College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Memphis Tigers	American
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Auburn Tigers	SEC
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Florida Gators	SEC
South Florida Bulls	American
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Missouri Tigers	SEC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Syracuse Orange	ACC
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Temple Owls	American
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Rice Owls	American
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Texas Longhorns	SEC
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Utah Utes	Big 12
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
Army Black Knights	American
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
UCF Knights	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
Navy Midshipmen	American
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
UAB Blazers	American
California Golden Bears	ACC
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Boston College Eagles	ACC
East Carolina Pirates	American
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Baylor Bears	Big 12
North Texas Mean Green	American
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Akron Zips	MAC
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Charlotte 49ers	American
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Toledo Rockets	MAC
Tulane Green Wave	American
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
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%
2-0	17.5	13	--	8.5-3.7	0.3	97.3	0.0	4.6	26.5	3.0	1.2
2-0	2.1	61	--	8.9-3.4	1.2	97.2	0.0	21.3	11.4	0.1	0.0
2-0	25.7	4	--	11.2-1.6	19.4	100.0	0.0	66.7	79.4	17.0	8.4
2-0	0.2	65	--	9.0-3.4	1.5	97.5	0.0	20.4	6.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	10.8	27	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	68.8	0.0	0.6	8.3	0.5	0.2
1-0	-9.6	106	--	5.9-6.2	0.0	56.3	9.9	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.3	60	--	3.6-8.4	0.0	12.9	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	7.5	36	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.1	0.0	3.9	6.1	0.2	0.1
1-0	6.9	39	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	78.1	0.0	3.6	5.9	0.2	0.1
1-1	-18.7	134	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	24.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	1.2	63	--	7.4-4.0	0.6	82.7	0.0	21.8	6.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.1	109	--	6.4-6.7	0.0	66.8	0.0	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-4.6	87	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	5.1	46	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.7	0.0	0.4	3.3	0.1	0.0
1-0	-7.9	102	--	5.1-6.1	0.0	38.9	0.0	3.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	4.9	47	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	67.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	0.1	0.0
1-0	-7.5	100	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-4.6	86	--	7.6-4.9	0.0	81.9	0.0	26.5	1.9	0.0	0.0
1-1	7.3	37	--	5.8-6.2	0.0	55.8	0.0	0.5	1.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.0	108	--	6.4-5.8	0.1	66.9	0.0	8.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	15.6	16	1	7.2-4.9	0.0	80.1	0.0	2.1	18.1	1.7	0.7
1-0	-2.3	75	--	8.2-3.9	0.6	92.1	0.0	8.3	3.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	24.9	5	--	9.9-2.5	9.2	99.0	0.0	18.3	61.5	14.7	7.4
1-0	-0.8	68	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.6	57	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	44.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	24.3	6	--	10.4-2.0	12.6	99.9	0.0	21.3	58.7	12.9	6.2
1-0	27.0	3	--	10.8-1.2	31.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	77.2	20.4	10.9
1-0	6.5	40	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	30.4	0.0	0.1	2.0	0.1	0.0
1-0	24.3	7	--	9.4-2.9	4.1	98.2	0.0	14.2	58.4	13.6	6.5
1-0	-11.0	112	--	7.9-4.3	0.3	88.2	0.0	6.4	1.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.9	56	--	5.6-6.4	0.0	52.5	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	1.3	62	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.8	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0
1-0	11.8	21	--	7.0-5.1	0.0	80.0	0.0	1.2	10.3	0.7	0.2
1-0	2.3	59	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	48.0	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	10.2	29	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.3	0.0	0.3	5.1	0.3	0.1
