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	LSU	SEC	45	34	35.7	19.6	13	15	+16.1
2	Texas A&M	SEC	20	14	22.0	6.5	25	17	+15.5
3	UCLA	Big Ten	43	21	26.9	12.6	14	2	+14.3
4	Purdue	Big Ten	29	15	22.5	8.6	13	1	+13.9
5	Virginia Tech	ACC	29	23	25.0	11.6	16	5	+13.4
6	UConn	FBS Independents	58	39	32.9	20.6	10	7	+12.3
7	Arkansas	SEC	45	36	30.0	18.2	11	9	+11.8
8	UAB	American Athletic	40	22	23.8	12.0	4	1	+11.8
9	Virginia	ACC	31	17	20.4	8.7	10	6	+11.7
10	Temple	American Athletic	24	17	19.2	7.9	26	1	+11.3
11	James Madison	Sun Belt	37	25	24.2	13.1	17	3	+11.1
12	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	29	16	20.0	8.9	13	1	+11.1
13	New Mexico	Mountain West	16	11	15.1	4.0	23	1	+11.1
14	Utah State	Mountain West	30	18	21.1	10.3	18	2	+10.8
15	West Virginia	Big 12	39	41	33.0	22.4	33	4	+10.6
16	UNLV	Mountain West	18	11	16.8	6.3	20	2	+10.5
17	Missouri State	Conference USA	22	7	14.0	3.8	11	0	+10.2
18	Memphis	American Athletic	52	43	35.1	25.1	18	4	+10.0
19	San Diego State	Mountain West	27	17	20.2	10.3	19	5	+9.9
20	Georgia Tech	ACC	19	13	17.0	7.3	15	12	+9.7
21	South Florida	American Athletic	44	30	28.1	18.4	14	1	+9.7
22	Marshall	Sun Belt	27	17	16.7	7.1	12	1	+9.6
23	Arizona	Big 12	23	18	18.4	9.0	18	8	+9.4
24	Hawai'i	Mountain West	17	7	13.6	4.2	16	2	+9.4
25	South Carolina	SEC	28	22	19.3	9.9	13	7	+9.4
26	Western Michigan	Mid-American	15	8	12.6	3.4	16	2	+9.2
27	Colorado	Big 12	42	32	27.2	18.2	9	4	+9.0
28	Northwestern	Big Ten	17	8	14.0	5.0	15	4	+9.0
29	Arizona State	Big 12	24	19	18.8	10.0	14	9	+8.8
30	Liberty	Conference USA	27	18	18.4	9.6	17	0	+8.8
31	Delaware	Conference USA	14	7	11.5	2.8	15	0	+8.7
32	Sam Houston	Conference USA	22	9	12.8	4.1	7	0	+8.7
33	Kansas	Big 12	33	22	21.4	12.9	11	8	+8.5
34	Ole Miss	SEC	29	23	23.0	14.6	13	9	+8.4
35	Wake Forest	ACC	23	21	20.2	11.9	21	8	+8.3
36	Louisville	ACC	34	28	23.9	15.7	15	10	+8.2
37	Ball State	Mid-American	25	14	15.5	7.4	10	1	+8.1
38	Cincinnati	Big 12	23	22	21.0	12.9	19	9	+8.1
39	Indiana	Big Ten	17	13	15.5	7.5	14	14	+8.0
40	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	18	12	15.2	7.3	18	3	+7.9
41	Missouri	SEC	30	23	20.0	12.4	10	9	+7.6
42	Rice	American Athletic	22	15	16.1	8.5	15	0	+7.6
43	UTEP	Conference USA	22	17	17.4	9.8	23	0	+7.6
44	Fresno State	Mountain West	13	7	11.9	4.6	19	2	+7.3
45	Houston	Big 12	18	16	15.2	8.0	14	8	+7.2
46	Iowa	Big Ten	15	8	12.2	5.0	13	13	+7.2
47	San José State	Mountain West	21	13	14.9	7.7	12	0	+7.2
48	North Texas	American Athletic	50	35	27.1	20.1	2	3	+7.0
49	Ohio	Mid-American	20	11	13.4	6.4	15	1	+7.0
50	Texas Tech	Big 12	22	20	17.8	10.8	15	9	+7.0
51	Massachusetts	Mid-American	21	14	15.0	8.1	14	0	+6.9
52	Minnesota	Big Ten	20	18	16.8	9.9	21	3	+6.9
53	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	7	15	15.2	8.3	26	11	+6.9
54	TCU	Big 12	13	10	11.8	4.9	14	14	+6.9
55	Tulsa	American Athletic	23	19	17.8	11.1	18	1	+6.7
56	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	21	13	13.5	6.9	16	0	+6.6
57	Colorado State	Mountain West	35	33	24.4	17.9	21	1	+6.5
58	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	18	14	14.3	7.8	15	2	+6.5
59	Texas	SEC	22	25	20.9	14.6	21	12	+6.3
60	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	37	26	21.9	15.7	9	2	+6.2
61	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	29	27	20.4	14.5	17	1	+5.9
62	BYU	Big 12	9	9	10.6	4.7	16	9	+5.9
63	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	21	19	16.6	10.7	21	1	+5.9
64	Georgia	SEC	10	17	16.0	10.2	26	13	+5.8
65	Auburn	SEC	39	34	28.3	22.6	12	10	+5.7
66	California	ACC	32	27	21.5	15.8	11	4	+5.7
67	Kentucky	SEC	32	23	18.3	12.6	5	10	+5.7
