๐Ÿˆ The 2024 college football season

The champion and its path, the poll race week by week, the honours, the best games and every conference table.

Source: Citizen of Nowhere college football database ยท 11 conferences ยท 46 bowls
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2024season

2024 national champion

Named by the selectors, with the road it took.

National champion
14-2Final AP #1AP, CFP
HeismanTravis HunterColorado

The path, Ohio State14-2

  1. Aug 31vs
    Akron
    W52-6
  2. Sep 7vs
    Western Michigan
    W56-0
  3. Sep 21vs
    Marshall
    W49-14
  4. Sep 28at
    Michigan State
    W38-7
  5. Oct 5vs
    Iowa
    W35-7
  6. Oct 12at
    #3Oregon
    L31-32
  7. Oct 26vs
    Nebraska
    W21-17
  8. Nov 2at
    #3Penn State
    W20-13
  9. Nov 9vs
    Purdue
    W45-0
  10. Nov 16at
    Northwestern
    W31-7
  11. Nov 23vs
    #5Indiana
    W38-15
  12. Nov 30vs
    Michigan
    L10-13
  13. Dec 21vs
    #7Tennessee
    W42-17
    Playoff First Round
  14. Jan 1vs
    #1Oregon
    W41-21
    Rose Bowl
  15. Jan 10vs
    #4Texas
    W28-14
    Cotton Bowl
  16. Jan 20vs
    #3Notre Dame
    W34-23
    College Football Championship Game

The 2024 playoff bracket

Round by round, seeds on the left of each team.

CFP (12 teams) ยท Seeds are final CFP rankings.

First round ยท 4 games
5Notre Dame27โœ“
Dec 20 ยท Notre Dame Stadium
6Ohio State42โœ“
Dec 21 ยท Neyland Stadium
4Penn State38โœ“
10SMU10
Dec 21 ยท Beaver Stadium
3Texas38โœ“
Dec 21 ยท Texas Memorial Stadium
Quarterfinals ยท 4 games
4Penn State31โœ“
Dec 31 ยท State Farm Stadium
6Ohio State41โœ“
Jan 1 ยท Rose Bowl
3Texas39โœ“
Jan 1 ยท Mercedes-Benz Stadium
5Notre Dame23โœ“
Jan 2 ยท Caesars Superdome
Semifinals ยท 2 games
5Notre Dame27โœ“
Jan 9 ยท Hard Rock Stadium
6Ohio State28โœ“
Jan 10 ยท AT&T Stadium
National championship ยท 1 game
National championship
6Ohio State34โœ“
Jan 20 ยท NRG Stadium

The 2024 poll race

Rank by poll week, 1 at the top, or Elo by week. A poll line breaks where a team was unranked.

How this is measured
The final top five and the champion are drawn in team colours; everyone else is muted until you tap a line or pick a team. The grid under a poll chart has the same ranks, team by week, so a rank can be read as a number as well as a height. Where the College Football Playoff or BCS ranking also ran, switch between it and the AP poll. The Elo view plots each team's rating on the poll dates for the teams that finished in the Elo top 15 or were ranked at any point, and its Show filter works the same way.
Ohio StateNotre DameOregonTexasPenn State48 teams ranked at some point ยท tap or drag for that week ยท tap a line to lock it
  • Conference title weeks
  • Bowl season

Tap or drag on the chart to read a team's rank in any week.

AP rank, team by week

TeamAug13Sep38152229Oct6132027Nov3101724Dec18Jan20final
Ohio State22333324443222761
Notre Dame7518171614121212810865432
Oregon37998632111111113
Texas43211211565333244
Penn State888109743336444355
Georgia111225552221186526
Arizona State211412107
Boise State252117151715121312111088
Tennessee151476548117776107679
Indiana2319161313855109910
Mississippi665561291818191610915151611
SMU25212220131413981212
BYU22171413119971419171713
Clemson142522211715101091119171712181314
Iowa State212018161191012172217161815
Illinois241924232220242422212116
Alabama544441771514119713111117
Miami (FL)1912108786665412118141518
South Carolina231916131419
Syracuse232220
Army23232118161825241921
Missouri11967119211921252424222322
UNLV25252321192423
Memphis252524
Colorado2321181623202025
Tulane252018
Texas A&M2025241514141015151520
Washington State22201925
Kansas State181714132320181716172220
LSU1318161614131388161421
Louisville22191915222522
Pittsburgh2220191823
Vanderbilt2524
Navy2524
Michigan910171812102424
Utah12111212101816
Oklahoma16151515211920
USC231311111311
Oklahoma State1716131420
Nebraska2322
Northern Illinois2523
Arizona212020
Boston College24
Kansas2219
Iowa2521
Georgia Tech23
North Carolina State2424
Florida State10

Tap a rank to read it and highlight that team on the chart above.

