Ultimate 134 CFB Rankings In a warmup to the college football season, RJ Young has ranked EVERY college football team in the country. Where does Michigan rank? Who is the top team outside the power conferences? Who are the top teams in each conference? That and more below! Welcome to my ultimate 134 college football rankings. These rankings are fluid, but my job has always been to look ahead and make a claim based on what I know and why I know it. I start with three questions:  Who do I think is good? Why do I think they're good? What are the chances they will finish above or below my expectations? These are the three questions I thought about most when ranking all 134 programs in the Football Bowl Subdivision as I set out to write a piece that is exhaustive and detailed. At the end, more than 15,000 words later, I wrote about who I think is good and why I think they're good. The process included excessive reading and studying of rosters, transfer portal additions and attrition, 2024 recruiting classes, changes in coaches, changes in philosophy, changes in athletic department administration and grasping what the addition of new members to the four most powerful conferences might mean in the first year of the 12-team College Football Playoff. In this ranking, you'll find that I accounted for all of those details. You'll find that I accounted for variables like predicted strength of schedule, star players, and players I expect will become household names by season's end. None of that was as difficult as shaping the 134 into a piece that reflects my sensibilities within my traditional top 25, which often reflects who I think is most likely to win the national championship: For instance, I ranked Michigan No. 1 after Week 5 last year — a full nine weeks before either the AP or CFP Selection Committee finally did the same. And the Wolverines won the 2024 national title. With that, here is a look at my ultimate 134 college football rankings heading into the 2024 season. Have an issue with my rankings? Think your alma mater is too low, or your school's rival is too high? Get at me on Twitter, @RJ_Young, and I'll select my favorite tweets and respond to them in a future article. 1. Ohio State Buckeyes / P4 / Big Ten No program made a bigger splash — splashes, really — than the Ohio State Buckeyes during the winter transfer portal period. In addition to bringing back an abundance of talent from last year's team, including back TreVeyon Henderson and wide receiver Emeka Egbuka, Ryan Day also managed to land a talented group of transfers with quarterback Will Howard, running back Quinshon Judkins and defensive back Caleb Downs. With these new additions to an already talented team, Day has successfully navigated through a raucous spring portal period with finesse. The Buckeyes have lost to Michigan three years in a row, haven't won a Big Ten title in four years, and have not won a national title since 2014. Penn State might be tough, as will Oregon. But we're on a journey to Nov. 30, when the world will find out just who this Buckeye team is against the team that matters more than any on their schedule: Michigan. Ohio State Win Total Odds: Over 10.5 (-150) Under 10.5 (+125)   For the rest of the rankings, click here. l.'; LN ]/ NN TS Y Fny s C PN TS - @F W(\fi,;./ S, @@L@Q‘\ el TN TS TN T YL [ 18T TS FOLLOW FOX SPORTS X Facebook Youtube Instagram Tik Tok Download FOX Sports App: Available on Fire TV avaiase on firetv ) Available on Roku Channel Store Available on 2 Lol T i Get it on Google Play Download on the App Store # Download on the | NS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THESE DEVICES: Q Coogle frety Gty Chroacast RyBOXONE JEEES. VIZIO 18 SMART TV