College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Florida Gators	SEC
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Clemson Tigers	ACC
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Missouri Tigers	SEC
Auburn Tigers	SEC
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Utah Utes	Big 12
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Tulane Green Wave	American
UCF Knights	Big 12
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
California Golden Bears	ACC
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Memphis Tigers	American
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
East Carolina Pirates	American
Navy Midshipmen	American
Syracuse Orange	ACC
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
South Florida Bulls	American
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Boston College Eagles	ACC
Toledo Rockets	MAC
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Army Black Knights	American
North Texas Mean Green	American
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Temple Owls	American
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Rice Owls	American
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Charlotte 49ers	American
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
UAB Blazers	American
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Akron Zips	MAC
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Massachusetts Minutemen	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%
0-0	28.7	1	--	10.3-2.3	10.1	99.4	0.0	39.6	75.5	27.8	16.8
0-0	26.9	2	--	9.7-2.8	6.4	97.8	0.0	28.4	69.5	22.8	13.0
0-0	25.9	3	--	10.7-1.3	32.1	99.9	0.0	0.0	74.5	19.9	11.0
0-0	25.3	4	--	10.2-2.2	9.5	99.5	0.0	24.8	65.6	17.8	9.5
0-0	24.8	5	--	10.0-2.5	11.4	98.6	0.0	24.2	64.6	17.9	9.5
0-0	23.1	6	--	10.2-2.2	10.5	99.6	0.0	19.7	58.0	13.1	6.8
0-0	21.8	7	--	10.4-2.3	8.8	99.5	0.0	50.1	63.8	11.8	5.5
0-0	20.1	8	--	8.6-3.6	1.6	93.1	0.0	10.2	42.4	8.0	3.6
0-0	20.0	9	--	8.4-3.8	1.1	91.6	0.0	9.1	40.7	7.7	3.6
0-0	20.0	10	--	10.8-1.8	25.8	99.7	0.0	45.9	57.4	8.3	3.7
0-0	20.0	11	--	8.4-3.8	0.8	92.9	0.0	8.2	39.1	7.6	3.4
0-0	17.8	12	--	7.6-4.6	0.2	83.4	0.0	5.6	29.2	4.7	1.9
0-0	16.0	13	--	7.3-4.7	0.1	81.5	0.0	3.5	22.7	3.3	1.4
0-0	15.9	14	--	7.8-4.3	0.1	89.6	0.0	4.1	23.3	3.1	1.4
0-0	15.1	15	--	7.3-4.8	0.1	80.6	0.0	3.4	21.1	2.5	1.1
0-0	13.7	16	--	9.1-3.1	3.0	96.3	0.0	4.4	22.6	2.0	0.7
0-0	13.6	17	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	71.7	0.0	2.1	15.4	1.8	0.7
1-0	13.6	18	--	7.6-4.4	0.1	89.1	0.0	2.1	16.2	1.5	0.5
0-0	13.4	19	--	8.2-4.1	0.5	89.6	0.0	12.2	23.2	2.2	0.8
0-0	13.1	20	--	8.7-3.6	1.5	93.2	0.0	16.6	25.7	1.9	0.7
0-0	12.2	21	--	6.7-5.4	0.0	72.1	0.0	1.6	12.3	1.2	0.5
0-0	12.0	22	--	6.7-5.4	0.0	70.6	0.0	1.4	12.3	1.2	0.4
0-0	11.7	23	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.2	0.0	1.3	11.1	1.1	0.4
0-0	11.1	24	--	8.2-4.0	0.4	91.1	0.0	9.9	17.6	1.2	0.4
0-0	10.6	25	--	7.7-4.4	0.1	86.1	0.0	1.7	12.1	0.8	0.3
1-0	10.4	26	--	8.7-3.5	1.6	95.3	0.0	7.2	16.4	0.8	0.2
0-0	9.9	27	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	78.8	0.0	1.2	9.9	0.8	0.3
0-0	9.5	28	--	7.7-4.5	0.4	83.0	0.0	7.0	13.5	0.8	0.2
0-0	9.0	29	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.2	0.0	0.7	6.9	0.4	0.1
0-0	8.8	30	--	6.8-5.2	0.0	76.2	0.0	0.9	7.4	0.6	0.1
0-0	8.5	31	--	7.8-4.4	0.5	84.3	0.0	6.3	11.5	0.6	0.2
1-0	8.0	32	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	68.4	0.0	2.7	6.4	0.3	0.0
0-0	7.4	33	--	6.9-5.1	0.0	74.7	0.0	2.7	7.1	0.4	0.1
0-0	7.2	34	--	7.4-4.8	0.1	81.1	0.0	4.4	8.2	0.3	0.1
0-0	7.1	35	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	81.7	0.0	4.3	8.0	0.4	0.1
0-0	6.6	36	--	7.1-5.0	0.1	77.4	0.0	2.2	6.1	0.3	0.1
0-0	6.5	37	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	69.0	0.0	3.7	6.6	0.4	0.1
0-0	6.3	38	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	72.8	0.0	0.5	5.0	0.2	0.1
1-0	5.9	39	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	72.4	0.0	1.6	5.0	0.1	0.0
0-0	5.4	40	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	30.2	0.0	0.2	2.3	0.1	0.0
0-0	5.1	41	--	7.1-5.0	0.1	74.4	0.0	3.3	6.0	0.2	0.0
0-0	4.8	42	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	70.0	0.0	0.5	3.6	0.2	0.0
0-1	4.8	43	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.3	0.0	2.2	2.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.8	44	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.0	0.0	2.1	4.0	0.2	0.0
0-0	4.5	45	--	6.1-6.0	0.0	58.2	0.0	2.5	4.4	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.4	46	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	65.1	0.0	2.1	4.1	0.1	0.1
