Portal Power Index (PPI)

Net roster improvement through transfers, recruits, and draft losses. Higher PPI = roster got better.

How is PPI calculated? +

FBS Independents

+7.8

avg PPI • 2 teams

Best: Notre Dame (+14.2)

Mountain West

+7.5

avg PPI • 12 teams

Best: Fresno State (+11.2)

ACC

+6.3

avg PPI • 17 teams

Best: North Carolina (+11.6)

Big 12

+6.2

avg PPI • 16 teams

Best: West Virginia (+18.9)

Conference USA

+5.6

avg PPI • 12 teams

Best: UTEP (+10.1)

SEC

+5.5

avg PPI • 16 teams

Best: Texas A&M (+14.3)

Mid-American

+5.5

avg PPI • 13 teams

Best: Miami (OH) (+9.6)

Big Ten

+5.4

avg PPI • 18 teams

Best: USC (+14.3)

American Athletic

+3.7

avg PPI • 14 teams

Best: Temple (+15.8)

Sun Belt

+2.6

avg PPI • 14 teams

Best: Georgia Southern (+6.4)

Pac-12

-1.3

avg PPI • 2 teams

Best: Washington State (-0.7)

#	Team	Conf	PPI	Gained	Lost	In	Out	Draft	Recruits
1	West Virginia	Big 12	+18.9	33.1	14.2	36	44	1	33
2	Temple	American Athletic	+15.8	20.1	4.3	23	17	0	26
3	Texas A&M	SEC	+14.3	27.3	13.0	19	17	15	25
4	USC	Big Ten	+14.3	26.1	11.8	9	22	7	29
5	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	+14.2	23.5	9.3	7	14	7	26
6	Georgia	SEC	+12.5	23.1	10.6	9	14	12	26
7	North Carolina	ACC	+11.6	23.0	11.4	20	27	2	26
8	Minnesota	Big Ten	+11.5	18.4	6.9	19	18	1	21
9	Fresno State	Mountain West	+11.2	14.0	2.8	13	10	0	19
10	New Mexico	Mountain West	+11.2	16.6	5.4	15	14	1	23
11	UCLA	Big Ten	+11.1	21.3	10.2	41	24	2	14
12	Wake Forest	ACC	+11.1	19.4	8.3	24	22	2	21
13	Virginia	ACC	+10.8	17.4	6.6	29	17	1	10
14	Utah State	Mountain West	+10.7	16.7	6.0	29	18	0	18
15	Purdue	Big Ten	+10.5	16.5	6.0	29	19	0	13
16	UTEP	Conference USA	+10.1	17.4	7.3	22	15	0	23
17	Arizona	Big 12	+10.0	19.6	9.6	24	20	4	18
18	Virginia Tech	ACC	+9.8	19.2	9.4	27	25	1	16
19	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	+9.6	15.6	6.0	15	11	1	18
20	Cincinnati	Big 12	+9.5	21.4	11.9	22	19	5	19
21	Hawai'i	Mountain West	+9.5	12.9	3.4	17	9	0	16
22	Delaware	Conference USA	+9.3	11.0	1.7	13	7	0	15
23	Miami	ACC	+9.3	23.9	14.6	12	17	12	23
24	Arizona State	Big 12	+9.2	19.9	10.7	25	19	5	14
25	Liberty	Conference USA	+9.1	15.4	6.3	26	16	0	17
26	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	+9.0	16.3	7.3	18	19	0	21
27	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	+8.8	15.8	7.0	11	22	0	24
28	Rutgers	Big Ten	+8.7	14.8	6.1	15	15	0	15
29	Texas	SEC	+8.7	23.7	15.0	19	24	8	21
30	Central Michigan	Mid-American	+8.5	14.5	6.0	12	14	1	21
31	Syracuse	ACC	+8.5	18.4	9.9	19	28	2	18
32	UNLV	Mountain West	+8.5	15.8	7.3	15	14	0	20
33	Colorado	Big 12	+8.4	21.4	13.0	42	34	0	9
34	Northwestern	Big Ten	+8.4	13.2	4.8	16	8	4	15
