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 5.

RankTeamPowerNeutral pointsOffenseDefenseST
1Notre Dame logoNotre Dame93.221.685.793.254.4
2Georgia logoGeorgia91.720.890.783.672.4
3Ohio State logoOhio State90.520.388.686.939.9
4Indiana logoIndiana90.320.287.282.752.1
5Miami logoMiami89.819.990.184.358.7
6Alabama logoAlabama88.919.590.588.858.2
7LSU logoLSU86.418.266.194.648.5
8Utah logoUtah82.616.381.581.266.9
9Texas logoTexas80.915.567.394.659.0
10BYU logoBYU77.813.972.579.668.6
11Tennessee logoTennessee77.713.962.885.559.6
12Texas Tech logoTexas Tech77.413.751.480.569.6
13Oregon logoOregon77.113.575.077.072.0
14Nebraska logoNebraska76.513.272.079.946.2
15UCLA logoUCLA76.213.172.973.555.1
16Northwestern logoNorthwestern74.812.484.372.661.6
17Missouri logoMissouri72.511.361.076.861.5
18New Mexico logoNew Mexico71.810.956.187.571.6
19Ole Miss logoOle Miss71.510.778.255.347.5
20Wake Forest logoWake Forest71.310.772.865.560.9
21Houston logoHouston71.110.678.457.563.4
22Arizona logoArizona70.810.462.864.062.4
23Florida logoFlorida69.79.884.555.374.8
24Iowa logoIowa69.49.754.784.963.5
25Boise State logoBoise State69.19.574.662.954.7
26Baylor logoBaylor68.69.357.873.975.9
27James Madison logoJames Madison68.49.266.758.383.3
28USC logoUSC67.99.082.044.061.7
29Louisville logoLouisville67.99.076.756.351.9
30Duke logoDuke67.78.956.879.864.0
31Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh67.48.763.373.472.6
32Wisconsin logoWisconsin66.98.457.877.852.7
33Mississippi State logoMississippi State66.68.378.468.647.9
34Kentucky logoKentucky66.18.170.375.949.0
35Penn State logoPenn State66.18.056.782.448.3
36Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State65.37.661.076.758.3
37Oklahoma logoOklahoma64.97.539.489.653.6
38Michigan logoMichigan64.87.452.875.329.0
39Kansas State logoKansas State64.67.368.768.763.6
40Texas A&M logoTexas A&M64.57.249.778.071.2
41SMU logoSMU64.07.066.967.038.1
42TCU logoTCU63.66.839.176.269.6
43South Carolina logoSouth Carolina62.86.459.453.066.4
44Oregon State logoOregon State62.76.479.263.342.3
45North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State62.66.339.279.871.9
46Auburn logoAuburn62.26.155.978.345.9
47Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech61.65.863.862.370.8
48Liberty logoLiberty61.35.740.065.753.1
49Memphis logoMemphis61.35.781.342.841.7
50Kansas logoKansas59.24.646.476.450.9
51Florida State logoFlorida State58.74.477.648.566.8
52UCF logoUCF58.54.348.380.366.6
53Washington logoWashington58.24.139.465.555.3
54Virginia logoVirginia57.94.049.076.251.2
55North Carolina logoNorth Carolina57.53.765.564.450.1
56North Texas logoNorth Texas56.23.176.547.628.7
57Toledo logoToledo55.92.959.455.540.5
58Cincinnati logoCincinnati55.42.759.350.961.7
59Fresno State logoFresno State55.02.540.065.968.7
60Iowa State logoIowa State54.72.458.764.351.7
61Illinois logoIllinois53.61.877.538.443.8
62Texas State logoTexas State53.11.668.148.930.1
63Minnesota logoMinnesota52.91.437.972.183.2
64UTSA logoUTSA52.51.345.462.855.2
65Clemson logoClemson52.41.230.772.968.2
66Louisiana logoLouisiana52.31.237.173.937.3
67Georgia State logoGeorgia State52.21.165.048.974.3
68South Florida logoSouth Florida51.80.943.950.759.8
69NC State logoNC State51.80.966.456.560.0
70Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech51.20.649.769.548.9
71Air Force logoAir Force50.60.341.547.547.2
72Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt49.7-0.152.657.646.8
73Army logoArmy48.8-0.673.022.871.4
74Syracuse logoSyracuse48.4-0.852.759.047.2
