Thor Nystrom’s College Football Power Rankings for Every Team: Week 8 (2022)

Check out my College Football Power Ratings for every team ahead of Week 8 of the 2022 NCAAF season.

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College Football Power Rankings for Every Team: Week 8

Rank	Team	ATL	Previous	Change
1	Ohio St.	60.0	1	0
2	Georgia	58.1	3	1
3	Alabama	56.8	2	-1
4	Michigan	52.6	4	0
5	Tennessee	51.2	7	2
6	Texas	48.9	5	-1
7	Clemson	48.4	6	-1
8	Ole Miss	46.3	8	0
9	Utah	45.5	9	0
10	TCU	45.3	14	4
11	Oregon	45.2	11	0
12	Oklahoma St.	43.8	15	3
13	UCLA	43.6	17	4
14	USC	43.5	13	-1
15	Penn St.	43.3	12	-3
16	Mississippi St.	43.2	10	-6
17	LSU	42.8	20	3
18	Kentucky	42.6	27	9
19	Minnesota	42.4	16	-3
20	Baylor	42.2	18	-2
21	Cincinnati	42.1	21	0
22	Kansas St.	41.9	22	0
23	Texas A&M	41.5	25	2
24	Oklahoma	41.4	31	7
25	Florida St.	40.7	26	1
26	UCF	40.3	32	6
27	Wake Forest	40.1	28	1
28	Purdue	39.8	23	-5
29	Arkansas	39.5	37	8
30	Notre Dame	39.2	19	-11
31	Washington	39.0	30	-1
32	Illinois	38.7	36	4
33	Wisconsin	38.6	29	-4
34	Pittsburgh	38.4	33	-1
35	Maryland	38.3	24	-11
36	Iowa St.	38.1	38	2
37	Syracuse	37.6	48	11
38	Florida	37.4	34	-4
39	Iowa	37.0	39	0
40	North Carolina	36.8	41	1
41	West Virginia	36.4	49	8
42	Miami (FL)	36.1	45	3
43	Texas Tech	36.0	43	0
44	Oregon St.	35.9	52	8
45	South Carolina	35.8	47	2
46	Louisville	35.6	46	0
47	Michigan St.	35.4	55	8
48	Tulane	35.3	44	-4
49	Auburn	35.2	53	4
50	James Madison	35.1	50	0
51	North Carolina St.	34.7	35	-16
52	SMU	34.5	51	-1
53	Kansas	34.3	42	-11
54	Missouri	34.0	56	2
55	Brigham Young	33.7	40	-15
56	Washington St.	33.2	54	-2
57	Appalachian St.	32.7	57	0
58	UAB	32.3	58	0
59	East Carolina	32.2	59	0
60	Houston	32.1	60	0
61	South Alabama	31.9	62	1
62	Western Kentucky	31.7	70	8
63	Stanford	31.5	74	11
64	Air Force	31.4	72	8
65	Nebraska	31.2	67	2
66	Troy	31.1	61	-5
67	Boise St.	30.9	65	-2
68	Memphis	30.8	69	1
69	Toledo	30.3	71	2
70	UTSA	30.1	66	-4
71	Arizona St.	29.8	68	-3
72	Marshall	29.3	64	-8
73	Coastal Carolina	28.8	63	-10
74	Duke	28.4	76	2
75	Tulsa	28.1	78	3
76	Louisiana	27.9	87	11
77	Rutgers	27.8	79	2
78	San Jose St.	27.7	77	-1
79	Virginia	27.1	80	1
80	California	26.9	73	-7
81	Indiana	26.2	86	5
82	Georgia Southern	26.0	85	3
83	Arizona	25.9	88	5
84	Southern Miss	25.7	81	-3
85	Liberty	25.6	75	-10
86	Virginia Tech	25.4	84	-2
87	Georgia Tech	25.3	82	-5
88	Georgia St.	25.0	83	-5
89	Boston College	24.4	89	0
90	Old Dominion	24.3	98	8
91	Navy	24.1	90	-1
92	Fresno St.	24.0	92	0
93	Army	23.3	91	-2
94	Arkansas St.	23.2	100	6
95	North Texas	22.4	97	2
96	Vanderbilt	21.8	93	-3
97	Northwestern	21.7	95	-2
98	Florida Atlantic	21.5	94	-4
99	Buffalo	20.9	103	4
100	Northern Illinois	20.4	112	12
101	South Florida	19.9	104	3
102	Rice	19.7	110	8
103	Texas St.	19.5	109	6
104	San Diego St.	19.4	102	-2
105	Middle Tennessee	19.2	99	-6
106	Kent St.	19.0	107	1
107	Utah St.	18.8	106	-1
108	Central Michigan	18.7	105	-3
109	UNLV	18.6	96	-13
110	Wyoming	18.5	108	-2
111	Miami (OH)	18.3	101	-10
112	Louisiana-Monroe	17.9	115	3
113	Eastern Michigan	16.4	111	-2
114	Ohio	16.3	119	5
115	Louisiana Tech	16.1	113	-2
116	Ball St.	15.7	116	0
117	Colorado	15.5	120	3
118	UTEP	15.2	118	0
119	Western Michigan	14.1	114	-5
120	Temple	13.8	117	-3
121	Bowling Green	12.1	124	3
122	New Mexico	11.9	121	-1
123	Charlotte	11.5	125	2
124	Nevada	10.7	122	-2
125	Connecticut	10.4	126	1
126	Colorado St.	8.6	123	-3
127	Hawai’i	6.3	129	2
128	New Mexico St.	6.2	128	0
129	Akron	6.1	127	-2
130	Massachusetts	1.3	130	0
131	Florida International	0.0	131	0