College Football Power Index 2026


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

	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	27.0	3	--	10.8-1.2	31.0	100.0	0.0	0.0	77.2	20.4	10.9
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	30.0	2	--	10.4-2.2	10.1	99.7	0.0	44.6	78.1	28.4	17.1
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	30.2	1	--	10.2-2.4	10.5	99.2	0.0	35.2	79.3	29.7	18.1
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	17.2	14	--	9.8-2.4	9.2	99.2	0.0	8.5	31.5	3.5	1.3
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	24.3	7	--	9.4-2.9	4.1	98.2	0.0	14.2	58.4	13.6	6.5
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	22.5	9	--	9.0-3.3	2.4	96.3	0.0	11.3	49.2	9.4	4.4
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	12.1	20	--	8.9-3.5	0.7	97.3	0.0	9.9	20.8	1.1	0.4
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	11.0	26	1	8.7-3.5	1.5	96.1	0.0	4.6	13.4	0.6	0.2
1-0	14.1	19	--	8.7-3.7	1.2	93.2	0.0	18.2	26.4	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
1-1	2.3	58	--	8.5-4.0	4.4	94.1	0.0	31.5	2.9	0.0	0.0
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	0.9	64	--	8.5-3.9	0.3	93.6	0.0	23.2	6.5	0.0	0.0
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	21.3	10	--	8.3-3.8	0.5	93.4	0.0	6.7	39.6	7.4	3.2
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	-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	8.8	32	--	8.1-4.0	0.9	88.7	0.0	6.9	10.9	0.4	0.2
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	-11.0	112	--	7.9-4.3	0.3	88.2	0.0	6.4	1.0	0.0	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
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	11.0	25	1	7.8-4.2	0.2	89.0	0.0	1.7	10.1	0.5	0.1
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	-5.2	88	--	7.7-4.6	0.3	83.9	24.9	12.8	2.0	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
1-0	-3.0	77	--	7.6-4.7	0.1	82.8	30.3	17.1	2.7	0.0	0.0
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	-4.6	86	--	7.6-4.9	0.0	81.9	0.0	26.5	1.9	0.0	0.0
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	11.3	23	--	7.5-4.6	0.0	87.8	0.0	1.2	10.0	0.7	0.2
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	1.2	63	--	7.4-4.0	0.6	82.7	0.0	21.8	6.5	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	-6.7	94	--	7.4-4.8	0.0	81.7	20.4	9.6	1.5	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	15.5	17	1	7.3-4.7	0.0	84.2	0.0	1.8	20.2	2.3	0.8
1-0	6.5	41	--	7.2-4.9	0.1	80.5	0.0	3.2	5.6	0.2	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	15.6	16	1	7.2-4.9	0.0	80.1	0.0	2.1	18.1	1.7	0.7
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	-10.0	107	--	7.1-5.1	0.7	78.0	0.0	10.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
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	6.9	39	--	7.1-5.0	0.0	78.1	0.0	3.6	5.9	0.2	0.1
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	-3.8	82	--	7.0-5.2	0.0	75.7	0.0	7.7	2.3	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	9.5	30	--	6.9-5.1	0.0	78.2	0.0	0.7	7.0	0.3	0.2
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	-5.8	90	--	6.9-5.3	0.0	73.0	0.0	7.6	1.3	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
0-1	-0.5	66	--	6.6-5.6	0.2	69.5	0.0	11.3	1.5	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	3.8	52	--	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.9	0.0	0.7	2.5	0.1	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	4.9	47	--	6.5-5.6	0.0	67.0	0.0	2.5	4.3	0.1	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	-6.0	91	--	6.5-5.8	0.0	66.3	20.3	10.2	1.1	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	6.3	44	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	68.1	0.0	1.1	4.4	0.2	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	5.7	45	--	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.4	0.0	0.3	3.0	0.1	0.1
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	-12.6	118	--	6.4-5.7	0.0	66.3	0.0	4.3	0.3	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
1-0	4.0	51	--	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.5	0.0	1.6	2.5	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
1-0	-8.0	104	--	6.1-6.1	0.0	58.0	13.6	6.4	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	6.4	42	--	6.0-6.1	0.0	59.2	0.0	1.5	3.0	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	-9.6	106	--	5.9-6.2	0.0	56.3	9.9	4.4	0.3	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	7.8	35	--	5.9-6.1	0.0	56.0	0.0	0.2	3.9	0.2	0.1
1-0	-7.3	99	--	5.8-6.2	0.0	54.7	0.0	2.7	0.6	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
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	4.8	48	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	53.4	0.0	2.0	2.2	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	-7.5	100	--	5.7-6.3	0.0	51.9	0.0	0.0	0.1	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
0-2	-6.9	95	--	5.5-6.6	0.1	50.7	0.0	2.5	0.0	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	8.7	33	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	46.2	0.0	0.2	3.9	0.2	0.1
1-0	1.3	62	--	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.8	0.0	0.1	0.9	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	-10.7	111	--	5.3-6.8	0.0	45.6	8.5	3.4	0.1	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	-0.8	69	--	5.3-6.7	0.0	43.7	0.0	0.3	0.7	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
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	-0.8	68	--	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.0	0.0	0.4	0.7	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
1-0	-7.9	102	--	5.1-6.1	0.0	38.9	0.0	3.3	0.6	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	3.6	54	1	5.0-7.1	0.0	37.8	0.0	0.5	0.8	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	-4.4	84	--	4.9-6.2	0.0	36.2	0.0	6.7	0.6	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
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	-7.9	103	--	4.7-6.4	0.0	34.3	0.0	3.2	0.4	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
1-0	6.5	40	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	30.4	0.0	0.1	2.0	0.1	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	-16.8	129	--	4.4-7.6	0.0	27.2	0.0	1.7	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
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	-12.2	116	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	24.4	0.0	0.7	0.1	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	-14.5	122	--	4.2-7.8	0.0	21.8	0.0	0.3	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	-16.6	128	--	4.1-8.0	0.0	22.6	0.0	2.0	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
1-1	-4.6	87	--	4.1-7.9	0.0	16.2	0.0	0.0	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
1-0	-1.6	73	--	4.0-8.0	0.0	19.3	0.0	0.0	0.2	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	-17.6	132	--	3.8-8.2	0.0	17.8	0.0	0.2	0.0	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	-19.1	136	--	3.3-8.7	0.0	9.2	0.0	0.2	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	-17.7	133	--	3.1-8.9	0.0	10.1	0.0	0.3	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	-23.6	137	--	2.9-9.2	0.0	6.9	0.0	0.2	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	-24.2	138	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	4.5	0.2	0.1	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

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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