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Season 2026 • Week 4 Rankings

Don't care who you are or where you play.

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 Texas 4-0 1.076 +1 110.7 +62.4 +56.1 32.1 8.4 +20.0 0.969 1.000 42.9% Prior
2 Alabama 4-0 1.071 +2 108.2 +66.8 +63.8 39.8 19.5 +27.8 0.783 0.976 42.9% Prior
3 Notre Dame 4-0 1.052 -2 106.9 +64.2 +63.5 36.8 11.1 +34.0 0.649 0.963 42.9% Prior
4 Florida 4-0 1.049 +10 106.9 +63.2 +59.4 42.8 22.0 +30.8 0.825 0.964 42.9% Prior
5 Mississippi State 4-0 1.022 -2 105.4 +58.8 +56.8 35.4 20.0 +22.0 0.722 0.949 42.9% Prior
6 UCLA 4-0 1.012 +3 104.1 +58.7 +60.8 36.2 20.4 +26.0 0.490 0.936 42.9% Prior
7 Nebraska 4-0 1.009 +5 103.3 +59.5 +60.9 36.7 15.5 +30.5 0.531 0.929 42.9% Prior
8 Utah 4-0 0.994 +7 101.7 +58.9 +60.3 38.1 14.9 +33.0 0.526 0.913 42.9% Prior
9 Georgia 4-0 0.985 +11 100.5 +59.1 +63.8 44.1 19.7 +41.5 0.343 0.902 42.9% Prior
10 Texas Tech 4-0 0.974 +13 101.6 +53.4 +53.9 33.1 18.8 +17.8 0.584 0.912 42.9% Prior
11 Miami 4-0 0.965 +14 100.4 +53.3 +56.2 40.5 15.4 +42.8 0.445 0.901 42.9% Prior
12 Indiana 4-0 0.959 +7 98.7 +55.3 +58.0 35.2 12.1 +33.8 0.454 0.885 42.9% Prior
13 BYU 3-0 0.958 +3 99.6 +53.2 +55.0 35.7 17.5 +28.3 0.473 0.893 57.1% Prior
14 Duke 4-0 0.947 -4 99.1 +51.0 +54.0 31.0 15.2 +25.2 0.440 0.888 42.9% Prior
15 Cincinnati 4-0 0.939 +15 99.1 +48.5 +49.8 33.3 20.9 +20.0 0.532 0.888 42.9% Prior
16 Pittsburgh 4-0 0.938 -3 98.8 +49.0 +51.4 35.4 11.0 +30.8 0.476 0.885 42.9% Prior
17 Iowa 4-0 0.937 +7 98.6 +49.4 +50.7 31.1 12.1 +24.8 0.531 0.883 42.9% Prior
18 Ohio State 3-1 0.928 +16 92.4 +60.9 +59.8 37.6 15.6 +32.8 0.671 0.823 42.9% Prior
19 South Florida 4-0 0.916 +8 98.6 +42.9 +46.4 28.8 19.7 +16.0 0.409 0.883 42.9% Prior
20 James Madison 4-0 0.911 +13 96.4 +46.4 +52.1 35.6 17.7 +32.5 0.282 0.862 42.9% Prior
21 Auburn 3-1 0.909 +15 91.6 +57.2 +52.5 28.7 18.9 +9.2 0.876 0.816 42.9% Prior
22 North Dakota State 4-0 0.909 +6 97.4 +43.4 +49.3 33.4 16.3 +22.8 0.273 0.872 42.9% Prior
23 USC 4-1 0.903 -16 91.2 +56.2 +53.0 33.8 25.4 +13.4 0.755 0.812 28.6% Prior
24 Virginia Tech 4-0 0.902 +2 96.9 +42.8 +49.4 35.1 22.1 +27.2 0.237 0.867 42.9% Prior
25 LSU 3-1 0.897 +10 88.6 +60.6 +58.4 34.6 15.3 +23.2 0.736 0.786 42.9% Prior
26 Penn State 3-1 0.882 -20 87.8 +58.1 +57.7 31.6 14.4 +25.2 0.632 0.779 42.9% Prior
27 Boise State 3-1 0.875 +15 88.7 +53.8 +51.6 31.4 18.4 +12.5 0.733 0.788 42.9% Prior
