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	4-0	118.082	115.126	111.944	122.711	111.944	121.643	112.776	-0.03%	0.02%
2	Miami Hurricanes	4-0	115.020	112.064	112.211	113.571	110.805	106.425	101.253	0.08%	0.11%
3	Notre Dame Fighting Irish	5-0	114.545	110.851	108.508	112.332	108.508	113.520	107.608	0.01%	0.03%
4	Ohio State Buckeyes	4-1	112.753	110.536	112.042	112.042	109.329	122.968	115.578	-0.08%	-0.04%
5	Alabama Crimson Tide	5-0	111.391	107.696	112.683	112.683	104.650	108.254	103.820	0.03%	0.04%
6	Georgia Bulldogs	4-0	111.345	108.389	111.026	111.026	106.174	113.224	105.834	-0.02%	0.02%
7	Texas Longhorns	4-0	110.680	107.724	106.842	108.940	106.842	105.183	100.749	0.05%	0.07%
8	Utah Utes	3-0	110.652	108.435	108.586	108.881	107.685	105.065	99.893	0.05%	0.09%
9	Texas Tech Red Raiders	4-0	102.779	99.823	97.881	103.367	97.808	110.183	102.794	-0.07%	-0.03%
10	Iowa Hawkeyes	3-1	102.500	101.022	99.090	104.147	99.090	101.423	99.206	0.01%	0.02%
11	Oregon Ducks	2-1	102.332	101.593	96.887	107.333	94.817	116.318	109.667	-0.12%	-0.07%
12	Ole Miss Rebels	3-1	100.079	98.601	93.841	105.245	93.841	110.508	103.857	-0.09%	-0.05%
13	BYU Cougars	3-0	99.371	97.154	95.342	98.401	95.342	102.478	96.566	-0.03%	0.01%
14	Penn State Nittany Lions	3-2	98.894	98.155	92.317	103.044	92.317	97.560	98.299	0.01%	0.00%
15	Tennessee Volunteers	3-1	97.352	95.875	96.821	96.821	94.904	101.071	98.854	-0.04%	-0.03%
16	Northwestern Wildcats	2-1	97.171	96.432	99.913	99.913	92.692	84.347	85.086	0.15%	0.13%
17	LSU Tigers	3-1	96.809	95.332	100.348	101.322	92.212	98.342	97.603	-0.02%	-0.02%
18	Mississippi State Bulldogs	4-1	96.733	94.516	93.521	98.133	85.894	85.521	87.738	0.13%	0.08%
19	Nebraska Cornhuskers	4-0	96.443	93.487	95.178	95.178	88.838	93.029	92.290	0.04%	0.01%
20	Florida Gators	3-1	96.440	94.962	91.727	101.174	91.727	89.630	93.325	0.08%	0.02%
21	Missouri Tigers	3-1	96.207	94.729	100.833	100.833	91.386	101.017	98.800	-0.05%	-0.04%
22	Oklahoma Sooners	2-2	95.755	95.755	92.809	99.136	92.809	104.218	99.045	-0.08%	-0.03%
23	USC Trojans	5-1	95.079	92.123	90.462	97.424	89.098	100.006	96.311	-0.05%	-0.04%
24	Arizona Wildcats	3-1	94.886	93.408	95.830	95.830	92.151	91.834	88.140	0.03%	0.06%
25	Duke Blue Devils	3-0	94.111	91.894	93.670	93.670	90.601	91.008	89.530	0.03%	0.03%
26	Wisconsin Badgers	3-1	94.021	92.543	97.419	97.418	86.284	80.827	83.782	0.16%	0.10%
27	Michigan Wolverines	3-2	93.573	92.834	91.580	95.613	91.580	100.998	96.564	-0.07%	-0.04%
28	James Madison Dukes	4-0	93.531	90.575	92.126	92.133	88.578	94.212	86.822	-0.01%	0.04%
29	Vanderbilt Commodores	2-2	93.370	93.370	90.081	97.019	90.081	108.479	103.306	-0.14%	-0.10%
30	Texas A&M Aggies	3-2	93.127	92.388	91.027	104.724	86.638	108.647	101.996	-0.14%	-0.09%
31	Boise State Broncos	3-1	92.656	91.178	94.195	94.195	87.795	87.109	84.154	0.06%	0.08%
32	Kentucky Wildcats	3-1	92.648	91.170	93.542	93.899	83.400	83.887	86.104	0.10%	0.06%
33	Washington Huskies	2-2	92.537	92.537	89.190	100.650	89.190	96.769	94.552	-0.04%	-0.02%
34	UCLA Bruins	4-0	92.166	89.211	96.528	96.528	84.904	77.574	82.008	0.19%	0.09%
35	Pittsburgh Panthers	4-0	92.025	89.069	88.015	92.137	88.015	90.983	88.766	0.01%	0.00%
