FBS 2026 Teams RANKINGS

View the latest FBS 2026 Teams Rankings based on the industry leading Dunkel Index rating system. The Dunkel Index analyzes game data to produce a power rating for each team. Those ratings are the basis for our game predictions.

FOOTBALL: FBS RANKINGS

Sport

League

Season

W / L RTG

Index rating for the season adjusted for won/loss record.
SEA RTG

Pure Index rating for season.
REC RTG

Most recent pure Index rating.
HI

Highest pure Index rating for season.
LO

Lowest pure Index rating for season.
W/L +/-

Percentage increase/decrease for pure Index rating over previous season.
SEA +/-

Percentage increase/decrease for pure Index rating over previous season.
25 W/L

Adjusted Index rating for 2025 season.
25 SEA

Pure Index rating for 2025 season.

Regular Season

RANK	TEAMS	RECORD	W / L RTG	SEA RTG	REC RTG	HI	LO	25 W/L	25 SEA	W/L +/-	SEA +/-
Rankings not yet available for this season
1	Indiana Hoosiers	5-1	116.326	113.371	108.855	122.711	108.855	121.643	112.776	-0.04%	0.01%
2	Miami Hurricanes	5-0	114.989	111.294	108.854	113.571	108.854	106.425	101.253	0.08%	0.10%
3	Ohio State Buckeyes	6-1	114.105	110.411	110.468	112.042	109.329	122.968	115.578	-0.07%	-0.04%
4	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	6-1	114.059	110.364	106.603	112.332	106.603	113.520	107.608	0.00%	0.03%
5	Georgia Bulldogs	5-1	111.835	108.879	103.165	112.578	103.165	113.224	105.834	-0.01%	0.03%
6	Utah Utes	5-0	110.618	106.923	102.930	108.881	102.930	105.065	99.893	0.05%	0.07%
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	5-2	109.517	107.300	103.210	112.683	103.210	108.254	103.820	0.01%	0.03%
8	Texas Longhorns	4-2	106.535	105.057	95.786	108.940	95.786	105.183	100.749	0.01%	0.04%
9	Ole Miss Rebels	5-1	103.666	100.711	107.742	107.742	93.841	110.508	103.857	-0.06%	-0.03%
10	Texas Tech Red Raiders	5-0	103.468	99.773	98.723	103.367	97.808	110.183	102.794	-0.06%	-0.03%
11	Iowa Hawkeyes	4-1	103.256	101.040	100.510	104.147	99.090	101.423	99.206	0.02%	0.02%
12	BYU Cougars	5-0	101.107	97.412	101.460	101.460	95.342	102.478	96.566	-0.01%	0.01%
13	Tennessee Volunteers	5-1	99.694	96.738	103.369	103.369	94.904	101.071	98.854	-0.01%	-0.02%
14	LSU Tigers	4-2	98.832	97.354	102.750	102.750	92.212	98.342	97.603	0.00%	0.00%
15	Oregon Ducks	3-2	98.770	98.031	97.194	107.333	94.817	116.318	109.667	-0.15%	-0.11%
16	Northwestern Wildcats	4-1	98.407	96.190	95.043	99.913	92.692	84.347	85.086	0.17%	0.13%
17	Missouri Tigers	4-2	97.588	96.110	95.047	102.699	91.386	101.017	98.800	-0.03%	-0.03%
18	UCLA Bruins	6-0	96.767	92.333	99.841	99.841	84.904	77.574	82.008	0.25%	0.13%
19	USC Trojans	6-1	96.463	92.768	93.747	97.424	89.098	100.006	96.311	-0.04%	-0.04%
20	Arizona Wildcats	4-1	96.274	94.057	96.720	96.720	92.151	91.834	88.140	0.05%	0.07%
