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College Football Ranking 2025-2026

Last Updated: 2026-01-20 15:07:37 Central Standard Time
Nearby teams are re-ordered to minimize ranking violations.
Rank Team Conference Wins Losses Overall Rating Rank Overall Rating Matrix Rating Elo adjCPPD
1 Indiana Big Ten 16 0 1 1.000000 1.000000 2345 3.961
2 Oregon Big Ten 13 2 3 0.915145 0.925350 2071 3.586
3 Miami ACC 13 3 6 0.869644 0.922710 2015 3.124
4 Ohio State Big Ten 12 2 2 0.926145 0.957574 2138 3.601
5 Notre Dame FBS Independents 10 2 4 0.902229 0.934863 2243 3.348
6 Texas Tech Big 12 12 2 5 0.882508 0.940760 2056 3.082
7 Georgia SEC 12 2 8 0.840822 0.887796 2057 2.688
8 Ole Miss SEC 13 2 9 0.826310 0.871342 2009 2.545
9 BYU Big 12 12 2 12 0.793754 0.842039 1750 2.378
10 Utah Big 12 11 2 7 0.855600 0.897366 1976 2.948
11 Texas SEC 10 3 13 0.773126 0.824106 1926 2.297
12 Texas A&M SEC 11 2 10 0.819200 0.860498 1872 2.631
13 Alabama SEC 11 4 15 0.766877 0.831356 1857 2.324
14 Vanderbilt SEC 10 3 11 0.795309 0.857185 1880 2.515
15 North Texas American Athletic 12 2 14 0.772637 0.811145 1709 2.221
16 Oklahoma SEC 10 3 16 0.765837 0.831832 1810 2.231
17 USC Big Ten 9 4 17 0.758314 0.846964 1871 2.246
18 Iowa Big Ten 9 4 18 0.756702 0.856269 1937 2.143
19 James Madison Sun Belt 12 2 20 0.750473 0.818442 1905 1.744
20 Michigan Big Ten 9 4 24 0.719335 0.798965 1786 1.925
21 Washington Big Ten 9 4 19 0.754719 0.843176 1866 2.212
22 Old Dominion Sun Belt 10 3 23 0.721434 0.764306 1670 1.945
23 South Florida American Athletic 9 4 21 0.733444 0.815341 1774 2.072
24 SMU ACC 9 4 22 0.727695 0.814137 1852 1.944
25 Arizona Big 12 9 4 25 0.718460 0.810764 1688 1.925
26 Penn State Big Ten 7 6 27 0.711707 0.821889 1954 2.065
27 Virginia ACC 11 3 28 0.709388 0.792806 1637 1.624
28 Illinois Big Ten 9 4 31 0.694439 0.799119 1595 1.679
29 Tennessee SEC 8 5 26 0.712693 0.790780 1787 2.086
30 Louisville ACC 9 4 29 0.705862 0.797199 1749 1.758
31 TCU Big 12 9 4 30 0.699527 0.771733 1670 1.819
32 Missouri SEC 8 5 32 0.683663 0.789289 1750 1.690
33 Tulane American Athletic 11 3 34 0.675695 0.731168 1583 1.417
34 East Carolina American Athletic 9 4 33 0.678235 0.755207 1593 1.623
35 Navy American Athletic 11 2 35 0.675133 0.719149 1575 1.286
36 Iowa State Big 12 8 4 36 0.671036 0.763298 1629 1.537
37 Houston Big 12 10 3 37 0.669391 0.734655 1512 1.403
38 Pittsburgh ACC 8 5 38 0.666459 0.773429 1614 1.588
39 Toledo Mid-American 8 5 39 0.656668 0.758214 1646 1.487
40 NC State ACC 8 5 40 0.653329 0.752535 1605 1.487
41 Georgia Tech ACC 9 4 41 0.652906 0.749779 1595 1.273
42 LSU SEC 7 6 42 0.651465 0.750175 1675 1.651
43 Kansas State Big 12 6 6 43 0.649847 0.765196 1674 1.679
44 Washington State Pac-12 7 6 48 0.631465 0.758403 1549 1.403
45 San Diego State Mountain West 9 4 44 0.642722 0.743851 1528 1.190
46 Duke ACC 9 5 50 0.630883 0.745980 1622 1.094
