College Football Power Index 2026


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

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
1-7	-33.2	138	--	1.4-10.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-6	-25.3	137	--	1.8-10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-6	-24.2	136	--	2.0-10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-7	-23.2	135	--	1.7-10.3	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-7	-22.8	134	--	1.1-10.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-6	-22.0	133	--	1.8-10.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	-21.0	132	--	4.6-7.4	2.1	17.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	-20.1	131	--	4.2-7.8	0.8	8.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-6	-17.9	130	--	3.3-8.7	0.3	0.4	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-6	-17.6	129	--	2.9-9.1	0.7	0.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-16.9	128	--	3.7-8.3	0.1	3.8	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-5	-16.3	127	--	5.3-6.7	4.6	38.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-16.0	126	--	6.0-6.1	0.1	66.4	0.0	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-6	-15.3	125	--	3.6-8.4	2.5	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	-15.0	124	--	6.2-5.8	4.8	78.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-15.0	123	--	6.1-5.9	1.0	68.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-7	-14.6	122	--	1.9-10.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	-14.3	121	--	5.5-6.5	13.4	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-6	-14.2	120	--	3.3-8.7	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-13.7	119	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	48.3	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-13.6	118	--	3.9-8.1	0.2	5.6	1.1	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	-13.3	117	--	5.6-7.4	0.0	52.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	-13.2	116	--	6.4-5.7	0.1	86.9	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	-12.9	115	--	7.4-4.8	5.1	97.2	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-12.8	114	--	5.3-6.9	0.4	41.2	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-12.3	113	--	5.3-6.8	0.2	43.5	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-12.2	112	--	3.7-8.3	0.2	4.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-11.2	111	--	4.5-7.5	0.1	17.7	0.5	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-11.0	110	--	5.6-6.5	1.2	52.9	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-10.9	109	--	4.2-7.8	0.1	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-10.9	108	--	6.2-5.8	0.0	72.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-10.8	107	--	5.5-6.5	1.6	50.4	0.0	1.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	-10.0	106	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	7.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	-9.7	105	--	4.4-7.6	0.3	9.5	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	-9.6	104	--	7.2-4.9	2.8	96.4	0.0	5.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-6	-9.3	103	--	4.4-7.6	9.6	9.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-9.1	102	--	4.3-7.7	1.2	11.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-7	-9.1	101	--	2.4-9.6	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-8.8	100	--	8.3-4.4	2.6	99.3	0.0	15.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-8.8	99	--	6.4-5.7	0.5	78.4	11.7	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	-8.7	98	--	6.4-5.7	5.5	83.4	5.2	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-2	-7.9	97	--	8.8-3.7	6.5	100.0	0.0	20.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-7.5	96	--	8.0-4.1	2.6	99.4	11.6	4.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-7.5	95	--	6.7-5.3	4.9	84.6	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-7.5	94	--	5.1-7.0	0.1	29.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-7.1	93	--	3.8-8.2	0.2	4.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-6.3	92	--	4.2-7.8	0.2	7.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	-6.0	91	--	4.2-7.8	0.5	7.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-4.9	90	--	6.1-5.9	8.8	71.4	3.5	1.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-4.8	89	--	6.3-5.7	1.7	78.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-4.8	88	--	7.8-4.3	1.2	99.5	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-4.4	87	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-4.2	86	--	6.1-5.9	7.4	73.2	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	-4.0	85	--	5.9-6.2	4.9	63.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-3.9	84	--	3.0-9.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	-3.7	83	--	6.5-5.5	11.2	87.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	-3.4	82	--	8.0-4.1	25.3	99.7	8.8	2.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	-3.1	81	--	8.7-3.9	28.9	99.9	0.0	34.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-2.5	80	--	2.7-9.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-2	-2.5	79	--	9.7-2.9	26.1	100.0	0.0	35.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-2.5	78	--	7.4-4.8	2.7	97.7	0.0	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-2.3	77	--	8.6-4.1	4.8	99.5	72.8	24.9	0.8	0.0	0.0
