 71 | South Carolina | SEC |
| 72 | North Texas | C-USA |
| 73 | West Virginia | BIG 12 |
| 74 | Northern Illinois | MAC |
| 75 | USC | PAC-12 |
| 76 | Temple | AAC |
| 77 | Kansas State | BIG 12 |
| 78 | Pittsburgh | ACC |
| 79 | Nevada | MWC |
| 80 | Western Kentucky | C-USA |
| 81 | Wake Forest | ACC |
| 82 | Tulane | AAC |
| 83 | Vanderbilt | SEC |
| 84 | Colorado | PAC-12 |
| 85 | Kentucky | SEC |
| 86 | Arizona | PAC-12 |
| 87 | Duke | ACC |
| 88 | Purdue | BIG TEN |
| 89 | SMU | AAC |
| 90 | Eastern Michigan | MAC |
| 91 | Texas Tech | BIG 12 |
| 92 | Indiana | BIG TEN |
| 93 | Louisiana | SUN BELT |
| 94 | North Carolina | ACC |
| 95 | Louisiana-Monroe | SUN BELT |
| 96 | Charlotte | C-USA |
| 97 | Arkansas | SEC |
| 98 | Colorado State | MWC |
| 99 | Wyoming | MWC |
| 100 | Ole Miss | SEC |
| 101 | Tulsa | AAC |
| 102 | Georgia Tech | ACC |
| 103 | Ball State | MAC |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee | C-USA |
| 105 | Navy | AAC |
| 106 | Kansas | BIG 12 |
| 107 | Texas State | SUN BELT |
| 108 | Akron | MAC |
| 109 | Coastal Carolina | SUN BELT |
| 110 | New Mexico | MWC |
| 111 | Georgia State | SUN BELT |
| 112 | UMass | IND |
| 113 | UNLV | MWC |
| 114 | Old Dominion | C-USA |
| 115 | Illinois | BIG TEN |
| 116 | Liberty | IND |
| 117 | Kent State | MAC |
| 118 | Rutgers | BIG TEN |
| 119 | Central Michigan | MAC |
| 120 | East Carolina | AAC |
| 121 | Oregon State | PAC-12 |
| 122 | UTSA | C-USA |
| 123 | Louisville | ACC |
| 124 | Rice | C-USA |
| 125 | Bowling Green | MAC |
| 126 | South Alabama | SUN BELT |
| 127 | UTEP | C-USA |
| 128 | Connecticut | AAC |
| 129 | San Jose State | MWC |
| 130 | New Mexico State | IND |
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