College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Florida Gators	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Utah Utes	Big 12
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Auburn Tigers	SEC
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Missouri Tigers	SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
UCF Knights	Big 12
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Syracuse Orange	ACC
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
North Texas Mean Green	American
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
South Florida Bulls	American
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Memphis Tigers	American
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Tulane Green Wave	American
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
California Golden Bears	ACC
Toledo Rockets	MAC
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Army Black Knights	American
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Boston College Eagles	ACC
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
East Carolina Pirates	American
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Navy Midshipmen	American
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
Temple Owls	American
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Rice Owls	American
UAB Blazers	American
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
Akron Zips	MAC
Charlotte 49ers	American
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
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%
1-1	30.4	1	--	10.1-2.6	25.9	99.8	0.0	48.8	73.9	26.7	16.0
2-0	30.1	2	--	10.5-2.0	15.9	99.9	0.0	34.4	88.0	33.0	19.7
2-0	27.9	3	--	10.9-1.1	33.4	100.0	0.0	0.0	79.7	22.6	12.2
2-0	26.6	4	--	10.3-2.2	13.3	99.7	0.0	23.0	68.9	19.1	9.6
2-0	25.7	5	--	11.2-1.7	17.7	100.0	0.0	65.9	78.9	16.8	8.3
2-0	25.3	6	--	10.5-1.9	13.7	100.0	0.0	26.1	62.8	14.8	7.4
2-0	23.2	7	--	9.1-3.1	2.7	98.0	0.0	12.1	54.3	11.2	5.2
2-0	23.1	8	--	8.9-3.3	1.3	98.1	0.0	9.3	49.1	9.8	4.8
2-0	22.6	9	--	8.9-3.3	1.7	97.4	0.0	8.9	49.8	9.7	4.5
2-0	17.9	10	--	8.0-4.1	0.2	93.6	0.0	3.1	28.3	3.6	1.4
1-1	17.8	11	--	6.6-5.5	0.1	72.4	0.0	2.7	12.8	1.7	0.7
3-0	17.3	12	--	8.6-3.5	0.4	98.3	0.0	4.2	25.8	2.4	0.8
1-1	17.1	13	--	7.8-4.3	0.7	92.4	0.0	5.2	12.6	1.2	0.6
2-0	16.4	14	--	9.9-2.4	8.2	99.6	0.0	7.5	29.4	2.8	1.1
2-0	16.2	15	--	7.3-4.8	0.1	83.7	0.0	1.8	18.7	1.8	0.6
2-0	16.1	16	--	10.0-2.4	9.8	99.2	0.0	24.7	35.0	2.7	0.9
2-0	15.5	17	--	7.2-4.9	0.0	82.3	0.0	1.4	18.6	1.8	0.7
2-0	15.4	18	--	9.1-3.3	1.7	97.3	0.0	23.9	33.5	2.3	0.7
2-0	15.1	19	--	9.5-2.8	5.1	98.2	0.0	19.3	28.9	2.1	0.6
2-0	14.8	20	--	8.3-3.8	0.3	95.8	0.0	3.0	18.4	1.4	0.5
2-0	14.7	21	--	7.0-5.0	0.0	79.4	0.0	1.4	14.4	1.4	0.5
2-0	14.4	22	--	8.2-3.9	0.1	96.1	0.0	2.7	22.6	1.6	0.5
2-0	14.2	23	--	7.1-4.9	0.0	83.7	0.0	0.8	14.5	1.1	0.4
2-0	13.8	24	--	9.1-3.3	1.0	98.6	0.0	11.4	24.3	1.4	0.5
2-0	12.6	25	--	8.9-3.3	2.1	96.9	0.0	6.0	16.8	1.0	0.3
2-0	12.3	26	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	76.8	0.0	0.5	9.5	0.7	0.2
2-0	12.2	27	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	69.3	0.0	0.5	8.6	0.5	0.2
1-1	11.9	28	--	7.8-4.4	2.4	88.9	0.0	6.2	9.6	0.4	0.1
2-0	11.6	29	--	8.6-3.5	0.5	96.4	0.0	4.1	13.4	0.8	0.2
2-0	10.9	30	--	8.7-3.5	2.0	95.0	0.0	8.8	14.5	0.5	0.2
2-0	10.3	31	--	7.8-4.3	0.1	89.8	0.0	2.9	9.2	0.4	0.1
2-0	9.9	32	--	7.8-4.2	0.1	91.3	0.0	1.2	8.2	0.4	0.2
2-0	9.2	33	--	7.6-4.5	0.1	86.1	0.0	4.6	8.2	0.4	0.1
2-0	8.6	34	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	83.8	0.0	3.9	7.0	0.3	0.1
1-1	8.2	35	--	6.6-5.5	0.1	71.1	0.0	4.0	4.8	0.1	0.0
1-1	8.2	36	--	8.8-3.0	16.4	96.4	0.0	57.4	18.9	0.2	0.0
1-1	7.7	37	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.0	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
2-0	7.0	38	--	7.4-4.6	0.1	85.7	0.0	0.5	4.9	0.1	0.0
2-0	6.8	39	--	5.6-6.4	0.0	50.7	0.0	0.1	2.5	0.1	0.0
2-0	6.6	40	--	7.8-4.2	0.1	91.5	0.0	1.0	5.9	0.1	0.0
1-1	6.3	41	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.9	0.0	2.2	2.6	0.1	0.0
2-0	6.3	42	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	67.7	0.0	0.9	3.5	0.1	0.0
1-1	6.0	43	--	6.5-5.6	0.1	70.5	0.0	1.2	2.1	0.0	0.0
2-0	5.9	44	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	68.6	0.0	0.2	2.5	0.1	0.0
