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College Football - 2026

Last Updated: 08 Dec 2025, 9:01 am




AR Team Conference Level sSEC FPI Z-Score SOR Record
71 ▾ Air Force Mountain West FBS 57 138 61 124 2-1
159 ▾ Akron MAC FBS 153 126 128 222 1-3
33 ▴ Alabama SEC FBS 52 186 85 32 3-1
104 ▴ Appalachian State Sun Belt FBS 119 195 106 141 0-3
127 ▴ Arizona Big 12 FBS 143 261 238 46 0-4
92 ▴ Arizona State Big 12 FBS 114 159 136 87 1-3
93 − Arkansas SEC FBS 98 255 149 75 0-3
121 ▾ Arkansas State Sun Belt FBS 121 231 220 52 2-2
169 ▾ Army AAC FBS 167 211 114 256 0-4
170 ▴ Auburn SEC FBS 185 50 135 239 1-3
16 ▴ Ball State MAC FBS 16 18 21 24 3-0
13 ▾ Baylor Big 12 FBS 10 1 2 37 4-0
89 ▴ Boise State Pac-12 FBS 112 229 151 64 1-2
84 ▾ Boston College ACC FBS 75 170 67 143 2-2
14 ▴ Bowling Green MAC FBS 14 3 5 35 4-0
110 ▴ Buffalo MAC FBS 116 204 188 66 2-1
26 ▴ BYU Big 12 FBS 29 252 62 41 1-3
2 ▾ California ACC FBS 1 165 15 1 4-0
182 ▾ Central Michigan MAC FBS 179 190 152 248 0-4
80 − Charlotte AAC FBS 81 74 97 102 3-1
111 ▴ Cincinnati Big 12 FBS 125 250 200 55 1-4
53 ▾ Clemson ACC FBS 41 28 46 113 3-1
143 ▾ Coastal Carolina Sun Belt FBS 137 139 83 227 1-3
53 ▴ Colorado Big 12 FBS 67 23 30 129 2-1
81 ▾ Colorado State Pac-12 FBS 80 208 81 120 2-2
39 ▴ Duke ACC FBS 35 19 18 110 3-1
61 ▾ East Carolina AAC FBS 47 148 28 138 2-2
66 ▾ Eastern Michigan MAC FBS 62 214 118 63 2-2
17 ▴ FIU C-USA FBS 18 32 41 21 3-0
109 ▴ Florida SEC FBS 106 156 60 192 1-2
176 ▾ Florida Atlantic AAC FBS 161 200 167 221 1-3
31 ▴ Florida State ACC FBS 38 41 11 101 3-1
152 ▾ Fresno State Pac-12 FBS 146 117 90 238 1-3
123 ▾ Georgia SEC FBS 109 104 65 208 1-2
105 ▾ Georgia Southern Sun Belt FBS 94 199 112 136 2-2
216 ▾ Georgia State Sun Belt FBS 219 241 222 244 0-4
31 ▴ Georgia Tech ACC FBS 39 236 100 12 3-1
121 ▾ Hawaii Mountain West FBS 122 221 138 134 1-3
36 ▴ Houston Big 12 FBS 33 13 9 117 3-1
84 − Illinois Big Ten FBS 90 201 88 122 2-1
82 ▴ Indiana Big Ten FBS 85 78 47 156 2-2
58 ▴ Iowa Big Ten FBS 69 162 86 77 3-1
22 ▴ Iowa State Big 12 FBS 24 22 52 25 4-0
65 ▾ Kansas Big 12 FBS 43 80 20 158 1-1
139 ▾ Kansas State Big 12 FBS 113 142 116 189 1-2
66 ▴ Kent State MAC FBS 82 249 127 54 1-3
103 ▾ Kentucky SEC FBS 93 65 32 210 1-2
145 ▴ Liberty C-USA FBS 149 202 117 196 1-2
141 ▾ Louisiana Sun Belt FBS 126 158 108 201 1-2
26 ▴ Louisiana-Monroe Sun Belt FBS 26 7 69 34 3-0
131 ▴ Louisiana Tech Sun Belt FBS 131 53 51 237 1-3
43 ▾ Louisville ACC FBS 30 37 34 104 3-1