Movers

AP rank on Aug 13 against the final AP rank. NR is not ranked.

Risers

Fallers

2024 final polls

The last ranking of the season in each poll.

2024 final pollsAP, Coaches, CFP, Elo

AP and Coaches

Jan 20 final
APTeamCRec
1
Ohio StateAPCTitle
114-2
2214-2
3413-1
4313-3
5513-3
6611-3
7711-3
8912-2
9810-3
101011-2
111310-3
121111-3
131411-2
141110-4
151511-3
161610-3
17179-4
181810-3
19199-4
202210-3
212112-2
222010-3
232411-3
242311-2
25259-4

Elo top 25

rating, z
1Ohio State2103 ยท z +2.8
2Notre Dame1990 ยท z +2.3
3Georgia1961 ยท z +2.1
4Oregon1960 ยท z +2.1
5Texas1939 ยท z +2.0
6Penn State1910 ยท z +1.9
7Mississippi1880 ยท z +1.8
8Michigan1841 ยท z +1.6
9Tennessee1799 ยท z +1.4
10Alabama1796 ยท z +1.4
11South Carolina1780 ยท z +1.3
12Arizona State1779 ยท z +1.3
13Clemson1771 ยท z +1.3
14LSU1766 ยท z +1.2
15Indiana1759 ยท z +1.2
16Missouri1758 ยท z +1.2
17Boise State1753 ยท z +1.2
18SMU1751 ยท z +1.1
19Florida1748 ยท z +1.1
20BYU1737 ยท z +1.1
21Illinois1724 ยท z +1.0
22Memphis1716 ยท z +1.0
23Louisville1714 ยท z +1.0
24Iowa1705 ยท z +0.9
25Iowa State1687 ยท z +0.9

APAP championCCoaches championTitleTitle game winner

2024 conference championship games

The title game of each conference that played one, by date. The percentage is the winner's pre-game Elo win chance.

2024 conference championship games9 games, Dec 6-7

The 2024 honours

The Heisman vote and the major awards side by side, then the All-Americans.

The 2024 honoursHeisman: Travis Hunter

Heisman Trophy voting

1
Travis Hunter
WR/CB ยท Colorado
2,231
points
2
Ashton Jeanty
RB ยท Boise State
2,017
points
3
Dillon Gabriel
QB ยท Oregon
516
points
4
Cam Ward
QB ยท Miami (FL)
229
points

Major awards

Curt Cignetti
AFCA Coach of the Year Award ยท Coach ยท Indiana
Kyle Kennard
Bronko Nagurski Award ยท Edge ยท South Carolina
Travis Hunter
Chuck Bednarik Award ยท WR/CB ยท Colorado
Seth McLaughlin
Dave Rimington Trophy ยท C ยท Ohio State
Cam Ward
Davey O'Brien Award ยท QB ยท Miami (FL)
Show all 21 awards
Jalon Walker
Dick Butkus Award ยท LB ยท Georgia
Ashton Jeanty
Doak Walker Award ยท RB ยท Boise State
Travis Hunter
Fred Biletnikoff Award ยท WR/CB ยท Colorado
Jahdae Barron
Jim Thorpe Award ยท CB ยท Texas
Army
Joe Moore Award ยท OL ยท Army
Tyler Warren
John Mackey Award ยท TE ยท Penn State
Shedeur Sanders
Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award ยท QB ยท Colorado
Travis Hunter
Lott Trophy ยท WR/CB ยท Colorado
Kenneth Almendares
Lou Groza Award ยท PK ยท LA-Lafayette
Cam Ward
Manning Award ยท QB ยท Miami (FL)
Ashton Jeanty
Maxwell Award ยท RB ยท Boise State
Kelvin Banks Jr.
Outland Trophy ยท OT ยท Texas
Eddie Czaplicki
Ray Guy Award ยท P ยท USC
Donovan Ezeiruaku
Ted Hendricks Award ยท DE ยท Boston College
Kelvin Banks Jr.
Vince Lombardi/Rotary Award ยท OT ยท Texas
Travis Hunter
Walter Camp Award ยท WR/CB ยท Colorado

Consensus All-Americans

A star marks a unanimous selection.