2-0	5.5	45	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	69.1	0.0	0.2	2.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	5.3	46	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.0	0.0	0.6	1.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	4.9	47	--	5.8-6.3	0.0	54.9	0.0	1.6	2.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	4.7	48	--	6.2-5.9	0.1	63.5	0.0	2.1	2.4	0.1	0.0
1-1	4.5	49	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	46.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
2-0	4.5	50	--	6.1-6.0	0.0	59.4	0.0	1.4	2.6	0.1	0.0
1-1	4.2	51	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	14.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
2-0	4.1	52	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	76.4	0.0	0.4	2.0	0.1	0.0
2-0	3.4	53	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.4	0.0	0.2	1.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	3.0	54	--	5.8-6.2	0.0	55.0	0.0	1.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
2-0	2.7	55	--	9.3-3.3	1.0	97.9	0.0	36.8	10.6	0.1	0.0
1-1	2.6	56	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	54.4	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.5	57	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	48.3	0.0	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	2.4	58	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.6	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-2	1.7	59	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	22.2	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-1	1.2	60	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	27.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-0	1.1	61	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	46.8	0.0	0.5	0.9	0.0	0.0
1-1	0.9	62	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	34.1	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	0.8	63	--	8.5-3.8	4.2	95.9	0.0	19.7	6.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	0.8	64	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	33.3	0.0	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	0.7	65	--	9.2-3.4	7.1	98.2	0.0	43.5	5.2	0.0	0.0
3-0	0.7	66	--	9.9-2.7	5.1	99.7	0.0	33.1	11.2	0.0	0.0
2-0	0.3	67	--	9.5-2.9	4.4	98.9	0.0	20.2	10.3	0.0	0.0
2-0	0.1	68	--	9.0-3.4	2.2	95.9	38.7	25.3	7.1	0.0	0.0
2-1	-0.2	69	--	8.3-4.0	2.8	95.8	0.0	13.7	3.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-0.4	70	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-0.8	71	--	6.8-5.4	0.2	73.9	0.0	11.2	1.6	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.1	72	--	6.2-5.2	0.3	63.0	0.0	12.6	1.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.3	73	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	22.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.3	74	--	6.6-4.7	0.9	70.8	0.0	11.7	2.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.5	75	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	40.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.6	76	--	8.8-3.8	6.0	95.8	0.0	31.5	1.7	0.0	0.0
1-1	-1.7	77	--	2.7-9.3	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-2.8	78	--	6.8-5.3	0.3	73.6	0.0	5.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
2-0	-3.4	79	--	8.1-4.1	0.4	92.5	0.0	8.9	3.8	0.0	0.0
2-0	-3.7	80	--	7.2-4.9	0.0	81.9	0.0	7.8	2.3	0.0	0.0
1-1	-3.8	81	--	7.7-4.8	0.5	84.9	0.0	34.3	0.9	0.0	0.0
1-1	-3.9	82	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-0	-3.9	83	--	8.3-3.9	0.6	93.2	24.5	13.9	3.5	0.0	0.0
0-2	-4.2	84	--	6.3-5.8	0.6	67.7	0.0	5.7	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-1	-4.4	85	--	7.8-4.5	2.1	87.9	30.0	13.9	1.6	0.0	0.0
0-2	-4.5	86	--	4.9-6.2	0.2	37.1	0.0	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-1	-4.9	87	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	12.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-5.0	88	--	6.2-6.0	0.4	65.4	0.0	9.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-5.1	89	--	6.5-5.8	0.1	68.7	0.0	9.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-1	-5.3	90	--	5.6-6.5	0.0	50.9	0.0	2.9	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-0	-5.4	91	--	5.6-5.6	0.0	49.5	0.0	4.9	1.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-5.8	92	--	6.9-5.3	0.2	76.4	0.0	5.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-1	-6.0	93	--	6.3-5.8	0.1	65.4	0.0	3.6	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	-6.6	94	--	6.2-6.0	0.1	62.8	18.7	8.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-2	-6.8	95	--	3.5-7.6	0.0	11.9	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-7.0	96	--	6.1-6.0	0.1	60.8	10.6	5.