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College football power ratings for 2026. Our number on the FBS field.

These are our college football power ratings for the 2026 season. The EL Rating v1 starts every team at its preseason composite: last season's performance, four years of blue chip recruiting, returning production, transfer class quality, and coaching continuity, fit to what actually predicts wins. Tested on two held out seasons it missed actual win totals by 1.88 wins on average against 1.97 for a rating built on last season's performance alone. Once a team plays, its rating moves one game at a time on opponent adjusted margin (the in-season layer, refit after each week's finals; currently through week 11, written Nov 14, 2026). Expected wins still come from the preseason schedule walk and are not re-walked in season. Below it sits the talent layer the rating drew from, which keeps refreshing to the current recruiting snapshot.

There are 138 FBS teams in 2026, and every one of them carries a rating below. North Dakota State and Sacramento State moved up from the FCS this season with no preseason history, so each starts from a transition prior instead (the median rating of the bottom 10 preseason teams) and walks the season one game at a time from there, same as everybody else, just without an expected wins number, since that comes only from the preseason schedule walk they never had.

2026 season · 138 FBS teams · 138 rated · model v1 · in-season through week 11, written Nov 14, 2026
The Edge Labs number EL Rating v1 · 2026 · through week 11
n=138 · rated of 138 FBS
Rk Team Rating Expected wins
1 Georgia 27.1 9.9
2 Alabama 24.1 7.6
3 Texas 21.3 7.8
4 LSU 19.8 7.2
5 Notre Dame 19.5 10.8
6 Tennessee 18.8 7.6
7 Miami 18.4 10.1
8 Ohio State 17.8 10.4
9 Ole Miss 17.8 8.1
10 Indiana 15.9 8.6
11 Utah 15.4 9.4
12 Iowa 14.6 7.7
13 Oregon 13.8 10.1
14 South Carolina 13.8 6.6
15 Missouri 13.8 6.6
16 UCLA 12.6 3.6
17 Wake Forest 12.2 5.8
18 Louisville 12.0 7.5
19 USC 11.4 8.7
20 Oklahoma 11.2 7.6
21 Arizona 10.9 7.4
22 Texas A&M 10.7 9.8
23 Boise State 10.5 6.2
24 BYU 9.8 8.3
25 Texas Tech 9.5 10.3
26 Duke 9.2 6.0
27 Baylor 8.9 5.9
28 Kentucky 8.7 3.6
29 Northwestern 8.5 5.8
30 Nebraska 8.3 6.3
31 Penn State 8.1 8.6
32 SMU 7.8 8.5
33 Oklahoma State 7.8 3.0
34 Auburn 7.5 6.9
35 Florida 7.4 6.6
36 Washington 6.9 8.0
37 Wisconsin 6.7 4.7
38 Florida State 6.4 7.9
39 North Carolina 6.2 4.5
40 New Mexico 6.1 7.1
41 Michigan 6.0 7.8
42 Texas State 5.9 6.1
43 Houston 5.7 7.9
44 Clemson 5.6 8.6
45 James Madison 5.6 8.1
46 Memphis 5.5 7.2
47 Liberty 5.4 6.6
48 Illinois 5.2 6.8
49 TCU 4.5 6.7
50 Louisiana Tech 3.7 7.1
