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Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2026/8/27 and 2026/10/3
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

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2026 - Ranking of Division FBS teams based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference
ScoreDif		WinLoss		Predict		Schedule		Team	Other Rankings			Division		Global			Conference
Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating	Rank	Rating		Comp	AP	Coach	Games	Record	Rank	Games	Record
1	42.14	2	35.43	1	42.72	9	39.13	Alabama	1	6	7	5	5-0	1	5	5-0	SEC
2	33.93	4	29.10	2	37.41	27	49.27	Notre Dame	2	3	3	5	5-0	2	5	5-0	FBS-Ind
3	32.31	7	24.99	3	33.83	29	50.22	Utah	8	12	12	3	3-0	7	4	4-0	BIG 12
4	29.51	1	35.95	7	28.66	8	37.67	Texas	3	1	1	4	4-0	3	4	4-0	SEC
5	28.46	3	29.27	4	30.97	63	64.25	Miami (FL)	4	4	4	4	4-0	5	5	5-0	ACC
6	26.55	5	27.91	13	24.30	13	42.13	Mississippi State	15	17	20	5	4-1	11	5	4-1	SEC
7	26.27	20	18.99	5	29.69	17	44.42	LSU	10	10	10	4	3-1	10	5	4-1	SEC
8	25.18	12	22.25	15	21.96	98	78.25	Nebraska	14			4	4-0	6	5	5-0	BIG 10
9	24.56	18	19.65	9	28.11	73	68.60	Ohio State	6	5	6	5	4-1	4	5	4-1	BIG 10
10	24.43	16	20.21	10	26.24	18	44.92	Missouri	17	14	16	4	3-1	17	5	4-1	SEC
11	24.41	23	17.57	8	28.44	95	77.50	Georgia	5	2	2	4	4-0	13	5	5-0	SEC
12	23.74	10	23.57	14	23.12	54	61.83	Texas Tech	9	11	9	4	4-0	12	5	5-0	BIG 12
13	22.62	35	10.26	6	29.65	23	47.22	Northwestern	22			3	2-1	8	4	3-1	BIG 10
14	22.36	6	25.30	22	18.72	1	27.00	Oregon	11	13	13	3	2-1	22	4	3-1	BIG 10
15	22.08	14	20.60	16	21.87	91	76.92	UCLA	16	21	22	4	4-0	9	4	4-0	BIG 10
16	22.02	9	24.22	18	19.83	5	35.58	Kentucky	24		25	4	3-1	14	5	4-1	SEC
17	21.30	29	15.90	11	25.61	110	84.33	Indiana	7	7	5	4	4-0	16	5	5-0	BIG 10
18	21.22	28	16.21	20	19.11	25	48.25	Houston	26	22	19	4	3-1	20	5	4-1	BIG 12
19	20.94	17	19.80	12	24.82	16	43.75	Wisconsin	21			4	3-1	19	5	4-1	BIG 10
20	20.52	24	17.47	17	20.49	30	50.92	Boise State	31	23		4	3-1	21	5	4-1	PAC-12
21	19.35	8	24.66	28	14.09	64	65.56	Brigham Young	13	8	8	3	3-0	23	4	4-0	BIG 12
22	19.02	11	22.50	19	19.18	10	40.00	Florida	12	16	15	4	3-1	18	5	4-1	SEC
23	18.49	33	14.06	24	17.47	72	67.92	Tennessee	18	15	14	4	3-1	15	5	4-1	SEC
24	16.79	42	8.36	23	18.12	4	32.83	South Carolina	52			4	1-3	30	5	2-3	SEC
25	15.37	15	20.34	36	10.42	90	76.92	Pittsburgh	19	25	24	4	4-0	32	5	5-0	ACC
26	14.34	39	9.28	26	15.33	77	69.42	Baylor	32			4	3-1	24	5	4-1	BIG 12
27	14.21	40	9.06	25	16.06	44	57.47	Texas A&M	28			5	3-2	25	5	3-2	SEC
28	13.73	31	14.40	30	12.49	32	51.33	Oklahoma State	39	18		3	2-1	46	4	3-1	BIG 12
29	12.70	13	21.84	54	3.93	112	85.11	Duke	27		23	3	3-0	33	4	4-0	ACC
30	12.65	30	15.07	42	8.52	123	94.08	James Madison	29			4	4-0	35	5	5-0	SBC
31	12.55	19	19.26	43	7.48	76	69.06	Southern California	23	19	17	6	5-1	26	6	5-1	BIG 10
