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Season 2026 • Week 7 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 UCLA 6-0 1.006 +5 104.0 +57.2 +57.4 31.1 16.7 +19.3 0.547 1.000 14.3% Prior
2 BYU 6-0 0.991 +8 104.0 +52.6 +51.3 30.5 14.7 +18.3 0.647 1.000 14.3% Prior
3 Miami 6-0 0.983 +6 101.7 +55.7 +57.0 39.2 17.2 +34.5 0.467 0.985 14.3% Prior
4 Texas Tech 6-0 0.979 +3 100.3 +57.6 +58.4 34.1 17.9 +20.2 0.505 0.976 14.3% Prior
5 Ohio State 6-1 0.972 +6 98.2 +60.4 +59.1 34.7 14.8 +25.9 0.649 0.962 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Utah 6-0 0.968 +2 100.2 +54.5 +56.8 34.9 17.9 +25.3 0.403 0.975 14.3% Prior
7 James Madison 7-0 0.957 +5 98.9 +54.2 +57.8 35.8 19.4 +26.9 0.315 0.967 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Notre Dame 6-1 0.913 -7 91.1 +59.6 +59.0 35.7 16.3 +27.7 0.596 0.915 0.0% (Decayed)
9 LSU 5-2 0.908 +13 90.7 +59.0 +57.1 36.2 15.3 +24.6 0.691 0.913 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Tennessee 6-1 0.907 +9 91.9 +55.7 +53.7 31.2 16.7 +18.7 0.698 0.921 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Houston 6-1 0.906 +5 93.7 +51.3 +49.1 33.8 18.8 +18.3 0.714 0.932 0.0% (Decayed)
12 Texas 4-2 0.903 -8 88.2 +63.1 +56.8 29.9 14.9 +12.3 0.996 0.896 14.3% Prior
13 Boise State 5-1 0.902 - 90.8 +56.9 +53.0 32.6 22.1 +12.7 0.827 0.913 14.3% Prior
14 Alabama 5-2 0.901 -12 87.9 +63.4 +57.9 35.1 19.0 +17.9 0.938 0.894 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Nebraska 5-2 0.897 -1 89.9 +57.6 +56.1 33.0 15.3 +20.1 0.661 0.907 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Indiana 6-1 0.893 -11 89.6 +57.0 +55.0 33.2 11.5 +23.7 0.701 0.905 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Georgia 6-1 0.892 -14 89.7 +56.6 +57.4 37.2 18.8 +27.1 0.504 0.906 0.0% (Decayed)
18 USC 6-1 0.884 - 89.0 +55.7 +52.2 32.2 25.4 +11.3 0.801 0.901 0.0% (Decayed)
19 Northwestern 5-1 0.876 -4 88.8 +53.7 +53.4 32.2 18.4 +16.5 0.584 0.900 14.3% Prior
20 Arizona 5-1 0.872 -3 87.8 +55.0 +56.2 32.5 19.5 +16.7 0.478 0.893 14.3% Prior
21 Mississippi 5-1 0.871 +2 85.9 +59.0 +55.5 33.2 22.3 +13.7 0.799 0.881 14.3% Prior
22 SMU 5-1 0.837 +6 87.3 +45.6 +45.8 29.0 21.5 +11.3 0.548 0.890 14.3% Prior
23 Wake Forest 6-1 0.834 +1 83.0 +54.9 +55.4 32.0 18.9 +18.0 0.528 0.862 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Oregon 4-2 0.830 +6 83.5 +52.6 +46.8 32.2 18.0 +16.3 0.959 0.865 14.3% Prior
25 Liberty 5-1 0.824 +1 84.5 +48.2 +51.3 29.5 17.9 +15.8 0.347 0.872 14.3% Prior
26 North Dakota State 6-1 0.818 +3 84.1 +47.5 +52.6 30.1 15.5 +18.1 0.210 0.869 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Auburn 4-2 0.812 +12 81.4 +52.1 +48.2 26.6 20.1 +5.0 0.827 0.851 14.3% Prior
28 Kentucky 6-1 0.809 +10 79.9 +54.4 +48.4 30.8 22.4 +6.9 0.972 0.842 0.0% (Decayed)
29 North Carolina 4-2 0.804 +13 82.7 +46.6 +42.3 26.8 18.4 +4.3 0.851 0.860 14.3% Prior
