[2024] Team Talent Ranks

[tsweezy]

Well well, here are my yearly TOO SOON team talent ranks!

Note: To create this I translated every player into a numeric overall (by magic) and then using my crystal ball picked the best at each position to create a starting roster and then summed up all the starting overalls to create team talent. 

This means that it does NOT take into account having bad archetypes and playing out of position EXCEPT for OL, where I just took the 5 best OL at any position to use. This is also weighted by position, as in your QB contributes a bigger multiplier to your team than, say, an OL or the LOLB does. 

Aside from that, the columns should be pretty self-explanatory

Without further ado: the rankings.

 

Team	Overall Team Score	Team Rank	Offense Rank	Defense Rank	OL rank	Dline Rank	Secondary Rank
Tulsa	1337.058056	1	5	1	4	3	6
Kentucky	1330.46816	2	3	3	27	25	2
Baylor	1329.376795	3	1	10	9	2	80
Bowling Green	1320.152089	4	7	5	5	9	10
Georgia	1306.366139	5	8	9	29	6	23
Texas State	1304.7794	6	10	6	14	1	31
Tennessee	1299.145623	7	6	22	53	44	17
LSU	1297.243196	8	15	4	35	36	9
Florida State	1297.136211	9	11	20	25	102	1
Washington	1295.942516	10	9	11	30	8	7
Kansas State	1293.215132	11	4	34	11	27	36
Wisconsin	1292.506767	12	62	2	34	4	10
Houston	1285.765519	13	17	16	51	34	14
North Carolina	1283.064395	14	14	29	56	22	70
Georgia Tech	1283.014577	15	21	23	75	45	12
North Texas	1279.151779	16	52	8	46	13	16
UNLV	1276.990591	17	13	37	22	20	50
Michigan	1274.700595	18	23	21	48	11	61
Minnesota	1274.57233	19	26	42	37	53	53
TCU	1274.338981	20	27	30	93	4	54
Purdue	1273.105559	21	45	7	63	37	39
Texas A&M	1271.335237	22	38	14	19	46	18
Kansas	1270.724536	23	22	45	74	67	15
San Diego State	1269.970736	24	29	26	10	91	5
Arkansas	1268.604222	25	33	28	33	49	32
Old Dominion	1267.312628	26	41	12	31	17	4
Oklahoma State	1267.219399	27	31	24	21	14	56
Notre Dame	1264.391613	28	2	90	17	69	93
Maryland	1263.658876	29	36	25	63	89	30
Western Michigan	1261.801992	30	50	35	57	65	37
Virginia	1261.634407	31	37	52	43	83	23
California	1260.150712	32	48	36	45	50	95
Boise State	1260.091666	33	46	27	20	21	29
Nebraska	1258.306001	34	18	73	42	73	86
Missouri	1257.43919	35	78	15	54	23	69
Washington State	1256.691243	36	51	67	52	121	8
Penn State	1256.426138	37	16	61	2	117	13
New Mexico	1255.900647	38	28	40	18	34	62
UCLA	1253.345398	39	32	19	77	16	66
Central Michigan	1252.142185	40	30	60	12	79	68
Miami (FL)	1252.057209	41	47	46	7	40	59
Tulane	1251.546767	42	34	31	13	58	47
Air Force	1251.228988	43	35	58	72	72	42
BYU	1250.993715	44	65	18	59	64	33
Ohio State	1249.672451	45	53	38	23	74	28
Pittsburgh	1247.307193	46	25	54	6	26	64
USC	1247.214069	47	40	47	96	32	84
NC State	1247.171855	48	42	50	73	51	20
Toledo	1246.396323	49	20	89	24	38	125
SMU	1245.998859	50	19	99	38	128	103
Northwestern	1245.759286	51	81	53	117	29	52
Oklahoma	1245.489117	52	43	51	60	46	78
Texas	1243.386356	53	70	33	111	30	60
Texas Tech	1241.987741	54	72	39	99	80	21
Florida Atlantic	1241.841807	55	100	13	91	10	19
Duke	1241.783224	56	56	63	101	15	113
Colorado	1241.189633	57	55	57	15	81	27
Western Kentucky	1241.114133	58	24	78	8	115	44
