College Football Power Index 2026


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

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
0-0	25.9	3	--	10.7-1.3	32.1	99.9	0.0	0.0	74.7	20.4	10.6
0-0	23.1	6	--	10.2-2.2	10.5	99.6	0.0	19.1	57.6	13.0	6.5
0-0	25.3	4	--	10.3-2.2	9.5	99.5	0.0	25.5	66.1	18.2	10.0
0-0	20.0	10	--	10.8-1.8	25.8	99.5	0.0	46.6	58.4	8.6	3.8
0-0	28.7	1	--	10.3-2.3	10.1	99.4	0.0	39.2	75.8	27.8	16.9
0-0	21.8	7	--	10.4-2.3	8.8	99.4	0.0	49.8	63.2	11.1	5.2
0-0	24.8	5	--	10.0-2.4	11.4	98.6	0.0	24.3	65.1	17.2	9.2
0-0	26.9	2	--	9.7-2.8	6.4	97.9	0.0	28.5	69.9	22.5	13.0
0-0	13.7	16	--	9.1-3.1	3.0	96.3	0.0	4.5	22.8	2.2	0.7
1-0	-1.2	74	--	9.0-3.4	1.7	96.2	0.0	23.5	5.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	10.5	26	--	8.7-3.5	1.6	95.0	0.0	7.4	16.5	0.9	0.3
0-0	20.1	8	--	8.7-3.6	1.6	93.2	0.0	10.2	42.3	8.2	4.0
0-0	13.1	20	--	8.7-3.6	1.5	93.0	0.0	16.8	25.9	2.1	0.7
0-0	20.0	11	--	8.4-3.8	0.8	92.8	0.0	8.4	39.5	7.6	3.5
0-0	-3.0	80	--	8.7-3.8	1.3	91.9	0.0	28.3	4.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	20.0	9	--	8.4-3.8	1.1	91.5	0.0	8.6	40.2	7.9	3.7
0-0	11.1	24	--	8.2-4.0	0.4	91.0	0.0	9.7	17.7	1.2	0.4
1-0	0.0	65	--	8.2-4.1	0.4	90.6	0.0	13.7	6.9	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	73	--	8.3-3.9	0.9	90.4	0.0	11.6	5.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	15.9	14	--	7.8-4.3	0.1	89.4	0.0	4.2	23.1	3.0	1.3
0-0	13.4	19	--	8.2-4.1	0.5	89.4	0.0	12.3	22.8	2.1	0.8
1-0	13.6	18	--	7.6-4.4	0.1	89.2	0.0	2.3	16.2	1.5	0.5
0-0	-0.6	68	--	7.9-4.3	0.1	87.8	0.0	15.0	5.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.0	77	--	8.2-4.2	0.6	87.3	31.8	19.7	4.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	2.3	55	--	8.2-4.2	0.7	87.0	0.0	21.1	8.2	0.1	0.0
0-0	10.6	25	--	7.7-4.4	0.1	86.2	0.0	1.6	11.5	0.8	0.3
0-0	-0.7	69	--	7.9-4.5	0.1	85.4	0.0	17.3	4.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	8.5	31	--	7.8-4.4	0.5	84.7	0.0	6.4	11.5	0.6	0.2
0-0	4.0	50	--	7.7-3.9	0.3	84.0	0.0	37.0	11.6	0.2	0.0
0-0	-4.0	83	--	7.7-4.6	0.1	83.7	0.0	22.6	2.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	9.5	28	--	7.7-4.5	0.4	83.0	0.0	6.8	12.8	0.7	0.2
0-0	17.8	12	--	7.5-4.6	0.2	83.0	0.0	5.6	28.5	4.6	2.1
0-1	-0.4	67	--	7.6-4.9	1.2	81.7	0.0	24.6	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	16.0	13	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	81.5	0.0	3.9	23.5	3.3	1.3
0-0	-8.0	98	--	7.5-4.8	0.1	81.5	0.0	13.0	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	7.1	35	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	81.2	0.0	4.0	7.8	0.3	0.1
0-0	1.4	57	--	7.5-4.0	1.0	81.1	0.0	25.1	8.0	0.1	0.0
0-0	-3.5	81	--	7.5-4.8	0.1	81.0	0.0	16.0	2.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	7.2	34	--	7.3-4.8	0.1	80.9	0.0	4.4	8.1	0.3	0.1
0-0	15.1	15	--	7.3-4.8	0.1	80.5	0.0	3.2	21.0	2.6	1.0
0-0	9.9	27	--	7.1-4.9	0.0	78.8	0.0	1.2	9.7	0.6	0.2
0-0	-4.9	87	--	7.3-5.2	0.0	78.3	0.0	26.9	2.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-7.7	97	--	7.4-4.9	0.2	77.9	0.0	15.1	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-7.0	95	--	7.2-5.1	0.0	77.4	0.0	14.0	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	6.6	36	--	7.1-5.0	0.1	77.0	0.0	2.4	6.4	0.3	0.1
0-1	-4.0	82	--	7.0-5.3	0.3	76.3	0.0	15.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.4	86	--	7.2-5.0	0.1	76.1	23.5	13.4	2.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	8.8	30	--	6.8-5.2	0.0	75.3	0.0	0.8	7.3	0.5	0.2
0-0	7.4	33	--	6.9-5.1	0.0	75.0	0.0	2.7	7.0	0.4	0.1
0-0	5.1	41	--	7.0-5.1	0.1	74.2	0.0	3.0	5.6	0.2	0.0
0-0	-5.1	88	--	7.0-5.3	0.0	74.0	24.8	12.8	1.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.3	100	--	6.9-5.3	0.0	73.5	19.4	8.4	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.6	92	--	6.9-5.4	0.0	73.2	0.0	18.2	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.8	94	--	7.0-5.3	0.1	73.1	0.0	9.7	1.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	5.9	39	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	72.8	0.0	1.8	5.3	0.2	0.1
0-0	6.3	38	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	72.6	0.0	0.5	4.8	0.2	0.1
0-0	13.6	17	--	6.7-5.3	0.0	72.0	0.0	1.9	15.6	1.7	0.6