32	11.57	48	6.91	33	11.49	19	45.17	Central Florida	45			4	2-2	40	5	3-2	BIG 12
33	11.36	21	18.19	38	8.91	38	54.58	Mississippi	20	9	11	4	3-1	36	4	3-1	SEC
34	11.24	71	-0.53	27	14.26	68	66.58	Florida State	40			4	2-2	34	5	3-2	ACC
35	11.08	26	17.11	31	12.46	70	67.13	Wake Forest	30			5	4-1	29	5	4-1	ACC
36	10.93	66	0.73	21	18.85	79	70.80	Penn State	35			5	3-2	31	5	3-2	BIG 10
37	10.10	27	16.23	34	11.45	39	54.83	Iowa	25	20	18	4	3-1	38	5	4-1	BIG 10
38	10.02	45	7.49	29	13.10	35	53.08	Iowa State	48			4	2-2	45	5	3-2	BIG 12
39	9.71	32	14.31	52	5.19	102	80.08	Arizona	34			4	3-1	37	5	4-1	BIG 12
40	8.96	34	10.40	39	8.82	6	36.20	Michigan State	61			5	2-3	42	5	2-3	BIG 10
41	8.92	38	9.41	40	8.57	41	55.67	Auburn	33			5	3-2	28	5	3-2	SEC
42	8.66	22	18.13	53	4.00	47	60.50	Minnesota	36			4	3-1	49	5	4-1	BIG 10
43	8.29	53	4.86	35	10.49	56	63.08	Oregon State	57			4	2-2	27	5	3-2	PAC-12
44	8.04	36	10.08	51	5.23	33	51.67	Clemson	47			5	3-2	43	5	3-2	ACC
45	7.54	46	7.26	65	1.69	109	84.25	Virginia Tech	44			4	3-1	67	5	4-1	ACC
46	6.73	41	8.79	62	2.65	136	111.17	North Dakota State	42			4	4-0	47	5	5-0	MWC
47	6.67	51	5.49	47	6.73	2	29.92	Purdue	68			4	1-3	44	5	2-3	BIG 10
48	6.38	56	2.88	37	9.64	7	37.56	North Carolina	58			3	1-2	39	4	2-2	ACC
49	5.93	25	17.18	64	1.93	62	64.17	Texas San Antonio	51			4	3-1	41	5	4-1	AC
50	5.35	44	7.86	56	3.75	66	66.20	Michigan	38			5	3-2	50	5	3-2	BIG 10
51	5.15	60	2.03	48	6.25	3	30.08	Arkansas	71			4	1-3	65	5	2-3	SEC
52	4.85	70	-0.05	32	11.59	128	98.50	New Mexico	46			4	3-1	51	5	4-1	MWC
53	4.39	50	6.06	67	0.90	52	61.42	Washington	59			4	2-2	64	5	3-2	BIG 10
54	3.75	58	2.49	41	8.56	51	61.08	Oklahoma	37			4	2-2	54	4	2-2	SEC
55	3.34	79	-2.41	55	3.80	34	52.58	Louisville	53			4	1-3	56	5	2-3	ACC
56	3.22	52	5.21	63	2.44	106	82.67	Toledo	60			4	3-1	48	5	4-1	MAC
57	3.05	74	-1.18	50	5.38	11	40.08	Utah State	104			4	1-3	103	5	1-4	PAC-12
58	2.98	86	-4.04	49	5.52	132	101.25	Liberty	64			4	3-1	62	5	4-1	CUSA
59	2.70	47	6.94	44	7.37	113	85.92	Memphis	55			4	3-1	66	5	4-1	AC
60	2.36	43	8.34	76	-2.02	122	93.00	Fresno State	54			5	4-1	53	5	4-1	PAC-12
61	2.14	92	-6.95	46	6.97	36	53.17	Texas Christian	66			4	1-3	61	5	2-3	BIG 12
62	1.61	83	-3.20	61	2.67	67	66.50	West Virginia	65			4	2-2	72	5	3-2	BIG 12
63	1.38	57	2.67	78	-3.11	24	47.58	Texas State	76			4	1-3	52	5	2-3	PAC-12
64	1.26	49	6.12	79	-3.94	118	90.78	Kansas State	41			3	2-1	60	4	3-1	BIG 12
65	0.93	77	-2.25	59	2.86	130	99.58	Georgia State	74			4	3-1	68	5	4-1	SBC
66	0.84	78	-2.37	70	0.04	31	51.00	Illinois	70			4	1-3	55	5	2-3	BIG 10
67	0.49	59	2.33	74	-1.45	111	84.58	Southern Methodist	43	24	21	4	3-1	59	5	4-1	ACC
68	0.49	80	-2.43	66	1.36	49	60.92	Tulsa	81			4	2-2	70	5	3-2	AC
69	0.05	37	9.82	92	-8.62	103	81.08	Cincinnati	49			4	3-1	58	5	4-1	BIG 12
70	-0.12	55	3.27	58	2.92	48	60.83	North Texas	63			4	2-2	63	5	3-2	AC
71	-0.38	73	-0.99	75	-2.02	126	95.17	South Florida	67			4	3-1	75	5	4-1	AC
