CFB Talent Ratings (2017)

The SSA Talent Ratings are a combination of recruit quality and player development. The model captures both the raw talent of players coming out of high school along with their progression as they become upper classmen.

School	Conference	Rating	Nat Rank	Conf Rank
Alabama	SEC	42.98	1	1
Ohio State	Big10	42.32	2	1
Georgia	SEC	39.61	3	2
Florida State	ACC	39.40	4	1
USC	Pac12	38.89	5	1
Clemson	ACC	38.34	6	2
LSU	SEC	38.04	7	3
Stanford	Pac12	36.55	8	2
Tennessee	SEC	35.10	9	4
Oklahoma	Big12	34.55	10	1
Auburn	SEC	34.10	11	5
Penn State	Big10	31.96	12	2
UCLA	Pac12	31.95	13	3
Notre Dame	Ind	31.94	14	1
Texas A&M	SEC	31.73	15	6
Florida	SEC	31.71	16	7
Miami FL	ACC	31.63	17	3
Texas	Big12	31.62	18	2
Michigan	Big10	29.96	19	3
Nebraska	Big10	29.85	20	4
Washington	Pac12	29.76	21	4
Oregon	Pac12	28.99	22	5
South Carolina	SEC	28.59	23	8
Ole Miss	SEC	27.59	24	9
Mississippi State	SEC	27.38	25	10
Kentucky	SEC	27.19	26	11
North Carolina	ACC	26.75	27	4
Michigan State	Big10	26.64	28	5
Virginia Tech	ACC	26.29	29	5
Oklahoma State	Big12	25.98	30	3
Arkansas	SEC	25.97	31	12
Wisconsin	Big10	25.64	32	6
Utah	Pac12	25.46	33	6
Missouri	SEC	25.23	34	13
Louisville	ACC	25.07	35	6
NC State	ACC	24.83	36	7
Maryland	Big10	24.78	37	7
Arizona	Pac12	23.84	38	7
Texas Tech	Big12	23.74	39	4
Baylor	Big12	23.74	40	5
Pittsburgh	ACC	23.25	41	8
TCU	Big12	23.07	42	6
Arizona State	Pac12	23.04	43	8
Oregon State	Pac12	22.96	44	9
Colorado	Pac12	22.74	45	10
California	Pac12	22.59	46	11
Iowa State	Big12	22.24	47	7
Duke	ACC	21.90	48	9
Iowa	Big10	21.88	49	8
Northwestern	Big10	21.64	50	9
Georgia Tech	ACC	21.48	51	10
West Virginia	Big12	21.35	52	8
Rutgers	Big10	21.01	53	10
Washington State	Pac12	20.99	54	12
Minnesota	Big10	20.78	55	11
Vanderbilt	SEC	20.56	56	14
Indiana	Big10	20.28	57	12
Illinois	Big10	20.08	58	13
Cincinnati	AAC	19.46	59	1
Kansas State	Big12	19.33	60	9
Syracuse	ACC	19.25	61	11
Wake Forest	ACC	18.98	62	12
Boston College	ACC	18.62	63	13
Boise State	MW	18.24	64	1
Virginia	ACC	17.07	65	14
UCF	AAC	16.82	66	2
Kansas	Big12	15.99	67	10
South Florida	AAC	15.96	68	3
Houston	AAC	15.92	69	4
San Diego State	MW	15.81	70	2
Brigham Young	Ind	14.86	71	2
Memphis	AAC	14.13	72	5
Purdue	Big10	13.95	73	14
Marshall	CUSA	13.78	74	1
Western Michigan	MAC	13.39	75	1
Toledo	MAC	13.02	76	2
Florida Atlantic	CUSA	12.71	77	2
SMU	AAC	12.37	78	6
East Carolina	AAC	12.28	79	7
Colorado State	MW	12.02	80	3
Southern Miss	CUSA	11.90	81	3
Fresno State	MW	11.30	82	4
Miami OH	MAC	10.69	83	3
Florida International	CUSA	10.24	84	4
San Jose State	MW	9.67	85	5
Temple	AAC	9.61	86	8
Northern Illinois	MAC	9.60	87	4
Tulsa	AAC	9.56	88	9
Nevada	MW	9.39	89	6
UTSA	CUSA	9.27	90	5
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	9.23	91	6
Appalachian State	SunBelt	8.96	92	1
Western Kentucky	CUSA	8.65	93	7
Utah State	MW	8.55	94	7
Texas State	SunBelt	8.25	95	2
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	7.56	96	8
Hawaii	MW	7.55	97	8
Arkansas State	SunBelt	7.50	98	3
New Mexico	MW	7.45	99	9
Old Dominion	CUSA	7.25	100	9
Bowling Green	MAC	7.24	101	5
Georgia Southern	SunBelt	7.06	102	4
Connecticut	AAC	6.98	103	10
Wyoming	MW	6.86	104	10
UAB	CUSA	6.79	105	10
UNLV	MW	6.75	106	11
Georgia State	SunBelt	6.57	107	5
Louisiana-Monroe	SunBelt	6.55	108	6
Central Michigan	MAC	6.39	109	6
Navy	AAC	6.35	110	11
Ball State	MAC	6.17	111	7
North Texas	CUSA	6.09	112	11
Ohio	MAC	5.68	113	8
Louisiana-Lafayette	SunBelt	5.53	114	7
Tulane	AAC	5.53	115	12
Rice	CUSA	5.28	116	12
South Alabama	SunBelt	5.21	117	8
Troy	SunBelt	4.77	118	9
Massachusetts	Ind	4.50	119	3
Coastal Carolina	SunBelt	3.74	120	10
Kent State	MAC	3.69	121	9
Charlotte	CUSA	3.46	122	13
Army	Ind	3.45	123	4
Buffalo	MAC	3.09	124	10
New Mexico State	SunBelt	2.84	125	11
Idaho	SunBelt	2.81	126	12
Air Force	MW	2.24	127	12
Eastern Michigan	MAC	1.92	128	11
UTEP	CUSA	0.66	129	14
Akron	MAC	0.00	130	12