Ohio State would top the RPR in the inaugural year of the College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes, with victories over Alabama and Oregon in the CFP, would end the year with the best Win % and supplemented that with solid SOS and Score Ratio numbers. The Crimson Tide and Ducks fell within the CCT cutoff, but neither team’s numbers or body of work were able to make a case to overcome the Buckeyes’ numbers and head-to-head wins against them.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0292; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.6857

Rank	Team	Rating
1	Ohio State (CFP)	0.7149
2	Alabama	0.6959
3	Oregon	0.6952
4	Florida State	0.6808
5	Texas Christian	0.6793
6	Michigan State	0.6734
7	Mississippi	0.6624
8	Marshall	0.6586
9	Georgia	0.6560
10	Boise State	0.6543
11	Georgia Tech	0.6542
12	Clemson	0.6457
13	Baylor	0.6450
14	Wisconsin	0.6440
15	Mississippi State	0.6439
16	Missouri	0.6391
17	UCLA	0.6382
18	Arizona State	0.6220
19	Auburn	0.6188
20	Kansas State	0.6107
21	Utah	0.6090
22	Arkansas	0.6088
23	Louisiana State	0.6073
24	Southern California	0.6069
25	Arizona	0.6053
26	Stanford	0.6051
27	Memphis	0.6030
28	Louisville	0.6026
29	Nebraska	0.5986
30	Florida	0.5949
31	Colorado State	0.5926
32	Texas A&M	0.5926
33	Air Force	0.5924
34	Louisiana Tech	0.5861
35	Minnesota	0.5844
36	Northern Illinois	0.5796
37	Notre Dame	0.5787
38	Utah State	0.5777
39	NC State	0.5771
40	Oklahoma	0.5761
41	Navy	0.5734
42	Tennessee	0.5726
43	Georgia Southern	0.5712
44	Duke	0.5673
45	Cincinnati	0.5666
46	Brigham Young	0.5633
47	Central Florida	0.5633
48	Rutgers	0.5613
49	West Virginia	0.5610
50	Virginia Tech	0.5608
51	Toledo	0.5596
52	Boston College	0.5567
53	Louisiana-Lafayette	0.5566
54	South Carolina	0.5556
55	Miami, FL	0.5536
56	Western Kentucky	0.5499
57	Maryland	0.5454
58	Washington	0.5453
59	Penn State	0.5411
60	Western Michigan	0.5394
61	Oklahoma State	0.5337
62	Virginia	0.5306
63	East Carolina	0.5300
64	Nevada	0.5285
65	Houston	0.5285
66	Rice	0.5275
67	North Carolina	0.5225
68	Iowa	0.5186
69	Illinois	0.5182
70	Middle Tennessee	0.5167
71	Temple	0.5152
72	Michigan	0.5148
73	Bowling Green	0.5133
74	Texas	0.5129
75	Kentucky	0.5122
76	UAB	0.5113
77	Pittsburgh	0.5107
78	California	0.5101
79	San Diego State	0.5084
80	Arkansas State	0.5055
81	Northwestern	0.5013
82	Appalachian State	0.4996
83	Texas-El Paso	0.4991
84	Texas State	0.4990
85	Old Dominion	0.4962
86	Central Michigan	0.4928
87	Oregon State	0.4867
88	Ohio	0.4782
89	Indiana	0.4779
90	Washington State	0.4751
91	South Alabama	0.4750
92	Fresno State	0.4721
93	Ball State	0.4697
94	Texas Tech	0.4646
95	Wyoming	0.4631
96	Buffalo	0.4542
97	Syracuse	0.4540
98	New Mexico	0.4529
99	Florida International	0.4525
100	Purdue	0.4521
101	Akron	0.4468
102	South Florida	0.4360
103	Colorado	0.4358
104	Wake Forest	0.4338
105	Southern Mississippi	0.4313
106	Army	0.4311
107	Vanderbilt	0.4282
108	Texas-San Antonio	0.4264
109	Kansas	0.4258
110	Lousiana-Monroe	0.4240
111	Tulane	0.4220
112	Florida Atlantic	0.4182
113	Hawaii	0.4178
114	Iowa State	0.4150
115	San Jose State	0.4133
116	North Texas	0.4124
117	Miami, OH	0.3932
118	UNLV	0.3874
119	Troy	0.3840
120	Kent State	0.3833
121	Tulsa	0.3813
122	Massachusetts	0.3802
123	Connecticut	0.3780
124	Eastern Michigan	0.3661
125	Georgia State	0.3598
126	New Mexico State	0.3521
127	Idaho	0.3463
128	Southern Methodist	0.3356

Best Win Percentage: Ohio State
Best SOS: Mississippi
Best Score Ratio: Texas Christian