College Football Power Index 2026


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

	POWER INDEX			PROJECTIONS
W-L	FPI	RK	TREND	PROJ W-L	WIN OUT%	6WINS%	WIN DIV%	WIN CONF%	PLAYOFF%	MAKE NC%	WIN NC%
1-0	30.3	1	1	10.2-2.4	10.6	99.2	0.0	35.5	79.6	30.5	18.6
1-0	30.0	2	1	10.4-2.2	10.0	99.7	0.0	44.3	78.1	27.9	17.0
0-0	25.9	3	--	10.6-1.4	25.9	99.9	0.0	0.0	71.5	17.6	9.3
1-0	25.4	4	3	11.2-1.7	20.0	100.0	0.0	66.0	78.5	17.1	8.6
1-0	24.9	5	--	9.9-2.5	9.1	99.0	0.0	18.5	61.8	14.8	7.5
1-0	24.3	6	--	10.4-2.0	12.5	99.9	0.0	21.6	59.4	13.1	6.4
1-0	24.1	7	2	9.4-2.9	3.9	98.2	0.0	13.7	57.9	13.3	6.5
1-0	22.7	8	4	9.8-2.5	4.4	99.2	0.0	15.1	54.3	10.3	4.8
1-0	22.5	9	1	8.9-3.3	2.4	95.9	0.0	10.7	48.5	9.9	4.5
1-0	21.3	10	1	8.3-3.8	0.5	93.6	0.0	7.0	40.2	7.4	3.4
1-0	19.2	11	1	7.7-4.4	0.2	85.3	0.0	5.0	31.4	5.2	2.2
1-0	18.4	12	2	10.5-2.0	19.2	99.4	0.0	37.8	48.0	4.7	1.8
2-0	17.5	13	--	8.4-3.7	0.3	96.9	0.0	4.3	26.3	3.0	1.1
1-0	17.2	14	3	9.8-2.5	8.9	99.0	0.0	8.5	31.3	3.3	1.3
0-0	16.0	15	1	7.1-4.9	0.0	79.6	0.0	2.1	19.3	2.4	0.9
1-0	15.9	16	7	7.4-4.7	0.1	82.7	0.0	2.4	19.6	2.2	0.9
1-0	15.5	17	1	7.1-4.9	0.0	79.1	0.0	1.8	18.2	2.0	0.6
1-0	15.3	18	2	7.1-5.0	0.0	79.3	0.0	1.7	17.0	1.9	0.7
1-0	14.1	19	1	8.7-3.7	1.3	93.1	0.0	18.4	26.8	2.0	0.7
1-0	11.8	20	5	7.0-5.1	0.0	79.9	0.0	1.3	10.3	0.7	0.2
1-0	11.6	21	15	8.3-3.8	0.4	92.8	0.0	5.2	13.5	0.8	0.3
1-0	11.3	22	8	7.4-4.6	0.0	87.3	0.0	1.2	9.6	0.7	0.2
1-0	11.2	23	8	8.5-3.7	1.5	92.8	0.0	10.3	16.4	0.8	0.2
0-0	11.1	24	--	8.2-4.0	0.3	91.4	0.0	7.4	14.6	0.9	0.3
1-0	11.1	25	7	8.7-3.5	1.6	95.4	0.0	6.0	14.6	0.7	0.2
1-0	11.0	26	1	7.8-4.2	0.2	88.9	0.0	1.6	11.0	0.7	0.3
1-0	10.8	27	5	6.4-5.6	0.0	68.2	0.0	0.6	8.5	0.6	0.2
1-0	10.2	28	7	6.0-6.1	0.0	58.8	0.0	0.5	6.1	0.4	0.1
0-0	9.9	29	3	6.8-5.2	0.0	76.1	0.0	0.9	7.4	0.4	0.2
0-0	9.5	30	3	7.5-4.7	0.2	81.6	0.0	4.3	9.6	0.5	0.2
1-0	9.3	31	2	7.6-4.5	0.1	85.4	0.0	3.3	9.1	0.5	0.1
1-0	8.8	32	9	8.1-4.0	0.9	88.4	0.0	6.6	10.8	0.4	0.1
1-0	8.6	33	16	5.4-6.6	0.0	45.9	0.0	0.2	3.7	0.2	0.1
1-0	8.2	34	6	6.5-5.6	0.0	68.5	0.0	2.1	5.7	0.2	0.0
0-1	7.8	35	15	8.5-3.2	14.6	93.5	0.0	55.8	16.8	0.3	0.1
1-0	7.8	36	7	5.8-6.2	0.0	55.0	0.0	0.2	3.8	0.2	0.0
1-0	7.5	37	7	6.6-5.5	0.0	69.5	0.0	3.6	6.1	0.3	0.1
0-1	7.1	38	1	6.2-5.8	0.1	64.0	0.0	3.3	4.0	0.1	0.0
1-0	6.9	39	5	7.1-5.0	0.0	78.2	0.0	3.4	5.7	0.3	0.1
1-0	6.5	40	--	4.7-7.3	0.0	31.1	0.0	0.1	2.1	0.1	0.0
1-0	6.5	41	6	7.2-4.9	0.1	80.5	0.0	3.1	5.4	0.2	0.0
0-1	6.4	42	23	6.0-6.1	0.0	58.8	0.0	1.3	2.8	0.1	0.0
1-0	6.3	43	3	7.1-5.0	0.0	77.8	0.0	3.1	5.5	0.2	0.0
1-0	6.3	44	2	6.5-5.6	0.0	68.9	0.0	1.3	4.3	0.1	0.0
1-0	5.7	45	6	6.4-5.6	0.0	67.2	0.0	0.3	3.2	0.1	0.0
1-0	5.1	46	18	6.5-5.5	0.0	69.4	0.0	0.3	3.1	0.1	0.0
1-0	5.0	47	2	6.5-5.6	0.0	66.7	0.0	2.2	4.2	0.1	0.0
0-1	4.9	48	10	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.6	0.0	1.9	2.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	4.8	49	8	6.8-5.3	0.0	71.2	0.0	3.0	4.7	0.1	0.0
0-0	4.8	50	7	6.3-5.7	0.0	66.4	0.0	0.4	2.5	0.1	0.0
1-0	4.7	51	1	6.9-5.1	0.0	76.7	0.0	0.9	3.2	0.1	0.0
1-0	4.0	52	3	6.3-5.7	0.0	64.6	0.0	2.0	3.3	0.1	0.0
1-0	3.9	53	--	6.6-5.4	0.0	71.2	0.0	0.7	2.5	0.1	0.0
1-0	3.5	54	16	6.0-6.0	0.0	58.9	0.0	0.7	2.0	0.1	0.0
0-1	3.5	55	7	5.0-7.0	0.0	39.7	0.0	0.8	1.1	0.1	0.0
