College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Utah Utes	Big 12
Florida Gators	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
USC Trojans	Big Ten
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Auburn Tigers	SEC
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
SMU Mustangs	ACC
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Missouri Tigers	SEC
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
UCF Knights	Big 12
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
South Florida Bulls	American
Syracuse Orange	ACC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Tulane Green Wave	American
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Memphis Tigers	American
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
California Golden Bears	ACC
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Toledo Rockets	MAC
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
North Texas Mean Green	American
Army Black Knights	American
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Liberty Flames	CUSA
East Carolina Pirates	American
Temple Owls	American
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Navy Midshipmen	American
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Boston College Eagles	ACC
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
Rice Owls	American
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
UAB Blazers	American
Charlotte 49ers	American
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Akron Zips	MAC
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
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%
2-1	28.1	1	--	9.7-2.8	17.6	99.5	0.0	40.8	68.8	23.4	13.6
3-0	28.1	2	--	10.4-2.1	13.9	99.8	0.0	33.2	85.3	30.2	17.6
3-0	27.1	3	1	10.6-1.9	16.9	99.9	0.0	31.6	75.4	23.9	13.6
3-0	26.8	4	1	11.0-1.0	35.1	100.0	0.0	0.0	80.8	24.1	13.0
3-0	24.6	5	1	10.5-2.0	13.9	100.0	0.0	26.7	64.0	15.9	8.1
3-0	23.9	6	1	11.1-1.8	14.8	100.0	0.0	63.2	77.6	16.2	8.1
3-0	22.5	7	--	9.4-2.9	3.3	99.2	0.0	12.6	59.0	12.6	5.8
2-1	20.4	8	1	8.0-4.1	1.6	94.1	0.0	3.1	27.7	4.6	2.2
2-1	19.2	9	4	8.2-4.0	1.8	95.3	0.0	9.2	20.6	3.0	1.3
3-0	18.5	10	--	8.5-3.7	0.7	96.1	0.0	4.8	33.3	4.9	2.0
3-0	18.2	11	3	10.1-2.2	10.3	99.8	0.0	10.9	38.5	4.7	1.8
2-1	18.1	12	4	7.2-4.8	0.3	87.0	0.0	1.4	13.4	1.9	0.8
3-0	17.7	13	4	8.3-3.8	0.3	96.8	0.0	4.8	40.8	5.0	2.1
2-1	16.7	14	3	6.5-5.5	0.1	72.5	0.0	2.6	11.5	1.4	0.7
3-0	16.5	15	4	9.9-2.5	8.2	99.4	0.0	22.8	35.1	3.4	1.3
3-0	16.4	16	1	7.9-4.2	0.1	92.3	0.0	3.1	26.2	2.8	1.0
3-0	15.8	17	1	10.3-2.2	13.5	99.8	0.0	28.0	42.6	3.5	1.2
4-0	15.4	18	6	8.2-3.8	0.2	97.5	0.0	3.0	20.4	1.7	0.6
3-0	15.2	19	1	9.2-3.2	1.8	98.4	0.0	22.1	33.5	2.6	0.9
3-0	14.9	20	2	8.1-4.0	0.2	95.7	0.0	2.8	23.6	2.1	0.7
3-0	14.2	21	1	8.1-3.9	0.2	95.4	0.0	2.6	16.7	1.4	0.6
3-0	14.1	22	5	7.6-4.5	0.1	91.3	0.0	1.7	20.0	1.8	0.6
2-1	13.9	23	5	8.7-3.7	7.0	97.1	0.0	14.1	21.5	1.1	0.4
2-1	12.9	24	1	6.3-5.7	0.0	71.2	0.0	0.3	5.2	0.4	0.1
3-0	12.3	25	4	8.9-3.2	0.8	98.9	0.0	5.5	18.2	1.2	0.4
2-1	12.2	26	2	8.5-3.7	1.8	98.2	0.0	5.7	11.2	0.6	0.2
2-1	12.1	27	6	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.7	0.0	0.2	3.6	0.3	0.1
3-0	12.1	28	4	8.1-3.9	0.3	94.3	0.0	2.0	13.9	0.9	0.3
3-0	11.6	29	2	8.7-3.5	0.6	97.7	0.0	4.2	15.5	0.8	0.2
3-0	11.2	30	--	9.0-3.2	2.8	97.5	0.0	9.0	15.7	0.6	0.2
2-1	10.8	31	2	7.6-4.4	0.9	90.1	0.0	3.5	6.4	0.2	0.1
3-0	10.5	32	6	6.4-5.6	0.0	70.9	0.0	0.4	6.2	0.3	0.1
2-0	9.3	33	24	6.9-5.1	0.0	82.2	0.0	0.6	6.2	0.3	0.1
2-1	9.2	34	9	7.4-4.7	0.6	87.6	0.0	2.7	4.0	0.1	0.0
3-0	9.1	35	5	8.6-3.5	0.5	97.9	0.0	2.6	11.7	0.5	0.1
2-1	8.4	36	15	5.7-6.3	0.0	52.6	0.0	0.1	3.2	0.1	0.1
2-1	8.1	37	1	8.9-2.9	17.2	97.3	0.0	57.9	19.0	0.3	0.1
2-1	8.1	38	3	6.7-5.4	0.2	75.7	0.0	3.2	4.0	0.1	0.0
1-2	7.8	39	2	5.6-6.4	0.0	52.5	0.0	0.4	0.8	0.0	0.0
3-0	7.4	40	2	7.6-4.4	0.1	90.5	0.0	0.6	5.8	0.2	0.1
2-1	7.2	41	--	6.1-5.9	0.0	62.9	0.0	2.4	2.8	0.1	0.0
2-1	6.1	42	4	6.5-5.5	0.1	73.2	0.0	0.9	2.2	0.1	0.0
