College Football Power Index 2026


Team	CONF
Miami Hurricanes	ACC
Liberty Flames	CUSA
James Madison Dukes	Sun Belt
New Mexico Lobos	Mountain West
Indiana Hoosiers	Big Ten
Boise State Broncos	Pac-12
Ohio State Buckeyes	Big Ten
Utah Utes	Big 12
Georgia Bulldogs	SEC
Notre Dame Fighting Irish	FBS Indep.
UCLA Bruins	Big Ten
UTSA Roadrunners	American
Wake Forest Demon Deacons	ACC
BYU Cougars	Big 12
Texas Tech Red Raiders	Big 12
Toledo Rockets	MAC
North Dakota State Bison	Mountain West
Alabama Crimson Tide	SEC
Houston Cougars	Big 12
North Texas Mean Green	American
Arizona Wildcats	Big 12
SMU Mustangs	ACC
Kentucky Wildcats	SEC
Texas Longhorns	SEC
Memphis Tigers	American
Ohio Bobcats	MAC
LSU Tigers	SEC
Western Michigan Broncos	MAC
Oregon State Beavers	Pac-12
Wisconsin Badgers	Big Ten
Northwestern Wildcats	Big Ten
Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	Sun Belt
Ole Miss Rebels	SEC
Tennessee Volunteers	SEC
Army Black Knights	American
Nebraska Cornhuskers	Big Ten
Jacksonville State Gamecocks	CUSA
Oklahoma State Cowboys	Big 12
South Florida Bulls	American
Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns	Sun Belt
App State Mountaineers	Sun Belt
Virginia Tech Hokies	ACC
Air Force Falcons	Mountain West
Florida Gators	SEC
USC Trojans	Big Ten
Iowa Hawkeyes	Big Ten
Louisville Cardinals	ACC
Pittsburgh Panthers	ACC
UNLV Rebels	Mountain West
Duke Blue Devils	ACC
Buffalo Bulls	MAC
Oregon Ducks	Big Ten
Miami (OH) RedHawks	MAC
Missouri Tigers	SEC
UCF Knights	Big 12
Cincinnati Bearcats	Big 12
Penn State Nittany Lions	Big Ten
Fresno State Bulldogs	Pac-12
Auburn Tigers	SEC
Georgia State Panthers	Sun Belt
Texas State Bobcats	Pac-12
Oklahoma Sooners	SEC
Michigan Wolverines	Big Ten
North Carolina Tar Heels	ACC
Tulsa Golden Hurricane	American
Mississippi State Bulldogs	SEC
South Carolina Gamecocks	SEC
South Alabama Jaguars	Sun Belt
Wyoming Cowboys	Mountain West
Kansas State Wildcats	Big 12
Arkansas State Red Wolves	Sun Belt
Clemson Tigers	ACC
UConn Huskies	FBS Indep.
Massachusetts Minutemen	MAC
Florida Atlantic Owls	American
Baylor Bears	Big 12
Georgia Southern Eagles	Sun Belt
East Carolina Pirates	American
Florida State Seminoles	ACC
Marshall Thundering Herd	Sun Belt
Virginia Cavaliers	ACC
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	CUSA
West Virginia Mountaineers	Big 12
Minnesota Golden Gophers	Big Ten
Illinois Fighting Illini	Big Ten
Tulane Green Wave	American
San José State Spartans	Mountain West
Texas A&M Aggies	SEC
Florida International Panthers	CUSA
UAB Blazers	American
Delaware Blue Hens	CUSA
Central Michigan Chippewas	MAC
Arizona State Sun Devils	Big 12
Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	CUSA
Washington Huskies	Big Ten
Eastern Michigan Eagles	MAC
New Mexico State Aggies	CUSA
Boston College Eagles	ACC
NC State Wolfpack	ACC
Nevada Wolf Pack	Mountain West
TCU Horned Frogs	Big 12
Kansas Jayhawks	Big 12
Syracuse Orange	ACC
Iowa State Cyclones	Big 12
Kent State Golden Flashes	MAC
Stanford Cardinal	ACC
Troy Trojans	Sun Belt
Purdue Boilermakers	Big Ten
Hawai'i Rainbow Warriors	Mountain West
San Diego State Aztecs	Pac-12
Temple Owls	American
California Golden Bears	ACC
Colorado State Rams	Pac-12
Ball State Cardinals	MAC
Navy Midshipmen	American
Southern Miss Golden Eagles	Sun Belt
Arkansas Razorbacks	SEC
Utah State Aggies	Pac-12
Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	Sun Belt
Missouri State Bears	CUSA
Old Dominion Monarchs	Sun Belt
Vanderbilt Commodores	SEC
Michigan State Spartans	Big Ten
Colorado Buffaloes	Big 12
Bowling Green Falcons	MAC
Kennesaw State Owls	CUSA
Maryland Terrapins	Big Ten
Rutgers Scarlet Knights	Big Ten
Sam Houston Bearkats	CUSA
Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	ACC
