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 6.

RankTeamPowerNeutral pointsOffenseDefenseST
1Notre Dame logoNotre Dame94.522.287.893.654.3
2Georgia logoGeorgia93.421.791.383.967.4
3Miami logoMiami91.320.690.484.158.7
4Indiana logoIndiana90.720.487.483.848.7
5Alabama logoAlabama90.520.388.986.759.9
6Ohio State logoOhio State90.520.385.186.446.5
7Utah logoUtah84.417.284.575.259.2
8LSU logoLSU83.716.967.890.949.4
9Texas logoTexas80.715.366.792.648.6
10BYU logoBYU79.714.973.979.661.5
11Nebraska logoNebraska77.313.673.577.649.8
12Texas Tech logoTexas Tech76.813.452.281.069.7
13UCLA logoUCLA76.513.365.583.946.7
14Missouri logoMissouri75.612.858.385.054.4
15Oregon logoOregon75.612.856.883.674.7
16Tennessee logoTennessee74.912.458.985.459.0
17Houston logoHouston73.611.882.361.862.5
18Northwestern logoNorthwestern73.011.582.668.559.1
19New Mexico logoNew Mexico71.810.957.285.971.7
20Arizona logoArizona71.410.766.568.659.6
21Mississippi State logoMississippi State70.410.279.567.447.8
22Iowa logoIowa69.89.964.380.164.2
23Ole Miss logoOle Miss69.79.879.864.851.0
24Wake Forest logoWake Forest69.49.775.170.757.4
25Baylor logoBaylor69.09.556.473.875.8
26Wisconsin logoWisconsin68.59.356.277.952.8
27Boise State logoBoise State67.98.980.550.058.2
28USC logoUSC67.88.983.745.158.3
29James Madison logoJames Madison67.78.965.453.981.4
30Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh67.78.856.974.066.6
31Oklahoma logoOklahoma67.08.544.389.860.9
32Louisville logoLouisville66.98.581.257.957.7
33Florida logoFlorida66.58.279.551.271.6
34Duke logoDuke66.08.058.970.259.9
35Kentucky logoKentucky65.67.873.674.648.8
36Oregon State logoOregon State65.67.883.667.239.0
37Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State65.17.665.867.864.1
38Penn State logoPenn State64.87.456.875.751.1
39Michigan logoMichigan64.87.452.476.129.0
40South Carolina logoSouth Carolina64.47.263.162.963.9
41Kansas State logoKansas State62.96.467.357.160.2
42Kansas logoKansas62.76.351.969.255.1
43Memphis logoMemphis62.76.378.445.143.7
44North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State62.56.333.581.769.2
45Texas A&M logoTexas A&M62.56.239.579.273.2
46SMU logoSMU62.36.265.065.938.0
47TCU logoTCU62.26.139.176.869.5
48Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech61.85.965.455.963.9
49Auburn logoAuburn61.35.752.776.345.7
50Liberty logoLiberty61.15.546.164.453.2
51Virginia logoVirginia59.34.748.269.258.1
52UCF logoUCF58.64.351.274.757.8
53North Carolina logoNorth Carolina57.83.965.069.254.7
54Florida State logoFlorida State56.83.475.441.857.3
55Iowa State logoIowa State55.93.055.363.954.8
56North Texas logoNorth Texas55.82.975.348.934.0
57Fresno State logoFresno State55.72.850.155.661.7
58Cincinnati logoCincinnati55.52.860.549.561.7
59Georgia State logoGeorgia State54.62.364.248.774.0
60Washington logoWashington54.62.344.655.451.6
61UTSA logoUTSA53.31.650.556.153.3
62Illinois logoIllinois53.21.676.036.746.3
63Air Force logoAir Force52.91.452.247.046.2
64Minnesota logoMinnesota51.80.935.466.476.8
65Clemson logoClemson51.60.830.973.768.3
66Toledo logoToledo51.20.646.151.233.9
67Purdue logoPurdue51.10.669.339.160.0
68Texas State logoTexas State51.10.664.648.430.0
69South Florida logoSouth Florida51.10.548.646.559.3
70Syracuse logoSyracuse51.00.558.457.339.6
71Louisiana logoLouisiana50.10.141.663.842.8
72Arizona State logoArizona State49.3-0.345.664.343.7
73NC State logoNC State49.2-0.461.347.861.4
74UConn logoUConn49.2-0.454.740.766.8
75UNLV logoUNLV48.8-0.630.471.539.8
76Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt48.8-0.644.552.245.0
77Army logoArmy48.7-0.666.527.264.5
78East Carolina logoEast Carolina48.1-0.922.172.146.4
79Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech47.7-1.156.641.766.7
80Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech47.7-1.254.859.545.2
81Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan47.3-1.446.250.766.8
82Michigan State logoMichigan State47.0-1.543.955.369.8
83Navy logoNavy46.2-1.940.636.160.4
84Maryland logoMaryland46.0-2.035.967.041.1
85Tulsa logoTulsa45.7-2.146.357.639.5
86Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern45.7-2.154.754.519.2
87Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic45.2-2.450.136.671.2
88West Virginia logoWest Virginia45.2-2.466.033.256.8
89Colorado logoColorado44.9-2.538.073.021.1
90Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State44.8-2.653.935.045.8
91Arkansas logoArkansas43.4-3.339.757.547.2
92California logoCalifornia43.3-3.347.750.159.7
93Florida International logoFlorida International42.5-3.818.675.642.7
94Nevada logoNevada41.5-4.231.347.063.2
95Troy logoTroy41.2-4.446.340.845.2
96Massachusetts logoMassachusetts41.1-4.427.147.568.4
97Temple logoTemple40.9-4.552.937.440.7
98App State logoApp State40.7-4.739.446.950.4
99Boston College logoBoston College40.3-4.922.362.835.4
100Tulane logoTulane40.0-5.029.754.360.8
101Ohio logoOhio40.0-5.040.836.978.9
102Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)38.7-5.649.929.565.0
103Rutgers logoRutgers38.4-5.844.235.850.8
104Arkansas State logoArkansas State38.3-5.847.235.248.9
105South Alabama logoSouth Alabama38.2-5.959.024.461.5
106Colorado State logoColorado State36.8-6.669.718.439.7
107Utah State logoUtah State36.2-6.919.961.940.2
108San José State logoSan José State35.3-7.319.752.648.1
109Kennesaw State logoKennesaw State35.2-7.434.943.157.3
110Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina35.1-7.427.543.067.9
111UAB logoUAB34.4-7.820.247.657.0
112Washington State logoWashington State34.0-8.018.563.055.0
113New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State33.2-8.424.455.133.7
114San Diego State logoSan Diego State32.3-8.917.651.769.2
115Old Dominion logoOld Dominion32.2-8.98.370.932.9
116Sam Houston logoSam Houston32.0-9.036.351.843.4
117Eastern Michigan logoEastern Michigan31.6-9.228.738.546.0
118Delaware logoDelaware31.6-9.229.441.751.5
119Rice logoRice30.6-9.726.044.044.3
120Buffalo logoBuffalo29.9-10.121.635.757.9
121Wyoming logoWyoming28.6-10.716.736.758.8
122Hawai'i logoHawai'i28.4-10.829.926.460.0
123Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan27.9-11.017.742.843.1
124Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss27.9-11.032.633.339.9
125Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky27.4-11.329.634.545.9
126Marshall logoMarshall26.6-11.727.721.051.5
127Stanford logoStanford25.1-12.430.835.143.6
128Bowling Green logoBowling Green24.8-12.615.245.031.0
129Middle Tennessee logoMiddle Tennessee24.7-12.622.135.544.1
130Missouri State logoMissouri State22.0-14.026.435.447.6
131Kent State logoKent State18.3-15.917.441.723.7
132Akron logoAkron18.2-15.930.023.231.2
133Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois18.1-15.920.638.116.4
134Ball State logoBall State16.8-16.631.822.947.8
135Sacramento State logoSacramento State15.0-17.57.719.171.7
136UL Monroe logoUL Monroe11.8-19.128.515.831.2
137UTEP logoUTEP9.9-20.012.633.430.0
138Charlotte logoCharlotte9.8-20.110.725.744.0

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