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 4.

RankTeamPowerNeutral pointsOffenseDefenseST
1Notre Dame logoNotre Dame94.222.180.596.660.5
2Georgia logoGeorgia92.521.391.089.169.9
3Ohio State logoOhio State90.820.486.486.841.6
4Indiana logoIndiana90.020.083.980.758.0
5Miami logoMiami89.219.688.884.158.1
6Alabama logoAlabama87.818.987.384.163.6
7LSU logoLSU86.518.267.096.251.0
8Utah logoUtah82.816.482.580.767.0
9Texas logoTexas80.915.465.295.659.1
10BYU logoBYU78.414.281.872.372.1
11Tennessee logoTennessee78.314.268.982.956.9
12Oregon logoOregon77.413.773.878.972.1
13Texas Tech logoTexas Tech77.013.552.477.961.6
14Nebraska logoNebraska76.713.374.681.348.7
15UCLA logoUCLA76.413.270.477.354.9
16Florida logoFlorida73.711.988.765.978.9
17Northwestern logoNorthwestern73.111.680.472.451.0
18Ole Miss logoOle Miss72.511.381.458.347.6
19Iowa logoIowa71.210.657.289.562.9
20Houston logoHouston71.110.683.653.858.4
21Mississippi State logoMississippi State69.79.884.474.943.5
22Missouri logoMissouri69.59.848.971.265.2
23Louisville logoLouisville69.09.576.757.854.5
24Arizona logoArizona68.89.458.559.663.4
25Duke logoDuke68.89.458.283.964.3
26Boise State logoBoise State68.89.471.763.258.0
27New Mexico logoNew Mexico68.59.351.282.874.3
28USC logoUSC68.59.286.038.767.3
29James Madison logoJames Madison68.59.264.165.986.0
30Penn State logoPenn State68.39.154.988.058.7
31Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh68.19.168.473.070.2
32Wake Forest logoWake Forest67.78.868.158.160.7
33Michigan logoMichigan66.98.561.673.935.4
34Kentucky logoKentucky66.28.168.076.851.9
35Baylor logoBaylor66.18.143.575.977.5
36Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State65.57.763.076.258.3
37Kansas State logoKansas State65.57.768.873.963.6
38Oklahoma logoOklahoma65.27.638.491.053.6
39Wisconsin logoWisconsin64.97.553.872.658.6
40SMU logoSMU64.27.169.066.537.7
41TCU logoTCU64.07.045.370.875.1
42Texas A&M logoTexas A&M63.46.744.576.969.5
43South Carolina logoSouth Carolina63.46.757.853.967.9
44Auburn logoAuburn63.16.562.472.549.9
45Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech62.66.365.463.782.0
46Virginia logoVirginia62.06.062.382.845.1
47North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State61.65.841.578.172.5
48Oregon State logoOregon State61.35.771.370.333.6
49Liberty logoLiberty60.35.140.760.352.1
50UCF logoUCF58.84.447.678.776.7
51Cincinnati logoCincinnati58.34.165.954.964.7
52Memphis logoMemphis58.14.176.736.841.8
53Washington logoWashington57.73.841.258.452.2
54North Carolina logoNorth Carolina57.53.755.773.542.8
55Toledo logoToledo56.83.463.862.938.0
56North Texas logoNorth Texas56.63.376.952.723.3
57Illinois logoIllinois55.32.786.538.748.3
58Iowa State logoIowa State55.02.552.972.058.4
59Florida State logoFlorida State55.02.570.335.276.0
60Kansas logoKansas54.32.134.867.650.6
61Clemson logoClemson53.71.828.174.974.1
62UTSA logoUTSA53.71.855.263.254.5
63Texas State logoTexas State53.61.873.846.136.6
64Louisiana logoLouisiana53.41.735.582.346.6
65Fresno State logoFresno State53.01.538.156.973.8
66South Florida logoSouth Florida52.71.453.148.065.0
67Minnesota logoMinnesota52.21.141.568.381.2
68NC State logoNC State52.01.068.060.859.8
69Arizona State logoArizona State51.80.945.983.753.8
70Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt50.90.445.864.454.3
71Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech50.60.341.077.549.9
72Air Force logoAir Force50.40.252.341.137.2
73Army logoArmy49.9-0.071.133.876.6
74Syracuse logoSyracuse49.2-0.445.472.551.3
