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College Football Ranking 2026-2027

Last Updated: 2026-11-09 16:42:26 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 Georgia SEC 8 1 1 0.974614 0.988703 2130 2.774
2 Notre Dame FBS Independents 8 1 2 0.945249 0.984307 2078 2.442
3 Alabama SEC 7 2 3 0.922171 1.000000 1984 2.473
4 Utah Big 12 9 0 4 0.912511 0.933176 1918 2.056
5 Miami ACC 8 1 5 0.891426 0.974613 1988 1.834
6 LSU SEC 6 3 6 0.885522 0.958240 1898 2.530
7 Texas SEC 7 2 7 0.882484 0.941412 1953 2.185
8 Tennessee SEC 7 2 8 0.862266 0.923301 1879 2.057
9 Wake Forest ACC 8 1 10 0.848041 0.885836 1877 1.700
10 UCLA Big Ten 9 0 11 0.847438 0.919071 1754 1.391
11 Ohio State Big Ten 6 3 12 0.814952 0.914977 1967 1.645
12 Indiana Big Ten 8 1 9 0.850730 0.898754 2054 1.492
13 Ole Miss SEC 6 3 13 0.813858 0.874659 1880 1.882
14 Iowa Big Ten 7 2 14 0.810871 0.864216 1925 1.524
15 BYU Big 12 7 2 16 0.799747 0.848612 1706 1.672
16 Texas Tech Big 12 8 1 20 0.779989 0.842152 1824 0.986
17 Arizona Big 12 7 2 17 0.797261 0.858281 1795 1.502
18 Houston Big 12 7 2 18 0.791548 0.864221 1619 1.594
19 Kentucky SEC 7 2 19 0.785739 0.822979 1584 1.712
20 South Carolina SEC 6 3 15 0.802146 0.843085 1756 1.979
21 Missouri SEC 6 3 21 0.775766 0.835296 1767 1.632
22 Oklahoma State Big 12 6 3 22 0.772707 0.877138 1597 1.615
23 Oregon Big Ten 6 3 23 0.772423 0.882092 1849 1.314
24 USC Big Ten 7 2 24 0.771236 0.843091 1802 1.193
25 Boise State Pac-12 8 1 25 0.765914 0.889046 1722 0.722
26 Duke ACC 7 2 26 0.753720 0.830332 1822 0.978
27 Baylor Big 12 6 3 27 0.749008 0.844561 1697 1.303
28 Northwestern Big Ten 6 3 28 0.747715 0.848361 1730 1.234
29 Louisville ACC 6 3 29 0.745456 0.842647 1758 1.194
30 Liberty Conference USA 8 1 31 0.734083 0.879231 1815 0.217
31 Wisconsin Big Ten 6 3 32 0.732644 0.823820 1667 1.190
32 Oklahoma SEC 5 4 34 0.728615 0.796837 1709 1.500
33 New Mexico Mountain West 8 1 30 0.735913 0.851821 1713 0.461
34 SMU ACC 7 2 33 0.731279 0.795609 1783 0.845
35 Florida SEC 5 4 35 0.722545 0.790800 1596 1.564
36 Nebraska Big Ten 5 4 36 0.712530 0.845305 1715 1.083
37 Penn State Big Ten 5 4 37 0.705234 0.812406 1798 1.018
38 Texas A&M SEC 4 5 38 0.697459 0.785107 1717 1.413
39 Auburn SEC 5 4 39 0.682661 0.743264 1618 1.172
40 James Madison Sun Belt 8 2 40 0.682511 0.819895 1798 -0.002
41 Mississippi State SEC 4 5 41 0.675127 0.741048 1519 1.493
42 Illinois Big Ten 6 3 42 0.674760 0.767473 1602 0.679
43 Clemson ACC 6 3 47 0.656275 0.746211 1559 0.553
44 North Carolina ACC 5 4 44 0.660150 0.807510 1526 0.713
45 Pittsburgh ACC 6 3 43 0.667421 0.769530 1626 0.543
46 North Texas American Athletic 7 2 45 0.658355 0.784883 1680 -0.009
47 North Dakota State Mountain West 7 2 46 0.656829 0.815653 1628 -0.092
48 Memphis American Athletic 7 2 48 0.653839 0.789503 1686 -0.096
49 Louisiana Tech Sun Belt 7 2 49 0.653522 0.754721 1524 0.213