Auburn	1240.545253	59	82	32	131	7	73
Michigan State	1238.317515	60	75	71	66	18	111
Syracuse	1234.845809	61	91	17	89	57	3
Memphis	1233.406476	62	59	64	16	12	114
Navy	1231.367564	63	96	41	82	55	38
Utah State	1229.894278	64	64	59	80	106	58
Marshall	1228.856182	65	89	68	79	31	115
Arizona State	1225.22105	66	84	43	76	24	51
Georgia Southern	1225.197169	67	74	69	69	63	74
West Virginia	1225.070434	68	87	48	108	97	25
Colorado State	1224.895293	69	58	80	70	70	99
Oregon	1223.730232	70	63	81	28	88	77
Coastal Carolina	1221.909383	71	88	65	97	68	57
Ball State	1221.871605	72	12	128	1	75	119
Illinois	1221.13865	73	93	87	62	100	83
Utah	1220.169568	74	68	94	43	118	79
Oregon State	1219.489535	75	67	115	50	42	128
Arizona	1219.122354	76	49	97	39	97	65
East Carolina	1216.566065	77	76	102	63	119	43
Miami (OH)	1215.758336	78	85	66	101	54	63
Indiana	1214.159447	79	79	96	36	92	101
Alabama	1214.142631	80	39	106	3	60	118
Mississippi State	1212.793207	81	66	74	40	76	112
FIU	1212.649882	82	54	117	55	125	91
Clemson	1211.44196	83	112	55	61	112	34
San Jose State	1211.331403	84	90	110	101	82	110
New Mexico State	1210.643948	85	124	49	68	43	35
Iowa State	1208.627531	86	110	62	98	105	22
UTSA	1208.283131	87	94	85	92	114	48
Stanford	1208.212571	88	60	107	94	85	107
Ole Miss	1207.524516	89	80	92	32	41	108
Eastern Michigan	1206.740679	90	125	56	114	39	41
UAB	1206.459463	91	44	88	49	61	85
Buffalo	1204.630583	92	122	44	121	19	76
Wake Forest	1204.566653	93	71	98	81	83	88
Louisiana	1203.0796	94	118	76	100	48	98
Nevada	1201.546902	95	95	125	123	103	120
Southern Miss	1201.297813	96	83	100	40	87	100
Virginia Tech	1197.446492	97	57	127	78	76	72
UCF	1195.91495	98	73	109	83	125	49
UConn	1195.405993	99	126	79	86	51	97
South Carolina	1194.600679	100	61	126	66	95	124
Ohio	1193.502635	101	97	101	47	123	87
Army	1193.489471	102	116	83	127	85	71
Liberty	1191.549842	103	127	70	109	28	116
Florida	1190.581528	104	106	86	110	111	45
Northern Illinois	1190.290067	105	123	75	129	108	26
Georgia State	1189.409379	106	86	103	26	101	55
Temple	1187.872502	107	107	114	71	90	117
Akron	1187.448867	108	113	95	95	33	123
Troy	1186.620623	109	101	91	58	99	46
Louisville	1186.598271	110	103	105	115	110	96
Fresno State	1186.235188	111	119	72	104	66	109
Rice	1185.178151	112	98	108	122	112	75
Hawaii	1184.474584	113	99	122	112	94	94
Rutgers	1184.324415	114	77	118	107	122	104
Appalachian State	1182.010566	115	92	124	85	104	130
Kent State	1181.994181	116	115	119	120	129	67
Wyoming	1181.957088	117	108	120	113	124	92
Cincinnati	1181.609942	118	104	116	106	78	126
Boston College	1181.330091	119	105	93	88	56	105
UTEP	1180.606516	120	102	112	84	95	90
Louisiana Tech	1180.109189	121	111	113	126	116	82
UMass	1179.309592	122	120	82	119	120	40
Iowa	1178.984527	123	121	121	105	58	122
Middle Tennessee	1177.415413	124	130	77	125	62	102
South Alabama	1176.71617	125	114	111	118	127	89
Charlotte	1171.089737	126	109	129	87	109	121
South Florida	1171.009	127	117	123	89	106	127
Louisiana Monroe	1165.686645	128	128	104	116	92	106
Vanderbilt	1164.571911	129	129	84	124	71	81
James Madison	1080.26914	130	131	130	128	130	129
Arkansas State	1003.745661	131	132	131	130	131	131