108 ▴ LSU SEC FBS 104 34 44 206 1-2
180 ▾ Marshall Sun Belt FBS 166 197 163 232 1-3
49 ▴ Maryland Big Ten FBS 74 240 98 56 1-3
212 ▾ Memphis AAC FBS 200 239 203 252 0-4
29 ▴ Miami (FL) ACC FBS 36 129 68 39 3-1
127 ▴ Miami (OH) MAC FBS 138 135 101 183 2-3
73 ▴ Michigan Big Ten FBS 77 264 148 40 0-3
60 ▴ Michigan State Big Ten FBS 73 86 76 88 3-1
68 ▾ Middle Tennessee C-USA FBS 49 123 59 123 2-1
1 ▴ Minnesota Big Ten FBS 3 183 13 1 2-0
145 ▾ Mississippi State SEC FBS 129 82 73 240 1-3
154 ▾ Missouri SEC FBS 151 220 122 218 1-3
46 ▴ Navy AAC FBS 60 62 24 125 2-1
52 ▴ NC State ACC FBS 59 46 48 109 3-1
36 ▴ Nebraska Big Ten FBS 31 5 7 119 3-1
129 ▴ Nevada Mountain West FBS 135 69 77 209 1-2
40 ▴ New Mexico Mountain West FBS 46 38 19 111 3-1
144 ▴ New Mexico State C-USA FBS 154 131 111 200 1-2
56 ▾ North Carolina ACC FBS 53 85 33 128 2-1
86 ▴ North Texas AAC FBS 103 263 196 15 2-2
28 ▾ Northern Illinois Mountain West FBS 22 151 36 69 3-1
150 ▾ Northwestern Big Ten FBS 147 154 66 261 0-4
7 ▴ Notre Dame Independent FBS 9 66 14 14 5-0
76 ▴ Ohio MAC FBS 86 260 156 38 1-2
87 ▴ Ohio State Big Ten FBS 120 262 169 43 0-4
133 ▴ Oklahoma SEC FBS 142 259 244 48 0-4
51 ▴ Oklahoma State Big 12 FBS 58 27 49 106 3-1
126 ▴ Old Dominion Sun Belt FBS 133 30 105 178 2-2
72 ▾ Ole Miss SEC FBS 63 10 12 174 2-2
173 ▾ Oregon Big Ten FBS 164 233 130 249 0-2
41 ▾ Oregon State Pac-12 FBS 42 230 87 45 2-2
11 ▾ Penn State Big Ten FBS 8 2 1 33 3-0
44 ▴ Pittsburgh ACC FBS 61 141 79 65 2-2
78 ▾ Purdue Big Ten FBS 64 24 25 172 2-2
88 ▾ Rice AAC FBS 87 14 31 182 2-2
162 ▾ Rutgers Big Ten FBS 159 114 119 236 1-3
8 ▾ San Diego State Pac-12 FBS 7 11 3 27 4-0
9 ▾ San Jose State Mountain West FBS 11 175 26 5 4-0
49 ▴ SMU ACC FBS 45 89 55 99 3-1
136 ▾ South Alabama Sun Belt FBS 130 124 109 190 1-2
208 ▾ South Carolina SEC FBS 197 234 202 245 0-3
96 ▾ South Florida AAC FBS 84 75 45 186 2-3
118 ▴ Southern Miss Sun Belt FBS 123 109 115 151 2-2
30 ▴ Stanford ACC FBS 27 205 56 53 2-2
61 ▾ Syracuse ACC FBS 44 113 74 92 3-1
20 ▴ TCU Big 12 FBS 21 9 39 28 3-0
102 ▴ Temple AAC FBS 110 71 96 144 2-2
6 ▾ Tennessee SEC FBS 2 6 4 23 3-0
23 ▴ Texas SEC FBS 34 224 75 10 3-1
95 ▴ Texas A&M SEC FBS 107 115 82 148 2-2
107 ▴ Texas State Pac-12 FBS 105 26 70 179 2-2
15 − Texas Tech Big 12 FBS 15 4 6 36 4-0
141 ▾ Toledo MAC FBS 128 132 93 216 1-3
101 ▾ Troy Sun Belt FBS 95 127 99 137 2-2
3 ▴ Tulane AAC FBS 5 102 16 1 5-0
11 ▾ Tulsa AAC FBS 12 118 27 7 4-0
42 ▾ UAB AAC FBS 32 111 53 81 3-1