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-1	-7.1	97	--	6.3-5.9	0.1	64.2	16.0	7.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-2	-7.3	98	--	2.2-9.8	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-7.7	99	--	3.8-7.3	0.0	14.8	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-7.8	100	--	5.6-6.5	0.0	51.0	10.4	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.9	101	--	5.6-6.4	0.1	52.9	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-8.1	102	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	60.2	13.6	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-2	-8.2	103	--	3.8-7.3	0.0	14.9	0.0	2.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-0	-8.8	104	--	6.3-5.8	0.0	64.8	9.9	4.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-8.9	105	--	5.9-6.3	0.0	56.2	11.6	4.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-9.1	106	--	6.2-6.0	0.5	64.3	0.0	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-0	-9.1	107	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	68.7	6.7	3.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-9.2	108	--	6.9-5.4	0.3	73.8	0.0	12.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-9.3	109	--	6.7-5.5	0.2	72.4	0.0	10.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-1	-9.7	110	--	7.6-4.6	1.1	88.2	0.0	8.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-9.7	111	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	45.5	6.4	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.7	112	--	6.3-5.8	0.0	67.8	0.0	5.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.7	113	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	31.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.7	114	--	5.5-6.7	0.0	48.4	0.0	8.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.8	115	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	47.1	0.0	0.9	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-0	-11.2	116	--	8.2-3.9	0.4	93.3	0.0	5.3	1.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-11.3	117	--	6.2-6.9	0.0	63.8	0.0	2.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-11.9	118	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	49.1	0.0	7.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-13.4	119	--	4.8-7.3	0.0	33.1	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-13.9	120	--	4.4-7.7	0.0	25.0	0.0	4.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-13.9	121	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	41.0	2.7	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-14.5	122	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	49.2	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-14.6	123	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	24.2	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-14.7	124	--	3.3-8.8	0.0	8.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-15.4	125	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	17.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-15.4	126	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	28.4	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-15.8	127	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	35.1	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-16.5	128	--	2.2-9.8	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-17.2	129	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	12.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-17.3	130	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	22.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-17.8	131	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	34.8	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-17.9	132	--	2.7-9.3	0.0	4.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-18.0	133	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	19.8	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-18.6	134	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	30.9	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-19.2	135	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-21.2	136	--	3.8-8.2	0.0	14.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-2	-22.8	137	--	2.2-9.8	0.0	2.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-25.1	138	--	3.0-9.0	0.0	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: September 15, 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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