College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
LSU Tigers	SEC
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Utah Utes	Big 12
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Florida Gators	SEC
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Missouri Tigers	SEC
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Auburn Tigers	SEC
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
UCF Knights	Big 12
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Memphis Tigers	American
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Syracuse Orange	ACC
North Texas Mean Green	American
Toledo Rockets	MAC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Liberty Flames	CUSA
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
South Florida Bulls	American
Tulane Green Wave	American
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Army Black Knights	American
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
California Golden Bears	ACC
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
East Carolina Pirates	American
Temple Owls	American
Boston College Eagles	ACC
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Navy Midshipmen	American
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Rice Owls	American
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
UAB Blazers	American
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Akron Zips	MAC
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Charlotte 49ers	American
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
4-1	28.8	1	--	10.0-2.6	21.7	100.0	0.0	44.2	77.2	23.5	13.4
5-0	28.2	2	--	11.0-1.6	22.4	100.0	0.0	32.0	84.8	25.3	14.3
5-0	27.8	3	--	11.2-0.8	39.5	100.0	0.0	0.0	89.8	24.1	12.8
4-0	27.6	4	--	10.8-1.8	21.0	100.0	0.0	31.7	91.2	27.3	14.6
5-0	27.5	5	--	11.7-1.3	25.8	100.0	0.0	80.8	93.1	24.5	12.8
5-0	27.0	6	--	10.7-1.9	14.7	100.0	0.0	28.2	88.2	24.6	12.6
5-0	25.5	7	--	10.9-1.7	18.8	100.0	0.0	30.1	76.1	16.6	7.8
4-1	22.0	8	--	8.5-3.6	3.4	98.8	0.0	3.8	38.0	5.5	2.4
3-1	21.6	9	--	9.1-3.3	5.5	99.4	0.0	15.6	38.2	5.1	2.2
4-1	18.5	10	--	8.4-3.7	2.6	98.4	0.0	1.6	26.9	2.2	0.8
5-0	18.1	11	--	11.0-1.7	23.0	100.0	0.0	35.2	58.2	4.4	1.4
4-0	18.1	12	--	10.5-2.0	14.7	99.9	0.0	28.5	47.6	4.1	1.5
5-0	16.6	13	--	9.0-3.2	0.7	99.8	0.0	3.5	28.6	2.1	0.7
3-2	16.3	14	--	6.6-5.4	0.3	81.0	0.0	0.1	3.7	0.3	0.1
4-1	15.2	15	--	7.6-4.4	0.3	94.8	0.0	0.8	14.6	0.8	0.3
4-0	14.9	16	--	9.3-3.1	1.5	99.4	0.0	20.1	34.2	2.0	0.6
3-1	14.8	17	--	8.3-3.8	0.8	98.7	0.0	1.2	16.2	0.8	0.3
4-1	14.3	18	--	7.4-4.6	0.2	92.4	0.0	0.5	10.1	0.4	0.1
5-1	14.2	19	--	7.8-4.2	0.3	99.0	0.0	0.6	9.7	0.4	0.1
3-2	13.7	20	--	8.2-3.8	11.7	98.3	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0
2-2	13.5	21	--	5.8-6.2	0.1	58.3	0.0	0.3	3.4	0.2	0.1
3-1	13.2	22	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	88.3	0.0	0.5	12.0	0.6	0.2
5-0	13.1	23	--	9.6-2.7	1.7	99.9	0.0	7.6	27.7	1.1	0.2
3-2	12.5	24	--	6.3-5.7	0.1	74.5	0.0	0.0	1.9	0.1	0.0
4-1	12.2	25	--	8.3-3.7	2.4	98.1	0.0	3.8	9.7	0.3	0.1
4-1	11.9	26	--	8.2-3.9	2.1	97.4	0.0	0.9	12.7	0.4	0.1
4-1	11.9	27	--	7.5-4.5	0.2	95.7	0.0	0.3	12.3	0.4	0.1
4-1	11.6	28	--	9.8-2.1	40.5	99.9	0.0	67.1	35.3	0.6	0.1
4-1	11.2	29	--	7.8-4.4	0.8	94.2	0.0	5.8	8.1	0.2	0.0
3-2	11.2	30	--	6.7-5.4	0.3	81.7	0.0	1.1	2.1	0.1	0.0
4-1	11.1	31	--	8.9-3.2	8.0	99.7	0.0	3.3	12.9	0.3	0.1
3-2	10.6	32	--	6.1-5.9	0.0	70.6	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
4-1	10.4	33	--	8.5-3.7	3.1	98.8	0.0	2.3	11.7	0.2	0.1
4-1	10.4	34	--	6.9-5.1	0.1	84.2	0.0	0.2	8.4	0.2	0.0
4-0	10.3	35	--	8.7-3.4	0.5	98.8	0.0	1.4	12.3	0.4	0.1
2-3	9.8	36	--	6.3-5.7	2.8	72.8	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
4-0	9.6	37	--	8.5-3.6	0.3	98.1	0.0	2.3	11.0	0.3	0.0
2-3	9.3	38	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	24.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-1	9.2	39	--	10.7-2.2	40.0	100.0	0.0	63.0	12.5	0.1	0.0
4-1	9.0	40	--	8.2-3.9	0.7	98.4	0.0	2.6	5.1	0.1	0.0
3-1	8.8	41	--	7.8-4.3	1.7	91.4	0.0	1.4	2.8	0.1	0.0
4-1	8.6	42	--	7.6-4.4	0.5	94.5	0.0	1.3	3.2	0.1	0.0
4-1	8.2	43	--	8.0-4.0	0.4	98.0	0.0	0.6	2.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	7.2	44	--	6.7-5.3	0.7	81.9	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
3-1	6.8	45	--	7.1-5.0	0.2	83.8	0.0	2.1	3.4	0.0	0.0
3-2	6.8	46	--	6.8-5.3	1.0	80.7	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0
