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	7-1	116.072	111.638	104.690	122.711	104.690	121.643	112.776	-0.05%	-0.01%
2	Miami Hurricanes	7-0	115.469	110.296	105.741	113.571	105.741	106.425	101.253	0.08%	0.09%
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	7-1	113.946	109.512	104.289	112.332	104.289	113.520	107.608	0.00%	0.02%
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	6-2	112.710	109.754	105.360	112.042	105.360	122.968	115.578	-0.08%	-0.05%
5	Georgia Bulldogs	6-1	112.255	108.560	104.469	112.578	103.165	113.224	105.834	-0.01%	0.03%
6	Utah Utes	7-0	111.144	105.971	104.316	108.881	102.397	105.065	99.893	0.06%	0.06%
7	Alabama Crimson Tide	6-2	109.800	106.845	102.600	112.683	102.600	108.254	103.820	0.01%	0.03%
8	Texas Longhorns	6-2	107.405	104.449	102.984	108.940	95.786	105.183	100.749	0.02%	0.04%
9	Ole Miss Rebels	6-2	104.824	101.868	105.967	107.742	93.841	110.508	103.857	-0.05%	-0.02%
10	Iowa Hawkeyes	5-2	102.545	100.328	103.161	104.147	95.037	101.423	99.206	0.01%	0.01%
11	Texas Tech Red Raiders	6-1	101.401	97.707	95.471	103.367	90.813	110.183	102.794	-0.08%	-0.05%
12	LSU Tigers	5-2	101.271	99.054	105.750	105.750	92.212	98.342	97.603	0.03%	0.01%
13	BYU Cougars	6-1	100.066	96.371	92.853	101.460	92.853	102.478	96.566	-0.02%	0.00%
14	Tennessee Volunteers	5-2	99.898	97.681	101.189	103.369	94.904	101.071	98.854	-0.01%	-0.01%
15	UCLA Bruins	8-0	99.723	93.811	98.131	100.151	84.904	77.574	82.008	0.29%	0.14%
16	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	7-1	98.933	94.499	106.215	106.215	83.977	82.797	80.580	0.19%	0.17%
17	Missouri Tigers	5-2	98.860	96.643	98.154	102.699	91.386	101.017	98.800	-0.02%	-0.02%
18	Northwestern Wildcats	5-2	97.872	95.655	92.848	99.913	92.692	84.347	85.086	0.16%	0.12%
19	Arizona Wildcats	5-2	97.850	95.633	96.788	101.446	92.151	91.834	88.140	0.07%	0.09%
20	Kentucky Wildcats	6-1	97.770	94.076	98.389	98.685	83.400	83.887	86.104	0.17%	0.09%
21	Oregon Ducks	4-3	97.140	96.401	94.068	107.333	90.678	116.318	109.667	-0.16%	-0.12%
22	South Carolina Gamecocks	4-3	96.969	96.230	102.171	102.171	90.755	90.062	93.757	0.08%	0.03%
23	USC Trojans	7-2	96.549	92.855	96.416	97.424	89.098	100.006	96.311	-0.03%	-0.04%
24	Boise State Broncos	6-1	95.761	92.066	92.201	94.195	87.795	87.109	84.154	0.10%	0.09%
25	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4-3	95.213	94.474	92.860	97.472	88.838	93.029	92.290	0.02%	0.02%
26	Oklahoma Sooners	4-4	94.938	94.938	92.239	99.136	92.239	104.218	99.045	-0.09%	-0.04%
27	Penn State Nittany Lions	4-4	94.913	94.913	90.776	103.044	88.957	97.560	98.299	-0.03%	-0.03%
28	Louisville Cardinals	4-3	94.790	94.051	95.887	97.063	89.882	95.086	92.869	0.00%	0.01%
29	Washington Huskies	4-3	94.059	93.320	96.341	100.650	87.770	96.769	94.552	-0.03%	-0.01%
30	Michigan Wolverines	5-3	93.963	92.485	91.238	95.613	91.238	100.998	96.564	-0.07%	-0.04%
31	Wisconsin Badgers	4-3	93.421	92.682	89.410	97.535	86.284	80.827	83.782	0.16%	0.11%
32	Florida Gators	4-3	93.389	92.650	90.684	101.174	85.189	89.630	93.325	0.04%	-0.01%
33	Duke Blue Devils	5-2	93.313	91.096	98.396	98.396	87.088	91.008	89.530	0.03%	0.02%
34	Texas A&M Aggies	3-4	92.592	93.331	89.771	104.724	86.638	108.647	101.996	-0.15%	-0.08%
35	SMU Mustangs	5-2	92.271	90.054	88.368	95.203	86.604	95.126	92.910	-0.03%	-0.03%