158 ▴ UCF Big 12 FBS 169 256 204 140 0-3
34 ▴ UCLA Big Ten FBS 51 227 64 58 2-2
24 ▴ UConn Independent FBS 25 140 40 49 3-1
64 ▴ UMass MAC FBS 76 101 92 84 3-1
100 ▾ UNLV Mountain West FBS 78 43 23 211 1-2
75 ▾ USC Big Ten FBS 55 223 124 68 2-1
116 ▾ UTEP Mountain West FBS 111 48 84 180 2-2
21 ▴ UTSA AAC FBS 19 67 54 18 4-0
24 ▴ Utah Big 12 FBS 28 203 38 51 2-1
5 − Utah State Pac-12 FBS 4 188 22 1 4-0
19 ▴ Vanderbilt SEC FBS 17 33 50 13 3-0
4 ▴ Virginia ACC FBS 6 55 10 9 4-0
74 ▾ Virginia Tech ACC FBS 66 136 35 154 2-2
134 ▾ Wake Forest ACC FBS 115 146 103 195 1-2
115 ▾ Washington Big Ten FBS 97 226 132 131 2-2
35 ▾ Washington State Pac-12 FBS 23 16 8 115 3-1
10 ▾ West Virginia Big 12 FBS 13 84 17 16 4-0
17 ▴ Western Kentucky C-USA FBS 20 58 43 19 3-0
79 ▾ Western Michigan MAC FBS 71 17 29 169 2-2
45 ▴ Wisconsin Big Ten FBS 40 36 42 105 3-1
224 ▾ Wyoming Mountain West FBS 221 235 224 250 0-3
235 ▾ San Diego Pioneer FCS 230 167 259 160 2-2
225 ▾ Georgetown Patriot FCS 211 182 197 191 1-2
162 ▴ South Dakota State MVFC FCS 168 72 113 171 2-2
117 ▾ Jacksonville State C-USA FBS 99 51 37 228 1-3
124 ▴ Sam Houston State C-USA FBS 158 228 213 62 0-4
113 ▴ Kennesaw State C-USA FBS 124 244 186 74 1-1
205 ▾ Austin Peay UAC FCS 188 92 217 133 3-2
171 ▴ Central Arkansas UAC FCS 174 45 126 175 2-2
259 ▴ Eastern Kentucky UAC FCS 259 100 241 263 0-4
177 ▴ North Alabama UAC FCS 189 155 147 164 2-2
240 ▾ Stetson Pioneer FCS 240 180 229 204 1-2
196 ▴ Albany CAA FCS 213 189 190 145 2-2
153 ▾ Bryant CAA FCS 141 177 131 139 2-2
182 ▴ Maine CAA FCS 173 97 223 97 3-1
257 ▾ New Hampshire CAA FCS 255 103 239 260 0-4
154 ▾ UC Davis Big Sky FCS 144 83 102 170 2-2
245 ▾ Cal Poly Big Sky FCS 244 172 236 213 1-3
229 ▴ Drake Pioneer FCS 238 157 207 203 1-2
55 ▴ James Madison Sun Belt FBS 68 49 57 103 3-1
178 ▴ Davidson Pioneer FCS 204 248 245 67 0-3
213 ▾ Dayton Pioneer FCS 199 169 171 194 1-2
228 ▾ Duquesne NEC FCS 231 61 164 241 1-3
204 ▴ Fordham Patriot FCS 217 81 183 163 2-2
252 ▾ Rhode Island CAA FCS 253 137 235 234 1-3
91 ▴ Richmond Patriot FCS 88 63 153 22 3-0
132 ▾ Butler Pioneer FCS 118 98 142 91 3-1
202 ▴ Villanova Patriot FCS 207 196 198 147 1-3
209 ▾ Indiana State MVFC FCS 194 246 237 121 2-2
99 ▴ Illinois State MVFC FCS 102 133 175 11 4-0
203 − Missouri State C-USA FBS 208 185 181 251 0-4
213 ▾ Murray State MVFC FCS 203 181 168 197 1-2
157 ▾ Northern Iowa MVFC FCS 139 106 189 85 3-1
38 ▴ Southern Illinois MVFC FCS 37 15 72 30 4-0
244 ▾ Valparaiso Pioneer FCS 246 153 242 198 1-2
