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Season 2026 • Week 3 Rankings

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Ranking Blend Formula
70% Resume / 30% Power
Composite = 0.70 × Resume + 0.30 × Spread
Undefeated Barrier
λ = 0.40 Hinge
Strict buffer keeping undefeated programs above teams with losses
Preseason Prior Horizon
7.0 Games
Linear decay w = max(0, 1 - games / 7.0) to eliminate poll inertia
Blowout Suppression
±24.0 Points
Clamped margin MSE loss prevents garbage-time stat padding

Top 25 Rankings Leaderboard

Rank Team Record Index Rank Δ Resume (70%) Power Spread (30%) Raw Power Exp Offense Exp Defense Avg Margin SOS SOR Prior Weight
1 Notre Dame 3-0 1.063 - 108.2 +64.4 +61.3 37.1 11.4 +32.3 0.756 1.000 57.1% Prior
2 Texas 3-0 1.056 +4 107.6 +63.5 +60.2 34.6 11.0 +25.7 0.766 0.993 57.1% Prior
3 Mississippi State 3-0 1.037 +5 106.5 +60.6 +58.1 39.0 18.0 +27.0 0.717 0.978 57.1% Prior
4 Alabama 3-0 1.032 +7 105.7 +61.0 +59.6 37.8 24.0 +26.7 0.638 0.968 57.1% Prior
5 Mississippi 3-0 1.032 +13 107.3 +57.1 +54.3 32.2 20.8 +14.3 0.735 0.988 57.1% Prior
6 Penn State 3-0 1.022 +3 103.9 +62.1 +62.7 34.6 12.6 +35.0 0.505 0.945 57.1% Prior
7 USC 4-0 1.019 -4 105.4 +57.7 +56.4 35.4 26.3 +20.2 0.612 0.964 42.9% Prior
8 Michigan 3-0 1.017 -6 106.3 +55.0 +53.0 29.2 16.6 +14.3 0.685 0.975 57.1% Prior
9 UCLA 3-0 1.013 -5 104.7 +57.6 +57.6 34.3 23.9 +17.7 0.547 0.955 57.1% Prior
10 Duke 3-0 1.000 +3 104.5 +54.1 +53.2 26.6 16.9 +15.3 0.601 0.953 57.1% Prior
11 Northwestern 2-0 0.998 +17 103.4 +56.2 +56.3 37.1 11.4 +25.0 0.532 0.939 71.4% Prior
12 Nebraska 3-0 0.996 - 101.2 +60.7 +62.6 37.6 15.3 +34.7 0.416 0.911 57.1% Prior
13 Pittsburgh 3-0 0.989 +6 103.3 +53.6 +53.0 31.0 9.7 +21.3 0.584 0.938 57.1% Prior
14 Florida 3-0 0.986 +6 101.5 +57.0 +55.1 42.2 22.4 +33.0 0.678 0.915 57.1% Prior
15 Utah 3-0 0.973 +12 98.4 +60.3 +64.0 39.5 16.0 +39.3 0.300 0.876 57.1% Prior
16 BYU 3-0 0.967 +21 100.1 +54.6 +55.0 36.2 18.6 +28.3 0.519 0.897 57.1% Prior
17 Tennessee 3-0 0.965 +8 98.9 +56.7 +58.7 41.2 19.5 +33.7 0.414 0.882 57.1% Prior
18 Vanderbilt 3-0 0.955 +6 101.1 +48.6 +48.2 31.0 20.4 +10.7 0.574 0.910 57.1% Prior
19 Indiana 3-0 0.955 +12 97.6 +56.8 +60.7 36.6 12.4 +43.0 0.277 0.866 57.1% Prior
20 Georgia 3-0 0.947 +9 97.1 +55.7 +61.5 43.7 23.4 +46.0 0.150 0.860 57.1% Prior
21 Kansas State 3-0 0.947 +1 98.5 +52.4 +54.5 38.1 17.5 +35.3 0.402 0.877 57.1% Prior
22 West Virginia 3-0 0.940 +23 98.5 +50.4 +50.4 34.9 20.2 +21.0 0.543 0.877 57.1% Prior
23 Texas Tech 3-0 0.939 +18 99.2 +48.5 +48.8 30.1 20.0 +12.0 0.526 0.886 57.1% Prior
