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 3.

RankTeamPowerNeutral pointsOffenseDefenseST
1Notre Dame logoNotre Dame93.821.976.095.866.3
2Georgia logoGeorgia91.720.893.180.070.8
3Ohio State logoOhio State91.520.781.293.338.3
4Indiana logoIndiana90.820.483.786.162.5
5Miami logoMiami88.619.389.782.057.8
6Alabama logoAlabama87.018.582.684.567.2
7LSU logoLSU85.717.861.994.659.6
8Texas logoTexas82.516.270.992.971.4
9Utah logoUtah82.316.179.283.571.4
10Tennessee logoTennessee79.514.777.680.549.3
11BYU logoBYU78.714.484.171.571.9
12Oregon logoOregon76.013.062.977.776.2
13Ole Miss logoOle Miss76.013.082.567.851.6
14Texas Tech logoTexas Tech75.912.957.068.758.9
15Nebraska logoNebraska75.712.874.676.744.7
16UCLA logoUCLA73.111.671.662.144.6
17Northwestern logoNorthwestern72.811.469.278.848.3
18Florida logoFlorida72.411.286.564.482.2
19Louisville logoLouisville71.810.987.461.458.0
20Iowa logoIowa71.510.853.793.760.4
21Houston logoHouston71.210.673.961.065.7
22Penn State logoPenn State71.110.571.988.070.0
23Mississippi State logoMississippi State70.610.388.977.146.9
24Missouri logoMissouri70.510.347.771.763.6
25USC logoUSC70.210.183.945.871.9
26Arizona logoArizona69.39.757.061.271.8
27Oklahoma logoOklahoma68.59.352.890.460.9
28Michigan logoMichigan68.59.356.682.637.3
29New Mexico logoNew Mexico68.29.146.487.982.1
30Texas A&M logoTexas A&M68.09.050.296.778.8
31Kansas State logoKansas State67.78.874.682.770.7
32SMU logoSMU67.08.580.872.745.8
33Wake Forest logoWake Forest67.08.568.752.362.4
34Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh66.98.465.379.261.9
35Baylor logoBaylor66.88.449.378.167.3
36Duke logoDuke66.78.354.483.455.5
37James Madison logoJames Madison66.68.362.061.093.0
38Boise State logoBoise State66.38.168.253.058.3
39South Carolina logoSouth Carolina66.28.157.062.672.6
40TCU logoTCU65.37.746.474.277.8
41Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech64.87.478.366.980.2
42Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State64.57.255.680.058.5
43Kentucky logoKentucky63.86.941.977.953.5
44Auburn logoAuburn63.46.764.172.746.0
45Wisconsin logoWisconsin63.16.555.959.454.6
46North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State62.26.143.779.872.2
47Virginia logoVirginia59.84.962.078.743.7
48Oregon State logoOregon State59.64.871.266.432.1
49Washington logoWashington59.04.546.261.348.6
50Liberty logoLiberty58.34.131.856.957.9
51UCF logoUCF58.24.145.978.882.2
52Cincinnati logoCincinnati57.73.862.255.565.8
53Memphis logoMemphis57.63.875.136.141.0
54North Carolina logoNorth Carolina57.33.754.374.141.8
55Iowa State logoIowa State56.53.251.981.459.9
56Illinois logoIllinois55.62.882.041.347.9
57Florida State logoFlorida State55.52.873.739.373.9
58Kansas logoKansas54.62.336.569.449.4
59Toledo logoToledo54.62.362.957.237.2
60South Florida logoSouth Florida53.71.970.238.672.0
61Fresno State logoFresno State53.51.734.568.266.5
62North Texas logoNorth Texas53.41.767.946.030.5
63UTSA logoUTSA52.91.440.774.857.2
64Arizona State logoArizona State52.41.248.484.754.9
65Clemson logoClemson52.21.123.070.173.8
66NC State logoNC State52.11.168.568.062.6
67Minnesota logoMinnesota51.20.636.664.491.1
68Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt51.00.545.161.956.6
69Maryland logoMaryland50.80.465.868.647.5
70Louisiana logoLouisiana50.80.443.767.837.3
71West Virginia logoWest Virginia50.50.375.260.759.2
72Tulsa logoTulsa50.50.248.573.252.7
73Army logoArmy50.40.277.239.865.8
74Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech50.40.240.078.150.0
