SALAAM
NCAA Football Power Rankings
Considers strength of opponent, margin of result, and recency. Reads as approximate point-spread vs avg team. Offense and Defense break Rating into how much each side of the ball contributes (they sum to Rating). +10 = contender; +20 = elite; +30 = generational (1995 Nebraska = 41.03).
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Note: ratings need a 20-week warm-up window, so 1982 has no ratings and 1983's first rating lands mid-season.
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National champion + runner-up per season, 1982-present. Covers the CFP era (2014-present), BCS era (1998-2013), and poll era (1982-1997, including split-championship seasons where AP and Coaches polls disagreed). Conference shown is the team's affiliation in that season - accounts for realignment.
Top single-season ratings · end of playoffs, champions only
Data from the College Football Data API (collegefootballdata.com). Ratings are derived from this data.
Model lineage v1.0 SALAAM (named after Rashaan Salaam) · Claude Code · May 8, 2026