2007 season
120 teams across 5 tiers
- National champion
- Georgiafrom Premier
- Biggest riser (2007 tiers)
- Arizona State▲ 1 tier
- Biggest faller
- TCU▼ 1 tier
Biggest movers
Teams with the largest tier change after promotions and relegations.
- Arizona StateTier 2▲ 1Premier
- Boston CollegeTier 2▲ 1Premier
- CincinnatiTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- IllinoisTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- KansasTier 5▲ 1Tier 4
- Colorado StateTier 2▼ 1Tier 3
- Kansas StateTier 2▼ 1Tier 3
- Louisiana-LafayetteTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- LouisvillePremier▼ 1Tier 2
- MarshallTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
Regular season champions
Tier winners — the top finisher in each tier on points, before any promotion playoff or main-playoff games.
Tier standings
Final regular-season standings. Promoted rows tinted green, relegated rows tinted red, survival winners tinted amber.
| Team | ⓘ
| Status | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playoff Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | Ohio State | 11 | 1 | 38 | 384 | 128 | +256 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | USC | 10 | 2 | 38 | 375 | 191 | +184 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | LSU | 11 | 2 | 37 | 503 | 255 | +248 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Virginia Tech | 11 | 2 | 34 | 381 | 201 | +180 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | Georgia | 10 | 2 | 31 | 383 | 252 | +131 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | Oklahoma | 11 | 2 | 29 | 564 | 236 | +328 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 8 | 4 | 29 | 440 | 286 | +154 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | BYU | 10 | 2 | 29 | 374 | 225 | +149 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | West Virginia | 10 | 2 | 27 | 467 | 207 | +260 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3 | 26 | 366 | 280 | +86 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Texas | 9 | 3 | 25 | 432 | 295 | +137 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Auburn | 8 | 4 | 25 | 292 | 200 | +92 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | Michigan | 8 | 4 | 25 | 313 | 243 | +70 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Oregon State | 8 | 4 | 25 | 341 | 280 | +61 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | UCLA | 6 | 6 | 25 | 275 | 273 | +2 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Penn State | 8 | 4 | 24 | 370 | 211 | +159 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Florida | 9 | 3 | 22 | 517 | 290 | +227 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Purdue | 7 | 5 | 21 | 395 | 297 | +98 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | California | 6 | 6 | 21 | 339 | 312 | +27 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Georgia Tech | 7 | 5 | 18 | 313 | 231 | +82 | ||||||||||||||||
| Relegation Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | TCU | 7 | 5 | 17 | 319 | 230 | +89 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Alabama | 6 | 6 | 16 | 322 | 262 | +60 | Survived | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | Louisville | 6 | 6 | 14 | 422 | 377 | +45 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | Notre Dame | 3 | 9 | 8 | 197 | 345 | -148 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
Main playoff
Twelve-team championship bracket: top 8 from Premier (seeds 1–8), top 2 from Tier 2 (seeds 9–10), top 2 from Tier 3 (seeds 11–12). Seeds 1–4 receive first-round byes. Champion: Georgia.
Promotion playoffs
Each lower tier sends two teams up automatically (ranks 1 and 2); ranks 3–6 contest a single-elimination playoff for the third promotion spot.
Relegation playoffs
Bottom 4 of each upper tier play a survival bracket. The Survival Final winner stays up; the other three drop down.
2008 starting tiers
Cascade from 2007: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.
- Ohio State1
- USC2
- LSU3
- Arizona State4
- Virginia Tech5
- Boston College6
- Georgia7
- Oklahoma8
- Oregon9
- BYU10
- West Virginia11
- Wisconsin12
- Texas13
- Auburn14
- Michigan State15
- Michigan16
- Oregon State17
- UCLA18
- Penn State19
- Florida20
- Purdue21
- California22
- Georgia Tech23
- Alabama24
- Utah1
- Missouri2
- UCF3
- Virginia4
- Tennessee5
- Hawaii6
- Cincinnati7
- Boise State8
- Florida State9
- Colorado10
- Clemson11
- Texas Tech12
- New Mexico13
- TCU14
- Iowa15
- Arkansas16
- Texas A&M17
- Louisville18
- Nebraska19
- Washington State20
- Southern Miss21
- Miami (FL)22
- Notre Dame23
- Minnesota24
- South Florida1
- Air Force2
- Tulsa3
- Kentucky4
- Wake Forest5
- Houston6
- East Carolina7
- Fresno State8
- Maryland9
- Bowling Green10
- Northwestern11
- Oklahoma State12
- Washington13
- NC State14
- South Carolina15
- Wyoming16
- Rutgers17
- Kansas State18
- Pittsburgh19
- Miami (OH)20
- North Carolina21
- San Diego State22
- Nevada23
- Toledo24
- Colorado State25
- Ole Miss26
- Illinois1
- Kansas2
- UConn3
- Indiana4
- Arizona5
- Memphis6
- Navy7
- Stanford8
- Central Michigan9
- Troy10
- Ohio11
- Vanderbilt12
- Western Michigan13
- UTEP14
- Iowa State15
- San Jose State16
- Tulane17
- Akron18
- Middle Tennessee19
- Louisiana Tech20
- Syracuse21
- Marshall22
- Rice23
- Kent State24
- New Mexico State25
- UAB26
- Mississippi State1
- Florida Atlantic2
- Ball State3
- Buffalo4
- Louisiana-Monroe5
- Temple6
- Arkansas State7
- Eastern Michigan8
- UNLV9
- Baylor10
- Utah State11
- Army12
- Duke13
- Western Kentucky14
- North Texas15
- SMU16
- Louisiana-Lafayette17
- Florida International18
- Northern Illinois19
- Idaho20