50 Washington Big Ten 5 4 50 0.649067 0.746993 1722 0.578
51 Michigan Big Ten 5 4 52 0.643064 0.724166 1677 0.633
52 Virginia Tech ACC 6 3 53 0.642342 0.705892 1485 0.598
53 West Virginia Big 12 5 4 56 0.624886 0.712277 1380 0.755
54 Cincinnati Big 12 5 4 54 0.641432 0.712829 1505 0.844
55 UCF Big 12 5 4 55 0.635589 0.738993 1415 0.761
56 TCU Big 12 4 5 51 0.645530 0.777125 1613 0.840
57 Iowa State Big 12 4 5 57 0.622247 0.728426 1540 0.787
58 Florida State ACC 4 5 58 0.620355 0.748437 1572 0.648
59 Minnesota Big Ten 5 4 59 0.614205 0.677670 1451 0.663
60 Arizona State Big 12 5 4 60 0.605134 0.633743 1477 0.679
61 Texas State Pac-12 5 4 61 0.604558 0.768194 1624 -0.012
62 Oregon State Pac-12 5 4 62 0.594678 0.724485 1523 0.132
63 Air Force Mountain West 7 2 65 0.588148 0.711958 1466 -0.462
64 Arkansas SEC 3 6 69 0.574496 0.659772 1479 0.767
65 Vanderbilt SEC 4 5 63 0.590353 0.609768 1544 0.801
66 UTSA American Athletic 7 2 66 0.587947 0.693669 1457 -0.384
67 Tulsa American Athletic 5 4 67 0.581683 0.731883 1489 -0.039
68 Kansas State Big 12 4 5 70 0.572425 0.638243 1462 0.533
69 Kansas Big 12 3 6 64 0.589568 0.691132 1577 0.746
70 Fresno State Pac-12 5 4 68 0.577171 0.727413 1634 -0.244
71 South Florida American Athletic 6 3 72 0.569871 0.714113 1634 -0.601
72 Louisiana Sun Belt 6 3 73 0.569017 0.693661 1492 -0.377
73 Jacksonville State Conference USA 7 2 75 0.563768 0.701531 1515 -0.813
74 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 5 4 71 0.570209 0.721610 1499 -0.169
75 Michigan State Big Ten 3 6 74 0.564144 0.704143 1487 0.443
76 Virginia ACC 4 5 76 0.559579 0.663998 1476 0.240
77 Purdue Big Ten 3 6 77 0.555493 0.693921 1408 0.450
78 Syracuse ACC 4 5 78 0.552154 0.669678 1342 0.263
79 UConn FBS Independents 4 5 79 0.549190 0.641659 1435 0.228
80 Army American Athletic 5 4 80 0.536991 0.701277 1500 -0.551
81 Florida Atlantic American Athletic 6 3 81 0.530195 0.652356 1383 -0.634
82 Toledo Mid-American 7 2 82 0.529993 0.663586 1531 -1.151
83 Utah State Pac-12 4 5 83 0.525023 0.678601 1410 -0.222
84 Georgia State Sun Belt 5 4 84 0.524177 0.664972 1367 -0.441
85 Western Michigan Mid-American 6 3 85 0.519214 0.699967 1486 -1.084
86 Boston College ACC 4 5 86 0.517668 0.611332 1360 -0.008
87 Ohio Mid-American 7 2 87 0.517573 0.643060 1401 -1.100
88 Maryland Big Ten 3 6 88 0.510195 0.591948 1323 0.312
89 NC State ACC 4 5 89 0.506940 0.571072 1414 -0.060
90 Colorado Big 12 3 6 90 0.505824 0.567729 1268 0.406
91 Wyoming Mountain West 6 3 91 0.505406 0.624994 1383 -0.871
92 UNLV Mountain West 5 4 92 0.498088 0.629289 1457 -0.763
93 UAB American Athletic 5 4 96 0.470139 0.572347 1368 -0.831
94 East Carolina American Athletic 5 4 93 0.496512 0.612472 1441 -0.702
95 South Alabama Sun Belt 4 5 94 0.472566 0.607937 1331 -0.587
96 Navy American Athletic 3 6 95 0.471917 0.649155 1495 -0.629
