With the 2023 College Football season looming, here are my updated CFF positional rankings sorted by tiers:
| QUARTERBACKS |
| TIER 1 |
| Caleb Williams, USC |
| Austin Reed, Western Kentucky |
| Drake Maye, UNC |
| Bo Nix, Oregon |
| Michael Penix, Washington |
| Frank Harris, UTSA |
| Jordan Travis, Florida State |
| Tyler Shough/Behren Morton, Texas Tech |
| KJ Jefferson, Arkansas |
| Kurtis Rourke, Ohio |
| Riley Leonard, Duke |
| TIER 2 |
| Michael Pratt, Tulane |
| Cam Ward, Washington State |
| Joe Milton, Tennessee |
| Cade Klubnik, Clemson |
| Jayden Daniels, LSU |
| Jalon Daniels, Kansas |
| Donovan Smith, Houston |
| Jayden de Laura, Arizona |
| John Rhys Plumlee, UCF |
| Preston Stone, SMU |
| DJ Irons, Akron |
| TIER 3 |
| Kyle McCord/Devin Brown, Ohio State |
| Mitch Griffis, Wake Forest |
| Grayson McCall, CCU |
| Taylen Green, Boise State |
| Davis Brin/Beau Allen, Georgia Southern |
| Brennan Armstrong, NC State |
| Dillon Gabriel, Oklahoma |
| Jaxson Dart/Spencer Sanders, Ole Miss |
| Dequan Finn, Toledo |
| Chandler Morris, TCU |
| Chevan Cordeiro, San Jose State |
| TIER 4 |
| Will Howard, Kansas State |
| JJ McCarthy, Michigan |
| Shedeur Sanders, Colorado |
| Tyler Van Dyke, Miami |
| Sam Hartman, Notre Dame |
| Jack Plummer, Louisville |
| Jeff Sims, Nebraska |
| Quinn Ewers/Arch Manning, Texas |
| Malik Hornsby/TJ Finley, Texas State |
| Devin Leary, Kentucky |
| Jalen Milroe, Alabama |
| Darren Grainger, Georgia State |
| Casey Thompson, Florida Atlantic |
| Drew Allar, Penn State |
| Carson Beck, Georgia |
| EJ Warner, Temple |
| Cooper Legas, Utah State |
| Conner Weigman, Texas A&M |
| TIER 5 |
| Garrett Shrader, Syracuse |
| Carter Bradley, USA |
| Spencer Rattler, South Carolina |
| Seth Henigan, Memphis |
| Emory Jones, Cincinnati |
| Tanner Mordecai, Wisconsin |
| Cam Rising, Utah |
| Hudson Card, Purdue |
| Brayden Schager, Hawaii |
| Jordan McCloud, James Madison |
| Sam Jackson, Cal |
| Clay Millen, Colorado State |
| Taulia Tagovailoa, Maryland |
| Byrum Brown, USF |
| Dante Moore/Ethan Garbers, UCLA |
| Garrett Greene, West Virginia |
| Will Rogers, Mississippi State |
| DJ Uiagalelei, Oregon State |
| JJ Kohl, Iowa State |
| TIER 6 |
| Ty Simpson, Alabama |
| Diego Pavia, New Mexico State |
| Gavin Hardison, UTEP |
| Brett Gabbert, Miami (OH) |
| Bert Emmanuel Jr, Central Michigan |
| Rocky Lombardi, Northern Illinois |
| Payton Thorne/Robby Ashford, Auburn |
| Cole Snyder, Buffalo |
| Drew Pyne/Trenton Bourget, Arizona State |
| Grant Wilson, Old Dominion |
| Mason Garcia, ECU |
| Jalen Mayden, San Diego State |
| Brady Cook, Missouri |
| Zion Webb/Logan Smothers, Jacksonville State |
| TIER 7 |
| Stone Earle, North Texas |
| Cam Fancher, Marshall |
| Blake Shapen, Baylor |
| Athan Kaliakmanis, Minnesota |
| Kedon Slovis, BYU |
| Katin Houser, Mich State |
| Ari Patu, Stanford |
| Phil Jurkovec, Pitt |
| Mikey Keene, Fresno State |
| Kaidon Salter, Liberty |
| AJ Swann, Vanderbilt |
| Alan Bowman/Garrett Rangel |
| Zach Wilcke, USM |
| Graham Mertz, Florida |
| RUNNING BACKS |
| TIER 1 |
| Quinshon Judkins, Ole Miss |
| Rasheen Ali, Marshall |
| Raheim Sanders, Arkansas |
| Braelon Allen, Wisconsin |
| Blake Corum, Michigan |
| Damien Martinez, Oregon State |
| Trey Benson, Florida State |