35	Tulsa	American Athletic	+8.0	17.5	9.5	21	21	1	18
36	Houston	Big 12	+7.9	14.7	6.8	18	16	2	14
37	Texas Tech	Big 12	+7.9	21.4	13.5	21	21	9	15
38	BYU	Big 12	+7.8	14.0	6.2	10	13	4	16
39	Tennessee	SEC	+7.7	23.1	15.4	21	27	9	20
40	Boise State	Mountain West	+7.6	13.8	6.2	11	17	1	19
41	Colorado State	Mountain West	+7.5	19.5	12.0	32	35	0	21
42	Memphis	American Athletic	+7.5	23.8	16.3	51	44	2	18
43	Stanford	ACC	+7.5	12.5	5.0	6	10	3	16
44	Florida State	ACC	+7.4	22.3	14.9	23	38	3	21
45	Bowling Green	Mid-American	+7.3	15.3	8.0	14	21	0	21
46	Western Michigan	Mid-American	+7.2	11.8	4.6	14	12	1	16
47	Wyoming	Mountain West	+7.1	13.5	6.4	19	14	2	16
48	Georgia Tech	ACC	+7.0	15.4	8.4	19	18	4	15
49	Kent State	Mid-American	+6.9	12.2	5.3	11	12	0	18
50	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	+6.9	14.2	7.3	4	17	0	23
51	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	+6.8	12.6	5.8	21	13	0	16
52	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	+6.4	12.7	6.3	19	17	0	15
53	Louisville	ACC	+6.4	20.0	13.6	32	35	4	15
54	Ole Miss	SEC	+6.4	20.7	14.3	28	21	6	13
55	Florida International	Conference USA	+6.3	15.8	9.5	16	19	1	18
56	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	+6.3	14.5	8.2	29	17	0	13
57	Rice	American Athletic	+6.3	13.2	6.9	20	18	0	15
58	Massachusetts	Mid-American	+6.2	12.8	6.6	21	16	0	14
59	Charlotte	American Athletic	+6.1	13.8	7.7	19	21	0	15
60	Missouri State	Conference USA	+6.1	9.8	3.7	21	9	0	11
61	San Diego State	Mountain West	+6.0	16.8	10.8	27	24	3	19
62	UCF	Big 12	+6.0	18.4	12.4	31	34	2	13
63	Mississippi State	SEC	+5.9	18.8	12.9	24	37	2	20
64	South Florida	American Athletic	+5.8	19.1	13.3	43	32	0	14
65	Nevada	Mountain West	+5.6	12.4	6.8	14	17	0	16
66	Indiana	Big Ten	+5.5	17.3	11.8	17	14	9	14
67	Washington	Big Ten	+5.4	16.5	11.1	14	21	5	17
68	App State	Sun Belt	+5.3	19.7	14.4	36	39	0	21
69	James Madison	Sun Belt	+5.0	17.9	12.9	37	26	1	17
70	Kansas	Big 12	+5.0	16.4	11.4	31	26	2	11
71	TCU	Big 12	+5.0	13.9	8.9	12	13	5	14
72	Air Force	Mountain West	+4.9	5.4	0.5	0	4	0	9
73	Iowa	Big Ten	+4.8	14.1	9.3	15	7	10	13
74	Wisconsin	Big Ten	+4.7	14.4	9.7	33	23	4	8
75	Auburn	SEC	+4.6	20.8	16.2	38	36	6	12
76	LSU	SEC	+4.6	25.4	20.8	41	38	12	13
77	Vanderbilt	SEC	+4.6	13.4	8.8	18	18	3	13
78	Louisiana	Sun Belt	+4.5	8.8	4.3	6	7	1	13
79	Marshall	Sun Belt	+4.5	11.8	7.3	28	21	0	12
80	Ohio	Mid-American	+4.5	11.4	6.9	19	13	0	15
81	Ohio State	Big Ten	+4.4	23.5	19.1	17	34	11	22
82	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	+4.4	11.5	7.1	16	18	0	15
83	Florida	SEC	+4.3	20.4	16.1	27	35	9	17
84	South Carolina	SEC	+4.3	15.9	11.6	25	23	7	13
85	Boston College	ACC	+4.2	17.5	13.3	26	28	4	16
86	Pittsburgh	ACC	+3.9	13.3	9.4	16	20	2	14
