College Football Team Ratings

2026 TEAM RATINGS

SORTED BY ELO

Indiana leads the 2026 college football Elo ratings at 2089.

RK	TEAM	ELO	RECORD	SP+	FPI	SRS
1	IUIndiana	2089	6–1	26.7	25.4	20.5
2	NDNotre Dame	2082	6–1	28.0	27.9	22.4
3	OSUOhio State	2069	6–1	29.5	28.2	21.5
4	UGAGeorgia	2023	6–1	28.3	26.7	20.9
5	MIAMiami	1982	6–0	27.8	26.5	20.0
6	MISSOle Miss	1935	5–1	15.9	18.8	17.6
7	ALAAlabama	1934	5–2	23.0	24.2	24.6
8	LSULSU	1913	5–2	21.7	23.0	24.8
9	UTAHUtah	1901	6–0	23.5	17.4	18.5
10	TTUTexas Tech	1891	6–0	21.6	19.4	16.7
11	TEXTexas	1890	4–2	24.4	23.6	18.9
12	IOWAIowa	1853	5–1	13.0	13.1	12.4
13	TENNTennessee	1832	6–1	16.7	18.1	18.9
14	OREOregon	1831	4–2	21.0	19.0	17.3
15	JMUJames Madison	1826	7–0	9.4	7.0	9.8
16	USCUSC	1804	6–1	14.4	14.9	9.5
17	PSUPenn State	1800	3–4	9.6	11.7	4.9
18	NEBNebraska	1767	5–2	16.9	17.1	16.7
19	WAKEWake Forest	1766	6–1	10.5	15.4	12.9
20	MIZMissouri	1747	5–2	18.0	12.3	11.6
21	LIBLiberty	1746	5–1	7.3	0.7	2.7
22	BYUBYU	1740	6–0	21.5	17.4	18.1
23	TA&MTexas A&M	1739	4–3	8.0	13.5	7.9
24	MICHMichigan	1721	4–2	13.1	10.9	3.8
25	NUNorthwestern	1720	5–1	15.6	13.1	15.2
26	ARIZArizona	1719	5–1	15.2	10.5	12.3
27	OUOklahoma	1716	3–3	12.2	13.3	6.6
28	LOULouisville	1713	4–3	13.0	13.3	10.7
29	WASHWashington	1704	4–3	7.1	4.7	0.6
30	AUBAuburn	1699	4–2	11.0	13.4	10.5
31	SMUSMU	1699	5–1	12.8	9.8	4.1
32	SCSouth Carolina	1699	3–3	9.9	11.6	8.7
33	BOISBoise State	1691	5–1	9.1	11.4	11.9
34	UCLAUCLA	1690	6–0	15.3	11.0	17.3
35	UNMNew Mexico	1677	5–1	12.3	7.8	7.2
36	UNTNorth Texas	1669	4–2	-1.0	2.1	6.8
37	WISWisconsin	1656	4–2	10.5	9.0	8.1
38	FLAFlorida	1643	5–2	11.0	14.3	13.7
39	ISUIowa State	1643	3–3	1.0	4.3	6.1
40	KSUKansas State	1637	4–2	11.0	7.6	6.2
41	NDSUNorth Dakota StateNorth Dakota St	1634	6–1	8.6	-0.2	2.4
42	DUKEDuke	1632	4–2	8.2	7.8	6.4
43	FRESFresno State	1628	4–3	3.7	-0.7	-0.8
44	TCUTCU	1628	3–3	9.2	8.6	10.5
45	PITTPittsburgh	1624	5–2	10.5	9.2	6.5
46	MEMMemphis	1623	5–2	7.6	3.0	0.6
47	BAYBaylor	1615	4–2	12.7	10.0	8.0
48	USFSouth Florida	1613	5–2	0.6	-2.2	-0.7
49	ORSTOregon State	1611	5–2	7.1	6.0	11.2
50	HOUHouston	1610	6–1	15.2	14.8	17.6
51	FSUFlorida State	1609	3–4	5.8	9.6	5.6
52	UKKentucky	1599	6–1	8.0	12.7	15.3
53	KUKansas	1594	2–4	7.2	3.7	-0.3
54	ARMYArmy	1583	4–2	-0.9	-0.0	5.0
55	UVAVirginia	1582	4–3	8.5	5.6	2.1
56	VANVanderbilt	1577	3–4	1.2	0.5	-4.1
57	TXSTTexas State	1567	3–3	-0.2	-0.1	7.3
58	MSSTMississippi StateMississippi St	1558	4–2	12.6	9.1	9.6
59	TULNTulane	1558	3–3	-7.6	-1.2	-1.8
60	TOLToledo	1548	5–2	-2.1	-3.4	-0.8
61	ILLIllinois	1536	3–3	5.8	4.4	2.3
62	UTSAUTSA	1523	6–1	0.8	-1.9	0.1
63	ARKArkansas	1515	3–4	-2.4	2.2	-0.4
64	CLEMClemson	1515	4–2	2.2	6.5	4.7
65	ULLouisiana	1508	5–2	-2.3	-1.8	0.9
66	VTVirginia Tech	1507	5–2	9.5	6.6	1.2
67	NAVYNavy	1493	2–4	-0.2	-5.5	-6.7
68	UNLVUNLV	1489	4–3	-0.9	-2.1	-3.9
69	WMUWestern Michigan	1486	5–2	-3.2	-2.5	-1.6
70	AFAir Force	1484	5–1	1.4	-2.1	-2.1
71	CONNUConn	1483	3–3	-1.3	-6.0	-3.8
72	GTGeorgia Tech	1478	2–4	1.3	0.3	-3.0
73	NCSUNC State	1471	3–3	-1.3	1.1	-2.2
74	UNCNorth Carolina	1470	4–2	4.9	8.7	9.5
75	CINCincinnati	1466	4–2	5.3	3.5	3.3
76	MSUMichigan State	1463	2–5	-1.2	1.7	1.7