0-0	12.2	21	--	6.7-5.4	0.0	71.5	0.0	1.5	13.0	1.3	0.5
0-0	-10.8	111	--	6.7-5.5	0.0	70.9	0.0	6.4	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	12.0	22	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	70.8	0.0	1.5	11.9	1.1	0.3
0-0	4.8	42	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.8	0.0	0.6	3.5	0.1	0.0
0-0	6.5	37	--	6.6-5.5	0.0	68.9	0.0	3.4	6.1	0.3	0.1
0-0	-7.4	96	--	6.6-5.6	0.0	68.2	17.1	8.2	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.0	105	--	6.6-5.7	0.0	67.8	0.0	12.4	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.8	103	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	67.5	12.9	6.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	8.0	32	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.3	0.0	2.7	6.5	0.3	0.1
0-0	11.7	23	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	66.9	0.0	1.3	10.9	1.1	0.4
0-0	-5.3	89	--	6.5-5.7	0.0	66.8	0.0	5.7	1.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.5	78	--	6.4-4.9	0.1	65.4	0.0	11.5	3.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	4.4	46	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.7	0.0	2.0	3.9	0.1	0.0
0-0	-5.6	90	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	64.5	0.0	4.9	1.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	9.0	29	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.4	0.0	0.7	7.2	0.4	0.1
0-0	3.4	52	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.2	0.0	1.0	2.9	0.1	0.0
0-0	-6.4	91	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	62.9	0.0	4.3	0.9	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.2	106	--	6.3-5.9	0.0	62.2	15.2	6.4	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	2.1	56	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	60.8	0.0	1.5	2.6	0.1	0.0
0-0	-9.8	108	--	6.2-5.9	0.0	60.4	11.2	5.1	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	2.8	54	--	6.1-5.9	0.0	59.9	0.0	1.5	2.8	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.5	45	--	6.1-6.0	0.0	58.7	0.0	2.5	4.4	0.2	0.1
0-0	3.3	53	--	6.0-6.0	0.0	58.3	0.0	2.1	3.6	0.1	0.0
0-1	4.8	43	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.3	0.0	2.3	2.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	3.5	51	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.8	0.0	1.1	3.1	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.8	44	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.7	0.0	2.3	4.1	0.1	0.0
0-0	-8.7	102	--	5.9-6.2	0.0	55.8	12.2	6.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	-10.3	109	--	5.8-6.4	0.0	54.2	0.0	10.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.6	118	--	5.8-6.3	0.0	53.3	0.0	5.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.0	104	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.0	0.0	2.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	4.2	48	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	52.8	0.0	1.3	3.2	0.1	0.0
0-0	-12.8	119	--	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.8	0.0	4.4	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.3	85	--	5.6-5.6	0.0	52.1	0.0	8.4	1.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.9	60	--	5.7-6.4	0.0	51.2	0.0	0.5	1.6	0.0	0.0
0-0	-9.6	107	--	5.6-6.6	0.0	49.4	12.1	5.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	-15.1	127	--	5.6-6.5	0.0	48.9	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-8.6	101	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	48.5	0.0	2.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-10.5	110	--	5.5-6.6	0.0	47.7	10.2	4.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-1	-11.8	114	--	5.4-7.7	0.0	47.3	0.0	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	1.0	59	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	47.2	0.0	0.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.2	64	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	45.1	0.0	0.6	1.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.1	120	--	5.3-6.8	0.0	44.4	0.0	2.3	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.6	61	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	43.7	0.0	0.1	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-13.9	123	--	5.1-7.0	0.0	42.2	0.0	3.