QB
RB
WR
Show all 11 positions
TE
OL
DL
LB
DB
P
KR/AP
PK
  • Kenneth AlmendaresLouisiana

The best games of 2024

The ten best games of the season by Game Score. Switch to the Elo score for a second opinion.

How this is measured
Game score is the college football workbook's own rating of how good a game was; it weighs a lot more than the margin. The Elo score is a second view built from the ratings alone: the two teams' average pre-game Elo, plus stakes (150 for the national championship game, 90 for a playoff game or a major bowl, 40 for another bowl or a conference title game, 15 for a rivalry), plus up to 60 for a close finish and 15 for overtime. The Elo view takes its own top ten from every game between major teams. Sort by any column.
The best games of 202410 games
Rank by
1
45-37 ยท Big Ten Championship Game ยท 2024-12-07 ยท Elo score 2020
1.20
game score
2
34-23 ยท College Football Championship Game ยท 2025-01-20 ยท Elo score 2225
1.11
game score
3
23-10 ยท Sugar Bowl ยท 2025-01-02 ยท Elo score 2099
1.02
game score
4
32-31 ยท 2024-10-12 ยท Elo score 1957
1.00
game score
5
27-24 ยท Orange Bowl ยท 2025-01-09 ยท Elo score 2111
0.98
game score
6
41-21 ยท Rose Bowl ยท 2025-01-01 ยท Elo score 2083
0.89
game score
7
#5Georgia beat #2Texas
22-19 OT ยท SEC Championship Game ยท 2024-12-07 ยท Elo score 2086
0.88
game score
8
#4Alabama beat #2Georgia
41-34 ยท 2024-09-28 ยท Elo score 2028
0.80
game score
9
27-17 ยท Playoff First Round ยท 2024-12-20 ยท Elo score 1977
0.80
game score
10
20-13 ยท 2024-11-02 ยท Elo score 1921
0.80
game score

Upsets of 2024

The results the ratings gave the winner the least chance of, lowest first.

How this is measured
Win chance is the winner's pre-game probability from the site's college football Elo ratings, home field included, so 3% means the winner would be expected to win about one time in thirty. Games against lower-level opponents count and carry a tag for the level (FCS, Division II and so on). Where the AP poll had ranks, the rank line is shown as context. Elo gap is the loser's pre-game rating minus the winner's.
Upsets of 202410 upsets
1
27-24 ยท 2024-10-23
2.3%
win chance
2
28-26 ยท 2024-08-31
2.9%
win chance
3
40-35 ยท 2024-10-05 ยท Unranked over #1
3.9%
win chance
4
12-7 ยท 2024-11-16
5.7%
win chance
5
16-14 ยท 2024-09-07 ยท Unranked over #5
7.3%
win chance
6
IdahoFCS beat Wyoming
17-13 ยท 2024-09-07
8.0%
win chance
7
42-37 ยท 2024-10-12
8.8%
win chance
8
28-13 ยท 2024-09-02 ยท Unranked over #10
9.6%
win chance
9
38-35 ยท 2024-11-16 ยท Unranked over #22
9.9%
win chance
10
52-44 ยท 2024-11-23
10%
win chance

2024 standings by conference

Every conference at once: conference and overall record, and the final AP rank. A star marks the conference champion.

