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The Book 2023: The First Mini Composite Ratings of the Season

In small bits and bytes, the 2023 college football rankings and ratings are starting to come out. ESPN has published its FPI and Bill Connelly of ESPN, his SP+, Kenneth Massey on his Massey Ratings site and just yesterday, Collin Wilson of Action Network his full list as well.

Although I have not updated my pre-season ratings beyond what was posted a few weeks ago, I can now start to compare mine to others and also start to create a consensus of what teams are projected to do in 2023.

This year there are 133 teams, adding Jacksonville State and Sam Houston State to Conference USA.

You are going to have to scroll down quite a way to find Boston College.

The Book has the Eagles at 83rd in terms of average power rating and that is exactly where the aggregate has them as well. BC is rated minus 5.1 points below the average team (provides a consistent way to evaluate ratings), which is last in the ACC.

Back in a few weeks with more pre-season data.

FPI SP+ BOOK Action Massey Total
Rank Team Power Power Power Power Power AVG
1 Georgia 27.4
31.7
32.3
27.3 28.0 29.3
2 Ohio St 31.5
30.0
30.1
21.4 25.3 27.6
3 Alabama 28.2
27.5
25.1
18.8 26.8 25.3
4 Michigan 21.4
28.8
28.3
25.6 21.2 25.1
5 Texas 21.9
21.4
19.2
22.2 15.5 20.0
6 Penn St 17.5
24.5
24.3
15.4 18.0 19.9
7 LSU 22.1
23.5
19.8
18.3 14.9 19.7
8 Utah 14.9
19.0
24.3
20.6 14.8 18.7
9 Clemson 19.4
20.0
20.3
16.3 15.2 18.2
10 Tennessee 15.2
24.1
25.6
5.3 17.6 17.5
11 Notre Dame 18.4
18.9
18.7
16.6 12.8 17.1
12 Oregon 15.0
21.6
16.2
20.1 10.7 16.7
13 Florida St 15.0
20.9
18.4
20.0 8.8 16.6
14 Washington 11.8
18.7
19.2
21.3 9.4 16.1
15 USC 19.9
21.3
14.0
15.8 8.8 15.9
16 Oklahoma 16.9
18.9
13.6
14.7 13.8 15.6
17 Mississippi 13.4
16.7
12.6
16.8 10.5 14.0
18 Texas A&M 12.7
16.9
14.8
15.6 9.7 13.9
19 Wisconsin 12.3
14.3
14.7 13.1 11.4 13.2
20 Auburn 6.9
13.7
13.9
14.4 9.7 11.7
21 Oregon St 10.5
12.3
16.4
10.5 8.5 11.6
22 TCU 13.0
15.4
10.4
7.2 12.0 11.6
23 Kansas St 9.8
14.8
12.4
6.8 13.5 11.4
24 Kentucky 9.7
14.5
10.1
14.0 8.8 11.4
25 Mississippi St 7.8
14.8
14.4
8.5 11.4 11.4
26 Florida 12.7
15.1
9.0
9.4 10.3 11.3
27 Texas Tech 10.8
10.6
11.0
14.9 8.8 11.2
28 Louisville 5.1
10.3
14.7
14.8 7.9 10.6
29 Minnesota 7.7
12.7
11.6
9.4 11.3 10.5
30 North Carolina 10.2
13.0
10.0
14.5 4.1 10.4
31 Baylor 10.7
9.8
9.3
10.8 10.0 10.1
32 UCLA 6.4
