College Football Power Index 2026


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

	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	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	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	25.7	5	--	11.4-1.6	18.1	100.0	0.0	72.7	85.5	19.7	10.2
3-1	0.9	62	--	10.3-2.4	28.8	100.0	0.0	46.3	2.4	0.0	0.0
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	-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	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	11.1	29	--	9.6-2.2	37.4	99.6	0.0	68.0	33.6	0.6	0.1
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	13.5	22	--	9.3-3.0	1.5	99.5	0.0	7.5	22.3	1.2	0.3
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	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
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	21.7	9	--	9.1-3.3	6.1	99.2	0.0	18.7	40.6	6.4	2.9
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	-2.1	77	--	9.5-3.2	12.0	98.8	0.0	46.5	1.1	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
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	12.8	25	--	8.8-3.4	0.8	98.4	0.0	3.4	22.9	1.2	0.4
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	-3.0	82	--	8.8-3.6	6.5	98.0	42.3	14.7	2.0	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
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	14.3	20	--	8.0-4.0	0.1	97.5	0.0	1.3	23.8	1.6	0.5
4-1	14.8	18	--	7.7-4.3	0.4	97.0	0.0	0.8	9.1	0.6	0.2
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	-0.2	68	--	8.5-3.9	4.1	96.3	0.0	19.0	4.7	0.0	0.0
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	11.8	26	--	8.2-4.0	2.7	95.8	0.0	5.7	8.2	0.3	0.1
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	6.0	48	--	7.8-4.2	1.0	94.9	0.0	0.6	4.1	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
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	-5.6	90	--	7.8-4.3	1.0	93.3	11.6	6.3	0.6	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
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	14.4	19	--	7.4-4.7	0.2	91.5	0.0	0.8	16.3	1.0	0.4
2-2	-7.7	101	--	7.5-4.8	3.0	90.8	0.0	10.3	0.1	0.0	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
2-2	-10.0	111	--	7.4-4.8	2.4	90.1	0.0	6.2	0.0	0.0	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	13.3	23	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	88.9	0.0	0.7	6.5	0.4	0.1
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	10.8	31	--	7.3-4.8	3.3	87.8	0.0	3.1	3.6	0.1	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
3-2	-8.5	105	--	7.3-5.1	2.6	87.3	0.0	14.8	0.0	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
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	6.5	46	--	7.2-4.9	0.4	85.1	0.0	2.9	3.7	0.1	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	-2.9	81	--	7.1-5.2	1.3	84.5	0.0	13.5	0.1	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	-0.9	72	--	6.8-4.5	0.9	80.1	0.0	8.3	1.5	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	13.0	24	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	79.4	0.0	0.2	6.1	0.4	0.1
2-2	-4.1	85	--	6.8-5.4	1.0	78.9	0.0	5.6	0.1	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
3-1	5.6	50	--	6.6-5.4	0.1	74.9	0.0	0.5	1.3	0.1	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	-2.2	78	--	6.6-5.6	0.9	74.4	0.0	8.2	0.3	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	-0.1	67	--	6.2-5.2	1.2	66.6	0.0	9.8	0.5	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
1-2	-6.7	94	--	6.3-6.0	0.6	66.0	21.2	6.2	0.1	0.0	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
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	-16.4	127	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	61.7	0.0	1.0	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
3-1	9.6	35	--	6.0-6.0	0.0	60.6	0.0	0.1	2.4	0.1	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	2.7	58	--	5.8-6.2	0.2	58.1	0.0	0.1	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
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	-2.0	75	--	5.7-5.5	0.4	55.2	0.0	6.2	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
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	-11.8	116	--	5.6-6.5	0.1	50.7	0.0	4.0	0.0	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	52	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.5	0.0	0.2	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	-7.2	97	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.7	0.0	0.0	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
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	1.8	61	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	40.3	0.0	0.1	0.2	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	9.9	33	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.0	0.7	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
2-2	3.6	56	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	36.8	0.0	0.0	0.2	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
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	-11.2	113	--	4.9-7.3	0.2	33.8	0.0	5.8	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
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	-10.0	110	--	4.6-7.4	0.1	29.6	0.7	0.3	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
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	-11.1	112	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	27.2	0.0	0.2	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
1-2	-7.1	96	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	25.3	0.0	0.6	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	-16.1	126	--	4.6-7.5	0.0	23.9	0.0	0.4	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
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	-11.8	115	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	20.8	4.8	1.0	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
1-3	-11.8	114	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	16.5	1.5	0.6	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	-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
1-3	-5.6	91	--	4.0-7.1	0.1	14.4	0.0	2.7	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	-5.7	92	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	12.3	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
2-2	2.2	60	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	8.9	0.0	0.0	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	-7.3	98	--	3.5-7.6	0.0	7.6	0.0	1.4	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	-14.0	123	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	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
1-3	-23.3	136	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	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	-3.1	83	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	3.6	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
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	-3.7	84	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	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
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

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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