CK Power Rankings

The desk's board, every edition, in one place. Each edition is the full write-up's order; movement is measured against the edition before it. Rankings are editorial — the resume, the tape, and the receipts — not a formula. The Belt page is the formula.

The Atlanta Edition

Season Five final — after the national championship · Oct 12, 2026 · Read the edition →
Movement vs. The Collections Edition (Sept 28, 2026).

#	Move	Coach	Team	The file
1	–	Stew	Oklahoma	15-0, SEC crown, Heisman, national champion — three rings, belt alone at 3-2
2	▲5	Tayne	Notre Dame	Title game; beat unbeaten Clemson 42-21 and the Vols 42-31 to get there
3	▲1	Purp	Tennessee	Beat the champ, pushed Stew 34-29 in the SEC final, Final Four off a three-game regular season
4	▲7	TBO	Arizona State	10-seed to the semis: Bowzer, unbeaten Penn State, then 33-26 to the king
5	▼3	States	Penn State	13-0, B1G crown, the champ's scalp — and a 27-24 quarterfinal loss to the 10-seed
6	▲2	LT	Clemson	13-0 and the ACC crown at last; out 42-21 to Tayne in the quarterfinal
7	▼2	Dre	Michigan	Ended the champ's defense 26-21; first defense to allow 40, to the eventual champ
8	▼2	KJ	TCU	Back-to-back Big 12 crowns, back-to-back quarterfinal exits
9	▼6	Pat	Ole Miss	Two rings; the 11-seed and a 26-21 first-round exit in the Big House
10	▲2	Bowzer	Oregon	B1G runner-up; 16-7 first-round exit to the Cinderella
11	▼2	Curt	Ohio State	Beat Bawce; lost The Game and Happy Valley; ran the booth, the desk, and the Bot
12	▲7	Lute	Miami	A 9-seed on three forfeit wins and zero played ones; ACC runner-up
13	▼3	JT	Nebraska	Beat Work, paid the Norman receipt, lost his Heisman to Stew in real time
14	▼1	Quan	Florida State	One played game, the 48-46 shootout loss
15	–	Work	Texas	Two played losses, two forfeit wins — one signature win from mattering
16	▼2	Ice Man	Georgia	Lost by 19 and by ONE to the 15-0 champ; the best 0-2 file ever ranked
17	▼1	Bawce	Texas A&M	0-4 played, the 15-minute petition denied
18	▼1	ZBO	SMU	One played loss, the 28-0 to LT
19	▼1	Silingi	Texas Tech	The undefeated technicality died in Fort Worth, then Tempe
20	–	Jason	Alabama	Announced his return, then forfeited the entire season
21	–	Thrash	South Carolina	One played loss, three by forfeit
22	–	Harry	Georgia Tech	35-28 to TBO; the most overdue first win in league history
23	–	Bhog	BYU	Two played losses, one front-office war, a farewell announcement
24	–	Teeric	USC	Allowed 52 to States and 70 to Tayne

Trajectories

Where every coach has sat on each edition, oldest to newest. A dash means they weren't on that board.

Coach	Miami	Collections	Atlanta
Stew	3	1	1
Tayne	5	7	2
Purp	2	4	3
TBO	16	11	4
States	9	2	5
LT	8	8	6
Dre	4	5	7
KJ	6	6	8
Pat	1	3	9
Bowzer	7	12	10
Curt	17	9	11
Lute	15	19	12
JT	10	10	13
Quan	11	13	14
Work	13	15	15
Ice Man	18	14	16
Bawce	12	16	17
ZBO	14	17	18
Silingi	19	18	19
Jason	21	20	20
Thrash	20	21	21
Harry	22	22	22
Bhog	25	23	23
Teeric	26	24	24

Past editions

The Collections Edition · Season Five — through Week 5 · Sept 28, 2026 · Read →

#	Coach	Team	The file
1	Stew	Oklahoma	4-0: four scalps, two statements, one escape
2	States	Penn State	3-0, the only man with the champ's scalp
3	Pat	Ole Miss	0-1; two rings buy patience
4	Purp	Tennessee	0-0; bought LSU's rights mid-tenure
5	Dre	Michigan	1-0, filed without commentary
6	KJ	TCU	2-1; answered the GOTW loss 110-34
7	Tayne	Notre Dame	1-1; 26-0 the wrong way, 48-46 the right way
8	LT	Clemson	0-0; top ten on credit
9	Curt	Ohio State	1-0; the bounce-back opens 33-14
10	JT	Nebraska	1-1; beat Work, paid the Norman receipt
11	TBO	Arizona State	1-0; survived Harry
12	Bowzer	Oregon	0-1; the schedule opened at the final boss
13	Quan	Florida State	0-1; lost a 48-46 shootout
14	Ice Man	Georgia	0-2; beaten by 19, then by one
15	Work	Texas	0-1 played; the FW counts on the log, not the ledger
16	Bawce	Texas A&M	0-1; opened against a motivated founder
17	ZBO	SMU	0-0; Dallas's finest, ready when called
18	Silingi	Texas Tech	0-0; still no played losses in league history
19	Lute	Miami	0-1; down 59-14 to the Frogs
20	Jason	Alabama	0-0; year five of scouting for other people's backfields
21	Thrash	South Carolina	0-0 played; the W4 Texas game went down as a forfeit
22	Harry	Georgia Tech	0-1; a sixth straight game without the W
23	Bhog	BYU	0-1; Provo believes anyway
24	Teeric	USC	0-1; 52-7 in Happy Valley

The Miami Edition · Season Four final — after the national championship · Sept 20, 2026 · Read →

#	Coach	Team	The file
1	Pat	Ole Miss	15-1, back-to-back champion
2	Purp	Tennessee	14-2, runner-up; JT, Tayne and Dre eliminated 127-45
3	Stew	Oklahoma	No. 1 seed, SEC crown, still two rings, still the points king
4	Dre	Michigan	Final Four; the Fiesta by five
5	Tayne	Notre Dame	12-0 regular season; fourth straight early postseason exit
6	KJ	TCU	13-1, Big 12 crown; the 77-7 stapled to the 13-0 forever
7	Bowzer	Oregon	B1G crown, Final Four; last two exits to the same guy
8	LT	Clemson	The 128-28 stretch; out by five
9	States	Penn State	3-0 played, 4 seed, eliminated by a calendar
10	JT	Nebraska	Rookie of the year; the Norman heist
11	Quan	Florida State	ACC champion
12	Bawce	Texas A&M	Two points from an SEC title
13	Work	Texas	The Lone Star thriller
14	ZBO	SMU	Steady all year
15	Lute	Miami	2-2; hosted the natty
16	TBO	Arizona State	Big 12 title game
17	Curt	Ohio State	1-4; shut out in The Game
18	Ice Man	Georgia	The GOTW scalp of Alabama
19	Silingi	Texas Tech	1-0; the great undefeated technicality
20	Thrash	South Carolina	Beat USC, then drew the king and the Aggies
21	Jason	Alabama	0-2; recruited the champ's backfield, for the champ
22	Harry	Georgia Tech	0-4 rookie initiation
23	Frank	Washington	One logged, one lump
24	Gooch	Indiana	0-2; fed the contenders
25	Bhog	BYU	0-3; everybody's get-right game
26	Teeric	USC	One game, one lesson
27	Lux	Cal	Same, but in Berkeley
28	Cozy	Baylor	No played games logged