CFB 2018 Rankings -- 1-130

You can't have a football season without predictions, so we will do our part to make sure that expectation is met.

The following are not rankings of team strengths heading into the 2018 season, but rather how we believe the rankings will look when the dust settles on the season.

CFP PLAYOFF
SEMIFINALS
DECEMBER 29
ORANGE BOWL
1 Clemson vs. 4 Washington
COTTON BOWL
2 Alabama vs. 3 Ohio State
JAN 7, 2019
SANTA CLARA, CALIF.
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP 
1 Clemson over 2 Alabama

NEW YEAR'S SIX
PEACH BOWL (DEC. 29)
5 Georgia vs. 7 Miami
ROSE BOWL (JAN. 1)
8 Penn State vs. 13 Auburn 
SUGAR BOWL (JAN. 1)
6 West Virginia vs. 12 Mississippi State
FIESTA BOWL (JAN. 1) 
9 Oklahoma vs. 10 Boise State 
 
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FOCUS 2018 RANKINGS
1 Clemson

2 Alabama

3 Ohio State

4 Washington

5 Georgia

6 West Virginia

7 Miami

8 Penn State

9 Oklahoma

10 Boise State

11 Wisconsin

12 Mississippi State

13 Auburn

14 Michigan

15 Michigan State

16 Florida State

17 Texas

18 Stanford

19 Florida

20 TCU

21 FAU

22 USC

23 Oregon

24 South Carolina

25 Utah

26 Notre Dame

27 Texas A&M

28 UCF 

29 Boston College

30 Northwestern

31 NC State

32 Arizona

33 Iowa State

34 Virginia Tech

35 Missouri

36 Iowa

37 LSU

38 Purdue

39 Oklahoma State

40 Nebraska

41 Kansas State

42 Wake Forest

43 Georgia Tech

44 Memphis

45 Pittsburgh

46 Louisville

47 Ole Miss

48 Maryland

49 Texas Tech

50 San Diego State

51 Kentucky

52 Fresno State

53 Houston

54 Arkansas State

55 California

56 Baylor 

57 Arkansas

58 Duke

59 Navy

60 USF

61 UCLA

62 Temple

63 Northern Illinois

64 North Carolina

65 Indiana

66 Colorado

67 Tennessee

68 Minnesota

69 Army

70 Syracuse

71 Arizona State

72 Virginia

73 Marshall

74 Wyoming

75 Ohio

76 Toledo

77 Appalachian State

78 Vanderbilt

79 Washington State

80 Utah State

81 Louisiana Tech

82 Troy

83 North Texas

84 Buffalo 

85 Tulane

86 BYU

87 Middle Tennessee

88 Miami (Ohio)

89 UAB

90 Rutgers

91 Kansas

92 Nevada

93 Western Michigan

94 Illinois

95 Southern Miss

96 SMU

97 Colorado State

98 Air Force

99 Georgia Southern

100 Cincinnati

101 Akron

102 ULM

103 Old Dominion

104 Tulsa

105 UNLV

106 Oregon State

107 FIU

108 UTSA

109 Eastern Michigan

110 UMass

111 New Mexico

112 Central Michigan 

113 New Mexico State

114 Georgia State

115 Louisiana

116 Bowling Green

117 Ball State

118 Western Kentucky

119 UConn

120 San Jose State

121 East Carolina

122 South Alabama

123 Charlotte

124 Kent State

125 Texas State

126 Hawaii

127 UTEP

128 Coastal Carolina

129 Rice

130 Liberty