Washington State Cougars	Pac-12
UTEP Miners	Mountain West
Rice Owls	American
UL Monroe Warhawks	Sun Belt
Charlotte 49ers	American
Akron Zips	MAC
Sacramento State Hornets	MAC
Northern Illinois Huskies	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%
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	2.5	57	--	11.1-1.8	40.8	100.0	0.0	77.6	3.0	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
6-1	7.9	41	--	11.0-1.9	36.7	100.0	0.0	70.0	20.3	0.2	0.0
7-1	24.1	6	--	10.9-1.7	35.4	100.0	0.0	32.1	88.7	20.6	9.6
6-1	11.3	32	--	10.9-2.0	32.4	100.0	0.0	64.7	47.2	1.0	0.2
6-1	28.2	1	--	10.8-2.1	29.7	100.0	0.0	59.8	91.4	33.3	19.6
7-0	17.0	10	--	10.8-1.9	8.7	100.0	0.0	35.7	60.7	5.5	1.7
6-1	26.5	4	--	10.6-2.1	26.2	100.0	0.0	47.0	80.0	23.9	13.0
6-1	27.7	2	--	10.4-1.6	48.6	100.0	0.0	0.0	82.4	24.5	14.1
7-0	11.7	31	--	10.3-2.0	1.7	100.0	0.0	4.9	50.6	2.1	0.4
7-1	0.5	67	--	10.1-2.6	10.7	100.0	0.0	33.1	16.5	0.0	0.0
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
6-2	-2.5	79	--	9.7-2.9	26.1	100.0	0.0	35.3	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
6-2	24.5	5	--	9.4-2.9	24.5	100.0	0.0	16.0	63.1	12.9	6.2
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	2.7	56	--	9.2-3.5	13.9	100.0	0.0	34.9	2.0	0.0	0.0
6-1	13.3	23	--	9.1-3.1	3.5	100.0	0.0	10.0	18.9	0.8	0.2
6-1	12.3	27	--	9.0-3.4	0.5	100.0	0.0	6.0	15.4	0.6	0.1
7-1	13.1	24	--	8.9-3.4	1.0	100.0	0.0	6.7	52.1	2.6	0.7
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	1.9	60	--	8.8-3.4	12.0	100.0	0.0	14.3	0.5	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
6-2	24.0	7	--	8.8-3.4	12.6	100.0	0.0	10.1	45.3	8.9	4.1
5-3	-3.1	81	--	8.7-3.9	28.9	99.9	0.0	34.7	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
5-2	10.7	36	--	8.6-3.5	13.2	99.9	0.0	1.5	9.8	0.2	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
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	18.9	9	--	8.5-3.6	6.4	100.0	0.0	5.3	38.5	4.0	1.4
6-2	16.8	12	--	8.4-3.7	6.0	100.0	0.0	2.8	23.1	1.7	0.6
5-2	-0.3	73	--	8.4-4.0	4.9	99.4	0.0	15.8	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	16.7	13	--	8.3-3.7	9.0	99.9	0.0	0.2	8.2	0.6	0.2
5-2	-8.8	100	--	8.3-4.4	2.6	99.3	0.0	15.1	0.0	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
5-2	-2.1	76	--	8.1-3.9	7.3	99.3	0.0	1.1	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
5-2	-7.5	96	--	8.0-4.1	2.6	99.4	11.6	4.7	0.0	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
5-2	-4.8	88	--	7.8-4.3	1.2	99.5	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
5-2	14.5	17	--	7.7-4.3	1.2	98.9	0.0	2.2	16.8	0.9	0.3
6-2	12.7	25	--	7.7-4.3	0.7	100.0	0.0	0.2	3.7	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	13.6	21	--	7.6-4.5	14.1	98.5	0.0	1.6	1.7	0.1	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	-2.5	78	--	7.4-4.8	2.7	97.7	0.0	8.4	0.0	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
5-3	-12.9	115	--	7.4-4.8	5.1	97.2	0.0	4.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-3	17.0	11	--	7.3-4.8	5.0	96.6	0.0	0.7	2.0	0.1	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
5-2	12.2	28	--	7.1-4.9	0.3	95.4	0.0	0.5	4.7	0.1	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
5-2	6.5	47	--	7.0-5.0	0.4	95.3	0.0	0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0
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	-1.0	74	--	7.0-5.1	2.4	91.6	0.0	1.5	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
4-3	-7.5	95	--	6.7-5.3	4.9	84.6	0.2	0.1	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
4-3	14.1	19	--	6.6-5.5	1.7	81.7	0.0	1.6	4.3	0.2	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
4-3	7.4	43	--	6.5-5.5	1.3	84.0	0.0	0.1	0.1	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
4-3	8.5	40	--	6.5-5.5	0.8	87.7	0.0	0.0	0.6	0.0	0.0