| Frank Gore Jr, Southern Miss |
| Sieh Bangura, Ohio |
| TreVeyon Henderson, Ohio State |
| Ja’Quinden Jackson/Micah Bernard, Utah |
| Will Shipley/Phil Mafah, Clemson |
| Nick Singleton, Penn State |
| Marquez Cooper, Ball State |
| Audric Estime, Notre Dame |
| CJ Donaldson, West Virginia |
| TIER 2 |
| Kevorian Barnes/Rocko Griffin/Brandon High, UTSA |
| LeQuint Allen, Syracuse |
| Samson Evans, Eastern Michigan |
| Rodney Hammond, Pitt |
| Kaleb Johnson, Iowa |
| Antario Brown, NIU |
| Re’Mahn Davis, Kentucky |
| Jase McClellan/Roydell Williams/Justice Haynes, Alabama |
| Michael Wiley/Jonah Coleman, Arizona |
| RJ Harvey, UCF |
| Treshaun Ward/DJ Giddens, Kansas State |
| Donovan Edwards, Michigan |
| Jarquez Hunter/Damari Alston, Auburn (SUSP) |
| Bucky Irving/Noah Whittington, Oregon |
| La’Damian Webb, South Alabama |
| Jalen White, Georgia Southern |
| TIER 3 |
| Jermaine Brown Jr, UAB |
| Jalen White, Georgia Southern |
| Blake Watson/Jeyvon Ducker, Memphis |
| Marshawn Lloyd, USC |
| Cartevious Norton, Iowa State |
| George Holani, Boise State |
| Alton McCaskill, Colorado |
| Cedric Baxter,/Jonathan Brooks, Texas |
| Devin Neal/Daniel Hishaw, Kansas |
| Jaylen Knighton/LJ Johnson/Camar Wheaton, SMU |
| Ashaad Clayton, Tulane |
| Tylan Hines, Hawaii |
| Tommarion Harden, UCLA |
| Ashton Jeanty, Boise State (RB2) |
| Miyan Williams, Ohio State (RB2) |
| Kimani Vidal, Troy |
| Marcus Carroll, Georgia State |
| Richard Reese, Baylor |
| Jo’quavious Marks, Mississippi State |
| Ollie Gordon/Jaden Nixon, Oklahoma State |
| Jaydn Ott, Cal |
| Carson Steele, UCLA (RB2) |
| E.J. Smith, Stanford |
| Nate Noel, Appalachian State |
| John Lee Eldridge, Air Force |
| Devon Mockobee, Purdue |
| Nakia Watson/Jaylen Jenkins, Washington State |
| Sean Tyler/Zach Evans, Minnesota |
| Frank Peasant, Middle Tennessee |
| Logan Diggs/Josh Williams, LSU |
| Larry McCammon/Kobe Lewis, FAU |
| Aidan Robbins/Miles Davis, BYU |
| Roman Hemby, Maryland |
| Malik Sherrod/Damien Moore, Fresno State |
| Javonte Barnes, Oklahoma |
| Jabari Small/Jaylen Wright, Tennessee |
| Josh McCray/Reggie Love III, Illinois |
| Gavin Sawchuk, Oklahoma (RB2) |
| Emani Bailey/Tre Sancers, TCU |
| Trevor Etienne/Montrell Johnson, Florida |
| Kaytron Allen, Penn State (RB2) |
| Dillon Johnson/Cameron Davis, Washington |
| Jarquez Stuart/Micah Kelly, Toledo |
| Cameron Skattebo, Arizona State |
| Kairee Robinson, SJSU |
| Omarion Hampton/Elijah Green, UNC |
| Branson Robinson/Kendall Milton/Daijun Edwards, Georgia |
| Gabe Ervin/Anthony Grant, Nebraska |
| TIER 5 |
| Marlon Gunn/Rahjai Harris, ECU |
| Austin Jones, USC (RB2) |
| Edward Saydee, Temple |
| Tahj Brooks, Texas Tech |
| Henry Parrish/Don Chaney, Miami |
| Jamari Ferrell/DQ James, Wyoming (Waylee INJ) |
| Vincent Davis, UNLV |
| Anthony Watkins, Tulsa |
| Justice Ellison, Wake Forest |
| Corey Kiner/Miles Montgomery, Cincinnati |
| Stacy Sneed/Brandon Campbell/Tony Mathis Jr, Houston |
| Samuel Brown V, Rutgers |
| Cam Porter, Northwestern |
| Dontavious Braswell/Dakareon Joyner, South Carolina |
| Anwar Lewis, Jacksonville State |
| Jaylen Coleman/Jordan Waters, Duke |
| Kadarius Calloway, Old Dominion |
| Xavier Williams/Ky Thomas, Kent State |