30 New Mexico 5-1 0.804 +1 81.6 +49.1 +55.5 34.7 16.8 +29.2 0.122 0.852 14.3% Prior
31 Louisville 4-3 0.801 +2 79.3 +53.8 +51.8 33.0 25.5 +11.3 0.696 0.837 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Baylor 4-2 0.797 -12 80.2 +50.5 +52.3 29.7 16.4 +15.3 0.436 0.843 14.3% Prior
33 Michigan 4-2 0.795 +8 80.3 +49.4 +48.2 25.3 18.8 +6.5 0.645 0.844 14.3% Prior
34 UT San Antonio 6-1 0.789 +9 81.9 +44.1 +44.0 29.2 27.5 +5.3 0.565 0.854 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Oregon State 5-2 0.777 +2 76.4 +53.3 +54.6 35.2 22.9 +19.6 0.469 0.818 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Air Force 5-1 0.773 +9 81.2 +40.8 +44.1 29.0 23.5 +11.2 0.335 0.850 14.3% Prior
37 Army 4-2 0.773 +20 79.3 +45.2 +45.5 31.6 21.6 +14.8 0.545 0.837 14.3% Prior
38 Missouri 5-2 0.763 -17 75.5 +51.3 +50.2 30.0 17.7 +11.6 0.637 0.812 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Louisiana 5-2 0.758 +16 74.8 +51.6 +51.7 29.1 20.3 +10.7 0.549 0.807 0.0% (Decayed)
40 Wisconsin 4-2 0.758 -15 74.3 +52.6 +50.6 29.5 16.4 +10.8 0.703 0.804 14.3% Prior
41 Oklahoma State 4-2 0.753 -1 76.2 +46.7 +47.9 31.1 22.3 +13.5 0.482 0.817 14.3% Prior
42 Cincinnati 4-2 0.743 +4 75.3 +45.6 +44.2 30.4 25.8 +8.3 0.657 0.811 14.3% Prior
43 Duke 4-2 0.732 -16 74.1 +45.2 +49.1 28.3 19.6 +15.7 0.297 0.803 14.3% Prior
44 Memphis 5-2 0.730 -9 72.4 +48.9 +49.8 31.4 25.1 +13.1 0.498 0.791 0.0% (Decayed)
45 North Texas 4-2 0.727 +6 72.6 +47.2 +46.5 35.4 28.8 +13.0 0.604 0.793 14.3% Prior
46 South Florida 5-2 0.721 +6 73.0 +44.6 +47.1 26.5 18.6 +11.4 0.383 0.796 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Pittsburgh 5-2 0.709 -15 71.4 +44.9 +46.6 30.4 18.6 +16.4 0.443 0.785 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Iowa 5-1 0.706 +5 69.2 +49.0 +48.3 29.8 16.2 +16.5 0.609 0.771 14.3% Prior
49 Georgia State 4-2 0.700 -13 70.4 +44.3 +47.6 33.0 26.8 +12.5 0.332 0.778 14.3% Prior
50 South Alabama 4-2 0.698 +10 70.3 +44.0 +45.1 32.5 36.2 +4.3 0.483 0.778 14.3% Prior
51 Iowa State 3-3 0.695 +8 69.7 +44.4 +42.2 28.6 20.8 +8.0 0.710 0.774 14.3% Prior
52 Oklahoma 3-3 0.694 -8 67.6 +49.1 +43.7 24.6 17.5 +3.2 0.931 0.760 14.3% Prior
53 Florida International 3-3 0.694 +3 71.2 +40.6 +43.6 22.4 17.5 +5.0 0.350 0.784 14.3% Prior
54 Fresno State 4-3 0.693 -5 69.0 +45.5 +47.8 26.7 24.1 +6.7 0.405 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Toledo 5-2 0.689 +10 69.6 +43.1 +47.3 30.5 27.0 +12.7 0.268 0.773 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Western Michigan 5-2 0.688 +7 68.4 +45.5 +47.2 26.3 21.4 +8.1 0.444 0.765 0.0% (Decayed)
57 TCU 3-3 0.685 +14 66.1 +49.8 +49.0 26.5 11.6 +11.8 0.619 0.750 14.3% Prior
58 UCF 3-3 0.684 - 68.1 +45.0 +42.5 29.9 19.5 +10.0 0.730 0.763 14.3% Prior
