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Season 2026 • Week 5 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 Alabama 5-0 1.084 +1 108.5 +70.0 +64.9 40.7 18.8 +28.8 0.787 0.990 28.6% Prior
2 Texas 4-0 1.067 -1 109.6 +62.1 +56.1 32.5 9.7 +20.0 0.900 1.000 42.9% Prior
3 Notre Dame 5-0 1.042 - 106.4 +62.1 +60.5 36.2 15.4 +29.4 0.623 0.972 28.6% Prior
4 Nebraska 5-0 1.018 +3 103.2 +62.4 +63.8 37.4 16.9 +29.4 0.479 0.944 28.6% Prior
5 UCLA 4-0 1.001 +1 102.8 +58.5 +60.8 36.1 20.1 +26.0 0.405 0.940 42.9% Prior
6 Miami 5-0 0.987 +5 101.6 +56.9 +58.6 40.0 15.0 +39.8 0.461 0.930 28.6% Prior
7 Georgia 5-0 0.983 +2 100.2 +59.2 +65.0 42.3 19.3 +38.0 0.269 0.917 28.6% Prior
8 Texas Tech 5-0 0.983 +2 101.8 +55.4 +55.8 32.6 17.0 +18.6 0.521 0.932 28.6% Prior
9 Utah 4-0 0.982 -1 100.4 +58.3 +60.3 37.6 14.2 +33.0 0.423 0.920 42.9% Prior
10 Indiana 5-0 0.970 +2 99.6 +56.6 +60.4 36.2 12.2 +33.4 0.361 0.913 28.6% Prior
11 BYU 4-0 0.959 +2 100.5 +51.5 +52.2 32.6 16.0 +23.0 0.498 0.920 42.9% Prior
12 Ohio State 4-1 0.952 +6 95.4 +61.0 +59.1 36.7 15.6 +29.6 0.633 0.876 28.6% Prior
13 Pittsburgh 5-0 0.937 +3 99.4 +47.4 +49.1 34.0 14.2 +25.0 0.459 0.911 28.6% Prior
14 Duke 4-0 0.926 - 97.1 +49.5 +54.0 30.8 16.1 +25.2 0.275 0.891 42.9% Prior
15 James Madison 5-0 0.918 +5 96.1 +49.4 +56.8 35.7 18.3 +31.6 0.191 0.882 28.6% Prior
16 North Dakota State 5-0 0.914 +6 97.1 +45.9 +53.9 33.1 15.7 +23.8 0.162 0.891 28.6% Prior
17 Northwestern 3-1 0.910 +11 91.9 +56.7 +52.7 34.0 14.6 +16.2 0.779 0.846 42.9% Prior
18 Boise State 4-1 0.885 +9 88.7 +56.6 +54.0 32.0 19.4 +13.8 0.666 0.818 28.6% Prior
19 USC 5-1 0.884 +4 88.9 +56.1 +52.8 32.7 25.4 +11.8 0.700 0.819 14.3% Prior
20 Tennessee 4-1 0.877 +9 88.4 +54.9 +53.9 33.9 18.4 +21.6 0.590 0.815 28.6% Prior
21 Arizona 4-1 0.871 +18 88.4 +53.4 +54.8 31.7 19.1 +15.8 0.473 0.815 28.6% Prior
22 Florida 4-1 0.869 -18 86.7 +56.6 +52.3 39.1 24.9 +19.0 0.747 0.800 28.6% Prior
23 Baylor 4-1 0.867 +14 87.7 +54.0 +57.9 32.5 15.8 +20.6 0.355 0.809 28.6% Prior
24 Houston 4-1 0.863 +10 89.3 +48.8 +48.8 34.8 19.9 +21.2 0.545 0.823 28.6% Prior
25 Missouri 4-1 0.859 +20 87.4 +52.2 +50.4 33.3 16.8 +17.6 0.629 0.806 28.6% Prior
26 Oregon 3-1 0.849 +7 86.8 +50.3 +47.6 36.9 21.8 +24.2 0.707 0.802 42.9% Prior
27 LSU 4-1 0.845 -2 83.1 +58.1 +58.4 37.8 15.6 +28.4 0.526 0.769 28.6% Prior
28 SMU 4-1 0.830 +15 86.8 +44.8 +44.6 29.8 23.3 +11.6 0.553 0.801 28.6% Prior