97 Buffalo Mid-American 6 3 97 0.462269 0.617076 1361 -1.413
98 Nevada Mountain West 3 6 98 0.461373 0.634377 1362 -0.571
99 App State Sun Belt 5 4 99 0.460392 0.555658 1249 -0.770
100 San José State Mountain West 5 5 100 0.446636 0.579042 1364 -1.024
101 Arkansas State Sun Belt 4 5 101 0.437940 0.562774 1310 -0.868
102 Delaware Conference USA 4 5 102 0.436278 0.590307 1391 -1.087
103 Troy Sun Belt 4 5 103 0.432515 0.540691 1305 -0.852
104 Rutgers Big Ten 2 7 104 0.427221 0.509607 1346 -0.235
105 Stanford ACC 4 5 105 0.419388 0.456263 1144 -0.529
106 Tulane American Athletic 4 5 106 0.417304 0.555083 1283 -1.094
107 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 3 6 107 0.414878 0.576968 1265 -0.885
108 Florida International Conference USA 4 5 108 0.414454 0.608769 1337 -1.401
109 Miami (OH) Mid-American 5 4 109 0.412776 0.566230 1260 -1.482
110 Hawai'i Mountain West 3 6 110 0.411517 0.502569 1399 -0.791
111 Marshall Sun Belt 5 4 111 0.410542 0.495270 1270 -1.249
112 California ACC 3 6 112 0.409612 0.486862 1209 -0.547
113 Kennesaw State Conference USA 3 6 118 0.381795 0.554543 1295 -1.289
114 Middle Tennessee Conference USA 5 4 114 0.397979 0.519772 1165 -1.402
115 Georgia Tech ACC 2 7 115 0.397522 0.480556 1342 -0.529
116 Central Michigan Mid-American 4 5 116 0.385355 0.593272 1292 -1.694
117 Colorado State Pac-12 3 6 121 0.346598 0.479553 1144 -1.319
118 San Diego State Pac-12 4 5 113 0.403023 0.517568 1261 -1.122
119 Massachusetts Mid-American 5 4 117 0.384299 0.535284 1122 -1.604
120 Temple American Athletic 2 7 119 0.373010 0.546270 1295 -1.071
121 Washington State Pac-12 1 8 120 0.354335 0.482523 1403 -0.894
122 New Mexico State Conference USA 3 6 122 0.335218 0.470574 1225 -1.531
123 Southern Miss Sun Belt 3 6 123 0.333565 0.396092 1193 -1.230
124 Old Dominion Sun Belt 3 7 124 0.329400 0.449410 1203 -1.413
125 Western Kentucky Conference USA 3 6 126 0.302992 0.396774 1225 -1.691
126 Missouri State Conference USA 3 6 125 0.314344 0.434915 1228 -1.685
127 Eastern Michigan Mid-American 4 6 127 0.299212 0.422527 1151 -1.946
128 Rice American Athletic 1 8 129 0.290945 0.460786 1111 -1.365
129 UL Monroe Sun Belt 2 7 130 0.273229 0.355903 1040 -1.433
130 Kent State Mid-American 3 6 133 0.223558 0.299927 972 -2.136
131 Ball State Mid-American 3 6 131 0.272210 0.412019 1098 -2.036
132 Bowling Green Mid-American 2 7 128 0.295492 0.477484 1225 -1.800
133 Charlotte American Athletic 1 8 132 0.239281 0.355338 1049 -1.603
134 Sam Houston Conference USA 1 8 134 0.207888 0.282676 1021 -1.725
135 Northern Illinois Mountain West 0 9 135 0.176535 0.279269 1078 -1.901
136 UTEP Mountain West 1 8 136 0.148447 0.094575 1014 -1.811
137 Akron Mid-American 1 8 137 0.119174 0.171791 875 -2.362
138 Sacramento State Mid-American 2 8 138 0.054980 0.000000 1063 -3.038
Generated by Wheelus Sports ranking engine — data snapshot for season 2026.