28 Northwestern 2-1 0.873 -17 89.1 +52.3 +49.8 33.9 15.0 +14.7 0.800 0.791 57.1% Prior
29 Tennessee 3-1 0.860 -12 86.4 +54.5 +54.3 36.4 19.6 +24.5 0.621 0.766 42.9% Prior
30 Massachusetts 4-0 0.858 +10 93.1 +38.6 +49.3 32.8 18.3 +23.5 0.000 0.830 42.9% Prior
31 Mississippi 3-1 0.858 -26 87.3 +52.1 +46.7 30.7 26.4 +4.8 0.921 0.774 42.9% Prior
32 Michigan 3-1 0.854 -24 87.0 +51.7 +50.7 27.5 18.7 +10.5 0.664 0.771 42.9% Prior
33 Oregon 3-1 0.852 +34 87.3 +50.2 +47.6 36.7 21.9 +24.2 0.761 0.774 42.9% Prior
34 Houston 3-1 0.849 +13 87.3 +49.3 +50.1 36.3 21.6 +24.0 0.562 0.775 42.9% Prior
35 UCF 3-1 0.844 +9 86.9 +48.8 +46.3 33.6 12.8 +21.0 0.751 0.771 42.9% Prior
36 Vanderbilt 3-1 0.843 -18 87.0 +48.2 +45.5 28.0 21.2 +6.5 0.764 0.771 42.9% Prior
37 Baylor 3-1 0.843 +9 85.7 +51.2 +53.5 29.6 14.7 +16.8 0.476 0.759 42.9% Prior
38 Virginia 3-1 0.841 +11 82.0 +59.5 +59.7 36.8 12.3 +27.5 0.597 0.722 42.9% Prior
39 Arizona 3-1 0.839 +2 85.8 +49.9 +51.4 30.9 21.8 +13.0 0.523 0.760 42.9% Prior
40 Clemson 3-1 0.822 +16 83.8 +49.5 +46.8 24.7 23.9 -1.0 0.763 0.740 42.9% Prior
41 Kansas State 3-1 0.816 -20 83.5 +48.3 +49.8 34.8 18.7 +25.2 0.523 0.737 42.9% Prior
42 Florida Atlantic 3-1 0.811 +12 82.8 +48.5 +46.3 28.1 30.8 -0.8 0.735 0.731 42.9% Prior
43 SMU 3-1 0.808 +8 84.6 +43.2 +43.4 30.8 24.1 +12.2 0.601 0.748 42.9% Prior
44 Wisconsin 3-1 0.807 +22 80.7 +52.3 +50.1 32.3 19.0 +11.8 0.736 0.710 42.9% Prior
45 Missouri 3-1 0.803 -14 83.7 +44.0 +45.6 31.5 20.0 +15.0 0.518 0.739 42.9% Prior
46 Washington 3-1 0.803 -14 82.2 +47.4 +48.5 27.6 21.0 +11.2 0.544 0.725 42.9% Prior
47 Wake Forest 3-1 0.799 +18 81.8 +47.4 +46.0 27.3 24.9 +3.5 0.690 0.721 42.9% Prior
48 New Mexico 3-1 0.791 +9 80.4 +48.1 +53.4 34.8 18.5 +27.5 0.310 0.707 42.9% Prior
49 UT San Antonio 3-1 0.782 +21 80.3 +45.8 +43.5 31.8 27.1 +6.0 0.741 0.706 42.9% Prior
50 North Carolina 2-1 0.781 +11 80.0 +46.0 +44.7 26.6 15.0 +9.7 0.706 0.704 57.1% Prior
51 Louisiana 3-1 0.781 +8 77.9 +50.9 +50.8 30.0 21.9 +11.5 0.612 0.683 42.9% Prior
52 Liberty 3-1 0.779 +20 81.8 +41.1 +42.8 28.7 20.2 +11.8 0.513 0.721 42.9% Prior
53 Oklahoma State 3-1 0.772 +20 78.7 +46.4 +47.7 32.0 20.4 +17.5 0.531 0.691 42.9% Prior
54 Army 2-1 0.766 +24 79.6 +42.6 +42.0 33.1 19.1 +18.7 0.656 0.700 57.1% Prior
55 Toledo 3-1 0.765 +24 79.0 +43.6 +47.1 34.5 30.6 +17.2 0.409 0.694 42.9% Prior
56 Kentucky 3-1 0.761 +20 74.0 +54.1 +49.4 32.3 21.2 +9.5 0.876 0.646 42.9% Prior