29 Wisconsin 4-1 0.821 +15 80.7 +56.2 +55.0 32.5 17.4 +15.0 0.605 0.748 28.6% Prior
30 Mississippi State 4-1 0.820 -25 79.8 +58.2 +52.2 33.0 24.5 +11.0 0.828 0.740 28.6% Prior
31 Mississippi 3-1 0.810 - 81.8 +50.6 +46.7 30.2 27.1 +4.8 0.777 0.757 42.9% Prior
32 New Mexico 4-1 0.810 +16 81.8 +50.5 +56.4 36.9 16.6 +32.8 0.259 0.757 28.6% Prior
33 Liberty 4-1 0.808 +19 84.1 +44.6 +46.8 28.8 19.9 +12.6 0.437 0.778 28.6% Prior
34 Auburn 3-2 0.808 -13 80.1 +53.7 +48.2 26.6 19.5 +5.4 0.806 0.743 28.6% Prior
35 Wake Forest 4-1 0.806 +12 81.6 +49.9 +49.8 30.1 22.6 +13.6 0.551 0.756 28.6% Prior
36 Virginia Tech 4-1 0.796 -12 83.9 +41.3 +47.8 33.5 24.1 +21.4 0.234 0.776 28.6% Prior
37 Georgia State 4-1 0.784 +21 81.0 +44.6 +52.1 34.1 24.6 +20.4 0.186 0.750 28.6% Prior
38 Kansas State 3-1 0.780 +3 79.7 +46.4 +49.8 35.0 20.3 +25.2 0.342 0.739 42.9% Prior
39 Cincinnati 4-1 0.779 -24 79.4 +47.1 +45.3 30.6 23.1 +10.6 0.627 0.736 28.6% Prior
40 Kentucky 4-1 0.774 +16 75.3 +54.9 +48.3 31.9 22.1 +7.8 0.859 0.701 28.6% Prior
41 Florida State 3-2 0.773 +32 76.3 +52.5 +49.8 31.3 19.3 +11.6 0.669 0.709 28.6% Prior
42 UT San Antonio 4-1 0.773 +7 80.2 +43.3 +42.9 29.2 26.5 +5.2 0.566 0.743 28.6% Prior
43 South Florida 4-1 0.773 -24 80.7 +42.0 +45.5 26.5 19.6 +12.0 0.378 0.748 28.6% Prior
44 Fresno State 4-1 0.772 +13 78.2 +47.5 +50.2 28.1 20.9 +11.4 0.416 0.726 28.6% Prior
45 UCF 3-2 0.771 -10 78.3 +47.1 +43.3 31.2 15.0 +14.8 0.722 0.727 28.6% Prior
46 Toledo 4-1 0.765 +9 79.1 +43.4 +47.9 34.0 30.2 +16.8 0.327 0.734 28.6% Prior
47 Louisiana 4-1 0.764 +4 76.8 +48.6 +49.0 28.8 21.9 +9.8 0.523 0.714 28.6% Prior
48 Memphis 4-1 0.763 +17 77.1 +47.7 +49.8 32.6 26.0 +16.2 0.441 0.716 28.6% Prior
49 Texas A&M 3-2 0.763 +18 74.8 +52.9 +51.0 30.4 18.2 +13.2 0.634 0.696 28.6% Prior
50 Oklahoma State 3-1 0.762 +3 77.7 +45.7 +47.7 31.2 18.9 +17.5 0.420 0.722 42.9% Prior
51 Air Force 3-1 0.762 +10 80.8 +38.6 +40.0 28.6 22.6 +9.0 0.455 0.749 42.9% Prior
52 Penn State 3-2 0.760 -26 74.2 +53.3 +50.5 29.7 18.3 +16.0 0.677 0.692 28.6% Prior
53 Iowa State 3-2 0.756 +7 76.9 +46.0 +44.5 31.0 22.6 +12.4 0.616 0.715 28.6% Prior
54 Oregon State 3-2 0.752 +14 74.7 +49.7 +47.9 32.7 21.8 +13.4 0.629 0.696 28.6% Prior
55 Michigan 3-2 0.751 -23 74.8 +49.3 +48.5 25.5 19.3 +7.2 0.581 0.697 28.6% Prior
56 Washington 3-2 0.744 -10 75.1 +46.2 +46.6 26.2 21.1 +8.2 0.528 0.700 28.6% Prior
57 Louisville 2-3 0.736 +6 72.9 +49.2 +47.6 31.8 27.5 +9.4 0.618 0.680 28.6% Prior