1-0	15.5	17	1	7.3-4.7	0.0	84.2	0.0	1.8	20.2	2.3	0.8
1-0	4.7	50	--	6.9-5.2	0.0	76.2	0.0	0.9	3.2	0.1	0.0
1-0	6.3	44	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	68.1	0.0	1.1	4.4	0.2	0.0
1-0	3.8	52	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.9	0.0	0.7	2.5	0.1	0.0
1-0	11.3	23	--	7.5-4.6	0.0	87.8	0.0	1.2	10.0	0.7	0.2
1-1	-13.0	120	--	5.4-6.8	0.0	45.3	0.0	5.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	0.9	64	--	8.5-3.9	0.3	93.6	0.0	23.2	6.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	3.5	55	1	5.9-6.1	0.0	57.7	0.0	0.6	2.0	0.1	0.0
1-0	30.0	2	--	10.4-2.2	10.1	99.7	0.0	44.6	78.1	28.4	17.1
1-0	19.2	11	--	7.7-4.4	0.2	85.6	0.0	5.0	31.0	4.8	2.0
1-0	-3.4	81	--	7.8-4.3	0.2	88.1	0.0	8.1	3.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	17.2	14	--	9.8-2.4	9.2	99.2	0.0	8.5	31.5	3.5	1.3
1-0	-7.3	99	--	5.8-6.2	0.0	54.7	0.0	2.7	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	11.6	22	--	8.3-3.9	0.4	92.7	0.0	4.8	13.6	0.8	0.2
1-0	7.8	35	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	56.0	0.0	0.2	3.9	0.2	0.1
1-0	-12.2	116	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	24.4	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	21.3	10	--	8.3-3.8	0.5	93.4	0.0	6.7	39.6	7.4	3.2
1-0	6.5	41	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	80.5	0.0	3.2	5.6	0.2	0.0
1-0	30.2	1	--	10.2-2.4	10.5	99.2	0.0	35.2	79.3	29.7	18.1
1-0	14.1	19	--	8.7-3.7	1.2	93.2	0.0	18.2	26.4	1.9	0.7
1-0	11.1	24	--	8.5-3.7	1.5	92.5	0.0	10.0	15.8	0.6	0.2
1-0	-2.5	76	--	8.2-4.1	0.5	89.9	29.6	17.1	3.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	11.0	26	1	8.7-3.5	1.5	96.1	0.0	4.6	13.4	0.6	0.2
1-0	9.4	31	--	7.6-4.5	0.1	85.7	0.0	3.1	8.5	0.4	0.1
1-0	9.5	30	--	6.9-5.1	0.0	78.2	0.0	0.7	7.0	0.3	0.2
1-0	-0.8	69	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	43.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	-8.0	104	--	6.1-6.1	0.0	58.0	13.6	6.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	-6.1	92	--	6.5-5.7	0.0	66.1	14.9	7.7	1.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-6.7	94	--	7.4-4.8	0.0	81.7	20.4	9.6	1.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	22.5	9	--	9.0-3.3	2.4	96.3	0.0	11.3	49.2	9.4	4.4
1-0	-5.5	89	--	7.8-4.6	0.1	84.6	0.0	24.3	2.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	8.7	33	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	46.2	0.0	0.2	3.9	0.2	0.1
1-0	-1.8	74	--	7.5-4.8	0.2	80.8	0.0	10.7	3.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	5.7	45	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.4	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.1	0.1
1-0	-5.8	90	--	6.9-5.3	0.0	73.0	0.0	7.6	1.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-5.2	88	--	7.7-4.6	0.3	83.9	24.9	12.8	2.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-12.6	118	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	66.3	0.0	4.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	4.8	49	--	6.7-5.4	0.0	70.3	0.0	2.8	4.4	0.1	0.0
1-0	6.3	43	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	78.2	0.0	3.0	5.2	0.2	0.0
1-1	-15.6	126	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	34.7	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-12.6	119	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	41.4	4.7	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	11.0	25	1	7.8-4.2	0.2	89.0	0.0	1.7	10.1	0.5	0.1
1-0	4.0	51	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.5	0.0	1.6	2.5	0.1	0.0
1-0	8.8	32	--	8.1-4.0	0.9	88.7	0.0	6.9	10.9	0.4	0.2
1-0	-6.0	91	--	6.5-5.8	0.0	66.3	20.3	10.2	1.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-15.4	125	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	34.9	0.0	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-0.6	67	--	7.7-4.7	0.1	84.6	0.0	16.5	4.4	0.0	0.0
1-1	2.3	58	--	8.5-4.0	4.4	94.1	0.0	31.5	2.9	0.0	0.0
1-0	-3.1	79	--	7.4-4.9	0.1	80.7	0.0	11.8	2.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	22.7	8	--	9.8-2.5	4.4	99.4	0.0	15.1	53.8	10.0	4.5
1-0	-1.6	73	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	19.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	12.1	20	--	8.9-3.5	0.7	97.3	0.0	9.9	20.8	1.1	0.4
1-0	-3.0	77	--	7.6-4.7	0.1	82.8	30.3	17.1	2.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	15.9	15	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	83.1	0.0	2.2	19.5	2.1	0.8
1-0	15.3	18	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	79.4	0.0	1.8	17.4	1.9	0.7
