Portal Power Index

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

How is PPI calculated?

PPI combines estimated talent gained and lost through transfers, incoming recruits, and NFL Draft departures. It is a comparative model score—not a prediction of wins or an official team rating.

Portal Power Index Rankings

Rank	Team	Conference	Transfers In	Transfers Out	Talent Gained	Talent Lost	Recruits	Draft Lost	PPI
1	Texas A&M	SEC	20	19	23.4	7.6	25	17	+15.8
2	UCLA	Big Ten	42	26	31.0	15.4	14	2	+15.6
3	Virginia	ACC	31	21	23.5	10.2	10	6	+13.3
4	West Virginia	Big 12	36	50	33.7	21.5	33	4	+12.2
5	LSU	SEC	42	37	34.1	22.5	13	15	+11.6
6	Colorado	Big 12	42	37	31.7	20.4	9	4	+11.3
7	Hawai'i	Mountain West	19	9	15.2	4.2	16	2	+11.0
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	33	23	23.4	12.4	8	7	+11.0
9	Purdue	Big Ten	29	21	21.4	10.5	13	1	+10.9
10	Arizona State	Big 12	25	21	21.6	11.0	14	10	+10.6
11	Ole Miss	SEC	29	25	25.7	15.1	13	9	+10.6
12	UConn	FBS Independents	54	42	32.3	21.7	10	7	+10.6
13	Temple	American Athletic	24	25	19.7	9.2	26	1	+10.5
14	Arizona	Big 12	23	20	20.4	10.1	18	8	+10.3
15	Utah State	Mountain West	29	20	20.6	10.3	18	2	+10.3
16	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	30	17	20.8	10.7	13	1	+10.1
17	Indiana	Big Ten	17	14	16.7	6.7	14	14	+10.0
18	James Madison	Sun Belt	39	26	26.4	16.6	17	3	+9.8
19	Virginia Tech	ACC	27	27	23.2	13.4	16	5	+9.8
20	Texas Tech	Big 12	22	21	20.0	10.5	15	9	+9.5
21	Memphis	American Athletic	52	47	36.0	27.1	18	4	+8.9
22	Missouri State	Conference USA	25	11	14.7	5.8	11	0	+8.9
23	South Carolina	SEC	25	23	19.4	10.6	13	8	+8.8
24	Northwestern	Big Ten	17	8	13.5	4.8	15	5	+8.7
25	South Florida	American Athletic	46	33	29.1	20.4	14	1	+8.7
26	New Mexico	Mountain West	15	14	14.7	6.2	23	3	+8.5
27	Marshall	Sun Belt	31	21	17.8	9.5	12	1	+8.3
28	Wake Forest	ACC	24	23	21.2	12.9	21	8	+8.3
29	Iowa	Big Ten	15	9	13.2	5.1	13	13	+8.1
30	Arkansas	SEC	42	42	29.8	21.8	11	10	+8.0
31	Delaware	Conference USA	13	8	10.6	2.8	15	0	+7.8
32	Miami	ACC	13	19	18.8	11.0	23	12	+7.8
33	Houston	Big 12	18	16	16.0	8.3	14	8	+7.7
34	Cincinnati	Big 12	23	22	21.1	13.6	19	10	+7.5
35	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7	14	16.0	8.6	26	11	+7.4
36	Louisville	ACC	34	35	25.2	17.9	15	10	+7.3
37	UTEP	Conference USA	24	18	18.2	10.9	23	0	+7.3
38	Kansas	Big 12	32	26	22.9	15.8	11	8	+7.1
39	Missouri	SEC	30	26	22.5	15.4	10	10	+7.1
40	Fresno State	Mountain West	13	12	12.5	5.7	19	2	+6.8
41	Liberty	Conference USA	28	19	18.3	11.7	17	0	+6.6
42	Minnesota	Big Ten	19	20	16.8	10.2	21	3	+6.6
43	Ball State	Mid-American	27	17	16.1	9.6	10	1	+6.5
44	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	16	13	15.3	9.0	18	3	+6.3
45	Texas	SEC	22	26	22.8	16.5	21	12	+6.3
46	Auburn	SEC	38	39	29.8	23.6	12	10	+6.2
47	UNLV	Mountain West	15	12	14.2	8.0	20	2	+6.2
48	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	24	13	14.1	8.1	16	0	+6.0
49	Georgia	SEC	9	17	16.2	10.3	26	13	+5.9
50	Georgia Tech	ACC	19	20	17.1	11.3	15	12	+5.8
51	Kentucky	SEC	30	26	20.4	14.7	5	10	+5.7
52	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	42	28	23.9	18.2	9	2	+5.7
53	UCF	Big 12	32	34	23.7	18.0	13	6	+5.7
54	TCU	Big 12	12	13	12.2	6.7	14	14	+5.5
55	Western Michigan	Mid-American	14	13	11.3	5.9	16	2	+5.4
56	Wyoming	Mountain West	20	16	14.4	9.0	16	4	+5.4
57	Ohio	Mid-American	21	14	14.3	9.0	15	1	+5.3
58	UAB	American Athletic	43	31	24.8	19.6	4	1	+5.2
59	Tennessee	SEC	21	28	20.9	15.8	20	13	+5.1
60	Massachusetts	Mid-American	21	18	15.6	10.7	14	0	+4.9
61	Vanderbilt	SEC	20	19	15.0	10.1	13	8	+4.9
62	California	ACC	32	31	23.0	18.2	11	4	+4.8
63	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	19	17	13.6	8.8	15	2	+4.8
64	Sam Houston	Conference USA	20	15	12.5	7.7	7	0	+4.8
65	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	19	22	16.5	11.8	21	1	+4.7
66	Nebraska	Big Ten	17	17	14.3	9.7	6	4	+4.6
