College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Florida Gators	SEC
South Florida Bulls	American
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Utah Utes	Big 12
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Auburn Tigers	SEC
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Missouri Tigers	SEC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Memphis Tigers	American
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Houston Cougars	Big 12
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
UCF Knights	Big 12
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Toledo Rockets	MAC
UAB Blazers	American
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
California Golden Bears	ACC
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Boston College Eagles	ACC
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
East Carolina Pirates	American
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
North Texas Mean Green	American
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
Army Black Knights	American
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Tulane Green Wave	American
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Syracuse Orange	ACC
Temple Owls	American
Rice Owls	American
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Akron Zips	MAC
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Navy Midshipmen	American
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Charlotte 49ers	American
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Northern Illinois Huskies	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%
4-0	10.4	32	--	8.6-3.5	0.4	98.6	0.0	1.5	12.5	0.5	0.1
4-1	14.8	18	--	7.7-4.3	0.4	97.0	0.0	0.8	9.1	0.6	0.2
4-0	19.3	10	--	9.0-3.2	0.9	99.3	0.0	6.6	49.2	6.2	2.5
4-0	-1.5	73	--	9.2-3.1	2.0	99.3	0.0	15.5	5.5	0.0	0.0
4-0	28.3	1	--	11.0-1.6	23.9	100.0	0.0	36.3	84.0	27.8	15.8
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	27.8	2	--	11.1-0.9	39.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	84.8	25.7	14.3
4-0	-8.3	103	--	9.2-3.0	1.5	99.6	0.0	9.5	1.6	0.0	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
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	13.5	22	--	9.3-3.0	1.5	99.5	0.0	7.5	22.3	1.2	0.3
4-0	26.9	4	--	10.6-1.9	17.5	100.0	0.0	30.2	89.3	26.8	14.6
4-0	18.2	12	--	10.6-1.9	16.0	100.0	0.0	31.7	49.4	4.9	1.9
4-0	5.9	49	--	11.2-1.5	27.8	100.0	73.4	56.3	28.4	0.2	0.1
4-0	8.9	38	--	8.3-3.8	0.2	97.5	0.0	2.0	8.3	0.2	0.1
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	14.3	20	--	8.0-4.0	0.1	97.5	0.0	1.3	23.8	1.6	0.5
4-0	7.1	42	--	7.5-4.6	0.1	90.5	0.0	1.8	5.1	0.1	0.0
4-0	12.8	25	--	8.8-3.4	0.8	98.4	0.0	3.4	22.9	1.2	0.4
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	-0.4	69	--	10.0-2.7	4.2	99.9	0.0	27.9	7.7	0.0	0.0
4-0	17.0	13	--	10.6-2.0	17.5	99.9	0.0	31.0	48.6	3.6	1.3
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	5.6	50	--	6.6-5.4	0.1	74.9	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.1	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
3-1	11.1	29	--	9.6-2.2	37.4	99.6	0.0	68.0	33.6	0.6	0.1
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	22.1	8	--	8.6-3.5	4.0	98.4	0.0	4.3	40.5	6.6	3.1
3-1	13.3	23	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	88.9	0.0	0.7	6.5	0.4	0.1
3-1	1.8	61	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	40.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
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	14.4	19	--	7.4-4.7	0.2	91.5	0.0	0.8	16.3	1.0	0.4
3-1	6.0	48	--	7.8-4.2	1.0	94.9	0.0	0.6	4.1	0.1	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
3-1	27.8	3	--	9.7-2.9	16.4	99.7	0.0	40.3	68.5	21.1	11.8
3-1	6.9	43	--	7.2-4.9	0.3	85.4	0.0	2.7	3.9	0.1	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
3-1	15.6	15	--	8.9-3.1	8.1	99.3	0.0	2.2	9.2	0.7	0.2
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	0.0	65	--	8.5-3.8	4.0	97.0	0.0	17.8	2.6	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	7.7	39	--	6.8-5.2	0.1	79.6	0.0	2.6	3.4	0.1	0.0
3-1	11.5	27	--	7.9-4.2	1.3	93.7	0.0	3.6	7.5	0.3	0.1
3-0	14.9	17	--	9.1-3.3	1.3	98.3	0.0	19.2	30.1	2.2	0.7
3-1	11.8	26	--	8.2-4.0	2.7	95.8	0.0	5.7	8.2	0.3	0.1
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	7.4	41	--	7.6-4.5	0.7	92.2	0.0	1.1	6.0	0.1	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
3-1	2.5	59	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	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
3-1	-3.0	82	--	8.8-3.6	6.5	98.0	42.3	14.7	2.0	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
3-1	6.5	46	--	7.2-4.9	0.4	85.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	0.1	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
3-1	-7.4	99	--	7.0-5.1	0.2	81.8	4.9	2.6	0.3	0.0	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