2-2	6.7	47	--	5.8-6.2	0.1	58.6	0.0	0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
2-3	6.5	48	--	4.9-7.1	0.1	33.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
5-0	6.4	49	--	11.3-1.4	29.8	100.0	71.3	55.1	28.0	0.2	0.0
3-2	6.3	50	--	6.9-5.1	1.0	86.6	0.0	0.4	1.5	0.0	0.0
2-2	5.2	51	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	38.0	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-2	5.0	52	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	38.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	4.9	53	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	33.1	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-3	4.7	54	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	20.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	4.4	55	--	5.6-6.4	0.1	50.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
4-1	3.7	56	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	75.6	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
4-1	3.6	57	--	9.5-3.1	12.6	99.6	0.0	34.4	5.5	0.0	0.0
3-2	3.4	58	--	6.5-5.5	0.4	77.9	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
4-1	3.0	59	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	61.5	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-2	2.4	60	--	6.9-4.5	3.6	87.2	0.0	15.1	1.4	0.0	0.0
3-2	1.4	61	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	35.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	1.4	62	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	19.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	1.4	63	--	7.6-3.8	2.9	94.6	0.0	12.3	2.9	0.0	0.0
5-0	0.9	64	--	10.0-2.6	3.9	100.0	0.0	22.0	7.9	0.0	0.0
2-3	0.8	65	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	3.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	0.3	66	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	26.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	0.1	67	--	8.3-4.1	9.4	98.4	0.0	20.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
4-1	-0.2	68	--	10.3-2.4	29.1	100.0	0.0	52.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
2-2	-0.3	69	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	28.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-3	-0.4	70	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	12.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-0.5	71	--	3.2-8.8	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-0.5	72	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	14.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-1.1	73	--	10.1-2.7	20.8	99.9	0.0	57.7	1.1	0.0	0.0
3-2	-1.3	74	--	7.6-4.7	2.3	94.9	0.0	10.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-1	-1.6	75	--	8.5-3.9	3.4	97.7	0.0	15.4	3.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-2.4	76	--	5.1-6.0	0.6	37.0	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-2.5	77	--	8.2-3.9	1.8	98.0	0.0	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.5	78	--	6.6-5.6	0.8	73.2	0.0	7.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-3	-2.5	79	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.8	80	--	6.6-5.5	0.8	75.5	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-3.2	81	--	8.2-3.9	1.6	97.2	12.5	7.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
2-3	-3.5	82	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	9.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-4.2	83	--	8.4-4.1	9.3	98.2	0.0	27.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-1	-4.2	84	--	8.7-3.7	4.4	98.9	40.3	13.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
3-2	-4.4	85	--	7.1-4.9	1.8	88.1	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-4.4	86	--	6.7-5.4	0.8	79.2	0.0	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-3	-4.7	87	--	6.4-5.7	2.0	75.6	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-5.0	88	--	3.2-8.8	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-5.1	89	--	2.3-9.7	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-5.3	90	--	7.1-5.1	2.3	84.4	27.6	8.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
3-1	-5.5	91	--	7.7-4.4	0.4	94.1	0.0	3.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-3	-5.5	92	--	4.6-6.6	0.2	21.5	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-6.5	93	--	7.6-4.5	0.6	92.3	8.3	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
