2025

2026 Rankings
After Week 5 (as of 10/4/26)

Rk	Team	Record		Rating	Conference
1	Alabama	(5-0)		0.9008	Southeastern
2	Texas	(4-0)		0.8916	Southeastern
3	Notre Dame	(5-0)		0.7431	Independent
4	Miami (Florida)	(5-0)		0.7005	Atlantic Coast
5	Oregon	(3-1)		0.6514	Big Ten
6	Florida	(4-1)		0.6507	Southeastern
7	Mississippi State	(4-1)		0.6416	Southeastern
8	Pittsburgh	(5-0)		0.6413	Atlantic Coast
9	Texas Tech	(5-0)		0.6264	Big Twelve
10	Brigham Young	(4-0)		0.5886	Big Twelve
11	Southern California	(5-1)		0.5789	Big Ten
12	UCLA	(4-0)		0.5777	Big Ten
13	James Madison	(5-0)		0.5578	Sun Belt
14	Nebraska	(5-0)		0.5507	Big Ten
15	Missouri	(4-1)		0.5486	Southeastern
16	Duke	(4-0)		0.5434	Atlantic Coast
17	Georgia	(5-0)		0.5415	Southeastern
18	Mississippi	(3-1)		0.5364	Southeastern
19	Ohio State	(4-1)		0.5345	Big Ten
20	North Dakota State	(5-0)		0.5291	Mountain West
21	Indiana	(5-0)		0.5229	Big Ten
22	Houston	(4-1)		0.5192	Big Twelve
23	Louisiana State	(4-1)		0.5100	Southeastern
24	Utah	(4-0)		0.5076	Big Twelve
25	Kentucky	(4-1)		0.4991	Southeastern
26	Boise State	(4-1)		0.4861	Pac 12
27	Wake Forest	(4-1)		0.4841	Atlantic Coast
28	Wisconsin	(4-1)		0.4758	Big Ten
29	Tennessee	(4-1)		0.4649	Southeastern
30	Auburn	(3-2)		0.4535	Southeastern
31	Minnesota	(4-1)		0.4533	Big Ten
32	Iowa	(4-1)		0.4465	Big Ten
33	Oklahoma State	(3-1)		0.4414	Big Twelve
34	Northwestern	(3-1)		0.4367	Big Ten
35	Arizona	(4-1)		0.4233	Big Twelve
36	Baylor	(4-1)		0.4092	Big Twelve
37	Virginia Tech	(4-1)		0.4091	Atlantic Coast
38	Cincinnati	(4-1)		0.4013	Big Twelve
39	Texas-San Antonio	(4-1)		0.3998	American
40	Fresno State	(4-1)		0.3882	Pac 12
41	Southern Methodist	(4-1)		0.3831	Atlantic Coast
42	Central Florida	(3-2)		0.3776	Big Twelve
43	Michigan	(3-2)		0.3714	Big Ten
44	Kansas State	(3-1)		0.3691	Big Twelve
45	Florida Atlantic	(4-1)		0.3597	American
46	South Florida	(4-1)		0.3461	American
47	Liberty	(4-1)		0.3424	Conference USA
48	Louisiana-Lafayette	(4-1)		0.3388	Sun Belt
49	Toledo	(4-1)		0.3297	Mid-American
50	Memphis	(4-1)		0.3271	American
51	New Mexico	(4-1)		0.3264	Mountain West
52	Clemson	(3-2)		0.3160	Atlantic Coast
53	Air Force	(3-1)		0.3134	Mountain West
54	Penn State	(3-2)		0.3049	Big Ten
55	Vanderbilt	(3-2)		0.2886	Southeastern
56	Florida State	(3-2)		0.2853	Atlantic Coast
57	Georgia State	(4-1)		0.2848	Sun Belt
58	Appalachian State	(3-1)		0.2838	Sun Belt
59	Oklahoma	(2-2)		0.2760	Southeastern
60	Iowa State	(3-2)		0.2725	Big Twelve
61	Ohio	(3-2)		0.2697	Mid-American
62	Washington	(3-2)		0.2687	Big Ten
63	Oregon State	(3-2)		0.2586	Pac 12
64	Texas A&M	(3-2)		0.2541	Southeastern
65	Louisville	(2-3)		0.2535	Atlantic Coast
66	North Carolina	(2-2)		0.2500	Atlantic Coast
67	Tulane	(2-2)		0.2465	American
68	South Alabama	(3-2)		0.2438	Sun Belt
69	Michigan State	(2-3)		0.2348	Big Ten
70	Jacksonville State	(3-2)		0.2316	Conference USA
71	Western Michigan	(3-2)		0.2250	Mid-American
72	North Carolina State	(3-2)		0.2196	Atlantic Coast
73	West Virginia	(3-2)		0.2176	Big Twelve
74	South Carolina	(2-3)		0.2108	Southeastern