2024 standings by conference11 groups

American Athletic

14 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1Armyโ˜… conference champion8-012-2#21
2Tulane7-19-5
3Memphis6-211-2#24
4Navy6-210-3
5East Carolina5-38-5
6South Florida4-47-6
7TX-San Antonio4-47-6
8Charlotte4-45-7
9North Texas3-56-7
10Rice3-54-8
11Temple2-63-9
12UAB2-63-9
13Florida Atlantic1-73-9
14Tulsa1-73-9

Atlantic Coast

17 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1SMU8-011-3#12
2Clemsonโ˜… conference champion7-110-4#14
3Miami (FL)6-210-3#18
4Syracuse5-310-3#20
5Duke5-39-4
6Louisville5-39-4
7Georgia Tech5-37-6
8Boston College4-47-6
9Virginia Tech4-46-7
10Pittsburgh3-57-6
11North Carolina3-56-7
12North Carolina State3-56-7
13Virginia3-55-7
14California2-66-7
15Wake Forest2-64-8
16Stanford2-63-9
17Florida State1-72-10

Big 12

16 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1BYU7-211-2#13
2Arizona Stateโ˜… conference champion7-211-3#7
3Iowa State7-211-3#15
4Colorado7-29-4#25
5TCU6-39-4
6Baylor6-38-5
7Texas Tech6-38-5
8Kansas State5-49-4
9West Virginia5-46-7
10Kansas4-55-7
11Cincinnati3-65-7
12Houston3-64-8
13Utah2-75-7
14Arizona2-74-8
15Central Florida2-74-8
16Oklahoma State0-93-9

Big Ten

18 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1Oregonโ˜… conference champion9-013-1#3
2Indiana8-111-2#10
3Penn State8-113-3#5
4Ohio State7-214-2#1
5Illinois6-310-3#16
6Iowa6-38-5
7Michigan5-48-5
8Minnesota5-48-5
9Rutgers4-57-6
10USC4-57-6
11Washington4-56-7
12Nebraska3-67-6
13Michigan State3-65-7
14UCLA3-65-7
15Wisconsin3-65-7
16Northwestern2-74-8
17Maryland1-84-8
18Purdue0-91-11

Conference USA

10 teams
#TeamConfAll
1Jacksonville Stateโ˜… conference champion7-19-5
2Sam Houston State6-210-3
3Western Kentucky6-28-6
4Liberty5-38-4
5Louisiana Tech4-45-8
6Florida International3-54-8
7UTEP3-53-9
8Middle Tennessee State2-63-9
9New Mexico State2-63-9
10Kennesaw State2-62-10

Mid-American

12 teams
#TeamConfAll
1Ohioโ˜… conference champion7-111-3
2Miami (OH)7-19-5
3Buffalo6-29-4
4Bowling Green6-27-6
5Western Michigan5-36-7
6Northern Illinois4-48-5
7Toledo4-48-5
8Akron3-54-8
9Eastern Michigan2-65-7
10Central Michigan2-64-8
11Ball State2-63-9
12Kent State0-80-12

Mountain West

12 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1Boise Stateโ˜… conference champion7-012-2#8
2UNLV6-111-3#23
3Colorado State6-18-5
4Fresno State4-36-7
5San Jose State3-47-6
6Air Force3-45-7
7Hawaii3-45-7
8New Mexico3-45-7
9Utah State3-44-8
10San Diego State2-53-9
11Wyoming2-53-9
12Nevada0-73-10

Pacific-12

2 teams
#TeamConfAll
1Oregon State1-05-7
2Washington State0-18-5

Southeastern

16 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1Texas7-113-3#4
2Georgiaโ˜… conference champion6-211-3#6
3Tennessee6-210-3#9
4Mississippi5-310-3#11
5Missouri5-310-3#22
6Alabama5-39-4#17
7LSU5-39-4
8South Carolina5-39-4#19
9Texas A&M5-38-5
10Florida4-48-5
11Arkansas3-57-6
12Vanderbilt3-57-6
13Oklahoma2-66-7
14Auburn2-65-7
15Kentucky1-74-8
16Mississippi State0-82-10

Sun Belt

14 teams
#TeamConfAll
East
1Marshallโ˜… conference champion7-110-3
2Georgia Southern6-28-5
3James Madison4-49-4
4Old Dominion4-45-7
5Coastal Carolina3-56-7
6Appalachian State3-55-6
7Georgia State1-73-9
West
1LA-Lafayette7-110-4
2Arkansas State5-38-5
3Texas State5-38-5
4South Alabama5-37-6
5LA-Monroe3-55-7
6Troy3-54-8
7Southern Mississippi0-81-11

Independent

3 teams
#TeamConfAllAP
1Notre Dame-14-2#2
2Connecticut-9-4
3Massachusetts-2-10

2024 bowls

One line per game, latest first. A tag marks the playoff and the other major bowls.

