2026 polls & ratings

Rankings/Ratings

Compare the major polls with ESPN’s Football Power Index. CFP rankings appear only after the committee has officially released them.

Predictive power rating, not a résumé ranking or poll. 50 represents roughly average FBS strength; the neutral point rating determines matchup margins. Model through Week 10.

RankTeamPowerNeutral pointsOffenseDefenseST
1Notre Dame logoNotre Dame92.021.085.189.559.4
2Georgia logoGeorgia89.019.590.577.960.5
3Miami logoMiami88.319.188.081.154.7
4Ohio State logoOhio State88.219.181.787.753.3
5Indiana logoIndiana87.818.985.185.642.3
6LSU logoLSU85.817.970.992.149.4
7Alabama logoAlabama84.817.481.185.961.8
8Utah logoUtah80.315.182.272.857.2
9Texas Tech logoTexas Tech77.413.757.880.168.1
10BYU logoBYU77.413.778.180.553.1
11Texas logoTexas77.313.762.190.648.4
12Tennessee logoTennessee76.613.359.290.154.4
13UCLA logoUCLA76.013.065.382.249.5
14Ole Miss logoOle Miss75.412.781.970.155.4
15Nebraska logoNebraska75.012.569.383.645.4
16Wake Forest logoWake Forest74.712.478.871.857.0
17Oregon logoOregon73.611.848.487.575.3
18Northwestern logoNorthwestern72.811.477.368.458.3
19Arizona logoArizona72.111.063.072.359.4
20Houston logoHouston71.210.682.557.460.7
21Missouri logoMissouri70.710.454.981.250.0
22Louisville logoLouisville70.310.180.561.758.0
23Iowa logoIowa69.99.963.779.664.2
24New Mexico logoNew Mexico69.69.850.983.172.3
25Boise State logoBoise State67.68.880.846.458.1
26USC logoUSC67.68.884.344.858.3
27Florida logoFlorida67.48.779.458.169.5
28James Madison logoJames Madison67.38.666.855.481.4
29Baylor logoBaylor67.08.550.973.472.0
30Kentucky logoKentucky66.88.473.375.848.8
31Duke logoDuke65.77.958.270.251.0
32Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State65.47.770.564.762.5
33Wisconsin logoWisconsin64.77.353.576.049.9
34South Carolina logoSouth Carolina64.67.364.460.163.9
35SMU logoSMU64.57.266.667.338.8
36Michigan logoMichigan64.47.253.475.728.3
37TCU logoTCU64.47.241.380.967.3
38Oregon State logoOregon State64.37.183.058.846.7
39Penn State logoPenn State63.86.956.473.454.5
40Oklahoma logoOklahoma63.76.839.587.959.7
41Liberty logoLiberty63.36.745.263.253.1
42Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh63.36.757.465.268.4
43Mississippi State logoMississippi State62.86.473.462.748.1
44Texas A&M logoTexas A&M62.46.243.576.673.0
45Kansas State logoKansas State61.65.866.359.556.2
46Auburn logoAuburn61.45.761.675.252.2
47North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State61.35.630.581.067.7
48Memphis logoMemphis61.15.569.450.742.0
49Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech60.05.062.057.765.4
50North Carolina logoNorth Carolina58.24.161.069.862.1
51North Texas logoNorth Texas58.04.075.051.934.0
52Washington logoWashington57.63.845.861.050.1
53Kansas logoKansas56.73.450.265.456.1
54Florida State logoFlorida State56.43.278.046.158.6
55UCF logoUCF56.23.149.774.557.8
56Virginia logoVirginia55.02.547.068.557.9
57Texas State logoTexas State54.92.571.350.429.1
58Cincinnati logoCincinnati54.72.367.443.761.0
59Toledo logoToledo53.81.945.054.739.0
60Louisiana logoLouisiana53.61.844.567.846.0
61Clemson logoClemson53.41.728.373.980.0
62Fresno State logoFresno State53.31.746.253.658.6
63Illinois logoIllinois53.21.676.335.246.3
64Iowa State logoIowa State53.21.653.665.854.6
65South Florida logoSouth Florida52.81.441.054.359.2
66Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech52.81.450.568.541.2
67Air Force logoAir Force52.81.461.840.147.4
68UTSA logoUTSA52.21.152.446.958.8
69Army logoArmy50.30.175.326.770.3
70Minnesota logoMinnesota49.7-0.135.863.076.8
71NC State logoNC State49.6-0.260.948.561.3
72UConn logoUConn49.0-0.554.838.966.6
