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	2-0	121.854	120.376	118.041	122.711	122.711	121.643	112.776	0.00%	0.07%
2	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	3-0	113.920	111.703	110.217	112.332	110.217	113.520	107.608	0.00%	0.04%
3	Miami Hurricanes	2-0	113.666	112.188	110.805	113.571	113.571	106.425	101.253	0.07%	0.11%
4	Texas Longhorns	3-0	110.823	108.606	108.630	108.940	108.940	105.183	100.749	0.05%	0.08%
5	Ohio State Buckeyes	2-1	110.520	109.781	110.442	110.442	109.329	122.968	115.578	-0.10%	-0.05%
6	Utah Utes	2-0	109.761	108.283	108.881	108.881	108.881	105.065	99.893	0.04%	0.08%
7	Georgia Bulldogs	2-0	108.377	106.900	107.625	107.625	106.174	113.224	105.834	-0.04%	0.01%
8	Alabama Crimson Tide	2-0	105.630	104.152	98.959	106.435	98.959	108.254	103.820	-0.02%	0.00%
9	Ole Miss Rebels	3-0	105.578	103.361	102.174	105.245	105.245	110.508	103.857	-0.04%	0.00%
10	Oregon Ducks	1-0	104.567	103.828	100.322	107.333	100.322	116.318	109.667	-0.10%	-0.05%
11	Iowa Hawkeyes	2-0	104.340	102.862	101.577	104.147	104.147	101.423	99.206	0.03%	0.04%
12	Penn State Nittany Lions	3-0	103.468	101.251	101.092	103.044	100.434	97.560	98.299	0.06%	0.03%
13	Texas Tech Red Raiders	2-0	103.279	101.801	100.235	103.367	100.235	110.183	102.794	-0.06%	-0.01%
14	Texas A&M Aggies	2-1	101.249	100.510	94.283	104.724	104.724	108.647	101.996	-0.07%	-0.01%
15	Washington Huskies	2-0	100.029	98.551	96.452	100.650	100.650	96.769	94.552	0.03%	0.04%
16	BYU Cougars	2-0	98.915	97.437	96.473	98.401	96.473	102.478	96.566	-0.03%	0.01%
17	Vanderbilt Commodores	2-0	97.754	96.276	95.533	97.019	97.019	108.479	103.306	-0.10%	-0.07%
18	Oklahoma Sooners	2-1	97.199	96.460	95.446	99.136	95.446	104.218	99.045	-0.07%	-0.03%
19	Tennessee Volunteers	2-0	96.735	95.257	94.904	95.610	94.904	101.071	98.854	-0.04%	-0.04%
20	USC Trojans	4-0	96.179	93.223	91.168	97.424	91.168	100.006	96.311	-0.04%	-0.03%
21	Michigan Wolverines	3-0	96.039	93.822	93.750	95.613	95.613	100.998	96.564	-0.05%	-0.03%
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	1-1	95.730	95.730	94.176	97.283	97.283	90.062	93.757	0.06%	0.02%
23	Louisville Cardinals	1-1	95.118	95.118	96.487	96.487	93.748	95.086	92.869	0.00%	0.02%
24	Florida Gators	2-0	94.951	93.473	92.841	94.106	92.841	89.630	93.325	0.06%	0.00%
25	Missouri Tigers	2-0	94.827	93.349	91.449	95.248	91.449	101.017	98.800	-0.06%	-0.06%
26	Kansas State Wildcats	2-0	94.192	92.714	93.002	93.002	93.002	90.676	91.415	0.04%	0.01%
27	Northwestern Wildcats	1-0	93.431	92.692	92.692	92.692	92.692	84.347	85.086	0.11%	0.09%
28	Mississippi State Bulldogs	3-0	93.422	91.205	98.070	98.070	85.894	85.521	87.738	0.09%	0.04%
29	Duke Blue Devils	2-0	92.650	91.172	93.670	93.670	89.818	91.008	89.530	0.02%	0.02%
30	SMU Mustangs	0-1	92.595	93.334	91.965	94.703	94.703	95.126	92.910	-0.03%	0.00%
31	Arizona Wildcats	1-1	92.589	92.589	92.151	93.026	92.151	91.834	88.140	0.01%	0.05%
32	Pittsburgh Panthers	3-0	92.341	90.124	88.177	92.137	92.137	90.983	88.766	0.01%	0.02%
33	LSU Tigers	1-1	92.098	92.098	92.703	92.703	90.776	98.342	97.603	-0.06%	-0.06%
34	Iowa State Cyclones	1-1	91.991	91.991	93.112	93.112	90.869	92.284	90.067	0.00%	0.02%
35	Nebraska Cornhuskers	2-0	91.965	90.487	92.136	92.136	92.136	93.029	92.290	-0.01%	-0.02%