51 North Texas 3.4 7.5
52 Mississippi State 3.3 4.8
53 Fresno State 2.9 5.8
54 Minnesota 2.3 5.8
55 Pittsburgh 1.9 7.3
56 North Dakota State 1.0 ·
in-season rating from a transition prior; no preseason walk
57 Oregon State 0.8 3.8
58 Michigan State 0.8 4.2
59 Western Michigan 0.8 7.5
60 Iowa State 0.6 6.6
61 Virginia Tech 0.5 4.5
62 UTSA 0.5 7.6
63 Vanderbilt 0.3 6.7
64 Arkansas 0.2 3.7
65 Cincinnati 0.1 5.2
66 South Florida 0.1 8.0
67 Kansas -0.3 6.0
68 UCF -0.5 6.0
69 Toledo -0.5 9.0
70 Arizona State -0.6 5.5
71 Louisiana -0.6 7.5
72 Syracuse -1.0 3.9
73 West Virginia -1.0 4.8
74 Florida Atlantic -1.1 5.1
75 Georgia Southern -1.1 4.6
76 Tulsa -1.2 5.6
77 Virginia -1.5 7.0
78 Purdue -1.5 4.0
79 Army -1.6 7.4
80 Air Force -1.9 7.6
81 Utah State -2.3 4.8
82 Kansas State -2.3 7.8
83 East Carolina -2.6 7.6
84 Jacksonville State -2.8 7.2
85 UConn -2.9 7.1
86 Colorado -3.2 4.7
87 Maryland -3.3 5.9
88 NC State -3.6 7.3
89 Navy -4.4 6.8
90 Boston College -4.8 3.6
91 UNLV -5.3 7.5
92 Delaware -5.3 6.3
93 Buffalo -5.5 6.0
94 Miami (OH) -5.6 6.6
95 Georgia State -5.8 4.1
96 Ohio -6.2 7.1
97 Central Michigan -6.3 6.4
98 San Diego State -6.8 7.6
99 Rutgers -6.9 5.5
100 Washington State -7.0 6.4
101 South Alabama -7.1 6.0
102 Stanford -7.4 3.4
103 Wyoming -7.7 5.7
104 Tulane -8.0 6.7
105 UAB -8.4 4.3
106 Temple -8.5 5.5
107 Florida International -8.9 6.4
108 Western Kentucky -9.0 7.7
109 Georgia Tech -9.0 6.5
110 Arkansas State -9.2 5.8
111 App State -9.5 6.3
112 Kennesaw State -9.8 6.0
113 Hawai'i -9.8 8.3
114 Nevada -10.0 5.7
115 Troy -10.1 6.4
116 California -10.1 5.5
117 Missouri State -10.4 5.0
118 San José State -10.6 5.0
119 Marshall -10.7 7.4
120 Middle Tennessee -11.5 5.1
121 Coastal Carolina -11.5 4.7
122 Rice -11.7 3.7
123 Bowling Green -12.1 5.2
124 Old Dominion -12.5 7.0
125 Southern Miss -12.6 5.3
126 Colorado State -12.6 3.7
127 New Mexico State -12.7 4.7
128 Eastern Michigan -13.3 6.2
129 Massachusetts -14.1 2.6
130 Ball State -15.6 3.8
131 Kent State -16.1 4.5
132 Charlotte -16.7 2.8
133 UTEP -18.4 4.3
134 UL Monroe -18.5 4.4
135 Sam Houston -19.5 3.4
136 Akron -20.2 6.0
137 Sacramento State -20.5 ·
in-season rating from a transition prior; no preseason walk
138 Northern Illinois -21.0 5.2

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Composite is the four-year rolling recruiting talent score · higher is more talent signed. Blue-chip is the share of the roster that came in as a four- or five-star. National rank is always the all-FBS rank, even inside a conference filter.
National scope All FBS talent ranking
n=138 · FBS teams
Most talent on paper in All FBS: Ohio State · composite 83.3 · national rank #1 of 138.
