2026 College Football Power Ratings



Last updated:  Sunday, August 23, 2026 - preseason


I will be updating this page by each Monday night during the season.
These ratings are based on a mathematical formula which includes several
factors, including win-loss record, schedule strength, and margin of victory
in games.  The most recent games are counted with more slightly emphasis than
those played earlier in the season.  


The strength of schedule ranking shown here is vs. all opponents and is the 
ranking among the 266 teams in these ratings.


The strength of schedule ranking reflects only games played so far during the 
season, not future opponents.


SS = strength of schedule ranking among all Division I teams (1 is strongest
and 266 is weakest)

*  = ineligible for postseason play
** = ineligible for conference championship and postseason play
ALPHABETICAL RATINGS W L RATING SS
126 Abilene Christian FCS 0 0 101.2 0
133 Air Force FBS 0 0 99.3 0
145 Akron FBS 0 0 96.8 0
12 Alabama FBS 0 0 135.4 0
254 Alabama A&M FCS 0 0 64.9 0
170 Alabama State FCS 0 0 90.3 0
238 Albany FCS 0 0 72.8 0
233 Alcorn State FCS 0 0 74.8 0
130 Appalachian State FBS 0 0 100.5 0
28 Arizona FBS 0 0 127.9 0
39 Arizona State FBS 0 0 125.8 0
76 Arkansas FBS 0 0 114.3 0
102 Arkansas State FBS 0 0 107.1 0
260 Arkansas-Pine Bluff FCS 0 0 62.9 0
66 Army FBS 0 0 117.0 0
34 Auburn FBS 0 0 126.7 0
144 Austin Peay FCS 0 0 96.9 0
147 Ball State FBS 0 0 96.6 0
69 Baylor FBS 0 0 116.7 0
244 Bethune-Cookman FCS 0 0 70.4 0
31 Boise State FBS 0 0 127.5 0
100 Boston College FBS 0 0 107.7 0
143 Bowling Green FBS 0 0 97.1 0
221 Brown FCS 0 0 78.4 0
229 Bryant FCS 0 0 75.8 0
248 Bucknell FCS 0 0 67.8 0
136 Buffalo FBS 0 0 98.1 0
230 Butler FCS 0 0 75.7 0
15 BYU FBS 0 0 134.0 0
180 Cal Poly FCS 0 0 87.7 0
74 California FBS 0 0 115.4 0
200 Campbell FCS 0 0 82.9 0
172 Central Arkansas FCS 0 0 89.2 0
204 Central Connecticut FCS 0 0 82.4 0
109 Central Michigan FBS 0 0 105.4 0
214 Charleston Southern FCS 0 0 80.6 0
157 Charlotte FBS 0 0 94.5 0
179 Chattanooga FCS 0 0 87.8 0
266 Chicago State FCS 0 0 45.0 0
82 Cincinnati FBS 0 0 112.9 0
241 Citadel FCS 0 0 71.9 0
25 Clemson FBS 0 0 128.8 0
119 Coastal Carolina FBS 0 0 102.5 0
215 Colgate FCS 0 0 80.1 0
84 Colorado FBS 0 0 112.7 0
90 Colorado State FBS 0 0 111.6 0
232 Columbia FCS 0 0 74.9 0
85 Connecticut FBS 0 0 112.6 0
211 Cornell FCS 0 0 81.2 0
168 Dartmouth FCS 0 0 90.8 0
263 Davidson FCS 0 0 58.4 0
216 Dayton FCS 0 0 79.8 0
208 Delaware State FCS 0 0 81.6 0
110 Delaware* FBS 0 0 105.1 0
201 Drake FCS 0 0 82.8 0
53 Duke FBS 0 0 121.5 0
212 Duquesne FCS 0 0 80.8 0
50 East Carolina FBS 0 0 121.9 0
167 East Tennessee State FCS 0 0 91.0 0
222 East Texas A&M FCS 0 0 78.3 0
227 Eastern Illinois FCS 0 0 76.7 0
148 Eastern Kentucky FCS 0 0 96.5 0
137 Eastern Michigan FBS 0 0 97.9 0
177 Eastern Washington FCS 0 0 88.0 0
164 Elon FCS 0 0 92.4 0
113 FIU FBS 0 0 103.3 0
26 Florida FBS 0 0 128.1 0
247 Florida A&M* FCS 0 0 68.1 0
71 Florida Atlantic FBS 0 0 116.1 0