67	USC	Big Ten	9	22	17.3	12.7	29	11	+4.6
68	BYU	Big 12	10	13	11.7	7.2	16	9	+4.5
69	Tulsa	American Athletic	21	22	16.8	12.6	18	1	+4.2
70	San Diego State	Mountain West	27	25	18.8	14.8	19	6	+4.0
71	Rutgers	Big Ten	15	17	14.1	10.2	15	2	+3.9
72	Boston College	ACC	26	30	21.8	18.0	16	6	+3.8
73	Baylor	Big 12	31	33	21.8	18.3	8	8	+3.5
74	Clemson	ACC	11	15	11.9	8.4	15	13	+3.5
75	Alabama	SEC	17	23	17.8	14.4	16	16	+3.4
76	Illinois	Big Ten	21	27	17.9	14.5	15	10	+3.4
77	North Texas	American Athletic	51	38	27.1	23.7	2	3	+3.4
78	Charlotte	American Athletic	19	26	16.0	12.7	15	1	+3.3
79	SMU	ACC	15	25	14.5	11.2	14	10	+3.3
80	Stanford	ACC	6	10	8.9	5.6	16	3	+3.3
81	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	23	18	12.1	9.0	3	1	+3.1
82	Oklahoma	SEC	16	28	18.5	15.7	19	11	+2.8
83	Rice	American Athletic	20	22	15.0	12.3	15	0	+2.7
84	Air Force	Mountain West	0	4	2.7	0.3	9	1	+2.4
85	Texas State	Sun Belt	19	20	13.6	11.3	13	0	+2.3
86	Buffalo	Mid-American	18	15	12.2	10.0	16	2	+2.2
87	Colorado State	Mountain West	34	37	22.2	20.0	21	1	+2.2
88	NC State	ACC	20	23	17.1	14.9	16	8	+2.2
89	Duke	ACC	20	19	14.0	11.9	5	6	+2.1
90	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6	7	6.7	4.7	13	2	+2.0
91	Pittsburgh	ACC	16	20	14.0	12.0	14	2	+2.0
92	New Mexico State	Conference USA	26	23	13.1	11.3	2	1	+1.8
93	Central Michigan	Mid-American	12	16	10.9	9.2	21	1	+1.7
94	East Carolina	American Athletic	24	24	15.1	13.5	13	1	+1.6
95	App State	Sun Belt	39	43	24.8	23.3	21	0	+1.5
96	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	32	40	18.9	17.5	7	0	+1.4
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	17	24	14.9	13.6	21	1	+1.3
98	Utah	Big 12	18	20	14.5	13.2	10	6	+1.3
99	Florida International	Conference USA	17	20	13.8	12.6	18	3	+1.2
100	Washington	Big Ten	14	22	14.2	13.0	17	8	+1.2
101	Kent State	Mid-American	11	16	10.4	9.4	18	0	+1.0
102	Mississippi State	SEC	27	40	22.7	21.7	20	3	+1.0
103	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	16	21	12.4	11.5	15	0	+0.9
104	Boise State	Mountain West	11	20	12.0	11.2	19	4	+0.8
105	Navy	American Athletic	0	3	2.4	1.6	8	2	+0.8
106	Army	American Athletic	0	2	0.9	0.4	3	1	+0.5
107	San José State	Mountain West	19	16	12.8	12.4	12	0	+0.4
108	Nevada	Mountain West	14	19	10.7	10.4	16	1	+0.3
109	North Carolina	ACC	20	31	20.3	20.0	26	5	+0.3
110	Florida	SEC	27	35	22.0	21.8	17	10	+0.2
111	UTSA	American Athletic	24	23	14.0	13.8	10	3	+0.2
112	Maryland	Big Ten	14	16	9.2	9.3	5	4	-0.1
113	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	22	18	10.6	10.7	7	1	-0.1
114	Ohio State	Big Ten	17	37	19.8	19.9	22	12	-0.1
115	Toledo	Mid-American	33	37	21.0	21.2	13	5	-0.2
116	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	12	26	11.9	12.3	24	2	-0.4
117	Syracuse	ACC	19	31	18.2	18.6	18	9	-0.4
118	Iowa State	Big 12	48	55	34.5	35.1	19	6	-0.6
119	Kansas State	Big 12	27	32	18.1	18.9	8	5	-0.8
120	Michigan	Big Ten	17	28	16.7	17.5	17	12	-0.8
121	Oklahoma State	Big 12	55	66	35.7	37.1	10	1	-1.4
122	Georgia State	Sun Belt	37	39	19.7	21.5	12	1	-1.8
123	Tulane	American Athletic	20	28	13.0	15.2	11	1	-2.2
124	Florida State	ACC	23	40	20.8	23.4	21	4	-2.6
125	Penn State	Big Ten	38	47	27.3	29.9	6	15	-2.6
126	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	12	24	10.6	13.5	16	0	-2.9
127	Washington State	Pac-12	29	38	18.0	20.9	7	3	-2.9
128	Oregon	Big Ten	14	32	16.1	19.1	18	11	-3.0
129	Troy	Sun Belt	14	26	10.5	13.5	13	2	-3.0
130	South Alabama	Sun Belt	12	29	12.2	15.3	22	2	-3.1
131	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	23	29	12.1	15.3	9	0	-3.2
132	Akron	Mid-American	15	17	8.0	11.3	5	0	-3.3
133	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	26	37	17.4	21.6	17	1	-4.2
134	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	7	24	9.2	13.4	23	1	-4.2
135	Oregon State	Pac-12	22	34	14.7	19.2	9	2	-4.5
136	Michigan State	Big Ten	28	44	19.6	24.5	14	9	-4.9