137 ▴ North Dakota MVFC FCS 140 56 141 100 3-1
184 ▴ North Dakota State MVFC FCS 202 257 251 70 1-2
253 ▴ St. Thomas Pioneer FCS 257 213 254 226 1-3
164 ▾ South Dakota MVFC FCS 148 143 145 142 2-2
230 ▾ Western Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 223 194 191 220 1-3
262 ▴ Abilene Christian UAC FCS 262 87 249 264 0-4
166 ▴ Southern Utah Big Sky FCS 163 149 201 90 3-1
232 ▴ Stephen F. Austin Southland FCS 242 237 262 150 2-2
120 ▴ Tarleton State UAC FCS 133 73 121 96 3-1
239 ▴ UT Rio Grande Valley Southland FCS 236 238 246 184 1-2
260 ▾ Utah Tech Big Sky FCS 258 178 250 255 0-5
226 ▾ Bucknell Patriot FCS 218 184 195 199 1-2
191 ▴ Colgate Patriot FCS 190 174 178 152 2-2
197 ▾ Holy Cross Patriot FCS 187 105 172 166 1-1
174 ▴ Lafayette Patriot FCS 177 258 258 47 1-2
211 ▾ Lehigh Patriot FCS 201 76 154 205 1-2
236 ▾ Eastern Washington Big Sky FCS 239 207 212 214 1-3
83 ▴ Idaho Big Sky FCS 91 64 95 72 4-1
97 ▴ Idaho State Big Sky FCS 101 29 78 107 3-1
97 ▴ Montana Big Sky FCS 100 54 71 114 3-1
151 ▴ Montana State Big Sky FCS 157 44 150 112 3-1
200 ▾ Northern Arizona Big Sky FCS 175 119 211 132 3-2
185 ▴ Northern Colorado Big Sky FCS 178 96 134 188 2-3
243 ▾ Portland State Big Sky FCS 249 193 180 258 0-4
247 ▾ Sacramento State Independent FCS 245 187 209 243 1-4
69 ▴ Weber State Big Sky FCS 72 161 140 6 5-0
185 ▴ Charleston Southern Big South-OVC FCS 191 99 160 162 2-2
258 − Gardner-Webb Big South-OVC FCS 260 217 257 246 0-4
233 ▾ Presbyterian Pioneer FCS 220 210 221 193 1-2
192 ▾ Delaware C-USA FBS 181 206 199 215 1-3
201 ▾ Elon CAA FCS 193 94 159 185 2-3
47 ▴ Hampton CAA FCS 50 60 104 17 4-0
220 ▴ Monmouth CAA FCS 229 218 232 146 2-2
251 ▾ North Carolina A&T CAA FCS 247 192 243 224 1-3
181 ▴ Towson CAA FCS 183 116 158 161 2-2
193 ▾ Stony Brook CAA FCS 195 168 179 155 2-2
215 ▴ William & Mary Patriot FCS 233 52 161 207 1-2
147 ▴ Campbell CAA FCS 155 90 155 98 3-1
165 ▾ Robert Morris NEC FCS 156 121 133 157 2-2
221 ▾ Youngstown State MVFC FCS 216 120 192 187 2-3
149 ▾ Brown Ivy League FCS 152 122 165 95 3-1
125 ▴ Columbia Ivy League FCS 136 79 129 94 3-1
90 ▴ Cornell Ivy League FCS 89 112 166 8 4-0
189 ▴ Dartmouth Ivy League FCS 214 209 248 78 2-2
69 ▴ Penn Ivy League FCS 70 59 120 26 4-0
175 ▴ Harvard Ivy League FCS 182 42 137 173 2-2
63 ▾ Princeton Ivy League FCS 56 39 107 29 3-0
119 ▴ Yale Ivy League FCS 127 152 125 89 3-1
249 ▾ Marist Pioneer FCS 251 171 206 253 0-3
238 ▴ Norfolk State MEAC FCS 237 77 253 176 2-2
