College Football Power Index 2026


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

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
5-0	27.7	4	1	11.8-1.2	24.2	100.0	0.0	82.9	94.6	26.6	14.4
5-1	1.0	65	8	10.7-2.2	35.9	100.0	0.0	68.9	1.4	0.0	0.0
5-1	11.9	29	1	10.1-1.9	53.5	100.0	0.0	67.4	46.8	0.7	0.1
4-1	9.0	38	1	10.6-2.2	38.1	100.0	0.0	63.5	11.1	0.1	0.0
6-0	5.1	51	2	11.5-1.3	32.9	100.0	82.5	62.4	27.3	0.1	0.0
6-0	28.7	2	--	11.8-1.1	46.4	100.0	0.0	54.1	95.6	32.8	18.2
4-2	-2.0	76	7	9.1-3.6	21.5	99.6	0.0	49.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-1	28.2	3	2	10.1-2.6	20.4	100.0	0.0	44.8	76.9	22.5	12.3
6-0	25.5	7	--	11.4-1.4	28.3	100.0	0.0	40.8	87.4	20.5	9.6
5-1	4.4	54	3	9.8-2.8	16.5	99.9	0.0	39.4	6.5	0.0	0.0
5-0	18.6	11	--	11.0-1.6	23.2	100.0	0.0	33.6	61.4	5.6	2.0
5-0	18.8	10	2	10.6-1.9	15.7	100.0	0.0	27.7	51.6	4.4	1.6
4-2	1.6	59	8	8.6-3.9	13.2	99.2	0.0	25.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
4-2	6.0	49	11	7.7-4.0	10.1	97.5	0.0	24.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
5-1	26.6	5	1	10.2-2.3	32.1	100.0	0.0	23.3	82.1	20.0	9.8
5-0	15.7	14	2	9.6-2.8	2.1	99.9	0.0	21.5	40.8	2.4	0.9
4-2	-4.4	85	17	8.6-3.8	13.5	99.4	0.0	18.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-1	-1.2	74	1	8.9-3.5	6.0	99.6	0.0	17.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
4-2	-9.3	103	6	8.3-4.2	8.4	98.6	0.0	16.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-2	-0.5	73	1	8.2-4.3	4.9	99.1	0.0	15.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
5-1	0.0	69	5	9.5-2.9	7.3	100.0	0.0	14.4	1.5	0.0	0.0
4-2	-8.6	99	4	7.9-4.6	6.3	96.0	0.0	14.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	25.5	6	2	9.7-2.6	19.6	99.9	0.0	13.8	74.8	17.0	8.6
3-2	-5.1	88	2	7.6-4.8	3.7	93.4	37.0	10.9	0.2	0.0	0.0
5-1	13.6	22	9	9.7-2.8	20.2	100.0	0.0	8.5	29.0	0.9	0.2
3-2	-9.0	101	10	7.0-5.3	0.8	85.5	0.0	8.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-3.5	83	2	8.3-3.8	2.1	97.8	13.7	8.1	0.7	0.0	0.0
5-1	14.8	18	7	9.2-2.9	8.6	99.9	0.0	8.0	23.2	0.9	0.3
4-2	1.1	64	1	7.3-4.0	9.9	93.7	0.0	6.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
4-2	-7.4	97	3	7.4-4.9	2.4	91.7	26.7	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-3.5	82	9	8.3-3.9	1.1	98.8	0.0	5.9	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-3	-10.1	107	1	6.6-5.5	2.8	80.7	0.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-3.8	84	2	7.1-5.0	1.3	88.8	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-2	-4.7	86	2	8.1-4.1	7.8	98.2	17.5	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-3.1	79	1	6.9-5.2	1.1	82.9	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-6.2	94	5	6.6-5.5	0.4	78.9	16.6	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	11.1	33	4	7.6-4.5	0.6	93.9	0.0	4.2	6.5	0.2	0.1
3-2	19.5	9	--	7.9-4.2	4.2	97.2	0.0	3.8	9.8	0.9	0.4
5-0	10.3	36	1	9.6-2.6	3.7	99.9	0.0	3.2	28.6	0.8	0.1
3-3	-12.8	115	12	6.6-5.5	4.1	80.5	0.0	3.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-15.4	125	1	5.9-6.2	0.3	63.9	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	8.3	42	3	7.7-4.4	0.6	94.4	0.0	2.5	4.5	0.1	0.0
4-1	8.4	40	--	8.1-4.1	0.4	98.3	0.0	2.4	4.7	0.1	0.0
4-1	10.3	37	4	8.4-3.8	2.6	98.7	0.0	2.3	11.6	0.3	0.1
2-3	-3.3	81	3	5.9-6.1	1.1	61.1	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-12.6	112	5	5.5-6.6	0.6	48.9	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-10.4	108	3	4.8-7.3	0.9	30.6	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-1	10.4	35	7	8.3-3.7	1.6	99.3	0.0	2.1	6.4	0.1	0.0
