College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Toledo Rockets	MAC
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Utah Utes	Big 12
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
North Texas Mean Green	American
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
UTSA Roadrunners	American
LSU Tigers	SEC
Memphis Tigers	American
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
South Florida Bulls	American
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Houston Cougars	Big 12
BYU Cougars	Big 12
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
East Carolina Pirates	American
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Florida Gators	SEC
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Tulane Green Wave	American
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Army Black Knights	American
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Temple Owls	American
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
UCF Knights	Big 12
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Auburn Tigers	SEC
UAB Blazers	American
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC
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.
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Boston College Eagles	ACC
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Missouri Tigers	SEC
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Syracuse Orange	ACC
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Rice Owls	American
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Akron Zips	MAC
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
Navy Midshipmen	American
Charlotte 49ers	American
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Wyoming Cowboys	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	27.8	2	--	11.1-0.9	39.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	84.8	25.7	14.3
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	0.9	62	--	10.3-2.4	28.8	100.0	0.0	46.3	2.4	0.0	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
4-0	28.3	1	--	11.0-1.6	23.9	100.0	0.0	36.3	84.0	27.8	15.8
3-1	4.7	53	--	10.0-2.7	22.5	99.8	0.0	48.5	7.4	0.0	0.0
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
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	27.8	3	--	9.7-2.9	16.4	99.7	0.0	40.3	68.5	21.1	11.8
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	24.4	7	--	10.7-1.8	15.5	100.0	0.0	26.4	68.2	15.0	7.5
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	-2.8	80	--	8.4-4.0	10.7	98.0	0.0	25.6	0.2	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
4-0	24.6	6	--	10.0-2.4	6.7	99.9	0.0	18.0	72.7	17.5	8.4
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	21.7	9	--	9.1-3.3	6.1	99.2	0.0	18.7	40.6	6.4	2.9
2-2	0.1	64	--	7.7-4.6	4.9	92.8	0.0	16.0	0.5	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
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	0.0	65	--	8.5-3.8	4.0	97.0	0.0	17.8	2.6	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
2-2	-7.7	101	--	7.5-4.8	3.0	90.8	0.0	10.3	0.1	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	11.8	26	--	8.2-4.0	2.7	95.8	0.0	5.7	8.2	0.3	0.1
3-2	-8.5	105	--	7.3-5.1	2.6	87.3	0.0	14.8	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
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	-1.5	73	--	9.2-3.1	2.0	99.3	0.0	15.5	5.5	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
4-0	13.5	22	--	9.3-3.0	1.5	99.5	0.0	7.5	22.3	1.2	0.3
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
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	-0.1	67	--	6.2-5.2	1.2	66.6	0.0	9.8	0.5	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
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	-5.6	90	--	7.8-4.3	1.0	93.3	11.6	6.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
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	-0.9	72	--	6.8-4.5	0.9	80.1	0.0	8.3	1.5	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
2-2	-8.9	108	--	6.5-5.8	0.8	70.7	0.0	11.9	0.0	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
4-0	12.8	25	--	8.8-3.4	0.8	98.4	0.0	3.4	22.9	1.2	0.4
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	7.4	41	--	7.6-4.5	0.7	92.2	0.0	1.1	6.0	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
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	9.1	37	--	8.0-4.1	0.6	96.0	0.0	2.5	5.0	0.1	0.0
4-0	16.0	14	--	8.8-3.3	0.5	99.4	0.0	4.3	25.8	2.4	0.8
3-1	-4.9	87	--	7.4-4.7	0.5	88.4	0.0	5.3	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	-8.8	107	--	6.3-5.9	0.4	67.9	12.2	3.0	0.0	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
4-1	14.8	18	--	7.7-4.3	0.4	97.0	0.0	0.8	9.1	0.6	0.2
2-2	-2.0	75	--	5.7-5.5	0.4	55.2	0.0	6.2	0.3	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	6.9	43	--	7.2-4.9	0.3	85.4	0.0	2.7	3.9	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
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	14.4	19	--	7.4-4.7	0.2	91.5	0.0	0.8	16.3	1.0	0.4
2-2	2.7	58	--	5.8-6.2	0.2	58.1	0.0	0.1	0.1	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
3-1	7.4	40	--	7.3-4.8	0.2	89.7	0.0	1.7	4.3	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
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	-9.9	109	--	6.0-6.1	0.2	62.2	10.0	2.5	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	-11.9	117	--	4.9-7.2	0.2	34.6	0.0	4.5	0.0	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
1-3	-5.6	91	--	4.0-7.1	0.1	14.4	0.0	2.7	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
1-3	-12.8	119	--	4.6-7.5	0.1	27.7	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	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	7.7	39	--	6.8-5.2	0.1	79.6	0.0	2.6	3.4	0.1	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
4-0	14.3	20	--	8.0-4.0	0.1	97.5	0.0	1.3	23.8	1.6	0.5
2-2	6.8	44	--	5.5-6.5	0.1	50.4	0.0	0.1	0.4	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
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	-11.8	116	--	5.6-6.5	0.1	50.7	0.0	4.0	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
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
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	-13.3	122	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	27.9	0.0	0.3	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
1-4	-27.7	138	--	2.5-9.5	0.0	0.7	0.0	0.0	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	-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	6.6	45	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.9	0.0	0.3	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
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	4.0	55	--	5.2-6.8	0.0	41.4	0.0	0.2	0.3	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	-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
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
2-1	5.3	52	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	49.5	0.0	0.2	0.7	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
0-4	-21.4	134	--	2.8-9.2	0.0	1.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	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	-14.0	123	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	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
1-3	-7.3	98	--	3.5-7.6	0.0	7.6	0.0	1.4	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
3-1	2.5	59	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.0	0.0	0.1	0.4	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	-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
2-2	-18.6	130	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	33.4	0.0	0.3	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
3-1	-8.2	102	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	76.9	0.0	2.1	0.2	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
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
1-2	-7.1	96	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	25.3	0.0	0.6	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
1-3	-8.5	104	--	4.7-7.4	0.0	26.9	0.0	1.4	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
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	-11.8	115	--	4.3-7.8	0.0	20.8	4.8	1.0	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	-20.4	133	--	3.0-9.0	0.0	3.7	0.0	0.0	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

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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