75Air Force logoAir Force50.00.047.147.723.0
76UConn logoUConn50.00.049.958.769.6
77Michigan State logoMichigan State50.00.052.058.783.1
78Texas State logoTexas State49.7-0.166.638.125.6
79Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan49.6-0.250.562.576.6
80Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech49.4-0.346.758.575.4
81Syracuse logoSyracuse49.3-0.346.173.151.3
82Georgia State logoGeorgia State47.7-1.262.644.357.9
83Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern46.9-1.538.175.314.9
84Purdue logoPurdue46.2-1.971.525.553.2
85Colorado logoColorado45.5-2.241.658.037.4
86Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State44.8-2.652.145.933.5
87Navy logoNavy44.8-2.647.818.969.9
88Tulane logoTulane44.7-2.645.556.053.5
89App State logoApp State44.0-3.058.160.640.0
90East Carolina logoEast Carolina43.7-3.221.965.351.2
91UNLV logoUNLV43.0-3.522.657.647.2
92Arkansas logoArkansas41.7-4.129.448.243.6
93Temple logoTemple41.3-4.358.345.451.8
94Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)40.8-4.666.734.763.0
95Massachusetts logoMassachusetts40.8-4.629.964.589.5
96Ohio logoOhio40.7-4.650.024.483.7
97Troy logoTroy40.7-4.731.067.838.4
98Nevada logoNevada40.4-4.829.447.870.2
99Boston College logoBoston College39.6-5.223.551.839.6
100California logoCalifornia39.5-5.348.752.752.5
101Florida International logoFlorida International39.3-5.317.480.622.0
102Arkansas State logoArkansas State39.2-5.441.048.249.5
103Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic39.1-5.448.036.741.9
104Delaware logoDelaware39.0-5.551.454.851.4
105San Diego State logoSan Diego State38.5-5.725.864.662.6
106Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina37.8-6.137.464.150.4
107Colorado State logoColorado State37.7-6.165.142.440.8
108South Alabama logoSouth Alabama37.6-6.250.834.258.5
109Rutgers logoRutgers37.3-6.335.538.140.8
110Utah State logoUtah State36.1-6.915.564.240.7
111Washington State logoWashington State35.4-7.324.366.543.1
112Kennesaw State logoKennesaw State35.0-7.528.954.960.9
113Sam Houston logoSam Houston34.3-7.857.760.647.8
114UAB logoUAB34.1-8.023.745.657.5
115San José State logoSan José State33.4-8.320.552.550.3
116Old Dominion logoOld Dominion33.1-8.49.972.535.4
117New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State32.2-8.937.854.424.5
118Hawai'i logoHawai'i31.0-9.524.342.865.1
119Marshall logoMarshall30.6-9.732.137.453.9
120Middle Tennessee logoMiddle Tennessee29.5-10.328.254.251.4
121Stanford logoStanford27.9-11.139.036.843.5
122Rice logoRice27.8-11.126.939.444.4
123Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss26.9-11.521.341.649.5
124Buffalo logoBuffalo26.8-11.614.632.053.9
125Wyoming logoWyoming26.3-11.811.726.662.7
126Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky25.7-12.222.124.335.1
127Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan25.6-12.29.843.741.8
128Eastern Michigan logoEastern Michigan24.4-12.816.143.927.5
129Missouri State logoMissouri State23.7-13.129.940.636.0
130Akron logoAkron18.6-15.731.535.331.8
131Bowling Green logoBowling Green18.1-16.06.432.124.3
132Ball State logoBall State17.7-16.128.125.457.6
133Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois17.6-16.217.345.530.9
134Charlotte logoCharlotte16.6-16.729.127.851.3
135Kent State logoKent State14.7-17.616.641.314.2
136UTEP logoUTEP14.0-18.034.140.423.8
137Sacramento State logoSacramento State13.6-18.27.627.379.7
138UL Monroe logoUL Monroe12.0-19.027.420.637.8

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