3-3	12.7	24	12	7.1-5.0	9.3	91.6	0.0	1.9	1.9	0.1	0.0
2-4	-13.2	116	10	4.7-7.4	0.4	26.2	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	15.1	16	5	7.0-5.1	1.7	83.9	0.0	1.9	12.2	0.7	0.2
5-1	11.4	32	9	8.6-3.5	1.3	99.7	0.0	1.8	5.7	0.1	0.0
2-4	-16.8	128	2	4.5-7.6	0.1	17.5	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-14.4	123	4	6.1-5.9	1.1	69.2	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	-7.6	98	--	6.8-5.3	0.1	81.0	0.0	1.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
5-1	17.2	13	3	8.4-3.7	2.4	99.3	0.0	1.7	23.9	1.6	0.5
4-2	20.9	8	--	7.7-4.3	4.4	97.0	0.0	1.6	16.1	1.8	0.7
5-1	17.4	12	1	8.8-3.3	3.3	99.9	0.0	1.6	20.7	1.5	0.5
4-2	-2.7	78	1	7.8-4.3	4.3	97.6	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-13.4	119	9	4.8-7.3	0.8	28.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	15.7	15	7	7.8-4.3	0.5	97.3	0.0	1.4	19.9	1.2	0.3
2-3	-3.1	80	4	4.9-6.1	0.3	30.3	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-1	13.1	23	3	8.8-3.3	5.1	99.6	0.0	1.4	20.2	0.7	0.2
6-1	14.6	19	--	8.4-3.6	0.9	100.0	0.0	1.3	16.6	0.7	0.2
5-1	15.1	17	1	7.9-4.2	0.4	98.4	0.0	1.1	15.7	0.9	0.2
2-4	-7.4	96	9	5.4-6.7	1.2	45.3	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-5.2	90	4	5.6-6.4	4.2	55.4	1.7	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	8.6	39	8	6.9-5.2	0.6	84.8	0.0	0.8	1.7	0.0	0.0
4-1	14.0	20	3	8.3-3.8	0.8	99.1	0.0	0.7	14.3	0.6	0.2
5-1	11.7	30	4	7.9-4.2	0.7	97.9	0.0	0.7	20.7	0.6	0.1
3-2	-9.5	104	11	6.3-5.7	0.2	73.2	1.6	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-14.2	122	9	4.3-7.7	0.3	19.6	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	6.8	45	5	7.0-5.0	1.4	87.7	0.0	0.6	1.9	0.0	0.0
2-3	-8.6	100	4	4.8-7.3	0.0	25.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	8.0	43	6	7.5-4.5	0.2	94.2	0.0	0.5	1.7	0.0	0.0
2-4	-7.2	95	--	3.9-7.1	0.4	7.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-6.2	93	4	4.8-7.2	0.0	27.2	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-5.1	89	4	6.5-5.5	3.0	80.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-2	6.3	48	4	6.8-5.2	0.6	85.8	0.0	0.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-4	-16.4	126	10	3.4-8.7	0.0	5.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-1	12.2	27	--	7.6-4.5	0.2	96.8	0.0	0.3	13.5	0.6	0.2
1-4	-13.4	120	6	3.7-8.3	0.0	9.2	1.4	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-12.7	113	1	5.6-7.4	0.0	51.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-2	-13.6	121	1	6.9-5.1	0.5	89.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-12.6	111	10	4.1-7.9	0.0	10.7	0.4	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-9.7	106	5	5.1-6.9	1.3	36.9	0.8	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-10.9	109	17	3.7-7.3	0.1	4.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-9.6	105	2	3.9-7.1	0.0	8.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	8.4	41	11	6.0-6.0	0.3	67.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-2	12.6	25	10	6.6-5.4	0.2	84.7	0.0	0.1	2.6	0.1	0.0
3-3	4.2	55	--	5.4-6.6	0.3	44.7	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
3-3	5.4	50	4	6.2-5.9	1.6	69.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-1	3.6	56	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	76.1	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
3-2	6.8	44	3	6.8-5.2	1.4	81.4	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-3	-19.4	131	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	12.9	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	6.6	47	1	5.0-7.0	0.1	34.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