36	Virginia Cavaliers	1-1	91.931	91.931	88.215	95.646	88.215	91.976	87.543	0.00%	0.05%
37	James Madison Dukes	2-0	90.498	89.020	89.463	89.463	88.578	94.212	86.822	-0.04%	0.03%
38	Illinois Fighting Illini	1-1	89.342	89.342	88.950	89.733	89.733	94.410	92.193	-0.05%	-0.03%
39	North Texas Mean Green	1-2	88.787	89.526	85.051	92.874	85.051	92.019	86.107	-0.04%	0.04%
40	Boise State Broncos	1-1	88.714	88.714	89.634	89.634	87.795	87.109	84.154	0.02%	0.05%
41	Kentucky Wildcats	1-1	88.620	88.620	93.841	93.841	83.400	83.887	86.104	0.06%	0.03%
42	Clemson Tigers	0-1	88.532	89.271	84.544	93.145	84.544	93.956	93.217	-0.06%	-0.04%
43	UCLA Bruins	3-0	88.521	86.304	87.887	87.887	84.904	77.574	82.008	0.14%	0.05%
44	Michigan State Spartans	2-1	88.026	87.287	88.073	88.073	86.359	76.501	80.196	0.15%	0.09%
45	Florida State Seminoles	1-0	87.816	87.077	91.484	91.484	81.334	85.487	87.703	0.03%	-0.01%
46	Wisconsin Badgers	1-1	87.553	87.553	88.822	88.821	88.821	80.827	83.782	0.08%	0.05%
47	Houston Cougars	1-1	87.272	87.272	88.838	88.838	85.705	87.745	84.050	-0.01%	0.04%
48	Virginia Tech Hokies	2-0	87.070	85.592	86.092	86.092	85.092	73.979	79.152	0.18%	0.08%
49	South Florida Bulls	2-0	87.051	85.574	85.790	85.790	85.357	94.611	90.916	-0.08%	-0.06%
50	New Mexico Lobos	1-1	86.807	86.807	86.899	86.899	86.716	83.113	79.419	0.04%	0.09%
51	TCU Horned Frogs	1-1	85.925	85.925	86.515	86.515	86.515	93.813	91.596	-0.08%	-0.06%
52	Arizona State Sun Devils	1-1	85.830	85.830	86.138	86.138	85.521	93.626	91.409	-0.08%	-0.06%
53	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	2-1	85.799	85.060	86.742	86.742	83.977	82.797	80.580	0.04%	0.06%
54	Tulane Green Wave	1-1	85.696	85.696	84.306	88.714	84.306	92.046	85.395	-0.07%	0.00%
55	North Carolina Tar Heels	2-0	85.465	83.987	84.839	84.839	84.839	72.600	76.295	0.18%	0.10%
56	Auburn Tigers	1-1	85.085	85.085	82.781	90.960	90.960	93.141	95.358	-0.09%	-0.11%
57	North Carolina State Wolfpack	0-2	84.855	86.333	87.076	87.076	87.076	83.103	82.364	0.02%	0.05%
58	Baylor Bears	1-1	84.669	84.669	84.590	84.749	84.590	87.518	89.735	-0.03%	-0.06%
59	UTSA Roadrunners	1-1	83.546	83.546	83.701	83.701	83.701	78.618	79.357	0.06%	0.05%
60	Western Michigan Broncos	1-1	83.522	83.522	81.904	85.139	85.139	75.901	72.945	0.10%	0.14%
61	Washington State Cougars	0-2	83.307	84.785	84.523	85.047	85.047	76.195	76.934	0.09%	0.10%
62	Arkansas Razorbacks	0-2	83.224	84.702	83.977	85.427	83.977	85.476	92.127	-0.03%	-0.08%
63	Cincinnati Bearcats	2-0	82.986	81.508	80.470	82.546	82.546	90.515	89.776	-0.08%	-0.09%
64	Army Black Knights	0-1	82.348	83.087	83.087	83.087	83.087	80.794	79.316	0.02%	0.05%
65	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0-2	82.226	83.704	82.405	85.003	85.003	96.776	93.081	-0.15%	-0.10%
66	West Virginia Mountaineers	2-0	82.117	80.639	84.354	84.354	84.354	75.333	79.028	0.09%	0.02%
67	Toledo Rockets	1-1	81.766	81.766	80.792	82.741	80.792	80.817	78.600	0.01%	0.04%
68	Memphis Tigers	2-1	80.762	80.023	78.993	80.832	78.993	88.746	86.529	-0.09%	-0.08%
69	Maryland Terrapins	1-1	80.593	80.593	80.093	81.093	80.093	79.940	83.635	0.01%	-0.04%
70	Kansas Jayhawks	0-2	80.437	81.914	81.606	82.223	81.606	86.260	88.477	-0.07%	-0.07%
71	Minnesota Golden Gophers	1-1	80.394	80.394	81.756	81.756	81.756	89.409	88.670	-0.10%	-0.09%
