Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Explosiveness, 2026

Louisville ranks first in FBS in adjusted explosiveness at 1.02, ahead of Tulane (1.01) and Nebraska (1.00). The middle of FBS is about 0.94, and Houston is last of 138 (0.87).

What's adjusted explosiveness?

Average EPA on successful plays, adjusted for opponents: how big the good plays are.

The same efficiency numbers, adjusted for the offenses and defenses each team has faced (CollegeFootballData.com). A good number against a soft schedule shrinks; one against a hard schedule grows.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by adjusted explosiveness

Rank	Team	Conference	Explosiveness (adjusted)
1	Louisville	ACC	1.02
2	Tulane	American Athletic	1.01
3	Nebraska	Big Ten	1.00
4	Cincinnati	Big 12	1.00
5	Rice	American Athletic	1.00
6	New Mexico	Mountain West	1.00
7	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.98
8	Utah	Big 12	0.98
9	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.98
10	Tulsa	American Athletic	0.98
11	Auburn	SEC	0.98
12	Kansas	Big 12	0.97
13	Boise State	Pac-12	0.97
14	West Virginia	Big 12	0.97
15	Washington State	Pac-12	0.97
16	UTEP	Mountain West	0.97
17	North Texas	American Athletic	0.97
18	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.97
19	Duke	ACC	0.97
20	Navy	American Athletic	0.97
21	Army	American Athletic	0.97
22	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.97
23	Maryland	Big Ten	0.96
24	Iowa State	Big 12	0.96
25	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.96
26	BYU	Big 12	0.96
27	Colorado State	Pac-12	0.96
28	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	0.96
29	Clemson	ACC	0.96
30	Purdue	Big Ten	0.96
31	Nevada	Mountain West	0.96
32	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.96
33	Boston College	ACC	0.96
34	Utah State	Pac-12	0.95
35	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0.95
36	UConn	Independents	0.95
37	Troy	Sun Belt	0.95
38	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.95
39	Missouri	SEC	0.95
40	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.95
41	Illinois	Big Ten	0.95
42	Temple	American Athletic	0.95
43	Tennessee	SEC	0.95
44	Arizona	Big 12	0.95
45	Alabama	SEC	0.95
46	Wake Forest	ACC	0.95
47	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.95
48	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0.95
49	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0.94
50	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0.94
51	Baylor	Big 12	0.94
52	Florida State	ACC	0.94
53	UTSA	American Athletic	0.94
54	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.94
55	Toledo	Mid-American	0.94
56	Texas State	Pac-12	0.94
57	Iowa	Big Ten	0.94
58	Air Force	Mountain West	0.94
59	App State	Sun Belt	0.94
60	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.94
60	Syracuse	ACC	0.94
60	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.94
63	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.94
64	San José State	Mountain West	0.94
65	Texas A&M	SEC	0.94
66	Mississippi State	SEC	0.94
67	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.94
68	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.94
69	Miami	ACC	0.94
70	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.94
71	Kansas State	Big 12	0.94
72	UNLV	Mountain West	0.94
73	Indiana	Big Ten	0.93
74	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.93
75	Virginia	ACC	0.93
76	Florida	SEC	0.93
77	Ole Miss	SEC	0.93
78	UAB	American Athletic	0.93
79	South Carolina	SEC	0.93
80	Liberty	Conference USA	0.93
80	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.93
82	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.93
83	Kent State	Mid-American	0.93
84	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.93
84	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0.93
86	Georgia	SEC	0.93
87	California	ACC	0.93
88	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.93
89	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0.93
90	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.93
91	Ball State	Mid-American	0.93
92	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0.93
92	Michigan	Big Ten	0.93
94	James Madison	Sun Belt	0.93
95	Notre Dame	Independents	0.93
96	Kentucky	SEC	0.93
97	Ohio	Mid-American	0.92
97	Washington	Big Ten	0.92
99	Arizona State	Big 12	0.92
100	Akron	Mid-American	0.92
101	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.92
102	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0.92
103	Arkansas	SEC	0.92
104	Memphis	American Athletic	0.92
105	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.92
106	LSU	SEC	0.92
107	Marshall	Sun Belt	0.92
108	Delaware	Conference USA	0.92
109	Penn State	Big Ten	0.91
110	Oregon	Big Ten	0.91
111	South Florida	American Athletic	0.91
112	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.91
113	Texas	SEC	0.91
114	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.91
115	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.91
116	UCLA	Big Ten	0.91
117	Stanford	ACC	0.91
118	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.91
119	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.91
120	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0.91
121	UCF	Big 12	0.91
122	SMU	ACC	0.91
123	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.91
124	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.91
125	TCU	Big 12	0.91
126	NC State	ACC	0.91
127	North Carolina	ACC	0.90
128	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.90
129	Colorado	Big 12	0.90
130	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.90
131	Missouri State	Conference USA	0.89
132	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.89
133	USC	Big Ten	0.89
134	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0.88
135	Oklahoma	SEC	0.88
136	Florida International	Conference USA	0.88
137	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.88
138	Houston	Big 12	0.87

The best team in each conference

ACC: Louisville (1.02, 1st); American Athletic: Tulane (1.01, 2nd); Big Ten: Nebraska (1.00, 3rd); Big 12: Cincinnati (1.00, 4th); Mountain West: New Mexico (1.00, 6th); Sun Belt: South Alabama (0.98, 7th); Mid-American: Miami (OH) (0.98, 9th); SEC: Auburn (0.98, 11th); Pac-12: Boise State (0.97, 13th); Independents: UConn (0.95, 36th); Conference USA: New Mexico State (0.95, 48th).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Explosiveness, 2026

What's adjusted explosiveness?

Every FBS team by adjusted explosiveness

The best team in each conference

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