230 ▴ North Carolina Central MEAC FCS 232 40 234 177 2-2
255 − Howard MEAC FCS 256 163 227 257 0-4
234 ▾ Morgan State MEAC FCS 235 144 185 230 1-3
209 ▴ Delaware State MEAC FCS 228 35 146 212 1-2
263 − South Carolina State MEAC FCS 263 130 252 262 0-4
227 ▾ Southeast Missouri State Big South-OVC FCS 224 147 247 149 2-2
199 ▴ Tennessee State Big South-OVC FCS 225 251 261 80 0-4
193 ▴ Morehead State Pioneer FCS 209 232 255 79 1-3
242 ▾ UT-Martin Big South-OVC FCS 234 215 219 217 1-3
137 ▴ Lindenwood Big South-OVC FCS 160 166 182 59 2-1
217 ▾ Tennessee Tech Big South-OVC FCS 215 110 205 168 2-2
171 ▾ Eastern Illinois Big South-OVC FCS 170 107 174 127 2-1
161 ▴ Furman SoCon FCS 186 245 231 50 2-2
188 ▾ Samford SoCon FCS 161 25 143 181 2-2
48 ▴ The Citadel SoCon FCS 65 31 91 31 4-0
130 ▾ Wofford SoCon FCS 117 198 170 60 2-2
135 ▾ Chattanooga SoCon FCS 108 125 157 82 3-1
59 ▾ East Tennessee State SoCon FCS 54 8 58 73 4-1
219 ▴ Western Carolina SoCon FCS 227 173 218 159 2-2
114 ▾ Mercer SoCon FCS 92 20 94 116 3-1
187 ▴ VMI SoCon FCS 196 222 193 130 2-2
193 ▴ McNeese Southland FCS 222 242 263 71 0-3
254 ▾ Northwestern State Southland FCS 254 212 228 254 0-3
206 ▾ Incarnate Word Southland FCS 180 108 226 126 2-1
237 ▾ Southeastern Louisiana Southland FCS 226 216 208 219 1-3
197 ▴ East Texas A&M Southland FCS 205 179 173 165 2-2
240 ▴ Nicholls Southland FCS 250 164 210 223 1-3
166 ▴ Lamar Southland FCS 184 243 230 61 0-3
94 ▴ Houston Christian Southland FCS 96 225 139 44 2-1
112 ▴ Grambling SWAC FCS 132 12 89 118 3-1
140 ▾ Bethune-Cookman SWAC FCS 145 128 162 83 3-1
221 ▾ Prairie View A&M SWAC FCS 198 91 177 202 1-2
221 ▾ Alcorn State SWAC FCS 210 93 144 235 1-3
57 ▾ Southern SWAC FCS 48 68 110 20 4-0
77 ▾ Alabama A&M SWAC FCS 79 95 63 93 3-1
168 ▴ Arkansas-Pine Bluff SWAC FCS 176 47 184 108 3-1
148 ▴ Florida A&M SWAC FCS 165 247 214 42 3-2
250 ▾ Alabama State SWAC FCS 243 150 233 231 1-3
179 ▾ Texas Southern SWAC FCS 172 21 80 233 1-3
106 ▾ Mississippi Valley State SWAC FCS 83 70 123 76 3-1
156 ▴ Jackson State SWAC FCS 171 253 216 57 1-3
207 ▴ Wagner NEC FCS 212 88 187 167 2-2
218 ▾ Sacred Heart Independent FCS 206 254 240 135 2-3
264 ▾ Stonehill NEC FCS 264 134 264 259 0-4
248 ▾ Saint Francise (PA) NEC FCS 241 57 215 242 1-3
256 ▾ LIU NEC FCS 252 191 256 229 1-3
159 ▴ Merrimack Independent FCS 150 145 194 86 3-1
246 ▾ Central Connecticut NEC FCS 248 176 225 225 1-3
261 ▾ West Georgia UAC FCS 261 219 260 247 0-4
190 ▴ Mercyhurst NEC FCS 192 160 176 153 2-2