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.1	116	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	42.1	5.7	2.6	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.5	62	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	41.7	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	72	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	41.4	0.0	0.5	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.1	84	--	5.1-6.0	0.0	40.6	0.0	8.4	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-18.8	136	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.1	0.0	0.9	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.3	113	--	5.1-7.0	0.0	39.9	0.0	1.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.5	76	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.0	124	--	5.0-7.1	0.0	39.3	0.0	4.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.7	122	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	37.3	0.0	3.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.2	66	--	5.0-7.0	0.0	37.1	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.1	130	--	4.9-7.2	0.0	36.5	0.0	2.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	1.4	58	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	36.4	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.8	70	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	35.5	0.0	0.3	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.2	112	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	34.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-11.9	115	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	34.1	0.0	2.9	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-0	-6.7	93	--	4.7-6.4	0.0	32.7	0.0	4.6	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-0	0.3	63	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	32.6	0.0	0.1	0.9	0.0	0.0
1-0	-1.3	75	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	31.9	0.0	0.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	5.4	40	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	30.6	0.0	0.2	2.1	0.1	0.0
0-0	-15.2	128	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	30.4	2.7	1.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-17.3	133	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	29.9	0.0	1.7	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	4.1	49	--	4.6-7.4	0.0	29.3	0.0	0.2	1.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	-8.1	99	--	4.4-6.7	0.0	28.1	0.0	3.9	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.9	132	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	26.3	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-0.9	71	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	25.6	0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-0	-14.5	125	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	25.1	0.0	1.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	4.4	47	--	4.3-7.7	0.0	24.5	0.0	0.1	1.5	0.1	0.0
0-0	-18.4	135	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	21.7	0.0	1.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-13.4	121	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	21.4	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-17.9	134	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	20.2	0.0	1.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-2.7	79	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	20.1	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.0
0-0	-15.5	129	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	19.8	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-14.6	126	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	19.7	0.0	0.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-16.6	131	--	3.9-8.2	0.0	18.6	0.0	1.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-0	-19.3	137	--	3.5-8.6	0.0	15.8	1.3	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-0	-12.4	117	--	3.5-7.5	0.0	15.3	0.0	1.2	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-20.8	138	--	3.7-8.3	0.0	13.7	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: September 2, 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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