58 Florida Atlantic 4-1 0.727 -16 74.4 +43.0 +46.1 31.4 28.4 +10.6 0.396 0.694 28.6% Prior
59 Vanderbilt 3-2 0.726 -23 72.8 +46.5 +40.8 26.7 22.4 +0.4 0.816 0.679 28.6% Prior
60 Oklahoma 2-2 0.722 +2 71.5 +48.3 +43.5 25.7 14.1 +6.0 0.829 0.668 42.9% Prior
61 App State 3-1 0.720 +5 76.8 +35.3 +40.7 29.0 26.6 +12.5 0.227 0.714 42.9% Prior
62 North Texas 3-2 0.717 +19 72.5 +44.6 +41.6 34.8 31.9 +7.6 0.688 0.676 28.6% Prior
63 Tulane 2-2 0.711 +8 72.1 +43.6 +40.6 21.8 21.0 -4.5 0.722 0.673 42.9% Prior
64 North Carolina 2-2 0.710 -14 71.5 +44.8 +41.5 26.6 20.0 +4.5 0.741 0.668 42.9% Prior
65 Virginia 3-2 0.690 -27 66.5 +50.5 +50.4 32.0 17.1 +15.8 0.549 0.624 28.6% Prior
66 Army 2-2 0.688 -12 70.5 +40.6 +41.1 31.1 21.4 +13.5 0.517 0.659 42.9% Prior
67 South Alabama 3-2 0.688 +19 69.4 +43.0 +44.1 30.0 33.5 +3.8 0.488 0.650 28.6% Prior
68 San Jose State 3-2 0.687 +15 70.8 +39.8 +38.6 23.1 27.0 -2.4 0.601 0.661 28.6% Prior
69 Iowa 4-1 0.684 -52 67.3 +46.9 +46.0 28.6 14.1 +16.4 0.587 0.631 28.6% Prior
70 Florida International 2-2 0.673 +8 69.4 +38.6 +40.8 20.9 18.0 +3.5 0.412 0.650 42.9% Prior
71 North Carolina State 3-2 0.671 +6 66.7 +44.3 +42.4 32.1 25.1 +11.2 0.634 0.626 28.6% Prior
72 Troy 2-2 0.665 +15 69.4 +36.2 +37.4 24.0 23.9 -0.2 0.473 0.649 42.9% Prior
73 Minnesota 4-1 0.662 -4 64.0 +48.0 +49.3 29.4 21.2 +14.0 0.482 0.602 28.6% Prior
74 Jacksonville State 3-2 0.659 +10 70.2 +32.6 +34.6 27.1 25.4 +5.6 0.449 0.657 28.6% Prior
75 Central Michigan 3-2 0.658 +15 66.6 +40.9 +40.5 24.2 25.8 -7.8 0.565 0.625 28.6% Prior
76 UNLV 3-2 0.656 +19 64.6 +44.9 +46.6 24.3 24.7 +1.4 0.463 0.607 28.6% Prior
77 TCU 2-3 0.655 -13 63.4 +47.1 +47.4 27.4 13.2 +12.0 0.531 0.597 28.6% Prior
78 Ohio 3-2 0.653 +15 66.7 +39.0 +39.8 26.8 28.5 0.0 0.506 0.626 28.6% Prior
79 Western Michigan 3-2 0.653 +18 65.8 +41.1 +41.6 25.0 23.0 +3.8 0.521 0.618 28.6% Prior
80 South Carolina 2-3 0.653 -6 63.8 +45.8 +42.9 31.8 25.7 +10.8 0.683 0.600 28.6% Prior
81 Clemson 3-2 0.642 -41 62.0 +46.6 +41.7 23.5 23.8 -6.4 0.777 0.585 28.6% Prior
82 Texas State 2-3 0.631 -7 61.8 +43.6 +43.1 30.4 31.8 +1.6 0.567 0.584 28.6% Prior
83 UAB 3-2 0.626 +6 63.3 +38.6 +40.7 24.1 26.0 +0.6 0.444 0.597 28.6% Prior
84 East Carolina 2-2 0.620 +10 63.3 +37.1 +38.8 24.5 24.2 -1.2 0.444 0.596 42.9% Prior
85 West Virginia 3-2 0.606 -3 59.0 +43.1 +43.2 31.6 29.0 +8.6 0.542 0.559 28.6% Prior
86 Illinois 2-3 0.604 -27 57.6 +45.6 +42.0 29.1 25.1 +4.6 0.715 0.547 28.6% Prior