21	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	6-1	96.191	92.496	103.161	103.161	83.977	82.797	80.580	0.16%	0.15%
22	Kentucky Wildcats	5-1	96.099	93.143	98.685	98.685	83.400	83.887	86.104	0.15%	0.08%
23	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4-2	96.007	94.529	96.380	97.472	88.838	93.029	92.290	0.03%	0.02%
24	Oklahoma Sooners	3-3	95.300	95.300	93.876	99.136	92.809	104.218	99.045	-0.09%	-0.04%
25	James Madison Dukes	6-0	95.005	90.571	91.961	92.133	88.578	94.212	86.822	0.01%	0.04%
26	Penn State Nittany Lions	3-4	94.817	95.556	88.957	103.044	88.957	97.560	98.299	-0.03%	-0.03%
27	Mississippi State Bulldogs	4-2	94.769	93.291	89.167	98.133	85.894	85.521	87.738	0.11%	0.06%
28	Florida Gators	4-2	94.315	92.837	91.987	101.174	85.189	89.630	93.325	0.05%	-0.01%
29	Michigan Wolverines	4-2	94.069	92.591	91.655	95.613	91.580	100.998	96.564	-0.07%	-0.04%
30	Louisville Cardinals	3-3	93.973	93.973	94.418	97.063	89.882	95.086	92.869	-0.01%	0.01%
31	Boise State Broncos	4-1	93.925	91.708	93.624	94.195	87.795	87.109	84.154	0.08%	0.09%
32	South Carolina Gamecocks	2-3	93.458	94.197	97.651	97.651	90.755	90.062	93.757	0.04%	0.00%
33	Wisconsin Badgers	3-2	93.444	92.705	94.893	97.418	86.284	80.827	83.782	0.16%	0.11%
34	Texas A&M Aggies	3-3	93.019	93.019	89.161	104.724	86.638	108.647	101.996	-0.14%	-0.09%
35	SMU Mustangs	4-1	92.549	90.332	87.291	95.203	86.604	95.126	92.910	-0.03%	-0.03%
36	Washington Huskies	3-3	92.431	92.431	92.821	100.650	87.770	96.769	94.552	-0.04%	-0.02%
37	Houston Cougars	5-1	92.416	89.460	92.267	92.733	85.705	87.745	84.050	0.05%	0.06%
38	Auburn Tigers	4-2	91.661	90.183	96.752	96.752	82.780	93.141	95.358	-0.02%	-0.05%
39	Duke Blue Devils	3-2	91.448	90.709	87.898	93.670	87.898	91.008	89.530	0.00%	0.01%
40	Iowa State Cyclones	2-3	90.438	91.177	89.078	93.407	89.078	92.284	90.067	-0.02%	0.01%
41	Kansas State Wildcats	3-2	89.893	89.154	88.429	93.002	84.897	90.676	91.415	-0.01%	-0.02%
42	New Mexico Lobos	4-1	89.483	87.266	86.544	89.303	86.127	83.113	79.419	0.08%	0.10%
43	Baylor Bears	3-2	89.363	88.625	89.151	97.318	84.590	87.518	89.735	0.02%	-0.01%
44	North Carolina Tar Heels	4-1	89.316	87.099	90.409	90.409	83.134	72.600	76.295	0.23%	0.14%
45	Pittsburgh Panthers	4-2	88.636	87.158	82.198	92.137	82.198	90.983	88.766	-0.03%	-0.02%
46	Vanderbilt Commodores	2-4	88.328	89.806	80.208	97.019	80.208	108.479	103.306	-0.19%	-0.13%
47	North Texas Mean Green	3-2	87.327	86.588	83.883	92.874	82.036	92.019	86.107	-0.05%	0.01%
48	Virginia Cavaliers	3-3	86.401	86.401	80.037	95.646	80.037	91.976	87.543	-0.06%	-0.01%
49	Virginia Tech Hokies	4-2	85.997	84.519	84.271	86.092	81.087	73.979	79.152	0.16%	0.07%
50	Florida State Seminoles	2-4	85.681	87.159	90.783	94.607	81.334	85.487	87.703	0.00%	-0.01%