36	SMU Mustangs	3-1	91.757	90.279	86.604	95.203	86.604	95.126	92.910	-0.04%	-0.03%
37	Iowa State Cyclones	2-2	91.625	91.625	90.625	93.407	90.625	92.284	90.067	-0.01%	0.02%
38	Louisville Cardinals	1-3	91.611	93.089	89.882	96.487	89.882	95.086	92.869	-0.04%	0.00%
39	Kansas State Wildcats	2-1	91.406	90.667	88.619	93.002	88.619	90.676	91.415	0.01%	-0.01%
40	Wake Forest Demon Deacons	4-1	91.055	88.839	98.294	98.294	83.977	82.797	80.580	0.10%	0.10%
41	South Carolina Gamecocks	1-3	90.995	92.473	91.113	97.283	90.755	90.062	93.757	0.01%	-0.01%
42	Houston Cougars	3-1	89.418	87.940	89.011	89.011	85.705	87.745	84.050	0.02%	0.05%
43	Virginia Cavaliers	2-2	89.411	89.411	82.234	95.646	82.234	91.976	87.543	-0.03%	0.02%
44	Baylor Bears	3-1	89.369	87.891	97.318	97.318	84.590	87.518	89.735	0.02%	-0.02%
45	North Texas Mean Green	2-2	88.836	88.836	82.036	92.874	82.036	92.019	86.107	-0.03%	0.03%
46	New Mexico Lobos	3-1	88.739	87.261	89.303	89.303	86.127	83.113	79.419	0.07%	0.10%
47	Auburn Tigers	3-2	88.569	87.830	87.339	92.071	82.780	93.141	95.358	-0.05%	-0.08%
48	Minnesota Golden Gophers	3-1	87.264	85.786	90.963	90.963	79.032	89.409	88.670	-0.02%	-0.03%
49	Virginia Tech Hokies	3-1	86.916	85.438	85.366	86.092	85.092	73.979	79.152	0.17%	0.08%
50	North Carolina State Wolfpack	2-2	86.662	86.662	88.168	88.168	85.590	83.103	82.364	0.04%	0.05%
51	North Carolina Tar Heels	2-1	86.419	85.680	87.373	87.373	83.134	72.600	76.295	0.19%	0.12%
52	Illinois Fighting Illini	1-3	86.259	87.737	81.638	89.733	81.638	94.410	92.193	-0.09%	-0.05%
53	Florida State Seminoles	2-2	85.888	85.888	94.607	94.607	81.334	85.487	87.703	0.00%	-0.02%
54	Michigan State Spartans	2-3	84.855	85.594	82.112	88.073	82.112	76.501	80.196	0.11%	0.07%
55	UTSA Roadrunners	3-1	84.679	83.201	80.481	83.878	80.481	78.618	79.357	0.08%	0.05%
56	South Florida Bulls	3-1	84.264	82.786	78.160	85.790	78.159	94.611	90.916	-0.11%	-0.09%
57	Toledo Rockets	3-1	83.966	82.488	81.740	84.679	80.792	80.817	78.600	0.04%	0.05%
58	Tulane Green Wave	2-2	83.872	83.872	80.473	85.829	80.473	92.046	85.395	-0.09%	-0.02%
59	Cincinnati Bearcats	3-1	83.614	82.136	81.649	84.853	80.470	90.515	89.776	-0.08%	-0.09%
60	Clemson Tigers	2-3	83.411	84.150	85.051	85.331	82.599	93.956	93.217	-0.11%	-0.10%
61	Arkansas Razorbacks	1-3	82.763	84.241	81.585	85.974	81.585	85.476	92.127	-0.03%	-0.09%
62	Memphis Tigers	3-1	82.511	81.033	85.273	85.273	78.993	88.746	86.529	-0.07%	-0.06%
63	TCU Horned Frogs	1-3	82.476	83.954	83.817	86.515	82.686	93.813	91.596	-0.12%	-0.08%
64	Kansas Jayhawks	1-2	82.403	83.142	87.134	87.134	81.606	86.260	88.477	-0.04%	-0.06%
65	Arizona State Sun Devils	1-2	81.988	82.727	73.728	86.138	73.728	93.626	91.409	-0.12%	-0.09%
66	Army Black Knights	1-2	80.850	81.589	77.951	83.087	77.951	80.794	79.316	0.00%	0.03%
67	UCF Knights	2-2	80.816	80.816	82.224	83.027	78.817	78.955	81.172	0.02%	0.00%
68	Western Michigan Broncos	2-2	79.760	79.760	76.163	85.139	76.163	75.901	72.945	0.05%	0.09%
69	UNLV Runnin' Rebels	3-2	79.599	78.860	79.484	82.708	76.694	88.208	83.774	-0.10%	-0.06%
70	Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets	0-3	79.405	81.622	79.540	85.003	79.540	96.776	93.081	-0.18%	-0.12%