2024 bowls46 bowls
Jan 20#6Ohio State34#3Notre Dame23College Football Championship GameTitle game
Jan 10#6Ohio State28#4Texas14Cotton BowlPlayoff
Jan 9#3Notre Dame27#5Penn State24Orange BowlPlayoff
Jan 4Buffalo26Liberty7Bahamas Bowl
Jan 3Minnesota24Virginia Tech10Duke's Mayo Bowl
Jan 3Texas State30North Texas28First Responder Bowl
Jan 2#16Mississippi52Duke20Gator Bowl
Jan 2#3Notre Dame23#2Georgia10Sugar BowlPlayoff
Jan 1#4Texas39#10Arizona State31Peach BowlPlayoff
Jan 1#6Ohio State41#1Oregon21Rose BowlPlayoff
Dec 31#21Illinois21#14South Carolina17Citrus Bowl
Dec 31#5Penn State31#8Boise State14Fiesta BowlPlayoff
Dec 31Michigan19#11Alabama13ReliaQuest Bowl
Dec 31Louisville35Washington34Sun Bowl
Dec 31LSU44Baylor31Texas Bowl
Show all 46 bowls
Dec 30#23Missouri27Iowa24Music City Bowl
Dec 28#17BYU36#20Colorado14Alamo Bowl
Dec 28Miami (OH)43Colorado State17Arizona Bowl
Dec 28Connecticut27North Carolina14Fenway Bowl
Dec 28#19Army27Louisiana Tech6Independence Bowl
Dec 28East Carolina26North Carolina State21Military Bowl
Dec 28TCU34LA-Lafayette3New Mexico Bowl
Dec 28Nebraska20Boston College15Pinstripe Bowl
Dec 28#18Iowa State42#15Miami (FL)41Pop-Tarts Bowl
Dec 27Navy21Oklahoma20Armed Forces Bowl
Dec 27Vanderbilt35Georgia Tech27Birmingham Bowl
Dec 27#22Syracuse52Washington State35Holiday Bowl
Dec 27USC35Texas A&M31Las Vegas Bowl
Dec 27Arkansas39Texas Tech26Liberty Bowl
Dec 26Arkansas State38Bowling Green3168 Ventures Bowl
Dec 26Toledo48Pittsburgh46Detroit Bowl
Dec 26Kansas State44Rutgers41Guaranteed Rate Bowl
Dec 24South Florida41San Jose State39Hawaii Bowl
Dec 23Northern Illinois28Fresno State20Famous Idaho Potato Bowl
Dec 23TX-San Antonio44Coastal Carolina15Myrtle Beach Bowl
Dec 21#6Ohio State42#7Tennessee17Playoff First RoundPlayoff
Dec 21#5Penn State38#12SMU10Playoff First RoundPlayoff
Dec 21#4Texas38#13Clemson24Playoff First RoundPlayoff
Dec 20Ohio30Jacksonville State27Cure Bowl
Dec 20Florida33Tulane8Gasparilla Bowl
Dec 20#3Notre Dame27#9Indiana17Playoff First RoundPlayoff
Dec 19Sam Houston State31Georgia Southern26New Orleans Bowl
Dec 18James Madison27Western Kentucky17Boca Raton Bowl
Dec 18#24UNLV24California13LA Bowl
Dec 17#25Memphis42West Virginia37Frisco Bowl
Dec 14South Alabama30Western Michigan23Camellia Bowl

Where these numbers come from

Enough to disbelieve this page on purpose rather than by accident.

Champions, polls, standings, bowls, honours and games are read from the Citizen of Nowhere college football database, built from its own workbook one season at a time. Team colours and crests are the current programsโ€™, so a school is drawn the way it looks today even where it played under another name.

The AP poll begins in 1936, so earlier seasons have no poll race and no final poll, but they do have an Elo race, and their champions are those the selectors named. Before 1992 there was no title game, so those seasons list the major bowls instead; from 1992 the title game is shown with the other major bowls, and from 2014 the playoff bracket. Where the database has no entry for a section, the section is left out rather than shown empty.

Elo ratings, the upsets and the best games come from the siteโ€™s college football Elo, which rates every game since 1869 and counts games against lower-level opponents. Each seasonโ€™s ratings are shown on a scale where the average major team ends the season at 1500; z is the distance from that average in standard deviations.