Team Returning Starters 2016 Wins ’16 Roby Rating Rank ’17 PS Roby Rating
1.Ohio State 16 11 3 26.35
2.Clemson 12 14 1 26.00
3.Alabama 12 14 2 25.58
4.Oklahoma 17 11 11 25.54
5.Washington 14 12 4 25.17
6.Florida State 17 10 7 25.11
7.Penn State 17 11 14 24.87
8.Wisconsin 16 11 10 24.30
9.South Florida 17 11 20 23.52
10.West. Michigan 13 13 12 23.50
11.Stanford 17 10 21 22.46
12.Miami (FL) 15 9 13 21.50
13.Washington St. 17 8 18 21.40
14.Southern Cal 13 10 9 21.34
15.Louisville 13 9 6 20.94
16.Auburn 16 8 19 20.35
17.Oklahoma St. 13 10 15 20.24
18.Minnesota 14 9 17 19.87
19.Florida 15 9 23 19.58
20.LSU 12 8 5 19.20
21.Virginia Tech 12 10 16 19.18
22.Houston 15 9 28 18.62
23.Tennessee 14 9 25 18.40
24.Tulsa 13 10 26 18.22
25.Colorado 12 10 22 18.13
26.San Diego St. 12 11 27 18.03
27.West. Kentucky 11 11 24 17.78
28.Iowa 15 8 30 17.48
29.Appalachian St. 14 10 34 17.47
30.Georgia 18 8 43 17.06
31.Northwestern 17 7 38 16.70
32.NC State 18 7 42 16.60
33.Wake Forest 16 7 36 16.38
34.Kansas St. 15 8 38 16.01
35.Toledo 13 9 35 15.84
36.Georgia Tech 16 9 47 15.60
37.TCU 18 6 44 15.55
38.Michigan 6 10 8 14.98
39.North Carolina 12 10 32 14.88
40.BYU 13 9 41 14.78
41.Troy 16 10 56 14.35
42.Nebraska 10 9 31 14.29
43.Temple 10 10 37 14.08
44.Memphis 16 8 52 14.02
45.West Virginia 8 10 29 13.82
46.Navy 13 9 47 13.73
47.Texas A&M 12 8 40 13.60
48.Notre Dame 15 4 37 13.38
49.Baylor 14 7 46 13.27
50.Kentucky 18 7 60 13.00
51.Utah 12 9 49 12.77
52.Texas 18 5 56 12.70
53T.La. Tech 11 9 46 12.64
53T.Boise St. 10 10 46 12.64
55.Arkansas 14 7 50 12.60
56.Indiana 16 6 54 12.50
57.Pittsburgh 10 8 39 12.38
58T.Vanderbilt 17 6 59 12.14
58T.Wyoming 15 8 59 12.14
60.Ohio 14 8 57 11.97
61.Mississippi St. 14 6 51 11.84
62.New Mexico 11 9 53 11.52
63.Army 17 8 68 11.40
64.Air Force 8 10 48 11.09
65.California 14 5 53 10.95
66.Colorado St. 16 7 66 10.86
67.Old Dominion 14 10 69 10.75
68.Arkansas St. 11 8 55 10.64
69.Oregon 18 4 66 10.38
70.Miami (OH) 17 6 70 10.12
71.UCLA 16 4 62 10.08
72.Maryland 14 6 63 9.92
73.UCF 14 6 64 9.76
74.Idaho 11 9 65 9.60
75.Hawaii 15 7 71 9.50
76.Middle Tenn. 13 8 72 8.90
77.South Carolina 17 6 78 8.65
78.Syracuse 21 4 82 8.60
79.UTSA 15 6 74 8.57
80.East. Michigan 15 7 77 8.45
81.Cent. Michigan 14 6 73 8.32
82.So. Miss 12 7 75 7.60
83.South Alabama 11 6 70 7.48
84.ULL 13 6 76 7.45
85.Oregon St. 16 4 81 7.04
86.Ole Miss 11 5 54 6.91
87.No. Illinois 12 5 75 6.80
88.Michigan St. 9 3 58 6.43
89.Iowa St. 13 3 76 6.27
90.Cincinnati 11 4 73 6.24
91.Boston College 15 6 88 6.22
92.Duke 15 4 88 5.62
93.Akron 16 5 92 5.54
94.Missouri 16 4 91 5.44
95.Arizona St. 16 5 94 5.21
96.Georgia Southern 10 5 84 4.92
97.Ball St. 13 4 89 4.90
98.Virginia 15 2 90 4.76
99.Texas Tech 14 5 97 4.26
100.Arizona 15 3 98 3.89
101.Illinois 11 3 92 3.70
102.Nevada 15 5 102 3.68
103.SMU 15 5 106 3.04
104.Tulane 17 4 107 3.02
105.Kent St. 14 3 103 2.99
106.Purdue 14 3 104 2.86
107.Georgia St. 15 3 109 2.30
108.Utah St. 10 3 106 1.98
109.Bowling Green 14 4 112 1.87
110.East Carolina 11 3 109 1.79
111.Marshall 16 3 114 1.67
112.Rutgers 14 2 112 1.66
113.No. Texas 12 5 113 1.63
114.Rice 16 3 115 1.52
115.Connecticut 15 3 118 1.01
116.Kansas 13 2 117 0.96
117T.UNLV 14 4 119 0.86
117TSan Jose St. 15 3 119 0.86
119.Florida Atlantic 19 3 121 0.70
120.Charlotte 12 4 120 0.64
121.Massachusetts 15 2 122 0.41
122.FIU 16 4 123 0.32
123.Coastal Carolina 12 10* NR 0.22*
124.ULM 17 4 127 0.21
125T.Fresno St. 17 1 126 0.18
125T.Buffalo 16 2 124 0.18
125T.New Mexico St. 15 3 128 0.18
128T.Texas St. 14 2 130 0.16
128T.UTEP 12 4 127 0.16
Source(s):
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