College Football Power Index 2026


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

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
1-4	-27.7	138	--	2.5-9.5	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-4	-24.6	137	--	1.2-10.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-23.3	136	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-21.6	135	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	22.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-4	-21.4	134	--	2.8-9.2	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-20.4	133	--	3.0-9.0	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-20.1	132	--	3.6-8.4	0.0	9.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-3	-18.7	131	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-18.6	130	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	33.4	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-4	-18.6	129	--	1.4-10.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-4	-18.1	128	--	2.6-9.4	0.0	2.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-16.4	127	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	61.7	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-16.1	126	--	4.6-7.5	0.0	23.9	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-15.5	125	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	17.6	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-14.0	124	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	39.7	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-14.0	123	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-13.3	122	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	27.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-13.2	121	--	5.6-7.4	0.0	51.1	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-13.1	120	--	6.2-5.8	0.0	66.3	1.6	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-3	-12.8	119	--	4.6-7.5	0.1	27.7	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-12.2	118	--	4.7-7.4	0.1	30.5	0.0	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.9	117	--	4.9-7.2	0.2	34.6	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-11.8	116	--	5.6-6.5	0.1	50.7	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.8	115	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	20.8	4.8	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.8	114	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	16.5	1.5	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.2	113	--	4.9-7.3	0.2	33.8	0.0	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-11.1	112	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	27.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-10.0	111	--	7.4-4.8	2.4	90.1	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-10.0	110	--	4.6-7.4	0.1	29.6	0.7	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-9.9	109	--	6.0-6.1	0.2	62.2	10.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-8.9	108	--	6.5-5.8	0.8	70.7	0.0	11.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-8.8	107	--	6.3-5.9	0.4	67.9	12.2	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-8.6	106	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	61.0	9.3	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-2	-8.5	105	--	7.3-5.1	2.6	87.3	0.0	14.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-8.5	104	--	4.7-7.4	0.0	26.9	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-0	-8.3	103	--	9.2-3.0	1.5	99.6	0.0	9.5	1.6	0.0	0.0
3-1	-8.2	102	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	76.9	0.0	2.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-2	-7.7	101	--	7.5-4.8	3.0	90.8	0.0	10.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-3	-7.4	100	--	5.0-7.0	0.3	38.4	6.4	3.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-7.4	99	--	7.0-5.1	0.2	81.8	4.9	2.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-3	-7.3	98	--	3.5-7.6	0.0	7.6	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-7.2	97	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-7.1	96	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	25.3	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-7.0	95	--	3.6-7.5	0.0	8.5	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-2	-6.7	94	--	6.3-6.0	0.6	66.0	21.2	6.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-2	-6.6	93	--	4.6-6.5	0.0	24.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-5.7	92	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	12.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-5.6	91	--	4.0-7.1	0.1	14.4	0.0	2.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-5.6	90	--	7.8-4.3	1.0	93.3	11.6	6.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
2-1	-5.3	89	--	7.4-4.7	0.5	87.8	0.0	6.7	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-3	-5.2	88	--	5.6-6.4	0.7	53.7	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-4.9	87	--	7.4-4.7	0.5	88.4	0.0	5.3	0.4	0.0	0.0
2-2	-4.8	86	--	3.4-8.6	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-4.1	85	--	6.8-5.4	1.0	78.9	0.0	5.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-3	-3.7	84	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-3	-3.1	83	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	-3.0	82	--	8.8-3.6	6.5	98.0	42.3	14.7	2.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.9	81	--	7.1-5.2	1.3	84.5	0.0	13.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.8	80	--	8.4-4.0	10.7	98.0	0.0	25.6	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-1	-2.3	79	--	7.4-4.8	0.8	84.7	0.0	8.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.2	78	--	6.6-5.6	0.9	74.4	0.0	8.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-1	-2.1	77	--	9.5-3.2	12.0	98.8	0.0	46.5	1.1	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.1	76	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	25.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	-2.0	75	--	5.7-5.5	0.4	55.2	0.0	6.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