| Cody Schrader/Tavorus Jones/Nathaniel Peat, Missouri |
| TIER 6 |
| Ikaika Ragsdale/Oscar Adaway, North Texas |
| Kaelon Black, James Madison |
| Victor Rosa, UConn |
| Lorenzo Lingard/Clyde Price, Akron |
| Avery Morrow, Colorado State |
| Quentin Cooley, Liberty |
| Marquis Crosby, Louisiana Tech |
| Bhayshul Tuten/Chance Black, Virginia Tech |
| Amari Daniels/Le’Veon Moss/Ruben Owens, Texas A&M |
| Marion Lukes, Central Michigan |
| Sean Dollars, Nevada |
| TIER 7 |
| Robert Briggs/Davon Booth/Jordan Wilmore, Utah State |
| Nay’Quan Wright/Kelly Joiner, USF |
| Braydon Bennett/Reese White, CCU |
| Jordan Waters/Jaylen Coleman, Duke |
| Dakareon Joyner/Dontavius Braswell, South Carolina |
| Kadarius Callaway, ODU |
| Nathan Carter/Jaren Mangham/Jalen Berger, Michigan State |
| Deion Hankins, UTEP (RB/WR) |
| Jaison Patterson/Terion Stewart, Bowling Green |
| Dre’Lynn Washington, Louisiana |
| Mike Washington/Ron Cook Jr, Buffalo |
| Davion Ervin-Poindexter, Western Kentucky |
| Keyon Mozee, Miami (OH) |
| Pat Garwo, Boston College |
| TIER 8 |
| Keshawn King, Western Michigan |
| Maurice Turner/Jawhar Jordan, Louisville |
| Deion Hankins, UTEP (RB/WR) |
| Shadrick Byrd, Charlotte |
| Anwar Lewis/Malk Jackson, Jackson State |
| John Gentry, Sam Houston State |
| Ari Broussard/Juwa Otoviano, Rice |
| Michael Allen/Jordan Houston, NC State |
| Dontae Smith/Trevion Cooley, Georgia Tech |
| WIDE RECEIVERS |
| Marvin Harrison, Ohio State |
| Malachi Corley, Western Kentucky |
| Emeka Egbuka, Ohio State |
| Tory Horton, Colorado State |
| Rome Odunze, Washington |
| Jalen McMillan, Washington |
| Squirrel White, Tennessee |
| Mallik Nabers, LSU |
| Jacob Cowing, Arizona |
| Xavier Worthy, Texas |
| Tetairoa McMillan, Arizona |
| TIER 1 |
| Jahmal Banks, Wake Forest |
| Derwin Burgess, Georgia Southern |
| Matthew Golden, Houston |
| Alex Adams, Akron |
| Devontez Walker, UNC |
| De’Corian Clark, UTSA |
| Joshua Cephus, UTSA |
| Sam Wiglusz, Ohio |
| TIER 2 |
| Tyrin Smith, UTEP |
| DT Sheffield, Washington State |
| Jalil Farooq, Oklahoma |
| Luther Burden, Missouri |
| Luke McCaffrey, Rice |
| Keon Coleman, Florida State |
| Jordan Kerley, SMU |
| Khaleb Hood, Georgia Southern |
| Troy Franklin, Oregon |
| Jerand Bradley, Texas Tech |
| Evan Stewart, Texas A&M |
| Elijah Badger, Arizona State |
| Dorian Singer, USC |
| Barion Brown, Kentucky |
| Jamari Thrash, Louisville |
| TIER 3 |
| Antwane Wells Jr. South Carolina |
| Antonio Williams, Clemson |
| Terrell Vaughn, Utah State |
| Justin Lockhart, San Jose State |
| Bru McCoy, Tennessee |
| Ashtyn Hawkins, Texas State |
| Lahjontay Wester, FAU |
| Devin Voisin, South Alabama |
| Corey Rucker, Arkansas State |
| Drae McCray, Texas Tech |
| Daniel George, Akron |
| Jabre Barber, Troy |
| Jeremiah Hunter, Cal |
| Jerjuan Newton, Toledo |
| Michael Mathison, Western Kentucky |
| Sam Pinckney, Coastal Carolina |
| Dont’e Thornton, Tennessee |
| Trayvon Rudolph, Northern Illinois |
| Johnny Wilson, Florida State |
| TIER 4 |
| Colbie Young, Miami |
| Nate McCollum, UNC |
| Cam Camper, Indiana |
| Chimere Dike, Wisconsin |
| J. Michael Sturdivant |
| Malik Benson, Alabama |
| Brenden Rice, USC |
| Adonai Mitchell, Texas |
| Savion Williams, TCU |
| Will Sheppard, Vanderbilt |
| Ja’Lynn Polk, Washington |