1-0	2.9	56	5	5.6-6.4	0.0	51.0	0.0	0.1	1.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.5	57	3	5.3-6.7	0.0	44.3	0.0	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	2.4	58	--	8.6-4.0	4.4	94.1	0.0	31.7	2.8	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.3	59	4	5.4-6.6	0.0	47.0	0.0	0.1	1.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	2.3	60	13	3.6-8.4	0.0	13.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.0
2-0	2.1	61	13	8.9-3.5	1.2	97.2	0.0	20.3	11.0	0.1	0.0
1-0	1.2	62	3	5.3-6.7	0.0	44.0	0.0	0.1	0.8	0.0	0.0
1-0	1.2	63	4	7.4-4.0	0.6	82.6	0.0	21.4	6.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	0.9	64	17	8.5-3.9	0.3	93.6	0.0	23.3	6.5	0.1	0.0
2-0	0.2	65	35	9.0-3.4	1.5	97.5	0.0	20.6	6.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-0.5	66	10	6.7-5.6	0.2	70.1	0.0	11.5	1.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	-0.6	67	2	7.7-4.7	0.1	84.6	0.0	16.7	4.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	-0.8	68	4	5.1-6.9	0.0	39.6	0.0	0.4	0.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	-0.8	69	3	5.3-6.7	0.0	43.3	0.0	0.5	0.7	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.0	70	12	8.7-3.9	4.4	94.5	0.0	39.1	3.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.2	71	20	5.1-6.9	0.0	40.2	0.0	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-1.6	72	18	4.0-8.0	0.0	20.1	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	-1.6	73	2	3.9-8.1	0.0	18.5	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0
1-0	-1.9	74	15	7.4-4.8	0.2	80.3	0.0	10.4	3.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-2.4	75	2	8.3-3.9	0.6	92.3	0.0	9.0	4.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-2.5	76	1	8.2-4.1	0.5	89.7	28.9	16.7	3.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	-3.0	77	10	7.6-4.7	0.1	83.0	30.2	17.0	3.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-3.0	78	16	4.1-7.9	0.0	20.9	0.0	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-3.1	79	37	7.4-4.9	0.1	81.2	0.0	11.6	2.3	0.0	0.0
0-1	-3.2	80	12	7.1-5.0	0.5	79.4	0.0	8.8	1.9	0.0	0.0
1-0	-3.4	81	24	7.9-4.3	0.2	88.5	0.0	8.1	3.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-3.8	82	6	7.0-5.2	0.0	76.1	0.0	8.0	2.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.0	83	4	8.0-4.5	2.2	87.4	0.0	24.6	0.8	0.0	0.0
0-0	-4.1	84	1	5.2-6.0	0.0	41.0	0.0	7.3	1.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-4.6	85	7	3.3-8.7	0.0	8.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-4.6	86	5	7.5-4.9	0.0	82.2	0.0	26.1	1.9	0.0	0.0
1-1	-4.6	87	7	4.1-7.9	0.0	16.9	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-5.2	88	21	7.7-4.6	0.3	84.1	25.1	12.6	1.9	0.0	0.0
1-0	-5.5	89	17	7.9-4.6	0.1	84.7	0.0	24.4	2.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-5.8	90	3	6.8-5.3	0.0	72.9	0.0	7.2	1.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-6.0	91	17	6.5-5.7	0.0	66.3	20.2	10.1	1.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-6.1	92	7	6.5-5.7	0.0	65.7	16.0	8.3	1.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-6.7	93	3	6.1-6.0	0.0	61.8	0.0	3.7	0.7	0.0	0.0
1-0	-6.7	94	5	7.4-4.8	0.0	82.1	20.4	9.8	1.4	0.0	0.0
0-2	-6.9	95	19	5.5-6.6	0.1	50.8	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-6.9	96	29	2.8-9.2	0.0	4.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.0	97	20	5.0-6.1	0.0	40.1	0.0	3.9	0.6	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.2	98	--	4.6-6.5	0.0	31.4	0.0	4.2	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-7.3	99	3	5.8-6.3	0.0	55.1	0.0	2.6	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-0	-7.5	100	14	5.7-6.3	0.0	52.4	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.6	101	5	7.2-5.1	0.6	78.6	0.0	16.0	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-7.9	102	16	5.0-6.1	0.0	38.4	0.0	3.2	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-1	-7.9	103	19	4.7-6.4	0.0	33.8	0.0	2.8	0.4	0.0	0.0
