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	INDIndiana	35.2	11.8	+23.4	+3.3	+3.3	-2.6
2	NDNotre Dame	29.8	24.0	+5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
3	OSUOhio State	29.1	26.6	+2.5	-1.8	-1.8	0.0
4	OREOregon	28.3	20.9	+7.4	+0.7	+0.8	0.0
5	TTTexas Tech	28.3	10.0	+18.3	-4.4	-4.4	0.0
6	MIAMiami	28.0	17.0	+11.0	+5.4	+4.5	+2.6
7	MISSOle Miss	22.1	17.0	+5.1	+2.9	+0.6	0.0
8	UGAGeorgia	22.0	25.1	-3.1	-0.6	-0.6	0.0
9	TEXTexas	20.9	26.6	-5.7	+1.4	+1.4	0.0
10	UTAHUtah	20.7	10.7	+10.0	+0.7	+0.7	0.0
11	TAMTexas A&M	20.7	14.7	+6.0	-1.0	0.0	0.0
12	VANVanderbilt	19.8	6.6	+13.2	-1.6	-1.6	0.0
13	IOWAIowa	18.9	10.2	+8.7	+1.6	+1.6	0.0
14	PSUPenn State	18.3	26.0	-7.7	+1.1	0.0	0.0
15	WASWashington	18.0	9.4	+8.6	+1.7	0.0	0.0
16	ALAlabama	16.8	24.9	-8.1	+0.1	-2.3	0.0
17	SMUSMU	15.2	12.8	+2.4	+2.8	+2.8	0.0
18	OUOklahoma	15.1	17.0	-1.9	-2.4	0.0	0.0
19	CLEMClemson	15.0	24.2	-9.2	-1.1	0.0	0.0
20	USCUSC	14.7	14.3	+0.4	-1.4	-1.4	0.0
21	JMUJames Madison	12.9	-0.1	+13.0	+0.1	0.0	0.0
22	TENTennessee	12.8	13.3	-0.5	-2.6	-2.6	0.0
23	MIZMissouri	12.7	12.3	+0.4	-4.4	0.0	0.0
24	MIMichigan	12.4	12.5	-0.1	-1.4	-1.4	0.0
25	AZArizona	12.2	0.7	+11.5	-2.8	-2.8	0.0
26	AUAuburn	11.8	11.3	+0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
27	USCSouth Carolina	11.8	13.2	-1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
28	TCUTCU	11.8	8.8	+3.0	+1.4	+1.4	0.0
29	BYUBYU	11.5	10.2	+1.3	-2.5	0.0	0.0
30	ILIllinois	10.8	11.6	-0.8	+2.6	+2.6	0.0
31	LOULouisville	10.8	10.6	+0.2	+0.1	0.0	0.0
32	UVAVirginia	10.7	0.6	+10.1	+4.4	0.0	0.0
33	UFFlorida	9.9	13.9	-4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
34	HOUHouston	9.0	-0.6	+9.6	+3.6	0.0	0.0
35	DUDuke	8.9	4.2	+4.7	+1.7	+1.7	0.0
36	NAVYNavy	8.7	3.1	+5.6	+7.8	+7.8	0.0
37	KSUKansas State	8.2	12.0	-3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
38	GTGeorgia Tech	7.9	11.4	-3.5	+2.5	0.0	0.0
39	USFSouth Florida	7.6	-2.2	+9.8	-3.6	0.0	0.0
40	ODUOld Dominion	7.4	-8.0	+15.4	+3.6	0.0	0.0
41	FSUFlorida State	7.3	5.0	+2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
42	ARKArkansas	7.3	8.9	-1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
43	ISUIowa State	7.2	10.8	-3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
44	NCSTNC State	7.2	5.1	+2.1	+1.9	0.0	0.0
45	LSULSU	7.2	22.4	-15.2	-3.6	0.0	0.0
46	KUKansas	6.6	6.0	+0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
47	TOToledo	6.6	-2.0	+8.6	-0.1	0.0	0.0
48	NTNorth Texas	6.6	-7.7	+14.3	-1.1	0.0	0.0
49	PITTPittsburgh	6.2	2.5	+3.7	-1.1	0.0	0.0
50	NWNorthwestern	5.7	-2.6	+8.3	+1.4	0.0	0.0
51	WIWisconsin	5.3	7.7	-2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
52	ASUArizona State	5.1	12.7	-7.6	-1.7	-1.7	0.0
53	WFWake Forest	4.8	-5.2	+10.0	+1.5	+1.5	0.0
54	TULTulane	4.1	2.7	+1.4	-2.4	0.0	0.0
55	ECEast Carolina	3.9	-4.8	+8.7	+1.1	0.0	0.0
56	NEBNebraska	3.8	11.4	-7.6	-0.7	-0.7	0.0
57	UKKentucky	3.3	5.5	-2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	MSTMichigan State	3.3	2.6	+0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	BSBoise State	2.8	8.2	-5.4	-1.7	0.0	0.0
60	MINMinnesota	2.7	5.8	-3.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0
61	BUBaylor	2.6	11.1	-8.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
62	MSTMississippi State	2.5	0.7	+1.8	-1.5	-1.5	0.0
63	ARMYArmy	2.3	-0.8	+3.1	+6.3	0.0	0.0
64	WSTWashington State	2.3	-6.0	+8.3	+0.9	0.0	0.0
65	RUTRutgers	2.1	4.3	-2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
66	UTSAUTSA	1.9	-4.5	+6.4	+3.6	0.0	0.0
67	WMUWestern Michigan	1.6	-13.3	+14.9	+3.4	0.0	0.0
68	SDSUSan Diego State	0.2	-11.9	+12.1	+1.0	0.0	0.0
69	UCFUCF	0.2	3.3	-3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
70	TSTTexas State	0.1	-3.4	+3.5	+2.7	+2.7	0.0
71	NMNew Mexico	-1.1	-18.2	+17.1	+0.1	0.0	0.0
72	UCLAUCLA	-1.4	3.0	-4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
73	CALCalifornia	-1.6	-1.0	-0.6	-1.4	0.0	0.0
74	FRESFresno State	-1.7	-4.6	+2.9	+1.9	0.0	0.0
75	WVWest Virginia	-1.8	-2.1	+0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	CINCincinnati	-1.8	4.9	-6.7	-7.8	-7.8	0.0
77	UNLVUNLV	-2.3	1.9	-4.2	-1.3	0.0	0.0
78	UHHawai'i	-2.6	-7.5	+4.9	+1.4	0.0	0.0
79	VTVirginia Tech	-3.0	5.4	-8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
