CFB Power Rankings

DL · FBS · 2025 · opponent-adjusted PPA where available · top 60

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DL Power · FBS

Top 60

#	Player	Pos	Tm	Pwr ↓	Sk	TFL	QBH	Solo	Tot
1	Michael Heldman	DL	CMU	113.5	11.5	16.0	8	24	47
2	Melkart Abou-Jaoude	DL	UNC	99.0	10.5	12.0	5	24	47
3	Anthony Smith	DL	MINN	97.5	10.5	13.5	7	15	32
4	Dylan Labarbera	DL	NEV	94.5	6.5	16.5	3	49	88
5	Quincy Rhodes Jr.	DL	ARK	93.5	8.0	15.5	6	27	43
6	Langston Hardy	DL	WAKE	89.0	6.5	14.5	8	25	65
7	Keyshawn James-Newby	DT	UNM	86.5	8.0	13.0	5	26	48
8	Stephen Daley	DL	IU	85.0	5.5	19.0	5	24	35
9	MJ Stroud	DL	GASO	82.5	6.5	14.5	6	24	31
10	Elijah Hill	DL	KENN	82.5	9.0	11.5	6	11	20
11	J'Mond Tapp	DL	USM	81.5	7.5	11.5	8	18	66
12	Clev Lubin	DL	LOU	80.5	6.5	11.0	7	31	52
13	Akheem Mesidor	DL	MIA	79.5	7.0	12.0	5	26	46
14	Sahir West	DL	JMU	79.5	6.5	14.0	7	17	44
15	Taylor Wein	DL	OU	77.0	6.0	14.0	6	20	37
16	Sidney Stewart	DL	MD	76.5	7.0	10.5	7	20	32
17	Ethan Hassler	DL	ARST	76.0	6.5	10.5	7	18	52
18	Boubacar Traore	DL	ND	76.0	6.5	10.0	8	23	37
19	CJ Nunnally IV	DL	PUR	75.5	5.0	10.5	8	29	42
20	Eddie Walls III	DL	HOU	75.5	5.5	9.0	9	33	58
21	Kenton Simmons	DL	FIU	73.5	7.0	9.0	8	17	24
22	Ezra Christensen	DL	NMSU	72.5	5.0	11.0	10	21	41
23	Landon Robinson	DT	NAVY	71.5	6.0	8.0	7	24	58
24	Finn Claypool	DL	FRES	71.0	6.5	10.5	4	23	41
25	Daniel Rickert	DL	UVA	70.5	7.0	8.5	7	16	35
26	A.J. Holmes Jr.	DL	TTU	70.0	4.5	10.0	7	22	37
27	Nuer Gatkuoth	DL	WAKE	66.5	6.0	8.0	8	17	37
28	Tylon Dunlap	DL	KENN	65.5	5.0	10.5	1	24	39
29	R Mason Thomas	DL	OU	65.5	6.5	9.5	2	16	23
30	De'Jon Benton	DL	HAW	65.0	5.5	9.0	7	18	27
31	Max Llewellyn	DL	IOWA	65.0	6.0	9.0	7	13	23
32	Martez Poynter	DT	TOL	64.5	5.5	8.0	9	15	37
33	Zion Wilson	DL	ECU	63.5	6.0	10.0	3	18	39
34	Jamond Mathis	DL	KENT	63.5	6.0	8.0	6	17	28
35	Zahir Mathis	DL	MD	62.5	6.0	8.5	3	22	35
36	Jackie Johnson III	DL	HAW	62.5	6.5	7.5	3	9	28
37	Ethan Day	DL	UNT	62.5	4.5	7.0	8	22	49
38	Julien Laventure	DL	AKR	62.0	4.0	10.5	6	18	45
39	Rodney McGraw	DL	WMU	60.5	4.5	6.0	8	16	37
40	Tyrique Tucker	DL	IU	60.5	5.5	11.0	2	16	31
41	Cyrus Durham	DL	AKR	60.5	3.5	9.0	7	17	32
42	Ethan Hurkett	DL	IOWA	60.0	6.0	8.5	2	20	33
43	Wesley Bailey	DL	LOU	60.0	6.0	7.0	5	17	39
44	J'Dan Burnett	DL	TLSA	60.0	6.5	9.5	1	14	28
45	Xavier Holmes	DL	JMU	60.0	5.5	7.0	6	13	30
46	Karter Menz	DL	MINN	60.0	5.5	8.0	4	15	27
47	Jaxton Eck	DL	UNM	60.0	1.5	6.5	3	64	126
48	Will Echoles	DT	MISS	60.0	4.5	8.0	6	25	51
49	Marques White	DL	MASS	59.0	5.0	10.5	3	17	43
50	Keviyan Huddleston	DL	UNT	57.0	5.0	9.5	1	17	30
51	Tony Anyanwu	DL	RICE	56.5	5.0	6.5	3	22	52
52	Jordan van den Berg	DL	GT	56.0	4.0	11.0	3	19	40
53	Justin Wodtly	DL	ASU	55.5	6.0	6.0	2	21	36
54	Eric O'Neill	DL	RUTG	55.5	2.5	10.0	10	16	37
55	Mandrell Desir	DL	FSU	55.5	6.5	7.5	1	13	30
56	Khordae Sydnor	DL	VAN	54.5	3.5	8.5	8	10	29
57	Keegan Davis	DL	FIU	54.5	5.5	5.5	5	17	28
58	Chris McClellan	DT	MIZ	54.5	5.0	7.0	6	13	42
59	Kevin Abrams-Verwayne	DL	APP	54.5	5.0	6.5	5	18	39
60	KD Johnson	DT	UTEP	54.5	3.5	10.0	5	19	55

Interior DL power = (sk×5 + QBH×1.5 + TFL×2 + solo×0.5 + FR×3). DT/NT/DL.