24 Iowa 3-0 0.935 -1 97.4 +51.3 +53.7 33.5 8.3 +32.7 0.380 0.864 57.1% Prior
25 Miami 3-0 0.932 +8 98.0 +49.0 +51.3 39.9 17.1 +40.7 0.386 0.871 57.1% Prior
26 Virginia Tech 3-0 0.918 +18 96.8 +47.7 +51.4 40.9 20.8 +34.0 0.291 0.856 57.1% Prior
27 South Florida 3-0 0.917 -12 97.7 +45.2 +46.5 32.6 19.3 +18.7 0.456 0.867 57.1% Prior
28 North Dakota State 4-0 0.916 +15 97.9 +44.7 +49.3 33.4 16.3 +22.8 0.308 0.869 42.9% Prior
29 Tulsa 3-0 0.916 -13 98.2 +43.6 +45.0 30.6 11.4 +20.7 0.454 0.874 57.1% Prior
30 Cincinnati 3-0 0.913 +8 96.2 +47.5 +49.5 34.5 20.8 +25.0 0.412 0.848 57.1% Prior
31 Missouri 3-0 0.908 +17 96.7 +45.0 +48.5 33.8 18.4 +22.3 0.311 0.854 57.1% Prior
32 Washington 3-0 0.905 -11 95.2 +47.5 +50.7 28.4 21.0 +16.0 0.329 0.835 57.1% Prior
33 James Madison 3-0 0.896 +20 95.0 +45.1 +49.1 35.1 15.4 +34.7 0.278 0.833 57.1% Prior
34 Ohio State 2-1 0.893 +16 89.2 +58.0 +57.3 36.7 15.0 +36.0 0.592 0.759 57.1% Prior
35 LSU 2-1 0.880 -28 88.5 +55.9 +53.7 34.4 18.6 +21.3 0.692 0.750 57.1% Prior
36 Auburn 2-1 0.877 -26 88.0 +55.9 +52.7 30.3 19.4 +10.3 0.758 0.745 57.1% Prior
37 App State 3-0 0.863 +15 93.4 +39.3 +43.7 29.6 24.1 +20.0 0.247 0.813 57.1% Prior
38 Oklahoma 2-1 0.858 +16 87.3 +52.1 +49.5 27.8 9.2 +17.3 0.715 0.736 57.1% Prior
39 Louisville 2-1 0.855 +19 87.1 +51.8 +51.2 36.7 28.1 +17.7 0.586 0.732 57.1% Prior
40 Massachusetts 3-0 0.850 +11 91.5 +39.8 +47.9 31.0 21.5 +21.7 0.000 0.789 57.1% Prior
41 Arizona 2-1 0.840 +20 85.3 +51.4 +51.2 31.2 19.2 +14.0 0.554 0.710 57.1% Prior
42 Boise State 2-1 0.839 +14 86.2 +48.8 +46.2 30.7 20.4 +8.3 0.720 0.721 57.1% Prior
43 Texas A&M 2-1 0.834 -38 83.3 +54.2 +53.3 34.3 17.5 +22.7 0.606 0.685 57.1% Prior
44 UCF 2-1 0.817 +35 84.2 +46.9 +45.6 35.7 13.2 +25.3 0.637 0.696 57.1% Prior
45 Western Michigan 2-1 0.816 +18 83.3 +48.8 +49.3 29.8 21.8 +13.7 0.514 0.685 57.1% Prior
46 Baylor 2-1 0.816 +18 82.4 +51.0 +52.5 30.8 13.2 +19.0 0.440 0.673 57.1% Prior
47 Houston 2-1 0.815 -11 82.9 +49.3 +50.7 35.9 19.0 +27.3 0.451 0.680 57.1% Prior
48 Michigan State 2-1 0.808 -34 81.7 +50.1 +47.8 26.1 17.0 +7.0 0.696 0.665 57.1% Prior
49 Virginia 2-1 0.807 -17 80.3 +53.0 +53.1 36.1 14.3 +23.7 0.541 0.647 57.1% Prior
50 Iowa State 2-1 0.803 +25 82.2 +47.4 +48.9 33.2 16.9 +24.3 0.440 0.671 57.1% Prior
51 SMU 2-1 0.794 -25 83.1 +42.7 +41.0 31.9 21.9 +13.0 0.658 0.682 57.1% Prior
52 Marshall 2-1 0.793 +18 81.5 +46.1 +41.5 23.1 31.4 -12.3 0.857 0.662 57.1% Prior
53 TCU 2-1 0.791 +18 79.0 +51.4 +53.7 33.9 11.6 +25.0 0.393 0.630 57.1% Prior
54 Florida Atlantic 2-1 0.790 +13 81.8 +44.6 +41.0 25.4 33.0 -10.3 0.784 0.666 57.1% Prior