15.0
10.6
11.7 6.5 10.0
33 Arkansas 9.0
13.0
9.1
10.5 8.1 9.9
34 Iowa 7.3
13.5
10.2
1.8 12.3 9.0
35 Maryland 5.6
9.3
8.8
11.8 6.5 8.4
36 Iowa St 5.6
6.3
8.4
9.9 10.8 8.2
37 Illinois 5.5
6.6
12.1
9.2 7.4 8.2
38 Tulane 2.4
9.9
12.5
10.1 4.9 8.0
39 Missouri 6.4
12.1
5.0
9.9 4.8 7.6
40 South Carolina 5.6
11.9
5.6
7.2 6.2 7.3
41 Oklahoma St 6.9
10.8
7.2
1.3 9.8 7.2
42 Nebraska 3.1
6.1
10.0
9.8 4.0 6.6
43 Michigan St 8.7
6.1
5.9
3.9 6.2 6.1
44 North Carolina St 7.3
6.1
7.5
4.0 5.4 6.0
45 Pittsburgh 7.5
9.4
9.1
(3.4) 7.2 5.9
46 Miami FL 9.1
8.9
5.5
5.3 (0.1) 5.7
47 UCF 10.0
9.6
1.5
1.5 4.5 5.4
48 Cincinnati 4.9
7.6
4.9
0.1 7.7 5.0
49 Syracuse 7.6
2.4
6.1
6.9 1.9 5.0
50 Purdue 4.4
5.6
4.6
0.9 6.5 4.4
51 BYU 1.0
1.6
7.2
7.7 3.1 4.1
52 West Virginia 1.4
5.3
4.8
2.5 6.2 4.0
53 Wake Forest 5.0
4.1
4.4
(0.2) 6.5 4.0
54 Memphis 1.3
1.9
4.8
7.9 2.3 3.6
55 Washington St (0.2)
3.7
4.1
3.7 4.3 3.1
56 Duke 2.9
3.2
3.0
6.4 (0.2) 3.0
57 Houston 2.5
4.3
1.2
1.5 2.5 2.4
58 SMU 4.7
3.3
1.2
0.5 2.2 2.4
59 Kansas (1.2)
3.1
1.1
6.3 0.8 2.0
60 Troy (2.2)
3.4
1.9
8.0 (2.1) 1.8
61 Arizona St (0.4)
0.7
2.5
3.1 1.7 1.5
62 Boise St 1.7
(1.2)
2.2
2.9 1.9 1.5
63 California 3.3
2.6
0.1
(2.7) 1.0 0.9
64 Fresno St (2.5)
(0.1)
5.1
(1.8) 1.4 0.4
65 UTSA 0.2
2.1
(0.9)
(2.1) (1.4) (0.4)
66 Air Force (5.2)
(5.7)
3.4
(0.4) 2.4 (1.1)
67 Toledo (3.8)
(5.9)
0.7
7.5 (6.1) (1.5)
68 South Alabama (4.9)
0.3
(2.7)
3.7 (6.0) (1.9)
69 Arizona 1.1
(5.8)
(1.4)
(0.7) (3.4) (2.0)
70 Virginia (2.8)
(4.8)
(3.4)
0.7 (1.2) (2.3)
71 James Madison (6.1)
0.4
(1.6)
(2.9) (1.5) (2.4)
72 Indiana (2.9)
0.6
(5.2)
(8.4) 1.5 (2.9)
73 Western Kentucky (5.3)
(6.5)
0.3
(3.9) (0.2) (3.1)
74 Virginia Tech (0.3)
(2.1)
(2.1)
(8.3) (3.3) (3.2)
75 Florida Atlantic (4.1)
(6.5)
(2.2)
3.0 (6.4) (3.3)
76 Navy (9.3)
(11.8)
2.5
4.0 (2.2) (3.4)
77 Marshall (0.9)
(4.3)
(2.8)
(7.3) (2.9) (3.6)
78 Georgia Tech (0.6)
(2.4)
(3.6)
(8.7) (4.5) (4.0)
79 North Texas (4.4)
(8.1)
(2.9)
3.4 (8.6) (4.1)
80 Louisiana (3.8)
(4.8)
(2.3)
(9.0) (0.9) (4.2)
81 Appalachian St (3.2)
(8.8)
(3.4)
(7.1) 0.3 (4.4)
82 Northwestern (1.1)
(9.9)
(6.6)
(4.1) (1.3) (4.6)
83 Boston College (2.9)
(3.2)
(4.7)
(10.0) (4.5) (5.1)
84 Vanderbilt (2.8)
(3.0)
(7.1)
(8.6) (4.7) (5.2)
85 Army (8.3)
(9.0)
(1.7)
(6.2) (2.4) (5.5)
86 Wyoming (5.5) (13.0) (3.8) 2.2 (7.7) (5.6)
87 East Carolina (3.0)
(11.5)
(5.2)
(8.3) (0.6) (5.7)
88 Rutgers (3.2)
(7.0)
(8.4)
(6.9) (3.5) (5.8)
89 San Diego St (5.4)
(6.4)
(7.5)