3-0	6.1	43	4	5.6-6.4	0.0	49.1	0.0	0.1	1.8	0.1	0.0
2-1	6.0	44	5	5.5-6.5	0.0	47.5	0.0	0.2	0.6	0.0	0.0
2-1	5.9	45	2	6.3-5.7	0.1	67.6	0.0	0.7	1.5	0.0	0.0
3-0	5.8	46	12	6.7-5.4	0.0	74.2	0.0	1.4	3.0	0.1	0.0
3-0	5.8	47	3	6.2-5.8	0.0	65.5	0.0	0.1	2.1	0.0	0.0
2-1	5.5	48	3	5.8-6.2	0.0	58.1	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
3-0	5.3	49	12	7.0-5.0	0.0	81.1	0.0	1.3	4.0	0.1	0.0
2-1	5.0	50	4	6.2-5.8	0.1	65.0	0.0	1.5	1.9	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.9	51	9	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.4	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.9	52	4	6.4-5.7	0.1	68.1	0.0	1.8	2.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.8	53	3	6.1-5.9	0.0	63.7	0.0	0.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.6	54	2	6.8-5.2	0.1	79.5	0.0	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.4	55	9	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.5	0.0	0.9	1.1	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.2	56	3	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.8	0.0	0.2	0.9	0.0	0.0
2-1	4.0	57	2	9.7-3.0	17.0	99.2	0.0	47.6	9.3	0.1	0.0
2-1	3.8	58	11	6.1-6.0	0.0	62.5	0.0	1.2	1.6	0.0	0.0
3-0	3.2	59	9	10.3-2.2	11.9	99.6	54.7	40.0	18.7	0.1	0.0
1-2	2.1	60	1	4.3-7.7	0.0	21.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	2.0	61	3	5.5-6.5	0.1	49.9	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	0.9	62	11	4.5-7.5	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
3-0	0.8	63	4	9.7-2.7	4.6	99.4	0.0	22.5	10.9	0.0	0.0
1-2	0.6	64	4	4.2-7.8	0.0	19.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-0	0.4	65	1	10.1-2.5	5.7	99.9	0.0	31.0	11.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-0.0	66	1	9.4-3.3	7.7	99.3	0.0	40.9	5.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-0.1	67	5	4.0-8.0	0.0	15.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-0.2	68	3	6.7-5.5	1.4	75.6	0.0	11.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
2-1	-0.5	69	5	7.0-4.4	1.5	80.3	0.0	13.1	2.6	0.0	0.0
2-1	-0.7	70	20	4.4-7.6	0.0	22.8	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
3-1	-0.8	71	2	8.1-4.1	2.0	94.9	0.0	12.3	2.3	0.0	0.0
3-0	-1.0	72	7	8.7-3.6	1.1	96.5	0.0	15.1	6.4	0.0	0.0
2-1	-1.5	73	2	5.2-6.8	0.0	42.2	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-1.6	74	3	2.7-9.3	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-1.6	75	5	3.2-8.8	0.0	5.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-1.7	76	4	7.7-4.5	1.4	88.4	0.0	12.5	3.5	0.0	0.0
2-1	-1.8	77	1	9.4-3.2	11.3	99.2	0.0	33.4	2.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-2.2	78	8	5.7-5.6	0.6	54.6	0.0	9.7	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-2	-2.3	79	16	7.1-5.1	1.5	84.3	0.0	8.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-2.7	80	2	6.7-5.4	0.3	71.7	0.0	4.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-2	-3.3	81	9	5.0-6.2	0.2	37.1	0.0	7.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-1	-4.0	82	1	7.9-4.6	0.7	89.7	0.0	30.8	0.8	0.0	0.0
2-1	-4.4	83	25	8.2-4.3	2.3	91.7	0.0	26.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-2	-4.6	84	--	6.6-5.5	0.8	74.8	0.0	5.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-4.6	85	8	6.1-6.0	0.3	62.9	0.0	4.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-4.9	86	17	5.1-6.0	0.2	39.0	0.0	4.5	0.2	0.0	0.0
3-0	-5.0	87	4	8.1-4.1	0.3	93.1	15.8	9.3	2.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	-5.3	88	2	5.5-6.6	0.0	49.3	0.0	3.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	-5.6	89	4	7.8-4.5	1.8	89.7	28.9	11.0	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-3	-5.6	90	8	2.1-9.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-5.8	91	9	3.4-8.6	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-5.8	92	21	6.3-5.7	0.1	67.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-5.9	94	2	6.9-5.2	0.2	77.5	0.0	5.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-5.9	93	5	6.3-6.0	0.3	67.4	0.0	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-6.0	95	9	7.1-5.1	0.3	81.0	18.8	7.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
