College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
LSU Tigers	SEC
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
USC Trojans	Big Ten
BYU Cougars	Big 12
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
Florida Gators	SEC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Utah Utes	Big 12
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Memphis Tigers	American
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Auburn Tigers	SEC
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
Houston Cougars	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Missouri Tigers	SEC
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
UCF Knights	Big 12
Navy Midshipmen	American
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
South Florida Bulls	American
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
Army Black Knights	American
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Clemson Tigers	ACC
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
UTSA Roadrunners	American
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Syracuse Orange	ACC
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
East Carolina Pirates	American
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
Tulane Green Wave	American
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Toledo Rockets	MAC
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
North Texas Mean Green	American
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Temple Owls	American
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Liberty Flames	CUSA
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
California Golden Bears	ACC
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Rice Owls	American
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
UAB Blazers	American
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Boston College Eagles	ACC
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Akron Zips	MAC
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Charlotte 49ers	American
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Northern Illinois Huskies	Mountain West
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
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%
2-0	25.7	4	--	11.2-1.6	19.4	100.0	0.0	66.7	79.4	17.0	8.4
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	30.0	2	--	10.4-2.2	10.1	99.7	0.0	44.6	78.1	28.4	17.1
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	24.9	5	--	9.9-2.5	9.2	99.0	0.0	18.3	61.5	14.7	7.4
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	24.3	7	--	9.4-2.9	4.1	98.2	0.0	14.2	58.4	13.6	6.5
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	22.5	9	--	9.0-3.3	2.4	96.3	0.0	11.3	49.2	9.4	4.4
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	21.3	10	--	8.3-3.8	0.5	93.4	0.0	6.7	39.6	7.4	3.2
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	19.2	11	--	7.7-4.4	0.2	85.6	0.0	5.0	31.0	4.8	2.0
2-0	17.5	13	--	8.5-3.7	0.3	97.3	0.0	4.6	26.5	3.0	1.2
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	12.1	20	--	8.9-3.5	0.7	97.3	0.0	9.9	20.8	1.1	0.4
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	15.9	15	--	7.4-4.7	0.1	83.1	0.0	2.2	19.5	2.1	0.8
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	15.3	18	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	79.4	0.0	1.8	17.4	1.9	0.7
0-1	7.8	34	--	8.6-3.2	14.7	93.7	0.0	55.4	17.3	0.3	0.1
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	11.6	22	--	8.3-3.9	0.4	92.7	0.0	4.8	13.6	0.8	0.2
1-0	11.0	26	1	8.7-3.5	1.5	96.1	0.0	4.6	13.4	0.6	0.2
2-0	2.1	61	--	8.9-3.4	1.2	97.2	0.0	21.3	11.4	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	11.8	21	--	7.0-5.1	0.0	80.0	0.0	1.2	10.3	0.7	0.2
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	11.3	23	--	7.5-4.6	0.0	87.8	0.0	1.2	10.0	0.7	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	10.8	27	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	68.8	0.0	0.6	8.3	0.5	0.2
0-1	10.8	28	--	7.5-4.7	1.5	84.7	0.0	5.0	7.6	0.2	0.0
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	1.2	63	--	7.4-4.0	0.6	82.7	0.0	21.8	6.5	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
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	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
1-0	6.5	41	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	80.5	0.0	3.2	5.6	0.2	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
1-0	10.2	29	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	58.3	0.0	0.3	5.1	0.3	0.1
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	4.8	49	--	6.7-5.4	0.0	70.3	0.0	2.8	4.4	0.1	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
1-0	4.9	47	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	67.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	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
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	8.7	33	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	46.2	0.0	0.2	3.9	0.2	0.1
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	-2.5	76	--	8.2-4.1	0.5	89.9	29.6	17.1	3.5	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	-1.8	74	--	7.5-4.8	0.2	80.8	0.0	10.7	3.3	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
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	-3.4	81	--	7.8-4.3	0.2	88.1	0.0	8.1	3.1	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
1-0	5.7	45	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.4	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.1	0.1
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	-3.0	77	--	7.6-4.7	0.1	82.8	30.3	17.1	2.7	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	3.8	52	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.9	0.0	0.7	2.5	0.1	0.0
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	-3.8	82	--	7.0-5.2	0.0	75.7	0.0	7.7	2.3	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
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	6.5	40	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	30.4	0.0	0.1	2.0	0.1	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	-5.2	88	--	7.7-4.6	0.3	83.9	24.9	12.8	2.0	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
0-1	-3.2	80	--	7.1-5.0	0.5	79.2	0.0	8.5	1.9	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
0-1	-0.5	66	--	6.6-5.6	0.2	69.5	0.0	11.3	1.5	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
1-0	2.9	56	--	5.6-6.4	0.0	52.5	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
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	2.6	57	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	44.4	0.0	0.0	1.2	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
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	-11.0	112	--	7.9-4.3	0.3	88.2	0.0	6.4	1.0	0.0	0.0
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	-6.1	92	--	6.5-5.7	0.0	66.1	14.9	7.7	1.0	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
0-1	3.6	54	1	5.0-7.1	0.0	37.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.0	83	--	8.0-4.5	2.2	87.6	0.0	25.6	0.8	0.0	0.0
1-0	-0.8	68	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.0	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
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	-7.9	102	--	5.1-6.1	0.0	38.9	0.0	3.3	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	-7.3	99	--	5.8-6.2	0.0	54.7	0.0	2.7	0.6	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
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	-9.1	105	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	65.3	10.4	4.6	0.5	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
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	-7.9	103	--	4.7-6.4	0.0	34.3	0.0	3.2	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	-9.6	106	--	5.9-6.2	0.0	56.3	9.9	4.4	0.3	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
1-0	-12.6	118	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	66.3	0.0	4.3	0.3	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
1-0	-1.6	73	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	19.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	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
0-1	-3.0	78	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	21.5	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	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
1-1	-10.0	108	--	6.4-5.8	0.1	66.9	0.0	8.9	0.1	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
1-1	-13.0	120	--	5.4-6.8	0.0	45.3	0.0	5.3	0.1	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
1-0	-12.2	116	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	24.4	0.0	0.7	0.1	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	-11.1	113	--	5.2-6.9	0.0	42.6	7.0	2.9	0.1	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	-12.1	115	--	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.5	0.0	5.0	0.1	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	-15.4	125	--	4.8-7.2	0.0	34.9	0.0	2.9	0.1	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
1-1	-18.7	134	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	24.6	0.0	0.4	0.0	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
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	-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	-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	-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	-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
1-1	-15.6	126	--	4.9-7.1	0.0	34.7	0.0	2.0	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	-23.6	137	--	2.9-9.2	0.0	6.9	0.0	0.2	0.0	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	-19.1	136	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	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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