2016 CFP Team Rating Profiles (Selection Day)
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College Football Playoff (CFP) rankings are produced by the selection committee responsible for assigning teams to the national championship playoff bracket. Teams selected to the 4-team field are asterisked. FEI ratings represent opponent-adjusted per possession scoring efficiency. Strength of record ratings are the difference between actual wins and expected wins against the schedule for an elite team (EWD), a good team (GWD), and an average team (AWD). Record splits include records against FEI top-10 (v10), top-20 (v20), top-30 (v30), top-40 (v40), top-50 (v50), top-60 (v60), and against all other opponents (vO).
CFP | Team | Rec | FBS | FEI | Rk | EWD | Rk | GWD | Rk | AWD | Rk | v10 | v20 | v30 | v40 | v50 | v60 | vO | ||
1 | Alabama* | 13-0 | 12-0 | 1.61 | 1 | 1.48 | 1 | 4.83 | 1 | 8.85 | 1 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 7-0 | 9-0 | 9-0 | 10-0 | 3-0 | ||
2 | Clemson* | 12-1 | 11-1 | .93 | 6 | -.07 | 5 | 2.57 | 5 | 6.63 | 4 | 1-0 | 3-0 | 4-0 | 4-1 | 6-1 | 6-1 | 6-0 | ||
3 | Ohio State* | 11-1 | 11-1 | 1.36 | 3 | .46 | 2 | 3.30 | 2 | 6.99 | 2 | 2-0 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 5-1 | 6-1 | 8-1 | 3-0 | ||
4 | Washington* | 12-1 | 11-1 | 1.40 | 2 | .25 | 3 | 3.01 | 3 | 6.75 | 3 | 1-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 7-1 | 5-0 | ||
5 | Penn State | 11-2 | 11-2 | .78 | 13 | -.10 | 6 | 2.70 | 4 | 6.39 | 5 | 2-1 | 3-1 | 4-1 | 5-2 | 5-2 | 7-2 | 4-0 | ||
6 | Michigan | 10-2 | 10-2 | 1.36 | 4 | -.44 | 7 | 2.20 | 7 | 5.55 | 7 | 2-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 6-2 | 4-0 | ||
7 | Oklahoma | 10-2 | 10-2 | .63 | 16 | -1.08 | 11 | .99 | 11 | 4.64 | 11 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 6-0 | ||
8 | Wisconsin | 10-3 | 10-3 | .88 | 9 | -.89 | 9 | 1.99 | 8 | 5.30 | 9 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 6-3 | 4-0 | ||
9 | USC | 9-3 | 9-3 | 1.05 | 5 | -.93 | 10 | 1.82 | 9 | 5.44 | 8 | 2-1 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 2-3 | 4-3 | 6-3 | 3-0 | ||
10 | Colorado | 10-3 | 9-3 | .86 | 10 | -.74 | 8 | 2.50 | 6 | 6.17 | 6 | 0-3 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 5-3 | 7-3 | 3-0 | ||
11 | Florida State | 9-3 | 8-3 | .64 | 15 | -2.05 | 17 | .66 | 13 | 4.51 | 12 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 5-3 | 5-3 | 4-0 | ||
12 | Oklahoma State | 9-3 | 8-3 | .28 | 44 | -2.60 | 28 | -.72 | 30 | 2.97 | 23 | - | 0-1 | 0-1 | 2-1 | 4-1 | 4-1 | 5-2 | ||
13 | Louisville | 9-3 | 9-3 | .79 | 12 | -2.37 | 22 | -.67 | 29 | 2.56 | 32 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 7-1 | ||
14 | Auburn | 8-4 | 7-4 | .90 | 8 | -2.34 | 21 | .25 | 16 | 3.44 | 15 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 2-3 | 3-3 | 3-3 | 5-4 | 3-0 | ||
15 | Western Michigan | 13-0 | 12-0 | .51 | 24 | .20 | 4 | .79 | 12 | 3.25 | 19 | - | - | 1-0 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-0 | 11-0 | ||
16 | West Virginia | 10-2 | 9-2 | .44 | 32 | -1.61 | 15 | .32 | 15 | 4.16 | 13 | - | 0-1 | 1-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 3-2 | 7-0 | ||
17 | Florida | 8-4 | 8-4 | .45 | 30 | -2.60 | 29 | -.39 | 23 | 2.95 | 25 | 1-1 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 1-4 | 1-4 | 3-4 | 5-0 | ||
18 | Stanford | 9-3 | 9-3 | .70 | 14 | -1.31 | 12 | 1.64 | 10 | 5.26 | 10 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 1-3 | 4-3 | 7-3 | 2-0 | ||
19 | Utah | 8-4 | 7-4 | .53 | 20 | -2.54 | 27 | -.07 | 20 | 3.24 | 20 | 1-2 | 1-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 4-4 | 4-0 | ||
20 | LSU | 7-4 | 6-4 | .93 | 7 | -2.34 | 20 | .22 | 17 | 3.31 | 17 | 0-3 | 1-3 | 2-4 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 4-4 | 3-0 | ||
21 | Tennessee | 8-4 | 7-4 | .42 | 33 | -2.87 | 38 | -.85 | 33 | 2.74 | 27 | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 4-3 | 4-1 | ||
22 | Virginia Tech | 9-4 | 8-4 | .52 | 23 | -3.30 | 42 | -1.04 | 35 | 2.96 | 24 | 0-1 | 0-1 | 1-1 | 3-2 | 4-3 | 4-3 | 5-1 | ||
23 | Pittsburgh | 8-4 | 7-4 | .38 | 35 | -3.12 | 40 | -.75 | 31 | 2.67 | 29 | 1-0 | 2-0 | 2-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 3-4 | 5-0 | ||
24 | Temple | 10-3 | 9-3 | .52 | 22 | -2.49 | 25 | -.93 | 34 | 2.23 | 36 | - | 0-1 | 0-2 | 2-2 | 2-2 | 3-2 | 7-1 | ||
25 | Navy | 9-3 | 8-3 | .33 | 38 | -2.53 | 26 | -.60 | 26 | 2.98 | 22 | - | - | 1-1 | 2-2 | 4-2 | 4-2 | 5-1 |