1-0	-3.8	82	--	7.0-5.2	0.0	75.7	0.0	7.7	2.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	18.4	12	--	10.6-2.0	19.3	99.5	0.0	38.0	48.3	4.8	1.9
1-0	-9.1	105	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	65.3	10.4	4.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.5	122	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	21.8	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-3.0	78	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	21.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	3.6	54	1	5.0-7.1	0.0	37.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-2	-6.9	95	--	5.5-6.6	0.1	50.7	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	7.8	34	--	8.6-3.2	14.7	93.7	0.0	55.4	17.3	0.3	0.1
0-1	10.8	28	--	7.5-4.7	1.5	84.7	0.0	5.0	7.6	0.2	0.0
0-1	-11.6	114	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	36.7	0.0	7.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.6	85	--	3.2-8.8	0.0	6.7	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-3.2	80	--	7.1-5.0	0.5	79.2	0.0	8.5	1.9	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.2	71	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	38.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-6.9	96	--	2.7-9.3	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.6	123	--	4.2-7.9	0.0	23.3	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-12.2	117	--	5.8-6.4	0.0	54.6	0.0	5.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-10.0	107	--	7.1-5.1	0.7	78.0	0.0	10.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.6	72	--	4.0-8.1	0.0	19.1	0.0	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.2	98	--	4.6-6.5	0.0	30.5	0.0	4.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	6.4	42	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	59.2	0.0	1.5	3.0	0.1	0.0
0-1	7.1	38	--	6.2-5.8	0.1	64.3	0.0	3.4	4.2	0.2	0.0
0-1	-6.7	93	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	62.3	0.0	3.8	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.4	84	--	4.9-6.2	0.0	36.2	0.0	6.7	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-1	3.8	53	--	6.0-6.0	0.0	60.5	0.0	0.2	1.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-13.5	121	--	5.3-6.8	0.0	45.0	5.2	2.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.0	97	--	5.1-6.1	0.0	40.6	0.0	4.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-1	-11.1	113	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	42.6	7.0	2.9	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.9	103	--	4.7-6.4	0.0	34.3	0.0	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-1	-10.5	110	--	3.1-7.9	0.0	9.1	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-16.8	129	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	27.2	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-10.7	111	--	5.3-6.8	0.0	45.6	8.5	3.4	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-19.0	135	--	4.2-7.9	0.0	23.5	0.0	1.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.1	130	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	34.3	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-15.3	124	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	20.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-12.1	115	--	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.5	0.0	5.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-23.6	137	--	2.9-9.2	0.0	6.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.6	101	--	7.2-5.1	0.6	78.2	0.0	15.2	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.2	131	--	2.2-9.8	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-24.2	138	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	4.5	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.7	133	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	10.1	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-16.6	128	--	4.1-8.0	0.0	22.6	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-15.9	127	--	4.4-7.7	0.0	27.3	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	4.8	48	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-19.1	136	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.0	83	--	8.0-4.5	2.2	87.6	0.0	25.6	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-1	-0.5	66	--	6.6-5.6	0.2	69.5	0.0	11.3	1.5	0.0	0.0
0-1	-0.9	70	--	8.7-3.9	4.5	94.5	0.0	39.3	3.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.6	132	--	3.8-8.2	0.0	17.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: September 11, 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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