87 Louisiana Tech 2-2 0.600 +19 61.3 +35.5 +35.4 31.6 27.7 +7.0 0.552 0.579 42.9% Prior
88 Syracuse 2-2 0.596 +17 60.8 +35.8 +37.8 30.8 23.3 +11.8 0.423 0.574 42.9% Prior
89 Marshall 3-2 0.578 -19 58.8 +34.8 +33.2 24.2 35.8 -12.8 0.622 0.558 28.6% Prior
90 California 2-3 0.577 -11 59.9 +32.3 +33.2 25.6 28.5 +0.4 0.500 0.567 28.6% Prior
91 Navy 1-3 0.566 +5 56.4 +36.9 +39.0 25.0 24.1 +2.5 0.418 0.537 42.9% Prior
92 Tulsa 3-2 0.557 -20 53.8 +40.6 +43.2 27.0 22.3 +6.6 0.418 0.514 28.6% Prior
93 Sam Houston 1-3 0.554 +10 55.4 +35.8 +36.3 27.3 27.2 +3.8 0.512 0.528 42.9% Prior
94 Purdue 2-3 0.551 +24 52.3 +42.1 +37.0 28.6 31.5 -4.6 0.784 0.501 28.6% Prior
95 Middle Tennessee 2-3 0.542 -15 54.0 +35.5 +40.0 22.7 30.9 -7.2 0.325 0.516 28.6% Prior
96 Temple 2-3 0.537 +12 49.8 +43.8 +42.2 27.1 24.3 +1.0 0.616 0.479 28.6% Prior
97 Michigan State 2-3 0.537 -6 48.0 +47.9 +38.4 23.1 19.7 -5.0 1.000 0.463 28.6% Prior
98 Kansas 2-2 0.520 +25 47.1 +44.9 +47.1 31.4 19.3 +19.0 0.416 0.456 42.9% Prior
99 Arizona State 2-2 0.517 -23 50.0 +37.4 +33.8 31.0 29.9 +1.5 0.757 0.481 42.9% Prior
100 Georgia Southern 2-3 0.517 +16 50.5 +36.1 +38.6 25.8 25.7 +1.0 0.424 0.485 28.6% Prior
101 Boston College 2-3 0.515 -3 50.8 +34.7 +36.9 20.3 23.1 -4.4 0.439 0.488 28.6% Prior
102 Miami (OH) 2-3 0.507 -10 49.5 +35.7 +37.0 25.6 30.4 -2.4 0.484 0.476 28.6% Prior
103 San Diego State 2-3 0.507 +19 48.0 +39.3 +34.4 24.2 24.4 -4.2 0.774 0.463 28.6% Prior
104 Arkansas State 2-3 0.507 +7 49.2 +36.1 +36.2 25.7 25.6 +0.6 0.538 0.474 28.6% Prior
105 Colorado 2-3 0.504 -17 47.9 +38.4 +32.7 22.4 23.6 -6.8 0.815 0.462 28.6% Prior
106 Kennesaw State 1-3 0.503 +7 49.4 +34.8 +34.8 24.1 22.9 -0.8 0.540 0.475 42.9% Prior
107 Kent State 2-3 0.502 -3 48.7 +36.1 +36.4 19.8 31.5 -16.4 0.528 0.469 28.6% Prior
108 Maryland 2-3 0.499 -8 47.4 +38.1 +35.1 29.5 26.5 +0.2 0.689 0.458 28.6% Prior
109 Missouri State 1-3 0.489 +8 48.0 +33.9 +35.7 24.3 34.4 -8.0 0.436 0.463 42.9% Prior
110 Massachusetts 4-1 0.487 -80 47.5 +34.3 +45.7 30.5 23.3 +14.0 0.000 0.459 28.6% Prior
111 Eastern Michigan 3-3 0.477 +9 46.3 +33.9 +36.6 25.4 29.3 -2.8 0.415 0.449 14.3% Prior
112 Delaware 2-3 0.475 -27 46.2 +33.7 +35.0 24.3 28.2 -4.2 0.486 0.447 28.6% Prior
113 Buffalo 2-3 0.469 -4 46.7 +30.9 +32.2 23.3 34.4 -10.2 0.478 0.452 28.6% Prior
114 Rice 1-4 0.460 -2 42.2 +38.7 +35.5 22.9 27.2 -9.4 0.699 0.412 28.6% Prior