51	North Carolina State Wolfpack	2-3	85.657	86.395	85.393	88.168	85.393	83.103	82.364	0.03%	0.05%
52	TCU Horned Frogs	2-3	85.539	86.278	91.984	91.984	82.686	93.813	91.596	-0.09%	-0.06%
53	Illinois Fighting Illini	2-3	85.355	86.094	82.130	89.733	81.638	94.410	92.193	-0.10%	-0.07%
54	UTSA Roadrunners	5-1	85.090	82.134	80.092	83.878	80.092	78.618	79.357	0.08%	0.03%
55	Minnesota Golden Gophers	3-2	85.015	84.276	81.617	90.963	79.032	89.409	88.670	-0.05%	-0.05%
56	Memphis Tigers	4-2	84.041	82.563	81.418	86.859	78.993	88.746	86.529	-0.05%	-0.05%
57	Clemson Tigers	2-3	83.411	84.150	85.051	85.331	82.599	93.956	93.217	-0.11%	-0.10%
58	Tulane Green Wave	3-3	83.186	83.186	84.534	85.829	79.092	92.046	85.395	-0.10%	-0.03%
59	Arkansas Razorbacks	2-4	82.939	84.417	86.583	86.583	81.585	85.476	92.127	-0.03%	-0.08%
60	Michigan State Spartans	2-5	82.691	84.908	83.705	88.073	81.621	76.501	80.196	0.08%	0.06%
61	South Florida Bulls	4-2	82.684	81.206	78.711	85.790	77.380	94.611	90.916	-0.13%	-0.11%
62	Cincinnati Bearcats	3-2	82.484	81.745	80.084	84.853	80.084	90.515	89.776	-0.09%	-0.09%
63	Kansas Jayhawks	1-4	82.476	84.693	84.493	88.024	81.606	86.260	88.477	-0.04%	-0.04%
64	Oklahoma State Cowboys	3-2	81.834	81.095	87.871	87.871	65.269	55.662	63.791	0.47%	0.27%
65	Army Black Knights	3-2	81.834	81.095	83.881	83.881	77.951	80.794	79.316	0.01%	0.02%
66	Western Michigan Broncos	4-2	80.898	79.420	77.648	85.139	76.163	75.901	72.945	0.07%	0.09%
67	Toledo Rockets	4-2	80.471	78.993	73.174	84.679	70.831	80.817	78.600	0.00%	0.01%
68	UCF Knights	2-3	80.067	80.806	80.460	83.027	78.817	78.955	81.172	0.01%	0.00%
69	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1-4	79.699	81.916	80.639	85.003	79.540	96.776	93.081	-0.18%	-0.12%
70	Utah State Aggies	2-3	79.470	80.209	78.679	81.859	78.679	75.024	75.763	0.06%	0.06%
71	West Virginia Mountaineers	3-3	79.252	79.252	79.955	84.354	76.498	75.333	79.028	0.05%	0.00%
72	Texas State Bobcats	2-3	78.805	79.544	84.670	84.670	74.879	75.157	75.896	0.05%	0.05%
73	Purdue Boilermakers	2-4	78.630	80.107	85.873	90.924	74.517	68.878	75.529	0.14%	0.06%
74	Oregon State Beavers	4-2	78.480	77.002	90.699	90.699	63.467	60.722	67.373	0.29%	0.14%
75	Arizona State Sun Devils	2-3	78.297	79.036	74.090	86.138	73.728	93.626	91.409	-0.16%	-0.14%
76	UNLV Runnin' Rebels	4-3	78.211	77.472	71.633	82.708	71.632	88.208	83.774	-0.11%	-0.08%
77	Fresno State Bulldogs	4-3	77.679	76.940	78.656	84.339	71.097	77.094	74.877	0.01%	0.03%
78	East Carolina Pirates	2-3	76.790	77.529	72.574	83.343	72.574	85.729	83.512	-0.10%	-0.07%
79	Stanford Cardinal	2-4	76.401	77.878	70.840	83.160	70.840	74.137	77.093	0.03%	0.01%
80	Colorado Buffaloes	1-4	75.959	78.176	80.867	80.941	76.101	74.762	79.935	0.02%	-0.02%
81	Washington State Cougars	0-6	74.910	79.344	74.421	85.047	73.908	76.195	76.934	-0.02%	0.03%