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And the change year over year

 

Team	2022	2023	2024
Tulsa	29	23	1
Kentucky	12	3	2
Baylor	18	8	3
Bowling Green	73	7	4
Georgia	52	30	5
Texas State	14	14	6
Tennessee	45	13	7
LSU	26	16	8
Florida State	21	1	9
Washington	42	29	10
Kansas State	59	34	11
Wisconsin	13	17	12
Houston	8	41	13
North Carolina	75	9	14
Georgia Tech	20	25	15
North Texas	114	35	16
UNLV	88	69	17
Michigan	50	53	18
Minnesota	89	95	19
TCU	16	2	20
Purdue	120	64	21
Texas A&M	24	46	22
Kansas	23	26	23
San Diego State	65	74	24
Arkansas	48	20	25
Old Dominion	30	27	26
Oklahoma State	11	18	27
Notre Dame	6	24	28
Maryland	34	119	29
Western Michigan	38	75	30
Virginia	22	44	31
California	2	31	32
Boise State	84	12	33
Nebraska	55	77	34
Missouri	17	36	35
Washington State	98	117	36
Penn State	96	103	37
New Mexico	54	83	38
UCLA	28	22	39
Central Michigan	4	5	40
Miami (FL)	62	86	41
Tulane	119	111	42
Air Force	82	61	43
BYU	53	28	44
Ohio State	10	6	45
Pittsburgh	9	48	46
USC	121	57	47
NC State	111	94	48
Toledo	102	37	49
SMU	33	76	50
Northwestern	57	42	51
Oklahoma	5	19	52
Texas	36	33	53
Texas Tech	40	58	54
Florida Atlantic	101	56	55
Duke	68	66	56
Colorado	63	50	57
Western Kentucky	15	79	58
Auburn	105	40	59
Michigan State	32	15	60
Syracuse	61	65	61
Memphis	94	85	62
Navy	71	99	63
Utah State	124	71	64
Marshall	93	32	65
Arizona State	56	47	66
Georgia Southern	123	59	67
West Virginia	125	130	68
Colorado State	64	125	69
Oregon	58	107	70
Coastal Carolina	49	38	71
Ball State	107	63	72
Illinois	27	21	73
Utah	127	105	74
Oregon State	31	11	75
Arizona	51	97	76
East Carolina	43	118	77
Miami (OH)	118	82	78
Indiana	78	100	79
Alabama	1	10	80
Mississippi State	103	45	81
FIU	85	122	82
Clemson	66	114	83
San Jose State	109	70	84
New Mexico State	79	49	85
Iowa State	35	73	86
UTSA	87	90	87
Stanford	115	93	88
Ole Miss	44	80	89
Eastern Michigan	37	43	90
UAB	100	51	91
Buffalo	99	62	92
Wake Forest	3	4	93
Louisiana	25	39	94
Nevada	91	52	95
Southern Miss	39	104	96
Virginia Tech	113	92	97
UCF	108	101	98
UConn	104	106	99
South Carolina	110	72	100
Ohio	81	109	101
Army	128	89	102
Liberty	117	115	103
Florida	69	108	104
Northern Illinois	41	123	105
Georgia State	77	96	106
Temple	19	60	107
Akron	47	98	108
Troy	67	91	109
Louisville	90	116	110
Fresno State	129	124	111
Rice	122	127	112
Hawaii	97	102	113
Rutgers	7	88	114
Appalachian State	83	54	115
Kent State	70	87	116
Wyoming	130	81	117
Cincinnati	126	121	118
Boston College	80	67	119
UTEP	116	120	120
Louisiana Tech	106	112	121
UMass	92	128	122
Iowa	112	129	123
Middle Tennessee	72	68	124
South Alabama	86	110	125
Charlotte	76	113	126
South Florida	60	126	127
Louisiana Monroe	95	55	128
Vanderbilt	74	84	129
Arkansas State	46	78	131

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And lastly: Ranks if you removed all graduating players (seniors and (Sr)s) as a very first cut approximation of next years likely ranks

 