75Arizona State logoArizona State48.1-0.943.968.547.8
76UConn logoUConn48.0-1.052.937.366.3
77Tulsa logoTulsa47.4-1.343.362.544.0
78UNLV logoUNLV47.3-1.333.367.238.4
79Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech47.1-1.449.945.268.2
80Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern46.8-1.651.756.217.5
81Michigan State logoMichigan State46.8-1.641.457.375.1
82Purdue logoPurdue46.5-1.764.935.058.3
83West Virginia logoWest Virginia46.4-1.872.037.257.2
84Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan45.9-2.039.851.868.0
85Colorado logoColorado45.9-2.038.472.921.0
86East Carolina logoEast Carolina45.2-2.419.771.553.1
87Navy logoNavy44.7-2.634.538.854.4
88Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State44.6-2.751.437.542.0
89Arkansas logoArkansas44.1-2.939.653.548.2
90Maryland logoMaryland43.7-3.233.364.744.8
91Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic43.5-3.250.038.171.2
92Tulane logoTulane43.0-3.535.450.458.5
93App State logoApp State42.5-3.858.847.538.2
94Temple logoTemple41.7-4.257.444.843.5
95Ohio logoOhio41.6-4.239.830.082.4
96Boston College logoBoston College41.0-4.523.463.135.6
97Arkansas State logoArkansas State40.4-4.846.741.255.2
98Nevada logoNevada39.5-5.231.940.160.6
99Massachusetts logoMassachusetts39.5-5.233.345.776.2
100Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)39.2-5.456.624.464.3
101Rutgers logoRutgers39.2-5.443.437.050.9
102Florida International logoFlorida International39.1-5.419.468.632.7
103Troy logoTroy39.1-5.533.354.238.0
104California logoCalifornia38.2-5.941.451.156.9
105San Diego State logoSan Diego State37.4-6.320.063.468.3
106Utah State logoUtah State37.3-6.324.655.947.8
107South Alabama logoSouth Alabama37.1-6.451.627.259.0
108UAB logoUAB36.1-7.021.147.459.2
109Kennesaw State logoKennesaw State35.5-7.233.248.163.5
110San José State logoSan José State35.0-7.523.254.049.9
111Colorado State logoColorado State34.0-8.069.417.239.8
112Washington State logoWashington State33.9-8.020.260.347.6
113New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State33.7-8.232.953.136.5
114Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina33.6-8.227.438.467.6
115Delaware logoDelaware33.0-8.529.743.251.4
116Sam Houston logoSam Houston31.9-9.143.158.143.1
117Eastern Michigan logoEastern Michigan29.7-10.230.243.735.7
118Hawai'i logoHawai'i29.3-10.326.631.257.1
119Old Dominion logoOld Dominion29.2-10.47.558.340.5
120Rice logoRice29.2-10.433.939.035.7
121Wyoming logoWyoming29.1-10.514.534.858.1
122Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss28.7-10.722.347.643.7
123Marshall logoMarshall28.6-10.733.121.655.2
124Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan28.4-10.820.146.342.3
125Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky27.7-11.225.630.943.8
126Buffalo logoBuffalo27.5-11.318.325.349.3
127Stanford logoStanford26.4-11.834.935.642.8
128Missouri State logoMissouri State25.2-12.430.342.849.3
129Middle Tennessee logoMiddle Tennessee24.9-12.622.335.744.0
130Bowling Green logoBowling Green22.7-13.611.444.928.1
131Ball State logoBall State18.8-15.630.125.547.0
132Kent State logoKent State18.7-15.714.650.821.0
133Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois18.0-16.021.545.612.7
134Akron logoAkron16.6-16.726.622.038.4
135Sacramento State logoSacramento State13.2-18.47.823.274.9
136Charlotte logoCharlotte12.3-18.810.528.846.1
137UL Monroe logoUL Monroe11.9-19.128.916.131.2
138UTEP logoUTEP10.0-20.015.430.431.0

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