| Tre Harris, Ole Miss |
| Malachi Jones, Tulsa |
| Montana Lemonious-Craig, Arizona |
| Jared Brown, Coastal Carolina |
| Caullin Lacy, South Alabama |
| Andre Green/Blackwell, UNC |
| Justus Ross-Simmons, Colorado State |
| Cyrus Allen, Louisiana Tech |
| Jordan Hudson, SMU |
| Isaiah Williams, Illinois |
| TIER 5 |
| Julian Fleming, Ohio State |
| Jalon Calhoun, Duke |
| Xavier Weaver, Colorado |
| Isaiah Hamilton, Washington State |
| KeAndre Lambert-Smith, Penn State |
| Javon Baker, UCF |
| Tez Johnson, Oregon |
| Ainias Smith, Texas A&M |
| Odieu Hilaire, Bowling Green |
| Wesley Grimes, Wake Forest |
| Kyle Williams, Wazzu |
| Reggie Brown, James Madison |
| Moose Muhammad, Texas A&M |
| Monaray Baldwin, Baylor |
| Isaiah Bond, Alabama |
| Tanner Knue, Eastern Michigan |
| Amad Anderson, Temple |
| Tahj Washington, USC |
| Taylor Morin, Wake Forest |
| Samuel Brown, Houston |
| KC Concepcion, NC State |
| TIER 6 |
| Terell Timmons, NC State |
| TJ Sheffield, Purdue |
| Trey Cleveland, North Texas |
| Bradley Rozner, NC State |
| Dante Wright, Temple |
| Jordyn Tyson, Arizona State |
| Jake Bailey, SMU |
| RIcky White, UNLV |
| Tobias Merriweather, Notre Dame |
| Anthony Gould, Oregon State |
| Noah Thomas, Texas A&M |
| Isaac TesLaa, Arkansas |
| Kody Epps, BYU |
| CJ Daniels, Liberty |
| Jacoby Jones, Ohio |
| Raimel Keyton, Tennessee |
| Ladd McConkey, Georgia |
| Will Pauling, Wisconsin |
| Ja’Varrius Johnson, Auburn |
| Ayden WIlliams, Ole Miss (FR) |
| Jordan Moore, Duke |
| Myles Price, Texas Tech |
| TIGHT ENDS |
| TIER 1 |
| Oronde Gadsden, Syracuse (WR/TE) |
| Brock Bowers, Georgia |
| Dalvin Smith, Western Kentucky (WR/TE) |
| Ja’Tavion Sanders, Texas |
| Brant Kuithe, Utah |
| Luke Lachey, Iowa |
| Jalin Conyers, Arizona State |
| Mason Taylor, LSU |
| RJ Maryland, SMU |
| Jake Bringingstool, Clemson |
| Colston Loveland, Michigan |
| TIER 2 |
| Jaheim Bell, Florida State |
| David Martin-Robinson, Temple |
| Ben Yurosek, Stanford |
| Brady Hunt, Ball State |
| Tanner McLachlan, Arizona |
| Oscar Cardenas, UTSA |
| Thomas Yassmin, Utah |
| Cory Dychess, Maryland |
| Bryson Nesbit, UNC |
| Theo Johnson, Penn State |
| Austin Stogner, Oklahoma |
| Mason Fairchild, Kansas |
| Tanner Koziol, Ball State |
| Ben Sinnott, Kansas State |
| Harold Fannin, Bowling Green (Goalline - 4 TDs) |
| TIER 3 |
| CJ Dippre, Alabama |
| Jack Velling, Oregon State |
| Dallin Holker, Colorado State |
| Trent Penix, NC State |
| Isaac Rex, BYU |
| Shane Calhoun, ECU |
| George Takacs, Boston College |
| Cade Stover, Ohio State |
| Terrence Ferguson, Oregon |
| Trey Knox, South Carolina |
| Mitchell Evans, Notre Dame |
| Brevyn Spann-Ford, Minnesota |
| Chad Metayer, Cincinnati |
| TIER 4 |
| Gavin Bartholemew, Pitt |
| Rivaldo Fairweather, Auburn |
| Oscar Delp, Georgia |
| John McAfee, Georgia Southern |
| Jared Wiley, TCU |
| Riley Smith, Boise State |
| Josiah Miamen, FIU |
| Jordan Smith, Temple (WR/TE) |
| Caden Prieskorn, Ole Miss |
| Var’Kese Gumms, Arkansas |
| Jack Westover, Washington |
| TIER 5 |
| Michael Trigg, Ole Miss |
| Elijah Arroyo, Miami |
| Jaleel Skinner, Miami |
| Johnny Langan, Rutgers |
| Clay Cundiff, Wisconsin |
| River Helms, Western Kentucky |
| Thomas Fidone/Arik Gilbert, Nebraska |