80	MEMMemphis	-3.3	2.4	-5.7	-1.9	0.0	0.0
81	BCBoston College	-3.5	2.3	-5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	CUColorado	-3.7	5.8	-9.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
83	STANStanford	-3.8	-5.9	+2.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	USTUtah State	-4.1	-12.9	+8.8	-0.9	0.0	0.0
85	OUOhio	-4.9	-4.0	-0.9	+1.3	0.0	0.0
86	MDMaryland	-5.4	1.1	-6.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
87	PURPurdue	-6.0	-6.1	+0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
88	UNCNorth Carolina	-6.3	3.7	-10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
89	GSGeorgia Southern	-6.8	-4.2	-2.6	+5.2	+5.2	0.0
90	CONUConn	-7.2	-4.4	-2.8	-6.3	0.0	0.0
91	WKUWestern Kentucky	-7.4	-5.9	-1.5	+0.9	0.0	0.0
92	JSTJacksonville State	-7.6	-10.5	+2.9	+3.9	0.0	0.0
93	OSUOklahoma State	-7.8	0.8	-8.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
94	KSUKennesaw State	-8.7	-19.9	+11.2	-3.4	0.0	0.0
95	MOHMiami (OH)	-8.8	-6.9	-1.9	-1.9	0.0	0.0
96	LTULouisiana Tech	-9.0	-8.4	-0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
97	AFAir Force	-9.3	-9.4	+0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
98	ASTArkansas State	-9.9	-9.1	-0.8	+0.3	0.0	0.0
99	MMarshall	-10.1	-11.7	+1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
100	CMUCentral Michigan	-10.7	-12.9	+2.2	-1.4	0.0	0.0
101	TROYTroy	-10.8	-8.0	-2.8	-3.9	0.0	0.0
102	TEMTemple	-11.2	-13.8	+2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
103	FIUFlorida International	-11.4	-14.1	+2.7	-3.6	0.0	0.0
104	SMISouthern Miss	-11.8	-12.0	+0.2	-0.9	0.0	0.0
105	WYWyoming	-12.2	-8.9	-3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
106	LULiberty	-12.4	-2.0	-10.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
107	SALSouth Alabama	-12.6	-4.3	-8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
108	NEVNevada	-12.9	-16.6	+3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
109	DELDelaware	-13.0	-13.3	+0.3	+1.7	0.0	0.0
110	TULTulsa	-13.2	-15.9	+2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
111	MOSTMissouri State	-13.3	-16.8	+3.5	-0.4	0.0	0.0
112	LIULouisiana	-13.4	-2.6	-10.8	-1.7	0.0	0.0
113	SYRSyracuse	-13.6	0.7	-14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
114	FAUFlorida Atlantic	-14.3	-11.5	-2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
115	ORSTOregon State	-15.2	-1.7	-13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
116	EMUEastern Michigan	-15.5	-14.5	-1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
117	UABUAB	-15.5	-12.5	-3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
118	BUFBuffalo	-15.7	-8.6	-7.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
119	SJSTSan José State	-17.1	-4.9	-12.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
120	ULMUL Monroe	-17.4	-13.0	-4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
121	BGBowling Green	-17.5	-9.9	-7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
122	MTSUMiddle Tennessee	-17.6	-17.3	-0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
123	CCCoastal Carolina	-17.8	-8.5	-9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
124	KSKent State	-17.8	-24.6	+6.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
125	NIUNorthern Illinois	-17.9	-8.7	-9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
126	AKRAkron	-18.4	-18.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
127	APSTApp State	-18.6	-7.4	-11.2	-5.2	-5.2	0.0
128	CLTCharlotte	-18.7	-17.2	-1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
129	GSTGeorgia State	-19.3	-17.1	-2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
130	NMSTNew Mexico State	-19.5	-17.5	-2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
131	CSUColorado State	-19.6	-7.1	-12.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
132	RICERice	-21.8	-14.1	-7.7	-2.7	-2.7	0.0
133	UTEPUTEP	-22.2	-14.1	-8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
134	BALLBall State	-22.4	-19.6	-2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
135	SHST.Sam Houston	-27.9	-13.6	-14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
136	UMMassachusetts	-38.5	-18.6	-19.9	0.0	0.0	0.0

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