71	West Virginia Mountaineers	2-2	79.269	79.269	79.280	84.354	76.498	75.333	79.028	0.05%	0.00%
72	Utah State Aggies	1-3	79.243	80.721	79.622	81.859	79.621	75.024	75.763	0.06%	0.07%
73	Washington State Cougars	0-4	78.925	81.881	73.908	85.047	73.908	76.195	76.934	0.04%	0.06%
74	Stanford Cardinal	2-3	77.954	78.693	73.506	83.160	73.506	74.137	77.093	0.05%	0.02%
75	East Carolina Pirates	1-2	77.512	78.251	77.858	83.343	75.902	85.729	83.512	-0.10%	-0.06%
76	Oklahoma State Cowboys	2-1	77.359	76.620	85.642	85.642	65.269	55.662	63.791	0.39%	0.20%
77	Texas State Bobcats	1-3	77.204	78.682	80.861	83.405	74.879	75.157	75.896	0.03%	0.04%
78	Fresno State Bulldogs	4-1	76.972	74.756	83.768	83.768	71.097	77.094	74.877	0.00%	0.00%
79	San Diego State Aztecs	1-3	76.553	78.031	77.774	80.003	75.230	84.083	80.388	-0.09%	-0.03%
80	Colorado Buffaloes	1-3	75.507	76.985	76.101	80.941	76.101	74.762	79.935	0.01%	-0.04%
81	Purdue Boilermakers	1-3	75.308	76.786	81.578	81.578	74.517	68.878	75.529	0.09%	0.02%
82	Maryland Terrapins	1-3	74.480	75.958	71.197	81.093	71.197	79.940	83.635	-0.07%	-0.09%
83	Connecticut Huskies	1-3	73.843	75.321	73.825	80.210	70.280	76.676	72.981	-0.04%	0.03%
84	Temple Owls	1-3	73.327	74.805	78.480	78.480	71.994	69.688	71.905	0.05%	0.04%
85	Boston College Eagles	1-3	73.062	74.540	75.389	75.389	73.762	68.152	74.803	0.07%	0.00%
86	California Golden Bears	1-3	72.798	74.276	73.250	75.684	73.250	79.662	78.923	-0.09%	-0.06%
87	Navy Midshipmen	0-3	72.738	74.955	70.307	79.576	79.576	84.825	80.391	-0.14%	-0.07%
88	Louisiana-Lafayette Ragin' Cajuns	3-1	72.656	71.178	72.817	73.685	68.762	68.353	69.092	0.06%	0.03%
89	Liberty Flames	3-1	72.467	70.989	74.764	74.764	66.065	62.014	65.708	0.17%	0.08%
90	Florida Atlantic Owls	3-1	72.177	70.699	74.630	74.630	63.945	62.364	66.059	0.16%	0.07%
91	Georgia State Panthers	3-1	72.128	70.650	78.927	78.926	66.720	52.865	60.994	0.36%	0.16%
92	Appalachian State Mountaineers	2-1	71.985	71.246	72.017	72.017	70.753	65.438	67.655	0.10%	0.05%
93	Old Dominion Monarchs	0-4	70.743	73.699	65.071	78.769	65.071	84.589	80.894	-0.16%	-0.09%
94	Georgia Southern Eagles	1-3	70.046	71.524	71.376	71.687	71.057	67.607	68.346	0.04%	0.05%
95	South Alabama Jaguars	2-2	69.967	69.967	70.162	70.189	69.385	65.418	69.113	0.07%	0.01%
96	Oregon State Beavers	2-2	69.923	69.923	77.101	77.101	63.467	60.722	67.373	0.15%	0.04%
97	Ohio Bobcats	2-2	69.737	69.737	67.523	74.885	67.523	84.857	82.640	-0.18%	-0.16%
98	Hawaii Rainbow Warriors	1-4	68.745	70.962	62.953	79.736	62.953	79.332	77.116	-0.13%	-0.08%
99	Louisiana Tech Bulldogs	1-2	68.477	69.216	71.394	71.394	66.958	69.057	68.318	-0.01%	0.01%
100	Central Michigan Chippewas	2-2	68.282	68.282	69.656	69.656	67.437	69.789	69.050	-0.02%	-0.01%
101	Tulsa Golden Hurricane	2-2	68.270	68.270	68.979	70.177	65.964	57.259	60.954	0.19%	0.12%
102	Miami (OH) RedHawks	1-3	68.247	69.725	67.002	73.486	67.002	77.956	77.956	-0.12%	-0.11%
103	Nevada Wolf Pack	1-2	68.085	68.824	63.446	74.639	63.445	60.544	65.717	0.12%	0.05%
104	Florida International Panthers	1-2	68.026	68.765	68.712	69.290	67.767	59.257	58.518	0.15%	0.18%
105	Colorado State Rams	1-3	67.864	69.342	64.713	70.760	64.713	61.363	68.014	0.11%	0.02%