59 Virginia Tech 5-2 0.681 -5 69.5 +41.0 +46.8 31.0 25.2 +16.0 0.161 0.772 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Tulane 3-3 0.680 +8 67.2 +45.7 +43.1 22.3 19.3 -1.2 0.739 0.758 14.3% Prior
61 Jacksonville State 5-2 0.668 +6 70.1 +35.5 +36.3 27.3 26.0 +4.6 0.505 0.777 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Mississippi State 4-2 0.663 -28 62.7 +51.3 +46.4 29.9 26.4 +4.0 0.893 0.728 14.3% Prior
63 Penn State 3-4 0.661 -15 62.2 +51.8 +48.3 27.7 20.3 +9.9 0.803 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Ohio 5-2 0.660 -2 66.5 +41.6 +45.7 29.3 25.9 +8.3 0.274 0.753 0.0% (Decayed)
65 Texas State 3-3 0.659 +11 63.6 +48.0 +47.9 32.6 30.0 +7.8 0.569 0.734 14.3% Prior
66 South Carolina 3-3 0.654 -2 63.4 +47.0 +46.4 32.2 25.3 +12.2 0.606 0.732 14.3% Prior
67 UNLV 4-3 0.632 -17 61.7 +44.4 +43.7 25.1 24.6 +0.4 0.610 0.721 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Illinois 3-3 0.632 +6 61.9 +43.8 +42.0 29.2 28.5 +4.0 0.684 0.723 14.3% Prior
69 Louisiana Tech 4-2 0.630 +3 62.2 +42.6 +43.0 30.5 24.8 +8.8 0.530 0.725 14.3% Prior
70 Texas A&M 4-3 0.624 - 60.1 +45.7 +46.3 29.5 17.8 +12.3 0.520 0.711 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Virginia 4-3 0.616 -5 58.8 +46.4 +47.5 28.5 18.1 +10.3 0.481 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Clemson 4-2 0.609 +1 59.1 +43.8 +42.4 25.9 20.7 +0.8 0.653 0.704 14.3% Prior
73 Florida 5-2 0.608 +9 55.2 +52.3 +47.2 34.6 26.2 +11.3 0.908 0.679 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Florida State 3-4 0.605 +1 57.5 +46.4 +43.3 29.8 25.2 +3.7 0.770 0.693 0.0% (Decayed)
75 App State 4-2 0.602 +4 62.4 +33.6 +39.7 26.3 26.1 +7.7 0.147 0.726 14.3% Prior
76 Kansas State 4-2 0.588 +8 56.2 +44.1 +46.4 31.0 21.6 +15.5 0.404 0.685 14.3% Prior
77 Troy 3-3 0.586 -16 58.9 +37.2 +39.2 25.4 28.7 -1.2 0.425 0.703 14.3% Prior
78 San Jose State 4-3 0.583 +5 57.8 +38.7 +41.1 22.0 25.4 -0.3 0.395 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Buffalo 4-3 0.561 +16 55.4 +37.7 +37.9 23.8 27.2 -4.1 0.543 0.680 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Florida Atlantic 4-2 0.558 -33 54.8 +38.6 +41.5 30.2 32.5 +3.5 0.363 0.675 14.3% Prior
81 East Carolina 3-3 0.555 -12 54.6 +37.9 +40.8 24.4 26.5 -0.3 0.360 0.674 14.3% Prior
82 Navy 2-4 0.554 -2 53.9 +39.4 +40.5 26.2 26.2 +2.3 0.480 0.670 14.3% Prior
83 Tulsa 4-3 0.553 +2 52.8 +41.6 +44.7 27.3 24.4 +6.6 0.346 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
84 UAB 4-3 0.547 +6 52.7 +39.9 +41.1 24.1 26.2 -1.3 0.482 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Miami (OH) 4-3 0.533 +4 51.4 +38.7 +41.4 25.8 27.1 +1.3 0.374 0.654 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Washington 4-3 0.532 +8 48.4 +45.7 +45.9 26.6 24.2 +5.1 0.547 0.633 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Boston College 3-3 0.529 +12 51.4 +38.0 +39.3 21.7 22.3 -2.7 0.471 0.653 14.3% Prior