77	WSUWashington StateWashington St	1446	1–6	-11.1	-9.0	-9.3
78	UCFUCF	1445	3–3	4.1	5.2	9.9
79	ASUArizona State	1435	3–3	3.6	-1.3	-3.9
80	ECUEast Carolina	1432	3–3	-1.3	-5.2	-11.5
81	JXSTJacksonville StateJacksonville St	1430	5–2	-2.4	-8.3	-7.4
82	OHIOOhio	1430	5–2	-6.7	-7.1	-6.1
83	MINNMinnesota	1427	4–2	2.9	-0.2	-1.1
84	FIUFlorida International	1424	3–3	-5.4	-9.2	-8.7
85	PURPurdue	1423	3–4	1.6	1.9	3.6
86	NEVNevada	1420	2–4	-4.3	-8.4	-8.5
87	LTLouisiana Tech	1405	4–2	-5.9	-3.7	0.1
88	BCBoston College	1402	3–3	-4.9	-2.6	-9.5
89	UABUAB	1396	4–3	-12.8	-13.8	-12.3
90	RUTGRutgers	1390	2–4	-5.3	-3.1	-6.3
91	SJSUSan José State	1380	4–3	-12.2	-12.5	-13.1
92	GASTGeorgia State	1376	4–2	-4.8	-5.9	0.6
93	OKSTOklahoma State	1375	4–2	13.3	9.0	13.9
94	GASOGeorgia Southern	1374	3–4	-4.6	-4.6	-3.0
95	USASouth Alabama	1365	4–2	-11.1	-6.8	-4.5
96	USUUtah State	1362	2–4	-9.0	-7.6	-10.7
97	BUFBuffalo	1360	4–3	-13.9	-12.9	-14.6
98	TROYTroy	1359	3–3	-6.6	-9.6	-11.7
99	COLOColorado	1353	2–4	-2.4	1.0	-0.5
100	HAWHawai'i	1344	1–6	-12.9	-12.3	-17.2
101	MRSHMarshall	1344	3–3	-13.2	-16.5	-18.8
102	WVUWest Virginia	1341	4–3	-0.6	0.4	1.4
103	DELDelaware	1325	2–4	-13.1	-14.1	-14.5
104	ARSTArkansas State	1321	3–4	-8.0	-8.5	-7.7
105	WYOWyoming	1320	4–3	-13.8	-15.4	-15.8
106	SYRSyracuse	1319	2–4	-0.4	0.5	-0.4
107	APPApp State	1301	4–2	-6.0	-8.9	-10.1
108	TEMTemple	1298	2–5	-6.5	-9.3	-9.8
109	CALCalifornia	1296	3–4	-2.5	-3.9	-6.3
110	MDMaryland	1294	2–5	-2.0	-3.6	-3.5
111	KENNKennesaw State	1288	1–5	-9.8	-11.4	-9.7
112	TLSATulsa	1287	4–3	-5.1	-3.7	0.1
113	CCUCoastal Carolina	1277	2–5	-11.0	-13.1	-12.0
114	WKUWestern Kentucky	1269	3–4	-13.0	-11.9	-11.2
115	SDSUSan Diego StateSan Diego St	1261	3–4	-10.2	-8.8	-5.7
116	M-OHMiami (OH)	1259	4–3	-6.4	-9.8	-8.8
117	NMSUNew Mexico StateNew Mexico St	1249	2–4	-13.7	-13.2	-13.4
118	FAUFlorida Atlantic	1240	4–2	0.1	-10.1	-7.4
119	BGSUBowling Green	1234	2–5	-17.9	-17.7	-14.0
120	MOSTMissouri State	1233	2–4	-19.5	-14.7	-15.6
121	CMUCentral Michigan	1223	3–4	-16.7	-14.3	-12.6
122	EMUEastern Michigan	1216	4–4	-11.2	-16.7	-15.7
123	ODUOld Dominion	1216	2–5	-9.9	-14.0	-16.6
124	USMSouthern Miss	1183	1–5	-18.3	-14.7	-17.5
125	CSUColorado State	1155	2–4	-7.8	-12.6	-7.2
126	MTSUMiddle Tennessee	1149	3–3	-19.5	-18.3	-16.9
127	NIUNorthern Illinois	1139	0–6	-23.5	-20.1	-20.1
128	MASSMassachusetts	1132	4–3	-9.5	-13.8	-13.6
129	RICERice	1128	1–6	-13.4	-15.4	-12.3
130	STANStanford	1111	3–4	-14.9	-11.4	-10.1
131	SHSUSam Houston	1104	1–5	-16.5	-16.7	-12.2
132	BALLBall State	1065	2–5	-25.2	-21.1	-15.4
133	CLTCharlotte	1026	1–6	-28.6	-21.9	-19.9
134	SACSacramento StateSacramento St	1019	1–6	-24.7	-32.4	-28.7
135	KENTKent State	1007	2–5	-22.6	-22.3	-15.2
136	UTEPUTEP	992	1–6	-24.6	-24.4	-22.7
137	ULMUL Monroe	991	0–6	-28.4	-26.3	-24.8
138	AKRAkron	868	1–6	-22.4	-22.1	-21.9

The Big Ten leads the 2026 Elo top 25 with nine ranked teams, followed by the SEC with eight, the Big 12 with three, the ACC with two, the CUSA with one and the Sun Belt with one; one independent is also ranked.

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