Team	Overall Team Score	Team Rank	Offense Rank	Defense Rank
Baylor	1042.5	1	3	2
Tennessee	1041.8	2	5	1
Florida State	1034.9	3	2	12
UNLV	1031.1	4	4	8
Penn State	1025.8	5	1	11
Bowling Green	1015.25	6	9	7
Miami (FL)	1005.8	7	16	3
Texas Tech	1000.25	8	17	5
Houston	999.6	9	8	17
Air Force	998.9	10	12	13
Texas A&M	992.55	11	15	15
Michigan	991.15	12	6	29
Western Michigan	986.6	13	23	10
Boise State	984.7	14	7	36
Oklahoma State	982.9	15	18	6
Tulsa	981.275	16	10	35
Nebraska	981.25	17	13	37
Arkansas	977.9	18	21	22
Minnesota	977.3	19	48	4
North Texas	976.3	20	37	9
Wisconsin	969.8	21	22	34
Purdue	969.375	22	29	14
Missouri	966.95	23	31	26
Kansas	961.65	24	35	33
Georgia	960.5	25	24	32
UCLA	958.9	26	20	20
Colorado	956.15	27	30	23
San Diego State	953.8	28	36	24
Kansas State	950.6	29	44	21
LSU	950.55	30	25	25
Navy	945.475	31	33	46
Virginia	942.45	32	39	41
Oregon	942.25	33	40	30
Utah State	941.825	34	32	42
West Virginia	939.2	35	56	16
North Carolina	936.65	36	14	61
Syracuse	936.25	37	27	18
Washington State	935.65	38	53	44
Georgia Tech	933.75	39	67	19
Marshall	930.85	40	41	27
Utah	930.45	41	28	54
Kentucky	929.7	42	11	56
USC	928.7	43	58	27
Ohio State	926.25	44	57	40
Stanford	922.45	45	46	49
SMU	921.05	46	51	47
New Mexico	919.25	47	42	50
Ball State	914.825	48	26	45
Arizona	914.25	49	43	58
Texas	912.7	50	59	43
Texas State	902.2	51	34	39
Tulane	901.05	52	76	31
Louisville	900.8	53	63	51
East Carolina	900.75	54	54	57
Memphis	900.1	55	55	55
Maryland	897.15	56	83	38
Indiana	892.9	57	50	81
Colorado State	891.65	58	47	69
Pittsburgh	890.45	59	49	60
Ohio	889.95	60	71	52
California	886.2	61	69	48
BYU	878.05	62	52	64
James Madison	875.85	63	72	63
Duke	868.35	64	73	59
Florida	867.125	65	66	62
Ole Miss	866.2	66	62	83
Clemson	863.85	67	38	66
Washington	862.3	68	19	79
Toledo	858	69	61	53
Old Dominion	854.2	70	45	65
Notre Dame	850.7	71	70	88
Alabama	848.95	72	68	89
Illinois	848.3	73	90	66
Coastal Carolina	841.45	74	87	95
Georgia Southern	840.65	75	60	75
NC State	833.55	76	95	76
San Jose State	832.9	77	79	92
Western Kentucky	832.55	78	83	86
Oklahoma	832.1	79	65	116
Iowa State	830.25	80	85	96
Auburn	828.25	81	112	73
Vanderbilt	825.85	82	98	70
Akron	825.45	83	82	97
UTEP	824.25	84	78	117
TCU	823	85	127	78
UCF	822.75	86	64	122
UConn	821.3	87	86	90
Wyoming	818.1	88	93	111
Northern Illinois	818.05	89	116	84
Appalachian State	815.85	90	125	82
Kent State	812.9	91	80	68
New Mexico State	812.7	92	102	87
Eastern Michigan	810.7	93	97	119
Middle Tennessee	810.25	94	101	109
Boston College	807.65	95	122	85
South Alabama	807.45	96	115	103
Iowa	806.85	97	110	118
Michigan State	806.05	98	126	94
UMass	805.55	99	99	71
Southern Miss	805	100	75	113
Charlotte	804.85	101	108	115
Wake Forest	804.3	102	100	101
Mississippi State	803.8	103	92	77
Temple	801.3	104	94	124
UTSA	800.35	105	91	108
Buffalo	799.15	106	124	72
FIU	796.35	107	106	120
Hawaii	794.3	108	113	80
Northwestern	793.65	109	103	123
Cincinnati	793.6	110	96	127
Oregon State	792.15	111	74	102
South Carolina	791.6	112	77	121
Army	785.7	113	129	112
Florida Atlantic	785.6	114	109	74
UAB	785.4	115	104	104
Louisiana	783.25	116	107	99
Virginia Tech	781.65	117	81	129
Rutgers	777.9	118	89	100
Miami (OH)	776.15	119	118	97
Troy	775.4	120	105	131
Louisiana Monroe	772.3	121	114	107
Rice	771	122	123	93
South Florida	769.7	123	119	130
Louisiana Tech	768.15	124	120	105
Liberty	767.65	125	128	91
Central Michigan	767.6	126	111	106
Georgia State	764.15	127	121	110
Arizona State	763.65	128	88	126
Fresno State	754.9	129	117	114
Nevada	754.45	130	130	128
Arkansas State	743.35	131	131	125