36	Houston Cougars	5-2	92.036	89.819	92.800	92.800	85.705	87.745	84.050	0.05%	0.07%
37	Mississippi State Bulldogs	4-4	91.788	91.788	86.050	98.133	85.894	85.521	87.738	0.07%	0.05%
38	James Madison Dukes	6-2	91.421	88.465	79.179	92.133	79.179	94.212	86.822	-0.03%	0.02%
39	Auburn Tigers	4-4	90.516	90.516	90.788	96.752	82.780	93.141	95.358	-0.03%	-0.05%
40	Baylor Bears	4-3	89.339	88.600	94.131	97.318	84.590	87.518	89.735	0.02%	-0.01%
41	New Mexico Lobos	6-1	89.208	85.513	79.297	89.303	79.297	83.113	79.419	0.07%	0.08%
42	Iowa State Cyclones	3-4	88.806	89.545	86.815	93.407	84.352	92.284	90.067	-0.04%	-0.01%
43	North Carolina Tar Heels	4-3	87.704	86.965	88.723	90.409	83.134	72.600	76.295	0.21%	0.14%
44	North Texas Mean Green	5-2	87.611	85.394	82.062	92.874	82.036	92.019	86.107	-0.05%	-0.01%
45	Pittsburgh Panthers	5-3	87.567	86.089	84.022	92.137	81.807	90.983	88.766	-0.04%	-0.03%
46	Illinois Fighting Illini	4-3	87.182	86.443	86.103	89.733	81.638	94.410	92.193	-0.08%	-0.06%
47	Virginia Tech Hokies	5-2	86.953	84.736	85.864	86.092	81.087	73.979	79.152	0.18%	0.07%
48	UTSA Roadrunners	6-1	86.668	82.973	89.239	89.239	80.092	78.618	79.357	0.10%	0.05%
49	Minnesota Golden Gophers	4-3	86.256	85.517	89.703	90.963	79.032	89.409	88.670	-0.04%	-0.04%
50	Vanderbilt Commodores	2-5	85.929	88.146	80.503	97.019	80.208	108.479	103.306	-0.21%	-0.15%
51	TCU Horned Frogs	3-4	85.911	86.650	87.518	91.984	82.686	93.813	91.596	-0.08%	-0.05%
52	Kansas State Wildcats	3-4	85.883	86.622	79.954	93.002	79.954	90.676	91.415	-0.05%	-0.05%
53	Memphis Tigers	6-2	85.428	82.472	85.919	86.859	78.993	88.746	86.529	-0.04%	-0.05%
54	Oklahoma State Cowboys	4-3	84.703	83.964	89.740	92.203	65.269	55.662	63.791	0.52%	0.32%
55	Florida State Seminoles	2-5	84.674	86.891	84.341	94.607	81.334	85.487	87.703	-0.01%	-0.01%
56	North Carolina State Wolfpack	3-4	84.314	85.053	82.823	88.168	81.005	83.103	82.364	0.01%	0.03%
57	Clemson Tigers	3-4	84.290	85.029	89.899	89.899	82.599	93.956	93.217	-0.10%	-0.09%
58	South Florida Bulls	5-2	83.487	81.270	81.258	85.790	77.380	94.611	90.916	-0.12%	-0.11%
59	Cincinnati Bearcats	4-3	83.366	82.627	86.074	87.994	80.084	90.515	89.776	-0.08%	-0.08%
60	Virginia Cavaliers	3-5	83.153	84.630	77.793	95.646	77.793	91.976	87.543	-0.10%	-0.03%
61	Kansas Jayhawks	2-5	82.721	84.938	85.029	88.024	81.606	86.260	88.477	-0.04%	-0.04%
62	Arkansas Razorbacks	2-5	82.097	84.314	83.476	86.583	81.585	85.476	92.127	-0.04%	-0.08%
63	Michigan State Spartans	2-6	81.669	84.625	83.395	88.073	81.621	76.501	80.196	0.07%	0.06%
64	Army Black Knights	4-3	81.503	80.764	75.234	83.881	75.234	80.794	79.316	0.01%	0.02%
65	West Virginia Mountaineers	4-3	81.495	80.756	85.298	85.298	76.498	75.333	79.028	0.08%	0.02%
66	Tulane Green Wave	4-4	81.074	81.074	74.089	85.829	74.089	92.046	85.395	-0.12%	-0.05%
67	UCF Knights	3-4	80.917	81.656	81.315	87.710	78.817	78.955	81.172	0.02%	0.01%
68	Toledo Rockets	6-2	80.659	77.703	71.627	84.679	70.831	80.817	78.600	0.00%	-0.01%
69	Texas State Bobcats	3-4	80.493	81.232	85.854	85.854	74.879	75.157	75.896	0.07%	0.07%
70	Western Michigan Broncos	5-3	79.672	78.194	74.533	85.139	74.533	75.901	72.945	0.05%	0.07%
71	Oregon State Beavers	4-3	79.377	78.638	83.688	90.699	63.467	60.722	67.373	0.31%	0.17%