72	-0.68	93	-7.17	57	3.74	99	78.42	Virginia	56			4	2-2	69	5	3-2	ACC
73	-1.30	61	1.77	72	-0.58	59	63.67	Vanderbilt	50			4	2-2	57	5	3-2	SEC
74	-1.85	91	-5.54	84	-6.64	28	49.92	Maryland	84			4	1-3	87	5	2-3	BIG 10
75	-2.56	75	-1.47	68	0.31	12	41.89	Louisiana Tech	80			3	1-2	98	4	2-2	SBC
76	-3.01	105	-11.56	45	7.30	82	74.22	Kansas	73			3	1-2	84	4	2-2	BIG 12
77	-3.13	84	-3.39	77	-2.39	81	72.92	Western Michigan	79			4	2-2	78	5	3-2	MAC
78	-3.46	69	0.14	86	-7.13	120	92.67	Florida Atlantic	75			4	3-1	89	5	4-1	AC
79	-3.95	98	-8.70	60	2.67	43	57.44	Troy	101			3	1-2	107	4	2-2	SBC
80	-4.10	103	-11.16	71	-0.22	92	77.33	Army	78			3	1-2	74	4	2-2	AC
81	-4.28	109	-13.58	69	0.04	60	63.92	Temple	93			4	1-3	79	5	2-3	AC
82	-4.89	87	-4.21	82	-6.18	20	45.44	Arizona State	69			3	1-2	86	4	2-2	BIG 12
83	-5.27	89	-5.40	73	-0.92	14	42.67	Colorado	83			4	1-3	77	5	2-3	BIG 12
84	-5.59	62	1.34	96	-10.17	101	79.92	South Alabama	92			4	2-2	80	5	3-2	SBC
85	-5.94	54	4.81	89	-8.11	125	94.75	Louisiana Lafayette	72			4	3-1	71	5	4-1	SBC
86	-6.26	67	0.72	85	-6.91	15	43.00	San Diego State	87			4	1-3	83	5	2-3	PAC-12
87	-6.53	68	0.54	102	-11.77	84	74.58	Ohio University	90			4	2-2	90	5	3-2	MAC
88	-6.78	76	-1.81	83	-6.25	88	76.33	North Carolina State	62			4	2-2	76	5	3-2	ACC
89	-7.52	81	-2.59	99	-11.13	86	75.42	Central Michigan	97			4	2-2	93	5	3-2	MAC
90	-8.00	85	-3.65	93	-9.36	42	56.92	Colorado State	103			4	1-3	88	5	2-3	PAC-12
91	-8.15	82	-2.67	88	-8.08	121	92.73	Nevada Las Vegas	82			5	3-2	94	5	3-2	MWC
92	-8.64	100	-9.58	87	-7.96	127	96.67	Air Force	85			3	2-1	109	4	3-1	MWC
93	-8.86	88	-4.62	100	-11.48	87	76.33	Eastern Michigan	110			5	2-3	108	6	3-3	MAC
94	-8.95	104	-11.52	94	-9.88	22	46.92	Rice	115			4	0-4	92	5	1-4	AC
95	-9.17	65	0.79	119	-17.87	50	61.07	Stanford	95			5	2-3	105	5	2-3	ACC
96	-9.40	99	-9.36	128	-21.33	58	63.67	Kent State	120			4	1-3	95	5	2-3	MAC
97	-9.48	95	-7.75	103	-12.17	117	90.50	Jacksonville State	94			4	2-2	100	5	3-2	CUSA
98	-9.58	122	-20.53	80	-4.34	37	54.11	Sam Houston	118			3	0-3	113	4	1-3	CUSA
99	-9.78	64	0.87	98	-11.10	97	78.17	San Jose State	98			4	2-2	114	5	3-2	MWC
100	-9.93	63	0.96	110	-14.19	96	78.00	Tulane	77			4	2-2	102	4	2-2	AC
101	-10.90	117	-17.22	91	-8.35	119	91.56	Florida International	109			3	1-2	124	4	2-2	CUSA
102	-11.12	116	-16.28	81	-5.93	80	72.25	Georgia Southern	99			4	1-3	104	5	2-3	SBC
103	-11.20	90	-5.48	106	-13.04	85	74.67	East Carolina	88			3	1-2	112	4	2-2	AC
104	-11.24	94	-7.49	122	-19.14	45	58.92	Bowling Green	125			4	1-3	137	5	1-4	MAC
105	-11.32	96	-7.79	90	-8.26	55	62.50	California	91			4	1-3	111	5	2-3	ACC
106	-12.67	102	-11.06	109	-14.01	89	76.42	Boston College	100			4	1-3	142	5	2-3	ACC
107	-12.95	111	-13.91	95	-10.07	104	81.11	Syracuse	86			3	1-2	115	4	2-2	ACC
108	-13.22	101	-10.02	111	-14.36	137	116.33	Massachusetts	102			3	2-1	119	5	4-1	MAC