55 Illinois 2-1 0.790 - 79.1 +50.9 +50.2 34.0 25.8 +17.7 0.594 0.631 57.1% Prior
56 Clemson 2-1 0.790 +9 81.0 +46.3 +43.0 24.3 28.1 -6.0 0.767 0.656 57.1% Prior
57 New Mexico 2-1 0.785 -17 80.2 +46.8 +49.0 35.5 16.5 +28.7 0.397 0.645 57.1% Prior
58 Maryland 2-1 0.778 -23 79.9 +45.5 +47.2 37.3 14.0 +25.7 0.427 0.642 57.1% Prior
59 Louisiana 2-1 0.776 +14 79.0 +46.9 +45.1 29.2 26.2 +6.3 0.666 0.631 57.1% Prior
60 South Carolina 2-1 0.774 -30 78.8 +46.8 +49.0 36.1 20.4 +28.7 0.393 0.627 57.1% Prior
61 North Carolina 2-1 0.773 -22 79.1 +45.7 +44.7 26.2 15.7 +9.7 0.613 0.632 57.1% Prior
62 Fresno State 2-1 0.771 +15 79.9 +43.3 +42.6 26.7 19.1 +7.7 0.591 0.641 57.1% Prior
63 Middle Tennessee 2-1 0.763 +17 79.1 +42.8 +46.0 27.8 28.1 +9.7 0.330 0.632 57.1% Prior
64 Troy 2-1 0.763 -15 80.6 +39.4 +39.5 27.3 21.0 +3.3 0.541 0.650 57.1% Prior
65 Wake Forest 2-1 0.757 -48 76.6 +46.7 +45.5 28.0 24.7 +3.7 0.623 0.600 57.1% Prior
66 Wisconsin 2-1 0.757 +29 74.6 +51.3 +51.9 33.0 20.7 +14.3 0.504 0.575 57.1% Prior
67 Oregon 2-1 0.753 -5 77.1 +44.5 +45.2 36.9 23.7 +27.7 0.500 0.607 57.1% Prior
68 Delaware 2-1 0.746 +14 77.9 +40.7 +42.9 29.3 22.9 +11.3 0.397 0.616 57.1% Prior
69 South Alabama 2-1 0.740 +16 75.6 +44.0 +45.7 29.5 30.5 +8.7 0.432 0.587 57.1% Prior
70 UT San Antonio 2-1 0.737 -28 76.2 +41.7 +39.1 28.0 24.4 +3.3 0.718 0.595 57.1% Prior
71 California 2-1 0.732 -12 78.3 +35.6 +36.8 28.6 25.2 +8.0 0.464 0.621 57.1% Prior
72 Liberty 2-1 0.729 +28 77.4 +36.6 +38.4 27.9 20.8 +10.0 0.423 0.610 57.1% Prior
73 Oklahoma State 2-1 0.727 -4 74.3 +43.1 +44.9 32.0 18.8 +17.7 0.421 0.571 57.1% Prior
74 Florida State 1-2 0.722 -14 72.2 +46.6 +43.6 27.5 27.5 0.0 0.748 0.545 57.1% Prior
75 Colorado 2-1 0.719 -28 74.7 +39.9 +38.3 25.4 24.1 -0.7 0.654 0.576 57.1% Prior
76 Kentucky 2-1 0.717 +28 71.4 +47.2 +42.4 30.3 20.7 +4.7 0.867 0.534 57.1% Prior
77 Georgia State 2-1 0.715 -31 75.0 +38.2 +42.1 34.3 27.0 +16.3 0.281 0.579 57.1% Prior
78 Army 1-1 0.714 - 72.9 +42.5 +42.0 38.3 18.1 +26.0 0.588 0.554 71.4% Prior
79 Toledo 2-1 0.713 +4 74.8 +37.9 +39.6 33.6 33.1 +14.7 0.429 0.577 57.1% Prior
80 Arizona State 2-1 0.705 +13 72.8 +40.3 +39.8 33.4 23.2 +14.0 0.578 0.552 57.1% Prior
81 Florida International 1-2 0.696 -24 70.6 +42.6 +42.4 18.5 21.8 -1.0 0.558 0.525 57.1% Prior
82 Central Michigan 2-1 0.693 +25 72.5 +37.3 +37.4 22.7 23.4 -4.7 0.542 0.548 57.1% Prior
83 Memphis 3-1 0.693 -11 69.8 +43.6 +45.9 28.9 29.9 +7.5 0.426 0.514 42.9% Prior
84 Air Force 1-1 0.691 +3 72.4 +37.2 +39.5 30.5 25.6 +14.0 0.315 0.546 71.4% Prior