82	Connecticut Huskies	2-3	74.824	75.563	80.044	80.210	70.280	76.676	72.981	-0.02%	0.04%
83	Liberty Flames	4-1	74.752	72.535	76.891	76.891	66.065	62.014	65.708	0.21%	0.10%
84	Boston College Eagles	2-3	74.710	75.449	79.659	79.659	73.762	68.152	74.803	0.10%	0.01%
85	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	4-2	74.151	72.673	79.113	79.113	68.762	68.353	69.092	0.08%	0.05%
86	California Golden Bears	2-4	73.247	74.725	75.437	77.529	73.250	79.662	78.923	-0.08%	-0.05%
87	San Diego State Aztecs	2-4	73.025	74.503	70.289	80.003	64.605	84.083	80.388	-0.13%	-0.07%
88	Georgia State Panthers	3-2	72.926	72.187	76.133	78.926	66.720	52.865	60.994	0.38%	0.18%
89	Ohio Bobcats	4-2	72.053	70.575	70.767	74.885	67.523	84.857	82.640	-0.15%	-0.15%
90	Maryland Terrapins	1-5	71.676	74.631	70.389	81.093	70.389	79.940	83.635	-0.10%	-0.11%
91	Florida Atlantic Owls	3-2	71.570	70.831	70.080	74.630	63.945	62.364	66.059	0.15%	0.07%
92	Georgia Southern Eagles	2-4	71.164	72.642	75.011	75.011	71.057	67.607	68.346	0.05%	0.06%
93	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	3-2	71.109	70.370	73.058	73.058	66.958	69.057	68.318	0.03%	0.03%
94	South Alabama Jaguars	3-2	70.908	70.169	70.972	70.972	69.385	65.418	69.113	0.08%	0.02%
95	Navy Midshipmen	1-4	70.674	72.891	72.587	79.576	70.307	84.825	80.391	-0.17%	-0.09%
96	Appalachian State Mountaineers	3-2	70.447	69.708	67.586	72.017	67.369	65.438	67.655	0.08%	0.03%
97	Temple Owls	1-5	70.398	73.354	62.930	78.480	62.930	69.688	71.905	0.01%	0.02%
98	Old Dominion Monarchs	1-5	69.304	72.260	69.043	78.769	65.071	84.589	80.894	-0.18%	-0.11%
99	Syracuse Orange	1-4	68.976	71.193	75.837	75.837	66.659	73.637	78.810	-0.06%	-0.10%
100	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	3-3	68.934	68.934	71.371	71.371	65.964	57.259	60.954	0.20%	0.13%
101	Florida International Panthers	2-3	68.581	69.320	68.360	71.433	67.767	59.257	58.518	0.16%	0.18%
102	UAB Blazers	3-3	68.399	68.399	73.994	73.994	65.196	61.885	65.579	0.11%	0.04%
103	Troy Trojans	2-3	68.356	69.095	65.917	72.819	65.917	76.971	75.493	-0.11%	-0.08%
104	Miami (OH) RedHawks	3-3	68.170	68.170	66.030	73.486	64.089	77.956	77.956	-0.13%	-0.13%
105	Air Force Falcons	4-1	67.425	65.208	73.374	73.374	56.123	69.182	72.877	-0.03%	-0.11%
106	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1-4	66.614	68.831	74.212	74.212	64.371	83.344	85.561	-0.20%	-0.20%
107	Buffalo Bulls	2-3	66.341	67.080	71.625	74.921	61.724	64.750	66.967	0.02%	0.00%
108	Central Michigan Chippewas	2-4	65.860	67.338	66.028	69.656	64.872	69.789	69.050	-0.06%	-0.02%
109	Nevada Wolf Pack	2-3	65.670	66.409	58.966	74.639	58.966	60.544	65.717	0.08%	0.01%
110	Arkansas State Red Wolves	2-4	65.534	67.012	67.750	68.412	66.343	69.762	70.501	-0.06%	-0.05%
