Florida State’s snub from the college football playoff and subsequent legal action against the ACC got me thinking. Is FSU a tier-one program? Here’s how I see the Power Four.
This is based on many factors, including overall prestige, recent success, NIL, facilities, fan support, recruiting, program investment, and so on. Teams are in alphabetical order in each tier
Tier One
— These are the elite amongst the elite, the programs with all the attention, resources, and history to be great.
- Alabama
- Clemson
- Georgia
- LSU
- Michigan
- Notre Dame
- Ohio State
- Penn State
- Oklahoma
- Oregon
- Texas
- USC
Tier Two
— This tier is just below tier one for one reason or another, be it a lack of resources, recent success, a larger program in their area, or some other reason.
- Auburn
- Florida
- Florida State
- Iowa
- Miami
- Nebraska
- North Carolina
- Tennessee
- Texas A&M
- Utah
- Washington
- Wisconsin
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Tier Three
— This tier has to have everything go well to have a great season and have zero chance at a sustained national run of success for different reasons.
- Arizona
- Arkansas
- Kansas State
- Kentucky
- Louisville
- Michigan State
- Mississippi State
- Missouri
- NC State
- Ole Miss
- Oklahoma State
- South Carolina
- TCU
- UCF
- UCLA
- Virginia Tech
Tier Four
— The bottom feeders that no one cares about nationally and who don’t have the history, resources, or support to be relevant.
- Arizona State
- Baylor
- Boston College
- BYU
- Cal
- Cincinnati
- Colorado
- Duke
- Georgia Tech
- Houston
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa State
- Kansas
- Maryland
- Minnesota
- Northwestern
- Pitt
- Purdue
- Rutgers
- SMU
- Stanford
- Syracuse
- Texas Tech
- Vanderbilt
- Virginia
- Wake Forest
- West Virginia