3-1	-2.1	77	--	9.5-3.2	12.0	98.8	0.0	46.5	1.1	0.0	0.0
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	9.1	37	--	8.0-4.1	0.6	96.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	0.1	0.0
3-1	18.2	11	--	8.1-4.0	2.1	95.2	0.0	1.5	22.5	2.4	0.8
3-1	-0.2	68	--	8.5-3.9	4.1	96.3	0.0	19.0	4.7	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
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	-8.8	107	--	6.3-5.9	0.4	67.9	12.2	3.0	0.0	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
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	-13.2	121	--	5.6-7.4	0.0	51.1	0.0	1.1	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
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	-6.6	93	--	4.6-6.5	0.0	24.5	0.0	2.0	0.0	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
2-2	-7.2	97	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.7	0.0	0.0	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	6.6	45	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.9	0.0	0.3	0.5	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
2-1	11.2	28	--	7.1-4.9	0.1	86.7	0.0	0.4	5.5	0.3	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
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	-1.7	74	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	12.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	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	-4.1	85	--	6.8-5.4	1.0	78.9	0.0	5.6	0.1	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	5.3	52	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.5	0.0	0.2	0.7	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
2-2	-10.0	111	--	7.4-4.8	2.4	90.1	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-2	13.9	21	--	5.9-6.1	0.2	60.6	0.0	0.5	3.9	0.2	0.1
2-2	-0.1	67	--	6.2-5.2	1.2	66.6	0.0	9.8	0.5	0.0	0.0
2-2	15.1	16	--	6.4-5.6	0.3	74.9	0.0	0.1	3.1	0.3	0.1
2-2	0.1	64	--	7.7-4.6	4.9	92.8	0.0	16.0	0.5	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
2-1	-2.3	79	--	7.4-4.8	0.8	84.7	0.0	8.0	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
2-1	-5.3	89	--	7.4-4.7	0.5	87.8	0.0	6.7	0.3	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	-18.6	130	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	33.4	0.0	0.3	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
2-3	-18.7	131	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	15.4	0.0	0.4	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
2-2	-21.6	135	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	22.1	0.0	0.2	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
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	9.9	33	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	0.0	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
2-2	-8.6	106	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	61.0	9.3	2.7	0.0	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
2-2	-2.8	80	--	8.4-4.0	10.7	98.0	0.0	25.6	0.2	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
1-4	-27.7	138	--	2.5-9.5	0.0	0.7	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
1-3	0.0	66	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	5.6	0.0	0.0	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
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	-3.7	84	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	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
1-2	0.6	63	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	21.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	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
1-3	-14.0	123	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	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
1-3	-7.4	100	--	5.0-7.0	0.3	38.4	6.4	3.1	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
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	-7.0	95	--	3.6-7.5	0.0	8.5	0.0	1.6	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	-20.1	132	--	3.6-8.4	0.0	9.8	0.0	0.2	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
1-2	-0.4	70	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	15.2	0.0	0.1	0.1	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
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	-8.5	104	--	4.7-7.4	0.0	26.9	0.0	1.4	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
1-3	-11.9	117	--	4.9-7.2	0.2	34.6	0.0	4.5	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	-12.2	118	--	4.7-7.4	0.1	30.5	0.0	4.7	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
0-4	-21.4	134	--	2.8-9.2	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.1	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	-24.6	137	--	1.2-10.8	0.0	0.1	0.1	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

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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