85 Minnesota 2-1 0.689 +35 66.3 +50.5 +51.1 31.9 18.4 +20.3 0.509 0.469 57.1% Prior
86 Tulane 1-2 0.688 -18 68.8 +44.6 +38.9 21.7 21.6 -7.0 0.926 0.501 57.1% Prior
87 Boston College 2-1 0.675 -3 71.1 +35.2 +36.9 21.1 26.2 -2.0 0.434 0.530 57.1% Prior
88 Navy 1-1 0.673 +9 69.8 +37.7 +41.0 29.5 33.0 +9.5 0.207 0.514 71.4% Prior
89 Texas State 1-2 0.670 +36 66.9 +43.5 +40.2 25.9 41.4 -14.3 0.772 0.478 57.1% Prior
90 Sam Houston 1-2 0.665 +11 68.0 +39.3 +39.9 29.9 19.9 +16.7 0.508 0.492 57.1% Prior
91 Oregon State 1-2 0.659 +24 66.3 +41.8 +38.6 30.4 25.7 +3.7 0.761 0.469 57.1% Prior
92 Colorado State 2-1 0.658 -58 64.7 +45.3 +46.4 33.6 27.5 +12.7 0.475 0.449 57.1% Prior
93 San Jose State 2-2 0.657 -27 68.0 +37.2 +36.8 22.4 29.3 -4.0 0.562 0.491 42.9% Prior
94 North Texas 1-2 0.655 -18 65.9 +41.4 +37.9 28.0 36.4 -4.0 0.784 0.464 57.1% Prior
95 Ohio 1-2 0.652 -14 65.4 +41.7 +38.0 26.9 36.2 -10.3 0.797 0.458 57.1% Prior
96 East Carolina 1-2 0.646 +31 65.2 +40.5 +37.1 20.5 28.4 -12.7 0.776 0.455 57.1% Prior
97 Purdue 1-2 0.636 -23 63.7 +40.9 +39.2 32.4 34.7 +3.0 0.658 0.437 57.1% Prior
98 Coastal Carolina 1-2 0.636 -6 64.7 +38.4 +38.1 27.5 21.4 +7.7 0.562 0.450 57.1% Prior
99 UAB 1-2 0.633 -13 62.6 +42.5 +40.7 20.9 28.5 -6.7 0.671 0.423 57.1% Prior
100 Rice 1-2 0.622 -6 62.8 +38.8 +35.8 24.1 25.4 -10.3 0.748 0.425 57.1% Prior
101 Jacksonville State 2-2 0.610 +21 65.5 +29.0 +31.5 27.0 27.9 +4.5 0.417 0.459 42.9% Prior
102 North Carolina State 1-2 0.610 -14 61.4 +38.5 +36.5 32.9 23.2 +14.3 0.686 0.407 57.1% Prior
103 Temple 1-2 0.605 +2 59.2 +42.1 +40.4 30.1 26.7 +1.7 0.659 0.379 57.1% Prior
104 Washington State 1-2 0.601 +17 62.0 +34.5 +34.3 24.5 24.5 0.0 0.563 0.415 57.1% Prior
105 Missouri State 1-2 0.588 -6 59.2 +37.0 +37.5 24.7 34.2 -7.3 0.508 0.380 57.1% Prior
106 Syracuse 1-2 0.582 -8 58.7 +36.5 +37.9 29.9 20.0 +15.3 0.453 0.373 57.1% Prior
107 Miami (OH) 1-2 0.577 +6 59.3 +33.6 +34.0 28.7 34.8 -3.7 0.523 0.381 57.1% Prior
108 UNLV 1-2 0.568 +9 55.9 +38.8 +37.6 17.1 27.6 -9.7 0.631 0.338 57.1% Prior
109 Georgia Southern 1-2 0.566 +9 57.1 +35.4 +38.3 24.5 21.7 +4.0 0.347 0.353 57.1% Prior
110 Old Dominion 1-2 0.563 -2 57.1 +34.5 +34.3 22.7 24.5 -1.7 0.556 0.353 57.1% Prior
111 Kent State 1-2 0.557 -21 58.2 +30.1 +28.5 20.9 40.4 -30.7 0.656 0.367 57.1% Prior
112 San Diego State 1-2 0.554 -23 54.0 +39.0 +37.4 24.7 23.2 +0.7 0.646 0.314 57.1% Prior
113 Georgia Tech 1-2 0.547 +20 52.3 +40.9 +39.7 27.4 22.6 +3.7 0.628 0.293 57.1% Prior
114 Connecticut 2-1 0.545 +9 51.6 +41.8 +45.9 34.4 23.6 +17.7 0.269 0.284 57.1% Prior