3-3	-16.8	127	2	4.9-7.1	0.0	27.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	11.4	31	7	6.1-5.9	0.0	68.5	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0
3-3	-14.6	124	1	4.8-7.2	0.0	23.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	1.3	61	4	3.3-8.7	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-0.3	70	1	4.9-7.1	0.0	29.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-29.5	138	--	2.0-10.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-11.7	110	2	3.6-8.4	0.0	1.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-1.8	75	7	4.9-7.1	0.0	27.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-0.4	71	1	4.1-7.9	0.0	14.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-5.5	92	4	6.0-6.0	0.7	68.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	0.5	67	4	4.0-8.1	0.0	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-12.8	114	1	3.7-8.3	0.2	5.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-0	29.5	1	2	11.3-0.7	44.7	100.0	0.0	0.0	93.4	31.8	18.0
2-3	-5.3	91	3	3.2-8.8	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-2.4	77	2	3.8-8.2	0.0	6.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	1.4	60	2	4.0-8.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	10.9	34	2	6.2-5.8	0.1	73.5	0.0	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
4-2	0.3	68	9	5.1-6.9	0.0	31.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	0.9	66	8	5.9-6.1	0.6	61.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-4	-5.0	87	2	2.3-9.7	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	1.1	63	3	4.4-7.6	0.0	19.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	12.5	26	6	7.5-4.5	15.3	96.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	1.3	62	9	4.4-7.6	0.0	12.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-13.4	118	--	2.6-9.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	13.7	21	7	5.7-6.3	0.3	57.5	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
4-2	6.6	46	3	7.1-4.9	0.3	93.5	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
3-3	3.5	57	5	4.5-7.5	0.0	18.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-9.2	102	--	2.5-8.5	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-16.8	129	4	5.0-7.0	0.1	33.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	-0.4	72	11	4.4-7.6	0.0	14.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-13.3	117	5	4.5-7.5	0.3	19.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	4.5	53	1	4.8-7.2	0.0	26.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-21.0	132	1	2.6-9.4	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-5	-21.6	133	1	3.2-8.8	0.1	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	4.9	52	1	5.0-7.0	0.2	34.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-4	-21.6	134	2	4.0-8.0	0.0	10.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-6	-25.2	137	2	0.7-11.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-5	-24.9	136	1	1.1-10.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-5	-18.4	130	2	2.3-9.7	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	3.3	58	12	5.1-6.9	0.0	35.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-3	12.1	28	10	5.8-6.2	0.5	57.8	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-5	-23.7	135	1	2.4-9.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: October 12, 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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