Michigan finished atop the RPR for 2023 following a wire-to-wire win in the CFP National Championship. The Wolverines boasted the best Win Percentage and Score Ratio, along with a Top 10 SOS. Orange Bowl champion Georgia well within the CCT cutoff, but after evaluating the data, determined Michigan deserved sole possession of #1 for the year.

Co-champion Consideration Threshold: 0.0327; CCT Rating Cutoff: 0.7165

RankTeamRating
1Michigan (CFP)0.7492
2Georgia0.7181
3Ohio State0.7041
4Alabama0.7023
5Washington0.6899
6Texas0.6894
7Florida State0.6861
8Penn State0.6833
9Oregon0.6830
10Missouri0.6699
11Mississippi0.6648
12Louisiana State0.6575
13Notre Dame0.6563
14Oklahoma0.6459
15James Madison0.6455
16Kansas State0.6367
17Liberty0.6364
18Troy0.6335
19Arizona0.6254
20Tennessee0.6179
21Southern Methodist0.6140
22Louisville0.6114
23Clemson0.6111
24Memphis0.6071
25Toledo0.5996
26Tulane0.5993
27Kansas0.5990
28North Carolina State0.5960
29Duke0.5952
30Oregon State0.5937
31Oklahoma State0.5906
32Iowa0.5901
33Wyoming0.5896
34Air Force0.5875
35Miami, OH0.5835
36Southern California0.5825
37Utah0.5807
38Miami, FL0.5735
39Maryland0.5718
40Iowa State0.5716
41Boise State0.5709
42Appalachian State0.5707
43Coastal Carolina0.5698
44West Virginia0.5692
45Texas A&M0.5676
46Jacksonville State0.5674
47North Carolina0.5672
48Ohio0.5668
49UNLV0.5648
50UCLA0.5641
51Rutgers0.5604
52Texas-San Antonio0.5593
53Kentucky0.5534
54Western Kentucky0.5534
55San Jose State0.5526
56Fresno State0.5522
57Georgia Tech0.5515
58Texas Tech0.5514
59Northwestern0.5504
60Virginia Tech0.5453
61New Mexico State0.5429
62South Alabama0.5403
63Bowling Green0.5394
64Auburn0.5387
65Wisconsin0.5338
66Florida0.5279
67Georgia State0.5263
68Texas State0.5246
69South Carolina0.5236
70Boston College0.5207
71Texas Christian0.5189
72California0.5189
73Army0.5166
74Central Florida0.5165
75Washington State0.5153
76Old Dominion0.5091
77Minnesota0.5081
78South Florida0.5071
79Georgia Southern0.5035
80Marshall0.4997
81Syracuse0.4995
82Mississippi State0.4991
83Northern Illinois0.4963
84Arkansas State0.4959
85Rice0.4957
86Utah State0.4942
87Nebraska0.4936
88Illinois0.4921
89Brigham Young0.4903
90Louisiana-Lafayette0.4892
91Michigan State0.4836
92Arkansas0.4808
93Purdue0.4793
94North Texas0.4718
95Middle Tennessee0.4708
96Wake Forest0.4679
97Navy0.4640
98Virginia0.4634
99UAB0.4619
100Colorado0.4614
101Colorado State0.4603
102Western Michigan0.4583
103Houston0.4550
104Arizona State0.4535
105Central Michigan0.4534
106Pittsburgh0.4515
107San Diego State0.4509
108Indiana0.4507
109Florida Atlantic0.4501
110Ball State0.4491
111Stanford0.4490
112New Mexico0.4473
113Tulsa0.4444
114Hawaii0.4433
115Eastern Michigan0.4375
116Cincinnati0.4374
117Southern Mississippi0.4362
118Baylor0.4335
119Massachusetts0.4330
120Texas-El Paso0.4316
121Buffalo0.4273
122Vanderbilt0.4248
123Connecticut0.4233
124Louisiana Tech0.4226
125Sam Houston State0.4186
126East Carolina0.4182
127Florida International0.4133
128Temple0.4021
129Charlotte0.3988
130Lousiana-Monroe0.3899
131Nevada0.3826
132Akron0.3518
133Kent State0.3237

Best Win Percentage: Michigan
Best SOS: Alabama
Best Score Ratio: Michigan