111	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	1-6	64.871	68.566	64.508	79.736	61.749	79.332	77.116	-0.18%	-0.11%
112	Colorado State Rams	1-4	64.706	66.922	60.904	70.760	60.904	61.363	68.014	0.05%	-0.02%
113	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	1-4	63.610	65.827	60.885	69.209	60.885	50.536	50.536	0.26%	0.30%
114	San Jose State Spartans	3-3	62.994	62.994	60.305	65.963	60.208	65.803	70.976	-0.04%	-0.11%
115	Marshall Thundering Herd	2-3	62.918	63.657	61.781	65.294	61.781	68.351	70.568	-0.08%	-0.10%
116	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	2-4	62.686	64.164	65.595	66.030	59.033	65.688	63.471	-0.05%	0.01%
117	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	1-5	61.678	64.634	65.238	66.068	62.819	69.373	70.112	-0.11%	-0.08%
118	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	4-1	61.278	59.061	65.213	65.213	50.166	69.222	67.744	-0.11%	-0.13%
119	Wyoming Cowboys	3-3	60.764	60.764	61.237	66.543	53.319	68.892	72.587	-0.12%	-0.16%
120	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	0-5	59.061	62.755	61.794	65.973	61.515	69.885	69.146	-0.15%	-0.09%
121	New Mexico State Aggies	1-4	58.802	61.019	63.318	66.039	56.907	53.534	57.228	0.10%	0.07%
122	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	2-3	58.099	58.838	57.458	63.542	54.245	48.736	52.430	0.19%	0.12%
123	Eastern Michigan Eagles	2-4	57.725	59.203	60.202	63.748	54.971	61.794	64.011	-0.07%	-0.08%
124	Rice Owls	0-6	57.625	62.059	60.883	64.893	58.728	63.270	65.487	-0.09%	-0.05%
125	Bowling Green Falcons	2-4	57.422	58.900	59.528	64.519	54.084	62.325	66.020	-0.08%	-0.11%
126	Missouri State Bears	1-4	57.141	59.358	58.778	63.476	57.116	54.498	53.020	0.05%	0.12%
127	Kent State Golden Flashes	1-5	56.615	59.571	57.034	61.006	57.034	53.547	55.763	0.06%	0.07%
128	Kennesaw State Owls	0-5	56.192	59.887	59.104	60.766	59.076	71.712	67.278	-0.22%	-0.11%
129	Northern Illinois Huskies	0-5	55.945	59.640	55.131	64.526	55.131	63.379	68.551	-0.12%	-0.13%
130	North Dakota State Bison	4-1	55.623	53.406	63.385	63.385	41.648	0.000	0.000	0%	0%
131	Charlotte 49ers	1-5	54.974	57.930	60.599	63.631	51.268	51.712	59.841	0.06%	-0.03%
132	Massachusetts Minutemen	2-3	52.885	53.624	54.735	59.763	48.525	38.161	46.290	0.39%	0.16%
133	Ball State Cardinals	1-5	52.552	55.508	59.149	59.149	52.046	58.030	61.725	-0.09%	-0.10%
134	Akron Zips	0-6	52.229	56.663	53.792	61.372	53.792	58.575	60.792	-0.11%	-0.07%
135	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	0-5	49.850	53.545	52.231	55.550	52.231	54.706	59.879	-0.09%	-0.11%
136	Sam Houston Bearkats	0-5	49.515	53.210	53.198	55.527	50.884	50.486	56.398	-0.02%	-0.06%
137	UTEP Miners	0-6	45.389	49.822	47.596	53.163	47.596	53.378	60.029	-0.15%	-0.17%
138	Sacramento State Hornets	0-5	15.212	18.907	23.612	23.611	14.839	0.000	0.000	0%	0%