57 Fresno State 3-1 0.759 +5 77.7 +44.8 +46.7 27.5 22.7 +9.2 0.505 0.681 42.9% Prior
58 Georgia State 3-1 0.755 +19 78.3 +42.3 +47.5 33.7 26.8 +17.5 0.317 0.687 42.9% Prior
59 Illinois 2-2 0.741 -4 74.3 +47.6 +43.0 32.2 25.4 +7.5 0.866 0.648 42.9% Prior
60 Iowa State 2-2 0.741 -10 75.1 +45.7 +44.3 30.7 19.1 +14.8 0.685 0.656 42.9% Prior
61 Air Force 2-1 0.737 +23 77.7 +38.2 +40.1 31.5 26.2 +10.3 0.463 0.682 57.1% Prior
62 Oklahoma 2-2 0.737 -24 73.1 +48.8 +43.5 26.0 13.9 +6.0 0.912 0.637 42.9% Prior
63 Louisville 2-2 0.735 -24 72.6 +49.7 +49.0 32.8 28.7 +12.5 0.649 0.632 42.9% Prior
64 TCU 2-2 0.730 -11 73.1 +47.1 +48.7 30.8 14.0 +16.8 0.518 0.636 42.9% Prior
65 Memphis 3-1 0.729 +18 73.9 +44.7 +45.9 30.1 29.4 +7.5 0.543 0.645 42.9% Prior
66 App State 3-1 0.727 -29 77.6 +35.5 +40.7 29.2 26.5 +12.5 0.318 0.680 42.9% Prior
67 Texas A&M 2-2 0.725 -24 71.4 +49.6 +45.6 30.1 19.8 +9.8 0.837 0.620 42.9% Prior
68 Oregon State 2-2 0.720 +23 72.3 +46.1 +43.8 30.5 21.1 +9.2 0.736 0.629 42.9% Prior
69 Minnesota 3-1 0.716 +16 70.4 +49.1 +50.1 31.0 21.3 +16.0 0.553 0.611 42.9% Prior
70 Marshall 3-1 0.712 -18 74.1 +39.2 +38.1 25.0 34.1 -9.0 0.671 0.647 42.9% Prior
71 Tulane 2-2 0.712 +15 72.3 +43.3 +40.6 21.7 22.0 -4.5 0.759 0.630 42.9% Prior
72 Tulsa 3-1 0.703 -43 72.2 +41.1 +43.4 26.1 18.1 +8.5 0.476 0.628 42.9% Prior
73 Florida State 2-2 0.701 +1 70.1 +45.3 +45.3 29.2 23.4 +6.8 0.611 0.608 42.9% Prior
74 South Carolina 2-2 0.696 -14 69.8 +44.5 +43.0 33.2 24.4 +13.8 0.695 0.605 42.9% Prior
75 Texas State 2-2 0.690 +14 69.4 +43.7 +42.3 31.3 30.8 +2.5 0.688 0.601 42.9% Prior
76 Arizona State 2-1 0.690 +4 71.4 +38.8 +39.8 33.2 24.4 +14.0 0.536 0.621 57.1% Prior
77 North Carolina State 2-2 0.689 +25 69.1 +43.9 +41.0 34.1 25.1 +13.2 0.775 0.599 42.9% Prior
78 Florida International 2-2 0.689 +3 71.6 +38.1 +40.8 20.2 19.1 +3.5 0.454 0.623 42.9% Prior
79 California 2-2 0.670 -8 71.0 +34.0 +34.0 25.9 25.6 +2.5 0.609 0.616 42.9% Prior
80 Middle Tennessee 2-2 0.667 -17 68.5 +38.7 +43.2 25.1 26.3 +4.8 0.351 0.593 42.9% Prior
81 North Texas 2-2 0.664 +13 66.5 +42.8 +41.3 34.4 28.8 +9.2 0.694 0.573 42.9% Prior
82 West Virginia 3-1 0.655 -60 64.1 +45.4 +44.6 31.7 24.8 +11.5 0.654 0.550 42.9% Prior
83 San Jose State 2-2 0.652 +10 67.2 +37.5 +36.8 22.7 28.4 -4.0 0.648 0.580 42.9% Prior
84 Jacksonville State 3-2 0.650 +17 69.3 +32.0 +34.6 26.8 24.7 +5.6 0.494 0.600 28.6% Prior
85 Delaware 2-2 0.647 -17 66.6 +37.6 +37.6 26.3 26.8 -1.2 0.610 0.574 42.9% Prior