47 Clemson ACC 7 6 45 0.641039 0.750006 1755 1.449
48 Wake Forest ACC 9 4 46 0.640360 0.731544 1531 1.204
49 Arizona State Big 12 8 5 47 0.636777 0.742795 1609 1.282
50 Auburn SEC 5 7 49 0.630975 0.755489 1670 1.689
51 UTSA American Athletic 7 6 51 0.623944 0.713421 1668 1.403
52 Western Michigan Mid-American 10 4 52 0.623440 0.685319 1546 1.072
53 Memphis American Athletic 8 5 53 0.622938 0.714850 1540 1.237
54 Cincinnati Big 12 7 6 54 0.615841 0.709362 1471 1.424
55 Boise State Mountain West 9 5 55 0.612885 0.729610 1594 0.915
56 Florida State ACC 5 7 56 0.612860 0.759357 1556 1.479
57 New Mexico Mountain West 9 4 57 0.608872 0.698599 1494 0.901
58 Nebraska Big Ten 7 6 61 0.595282 0.706562 1558 1.080
59 Northwestern Big Ten 7 6 58 0.604538 0.723287 1574 1.137
60 Ohio Mid-American 9 4 62 0.589422 0.669314 1584 0.680
61 UNLV Mountain West 10 4 60 0.598158 0.696341 1622 0.609
62 Army American Athletic 7 6 63 0.587113 0.687785 1589 1.018
63 UConn FBS Independents 9 4 59 0.598341 0.641389 1477 0.992
64 Florida SEC 4 8 64 0.586807 0.713617 1593 1.506
65 Kansas Big 12 5 7 65 0.585869 0.710748 1516 1.308
66 South Carolina SEC 4 8 66 0.585626 0.723794 1697 1.382
67 Mississippi State SEC 5 8 67 0.577389 0.681895 1468 1.426
68 Fresno State Mountain West 9 4 68 0.576844 0.673274 1548 0.502
69 Minnesota Big Ten 8 5 69 0.576750 0.681556 1516 0.712
70 Hawai'i Mountain West 9 4 70 0.575488 0.682230 1459 0.501
71 Texas State Sun Belt 7 6 71 0.572093 0.677877 1606 0.828
72 Kentucky SEC 5 7 72 0.570205 0.700850 1465 1.151
73 Western Kentucky Conference USA 9 4 73 0.568241 0.641198 1408 0.595
74 Kennesaw State Conference USA 10 4 74 0.563199 0.647287 1310 0.493
75 Baylor Big 12 5 7 75 0.550259 0.680456 1509 0.915
76 Louisiana Tech Conference USA 8 5 76 0.546080 0.655187 1431 0.424
77 California ACC 7 6 77 0.545516 0.628716 1360 0.794
78 Rutgers Big Ten 5 7 78 0.536861 0.684048 1469 0.729
79 Utah State Mountain West 6 7 79 0.530493 0.660066 1446 0.617
80 Wisconsin Big Ten 4 8 82 0.519755 0.686722 1502 0.691
81 Miami (OH) Mid-American 7 7 80 0.525621 0.614884 1400 0.647
82 Arkansas SEC 2 10 81 0.521545 0.706804 1571 1.080
83 Michigan State Big Ten 4 8 83 0.515483 0.664901 1409 0.776
84 UCF Big 12 5 7 84 0.514347 0.647804 1448 0.561
85 Jacksonville State Conference USA 9 5 85 0.512852 0.588458 1491 0.093
86 Troy Sun Belt 8 6 86 0.511516 0.601509 1384 0.296
87 Maryland Big Ten 4 8 87 0.505523 0.659256 1387 0.667
88 Central Michigan Mid-American 7 6 88 0.500289 0.577875 1232 0.420
89 Missouri State Conference USA 7 6 89 0.495316 0.571582 1328 0.313
90 Marshall Sun Belt 5 7 90 0.493345 0.618759 1468 0.360
91 Florida International Conference USA 7 6 91 0.485920 0.570331 1324 0.183
92 Southern Miss Sun Belt 7 6 92 0.484016 0.598792 1275 0.069
93 West Virginia Big 12 4 8 93 0.471959 0.619839 1291 0.397
94 Arkansas State Sun Belt 7 6 94 0.468922 0.570672 1317 -0.063