73Georgia State logoGeorgia State49.0-0.559.143.764.8
74Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern48.3-0.957.251.523.5
75Syracuse logoSyracuse48.1-1.054.656.139.8
76Tulsa logoTulsa48.0-1.051.555.144.2
77Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan47.8-1.148.049.861.3
78Purdue logoPurdue47.7-1.164.337.860.1
79UNLV logoUNLV46.9-1.536.660.140.7
80Arizona State logoArizona State46.9-1.647.656.043.2
81Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech46.6-1.756.143.059.6
82Michigan State logoMichigan State46.6-1.744.257.066.7
83Colorado logoColorado46.3-1.840.773.025.3
84Navy logoNavy45.8-2.147.737.150.4
85Ohio logoOhio45.8-2.147.436.279.5
86Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State45.7-2.152.533.750.8
87Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt45.7-2.242.051.148.6
88Arkansas logoArkansas45.3-2.342.861.044.6
89East Carolina logoEast Carolina45.2-2.422.868.244.9
90West Virginia logoWest Virginia45.1-2.469.829.954.6
91Tulane logoTulane44.6-2.727.564.262.1
92Maryland logoMaryland42.5-3.837.558.638.8
93Boston College logoBoston College42.4-3.830.963.832.9
94Nevada logoNevada41.0-4.532.947.259.3
95Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic41.0-4.551.328.360.3
96Arkansas State logoArkansas State41.0-4.544.440.053.7
97Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)40.6-4.744.935.562.1
98Florida International logoFlorida International40.6-4.721.472.238.2
99App State logoApp State40.4-4.846.341.447.0
100Rutgers logoRutgers40.4-4.853.336.655.1
101Massachusetts logoMassachusetts38.9-5.527.747.958.5
102Temple logoTemple38.4-5.853.229.839.9
103South Alabama logoSouth Alabama38.1-6.060.723.661.7
104Utah State logoUtah State38.0-6.019.361.540.0
105Troy logoTroy38.0-6.041.336.143.0
106California logoCalifornia36.4-6.843.643.158.6
107UAB logoUAB36.1-7.024.043.757.7
108San Diego State logoSan Diego State35.3-7.321.353.267.6
109Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina35.0-7.530.136.268.0
110San José State logoSan José State34.9-7.523.548.650.4
111Kennesaw State logoKennesaw State34.9-7.636.738.951.0
112Washington State logoWashington State34.2-7.926.856.548.0
113Delaware logoDelaware33.1-8.429.435.656.0
114New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State32.6-8.725.054.833.6
115Colorado State logoColorado State32.4-8.863.514.845.8
116Wyoming logoWyoming32.3-8.925.133.752.7
117Buffalo logoBuffalo32.1-8.921.035.962.8
118Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky32.0-9.028.243.847.4
119Hawai'i logoHawai'i30.7-9.627.532.855.7
120Old Dominion logoOld Dominion30.4-9.89.965.732.9
121Marshall logoMarshall29.0-10.527.521.751.6
122Eastern Michigan logoEastern Michigan29.0-10.526.436.642.6
123Rice logoRice28.2-10.926.437.440.9
124Sam Houston logoSam Houston28.0-11.025.850.242.9
125Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan28.0-11.018.539.547.7
126Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss28.0-11.027.036.436.5
127Stanford logoStanford26.6-11.734.533.748.2
128Middle Tennessee logoMiddle Tennessee26.1-12.027.533.040.2
129Bowling Green logoBowling Green25.1-12.516.538.736.1
130Missouri State logoMissouri State24.8-12.630.933.952.7
131Ball State logoBall State20.5-14.735.320.945.4
132Kent State logoKent State18.4-15.814.045.525.9
133Akron logoAkron17.4-16.323.924.034.2
134Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois16.3-16.923.826.625.0
135Charlotte logoCharlotte14.5-17.817.627.046.9
136UL Monroe logoUL Monroe12.2-18.918.818.937.3
137Sacramento State logoSacramento State11.8-19.17.114.463.7
138UTEP logoUTEP10.6-19.715.027.730.1

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