Rating Movement Through the Season

The Slate Index Trend Analysis

20262025

Track how each team’s power rating from The Slate Index has evolved week by week. The W0 column shows each team’s preseason rating. △Total shows the full change from preseason to now. Recent columns (△W5, △W3, △W1) show short-term momentum. The trend line shows the full season arc.

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Scoring Margin trends | Green = improving, red = declining

RK ▲	TEAM ⇅	SIR ⇅	W0 ⇅	△Total ⇅	△W5 ⇅	△W3 ⇅	△W1 ⇅
1	UGAGeorgia	30.3	28.9	+1.4	+1.4	+1.0	-2.4
2	OSUOhio State	28.8	26.2	+2.6	+2.7	+2.2	+1.5
3	NDNotre Dame	28.8	27.6	+1.2	+1.3	-0.4	-1.4
4	MIAMiami	27.5	21.3	+6.2	+6.2	+1.6	+0.8
5	IUIndiana	26.3	29.3	-3.0	-2.9	-3.0	+0.4
6	ALAAlabama	26.2	17.2	+9.0	+9.0	+3.8	+2.2
7	TEXTexas	25.7	21.5	+4.2	+4.1	-0.3	0.0
8	OREOregon	23.8	27.4	-3.6	-3.6	+2.2	0.0
9	LSULSU	23.1	16.8	+6.3	+6.3	+1.4	0.0
10	UTAHUtah	19.9	13.6	+6.3	+6.3	+0.6	0.0
11	FLAFlorida	18.2	12.6	+5.6	+5.6	+3.0	-3.0
12	OUOklahoma	17.7	16.2	+1.5	+1.5	-2.2	0.0
13	TENNTennessee	17.3	15.7	+1.6	+1.6	+0.1	-0.2
14	MISSOle Miss	16.1	19.2	-3.1	-3.2	-3.3	0.0
15	MIZMissouri	15.5	14.0	+1.5	+1.5	-0.9	+3.0
16	TA&MTexas A&M	14.9	16.1	-1.2	-1.1	-5.1	+1.1
17	USCUSC	14.9	16.6	-1.7	-0.1	-2.9	-0.1
18	TTUTexas Tech	13.8	15.4	-1.6	-1.6	-0.8	+2.2
19	NEBNebraska	13.7	6.6	+7.1	+7.0	+1.8	-0.2
20	BYUBYU	13.3	15.4	-2.1	-2.1	-0.5	+1.4
21	WASHWashington	13.0	14.3	-1.3	-1.3	-2.2	+0.1
22	NUNorthwestern	12.9	4.5	+8.4	+8.4	+8.4	+1.7
23	PSUPenn State	12.8	13.7	-0.9	-0.9	-2.5	-1.7
24	UCLAUCLA	12.7	3.6	+9.1	+9.1	+5.3	0.0
25	AUBAuburn	12.6	10.5	+2.1	+2.1	-0.9	+0.2
26	ARIZArizona	11.6	7.6	+4.0	+4.0	+2.5	+1.4
27	MICHMichigan	11.6	16.1	-4.5	-4.5	-3.1	-0.7
28	WISWisconsin	11.6	8.8	+2.8	+2.8	+4.3	+1.5
29	MSSTMississippi State	11.3	4.1	+7.2	+7.2	+0.7	-2.2
30	IOWAIowa	10.9	14.3	-3.4	-3.4	-0.9	-1.5
31	BOISBoise State	10.5	5.0	+5.5	+5.5	+2.0	-0.3
32	FSUFlorida State	10.2	9.1	+1.1	+2.2	+2.8	+2.5
33	PITTPittsburgh	10.2	7.9	+2.3	+2.2	+0.4	+2.2
34	HOUHouston	10.1	9.3	+0.8	+0.9	+2.2	+0.1
35	WAKEWake Forest	10.0	3.8	+6.2	+6.2	+6.2	+3.9
36	VANVanderbilt	9.7	14.1	-4.4	-4.4	+1.1	+2.4
37	KSUKansas State	9.7	8.6	+1.1	+1.1	-1.8	0.0
38	UKKentucky	9.1	4.2	+4.9	+4.9	+6.0	+1.4
39	BAYBaylor	8.9	7.4	+1.5	+1.5	+2.8	+4.5
40	UVAVirginia	8.7	9.6	-0.9	-2.8	-2.8	-2.5
41	LOULouisville	8.6	10.7	-2.1	-2.0	-2.5	-1.8