Rk Team Conference Composite Talent Blue-chip Conf rank
1 Ohio State Big Ten 83.3
67.7% Big Ten #1
2 Texas SEC 83.0
67.2% SEC #1
3 Texas A&M SEC 81.6
75.6% SEC #2
4 Alabama SEC 81.6
63.8% SEC #3
5 Georgia SEC 80.4
69.6% SEC #4
6 Miami ACC 80.1
56.8% ACC #1
7 Notre Dame Independent 79.6
61.6% Independent #1
8 Florida SEC 79.4
63.6% SEC #5
9 Oregon Big Ten 79.1
59.8% Big Ten #2
10 South Carolina SEC 78.7
55.0% SEC #6
11 LSU SEC 78.5
62.8% SEC #7
12 Penn State Big Ten 77.9
47.3% Big Ten #3
13 Oklahoma SEC 77.8
38.5% SEC #8
14 Florida State ACC 77.4
45.3% ACC #2
15 Michigan Big Ten 76.7
53.6% Big Ten #4
16 Clemson ACC 76.3
52.4% ACC #3
17 Auburn SEC 76.2
52.9% SEC #9
18 Ole Miss SEC 75.8
40.5% SEC #10
19 USC Big Ten 75.4
51.0% Big Ten #5
20 Missouri SEC 74.2
32.2% SEC #11
21 UCF Big 12 73.9
14.3% Big 12 #1
22 Maryland Big Ten 73.6
16.7% Big Ten #6
23 Wisconsin Big Ten 73.1
18.4% Big Ten #7
24 Colorado Big 12 73.0
31.4% Big 12 #2
25 Vanderbilt SEC 72.9
11.8% SEC #12
26 Virginia Tech ACC 72.8
13.0% ACC #4
27 Baylor Big 12 72.7
11.1% Big 12 #3
28 Washington Big Ten 72.7
25.5% Big Ten #8
29 North Carolina ACC 72.6
20.7% ACC #5
30 Mississippi State SEC 72.5
21.6% SEC #13
31 Tennessee SEC 72.3
44.9% SEC #14
32 Kentucky SEC 72.1
25.6% SEC #15
33 Stanford ACC 71.8
7.1% ACC #6
34 Nebraska Big Ten 71.7
24.4% Big Ten #9
35 TCU Big 12 71.7
15.6% Big 12 #4
36 Texas Tech Big 12 71.6
21.7% Big 12 #5
37 Boston College ACC 71.3
4.1% ACC #7
38 Georgia Tech ACC 71.3
11.5% ACC #8
39 Kansas State Big 12 71.2
11.0% Big 12 #6
40 Indiana Big Ten 70.9
14.7% Big Ten #10
41 SMU ACC 70.6
16.2% ACC #9
42 Iowa Big Ten 70.5
21.0% Big Ten #11
43 NC State ACC 70.4
13.5% ACC #10
44 Louisville ACC 70.4
19.2% ACC #11
45 Michigan State Big Ten 70.4
15.0% Big Ten #12
46 Houston Big 12 70.3
12.9% Big 12 #7
47 Pittsburgh ACC 70.2
4.9% ACC #12
48 Minnesota Big Ten 70.1
11.9% Big Ten #13
49 Utah Big 12 70.1
12.2% Big 12 #8
50 UCLA Big Ten 70.1
13.0% Big Ten #14
51 Arizona Big 12 70.0
11.1% Big 12 #9
52 Kansas Big 12 70.0
8.1% Big 12 #10
53 Iowa State Big 12 69.8
3.3% Big 12 #11
54 Arizona State Big 12 69.6
10.3% Big 12 #12
55 Rutgers Big Ten 69.6
9.5% Big Ten #15
56 Arkansas SEC 69.6
13.6% SEC #16
57 Oklahoma State Big 12 69.5
2.6% Big 12 #13
58 Syracuse ACC 69.2
10.9% ACC #13
59 Wake Forest ACC 69.1
5.7% ACC #14
60 Duke ACC 69.0
7.2% ACC #15
61 South Florida AAC 68.9
5.0% AAC #1
62 Cal ACC 68.7
7.4% ACC #16
63 Tulane AAC 68.4
1.4% AAC #2
64 Northwestern Big Ten 68.3
5.1% Big Ten #16
65 BYU Big 12 68.0
12.8% Big 12 #14
66 West Virginia Big 12 67.7
7.8% Big 12 #15
67 Charlotte AAC 67.6
2.0% AAC #3
68 Southern Miss Sun Belt 67.5
1.5% Sun Belt #1
69 East Carolina AAC 67.4
3.9% AAC #4
70 Purdue Big Ten 67.2
6.0% Big Ten #17
71 Memphis AAC 67.2
3.6% AAC #5
72 Florida Atlantic AAC 67.1
1.6% AAC #6
73 Louisiana-Lafayette Sun Belt 67.1
3.8% Sun Belt #2
74 Virginia ACC 66.8
1.4% ACC #17
75 Cincinnati Big 12 66.8
1.2% Big 12 #16
76 Miami (OH) MAC 66.8
3.8% MAC #1
77 Oregon State Pac-12 66.6
1.5% Pac-12 #1
78 Toledo MAC 66.6
1.3% MAC #2
79 UAB AAC 66.5
0.0% AAC #7