56 Florida State FBS 0 0 119.9 0
243 Fordham FCS 0 0 71.6 0
60 Fresno State FBS 0 0 118.5 0
203 Furman FCS 0 0 82.5 0
195 Gardner-Webb FCS 0 0 84.2 0
236 Georgetown FCS 0 0 73.3 0
3 Georgia FBS 0 0 144.2 0
108 Georgia Southern FBS 0 0 105.8 0
160 Georgia State FBS 0 0 93.3 0
33 Georgia Tech FBS 0 0 126.8 0
219 Grambling State FCS 0 0 78.8 0
259 Hampton FCS 0 0 63.4 0
153 Harvard FCS 0 0 96.0 0
112 Hawaii FBS 0 0 104.2 0
210 Holy Cross FCS 0 0 81.4 0
23 Houston FBS 0 0 129.6 0
252 Houston Christian FCS 0 0 66.0 0
257 Howard FCS 0 0 63.7 0
156 Idaho FCS 0 0 95.3 0
140 Idaho State FCS 0 0 97.6 0
30 Illinois FBS 0 0 127.6 0
111 Illinois State FCS 0 0 104.6 0
181 Incarnate Word FCS 0 0 87.6 0
6 Indiana FBS 0 0 141.6 0
194 Indiana State FCS 0 0 84.3 0
22 Iowa FBS 0 0 129.9 0
122 Iowa State FBS 0 0 102.1 0
190 Jackson State FCS 0 0 85.2 0
101 Jacksonville State FBS 0 0 107.5 0
43 James Madison FBS 0 0 123.6 0
65 Kansas FBS 0 0 117.1 0
36 Kansas State FBS 0 0 126.5 0
106 Kennesaw State FBS 0 0 106.0 0
138 Kent State FBS 0 0 97.8 0
55 Kentucky FBS 0 0 120.2 0
198 Lafayette FCS 0 0 83.9 0
162 Lamar FCS 0 0 92.7 0
127 Lehigh FCS 0 0 101.1 0
87 Liberty FBS 0 0 112.4 0
189 Lindenwood FCS 0 0 85.5 0
213 Long Island FCS 0 0 80.7 0
91 Louisiana FBS 0 0 111.3 0
107 Louisiana Tech FBS 0 0 105.9 0
24 Louisville FBS 0 0 129.4 0
11 LSU FBS 0 0 136.2 0
192 Maine FCS 0 0 84.9 0
239 Marist FCS 0 0 72.3 0
104 Marshall FBS 0 0 106.4 0
68 Maryland FBS 0 0 116.8 0
218 Massachusetts FBS 0 0 78.9 0
197 McNeese FCS 0 0 84.0 0
42 Memphis FBS 0 0 124.0 0
150 Mercer FCS 0 0 96.3 0
237 Mercyhurst* FCS 0 0 73.1 0
231 Merrimack FCS 0 0 75.6 0
7 Miami(FL) FBS 0 0 139.5 0
61 Miami(OH) FBS 0 0 117.8 0
16 Michigan FBS 0 0 133.9 0
73 Michigan State FBS 0 0 115.5 0
158 Middle Tennessee FBS 0 0 94.4 0
48 Minnesota FBS 0 0 122.1 0
8 Mississippi FBS 0 0 139.4 0
63 Mississippi State FBS 0 0 117.6 0
262 Mississippi Valley State* FCS 0 0 58.5 0
27 Missouri FBS 0 0 128.0 0
117 Missouri State* FBS 0 0 102.7 0
163 Monmouth FCS 0 0 92.5 0
93 Montana FCS 0 0 110.2 0
62 Montana State FCS 0 0 117.7 0
258 Morehead State FCS 0 0 63.6 0
242 Morgan State FCS 0 0 71.7 0
225 Murray State FCS 0 0 77.6 0
40 Navy FBS 0 0 125.6 0
41 NC State FBS 0 0 124.1 0
49 Nebraska FBS 0 0 122.0 0
141 Nevada FBS 0 0 97.5 0
176 New Hampshire FCS 0 0 88.4 0
251 New Haven* FCS 0 0 66.8 0
75 New Mexico FBS 0 0 115.3 0
146 New Mexico State FBS 0 0 96.7 0
209 Nicholls FCS 0 0 81.5 0
246 Norfolk State FCS 0 0 68.9 0
217 North Alabama FCS 0 0 79.0 0
96 North Carolina FBS 0 0 109.3 0
253 North Carolina A&T FCS 0 0 65.4 0
185 North Carolina Central FCS 0 0 86.3 0
116 North Dakota FCS 0 0 102.8 0
81 North Dakota State FBS 0 0 113.0 0
121 North Texas FBS 0 0 102.3 0
149 Northern Arizona FCS 0 0 96.4 0
199 Northern Colorado FCS 0 0 83.1 0
154 Northern Illinois FBS 0 0 95.8 0
193 Northern Iowa FCS 0 0 84.4 0
64 Northwestern FBS 0 0 117.5 0
256 Northwestern State FCS 0 0 64.0 0
4 Notre Dame FBS 0 0 144.1 0
98 Ohio FBS 0 0 108.1 0
1 Ohio State FBS 0 0 149.1 0
13 Oklahoma FBS 0 0 135.3 0