95 Air Force Mountain West 4 8 95 0.467807 0.600784 1386 0.355
96 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 7 6 96 0.467734 0.562984 1314 -0.047
97 Temple American Athletic 5 7 97 0.467191 0.589363 1219 0.253
98 North Carolina ACC 4 8 102 0.453397 0.572536 1320 0.301
99 Stanford ACC 4 8 98 0.462141 0.614403 1335 0.248
100 Colorado Big 12 3 9 100 0.457211 0.626178 1344 0.366
101 Delaware Conference USA 7 6 101 0.453907 0.556701 1356 -0.250
102 Louisiana Sun Belt 6 7 99 0.460568 0.547352 1334 0.125
103 UCLA Big Ten 3 9 103 0.452768 0.628535 1322 0.305
104 Virginia Tech ACC 3 9 104 0.449068 0.610326 1382 0.288
105 Liberty Conference USA 4 8 105 0.443256 0.574459 1441 0.069
106 Purdue Big Ten 2 10 106 0.440762 0.616736 1227 0.481
107 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 6 7 109 0.425355 0.532731 1163 -0.224
108 South Alabama Sun Belt 4 8 107 0.431293 0.544555 1336 0.082
109 Buffalo Mid-American 5 7 108 0.426910 0.526122 1298 -0.127
110 Wyoming Mountain West 4 8 111 0.418001 0.549409 1295 -0.107
111 Boston College ACC 2 10 112 0.416158 0.568496 1359 0.236
112 Florida Atlantic American Athletic 4 8 114 0.404470 0.525488 1178 -0.134
113 New Mexico State Conference USA 4 8 118 0.385206 0.497588 1172 -0.298
114 Tulsa American Athletic 4 8 110 0.422079 0.511445 1110 0.224
115 Syracuse ACC 3 9 113 0.412051 0.541254 1182 0.154
116 App State Sun Belt 5 8 116 0.401281 0.534587 1216 -0.392
117 Eastern Michigan Mid-American 4 8 119 0.380788 0.525004 1239 -0.517
118 Kent State Mid-American 5 7 121 0.372814 0.484708 1001 -0.564
119 Akron Mid-American 5 7 120 0.375280 0.467801 1101 -0.521
120 Bowling Green Mid-American 4 8 115 0.401344 0.517194 1260 -0.197
121 San José State Mountain West 3 9 117 0.387431 0.514402 1146 -0.074
122 Rice American Athletic 5 8 122 0.368759 0.461699 1044 -0.462
123 UAB American Athletic 4 8 124 0.364606 0.483631 1184 -0.550
124 Northern Illinois Mid-American 3 9 125 0.359395 0.497090 1233 -0.468
125 Oregon State Pac-12 2 10 126 0.353056 0.507116 1150 -0.306
126 Middle Tennessee Conference USA 3 9 128 0.340046 0.487017 1164 -0.667
127 Nevada Mountain West 3 9 123 0.365268 0.525747 1277 -0.527
128 Colorado State Mountain West 2 10 127 0.343251 0.528148 1155 -0.539
129 Oklahoma State Big 12 1 11 129 0.336747 0.493029 1110 -0.218
130 Ball State Mid-American 4 8 130 0.327016 0.427574 1010 -0.762
131 UL Monroe Sun Belt 3 9 132 0.311277 0.408270 1016 -0.673
132 UTEP Conference USA 2 10 131 0.325348 0.453357 1135 -0.482
133 Georgia State Sun Belt 1 11 133 0.288820 0.419085 1112 -0.618
134 Charlotte American Athletic 1 11 134 0.254872 0.350652 1023 -0.779
135 Sam Houston Conference USA 2 10 135 0.248578 0.350602 994 -1.097
136 Massachusetts Mid-American 0 12 136 0.030618 0.000000 718 -2.191
Generated by Wheelus Sports ranking engine — data snapshot for season 2025.