2-3	-6.6	94	--	5.6-6.4	0.6	53.0	7.5	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-6.9	95	--	3.5-7.5	0.3	5.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-7.3	96	--	5.2-6.8	0.2	41.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-7.5	97	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	15.5	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-7.6	98	--	6.8-5.3	0.1	81.2	0.0	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-2	-7.9	99	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	63.2	10.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-8.7	100	--	6.4-5.7	0.5	72.9	12.5	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-8.8	101	--	5.8-6.2	1.1	58.8	4.5	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-9.1	102	--	2.8-8.2	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-9.1	103	--	7.2-5.1	2.2	85.6	0.0	11.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-9.8	104	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	18.3	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-10.1	105	--	5.4-6.8	0.6	46.3	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-10.2	106	--	6.2-5.9	2.0	70.0	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-10.3	107	--	3.6-7.4	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-10.6	108	--	3.7-8.4	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-11.0	109	--	7.4-4.9	2.2	91.1	0.0	7.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-11.6	110	--	5.4-6.8	0.5	46.4	0.0	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-11.6	111	--	6.0-6.1	0.2	61.4	0.0	4.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-11.6	112	--	6.6-6.5	0.0	78.2	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.6	113	--	5.0-7.2	0.2	35.9	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.9	114	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	20.1	4.8	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-11.9	115	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-12.4	116	--	4.6-7.5	0.1	29.4	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-12.4	117	--	5.5-6.6	0.7	48.6	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-12.9	118	--	2.8-9.2	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-13.0	119	--	6.9-5.3	1.0	83.6	0.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-13.1	120	--	7.6-4.4	0.3	94.8	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-13.5	121	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	5.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-13.5	122	--	3.7-8.3	0.1	9.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-13.9	123	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	29.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-14.7	124	--	5.6-6.5	0.2	50.4	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-15.1	125	--	5.8-6.2	0.1	57.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-15.3	126	--	3.8-8.2	0.1	10.8	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-17.1	127	--	5.0-7.0	0.1	35.6	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-4	-17.3	128	--	2.8-9.2	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-17.5	129	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	14.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-18.9	130	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	11.3	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-19.4	131	--	4.1-8.0	0.0	13.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-20.5	132	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	16.5	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-21.2	133	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-21.7	134	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-5	-23.6	135	--	0.8-11.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-23.7	136	--	2.5-9.5	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-5	-25.0	137	--	1.0-11.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-26.9	138	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: October 6, 2026

The Football Power Index (FPI) is a measure of team strength that is meant to be the best predictor of a team's performance going forward for the rest of the season. FPI represents how many points above or below average a team is. Projected results are based on 20,000 simulations of the rest of the season using FPI, results to date, and the remaining schedule. Ratings and projections update daily. FPI data from seasons prior to 2019 may not be complete.

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