115 Louisiana Tech 1-2 0.533 -13 54.9 +30.7 +31.5 31.4 29.9 +8.7 0.486 0.325 57.1% Prior
116 Buffalo 1-2 0.529 -5 54.6 +30.2 +27.1 22.0 37.2 -17.0 0.749 0.321 57.1% Prior
117 UTEP 1-2 0.526 -1 54.8 +29.0 +29.2 25.0 41.9 -15.0 0.528 0.324 57.1% Prior
118 Nevada 1-2 0.524 +1 50.3 +38.7 +39.1 23.2 23.1 +5.0 0.519 0.267 57.1% Prior
119 Hawaii 1-2 0.511 +11 49.4 +37.0 +38.6 20.2 32.4 -5.0 0.437 0.256 57.1% Prior
120 Arkansas 1-2 0.510 -17 50.8 +33.3 +28.4 23.4 26.8 -14.7 0.880 0.274 57.1% Prior
121 Kennesaw State 1-2 0.501 -9 50.0 +32.6 +32.8 24.4 23.7 0.0 0.533 0.263 57.1% Prior
122 Ball State 1-2 0.501 -8 50.8 +30.6 +29.5 23.6 38.2 -21.7 0.621 0.274 57.1% Prior
123 Akron 1-2 0.501 -27 50.2 +32.0 +31.0 25.7 30.4 -7.0 0.616 0.266 57.1% Prior
124 Arkansas State 1-2 0.499 - 51.6 +28.3 +28.6 26.8 29.9 +1.0 0.521 0.284 57.1% Prior
125 New Mexico State 1-2 0.497 +3 50.1 +31.3 +34.1 24.9 30.4 +3.3 0.352 0.265 57.1% Prior
126 Kansas 1-2 0.489 +3 46.5 +37.2 +39.0 27.1 23.4 +7.0 0.425 0.219 57.1% Prior
127 Stanford 1-2 0.487 -17 47.5 +34.3 +30.1 20.6 34.8 -19.0 0.828 0.232 57.1% Prior
128 Rutgers 0-3 0.483 +4 44.7 +39.7 +35.8 23.4 34.5 -10.0 0.809 0.196 57.1% Prior
129 Wyoming 1-2 0.482 -23 48.7 +30.2 +30.4 18.3 28.0 -9.3 0.530 0.247 57.1% Prior
130 UL Monroe 0-3 0.469 -4 45.9 +32.7 +31.3 21.4 42.0 -19.3 0.639 0.211 57.1% Prior
131 Charlotte 0-3 0.451 +7 45.5 +28.1 +28.5 21.7 35.8 -13.0 0.523 0.206 57.1% Prior
132 Eastern Michigan 1-3 0.450 -23 44.7 +29.8 +28.3 20.4 36.9 -16.8 0.619 0.196 42.9% Prior
133 Utah State 0-3 0.423 +1 37.3 +39.0 +33.1 19.7 21.4 -15.7 0.948 0.103 57.1% Prior
134 Northern Illinois 0-3 0.415 +2 40.5 +29.1 +24.6 20.7 32.4 -23.0 0.851 0.143 57.1% Prior
135 Bowling Green 0-3 0.413 -4 41.0 +27.3 +22.8 14.6 39.4 -34.7 0.850 0.150 57.1% Prior
136 Western Kentucky 0-3 0.390 -1 35.4 +33.8 +27.0 17.6 44.8 -41.0 1.000 0.078 57.1% Prior
137 Southern Mississippi 1-2 0.389 -46 37.6 +28.0 +28.2 25.6 29.4 -5.7 0.530 0.107 57.1% Prior
138 Sacramento State 1-3 0.298 -1 29.2 +20.6 +24.9 23.0 32.9 -6.5 0.324 0.000 42.9% Prior

12-Team College Football Playoff Projection

First-Round Byes (Top 4 Conference Champions)

First-Round On-Campus Matchups

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First Four Out: #11 Northwestern, #12 Nebraska, #13 Pittsburgh, #14 Florida

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 8
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 8
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 3
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 0
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0