87	NC State	ACC	+3.8	15.8	12.0	20	20	5	16
88	Buffalo	Mid-American	+3.6	11.8	8.2	16	14	1	16
89	Illinois	Big Ten	+3.6	16.3	12.7	18	25	7	15
90	Sam Houston	Conference USA	+3.6	7.5	3.9	20	12	0	7
91	Oklahoma State	Big 12	+3.5	24.1	20.6	53	63	0	10
92	Oregon	Big Ten	+3.5	19.3	15.8	14	28	10	18
93	Oklahoma	SEC	+3.3	19.5	16.2	16	27	11	19
94	Texas State	Sun Belt	+3.3	11.0	7.7	17	20	0	13
95	Arkansas	SEC	+3.2	18.9	15.7	41	39	6	11
96	Ball State	Mid-American	+3.2	8.9	5.7	25	14	0	10
97	East Carolina	American Athletic	+3.1	13.3	10.2	22	25	1	13
98	Nebraska	Big Ten	+3.0	10.5	7.5	16	15	3	6
99	South Alabama	Sun Belt	+2.9	15.2	12.3	11	27	2	22
100	California	ACC	+2.7	16.4	13.7	32	31	2	11
101	SMU	ACC	+2.7	14.8	12.1	14	24	7	14
102	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	+2.4	11.4	9.0	11	22	0	16
103	Alabama	SEC	+2.2	17.9	15.7	17	22	12	16
104	Clemson	ACC	+2.2	14.1	11.9	10	13	10	15
105	Michigan	Big Ten	+2.1	18.7	16.6	17	28	8	17
106	Navy	American Athletic	+2.0	4.8	2.8	0	3	2	8
107	Troy	Sun Belt	+1.7	9.8	8.1	13	24	0	13
108	UConn	FBS Independents	+1.5	17.0	15.5	53	36	2	10
109	Army	American Athletic	+1.4	1.8	0.4	0	2	0	3
110	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	+1.2	14.7	13.5	26	36	0	17
111	Michigan State	Big Ten	+1.2	16.9	15.7	28	44	2	14
112	Utah	Big 12	+1.2	12.5	11.3	17	20	6	10
113	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	+1.1	9.2	8.1	22	22	0	9
114	Missouri	SEC	+0.9	14.4	13.5	28	26	6	10
115	San José State	Mountain West	+0.5	9.7	9.2	18	14	0	12
116	Tulane	American Athletic	+0.5	10.7	10.2	20	28	0	11
117	Iowa State	Big 12	+0.2	23.9	23.7	47	55	3	19
118	Baylor	Big 12	-0.3	14.4	14.7	29	32	4	8
119	Kentucky	SEC	-0.3	11.5	11.8	29	24	6	5
120	Toledo	Mid-American	-0.3	14.7	15.0	33	36	4	13
121	Kansas State	Big 12	-0.4	12.9	13.3	26	30	3	8
122	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	-0.5	10.1	10.6	30	36	0	7
123	Maryland	Big Ten	-0.5	6.0	6.5	12	16	2	5
124	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	-0.5	6.8	7.3	19	14	0	7
125	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	-0.5	12.6	13.1	41	28	0	9
126	Georgia State	Sun Belt	-0.6	13.6	14.2	34	33	1	12
127	UAB	American Athletic	-0.7	11.7	12.4	43	28	0	4
128	Washington State	Pac-12	-0.7	12.2	12.9	29	39	0	7
129	Akron	Mid-American	-0.9	5.9	6.8	15	16	0	5
130	Duke	ACC	-1.1	9.8	10.9	17	16	5	5
131	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	-1.2	4.5	5.7	21	16	0	3
132	New Mexico State	Conference USA	-1.3	6.0	7.3	26	16	0	2
133	UTSA	American Athletic	-1.5	9.6	11.1	22	23	2	10
134	Oregon State	Pac-12	-1.9	10.3	12.2	21	34	0	9
135	North Texas	American Athletic	-3.5	14.0	17.5	50	36	0	2
136	Penn State	Big Ten	-5.5	17.5	23.0	38	47	11	6