2-2	-1.7	74	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	12.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-0	-1.5	73	--	9.2-3.1	2.0	99.3	0.0	15.5	5.5	0.0	0.0
3-1	-0.9	72	--	6.8-4.5	0.9	80.1	0.0	8.3	1.5	0.0	0.0
2-2	-0.6	71	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	15.3	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-2	-0.4	70	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	15.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-0	-0.4	69	--	10.0-2.7	4.2	99.9	0.0	27.9	7.7	0.0	0.0
3-1	-0.2	68	--	8.5-3.9	4.1	96.3	0.0	19.0	4.7	0.0	0.0
2-2	-0.1	67	--	6.2-5.2	1.2	66.6	0.0	9.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-3	0.0	66	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	0.0	65	--	8.5-3.8	4.0	97.0	0.0	17.8	2.6	0.0	0.0
2-2	0.1	64	--	7.7-4.6	4.9	92.8	0.0	16.0	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-2	0.6	63	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	21.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	0.9	62	--	10.3-2.4	28.8	100.0	0.0	46.3	2.4	0.0	0.0
3-1	1.8	61	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	40.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-2	2.2	60	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	8.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-1	2.5	59	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
2-2	2.7	58	--	5.8-6.2	0.2	58.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
2-1	3.0	57	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.9	0.0	0.8	1.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	3.6	56	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	36.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
2-2	4.0	55	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.4	0.0	0.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-1	4.4	54	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	41.4	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-1	4.7	53	--	10.0-2.7	22.5	99.8	0.0	48.5	7.4	0.0	0.0
2-1	5.3	52	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.5	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
3-1	5.5	51	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	35.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
3-1	5.6	50	--	6.6-5.4	0.1	74.9	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.0
4-0	5.9	49	--	11.2-1.5	27.8	100.0	73.4	56.3	28.4	0.2	0.1
3-1	6.0	48	--	7.8-4.2	1.0	94.9	0.0	0.6	4.1	0.1	0.0
2-2	6.3	47	--	5.5-6.5	0.1	48.9	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
3-1	6.5	46	--	7.2-4.9	0.4	85.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	0.1	0.0
2-2	6.6	45	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.9	0.0	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
2-2	6.8	44	--	5.5-6.5	0.1	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
3-1	6.9	43	--	7.2-4.9	0.3	85.4	0.0	2.7	3.9	0.1	0.0
4-0	7.1	42	--	7.5-4.6	0.1	90.5	0.0	1.8	5.1	0.1	0.0
3-1	7.4	41	--	7.6-4.5	0.7	92.2	0.0	1.1	6.0	0.1	0.0
3-1	7.4	40	--	7.3-4.8	0.2	89.7	0.0	1.7	4.3	0.1	0.0
3-1	7.7	39	--	6.8-5.2	0.1	79.6	0.0	2.6	3.4	0.1	0.0
4-0	8.9	38	--	8.3-3.8	0.2	97.5	0.0	2.0	8.3	0.2	0.1
3-1	9.1	37	--	8.0-4.1	0.6	96.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	0.1	0.0
3-1	9.4	36	--	6.1-5.9	0.0	64.9	0.0	0.1	4.2	0.2	0.1
3-1	9.6	35	--	6.0-6.0	0.0	60.6	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.1	0.0
3-1	9.7	34	--	8.1-3.9	3.0	94.7	0.0	2.4	4.1	0.1	0.0
2-2	9.9	33	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0
4-0	10.4	32	--	8.6-3.5	0.4	98.6	0.0	1.5	12.5	0.5	0.1
2-2	10.8	31	--	7.3-4.8	3.3	87.8	0.0	3.1	3.6	0.1	0.0
4-0	10.9	30	--	8.8-3.3	0.6	98.9	0.0	3.7	15.4	0.6	0.2
3-1	11.1	29	--	9.6-2.2	37.4	99.6	0.0	68.0	33.6	0.6	0.1
2-1	11.2	28	--	7.1-4.9	0.1	86.7	0.0	0.4	5.5	0.3	0.1
3-1	11.5	27	--	7.9-4.2	1.3	93.7	0.0	3.6	7.5	0.3	0.1
3-1	11.8	26	--	8.2-4.0	2.7	95.8	0.0	5.7	8.2	0.3	0.1
4-0	12.8	25	--	8.8-3.4	0.8	98.4	0.0	3.4	22.9	1.2	0.4
3-1	13.0	24	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	79.4	0.0	0.2	6.1	0.4	0.1
3-1	13.3	23	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	88.9	0.0	0.7	6.5	0.4	0.1
4-0	13.5	22	--	9.3-3.0	1.5	99.5	0.0	7.5	22.3	1.2	0.3
2-2	13.9	21	--	5.9-6.1	0.2	60.6	0.0	0.5	3.9	0.2	0.1
4-0	14.3	20	--	8.0-4.0	0.1	97.5	0.0	1.3	23.8	1.6	0.5
3-1	14.4	19	--	7.4-4.7	0.2	91.5	0.0	0.8	16.3	1.0	0.4
4-1	14.8	18	--	7.7-4.3	0.4	97.0	0.0	0.8	9.1	0.6	0.2
3-0	14.9	17	--	9.1-3.3	1.3	98.3	0.0	19.2	30.1	2.2	0.7
2-2	15.1	16	--	6.4-5.6	0.3	74.9	0.0	0.1	3.1	0.3	0.1
3-1	15.6	15	--	8.9-3.1	8.1	99.3	0.0	2.2	9.2	0.7	0.2
4-0	16.0	14	--	8.8-3.3	0.5	99.4	0.0	4.3	25.8	2.4	0.8
4-0	17.0	13	--	10.6-2.0	17.5	99.9	0.0	31.0	48.6	3.6	1.3
4-0	18.2	12	--	10.6-1.9	16.0	100.0	0.0	31.7	49.4	4.9	1.9
3-1	18.2	11	--	8.1-4.0	2.1	95.2	0.0	1.5	22.5	2.4	0.8
4-0	19.3	10	--	9.0-3.2	0.9	99.3	0.0	6.6	49.2	6.2	2.5
3-1	21.7	9	--	9.1-3.3	6.1	99.2	0.0	18.7	40.6	6.4	2.9
3-1	22.1	8	--	8.6-3.5	4.0	98.4	0.0	4.3	40.5	6.6	3.1
4-0	24.4	7	--	10.7-1.8	15.5	100.0	0.0	26.4	68.2	15.0	7.5
4-0	24.6	6	--	10.0-2.4	6.7	99.9	0.0	18.0	72.7	17.5	8.4
4-0	25.7	5	--	11.4-1.6	18.1	100.0	0.0	72.7	85.5	19.7	10.2
4-0	26.9	4	--	10.6-1.9	17.5	100.0	0.0	30.2	89.3	26.8	14.6
3-1	27.8	3	--	9.7-2.9	16.4	99.7	0.0	40.3	68.5	21.1	11.8
4-0	27.8	2	--	11.1-0.9	39.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	84.8	25.7	14.3
4-0	28.3	1	--	11.0-1.6	23.9	100.0	0.0	36.3	84.0	27.8	15.8

Last Updated: September 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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