72	Fresno State Bulldogs	5-3	79.310	77.832	83.491	84.339	71.097	77.094	74.877	0.03%	0.04%
73	Utah State Aggies	3-4	79.295	80.034	79.731	81.859	78.679	75.024	75.763	0.06%	0.06%
74	Arizona State Sun Devils	3-4	78.896	79.635	81.782	86.138	73.728	93.626	91.409	-0.16%	-0.13%
75	Purdue Boilermakers	2-5	78.823	81.040	84.053	90.924	74.517	68.878	75.529	0.14%	0.07%
76	Liberty Flames	6-1	78.705	75.010	82.899	82.899	66.065	62.014	65.708	0.27%	0.14%
77	UNLV Runnin' Rebels	5-3	77.901	76.423	68.924	82.708	68.924	88.208	83.774	-0.12%	-0.09%
78	Boston College Eagles	3-4	76.408	77.147	76.011	87.318	73.762	68.152	74.803	0.12%	0.03%
79	Colorado Buffaloes	2-5	75.824	78.041	78.674	80.941	76.101	74.762	79.935	0.01%	-0.02%
80	Stanford Cardinal	3-5	75.554	77.032	73.760	83.160	70.840	74.137	77.093	0.02%	0.00%
81	East Carolina Pirates	3-4	75.402	76.141	72.540	83.343	72.540	85.729	83.512	-0.12%	-0.09%
82	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	1-6	75.297	78.992	70.617	85.003	70.617	96.776	93.081	-0.22%	-0.15%
83	Connecticut Huskies	3-4	75.255	75.994	73.546	80.210	70.280	76.676	72.981	-0.02%	0.04%
84	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	5-2	74.515	72.298	77.762	77.762	66.958	69.057	68.318	0.08%	0.06%
85	Syracuse Orange	3-4	73.895	74.633	84.475	84.475	66.659	73.637	78.810	0.00%	-0.05%
86	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	4-3	73.690	72.952	73.783	79.113	68.762	68.353	69.092	0.08%	0.06%
87	Ohio Bobcats	6-2	73.059	70.103	67.850	74.885	67.523	84.857	82.640	-0.14%	-0.15%
88	Georgia Southern Eagles	3-4	72.665	73.404	77.581	77.581	71.057	67.607	68.346	0.07%	0.07%
89	Washington State Cougars	0-8	71.725	77.637	70.836	85.047	70.836	76.195	76.934	-0.06%	0.01%
90	Appalachian State Mountaineers	4-3	71.530	70.791	71.860	74.430	67.369	65.438	67.655	0.09%	0.05%
91	San Diego State Aztecs	3-5	71.351	72.829	69.418	80.003	64.605	84.083	80.388	-0.15%	-0.09%
92	Florida Atlantic Owls	4-3	71.079	70.340	70.246	74.630	63.945	62.364	66.059	0.14%	0.06%
93	Maryland Terrapins	1-6	70.806	74.501	72.932	81.093	70.389	79.940	83.635	-0.11%	-0.11%
94	California Golden Bears	2-6	70.804	73.760	69.095	77.529	69.095	79.662	78.923	-0.11%	-0.07%
95	Georgia State Panthers	3-4	70.442	71.181	66.438	78.926	66.438	52.865	60.994	0.33%	0.17%
96	Navy Midshipmen	1-6	69.622	73.317	75.163	79.576	70.307	84.825	80.391	-0.18%	-0.09%
97	Buffalo Bulls	4-3	68.788	68.049	70.376	74.921	61.724	64.750	66.967	0.06%	0.02%
98	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	3-4	68.758	69.497	72.956	72.956	65.964	57.259	60.954	0.20%	0.14%
99	Air Force Falcons	5-2	68.553	66.336	72.075	73.374	56.123	69.182	72.877	-0.01%	-0.09%
100	South Alabama Jaguars	3-4	68.310	69.049	65.884	70.972	65.884	65.418	69.113	0.04%	0.00%
101	UAB Blazers	3-4	68.228	68.967	71.447	73.994	65.196	61.885	65.579	0.10%	0.05%
102	Miami (OH) RedHawks	4-4	67.714	67.714	66.459	73.486	64.089	77.956	77.956	-0.13%	-0.13%
103	Temple Owls	1-6	67.513	71.208	63.333	78.480	62.930	69.688	71.905	-0.03%	-0.01%
104	Arkansas State Red Wolves	3-4	67.102	67.841	71.346	71.346	66.343	69.762	70.501	-0.04%	-0.04%
105	Troy Trojans	3-4	66.612	67.351	68.720	72.819	59.022	76.971	75.493	-0.13%	-0.11%