72	Utah State Aggies	0-2	79.783	81.261	80.663	81.859	81.859	75.024	75.763	0.06%	0.07%
73	Stanford Cardinal	1-2	79.276	80.015	77.944	83.160	77.944	74.137	77.093	0.07%	0.04%
74	UCF Knights	1-1	79.007	79.007	79.197	79.197	78.817	78.955	81.172	0.00%	-0.03%
75	Navy Midshipmen	0-1	78.837	79.576	79.576	79.576	79.576	84.825	80.391	-0.07%	-0.01%
76	Colorado Buffaloes	1-1	78.716	78.716	76.491	80.941	80.941	74.762	79.935	0.05%	-0.02%
77	San Diego State Aztecs	0-2	78.082	79.560	79.118	80.003	79.118	84.083	80.388	-0.07%	-0.01%
78	UNLV Runnin' Rebels	1-2	77.570	78.309	77.141	82.708	76.694	88.208	83.774	-0.12%	-0.07%
79	East Carolina Pirates	1-2	77.512	78.251	77.858	83.343	75.902	85.729	83.512	-0.10%	-0.06%
80	Texas State Bobcats	1-2	76.447	77.186	83.405	83.405	74.879	75.157	75.896	0.02%	0.02%
81	Old Dominion Monarchs	0-2	76.313	77.791	76.813	78.769	76.813	84.589	80.894	-0.10%	-0.04%
82	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	1-2	75.650	76.388	72.359	79.736	72.359	79.332	77.116	-0.05%	-0.01%
83	Connecticut Huskies	1-1	75.245	75.245	80.210	80.210	70.280	76.676	72.981	-0.02%	0.03%
84	California Golden Bears	1-1	75.081	75.081	74.479	75.684	74.479	79.662	78.923	-0.06%	-0.05%
85	Georgia Southern Eagles	0-1	74.467	75.205	71.057	79.354	79.354	67.607	68.346	0.10%	0.10%
86	Boston College Eagles	1-1	74.061	74.061	73.762	74.360	73.762	68.152	74.803	0.09%	-0.01%
87	Purdue Boilermakers	0-2	74.046	75.524	75.342	75.706	75.342	68.878	75.529	0.08%	0.00%
88	Fresno State Bulldogs	2-1	73.207	72.468	73.161	74.517	71.097	77.094	74.877	-0.05%	-0.03%
89	Nevada Wolf Pack	1-1	71.623	71.623	68.607	74.639	68.606	60.544	65.717	0.18%	0.09%
90	Temple Owls	0-2	71.491	72.969	73.944	73.944	71.994	69.688	71.905	0.03%	0.01%
91	Appalachian State Mountaineers	1-0	70.776	70.037	68.615	71.460	68.614	65.438	67.655	0.08%	0.04%
92	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	2-0	70.547	69.069	67.961	70.177	67.961	57.259	60.954	0.23%	0.13%
93	Colorado State Rams	1-1	69.796	69.796	70.760	70.760	70.760	61.363	68.014	0.14%	0.03%
94	South Alabama Jaguars	1-1	69.787	69.787	70.189	70.189	69.385	65.418	69.113	0.07%	0.01%
95	Ohio Bobcats	1-2	69.685	70.424	68.402	74.885	68.402	84.857	82.640	-0.18%	-0.15%
96	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	1-1	69.105	69.105	69.449	69.449	68.762	68.353	69.092	0.01%	0.00%
97	Florida Atlantic Owls	2-1	68.767	68.028	72.400	72.400	63.945	62.364	66.059	0.10%	0.03%
98	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	1-1	68.723	68.723	69.209	69.209	68.237	50.536	50.536	0.36%	0.36%
99	Liberty Flames	1-1	68.387	68.387	70.708	70.708	66.065	62.014	65.708	0.10%	0.04%
100	Troy Trojans	1-1	68.154	68.154	70.053	70.053	66.255	76.971	75.493	-0.11%	-0.10%
101	Oklahoma State Cowboys	0-1	68.036	68.775	72.280	72.280	65.269	55.662	63.791	0.22%	0.08%
102	Florida International Panthers	1-2	68.026	68.765	68.712	69.290	67.767	59.257	58.518	0.15%	0.18%
103	Central Michigan Chippewas	1-1	68.017	68.017	68.564	68.564	67.470	69.789	69.050	-0.03%	-0.01%
104	Miami (OH) RedHawks	0-2	67.729	69.207	70.244	70.244	70.244	77.956	77.956	-0.13%	-0.11%
105	Georgia State Panthers	1-1	66.910	66.910	66.720	67.100	67.100	52.865	60.994	0.27%	0.10%
