2013 season
125 teams across 5 tiers
- National champion
- Ohio Statefrom Premier
- Biggest riser (2013 tiers)
- Florida State▲ 1 tier
- Biggest faller
- Kansas State▼ 1 tier
Biggest movers
Teams with the largest tier change after promotions and relegations.
- Arizona StateTier 2▲ 1Premier
- BaylorTier 3▲ 1Tier 2
- DukeTier 4▲ 1Tier 3
- Florida StateTier 2▲ 1Premier
- MarshallTier 4▲ 1Tier 3
- Air ForceTier 3▼ 1Tier 4
- CaliforniaTier 2▼ 1Tier 3
- Florida InternationalTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- HawaiiTier 4▼ 1Tier 5
- Kansas StatePremier▼ 1Tier 2
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 | Stanford | 11 | 2 | 39 | 432 | 242 | +190 | ||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Ohio State | 12 | 1 | 37 | 602 | 277 | +325 | ||||||||||||||||
| 3 | Michigan State | 12 | 1 | 36 | 387 | 165 | +222 | ||||||||||||||||
| 4 | Oklahoma | 10 | 2 | 36 | 382 | 256 | +126 | ||||||||||||||||
| 5 | UCLA | 9 | 3 | 33 | 438 | 289 | +149 | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 | USC | 9 | 4 | 32 | 371 | 277 | +94 | ||||||||||||||||
| 7 | Oregon | 10 | 2 | 31 | 561 | 259 | +302 | ||||||||||||||||
| 8 | Alabama | 11 | 1 | 29 | 465 | 136 | +329 | ||||||||||||||||
| 9 | South Carolina | 10 | 2 | 29 | 409 | 240 | +169 | ||||||||||||||||
| 10 | Notre Dame | 8 | 4 | 29 | 325 | 275 | +50 | ||||||||||||||||
| 11 | Oklahoma State | 10 | 2 | 27 | 477 | 240 | +237 | ||||||||||||||||
| 12 | Clemson | 10 | 2 | 27 | 482 | 253 | +229 | ||||||||||||||||
| 13 | LSU | 9 | 3 | 26 | 444 | 272 | +172 | ||||||||||||||||
| 14 | Virginia Tech | 8 | 4 | 25 | 281 | 209 | +72 | ||||||||||||||||
| 15 | Georgia | 8 | 4 | 24 | 458 | 353 | +105 | ||||||||||||||||
| 16 | Iowa | 8 | 4 | 23 | 328 | 225 | +103 | ||||||||||||||||
| 17 | Nebraska | 8 | 4 | 23 | 391 | 304 | +87 | ||||||||||||||||
| 18 | Wisconsin | 9 | 3 | 22 | 429 | 178 | +251 | ||||||||||||||||
| 19 | Boise State | 8 | 4 | 19 | 465 | 285 | +180 | ||||||||||||||||
| 20 | Penn State | 7 | 5 | 19 | 344 | 314 | +30 | ||||||||||||||||
| Relegation Zone | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 21 | Kansas State | 7 | 5 | 16 | 401 | 284 | +117 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 22 | Utah | 5 | 7 | 14 | 350 | 336 | +14 | Survived | |||||||||||||||
| 23 | West Virginia | 4 | 8 | 11 | 316 | 400 | -84 | Relegated | |||||||||||||||
| 24 | TCU | 4 | 8 | 6 | 301 | 303 | -2 | 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: Ohio State.
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.
2014 starting tiers
Cascade from 2013: promoted teams move up, relegated teams move down, and FBS membership is reconciled against CFBD's roster for the next year.
- Stanford1
- Florida State2
- Ohio State3
- Michigan State4
- Oklahoma5
- Arizona State6
- UCLA7
- USC8
- Oregon9
- Alabama10
- South Carolina11
- Notre Dame12
- Texas13
- Oklahoma State14
- Clemson15
- LSU16
- Virginia Tech17
- Georgia18
- Iowa19
- Nebraska20
- Wisconsin21
- Boise State22
- Penn State23
- Utah24
- Baylor1
- Auburn2
- UCF3
- Missouri4
- Louisville5
- BYU6
- Miami (FL)7
- Cincinnati8
- East Carolina9
- Michigan10
- Vanderbilt11
- Arizona12
- Georgia Tech13
- Texas A&M14
- Kansas State15
- Houston16
- Pittsburgh17
- Oregon State18
- Rutgers19
- West Virginia20
- Northwestern21
- Florida22
- Nevada23
- TCU24
- Duke1
- Fresno State2
- Northern Illinois3
- Maryland4
- Washington5
- Marshall6
- Texas Tech7
- Navy8
- North Carolina9
- San Diego State10
- Utah State11
- Boston College12
- Syracuse13
- Toledo14
- San Jose State15
- Tennessee16
- Wyoming17
- Louisiana Tech18
- Tulsa19
- Iowa State20
- NC State21
- UConn22
- Arkansas23
- Virginia24
- California25
- Purdue26
- Minnesota1
- Washington State2
- Ole Miss3
- Ball State4
- North Texas5
- Rice6
- Bowling Green7
- Colorado State8
- UNLV9
- Mississippi State10
- Indiana11
- Western Kentucky12
- SMU13
- Ohio14
- Troy15
- Central Michigan16
- Wake Forest17
- Colorado18
- Kent State19
- South Florida20
- UTEP21
- UAB22
- Southern Miss23
- Kentucky24
- Air Force25
- Western Michigan26
- Tulane1
- Middle Tennessee2
- UTSA3
- Buffalo4
- Florida Atlantic5
- Louisiana-Lafayette6
- Texas State7
- Illinois8
- Kansas9
- Arkansas State10
- Louisiana-Monroe11
- Akron12
- New Mexico13
- South Alabama14
- Memphis15
- Army16
- Eastern Michigan17
- Hawaii18
- New Mexico State19
- Miami (OH)20
- Florida International21
- Temple22
- Idaho23
- Massachusetts24
- Georgia State25