(4.8) (5.0) (5.8)
90 Liberty (7.2)
(8.2)
(7.0)
(3.0) (5.0) (6.1)
91 Coastal Carolina (4.3)
(3.6)
(8.2)
(11.7) (5.4) (6.7)
92 Southern Miss (6.6)
(10.6)
(8.4)
(2.9) (9.5) (7.6)
93 UAB (3.7)
(12.1)
(8.4)
(11.9) (2.4) (7.7)
94 Miami OH (7.1)
(10.6)
(7.4)
(7.8) (9.4) (8.5)
95 Tulsa (7.4)
(12.8)
(8.8)
(12.7) (1.9) (8.7)
96 Ohio (6.7)
(14.1)
(5.0)
(10.6) (7.6) (8.8)
97 Temple (9.4)
(9.5)
(12.1)
(0.6) (12.6) (8.9)
98 Georgia St (6.4)
(19.7)
(5.6)
(7.3) (5.4) (8.9)
99 Stanford (2.6)
(13.2)
(12.6)
(17.1) (2.1) (9.5)
100 South Florida (8.4)
(16.4)
(8.6)
(4.4) (10.8) (9.7)
101 Colorado (7.1)
(10.9)
(12.7)
(9.1) (9.7) (9.9)
102 San Jose St (7.9)
(13.3)
(12.6)
(8.7) (8.1) (10.1)
103 Central Michigan (9.2)
(14.7)
(9.5)
(7.4) (10.2) (10.2)
104 Northern Illinois (10.0)
(17.0)
(9.4)
(5.3) (12.4) (10.8)
105 Rice (9.3)
(16.6)
(14.2)
(0.2) (14.1) (10.9)
106 Old Dominion (10.1)
(17.6)
(11.2)
(4.1) (11.7) (11.0)
107 Buffalo (8.4)
(11.5)
(12.2)
(14.8) (9.0) (11.2)
108 Ball State (9.5)
(17.3)
(10.4)
(8.7) (10.7) (11.3)
109 Georgia Southern (5.2)
(16.3)
(12.5)
(15.3) (7.8) (11.4)
110 Eastern Michigan (9.4)
(12.3)
(10.6)
(15.0) (9.9) (11.4)
111 Middle Tennessee (9.6)
(10.8)
(13.5)
(15.3) (8.5) (11.6)
112 UNLV (8.7)
(15.5)
(15.4)
(7.9) (12.5) (12.0)
113 Louisiana Tech (8.2)
(10.1)
(19.2)
(13.2) (13.4) (12.8)
114 Colorado St (11.6)
(18.8)
(12.8)
(7.9) (13.4) (12.9)
115 Connecticut (11.0)
(19.0)
(13.3)
(5.4) (16.6) (13.1)
116 Utah St (9.7)
(18.4)
(14.9)
(16.6) (8.4) (13.6)
117 Western Michigan (11.4)
(19.9)
(11.6)
(18.1) (9.0) (14.0)
118 UTEP (13.8)
(18.1)
(15.4)
(12.1) (13.7) (14.6)
119 Nevada (10.4)
(15.3)
(20.8)
(19.0) (10.8) (15.3)
120 Arkansas St (7.8)
(17.4)
(22.6)
(20.6) (12.3) (16.1)
121 Jacksonville St (16.3)
(20.4)
(13.4)
(15.6) (16.4)
122 Sam Houston St (16.5)
(19.9)
(16.5)
(13.6) (16.6)
123 Bowling Green (14.1)
(22.2)
(16.9)
(12.8) (18.4) (16.9)
124 LA Monroe (15.2)
(24.1)
(19.9)
(13.3) (14.5) (17.4)
125 Texas St (11.5)
(18.0)
(25.1)
(19.4) (13.9) (17.6)
126 Hawaii (10.2)
(25.0)
(22.0)
(18.0) (14.3) (17.9)
127 New Mexico St (16.3)
(19.3)
(20.6)
(16.1) (17.7) (18.0)
128 Akron (16.0)
(23.0)
(21.6)
(11.8) (20.2) (18.5)
129 Kent St (11.8)
(30.6)
(17.7)
(24.1) (9.7) (18.8)
130 Charlotte (10.9)
(15.0)
(24.8)
(27.7) (16.2) (18.9)
131 New Mexico (14.6)
(25.9)
(27.3)
(16.4) (18.2) (20.5)
132 Florida International (16.1)
(19.8)
(28.8)
(18.3) (23.3) (21.3)
133 Massachusetts (17.2)
(21.9)
(27.7)
(27.7) (26.4) (24.2)