106	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	1-6	66.603	70.298	75.240	75.240	64.371	83.344	85.561	-0.20%	-0.18%
107	Central Michigan Chippewas	3-5	65.952	67.430	69.588	69.656	64.872	69.789	69.050	-0.05%	-0.02%
108	Old Dominion Monarchs	1-7	65.804	70.238	62.965	78.769	62.965	84.589	80.894	-0.22%	-0.13%
109	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	2-6	65.573	68.529	68.450	79.736	61.749	79.332	77.116	-0.17%	-0.11%
110	Marshall Thundering Herd	4-3	65.378	64.639	68.339	68.339	61.781	68.351	70.568	-0.04%	-0.08%
111	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	3-4	65.262	66.001	69.443	69.443	60.885	50.536	50.536	0.29%	0.31%
112	Florida International Panthers	2-5	64.933	67.150	59.760	71.433	59.760	59.257	58.518	0.10%	0.15%
113	Nevada Wolf Pack	3-4	64.834	65.573	65.071	74.639	58.966	60.544	65.717	0.07%	0.00%
114	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	5-1	64.241	61.285	69.497	69.497	50.166	69.222	67.744	-0.07%	-0.10%
115	Colorado State Rams	2-5	64.118	66.335	64.546	70.760	60.904	61.363	68.014	0.04%	-0.02%
116	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	2-5	63.142	65.359	71.338	71.338	62.819	69.373	70.112	-0.09%	-0.07%
117	Wyoming Cowboys	4-3	62.149	61.410	67.771	67.771	53.319	68.892	72.587	-0.10%	-0.15%
118	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	2-5	61.996	64.213	68.325	68.325	61.515	69.885	69.146	-0.11%	-0.07%
119	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	2-5	60.729	62.946	60.519	66.030	59.033	65.688	63.471	-0.08%	-0.01%
120	San Jose State Spartans	3-5	60.300	61.778	59.275	65.963	56.220	65.803	70.976	-0.08%	-0.13%
121	North Dakota State Bison	5-2	59.481	57.264	67.780	67.780	41.648	0.000	0.000	0%	0%
122	New Mexico State Aggies	2-5	58.495	60.712	58.347	66.039	56.907	53.534	57.228	0.09%	0.06%
123	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	3-4	57.810	58.549	55.082	63.542	54.245	48.736	52.430	0.19%	0.12%
124	Rice Owls	0-7	56.984	62.157	62.323	64.893	58.728	63.270	65.487	-0.10%	-0.05%
125	Missouri State Bears	2-5	56.523	58.740	58.561	63.476	55.296	54.498	53.020	0.04%	0.11%
126	Bowling Green Falcons	2-6	56.416	59.372	60.794	64.519	54.084	62.325	66.020	-0.09%	-0.10%
127	Eastern Michigan Eagles	2-6	56.270	59.226	57.755	63.748	54.971	61.794	64.011	-0.09%	-0.07%
128	Kennesaw State Owls	1-6	56.243	59.938	64.071	64.071	57.061	71.712	67.278	-0.22%	-0.11%
129	Kent State Golden Flashes	2-6	55.753	58.709	52.570	61.006	52.570	53.547	55.763	0.04%	0.05%
130	Charlotte 49ers	1-6	55.175	58.870	61.897	63.631	51.268	51.712	59.841	0.07%	-0.02%
131	Massachusetts Minutemen	3-4	53.741	54.480	56.071	59.763	48.525	38.161	46.290	0.41%	0.18%
132	Ball State Cardinals	2-6	52.611	55.567	55.368	59.149	52.046	58.030	61.725	-0.09%	-0.10%
133	Northern Illinois Huskies	0-7	51.618	56.791	52.932	64.526	50.007	63.379	68.551	-0.19%	-0.17%
134	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	1-6	51.310	55.005	57.926	59.126	52.231	54.706	59.879	-0.06%	-0.08%
135	Akron Zips	0-8	49.758	55.670	53.436	61.372	51.832	58.575	60.792	-0.15%	-0.08%
136	Sam Houston Bearkats	0-7	47.828	53.001	50.620	55.527	50.620	50.486	56.398	-0.05%	-0.06%
137	UTEP Miners	0-7	44.151	49.324	46.832	53.163	46.832	53.378	60.029	-0.17%	-0.18%
138	Sacramento State Hornets	1-7	19.269	23.702	38.159	38.158	14.839	0.000	0.000	0%	0%