88 Georgia Southern 3-4 0.529 +12 50.4 +40.2 +40.6 25.2 23.6 +1.4 0.531 0.647 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Syracuse 2-4 0.516 -8 49.8 +37.6 +37.6 28.3 25.3 +6.0 0.558 0.643 14.3% Prior
90 Marshall 3-3 0.510 +11 50.3 +34.6 +34.5 23.6 35.1 -11.7 0.567 0.646 14.3% Prior
91 Middle Tennessee 3-3 0.507 +2 49.4 +35.8 +41.7 23.4 31.4 -5.5 0.151 0.640 14.3% Prior
92 Arkansas State 3-4 0.505 +4 47.7 +39.1 +39.8 26.4 27.8 +0.9 0.509 0.629 0.0% (Decayed)
93 North Carolina State 3-3 0.496 +10 46.2 +39.8 +37.9 29.7 27.2 +5.3 0.692 0.619 14.3% Prior
94 Colorado 2-4 0.483 -2 44.0 +41.4 +35.0 23.1 22.9 -6.2 1.000 0.604 14.3% Prior
95 San Diego State 3-4 0.462 +19 42.2 +39.1 +33.5 24.3 29.7 -10.0 0.942 0.593 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Delaware 2-4 0.462 +6 44.2 +34.4 +35.9 24.5 29.4 -4.0 0.460 0.606 14.3% Prior
97 Minnesota 4-2 0.458 -10 40.8 +41.2 +43.1 27.4 24.4 +7.0 0.433 0.583 14.3% Prior
98 California 3-4 0.458 -21 43.3 +35.4 +34.5 24.8 28.2 -3.9 0.620 0.600 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Central Michigan 3-4 0.452 -11 40.5 +40.3 +38.9 22.9 25.9 -9.0 0.651 0.582 0.0% (Decayed)
100 West Virginia 4-3 0.451 +7 39.1 +43.3 +41.4 31.2 33.0 +3.6 0.687 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Purdue 3-4 0.449 -23 38.2 +44.7 +41.0 29.4 30.2 -1.0 0.816 0.566 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Vanderbilt 3-4 0.443 -11 39.8 +39.2 +36.1 24.4 28.6 -6.1 0.772 0.577 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Kennesaw State 1-5 0.425 +5 38.8 +36.1 +38.1 23.3 24.7 -1.2 0.427 0.570 14.3% Prior
104 Arkansas 3-4 0.417 +14 36.2 +40.0 +36.2 24.4 25.3 -5.7 0.823 0.553 0.0% (Decayed)
105 Wyoming 4-3 0.412 +8 38.6 +32.8 +35.2 20.8 25.1 -2.6 0.396 0.569 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Nevada 2-4 0.410 -1 37.3 +35.2 +36.1 25.2 25.3 +2.5 0.500 0.560 14.3% Prior
107 Michigan State 2-5 0.405 -1 31.4 +47.5 +41.1 24.0 23.6 -4.1 1.000 0.522 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Utah State 2-4 0.403 +2 34.4 +39.9 +37.9 19.9 23.2 -9.0 0.695 0.541 14.3% Prior
109 Georgia Tech 2-4 0.401 - 34.4 +39.5 +38.9 26.2 27.8 -0.5 0.599 0.541 14.3% Prior
110 Arizona State 3-3 0.385 -24 33.8 +36.0 +34.2 29.6 32.3 -0.7 0.682 0.537 14.3% Prior
111 Stanford 3-4 0.381 +11 34.5 +33.0 +29.6 23.1 35.0 -18.3 0.791 0.542 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Kansas 2-4 0.372 -14 29.8 +41.2 +40.5 29.4 24.1 +8.0 0.609 0.511 14.3% Prior
113 Rutgers 2-4 0.366 +10 31.8 +34.8 +34.8 28.2 32.6 -0.7 0.563 0.524 14.3% Prior
114 Massachusetts 4-3 0.336 -3 27.9 +35.2 +43.3 27.3 23.7 +8.9 0.000 0.498 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Connecticut 3-3 0.332 +10 25.0 +40.6 +45.9 29.9 26.9 +10.5 0.196 0.479 14.3% Prior