106	Syracuse Orange	1-2	67.645	68.384	71.682	71.682	66.659	73.637	78.810	-0.08%	-0.13%
107	Troy Trojans	1-2	67.399	68.138	69.988	70.053	66.255	76.971	75.493	-0.12%	-0.10%
108	UAB Blazers	2-2	67.049	67.049	69.791	69.791	65.196	61.885	65.579	0.08%	0.02%
109	Arkansas State Red Wolves	1-3	65.503	66.981	67.211	68.412	66.343	69.762	70.501	-0.06%	-0.05%
110	Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens	1-3	65.378	66.856	64.099	69.209	64.099	50.536	50.536	0.29%	0.32%
111	San Jose State Spartans	2-2	64.431	64.431	65.152	65.963	63.352	65.803	70.976	-0.02%	-0.09%
112	Marshall Thundering Herd	2-2	64.174	64.174	64.106	65.294	63.848	68.351	70.568	-0.06%	-0.09%
113	Rutgers Scarlet Knights	0-4	63.564	66.520	71.036	71.036	64.371	83.344	85.561	-0.24%	-0.22%
114	Air Force Falcons	2-1	61.902	61.163	65.959	65.959	56.123	69.182	72.877	-0.11%	-0.16%
115	Coastal Carolina Chanticleers	0-4	61.322	64.278	63.130	66.068	62.819	69.373	70.112	-0.12%	-0.08%
116	Northern Illinois Huskies	0-3	60.973	63.190	61.392	64.526	64.526	63.379	68.551	-0.04%	-0.08%
117	Buffalo Bulls	0-3	60.816	63.032	64.012	64.012	61.724	64.750	66.967	-0.06%	-0.06%
118	Southern Miss Golden Eagles	0-3	60.725	62.942	65.973	65.973	61.515	69.885	69.146	-0.13%	-0.09%
119	Wyoming Cowboys	1-3	60.508	61.986	53.319	66.543	53.319	68.892	72.587	-0.12%	-0.15%
120	Western Kentucky Hilltoppers	0-4	59.314	62.270	59.033	66.030	66.030	65.688	63.471	-0.10%	-0.02%
121	Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders	1-3	58.881	60.359	54.245	63.542	54.245	48.736	52.430	0.21%	0.15%
122	Rice Owls	0-4	58.814	61.770	64.893	64.893	58.728	63.270	65.487	-0.07%	-0.06%
123	New Mexico State Aggies	1-3	58.586	60.064	66.039	66.039	56.907	53.534	57.228	0.09%	0.05%
124	Kent State Golden Flashes	1-3	58.532	60.010	61.006	61.006	58.896	53.547	55.763	0.09%	0.08%
125	Missouri State Bears	0-3	57.856	60.073	63.476	63.476	58.854	54.498	53.020	0.06%	0.13%
126	Kennesaw State Owls	0-3	57.435	59.652	60.673	60.673	59.076	71.712	67.278	-0.20%	-0.11%
127	Charlotte 49ers	0-4	56.810	59.766	53.114	63.631	53.114	51.712	59.841	0.10%	0.00%
128	Bowling Green Falcons	1-3	56.695	58.173	64.519	64.519	54.084	62.325	66.020	-0.09%	-0.12%
129	Eastern Michigan Eagles	1-3	56.506	57.984	63.748	63.748	54.971	61.794	64.011	-0.09%	-0.09%
130	Jacksonville State Gamecocks	2-1	55.996	55.257	62.233	62.233	50.166	69.222	67.744	-0.19%	-0.18%
131	Akron Zips	0-4	54.510	57.466	54.529	61.372	54.529	58.575	60.792	-0.07%	-0.05%
132	Massachusetts Minutemen	2-1	54.268	53.529	48.525	59.763	48.525	38.161	46.290	0.42%	0.16%
133	Ball State Cardinals	0-4	51.743	54.699	54.985	57.918	52.046	58.030	61.725	-0.11%	-0.11%
134	Sam Houston Bearkats	0-3	50.936	53.153	55.527	55.527	50.884	50.486	56.398	0.01%	-0.06%
135	Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks	0-4	50.861	53.817	53.289	55.550	53.288	54.706	59.879	-0.07%	-0.10%
136	North Dakota State Bison	3-0	50.767	48.550	54.871	54.871	41.648	0.000	0.000	0%	0%
137	UTEP Miners	0-4	48.045	51.001	48.004	53.163	48.004	53.378	60.029	-0.10%	-0.15%
138	Sacramento State Hornets	0-3	13.818	16.035	18.461	18.461	14.839	0.000	0.000	0%	0%