[Rocketcan]

Just adding the records beside each team to see how the talent measurement translates into success on the field:

Team	2022	2022 Record	2023	2023 Record	2024
Tulsa	29	5-7	23	11-3	1
Kentucky	12	5-7	3	8-5	2
Baylor	18	9-5	8	11-3	3
Bowling Green	73	11-3	7	11-3	4
Georgia	52	8-5	30	9-4	5
Texas State	14	12-2	14	7-6	6
Tennessee	45	12-4	13	13-2	7
LSU	26	6-7	16	9-4	8
Florida State	21	6-7	1	10-4	9
Washington	42	8-5	29	5-7	10
Kansas State	59	9-4	34	7-6	11
Wisconsin	13	6-7	17	9-5	12
Houston	8	7-6	41	11-4	13
North Carolina	75	4-8	9	8-5	14
Georgia Tech	20	5-7	25	9-4	15
North Texas	114	8-5	35	8-5	16
UNLV	88	4-8	69	5-7	17
Michigan	50	4-8	53	3-9	18
Minnesota	89	0-12	95	6-7	19
TCU	16	10-4	2	14-2	20
Purdue	120	4-8	64	7-6	21
Texas A&M	24	3-9	46	6-7	22
Kansas	23	9-4	26	8-5	23
San Diego State	65	7-6	74	7-6	24
Arkansas	48	4-8	20	6-7	25
Old Dominion	30	8-5	27	5-7	26
Oklahoma State	11	5-7	18	6-7	27
Notre Dame	6	7-6	24	11-2	28
Maryland	34	5-7	119	5-7	29
Western Michigan	38	12-3	75	5-7	30
Virginia	22	8-5	44	5-7	31
California	2	4-8	31	7-6	32
Boise State	84	3-9	12	6-7	33
Nebraska	55	5-7	77	8-5	34
Missouri	17	9-4	36	2-10	35
Washington State	98	6-8	117	5-7	36
Penn State	96	8-5	103	8-5	37
New Mexico	54	9-5	83	4-8	38
UCLA	28	12-4	22	12-4	39
Central Michigan	4	10-4	5	10-4	40
Miami (FL)	62	5-7	86	4-8	41
Tulane	119	10-4	111	7-6	42
Air Force	82	4-8	61	7-6	43
BYU	53	6-7	28	3-9	44
Ohio State	10	8-5	6	11-3	45
Pittsburgh	9	7-7	48	9-4	46
USC	121	8-5	57	14-2	47
NC State	111	6-7	94	6-7	48
Toledo	102	3-9	37	3-9	49
SMU	33	4-8	76	9-4	50
Northwestern	57	8-6	42	5-7	51
Oklahoma	5	7-6	19	8-5	52
Texas	36	7-6	33	8-5	53
Texas Tech	40	5-7	58	4-8	54
Florida Atlantic	101	7-6	56	5-7	55
Duke	68	5-7	66	5-7	56
Colorado	63	7-6	50	10-3	57
Western Kentucky	15	11-3	79	10-4	58
Auburn	105	8-5	40	11-3	59
Michigan State	32	11-3	15	2-10	60
Syracuse	61	7-6	65	3-9	61
Memphis	94	3-9	85	10-4	62
Navy	71	5-7	99	9-4	63
Utah State	124	7-6	71	6-7	64
Marshall	93	8-5	32	12-3	65
Arizona State	56	5-7	47	2-10	66
Georgia Southern	123	5-7	59	9-4	67
West Virginia	125	3-9	130	3-9	68
Colorado State	64	6-7	125	3-9	69
Oregon	58	7-6	107	7-6	70
Coastal Carolina	49	7-7	38	4-8	71
Ball State	107	6-7	63	7-6	72
Illinois	27	9-4	21	9-4	73
Utah	127	2-10	105	2-10	74
Oregon State	31	7-6	11	8-5	75
Arizona	51	5-7	97	4-8	76
East Carolina	43	7-6	118	3-9	77
Miami (OH)	118	5-7	82	10-3	78
Indiana	78	7-6	100	4-8	79
Alabama	1	14-3	10	5-7	80
Mississippi State	103	8-5	45	8-5	81
FIU	85	6-7	122	8-5	82
Clemson	66	4-8	114	3-9	83
San Jose State	109	10-4	70	9-5	84
New Mexico State	79	7-6	49	8-5	85
Iowa State	35	6-7	73	8-5	86
UTSA	87	5-7	90	5-7	87
Stanford	115	8-5	93	5-7	88
Ole Miss	44	4-8	80	8-5	89