75Michigan State logoMichigan State49.0-0.546.360.874.9
76Georgia State logoGeorgia State48.6-0.760.438.980.4
77UConn logoUConn48.5-0.851.245.266.8
78Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech47.6-1.248.749.568.2
79West Virginia logoWest Virginia47.4-1.370.146.853.1
80Tulsa logoTulsa47.2-1.439.167.842.4
81Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan46.8-1.639.258.669.8
82UNLV logoUNLV46.0-2.031.962.247.4
83Colorado logoColorado46.0-2.039.468.025.8
84Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern46.0-2.044.358.224.0
85Arkansas logoArkansas45.6-2.238.558.454.0
86East Carolina logoEast Carolina45.5-2.219.773.853.2
87Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State45.1-2.451.541.342.1
88Maryland logoMaryland44.3-2.836.662.639.5
89Purdue logoPurdue44.1-2.963.524.254.7
90Navy logoNavy44.0-3.041.723.064.9
91Massachusetts logoMassachusetts43.3-3.339.261.783.3
92Tulane logoTulane43.3-3.437.151.158.6
93App State logoApp State43.2-3.462.050.038.2
94Ohio logoOhio41.8-4.150.025.978.0
95Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic41.2-4.447.836.959.5
96Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)41.2-4.465.833.258.9
97Rutgers logoRutgers41.1-4.546.145.845.9
98Boston College logoBoston College40.9-4.622.063.530.7
99Temple logoTemple40.9-4.661.839.939.6
100Nevada logoNevada40.6-4.733.046.260.5
101Arkansas State logoArkansas State39.6-5.242.045.643.6
102Florida International logoFlorida International39.0-5.518.270.032.7
103California logoCalifornia38.9-5.547.352.046.6
104Troy logoTroy38.7-5.732.554.237.9
105Utah State logoUtah State37.7-6.222.960.444.6
106San Diego State logoSan Diego State36.9-6.623.560.961.3
107Colorado State logoColorado State36.9-6.669.530.144.0
108South Alabama logoSouth Alabama36.4-6.846.731.661.6
109UAB logoUAB35.6-7.225.547.456.3
110Delaware logoDelaware35.2-7.442.146.053.2
111Washington State logoWashington State35.1-7.427.260.746.3
112Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina34.9-7.529.551.054.2
113Kennesaw State logoKennesaw State34.9-7.531.148.163.4
114San José State logoSan José State33.4-8.319.052.750.2
115Sam Houston logoSam Houston31.8-9.141.960.042.9
116Old Dominion logoOld Dominion31.3-9.410.763.437.5
117New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State30.2-9.930.545.131.1
118Stanford logoStanford30.1-10.043.641.543.6
119Wyoming logoWyoming29.8-10.120.530.764.3
120Marshall logoMarshall29.7-10.131.825.461.0
121Hawai'i logoHawai'i29.4-10.325.734.458.7
122Middle Tennessee logoMiddle Tennessee29.0-10.531.346.343.4
123Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky28.8-10.634.327.744.9
124Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss28.8-10.623.348.743.8
125Rice logoRice27.6-11.235.431.435.6
126Eastern Michigan logoEastern Michigan26.2-11.920.142.430.6
127Buffalo logoBuffalo25.9-12.014.822.851.3
128Missouri State logoMissouri State25.3-12.430.644.349.4
129Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan25.1-12.411.344.241.5
130Bowling Green logoBowling Green20.5-14.85.943.131.8
131Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois17.4-16.319.445.612.8
132Ball State logoBall State17.3-16.426.023.946.8
133Akron logoAkron17.0-16.528.326.034.6
134Kent State logoKent State16.9-16.516.842.627.1
135Charlotte logoCharlotte15.2-17.413.837.043.5
136Sacramento State logoSacramento State12.6-18.77.322.674.9
137UTEP logoUTEP12.4-18.824.134.929.0
138UL Monroe logoUL Monroe11.5-19.326.520.327.0

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