Portal Power Index (PPI)

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

How is PPI calculated? +

FBS Independents

+10.7

avg PPI • 2 teams

Best: UConn (+13.8)

SEC

+6.9

avg PPI • 16 teams

Best: Texas A&M (+16.3)

Big 12

+6.3

avg PPI • 16 teams

Best: West Virginia (+14.4)

Conference USA

+5.4

avg PPI • 12 teams

Best: Kennesaw State (+9.6)

Mountain West

+5.2

avg PPI • 12 teams

Best: Utah State (+11.2)

ACC

+5.1

avg PPI • 17 teams

Best: Virginia (+13.4)

Big Ten

+4.7

avg PPI • 18 teams

Best: UCLA (+17.1)

American Athletic

+4.0

avg PPI • 14 teams

Best: Temple (+12.9)

Mid-American

+3.0

avg PPI • 13 teams

Best: Miami (OH) (+7.5)

Sun Belt

+2.5

avg PPI • 14 teams

Best: James Madison (+8.5)

Pac-12

-3.9

avg PPI • 2 teams

Best: Washington State (-3.4)

#	Team	Conf	PPI	Gained	Lost	In	Out	Draft	Recruits
1	UCLA	Big Ten	+17.1	30.9	13.8	41	24	2	14
2	Texas A&M	SEC	+16.3	23.4	7.1	20	17	16	25
3	West Virginia	Big 12	+14.4	33.7	19.3	36	44	2	33
4	UConn	FBS Independents	+13.8	32.3	18.5	53	36	3	10
5	Virginia	ACC	+13.4	22.5	9.1	30	17	1	10
6	Colorado	Big 12	+12.9	31.7	18.8	42	34	0	9
7	Temple	American Athletic	+12.9	19.6	6.7	24	17	1	26
8	Purdue	Big Ten	+11.9	21.4	9.5	29	19	0	13
9	Arizona State	Big 12	+11.2	21.6	10.4	25	19	5	14
10	Utah State	Mountain West	+11.2	20.6	9.4	29	18	0	18
11	Ole Miss	SEC	+11.0	25.0	14.0	28	21	7	13
12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	+11.0	23.4	12.4	33	23	4	8
13	LSU	SEC	+10.8	34.1	23.3	42	38	12	13
14	Texas Tech	Big 12	+10.5	21.0	10.5	21	21	9	15
15	Arizona	Big 12	+10.3	20.4	10.1	23	20	6	18
16	Virginia Tech	ACC	+10.3	23.2	12.9	27	25	1	16
17	Memphis	American Athletic	+10.2	35.6	25.4	51	44	2	18
18	Indiana	Big Ten	+10.0	16.7	6.7	17	14	10	14
19	Hawai'i	Mountain West	+9.7	13.9	4.2	17	9	1	16
20	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	+9.6	20.3	10.7	29	17	0	13
21	South Florida	American Athletic	+9.3	29.1	19.8	46	32	0	14
22	New Mexico	Mountain West	+9.1	15.3	6.2	16	14	2	23
23	Iowa	Big Ten	+9.0	13.2	4.2	15	7	10	13
24	Miami	ACC	+8.9	18.8	9.9	13	17	12	23
25	South Carolina	SEC	+8.8	19.4	10.6	25	23	7	13
26	Northwestern	Big Ten	+8.7	13.5	4.8	17	8	5	15
27	Arkansas	SEC	+8.6	29.4	20.8	41	39	6	11
28	James Madison	Sun Belt	+8.5	26.0	17.5	37	26	1	17
29	Delaware	Conference USA	+8.4	10.6	2.2	13	7	0	15
30	UTEP	Conference USA	+8.4	17.8	9.4	23	15	0	23
31	Missouri State	Conference USA	+8.3	13.3	5.0	22	9	0	11
32	Wake Forest	ACC	+8.3	21.2	12.9	24	22	4	21
33	Cincinnati	Big 12	+8.1	20.7	12.6	22	19	6	19
34	Liberty	Conference USA	+8.0	18.0	10.0	27	16	0	17
35	Fresno State	Mountain West	+7.8	12.5	4.7	13	10	1	19
36	Marshall	Sun Belt	+7.8	17.3	9.5	29	21	1	12
