The Matchup Zone

2017 TAPE Index

Since 2013, each season's TAPE and PAPER ratings are normalized to an index of the 100 teams with the best performance over the previous five seasons. For earlier seasons, the TAPE index consisted of the teams in the six BCS Conferences. The teams in the 2017 index are listed below.

Akron (MAC)	Alabama (SEC)	Arizona (Pac12)	Arizona St. (Pac12)
Arkansas (SEC)	Baylor (Big12)	Belmont (OVC)	Boise St. (MWC)
Butler (BigEast)	BYU (WCC)	California (Pac12)	Cincinnati (AmCon)
Clemson (ACC)	Colorado (Pac12)	Colorado St. (MWC)	Connecticut (AmCon)
Creighton (BigEast)	Davidson (A10)	Dayton (A10)	Duke (ACC)
Florida (SEC)	Florida St. (ACC)	George Washington (A10)	Georgetown (BigEast)
Georgia (SEC)	Georgia Tech (ACC)	Gonzaga (WCC)	Harvard (Ivy)
Illinois (BigTen)	Illinois St. (MVC)	Indiana (BigTen)	Iona (MAAC)
Iowa (BigTen)	Iowa St. (Big12)	Kansas (Big12)	Kansas St. (Big12)
Kentucky (SEC)	Louisville (ACC)	LSU (SEC)	Marquette (BigEast)
Maryland (BigTen)	Memphis (AmCon)	Miami (FL) (ACC)	Michigan (BigTen)
Michigan St. (BigTen)	Middle Tennessee St. (CUSA)	Minnesota (BigTen)	Mississippi (SEC)
Missouri (SEC)	Murray St. (OVC)	N.C. State (ACC)	Nebraska (BigTen)
New Mexico (MWC)	New Mexico St. (WAC)	North Carolina (ACC)	Northern Iowa (MVC)
Northwestern (BigTen)	Notre Dame (ACC)	Ohio St. (BigTen)	Oklahoma (Big12)
Oklahoma St. (Big12)	Oregon (Pac12)	Oregon St. (Pac12)	Penn St. (BigTen)
Pittsburgh (ACC)	Princeton (Ivy)	Providence (BigEast)	Purdue (BigTen)
Richmond (A10)	Saint Louis (A10)	San Diego St. (MWC)	Seton Hall (BigEast)
SMU (AmCon)	South Dakota St. (Summit)	St. Bonaventure (A10)	St. John's (BigEast)
St. Joseph's (A10)	St. Mary's (WCC)	Stanford (Pac12)	Stephen F. Austin (Sland)
Syracuse (ACC)	Temple (AmCon)	Tennessee (SEC)	Texas (Big12)
Texas A&M (SEC)	Tulsa (AmCon)	UCLA (Pac12)	UMass (A10)
UNLV (MWC)	Utah (Pac12)	Valparaiso (Horiz)	Vanderbilt (SEC)
VCU (A10)	Villanova (BigEast)	Virginia (ACC)	Washington (Pac12)
West Virginia (Big12)	Wichita St. (MVC)	Wisconsin (BigTen)	Xavier (BigEast)