5-2	-2.1	76	--	8.1-3.9	7.3	99.3	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-5	-1.9	75	--	3.4-8.6	0.3	3.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-1.0	74	--	7.0-5.1	2.4	91.6	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	-0.3	73	--	8.4-4.0	4.9	99.4	0.0	15.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	-0.3	72	--	6.6-5.6	0.5	86.0	0.0	3.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-2	-0.2	71	--	9.5-3.1	15.5	100.0	0.0	17.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
3-4	-0.0	70	--	5.1-6.9	0.9	32.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	0.2	69	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	30.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-5	0.3	68	--	3.6-8.4	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
7-1	0.5	67	--	10.1-2.6	10.7	100.0	0.0	33.1	16.5	0.0	0.0
4-3	0.6	66	--	5.4-6.6	0.1	43.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	0.7	65	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	63.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
2-6	1.2	64	--	3.5-8.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	1.5	63	--	4.7-7.3	0.6	21.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	1.6	62	--	4.8-7.2	0.3	23.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-3	1.9	61	--	6.0-6.0	0.2	69.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-2	1.9	60	--	8.8-3.4	12.0	100.0	0.0	14.3	0.5	0.0	0.0
3-4	2.0	59	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	2.2	58	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	13.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
6-1	2.5	57	--	11.1-1.8	40.8	100.0	0.0	77.6	3.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	2.7	56	--	9.2-3.5	13.9	100.0	0.0	34.9	2.0	0.0	0.0
3-4	4.3	55	--	4.9-7.1	0.8	28.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	4.5	54	--	5.3-6.7	0.2	39.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
7-1	5.3	53	--	11.1-1.8	40.5	100.0	84.6	61.7	7.3	0.0	0.0
4-3	5.7	52	--	6.4-5.6	2.6	77.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	5.8	51	--	6.4-5.6	2.1	78.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	6.0	50	--	6.0-6.0	4.2	71.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	6.1	49	--	8.7-4.1	4.9	99.9	0.0	29.6	4.1	0.0	0.0
4-3	6.4	48	--	5.9-6.1	0.8	62.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
5-2	6.5	47	--	7.0-5.0	0.4	95.3	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
6-2	6.6	46	--	7.8-4.2	0.8	100.0	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
4-3	6.6	45	--	7.1-4.9	9.0	92.5	0.0	0.6	0.6	0.0	0.0
3-4	7.3	44	--	5.0-7.0	0.9	31.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	7.4	43	--	6.5-5.5	1.3	84.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
5-2	7.6	42	--	7.4-4.6	0.6	97.5	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
6-1	7.9	41	--	11.0-1.9	36.7	100.0	0.0	70.0	20.3	0.2	0.0
4-3	8.5	40	--	6.5-5.5	0.8	87.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
5-3	8.6	39	--	7.5-4.5	11.2	98.6	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	9.1	38	--	6.1-5.9	0.8	71.9	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
3-4	10.1	37	--	6.1-5.9	8.6	71.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	10.7	36	--	8.6-3.5	13.2	99.9	0.0	1.5	9.8	0.2	0.0
5-2	11.1	35	--	7.7-4.3	4.6	98.1	0.0	0.0	4.3	0.1	0.0
4-3	11.1	34	--	6.5-5.5	1.2	86.9	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
5-2	11.2	33	--	8.2-3.9	4.3	99.3	0.0	5.9	6.8	0.2	0.0
6-1	11.3	32	--	10.9-2.0	32.4	100.0	0.0	64.7	47.2	1.0	0.2
7-0	11.7	31	--	10.3-2.0	1.7	100.0	0.0	4.9	50.6	2.1	0.4
3-4	11.9	30	--	7.0-5.0	30.7	93.8	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	12.1	29	--	6.8-5.2	2.0	93.8	0.0	0.0	1.8	0.1	0.0
5-2	12.2	28	--	7.1-4.9	0.3	95.4	0.0	0.5	4.7	0.1	0.0
6-1	12.3	27	--	9.0-3.4	0.5	100.0	0.0	6.0	15.4	0.6	0.1
4-3	12.4	26	--	6.4-5.6	2.1	80.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
6-2	12.7	25	--	7.7-4.3	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.2	3.7	0.2	0.0
7-1	13.1	24	--	8.9-3.4	1.0	100.0	0.0	6.7	52.1	2.6	0.7
6-1	13.3	23	--	9.1-3.1	3.5	100.0	0.0	10.0	18.9	0.8	0.2
4-4	13.4	22	--	5.6-6.4	2.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	13.6	21	--	7.6-4.5	14.1	98.5	0.0	1.6	1.7	0.1	0.0
6-1	13.8	20	--	8.6-3.4	0.8	100.0	0.0	0.6	19.5	1.1	0.3
4-3	14.1	19	--	6.6-5.5	1.7	81.7	0.0	1.6	4.3	0.2	0.0
6-2	14.4	18	--	9.2-3.0	27.0	100.0	0.0	8.3	19.8	0.8	0.3
5-2	14.5	17	--	7.7-4.3	1.2	98.9	0.0	2.2	16.8	0.9	0.3
6-1	15.1	16	--	10.0-2.5	5.7	100.0	0.0	10.2	41.9	2.6	0.8
6-1	16.3	15	--	9.9-2.5	10.0	100.0	0.0	20.9	49.2	3.5	1.1
6-1	16.7	14	--	9.8-2.6	10.7	100.0	0.0	18.0	33.5	2.4	0.9
5-2	16.7	13	--	8.3-3.7	9.0	99.9	0.0	0.2	8.2	0.6	0.2
6-2	16.8	12	--	8.4-3.7	6.0	100.0	0.0	2.8	23.1	1.7	0.6
4-3	17.0	11	--	7.3-4.8	5.0	96.6	0.0	0.7	2.0	0.1	0.0
7-0	17.0	10	--	10.8-1.9	8.7	100.0	0.0	35.7	60.7	5.5	1.7
5-2	18.9	9	--	8.5-3.6	6.4	100.0	0.0	5.3	38.5	4.0	1.4
5-2	24.0	8	--	8.8-3.3	15.3	100.0	0.0	7.7	57.9	11.4	5.5
6-2	24.0	7	--	8.8-3.4	12.6	100.0	0.0	10.1	45.3	8.9	4.1
7-1	24.1	6	--	10.9-1.7	35.4	100.0	0.0	32.1	88.7	20.6	9.6
6-2	24.5	5	--	9.4-2.9	24.5	100.0	0.0	16.0	63.1	12.9	6.2
6-1	26.5	4	--	10.6-2.1	26.2	100.0	0.0	47.0	80.0	23.9	13.0
7-0	27.5	3	--	12.0-1.0	26.7	100.0	0.0	82.0	97.6	32.8	18.5
6-1	27.7	2	--	10.4-1.6	48.6	100.0	0.0	0.0	82.4	24.5	14.1
6-1	28.2	1	--	10.8-2.1	29.7	100.0	0.0	59.8	91.4	33.3	19.6

Last Updated: October 27, 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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