4-3	12.4	26	--	6.4-5.6	2.1	80.1	0.0	0.1	1.1	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
5-3	-13.2	116	--	6.4-5.7	0.1	86.9	0.0	1.3	0.0	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
4-4	-8.7	98	--	6.4-5.7	5.5	83.4	5.2	1.1	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
4-3	-4.8	89	--	6.3-5.7	1.7	78.6	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
5-2	-10.9	108	--	6.2-5.8	0.0	72.2	0.0	0.2	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	-4.9	90	--	6.1-5.9	8.8	71.4	3.5	1.8	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	10.1	37	--	6.1-5.9	8.6	71.2	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
4-4	6.0	50	--	6.0-6.0	4.2	71.7	0.0	0.0	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
5-3	1.9	61	--	6.0-6.0	0.2	69.4	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
4-3	6.4	48	--	5.9-6.1	0.8	62.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	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
4-4	-13.3	117	--	5.6-7.4	0.0	52.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
4-4	13.4	22	--	5.6-6.4	2.8	54.1	0.0	0.0	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
4-3	-13.7	119	--	5.5-6.5	0.0	48.3	0.0	0.1	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
3-5	-14.3	121	--	5.5-6.5	13.4	51.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	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
3-4	-12.3	113	--	5.3-6.8	0.2	43.5	0.0	2.4	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
4-5	-16.3	127	--	5.3-6.7	4.6	38.5	0.0	0.1	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
4-3	0.2	69	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	30.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	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
3-4	-7.5	94	--	5.1-7.0	0.1	29.6	0.0	0.6	0.0	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
3-4	4.3	55	--	4.9-7.1	0.8	28.0	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
3-4	1.5	63	--	4.7-7.3	0.6	21.1	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
4-4	-10.0	106	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	7.6	0.0	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	2.2	58	--	4.5-7.5	0.0	13.9	0.0	0.0	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
3-5	-9.7	105	--	4.4-7.6	0.3	9.5	0.0	0.3	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
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	-10.9	109	--	4.2-7.8	0.1	10.0	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
2-5	-6.3	92	--	4.2-7.8	0.2	7.3	0.0	0.0	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
3-4	2.0	59	--	3.9-8.1	0.0	4.2	0.0	0.0	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	-12.2	112	--	3.7-8.3	0.2	4.0	0.1	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
2-6	-15.3	125	--	3.6-8.4	2.5	2.5	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
2-6	1.2	64	--	3.5-8.5	1.5	1.5	0.0	0.0	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
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	-14.2	120	--	3.3-8.7	2.9	2.9	0.0	0.0	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
2-5	-4.4	87	--	2.9-9.1	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0	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	-2.5	80	--	2.7-9.3	0.0	0.2	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
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	-14.6	122	--	1.9-10.1	0.2	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	-22.0	133	--	1.8-10.2	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
1-7	-33.2	138	--	1.4-10.6	0.0	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

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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