86 South Alabama 2-2 0.647 -17 65.5 +40.2 +40.0 28.6 32.0 +0.5 0.623 0.563 42.9% Prior
87 Troy 2-2 0.647 -23 66.7 +37.1 +37.4 24.0 24.1 -0.2 0.589 0.575 42.9% Prior
88 Colorado 2-2 0.645 -13 65.8 +38.5 +36.3 23.8 24.2 -3.0 0.740 0.566 42.9% Prior
89 UAB 2-2 0.639 +10 63.2 +43.1 +41.8 21.9 26.8 -4.0 0.684 0.541 42.9% Prior
90 Central Michigan 2-2 0.636 -8 65.7 +36.2 +32.6 21.4 26.3 -15.8 0.817 0.566 42.9% Prior
91 Michigan State 2-2 0.629 -43 59.0 +49.8 +43.0 25.3 17.8 +0.8 1.000 0.501 42.9% Prior
92 Miami (OH) 2-2 0.628 +15 64.3 +37.2 +36.9 28.0 29.1 -2.0 0.626 0.551 42.9% Prior
93 Ohio 2-2 0.628 +2 64.2 +37.3 +38.5 29.3 31.9 -0.8 0.542 0.551 42.9% Prior
94 East Carolina 2-2 0.623 +2 63.6 +37.2 +38.8 24.6 24.6 -1.2 0.521 0.545 42.9% Prior
95 UNLV 2-2 0.623 +13 61.0 +43.3 +44.2 22.3 23.8 -0.2 0.560 0.520 42.9% Prior
96 Navy 1-2 0.615 -8 62.4 +37.6 +40.0 27.0 30.1 +5.0 0.427 0.533 57.1% Prior
97 Western Michigan 2-2 0.611 -52 59.6 +42.8 +42.6 25.9 23.4 +4.0 0.621 0.507 42.9% Prior
98 Boston College 2-2 0.608 -11 62.4 +35.7 +37.0 21.1 21.8 -3.2 0.531 0.534 42.9% Prior
99 Colorado State 2-2 0.599 -7 58.4 +42.3 +41.7 33.5 34.0 +6.0 0.642 0.494 42.9% Prior
100 Maryland 2-2 0.591 -42 58.5 +39.5 +39.6 31.1 23.3 +6.5 0.607 0.496 42.9% Prior
101 Arkansas 2-2 0.590 +19 57.5 +41.8 +36.7 27.2 23.7 -4.0 0.899 0.486 42.9% Prior
102 Stanford 2-2 0.576 +25 56.5 +39.7 +35.5 23.3 32.1 -12.5 0.846 0.477 42.9% Prior
103 Sam Houston 1-3 0.572 -13 57.5 +36.3 +36.3 27.1 27.5 +3.8 0.610 0.486 42.9% Prior
104 Kent State 2-2 0.555 +7 56.4 +33.9 +34.2 20.7 35.8 -19.8 0.590 0.475 42.9% Prior
105 Syracuse 1-2 0.553 +1 55.4 +35.4 +37.9 30.8 19.4 +15.3 0.422 0.466 57.1% Prior
106 Louisiana Tech 1-2 0.549 +9 56.9 +31.0 +31.5 32.0 30.0 +8.7 0.571 0.480 57.1% Prior
107 Washington State 1-3 0.548 -3 55.2 +34.6 +33.5 25.0 25.5 -2.5 0.671 0.464 42.9% Prior
108 Temple 1-3 0.531 -5 49.1 +43.6 +41.9 28.2 25.5 +0.2 0.710 0.405 42.9% Prior
109 Buffalo 2-2 0.520 +7 55.1 +26.4 +27.5 23.7 37.1 -12.0 0.549 0.463 42.9% Prior
110 Rutgers 1-3 0.516 +18 50.9 +34.9 +34.4 29.1 30.5 +5.2 0.640 0.422 42.9% Prior
111 Arkansas State 2-2 0.507 +13 51.2 +31.6 +33.2 25.8 26.6 +1.5 0.517 0.425 42.9% Prior
112 Rice 1-3 0.507 -12 49.7 +35.1 +32.5 23.5 29.8 -11.2 0.760 0.411 42.9% Prior
113 Kennesaw State 1-3 0.505 +8 49.9 +34.0 +34.8 23.7 22.7 -0.8 0.560 0.413 42.9% Prior
114 Wyoming 2-2 0.494 +15 47.6 +36.2 +37.6 20.0 24.9 -2.8 0.530 0.390 42.9% Prior