37	Houston	Big 12	+7.7	16.0	8.3	18	16	2	14
38	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	+7.5	15.3	7.8	16	11	2	18
39	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	+7.5	16.1	8.6	7	14	9	26
40	Texas	SEC	+7.5	22.8	15.3	22	24	8	21
41	UAB	American Athletic	+7.5	25.2	17.7	44	28	0	4
42	Auburn	SEC	+7.4	29.8	22.4	38	36	6	12
43	Louisville	ACC	+7.4	25.3	17.9	34	35	5	15
44	Ball State	Mid-American	+7.3	15.0	7.7	25	14	1	10
45	Minnesota	Big Ten	+7.3	16.8	9.5	19	18	1	21
46	Georgia	SEC	+7.2	16.2	9.0	9	14	12	26
47	Missouri	SEC	+7.1	22.5	15.4	30	26	7	10
48	Kansas	Big 12	+6.7	22.5	15.8	31	26	4	11
49	Massachusetts	Mid-American	+6.5	16.5	10.0	22	16	0	14
50	Sam Houston	Conference USA	+6.5	12.5	6.0	20	12	0	7
51	Georgia Tech	ACC	+6.3	17.1	10.8	19	18	5	15
52	Wyoming	Mountain West	+6.2	14.0	7.8	19	14	3	16
53	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	+6.0	16.5	10.5	19	19	1	21
54	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	+5.6	13.7	8.1	21	13	0	16
55	Kentucky	SEC	+5.6	19.9	14.3	29	24	6	5
56	TCU	Big 12	+5.5	12.2	6.7	12	13	6	14
57	Western Michigan	Mid-American	+5.4	11.3	5.9	14	12	1	16
58	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	+5.2	23.4	18.2	41	28	2	9
59	Tennessee	SEC	+5.2	20.9	15.7	21	27	9	20
60	Nebraska	Big Ten	+5.0	13.6	8.6	16	15	3	6
61	UCF	Big 12	+5.0	23.0	18.0	31	34	3	13
62	Boston College	ACC	+4.9	21.9	17.0	26	28	5	16
63	Ohio	Mid-American	+4.9	13.3	8.4	19	13	1	15
64	Rice	American Athletic	+4.9	15.0	10.1	20	18	0	15
65	Vanderbilt	SEC	+4.9	14.6	9.7	19	18	4	13
66	California	ACC	+4.8	23.0	18.2	32	31	2	11
67	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	+4.8	13.6	8.8	19	17	0	15
68	San Diego State	Mountain West	+4.6	18.8	14.2	27	24	4	19
69	USC	Big Ten	+4.6	17.3	12.7	9	22	9	29
70	BYU	Big 12	+4.5	11.7	7.2	10	13	6	16
71	Charlotte	American Athletic	+4.4	15.9	11.5	19	21	0	15
72	Rutgers	Big Ten	+4.4	14.1	9.7	15	16	1	15
73	UNLV	Mountain West	+4.4	14.2	9.8	15	14	0	20
74	Tulsa	American Athletic	+4.3	16.8	12.5	21	21	1	18
75	North Texas	American Athletic	+4.1	26.8	22.7	50	36	1	2
76	Clemson	ACC	+4.0	11.9	7.9	11	13	12	15
77	Baylor	Big 12	+3.9	21.8	17.9	31	32	5	8
78	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	+3.8	19.4	15.6	33	36	0	7
79	NC State	ACC	+3.8	17.1	13.3	20	20	5	16
80	New Mexico State	Conference USA	+3.7	13.1	9.4	26	16	1	2
81	Duke	ACC	+3.6	14.0	10.4	20	16	5	5
82	Alabama	SEC	+3.4	17.8	14.4	17	22	14	16
83	Illinois	Big Ten	+3.3	16.8	13.5	19	25	8	15
84	Stanford	ACC	+3.3	8.9	5.6	6	10	3	16
85	Oklahoma	SEC	+3.2	18.5	15.3	16	27	11	19
86	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	+3.2	11.3	8.1	21	16	0	3
87	App State	Sun Belt	+2.9	24.4	21.5	38	39	0	21
88	Central Michigan	Mid-American	+2.8	10.9	8.1	12	14	1	21