0-0	4.4	47	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	24.7	0.0	0.1	1.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.2	48	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.6	0.0	1.2	3.2	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.1	49	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	29.5	0.0	0.1	1.6	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.0	50	--	7.7-3.9	0.3	84.1	0.0	36.8	11.5	0.2	0.0
0-0	3.5	51	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.6	0.0	1.0	2.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	3.4	52	--	6.3-5.8	0.0	63.4	0.0	1.0	3.0	0.1	0.0
0-0	3.3	53	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.9	0.0	2.0	3.4	0.1	0.0
0-0	2.8	54	--	6.1-5.9	0.0	60.1	0.0	1.5	2.8	0.1	0.0
0-0	2.3	55	--	8.1-4.2	0.7	86.6	0.0	20.9	7.8	0.1	0.0
0-0	2.1	56	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	60.9	0.0	1.6	2.9	0.1	0.0
0-0	1.4	57	--	7.5-4.0	1.0	81.2	0.0	25.3	7.4	0.1	0.0
0-0	1.4	58	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	35.5	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	1.0	59	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	47.0	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.1	0.0
0-0	0.9	60	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	51.7	0.0	0.5	1.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.6	61	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	43.3	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.5	62	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	41.8	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.3	63	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	32.8	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.2	64	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	45.3	0.0	0.9	1.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	0.0	65	--	8.2-4.1	0.4	90.8	0.0	13.5	6.9	0.1	0.0
0-0	-0.2	66	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	37.2	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-1	-0.4	67	--	7.5-4.9	1.2	82.0	0.0	24.3	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.6	68	--	8.0-4.3	0.1	87.7	0.0	15.1	5.1	0.1	0.0
0-0	-0.7	69	--	7.9-4.5	0.1	85.3	0.0	17.9	5.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.8	70	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	35.9	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	71	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	25.9	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	72	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	41.0	0.0	0.6	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	73	--	8.3-3.9	0.9	90.0	0.0	11.5	5.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-1.2	74	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	32.3	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	-1.2	75	--	9.0-3.4	1.7	96.1	0.0	23.8	5.5	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.4	76	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.0	77	--	8.1-4.2	0.6	87.0	31.5	19.5	4.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.5	78	--	6.4-4.9	0.1	64.9	0.0	11.5	3.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.7	79	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	20.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-3.0	80	--	8.7-3.8	1.3	92.2	0.0	28.8	4.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-3.5	81	--	7.5-4.8	0.1	80.9	0.0	15.9	2.8	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.0	82	--	7.0-5.3	0.3	75.9	0.0	15.5	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.0	83	--	7.7-4.7	0.1	83.6	0.0	22.3	2.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.1	84	--	5.1-6.1	0.0	40.2	0.0	8.0	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.3	85	--	5.7-5.5	0.0	52.7	0.0	8.4	1.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.4	86	--	7.2-5.0	0.1	76.6	23.7	13.6	2.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.9	87	--	7.2-5.2	0.0	77.9	0.0	26.7	2.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-5.1	88	--	6.9-5.3	0.0	72.9	24.7	12.8	1.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-5.3	89	--	6.5-5.7	0.0	67.0	0.0	5.4	1.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-5.6	90	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	64.9	0.0	5.1	1.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.4	91	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	64.0	0.0	4.4	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.6	92	--	6.9-5.4	0.0	72.9	0.0	18.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.7	93	--	4.7-6.4	0.0	32.9	0.0	4.5	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.8	94	--	7.0-5.2	0.1	73.4	0.0	10.0	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-7.0	95	--	7.2-5.1	0.0	77.6	0.0	14.