68	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	22	12	12.3	6.6	3	1	+5.7
69	Tennessee	SEC	21	27	19.7	14.1	20	13	+5.6
70	Texas State	Sun Belt	19	16	13.7	8.1	13	0	+5.6
71	Charlotte	American Athletic	19	19	14.4	8.9	15	1	+5.5
72	Florida International	Conference USA	19	16	14.8	9.4	18	3	+5.4
73	Wyoming	Mountain West	19	13	13.3	7.9	16	4	+5.4
74	Georgia State	Sun Belt	35	31	20.3	15.1	12	1	+5.2
75	SMU	ACC	16	20	15.1	9.9	14	9	+5.2
76	Clemson	ACC	12	13	12.3	7.2	15	13	+5.1
77	UCF	Big 12	32	34	22.8	17.7	13	6	+5.1
78	Wisconsin	Big Ten	33	23	19.3	14.2	8	7	+5.1
79	Central Michigan	Mid-American	13	12	11.2	6.2	21	1	+5.0
80	Miami	ACC	13	20	17.0	12.0	23	12	+5.0
81	New Mexico State	Conference USA	26	19	13.2	8.3	2	1	+4.9
82	Buffalo	Mid-American	17	15	13.3	8.7	16	2	+4.6
83	Nebraska	Big Ten	17	14	12.1	7.5	6	4	+4.6
84	Baylor	Big 12	31	29	20.1	15.7	8	8	+4.4
85	Stanford	ACC	6	8	8.8	4.4	16	3	+4.4
86	App State	Sun Belt	39	41	26.4	22.1	21	0	+4.3
87	Mississippi State	SEC	28	36	22.9	18.9	20	3	+4.0
88	Alabama	SEC	18	23	17.0	13.1	16	16	+3.9
89	USC	Big Ten	11	21	16.1	12.3	29	11	+3.8
90	Rutgers	Big Ten	17	17	13.6	9.9	15	2	+3.7
91	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	12	20	12.8	9.2	24	2	+3.6
92	Kent State	Mid-American	12	15	11.6	8.0	18	0	+3.6
93	Vanderbilt	SEC	19	17	13.5	9.9	13	8	+3.6
94	Boston College	ACC	26	28	19.5	16.1	16	6	+3.4
95	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	21	14	11.5	8.1	7	1	+3.4
96	UTSA	American Athletic	23	20	14.3	10.9	10	3	+3.4
97	Michigan	Big Ten	20	26	18.4	15.2	17	12	+3.2
98	Washington State	Pac-12	30	28	17.8	14.7	7	3	+3.1
99	Syracuse	ACC	19	25	16.7	13.8	18	9	+2.9
100	Nevada	Mountain West	14	14	10.8	8.1	16	1	+2.7
101	Florida State	ACC	22	35	21.5	19.2	21	4	+2.3
102	Air Force	Mountain West	0	3	2.7	0.7	9	1	+2.0
103	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5	7	6.2	4.2	13	2	+2.0
104	Duke	ACC	19	16	11.4	9.5	5	6	+1.9
105	Northern Illinois	Mid-American	11	18	11.4	9.6	23	1	+1.8
106	NC State	ACC	20	22	15.2	13.5	16	8	+1.7
107	Oklahoma	SEC	19	27	18.0	16.3	19	10	+1.7
108	North Carolina	ACC	20	29	20.0	18.5	26	5	+1.5
109	Toledo	Mid-American	33	36	21.2	19.7	13	5	+1.5
110	Pittsburgh	ACC	16	21	12.9	11.5	14	2	+1.4
111	South Alabama	Sun Belt	13	23	12.9	11.7	22	2	+1.2
112	East Carolina	American Athletic	24	23	15.2	14.1	13	1	+1.1
113	Maryland	Big Ten	13	15	8.8	7.7	5	4	+1.1
114	Florida	SEC	27	33	20.0	19.0	17	10	+1.0
115	Navy	American Athletic	0	3	2.4	1.5	8	2	+0.9
116	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	14	19	11.4	10.5	15	0	+0.9
117	Washington	Big Ten	14	22	13.4	12.6	17	8	+0.8
118	Boise State	Mountain West	11	15	10.9	10.2	19	4	+0.7
119	Akron	Mid-American	18	16	9.2	8.6	5	0	+0.6
120	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	27	25	14.6	14.1	9	0	+0.5
121	Louisiana Tech	Conference USA	11	17	10.0	9.5	16	0	+0.5
122	Bowling Green	Mid-American	16	24	13.8	13.5	21	1	+0.3
123	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	32	36	17.8	17.5	7	0	+0.3
124	Army	American Athletic	0	2	0.9	0.7	3	1	+0.2
125	Tulane	American Athletic	20	25	12.1	12.1	11	1	0.0
126	Ohio State	Big Ten	17	36	18.5	18.6	22	12	-0.1
127	Troy	Sun Belt	17	20	10.9	11.0	13	2	-0.1
128	Iowa State	Big 12	48	53	30.3	30.5	19	6	-0.2
129	Illinois	Big Ten	20	25	14.8	15.2	15	10	-0.4
130	Oklahoma State	Big 12	55	59	33.2	34.6	10	1	-1.4
131	Utah	Big 12	18	21	12.1	13.5	10	6	-1.4
132	Kansas State	Big 12	27	30	16.7	18.5	8	5	-1.8
133	Oregon State	Pac-12	21	32	14.6	17.6	9	2	-3.0
134	Michigan State	Big Ten	28	39	19.0	23.0	14	9	-4.0
135	Oregon	Big Ten	13	31	13.8	17.8	18	11	-4.0
136	Penn State	Big Ten	39	45	23.4	28.5	6	15	-5.1