109	-13.34	107	-13.42	125	-20.49	100	79.75	Miami (OH)	108			4	1-3	117	5	2-3	MAC
110	-13.48	120	-19.73	101	-11.65	69	67.11	Georgia Tech	96			3	0-3	91	4	1-3	ACC
111	-14.30	97	-8.03	121	-18.43	105	81.92	Marshall	105			4	2-2	135	5	3-2	SBC
112	-14.32	72	-0.58	115	-15.54	134	103.11	Appalachian State	89			3	2-1	134	4	3-1	SBC
113	-16.37	106	-11.87	116	-15.63	129	99.42	Alabama Birmingham	111			4	2-2	129	5	3-2	AC
114	-16.76	132	-26.02	117	-16.99	135	109.08	Connecticut	106			4	1-3	125	5	2-3	FBS-Ind
115	-16.87	115	-16.24	97	-10.65	94	77.50	Arkansas State	107			4	1-3	128	5	2-3	SBC
116	-17.83	135	-29.86	105	-12.48	138	119.11	Nevada Reno	124			3	1-2	149	4	1-3	MWC
117	-17.84	127	-21.77	112	-14.41	107	83.00	Delaware	116			4	1-3	139	5	2-3	CUSA
118	-18.03	108	-13.44	120	-18.16	40	55.33	Washington State	112			4	0-4	143	5	1-4	PAC-12
119	-19.24	130	-25.67	104	-12.39	71	67.56	Kennesaw State	117			3	0-3	132	4	1-3	CUSA
120	-19.69	125	-21.49	118	-17.77	65	65.58	Rutgers	114			4	0-4	130	5	1-4	BIG 10
121	-20.04	112	-15.15	124	-19.82	115	89.25	Wyoming	122			4	1-3	147	5	2-3	MWC
122	-20.04	126	-21.65	129	-22.29	75	69.00	Missouri State	123			3	0-3	141	4	1-3	CUSA
123	-20.05	119	-19.24	127	-20.86	57	63.17	Old Dominion	119			4	0-4	156	5	1-4	SBC
124	-20.38	134	-29.70	114	-15.39	83	74.44	Buffalo	128			3	0-3	167	5	2-3	MAC
125	-20.47	133	-29.50	107	-13.28	124	94.11	Navy	113			3	0-3	155	4	1-3	AC
126	-20.60	129	-24.19	126	-20.82	131	100.50	Middle Tennessee	127			4	1-3	160	5	2-3	CUSA
127	-20.74	110	-13.61	123	-19.19	21	46.89	Northern Illinois	134			3	0-3	178	4	0-4	MWC
128	-21.35	123	-20.92	131	-25.24	46	60.25	Ball State	133			4	0-4	136	5	1-4	MAC
129	-21.35	131	-26.02	113	-15.18	116	90.25	New Mexico State	121			4	1-3	150	5	2-3	CUSA
130	-22.29	137	-34.35	108	-13.32	114	87.83	Coastal Carolina	126			4	0-4	146	5	1-4	SBC
131	-24.32	124	-21.18	130	-22.59	133	102.07	Hawaii	130			5	1-4	180	5	1-4	MWC
132	-24.39	118	-18.30	137	-31.38	26	49.00	Texas El Paso	135			4	0-4	175	5	1-4	MWC
133	-24.68	121	-20.49	132	-25.90	78	69.50	Louisiana Monroe	137			4	0-4	193	5	0-5	SBC
134	-26.40	113	-15.32	135	-29.78	61	64.08	UNC Charlotte	138			4	0-4	214	5	0-5	AC
135	-27.52	114	-15.97	133	-27.73	53	61.58	Akron	132			4	0-4	171	5	1-4	MAC
136	-28.77	136	-31.03	134	-29.53	108	83.89	Southern Mississippi	129			3	0-3	162	4	1-3	SBC
137	-29.35	128	-22.37	138	-33.16	93	77.42	Cal State Sacramento	136			4	0-4	209	5	1-4	MAC
138	-33.22	138	-35.01	136	-30.03	74	69.00	Western Kentucky	131			4	0-4	202	5	1-4	CUSA

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College Football 2026Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2026/8/27 and 2026/10/3Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)

College Football 2026
Ranking of Division FBS Teams

Based on games played between 2026/8/27 and 2026/10/3
Ratings based on Chi Square fit to Score Difference (ScoreDif)