116 Eastern Michigan 4-4 0.329 -19 27.8 +33.4 +36.9 24.1 29.5 -4.4 0.317 0.497 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Kent State 2-5 0.315 -1 26.1 +33.1 +31.2 19.3 32.1 -20.0 0.694 0.486 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Coastal Carolina 2-5 0.314 +2 24.3 +37.0 +38.9 24.6 27.8 +0.3 0.424 0.475 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Bowling Green 2-5 0.310 -7 26.2 +31.4 +32.5 21.0 30.6 -11.6 0.485 0.487 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Maryland 2-5 0.299 -5 23.2 +35.2 +33.2 27.8 31.1 -5.0 0.697 0.467 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Missouri State 2-4 0.291 +9 23.8 +31.2 +34.4 23.2 33.5 -8.3 0.341 0.471 14.3% Prior
122 Ball State 2-5 0.290 +7 24.3 +29.8 +28.0 22.6 38.1 -17.6 0.688 0.474 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Colorado State 2-4 0.289 -2 21.4 +36.0 +33.3 30.5 40.9 -7.5 0.748 0.456 14.3% Prior
124 Temple 2-5 0.285 -7 19.0 +40.6 +39.9 25.2 28.0 -2.3 0.608 0.439 0.0% (Decayed)
125 New Mexico State 2-4 0.278 +3 21.7 +32.1 +34.0 24.5 28.4 -2.0 0.426 0.458 14.3% Prior
126 Sam Houston 1-5 0.277 -22 21.2 +33.0 +33.1 22.1 26.4 -5.0 0.554 0.454 14.3% Prior
127 Western Kentucky 3-4 0.261 -1 19.9 +31.5 +33.4 23.9 31.8 -9.3 0.430 0.446 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Old Dominion 2-5 0.254 -4 18.2 +33.4 +31.4 20.9 24.9 -9.1 0.697 0.434 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Washington State 1-6 0.222 -2 13.9 +33.7 +31.4 23.3 27.6 -7.0 0.715 0.406 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Rice 1-6 0.144 -11 4.0 +33.7 +30.8 21.5 28.7 -12.0 0.760 0.341 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Southern Mississippi 1-5 0.128 - 4.9 +26.7 +27.7 24.3 32.7 -8.5 0.491 0.347 14.3% Prior
132 Hawaii 1-6 0.106 - -1.6 +35.4 +36.2 18.7 27.5 -9.3 0.505 0.304 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Charlotte 1-6 0.007 +3 -12.1 +30.3 +28.6 20.2 39.4 -21.4 0.675 0.235 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Northern Illinois 0-6 -0.055 - -18.9 +27.9 +25.0 19.5 34.3 -21.5 0.758 0.190 14.3% Prior
135 Akron 1-6 -0.079 - -20.7 +24.7 +25.0 22.2 34.7 -13.6 0.546 0.178 0.0% (Decayed)
136 UL Monroe 0-6 -0.157 -3 -32.2 +28.5 +28.2 19.9 39.7 -21.2 0.578 0.102 14.3% Prior
137 UTEP 1-6 -0.179 - -32.3 +22.1 +21.2 19.7 37.9 -22.1 0.624 0.101 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Sacramento State 1-6 -0.324 - -47.7 +14.8 +16.8 20.1 35.6 -17.7 0.428 0.000 0.0% (Decayed)

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: #13 Boise State, #14 Alabama, #15 Nebraska, #16 Indiana

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 6
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 7
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- 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 0
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0