80 South Alabama Sun Belt 66.4
1.2% Sun Belt #3
81 Ohio MAC 66.3
0.0% MAC #3
82 UTSA AAC 66.3
6.8% AAC #8
83 Colorado State Pac-12 66.1
1.3% Pac-12 #2
84 Jacksonville State C-USA 66.0
1.6% C-USA #1
85 Illinois Big Ten 66.0
9.5% Big Ten #18
86 Middle Tennessee C-USA 65.9
1.7% C-USA #2
87 UConn Independent 65.7
0.0% Independent #2
88 Liberty C-USA 65.7
1.6% C-USA #3
89 Wyoming Mountain West 65.3
1.4% Mountain West #1
90 Washington State Pac-12 65.1
0.0% Pac-12 #3
91 Boise State Pac-12 65.0
1.1% Pac-12 #4
92 Rice AAC 64.9
0.0% AAC #9
93 James Madison Sun Belt 64.9
0.0% Sun Belt #4
94 Arkansas State Sun Belt 64.8
1.1% Sun Belt #5
95 Georgia State Sun Belt 64.7
5.4% Sun Belt #6
96 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 64.4
1.4% Sun Belt #7
97 Akron MAC 64.4
0.0% MAC #4
98 Florida International C-USA 64.3
3.4% C-USA #4
99 Tulsa AAC 64.3
2.9% AAC #10
100 Troy Sun Belt 64.2
0.0% Sun Belt #8
101 Appalachian State Sun Belt 64.1
1.6% Sun Belt #9
102 Louisiana Tech C-USA 64.0
1.4% C-USA #5
103 Buffalo MAC 64.0
0.0% MAC #5
104 North Texas AAC 63.9
3.4% AAC #11
105 Navy AAC 63.8
0.0% AAC #12
106 Western Kentucky C-USA 63.6
0.0% C-USA #6
107 UMass MAC 63.6
0.0% MAC #6
108 North Dakota State Mountain West 63.5
0.0% Mountain West #2
109 Temple AAC 63.5
0.0% AAC #13
110 UNLV Mountain West 63.5
3.8% Mountain West #3
111 Marshall Sun Belt 63.3
4.3% Sun Belt #10
112 Eastern Michigan MAC 63.2
0.0% MAC #7
113 Sam Houston C-USA 63.1
0.0% C-USA #7
114 Texas State Sun Belt 63.0
0.0% Sun Belt #11
115 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 62.9
3.2% Sun Belt #12
116 San Diego State Pac-12 62.8
2.7% Pac-12 #5
117 Utah State Pac-12 62.8
0.0% Pac-12 #6
118 Ball State MAC 62.6
0.0% MAC #8
119 Western Michigan MAC 62.4
1.3% MAC #9
120 Air Force Mountain West 62.2
0.0% Mountain West #4
121 Bowling Green MAC 62.2
0.0% MAC #10
122 Louisiana Monroe Sun Belt 62.1
0.0% Sun Belt #13
123 Nevada Mountain West 62.1
1.4% Mountain West #5
124 UTEP Mountain West 61.9
1.4% Mountain West #6
125 Kent State MAC 61.7
0.0% MAC #11
126 Missouri State C-USA 61.7
0.0% C-USA #8
127 Army AAC 61.5
0.0% AAC #14
128 Hawaii Mountain West 61.4
0.0% Mountain West #7
129 Central Michigan MAC 61.0
0.0% MAC #12
130 Northern Illinois Mountain West 60.8
0.0% Mountain West #8
131 Old Dominion Sun Belt 59.6
0.0% Sun Belt #14
132 Sac State MAC 59.5
1.6% MAC #13
133 New Mexico Mountain West 58.5
0.0% Mountain West #9
134 San Jose State Mountain West 58.2
0.0% Mountain West #10
135 New Mexico State C-USA 58.2
2.2% C-USA #9
136 Kennesaw State C-USA 56.6
0.0% C-USA #10
137 Fresno State Pac-12 55.8
0.0% Pac-12 #7
138 Delaware C-USA 55.6
2.1% C-USA #11

This is talent on paper, not a prediction. The composite is a leading indicator of the roster · it is the talent a team signed, not what it will do on the field. We do not attach a record, a ranking, or a bet to it, because recruiting talent does not beat the spread and we tested that. Every number carries its sample · 138 FBS programs · 2026 season · research, not advice · 21+.
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