89	Colorado State	Mountain West	+2.8	21.7	18.9	32	35	1	21
90	Mississippi State	SEC	+2.8	23.2	20.4	28	37	2	20
91	Kent State	Mid-American	+2.7	10.4	7.7	12	12	0	18
92	North Carolina	ACC	+2.7	20.3	17.6	20	27	5	26
93	SMU	ACC	+2.7	13.9	11.2	14	24	7	14
94	Air Force	Mountain West	+2.4	2.7	0.3	0	4	0	9
95	Boise State	Mountain West	+2.4	12.0	9.6	11	17	2	19
96	Buffalo	Mid-American	+2.4	11.8	9.4	16	14	1	16
97	Bowling Green	Mid-American	+2.3	14.3	12.0	15	21	1	21
98	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	+2.2	12.4	10.2	16	18	0	15
99	Texas State	Sun Belt	+2.1	13.4	11.3	18	20	0	13
100	Louisiana	Sun Belt	+2.0	6.7	4.7	6	7	2	13
101	Pittsburgh	ACC	+2.0	14.0	12.0	16	20	2	14
102	Florida International	Conference USA	+1.6	13.8	12.2	16	19	3	18
103	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	+1.3	11.9	10.6	11	22	1	24
104	Syracuse	ACC	+1.3	18.2	16.9	19	28	5	18
105	Utah	Big 12	+1.3	14.5	13.2	18	20	6	10
106	Washington	Big Ten	+1.2	14.2	13.0	14	21	7	17
107	San José State	Mountain West	+1.0	12.4	11.4	18	14	0	12
108	Georgia State	Sun Belt	+0.9	19.2	18.3	35	33	1	12
109	Nevada	Mountain West	+0.9	10.7	9.8	14	17	0	16
110	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	+0.8	10.3	9.5	20	14	1	7
111	Navy	American Athletic	+0.8	2.4	1.6	0	3	2	8
112	Army	American Athletic	+0.5	0.9	0.4	0	2	0	3
113	East Carolina	American Athletic	+0.5	15.2	14.7	23	25	1	13
114	Ohio State	Big Ten	+0.5	19.8	19.3	17	35	12	22
115	Maryland	Big Ten	+0.3	9.6	9.3	15	16	2	5
116	Oklahoma State	Big 12	+0.3	35.7	35.4	55	62	0	10
117	Florida	SEC	+0.2	22.0	21.8	27	35	9	17
118	Kansas State	Big 12	+0.0	18.1	18.1	26	30	4	8
119	Toledo	Mid-American	-0.1	21.0	21.1	33	36	4	13
120	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	-0.4	12.1	12.5	23	22	0	9
121	UTSA	American Athletic	-0.4	13.4	13.8	22	23	2	10
122	Iowa State	Big 12	-0.7	34.4	35.1	48	55	3	19
123	Michigan	Big Ten	-0.9	16.7	17.6	17	28	11	17
124	Florida State	ACC	-1.1	20.8	21.9	23	38	3	21
125	Oregon	Big Ten	-1.4	16.1	17.5	14	28	11	18
126	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	-1.5	8.7	10.2	5	17	1	23
127	Tulane	American Athletic	-1.9	13.1	15.0	20	28	0	11
128	Troy	Sun Belt	-2.2	10.5	12.7	14	24	0	13
129	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	-2.3	10.2	12.5	11	22	0	16
130	Penn State	Big Ten	-2.5	26.9	29.4	37	47	12	6
131	South Alabama	Sun Belt	-2.5	12.2	14.7	12	27	2	22
132	Akron	Mid-American	-2.7	8.0	10.7	15	16	0	5
133	Washington State	Pac-12	-3.4	18.0	21.4	29	39	0	7
134	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	-4.1	17.4	21.5	26	36	0	17
135	Oregon State	Pac-12	-4.4	14.8	19.2	22	34	0	9
136	Michigan State	Big Ten	-4.9	19.6	24.5	28	44	2	14