46 Oklahoma State FBS 0 0 122.8 0
97 Old Dominion FBS 0 0 108.6 0
2 Oregon FBS 0 0 146.4 0
129 Oregon State FBS 0 0 100.8 0
17 Penn State FBS 0 0 133.8 0
184 Pennsylvania FCS 0 0 86.8 0
51 Pittsburgh FBS 0 0 121.8 0
223 Portland State FCS 0 0 78.2 0
186 Prairie View A&M FCS 0 0 86.2 0
245 Presbyterian FCS 0 0 69.8 0
196 Princeton FCS 0 0 84.1 0
86 Purdue FBS 0 0 112.5 0
152 Rhode Island FCS 0 0 96.1 0
124 Rice FBS 0 0 101.7 0
178 Richmond FCS 0 0 87.9 0
240 Robert Morris FCS 0 0 72.2 0
80 Rutgers FBS 0 0 113.1 0
155 Sacramento State FBS 0 0 95.7 0
235 Sacred Heart FCS 0 0 74.3 0
174 Sam Houston FBS 0 0 89.0 0
206 Samford FCS 0 0 82.2 0
191 San Diego FCS 0 0 85.0 0
59 San Diego State FBS 0 0 118.6 0
125 San Jose State FBS 0 0 101.3 0
20 SMU FBS 0 0 130.6 0
131 South Alabama FBS 0 0 100.4 0
32 South Carolina FBS 0 0 127.1 0
165 South Carolina State FCS 0 0 92.3 0
134 South Dakota FCS 0 0 98.5 0
95 South Dakota State FCS 0 0 109.4 0
47 South Florida FBS 0 0 122.7 0
188 Southeast Missouri State FCS 0 0 85.8 0
142 Southeastern Louisiana FCS 0 0 97.3 0
255 Southern FCS 0 0 64.4 0
14 Southern California FBS 0 0 135.2 0
135 Southern Illinois FCS 0 0 98.4 0
118 Southern Mississippi FBS 0 0 102.6 0
166 Southern Utah FCS 0 0 91.7 0
207 St. Thomas FCS 0 0 82.1 0
103 Stanford FBS 0 0 106.7 0
114 Stephen F. Austin FCS 0 0 103.0 0
264 Stetson FCS 0 0 53.0 0
249 Stonehill FCS 0 0 67.2 0
183 Stony Brook FCS 0 0 87.0 0
83 Syracuse FBS 0 0 112.8 0
94 Tarleton State FCS 0 0 109.5 0
29 TCU FBS 0 0 127.7 0
123 Temple FBS 0 0 102.0 0
19 Tennessee FBS 0 0 132.2 0
250 Tennessee State FCS 0 0 66.9 0
151 Tennessee Tech FCS 0 0 96.2 0
173 Tennessee-Martin FCS 0 0 89.1 0
5 Texas FBS 0 0 143.5 0
9 Texas A&M FBS 0 0 138.9 0
234 Texas Southern FCS 0 0 74.4 0
67 Texas State FBS 0 0 116.9 0
10 Texas Tech FBS 0 0 136.3 0
78 Toledo FBS 0 0 113.4 0
187 Towson FCS 0 0 86.0 0
37 Troy FBS 0 0 126.2 0
70 Tulane FBS 0 0 116.6 0
99 Tulsa FBS 0 0 107.9 0
128 UAB FBS 0 0 101.0 0
120 UC-Davis FCS 0 0 102.4 0
88 UCF FBS 0 0 112.2 0
54 UCLA FBS 0 0 121.3 0
159 UL-Monroe FBS 0 0 93.5 0
72 UNLV FBS 0 0 115.9 0
21 Utah FBS 0 0 130.2 0
89 Utah State FBS 0 0 111.7 0
228 Utah Tech FCS 0 0 76.2 0
161 UTEP FBS 0 0 92.8 0
175 UT-Rio Grande Valley FCS 0 0 88.6 0
44 UTSA FBS 0 0 123.4 0
265 Valparaiso FCS 0 0 52.5 0
35 Vanderbilt FBS 0 0 126.6 0
105 Villanova FCS 0 0 106.1 0
38 Virginia FBS 0 0 126.1 0
45 Virginia Tech FBS 0 0 122.9 0
261 VMI FCS 0 0 62.3 0
226 Wagner FCS 0 0 77.5 0
77 Wake Forest FBS 0 0 114.2 0
18 Washington FBS 0 0 133.5 0
79 Washington State FBS 0 0 113.3 0
182 Weber State FCS 0 0 87.5 0
220 West Florida* FCS 0 0 78.6 0
202 West Georgia* FCS 0 0 82.7 0
57 West Virginia FBS 0 0 119.5 0
169 Western Carolina FCS 0 0 90.4 0
224 Western Illinois FCS 0 0 78.1 0
92 Western Kentucky FBS 0 0 111.2 0
58 Western Michigan FBS 0 0 118.7 0
171 William & Mary FCS 0 0 89.5 0
52 Wisconsin FBS 0 0 121.6 0
205 Wofford FCS 0 0 82.3 0
139 Wyoming FBS 0 0 97.7 0
132 Yale FCS 0 0 100.2 0
115 Youngstown State FCS 0 0 102.9 0