CFN 5-Year Program Rankings - Top Teams

Highlighting the top teams by category in the CFN 5-Year Program Rankings

CFN Five-Year Program Analysis

Top Teams By Category  

Program Rankings

- CFN Scoring System
- 2009 CFN Preview
- No. 1 USC
- No. 2 Texas
- No. 3 Oklahoma
- No. 4 Ohio State
- No. 5 Florida
- No. 6 Georgia
- No. 7 LSU
- No. 8 Virginia Tech
- No. 9 Auburn
- No. 10 Michigan
- 11 to 20
- 21 to 40
- 41 to 60
- 61 to 80
- 81 to 100
- 101 to 120

- Detailed Explanation of the Scoring System and Categories

Quick Explanation of Scores
- Attendance: Home attendance average over the last five years divided by 10,000. Avg. Score: 4.38

1. Michigan 11.02
2. Penn State 10.65
3. Tennessee 10.51
4. Ohio State 10.50
5. Georgia 9.27
6. LSU 9.20
7. Florida 9.00
8. USC 9.00
9. Alabama 8.84
10. Texas 8.79

Bottom Ten
T109. Ball State 1.49
T109 San Jose State 1.49
111. Rice 1.48
T112. Akron, 1.45
T112. Idaho 1.46
114. Utah State 1.39
115. Buffalo 1.36
116. Florida Atlantic, 1.27
117 FIU 1.26
118. Eastern Michigan. 1.20
119. Kent State 1.12

- APR: The most recently released Academic Performance Rate. 90th to 100th percentile (best) gets a 10, 1st to 10th percentile (worst) gets a 1 Avg. Score: 5.85

Air Force, Duke, Miami, Navy, Rice, Rutgers, Stanford, 10

Bottom: UAB, San Jose State, Temple, 1

- Quality Wins: Wins over FBS teams that finished with a winning record. Avg. Score: 9.77

1. Texas 32
T2. Florida 29
T2. Oklahoma 29
4. USC 28
5. Georgia 27
6. Virginia Tech 26
7. Ohio State 25
8. Boston College, 24
9. LSU 22
10. Boise State 20

Idaho, FIU, North Texas, Temple, Utah State, 0

- Total Wins: Wins over FBS teams. Avg. Score: 28.75

1. USC 59
2. Texas 55
3. Oklahoma 53
4. Boise State 51
T5. LSU 49
T5. Ohio State 49
7. Florida 48
T8. Virginia Tech 47
T8. Utah 47
T10. Georgia 46
T10. West Virginia

110. North Texas, 13
T111. Army 12
T111. UNLV 12
T111. Utah State 12
T111. Washington 12
115. Temple. 11
T116. Idaho 9
T116. New Mexico State 9
118. FIU 8
119. Duke 5

- Players Drafted: Number of players drafted. Avg. Score: 9.70

1. USC 43
2. Ohio State 30
3. Oklahoma 29
T4. Georgia 28
T5. LSU 28
6. Florida State 26
7. Texas 25
8. Virginia Tech 24
9. Miami 23
T10. Auburn 22
T10. Virginia 22

Air Force, Duke, Florida Atlantic, Navy, New Mexico State, North Texas, 0

- Conference Win %: Conference winning percentage times 10. Avg. Score: 4.99

1. Boise State 9.5
2. USC 8.84
3. Oklahoma 8.50
T4 Texas 8.25
T4. Ohio State 8.25
6. Virginia Tech 8.00
7. BYU 7.95
8. West Virginia. 7.65
9. Utah 7.44
10. Troy 7.43

Bottom Ten
110. FIU 2.50
111. Indiana 2.25
112. Temple 2.22
113. Syracuse 2.06
T114. Idaho 2.05
T114. New Mexico State 2.05
116. Baylor 2.00
117. UNLV 1.54
118. Washington 1.40
119. Duke 0.50

- Elite Win Score: Wins over FBS teams that finished with two losses or fewer, or on the road, at a neutral site, or in a bowl over teams that finished with three losses or fewer. Add an additional 0.5 for an Elite Win over a two-loss team on the road. Avg. Number: 1.39

1. USC 9.5
2. Auburn 8
3. Texas 7.5
4. Florida 7
5. Oklahoma 6
T6. Georgia 5.5
T6. Virginia Tech 5.5
8. LSU 4

62 with 0

- Bad Loss Score: Losses to teams that finished with three wins or fewer or any loss to a non-FBS team. Subtract each loss from the overall total. Subtract an additional 0.5 for each Bad Loss at home. Avg. Number: 2.25

1. Tulane 11
2. Kent State 9.5
T3. Idaho 9
T3. FIU 9
T5 New Mexico State 8.5
T5. North Texas 8.5
T7 Middle Tennessee 6
T7 UNLV 6
T7. SMU 6

30 with 0

- Elite Losses: Losses to teams that finished with two wins or fewer. Take 0.25 of the number. Avg. Number: 5.15

1. Arkansas 14
2, Washington 11
T3. Arizona 10
T3. San Diego State 10
Eight with 9

11 with 1

- Bad Wins: Wins teams that finished with three wins or fewer or any win to a non-FBS team Avg. Number: 10.64

1. Navy 24
T2. Hawaii, 19
T2. Nevada 19
T4. Boise State 18
T4. Fresno State 18
T4. San Jose State 18
T4. Tulsa 18
T8. Louisiana Tech 17
T8. Northern Illinois 17
T10. Houston 16
T10. Troy 16
T10. Wisconsin 16

T112. Army 5
T112. Colorado 5
T112. Michigan 5
T112. Stanford 5
T112. Syracuse 5
T117. UNLV 4
T117. Washington 4
119. Duke 3

- Detailed Explanation of the Scoring System and Categories

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