75	Purdue	(2-3)		0.2098	Big Ten
76	San Jose State	(3-2)		0.1976	Mountain West
77	North Texas	(3-2)		0.1955	American
78	Army	(2-2)		0.1896	American
79	East Carolina	(2-2)		0.1835	American
80	Florida International	(2-2)		0.1780	Conference USA
81	Louisiana Tech	(2-2)		0.1740	Sun Belt
82	Texas State	(2-3)		0.1669	Pac 12
83	Central Michigan	(3-2)		0.1630	Mid-American
84	Marshall	(3-2)		0.1625	Sun Belt
85	Texas Christian	(2-3)		0.1528	Big Twelve
86	Virginia	(3-2)		0.1493	Atlantic Coast
87	Tulsa	(3-2)		0.1462	American
88	Illinois	(2-3)		0.1321	Big Ten
89	San Diego State	(2-3)		0.1288	Pac 12
90	Temple	(2-3)		0.1241	American
91	Syracuse	(2-2)		0.1218	Atlantic Coast
92	Maryland	(2-3)		0.1146	Big Ten
93	Stanford	(2-3)		0.1136	Atlantic Coast
94	Alabama-Birmingham	(3-2)		0.1102	American
95	Nevada-Las Vegas	(3-2)		0.1058	Mountain West
96	Colorado	(2-3)		0.1050	Big Twelve
97	Boston College	(2-3)		0.0973	Atlantic Coast
98	Massachusetts	(4-1)		0.0943	Mid-American
99	Kansas	(2-2)		0.0838	Big Twelve
100	Troy	(2-2)		0.0779	Sun Belt
101	Georgia Southern	(2-3)		0.0672	Sun Belt
102	Eastern Michigan	(3-3)		0.0635	Mid-American
103	Miami (Ohio)	(2-3)		0.0586	Mid-American
104	California	(2-3)		0.0533	Atlantic Coast
105	Arkansas	(2-3)		0.0451	Southeastern
106	Arizona State	(2-2)		0.0263	Big Twelve
107	Navy	(1-3)		0.0210	American
108	Rice	(1-4)		0.0055	American
109	Colorado State	(2-3)		0.0017	Pac 12
110	Kent State	(2-3)		-0.0038	Mid-American
111	Arkansas State	(2-3)		-0.0200	Sun Belt
112	Sam Houston State	(1-3)		-0.0458	Conference USA
113	Buffalo	(2-3)		-0.0463	Mid-American
114	Delaware	(2-3)		-0.0707	Conference USA
115	Middle Tennessee State	(2-3)		-0.0809	Conference USA
116	Georgia Tech	(1-3)		-0.1032	Atlantic Coast
117	Kennesaw State	(1-3)		-0.1079	Conference USA
118	Old Dominion	(1-4)		-0.1100	Sun Belt
119	Missouri State	(1-3)		-0.1121	Conference USA
120	Washington State	(1-4)		-0.1200	Pac 12
121	Wyoming	(2-3)		-0.1243	Mountain West
122	Connecticut	(2-3)		-0.1302	Independent
123	New Mexico State	(2-3)		-0.1319	Conference USA
124	Utah State	(1-4)		-0.1333	Pac 12
125	Bowling Green State	(1-4)		-0.1386	Mid-American
126	Rutgers	(1-4)		-0.1574	Big Ten
127	Ball State	(1-4)		-0.1860	Mid-American
128	Coastal Carolina	(1-4)		-0.1899	Sun Belt
129	Texas-El Paso	(1-4)		-0.2550	Mountain West
130	Nevada	(1-3)		-0.2718	Mountain West
131	Southern Mississippi	(1-3)		-0.2828	Sun Belt
132	Sacramento State	(1-4)		-0.2891	Mid-American
133	Akron	(1-4)		-0.2947	Mid-American
134	North Carolina-Charlotte	(0-5)		-0.3088	American
135	Louisiana-Monroe	(0-5)		-0.3100	Sun Belt
136	Northern Illinois	(0-4)		-0.3199	Mountain West
137	Hawaii	(1-4)		-0.3332	Mountain West
138	Western Kentucky	(1-4)		-0.3575	Conference USA

Average Ratings by Conference (2026)

Rk	Conference		Rating
1	Southeastern		0.4821
2	Big Ten		0.3726
3	Big Twelve		0.3451
4	Independent		0.3065
5	Atlantic Coast		0.2893
6	American		0.1676
7	Pac 12		0.1471
8	Sun Belt		0.0913
9	Mid-American		0.0189
10	Mountain West		0.0168
11	Conference USA		-0.0155