2-1	-6.1	96	5	5.2-6.0	0.0	39.5	0.0	3.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.0	97	2	3.9-7.2	0.0	15.3	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.0	98	4	6.1-6.1	0.5	62.6	19.4	7.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	-7.3	99	3	6.7-5.5	0.1	74.8	18.3	6.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.4	100	4	5.4-6.7	0.1	46.5	7.8	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.8	101	1	4.9-7.1	0.0	35.9	7.1	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.9	102	15	3.3-8.7	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-8.3	103	8	5.2-6.9	0.1	42.5	5.9	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-8.4	104	8	6.8-5.4	1.1	78.4	0.0	9.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-8.5	105	16	5.1-7.0	0.0	39.5	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-8.5	106	5	5.7-6.4	0.1	54.3	0.0	2.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-8.8	107	--	6.4-5.7	0.1	68.1	5.7	2.8	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-3	-8.8	108	13	2.8-8.2	0.0	4.9	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-8.8	109	3	6.6-5.6	0.9	74.1	0.0	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-8.9	110	13	5.7-6.5	0.0	52.5	0.0	9.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-10.2	111	6	5.5-6.6	0.1	47.9	9.9	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-10.2	112	2	7.3-5.0	2.5	86.7	0.0	7.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-10.4	113	2	5.9-6.1	0.0	59.8	0.0	0.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-10.8	114	5	5.6-6.5	0.1	50.4	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-11.0	115	1	5.2-6.9	0.1	41.6	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-0	-11.4	116	--	8.4-3.8	0.4	96.0	0.0	5.2	0.9	0.0	0.0
2-1	-11.9	117	4	6.1-5.9	0.0	63.1	3.1	1.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-2	-13.1	118	21	4.1-7.9	0.0	19.4	4.4	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-13.2	119	7	5.5-6.6	0.0	46.5	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-13.2	120	3	5.7-7.4	0.0	51.8	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-13.4	121	3	4.3-7.7	0.0	23.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-13.5	122	2	3.2-8.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-13.5	123	4	4.5-7.6	0.0	27.4	0.0	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-3	-14.3	124	4	4.0-8.1	0.0	17.1	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-14.9	125	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	12.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-3	-15.0	126	2	2.2-9.8	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-1	-16.2	127	7	5.8-6.2	0.0	57.4	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-16.6	128	6	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.4	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-3	-17.0	129	3	3.0-9.0	0.0	6.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-17.9	130	3	4.4-7.7	0.0	24.1	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-18.3	131	2	3.6-8.4	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-19.3	132	1	4.1-8.0	0.0	13.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-19.7	133	3	3.2-8.8	0.0	6.7	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-21.6	134	3	4.0-8.0	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-3	-22.6	135	2	1.7-10.3	0.0	0.8	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-3	-23.2	136	1	2.6-9.4	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-23.2	137	1	3.7-8.3	0.0	11.4	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-25.1	138	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: 20 September 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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