42	SCSouth Carolina	8.5	11.9	-3.4	-3.4	-5.6	-1.3
43	DUKEDuke	8.3	4.8	+3.5	+3.6	+1.0	0.0
44	VTVirginia Tech	8.1	3.7	+4.4	+4.4	+1.2	-2.2
45	SMUSMU	7.4	12.7	-5.3	-5.2	-5.9	-0.3
46	MINNMinnesota	7.0	4.2	+2.8	+2.8	+4.8	+0.7
47	JMUJames Madison	6.2	5.6	+0.6	+0.6	+5.4	+0.6
48	UNMNew Mexico	5.6	-1.0	+6.6	+6.7	+4.4	+2.6
49	TCUTCU	5.4	9.5	-4.1	-1.9	-1.9	-1.4
50	UNCNorth Carolina	5.0	-0.3	+5.3	+3.1	+3.1	+1.4
51	NCSUNC State	4.5	5.8	-1.3	+0.6	+0.6	+1.8
52	CLEMClemson	4.5	9.7	-5.2	-5.2	-2.1	-0.8
53	KUKansas	4.5	5.9	-1.4	-1.4	+1.0	+2.9
54	ILLIllinois	4.1	9.9	-5.8	-5.8	-1.9	-1.5
55	OKSTOklahoma State	4.0	-1.8	+5.8	+5.9	+3.0	0.0
56	NDSUNorth Dakota State	4.0	0.2	+3.8	+1.7	+1.6	+0.5
57	UCFUCF	3.8	3.2	+0.6	+0.6	-1.0	-0.1
58	ISUIowa State	3.3	-0.3	+3.6	+3.6	+0.6	-1.2
59	ASUArizona State	2.8	6.1	-3.3	-3.4	-2.6	-4.5
60	CINCincinnati	2.0	0.6	+1.4	+1.4	-2.3	-1.4
61	MEMMemphis	1.8	-2.0	+3.8	+3.5	+3.4	+3.4
62	MSUMichigan State	1.4	2.4	-1.0	-1.0	-3.1	-1.5
63	LIBLiberty	0.5	-8.0	+8.5	+8.5	+3.7	+1.8
64	UNTNorth Texas	0.3	-2.8	+3.1	+3.1	-1.9	-0.6
65	GTGeorgia Tech	0.3	7.3	-7.0	-7.0	-3.2	0.0
66	ARKArkansas	0.0	7.9	-7.9	-7.9	-2.2	-1.1
67	WVUWest Virginia	-0.4	0.6	-1.0	-1.0	+1.3	+1.2
68	FRESFresno State	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	-0.9	+0.5	+2.7
69	ORSTOregon State	-0.6	-9.7	+9.1	+9.1	+6.9	+4.9
70	UTSAUTSA	-1.0	1.6	-2.6	-2.6	-0.8	-1.4
71	PURPurdue	-1.4	-0.3	-1.1	-1.1	-1.0	+1.5
72	SYRSyracuse	-1.6	-3.4	+1.8	+1.8	+1.7	-0.2
73	TOLToledo	-1.6	-0.5	-1.1	-1.1	+0.5	-0.4
74	TXSTTexas State	-1.6	0.4	-2.0	-2.0	+1.2	-0.2
75	MDMaryland	-1.9	2.7	-4.6	-4.6	-5.9	+0.2
76	CALCalifornia	-2.4	0.1	-2.5	-2.5	+0.7	+1.0
77	UNLVUNLV	-2.9	-1.1	-1.8	-1.4	+1.9	-1.0
78	FAUFlorida Atlantic	-2.9	-7.4	+4.5	+4.5	+2.6	0.0
79	USFSouth Florida	-2.9	3.0	-5.9	-5.9	-4.7	-2.9
80	ARMYArmy	-3.3	0.2	-3.5	-3.5	-2.5	-2.0
81	COLOColorado	-3.6	0.4	-4.0	-4.0	-6.3	-2.2
82	WMUWestern Michigan	-3.6	-0.9	-2.7	-2.7	-2.9	+0.7
83	AFAir Force	-3.9	-5.5	+1.6	+1.6	+1.7	+1.6
84	NAVYNavy	-4.2	4.4	-8.6	-8.6	-4.1	-1.6
85	SDSUSan Diego State	-4.3	0.5	-4.8	-4.8	-4.1	+0.2
86	ECUEast Carolina	-4.4	-1.5	-2.9	-3.0	+4.3	0.0
87	LTLouisiana Tech	-4.7	-7.8	+3.1	+3.1	+4.5	+2.0
88	RUTGRutgers	-4.8	3.3	-8.1	-8.1	+0.3	-0.4
89	TEMTemple	-5.4	-12.3	+6.9	+7.0	+5.4	+2.9
90	BCBoston College	-5.6	-1.3	-4.3	-4.3	-1.3	+0.3
91	USUUtah State	-5.9	-4.7	-1.2	-1.2	-0.9	+0.3
92	WSUWashington State	-6.7	-1.2	-5.5	-5.5	-2.1	-2.7