Eastern Michigan	37	8-5	43	2-10	90
UAB	100	7-6	51	8-5	91
Buffalo	99	5-7	62	3-9	92
Wake Forest	3	9-4	4	11-3	93
Louisiana	25	6-7	39	3-9	94
Nevada	91	11-2	52	11-3	95
Southern Miss	39	5-7	104	7-6	96
Virginia Tech	113	7-6	92	5-7	97
UCF	108	7-7	101	7-6	98
UConn	104	6-7	106	1-11	99
South Carolina	110	5-7	72	9-4	100
Ohio	81	4-8	109	5-7	101
Army	128	5-7	89	6-7	102
Liberty	117	4-8	115	5-7	103
Florida	69	4-8	108	6-7	104
Northern Illinois	41	4-8	123	10-3	105
Georgia State	77	5-7	96	5-7	106
Temple	19	6-7	60	7-6	107
Akron	47	8-5	98	7-6	108
Troy	67	4-8	91	8-6	109
Louisville	90	12-3	116	5-7	110
Fresno State	129	4-8	124	7-6	111
Rice	122	4-8	127	4-8	112
Hawaii	97	8-5	102	9-4	113
Rutgers	7	5-7	88	7-6	114
Appalachian State	83	5-7	54	9-4	115
Kent State	70	3-9	87	4-8	116
Wyoming	130	6-7	81	5-7	117
Cincinnati	126	5-7	121	5-7	118
Boston College	80	2-10	67	2-10	119
UTEP	116	5-7	120	7-6	120
Louisiana Tech	106	9-5	112	10-3	121
UMass	92	4-8	128	7-6	122
Iowa	112	7-6	129	8-5	123
Middle Tennessee	72	8-5	68	9-5	124
South Alabama	86	5-7	110	7-6	125
Charlotte	76	5-7	113	3-9	126
South Florida	60	5-7	126	1-11	127
Louisiana Monroe	95	7-6	55	5-7	128
Vanderbilt	74	3-9	84	3-9	129
Arkansas State	46	3-9	78	3-9	131

[alexfall862]

Looks like there's a loose correlation between talent and winning as well. Wonder if it gets stronger over the next couple seasons and whether it's just the reinforcement of 'active users who play and update rosters and adapt to game results are also more likely to actively recruit' or if the baseline 'talent' of coaches is getting better as more folks understand how to utilize their roster and strategic approach isn't as powerful a force in deciding games?

[tsweezy]

4 hours ago, alexfall862 said:

Looks like there's a loose correlation between talent and winning as well. Wonder if it gets stronger over the next couple seasons and whether it's just the reinforcement of 'active users who play and update rosters and adapt to game results are also more likely to actively recruit' or if the baseline 'talent' of coaches is getting better as more folks understand how to utilize their roster and strategic approach isn't as powerful a force in deciding games?

Well the main confounding issue is that especially in predominantly AI conferences, all the low talent schools play each other and therefore by default get a higher win percentage by playing each other. I.e if the SEC had the 14 most talented rosters and the Sun belt the least talented rosters, the talent vs. Win percentage would not look that much different from this (since they have to take Ls and Ws from each other)

[iToxicKiddy]

I really took over the worst possible team didn't I