1-0	-8.0	104	1	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.9	13.5	6.5	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	-9.0	105	10	6.4-5.7	0.0	65.3	10.2	4.8	0.6	0.0	0.0
1-0	-9.6	106	6	6.0-6.1	0.0	57.0	10.3	4.5	0.5	0.0	0.0
0-1	-9.9	107	10	7.2-5.1	0.7	78.5	0.0	10.1	0.5	0.0	0.0
1-1	-9.9	108	7	6.4-5.8	0.1	67.0	0.0	8.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-10.1	109	15	6.4-6.7	0.0	67.2	0.0	2.4	0.2	0.0	0.0
0-1	-10.4	110	18	3.1-8.0	0.0	8.9	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-10.7	111	4	5.3-6.8	0.0	44.6	8.5	3.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-11.0	112	25	7.9-4.3	0.3	89.0	0.0	6.9	1.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-11.1	113	4	5.2-6.9	0.0	42.3	7.1	2.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-11.6	114	28	4.9-7.2	0.0	37.2	0.0	7.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-12.1	115	4	5.7-6.4	0.0	52.8	0.0	5.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-12.1	116	6	4.2-7.8	0.0	24.2	0.0	0.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-12.2	117	23	5.7-6.4	0.0	53.7	0.0	5.3	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-0	-12.6	118	5	6.4-5.7	0.0	66.8	0.0	4.5	0.3	0.0	0.0
1-0	-12.6	119	8	5.2-6.9	0.0	41.9	4.7	1.8	0.1	0.0	0.0
1-1	-12.8	120	9	5.5-6.7	0.0	47.6	0.0	5.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-13.5	121	17	5.3-6.8	0.0	44.8	4.8	1.6	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.5	122	6	4.2-7.8	0.0	22.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-14.8	123	--	4.2-7.9	0.0	22.3	0.0	2.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-15.3	124	9	4.0-8.0	0.0	19.6	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-15.5	125	6	5.0-7.1	0.0	34.9	0.0	2.3	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-15.9	126	16	4.4-7.7	0.0	26.8	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-0	-15.9	127	3	4.6-7.4	0.0	31.5	0.0	2.5	0.1	0.0	0.0
0-1	-16.5	128	8	4.1-7.9	0.0	23.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-16.8	129	4	4.4-7.7	0.0	26.8	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.1	130	10	4.7-7.3	0.0	34.2	0.0	1.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.2	131	5	2.2-9.8	0.0	3.5	0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.6	132	11	3.8-8.2	0.0	18.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-17.7	133	8	3.2-8.9	0.0	10.2	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
1-1	-18.4	134	23	4.4-7.6	0.0	25.6	0.0	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-19.0	135	1	4.2-7.9	0.0	23.6	0.0	1.1	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-19.1	136	4	3.3-8.8	0.0	9.3	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-23.6	137	2	2.9-9.1	0.0	7.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
0-1	-24.3	138	--	2.4-9.6	0.0	4.0	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0

Last Updated: September 6, 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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