93	TULNTulane	-7.3	2.9	-10.2	-10.1	-4.6	0.0
94	ULLouisiana	-7.4	-8.9	+1.5	+1.5	+0.5	-1.2
95	GASTGeorgia State	-7.5	-16.6	+9.1	+9.1	+6.1	+3.6
96	TROYTroy	-7.5	-9.7	+2.2	+2.2	+4.0	0.0
97	GASOGeorgia Southern	-7.9	-8.9	+1.0	+1.0	+1.3	+2.1
98	STANStanford	-7.9	-2.1	-5.8	-6.3	-1.7	-3.9
99	FIUFlorida International	-9.5	-12.1	+2.6	+2.6	+0.1	0.0
100	ARSTArkansas State	-9.6	-9.8	+0.2	+0.2	+0.7	+1.2
101	TLSATulsa	-9.7	-10.3	+0.6	+0.7	-0.8	+0.6
102	APPApp State	-9.7	-13.9	+4.2	+4.2	+1.0	0.0
103	USASouth Alabama	-9.7	-11.8	+2.1	+2.1	-1.4	-1.0
104	CONNUConn	-9.9	-14.4	+4.5	+4.5	+5.8	+0.2
105	UABUAB	-10.4	-15.9	+5.5	+5.5	+3.4	0.0
106	NEVNevada	-10.6	-11.3	+0.7	+0.7	-2.3	0.0
107	M-OHMiami (OH)	-10.9	-6.5	-4.4	-4.4	-1.0	-1.6
108	SJSUSan José State	-11.0	-15.1	+4.1	+2.5	+1.8	+0.8
109	JXSTJacksonville State	-11.1	-9.8	-1.3	+0.7	+0.4	0.0
110	HAWHawai'i	-11.5	-4.1	-7.4	-7.0	-3.2	-0.8
111	DELDelaware	-11.8	-11.2	-0.6	-0.6	-6.1	-1.8
112	MRSHMarshall	-12.0	-7.8	-4.2	-4.2	-0.1	-0.6
113	NMSUNew Mexico State	-12.2	-18.2	+6.0	+4.8	+2.9	+3.4
114	ODUOld Dominion	-12.3	2.3	-14.6	-14.6	-11.4	-3.6
115	OHIOOhio	-12.4	-6.4	-6.0	-6.0	-3.4	-3.3
116	KENNKennesaw State	-13.2	-10.0	-3.2	-3.2	-0.2	0.0
117	WYOWyoming	-13.2	-11.6	-1.6	-1.6	+0.9	-0.5
118	CMUCentral Michigan	-13.8	-12.6	-1.2	-1.2	+1.0	+1.7
119	WKUWestern Kentucky	-13.8	-7.0	-6.8	-6.9	-3.3	-3.4
120	RICERice	-14.0	-17.7	+3.7	+3.7	+3.9	+1.3
121	EMUEastern Michigan	-14.4	-12.7	-1.7	+0.7	+1.8	+2.0
122	CSUColorado State	-14.4	-13.9	-0.5	-0.5	-3.0	-4.9
123	CCUCoastal Carolina	-14.8	-15.7	+0.9	+0.9	-1.5	-2.1
124	MOSTMissouri State	-16.4	-17.5	+1.1	+1.1	+4.3	0.0
125	BGSUBowling Green	-17.4	-15.8	-1.6	-1.6	+1.4	+1.6
126	BUFBuffalo	-18.4	-15.4	-3.0	-3.0	-2.6	-0.7
127	MTSUMiddle Tennessee	-18.5	-18.7	+0.2	+0.2	-0.8	-2.9
128	USMSouthern Miss	-19.4	-18.7	-0.7	-0.7	+1.1	0.0
129	MASSMassachusetts	-19.6	-30.6	+11.0	+11.0	+3.3	-2.1
130	KENTKent State	-19.7	-20.9	+1.2	+1.1	+3.3	+3.3
131	NIUNorthern Illinois	-19.9	-16.8	-3.1	-3.1	-2.6	0.0
132	ULMUL Monroe	-21.0	-16.0	-5.0	-5.0	-1.7	+1.0
133	SHSUSam Houston	-21.9	-23.7	+1.8	+1.8	+1.4	0.0
134	AKRAkron	-23.4	-17.1	-6.3	-6.2	-6.4	-1.7
135	BALLBall State	-23.9	-23.0	-0.9	-0.8	-0.9	+0.4
136	CLTCharlotte	-24.9	-18.7	-6.2	-6.2	-5.6	-3.4
137	UTEPUTEP	-24.9	-19.5	-5.4	-5.5	-2.9	-2.6
138	SACSacramento State	-30.3	-23.8	-6.5	-8.9	-6.5	0.0

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