115 Stanford 2-3 0.458 -13 42.6 +37.0 +31.2 21.1 36.4 -20.8 0.824 0.416 28.6% Prior
116 Arkansas 2-3 0.457 -15 41.5 +39.3 +32.7 24.8 25.3 -8.6 0.861 0.407 28.6% Prior
117 Nevada 1-3 0.438 +2 39.7 +37.9 +40.3 25.1 26.5 +3.0 0.402 0.391 42.9% Prior
118 New Mexico State 2-3 0.432 +13 40.6 +33.9 +36.5 26.1 28.7 +1.4 0.419 0.399 28.6% Prior
119 Wyoming 2-3 0.411 -5 39.9 +29.4 +29.2 18.9 24.7 -7.8 0.552 0.393 28.6% Prior
120 Georgia Tech 1-3 0.401 +1 35.1 +37.6 +38.3 26.1 28.4 +1.0 0.497 0.351 42.9% Prior
121 Utah State 1-4 0.393 -6 32.6 +40.9 +35.6 20.6 23.7 -11.0 0.791 0.329 28.6% Prior
122 Bowling Green 1-4 0.390 +10 35.5 +33.3 +28.8 16.3 30.8 -21.6 0.760 0.355 28.6% Prior
123 Connecticut 2-3 0.369 +1 31.0 +37.7 +43.8 30.0 27.7 +9.8 0.254 0.315 28.6% Prior
124 Colorado State 2-3 0.358 -25 29.7 +37.3 +36.8 31.9 38.7 -1.2 0.568 0.304 28.6% Prior
125 Ball State 1-4 0.355 +1 31.9 +31.4 +28.3 22.1 36.3 -18.6 0.690 0.323 28.6% Prior
126 Southern Mississippi 1-3 0.350 +4 32.6 +28.4 +29.7 24.7 29.7 -5.0 0.462 0.329 42.9% Prior
127 Washington State 1-4 0.340 -20 29.4 +32.9 +30.3 23.4 25.8 -6.0 0.668 0.301 28.6% Prior
128 Rutgers 1-4 0.317 -18 26.1 +33.8 +30.8 27.8 32.5 -2.2 0.685 0.272 28.6% Prior
129 Northern Illinois 0-4 0.289 +4 25.2 +27.3 +23.4 19.9 33.6 -22.5 0.776 0.264 42.9% Prior
130 Coastal Carolina 1-4 0.288 -2 22.7 +32.9 +35.3 24.2 27.8 -0.2 0.432 0.243 28.6% Prior
131 Old Dominion 1-4 0.288 -2 23.9 +29.9 +26.3 22.0 29.0 -12.6 0.716 0.253 28.6% Prior
132 Hawaii 1-4 0.276 -7 20.4 +34.8 +36.6 18.9 30.2 -7.2 0.454 0.223 28.6% Prior
133 Western Kentucky 1-4 0.262 -6 22.8 +24.8 +22.2 23.0 37.5 -19.8 0.666 0.243 28.6% Prior
134 UTEP 1-4 0.211 +1 17.4 +22.3 +20.7 20.8 41.8 -25.0 0.620 0.197 28.6% Prior
135 Akron 1-4 0.142 -1 7.8 +24.2 +22.1 22.8 35.4 -14.6 0.646 0.113 28.6% Prior
136 Sacramento State 1-4 0.136 +2 9.6 +18.1 +19.2 22.6 31.2 -11.0 0.488 0.129 28.6% Prior
137 UL Monroe 0-5 0.109 -1 -0.2 +32.8 +30.6 22.0 42.7 -20.6 0.648 0.044 28.6% Prior
138 Charlotte 0-5 0.049 -1 -5.2 +26.6 +26.0 18.7 39.4 -23.4 0.574 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 Ohio State, #13 Pittsburgh, #14 Duke, #16 North Dakota State

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 6
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 6
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 6
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 3
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0