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-7.4	96	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	69.0	17.0	8.2	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-7.7	97	--	7.4-4.9	0.2	77.9	0.0	15.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.0	98	--	7.5-4.8	0.1	81.3	0.0	12.9	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.1	99	--	4.4-6.7	0.0	27.7	0.0	4.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.3	100	--	6.9-5.3	0.0	73.3	19.2	8.3	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.6	101	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.0	0.0	2.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.7	102	--	5.9-6.2	0.0	55.2	12.0	6.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.8	103	--	6.5-5.7	0.0	67.1	12.8	6.1	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.0	104	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.5	0.0	2.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.0	105	--	6.6-5.6	0.0	67.9	0.0	12.6	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.2	106	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	61.7	15.2	6.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.6	107	--	5.6-6.6	0.0	49.2	12.1	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.8	108	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	60.6	11.1	5.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-10.3	109	--	5.8-6.4	0.0	54.8	0.0	9.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-10.5	110	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	48.3	10.5	4.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-10.8	111	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	69.6	0.0	6.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.2	112	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	34.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.3	113	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	39.9	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-11.8	114	--	5.4-7.6	0.0	47.3	0.0	3.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.9	115	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	33.9	0.0	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.1	116	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	42.8	5.9	2.8	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.4	117	--	3.5-7.5	0.0	14.8	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.6	118	--	5.8-6.3	0.0	53.6	0.0	5.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.8	119	--	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.7	0.0	4.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.1	120	--	5.3-6.8	0.0	44.9	0.0	2.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.4	121	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	20.6	0.0	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.7	122	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	37.6	0.0	3.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-13.9	123	--	5.1-7.0	0.0	41.5	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.0	124	--	5.0-7.1	0.0	39.2	0.0	4.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-14.5	125	--	4.2-7.9	0.0	24.7	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-14.6	126	--	3.8-8.2	0.0	19.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-15.1	127	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	48.6	0.0	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-15.2	128	--	4.6-7.5	0.0	30.4	2.8	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-15.5	129	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	20.6	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.1	130	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	36.3	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.6	131	--	3.9-8.2	0.0	18.8	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.9	132	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	27.2	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-17.3	133	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	30.0	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-17.9	134	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	20.7	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-18.4	135	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	21.5	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-18.8	136	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.1	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-19.3	137	--	3.5-8.6	0.0	15.7	1.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-20.8	138	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	14.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: August 30, 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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