CFB/LAB

updated — — FBS teams · sorted by CFB/LAB
showing — FBS teams

CFB/LAB is cfb-lab's season team rating. FBS median is ~49; the top 25 sit at 63+, the top 10 at 72+, and the very top of the rankings around 90. Higher = better team.

How to read this table

These are settled 2018–25 ratings — what each team actually was, once the games were played. (For the 2026 forecast, with uncertainty bands, see the 2026 Outlook.) Click any column's ? for how it's computed.
What makes this different
  • Built from play-by-play, not the box score. The yield, havoc, stuff, and on-schedule columns measure how a team won or lost — efficiency a final score hides.
  • Talent yield is the headline. It separates teams that out-produce their recruiting — development, scheme, portal fits — from those that underperform blue-chip rosters.
  • No black box. Every column's ? shows exactly how it's computed, and hovering any cell breaks it into parts.
Cell colors
bottom 15% bottom third middle top third top 15%
Gold is reserved for postseason signal
  • National champion (row wash + trophy)
  • Conference champion
  • CFP committee seed
  • #1 in CFB/LAB (full gold gradient) or in the CFP field (soft gold)
Interactions
  • Hover any column header's ? for that column's methodology.
  • Click a header to sort. Click a row for the team profile.
  • Sort by the Conf column to flip every rank chip from national rank to conference rank (e.g. B1G 3).
  • Hover any metric cell to see its component breakdown.
  • The colored 2px borders separate the seven column groups.
What each column is
Ratings
CFB/LAB
cfb-lab Net Rating — the headline number
OFF / DEF
Offense rating / Defense rating
ST
Special Teams rating
SOR
Strength of Record
SOS
Strength of Schedule
How they got there — play-by-play rates
OS-O / OS-D
On-schedule rate, offense / defense
XR-O / XR-D
Explosive rate, offense / defense
RZ-O / RZ-D
Red-zone points per trip, offense / defense
STUF-O / STUF-D
Stuff rate, offense (avoided) / defense (created)
HAV-O / HAV-D
Havoc rate, offense (avoided) / defense (created)
Talent & yield
Talent
Recruiting-star talent of contributors
Yield
Talent yield (production vs talent baseline)
HS-Y / Por-Y
HS-pipeline yield / Portal yield
Rank checks
Δ AP
CFB/LAB rank vs AP rank
Δ Cons
CFB/LAB rank vs preseason consensus rank

Sources: CollegeFootballData play-by-play (2018–25), 247Sports recruiting, and AP & CFP-committee rankings.