106	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	0-1	66.366	67.105	62.140	72.071	62.140	69.885	69.146	-0.05%	-0.03%
107	Arkansas State Red Wolves	0-2	66.345	67.822	67.233	68.412	68.412	69.762	70.501	-0.05%	-0.04%
108	Syracuse Orange	0-2	66.121	67.598	68.538	68.538	66.659	73.637	78.810	-0.10%	-0.14%
109	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	0-2	65.559	67.037	67.116	67.116	67.116	69.057	68.318	-0.05%	-0.02%
110	UAB Blazers	1-2	65.333	66.072	65.196	67.327	65.196	61.885	65.579	0.06%	0.01%
111	Marshall Thundering Herd	2-1	65.011	64.272	64.100	65.294	63.848	68.351	70.568	-0.05%	-0.09%
112	Oregon State Beavers	0-2	64.879	66.357	69.247	69.247	63.467	60.722	67.373	0.07%	-0.02%
113	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0-2	64.104	65.582	65.096	66.068	66.068	69.373	70.112	-0.08%	-0.06%
114	San Jose State Spartans	1-2	63.781	64.520	63.352	65.963	63.352	65.803	70.976	-0.03%	-0.09%
115	Charlotte 49ers	0-1	63.607	64.346	65.769	65.769	65.769	51.712	59.841	0.23%	0.08%
116	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0-3	63.562	65.779	68.809	68.809	64.371	83.344	85.561	-0.24%	-0.23%
117	Northern Illinois Huskies	0-2	62.610	64.088	64.526	64.526	64.526	63.379	68.551	-0.01%	-0.07%
118	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0-3	61.132	63.349	66.030	66.030	66.030	65.688	63.471	-0.07%	0.00%
119	Buffalo Bulls	0-2	60.575	62.053	61.724	62.382	62.382	64.750	66.967	-0.06%	-0.07%
120	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	1-1	60.526	60.526	63.542	63.542	57.510	48.736	52.430	0.24%	0.15%
121	Massachusetts Minutemen	1-0	60.502	59.763	59.763	59.763	59.763	38.161	46.290	0.59%	0.29%
122	Rice Owls	0-2	58.868	60.346	61.963	61.963	58.728	63.270	65.487	-0.07%	-0.08%
123	Akron Zips	0-2	58.533	60.011	58.649	61.372	61.372	58.575	60.792	0.00%	-0.01%
124	Wyoming Cowboys	0-2	58.006	59.484	58.937	60.030	60.030	68.892	72.587	-0.16%	-0.18%
125	Kent State Golden Flashes	0-2	57.975	59.453	58.896	60.010	60.010	53.547	55.763	0.08%	0.07%
126	Kennesaw State Owls	0-2	57.952	59.430	59.783	59.783	59.076	71.712	67.278	-0.19%	-0.12%
127	Missouri State Bears	0-2	57.502	58.980	58.854	59.106	58.854	54.498	53.020	0.06%	0.11%
128	New Mexico State Aggies	0-2	56.110	57.588	58.270	58.270	58.270	53.534	57.228	0.05%	0.01%
129	Air Force Falcons	0-1	55.384	56.123	56.124	56.123	56.123	69.182	72.877	-0.20%	-0.23%
130	Eastern Michigan Eagles	0-3	54.515	56.732	54.971	57.508	54.971	61.794	64.011	-0.12%	-0.11%
131	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	1-1	54.315	54.315	58.463	58.463	50.166	69.222	67.744	-0.22%	-0.20%
132	Ball State Cardinals	0-2	54.119	55.597	53.276	57.918	57.918	58.030	61.725	-0.07%	-0.10%
133	Bowling Green Falcons	0-2	53.728	55.206	54.084	56.328	56.328	62.325	66.020	-0.14%	-0.16%
134	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	0-2	53.350	54.828	55.550	55.550	55.550	54.706	59.879	-0.02%	-0.08%
135	UTEP Miners	0-2	50.754	52.232	53.163	53.163	53.163	53.378	60.029	-0.05%	-0.13%
136	Sam Houston Bearkats	0-2	50.514	51.992	53.100	53.100	50.884	50.486	56.398	0.00%	-0.08%
137	North Dakota State Bison	2-0	43.706	42.229	41.648	42.809	42.809	0.000	0.000	0%	0%
138	Sacramento State Hornets	0-2	13.942	15.420	16.001	16.001	14.839	0.000	0.000	0%	0%