115 Utah State 1-3 0.489 +18 44.6 +41.6 +37.4 20.9 20.9 -9.0 0.847 0.361 42.9% Prior
116 Georgia Southern 1-3 0.489 -7 46.9 +36.1 +36.9 25.3 24.4 -0.5 0.566 0.384 42.9% Prior
117 Missouri State 1-3 0.483 -12 47.1 +33.9 +35.7 24.0 34.2 -8.0 0.507 0.386 42.9% Prior
118 Purdue 1-3 0.476 -21 43.9 +39.4 +34.1 29.7 35.6 -7.5 0.911 0.354 42.9% Prior
119 Nevada 1-3 0.470 -1 43.2 +39.2 +40.3 25.4 25.0 +3.0 0.550 0.348 42.9% Prior
120 Eastern Michigan 2-3 0.459 +12 46.6 +28.1 +32.2 22.4 32.4 -8.2 0.421 0.380 28.6% Prior
121 Georgia Tech 1-3 0.453 -8 41.4 +38.5 +38.3 26.1 27.9 +1.0 0.619 0.330 42.9% Prior
122 San Diego State 1-3 0.446 -10 41.7 +35.7 +32.0 23.7 24.1 -5.8 0.822 0.333 42.9% Prior
123 Kansas 1-2 0.439 +3 40.3 +36.8 +39.0 27.4 24.2 +7.0 0.443 0.320 57.1% Prior
124 Connecticut 2-2 0.433 -10 39.3 +37.3 +42.8 30.0 24.9 +12.5 0.293 0.310 42.9% Prior
125 Hawaii 1-3 0.412 -6 37.7 +34.8 +35.9 19.4 31.6 -8.0 0.550 0.295 42.9% Prior
126 Ball State 1-3 0.403 -4 38.5 +30.3 +29.0 21.6 37.1 -19.5 0.683 0.302 42.9% Prior
127 Western Kentucky 1-3 0.401 +9 39.5 +27.5 +24.9 24.1 38.2 -19.5 0.757 0.312 42.9% Prior
128 Coastal Carolina 1-3 0.365 -30 32.0 +34.0 +35.6 24.8 25.9 +1.5 0.521 0.240 42.9% Prior
129 Old Dominion 1-3 0.361 -19 32.5 +31.8 +29.6 23.4 27.2 -7.8 0.732 0.244 42.9% Prior
130 Southern Mississippi 1-3 0.354 +7 32.7 +29.2 +29.7 25.2 30.3 -5.0 0.578 0.247 42.9% Prior
131 New Mexico State 1-3 0.347 -6 32.1 +28.6 +29.9 24.9 32.4 -3.5 0.537 0.240 42.9% Prior
132 Bowling Green 0-4 0.334 +3 30.0 +29.5 +25.1 14.6 34.1 -28.0 0.856 0.221 42.9% Prior
133 Northern Illinois 0-4 0.300 +1 26.4 +27.7 +23.4 19.9 32.9 -22.5 0.852 0.186 42.9% Prior
134 Akron 1-3 0.246 -11 20.0 +26.8 +25.4 23.2 33.6 -12.2 0.689 0.123 42.9% Prior
135 UTEP 1-3 0.246 -18 21.2 +23.7 +24.7 21.6 39.2 -17.8 0.554 0.136 42.9% Prior
136 UL Monroe 0-4 0.239 -6 16.5 +32.7 +30.2 20.7 42.3 -21.5 0.754 0.090 42.9% Prior
137 Charlotte 0-4 0.223 -6 17.4 +26.0 +27.0 19.5 36.3 -16.5 0.552 0.098 42.9% Prior
138 Sacramento State 1-4 0.112 - 7.2 +16.6 +19.2 22.2 31.5 -11.0 0.489 0.000 28.6% 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: #12 Indiana, #13 BYU, #14 Duke, #15 Cincinnati

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 6
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 4
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 0
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0