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Season 2026 • Week 8 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 Miami 7-0 0.993 +2 101.6 +58.9 +59.5 40.1 17.0 +33.7 0.422 0.997 0.0% (Decayed)
2 UCLA 7-0 0.991 -1 102.1 +57.2 +58.0 30.5 16.2 +19.1 0.408 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Utah 7-0 0.966 +3 99.8 +54.9 +56.5 33.2 16.4 +22.9 0.350 0.987 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Ohio State 6-1 0.951 +1 95.4 +60.7 +59.1 35.2 14.5 +25.9 0.582 0.961 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Texas 5-2 0.927 +7 91.2 +63.5 +56.8 30.1 15.8 +11.6 0.930 0.937 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Notre Dame 6-1 0.896 +2 88.9 +59.6 +59.0 35.6 15.4 +27.7 0.506 0.924 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Indiana 7-1 0.891 +9 89.6 +56.4 +54.1 31.8 10.9 +21.6 0.625 0.928 0.0% (Decayed)
8 Boise State 6-1 0.889 +5 89.0 +57.1 +55.4 32.2 21.0 +13.9 0.586 0.924 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Northwestern 6-1 0.874 +10 87.7 +55.8 +56.5 32.9 17.4 +18.1 0.418 0.917 0.0% (Decayed)
10 LSU 6-2 0.874 -1 86.1 +59.5 +57.9 36.1 15.9 +24.1 0.576 0.907 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Nebraska 5-2 0.874 +4 87.3 +56.7 +56.1 33.2 15.6 +20.1 0.501 0.914 0.0% (Decayed)
12 BYU 6-1 0.871 -10 89.5 +50.7 +48.9 30.4 17.2 +14.6 0.587 0.927 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Houston 6-2 0.870 -2 89.5 +50.4 +47.3 32.3 18.0 +15.0 0.679 0.927 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Arizona 6-1 0.866 +6 86.2 +56.9 +58.5 33.1 17.1 +19.4 0.356 0.908 0.0% (Decayed)
15 James Madison 7-1 0.861 -8 88.1 +51.2 +54.8 34.8 20.5 +23.1 0.218 0.919 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Tennessee 6-2 0.856 -6 86.7 +53.0 +51.8 30.2 17.4 +16.0 0.546 0.911 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Alabama 6-2 0.855 -3 82.3 +62.7 +58.1 34.5 19.0 +17.0 0.793 0.885 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Georgia 6-1 0.843 -1 83.7 +55.8 +57.4 37.3 18.6 +27.1 0.356 0.893 0.0% (Decayed)
19 SMU 6-1 0.842 +3 86.7 +48.6 +49.3 31.2 20.9 +15.3 0.414 0.911 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Wake Forest 6-1 0.826 +3 81.9 +55.0 +55.4 31.9 18.3 +18.0 0.439 0.883 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Liberty 6-1 0.824 +4 83.5 +50.8 +53.7 30.3 15.9 +17.6 0.259 0.892 0.0% (Decayed)
22 Texas Tech 6-1 0.818 -18 80.7 +55.5 +55.9 33.1 19.8 +15.4 0.432 0.876 0.0% (Decayed)
23 New Mexico 6-1 0.818 +7 83.1 +49.8 +54.0 33.6 15.7 +25.7 0.172 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
24 Louisville 4-3 0.805 +7 79.7 +54.0 +51.8 33.1 24.8 +11.3 0.615 0.870 0.0% (Decayed)
25 Mississippi 5-2 0.803 -4 78.0 +57.1 +52.9 32.3 23.4 +10.7 0.764 0.860 0.0% (Decayed)
26 UT San Antonio 7-1 0.799 +8 81.9 +47.1 +46.8 30.2 26.1 +7.5 0.490 0.883 0.0% (Decayed)
27 Wisconsin 5-2 0.797 +13 78.0 +55.7 +52.6 29.2 14.2 +11.7 0.681 0.860 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Kentucky 7-1 0.796 - 78.3 +54.6 +50.2 30.8 22.3 +8.1 0.774 0.862 0.0% (Decayed)
29 North Dakota State 6-2 0.785 -3 80.2 +46.9 +50.1 29.4 15.1 +15.2 0.241 0.873 0.0% (Decayed)
30 Army 5-2 0.763 +7 78.0 +45.2 +45.1 31.7 22.9 +13.1 0.471 0.860 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Cincinnati 5-2 0.757 +11 76.0 +48.3 +45.9 31.0 24.5 +9.0 0.631 0.849 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Baylor 4-3 0.752 - 75.1 +48.9 +50.4 28.9 17.1 +13.0 0.360 0.843 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Oregon State 5-2 0.749 +2 73.1 +52.8 +54.6 35.1 22.4 +19.6 0.336 0.832 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Duke 5-2 0.745 +9 75.6 +45.6 +48.3 27.6 18.5 +13.9 0.274 0.846 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Oklahoma State 5-2 0.744 +6 74.2 +48.6 +51.0 33.0 23.5 +16.3 0.299 0.838 0.0% (Decayed)
36 Missouri 5-2 0.743 +2 73.2 +50.6 +50.2 30.1 17.8 +11.6 0.495 0.832 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Oregon 4-3 0.735 -13 72.8 +49.2 +44.1 30.2 18.2 +12.4 0.822 0.830 0.0% (Decayed)
38 USC 6-2 0.734 -20 71.0 +53.1 +49.9 30.5 25.4 +7.8 0.688 0.819 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Michigan 4-3 0.733 -6 72.6 +49.2 +47.1 24.3 17.4 +4.6 0.611 0.829 0.0% (Decayed)
40 North Texas 5-2 0.732 +5 73.2 +47.3 +47.4 35.5 30.4 +12.6 0.458 0.832 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Memphis 6-2 0.720 +3 71.2 +48.5 +49.9 31.3 26.0 +12.4 0.368 0.821 0.0% (Decayed)
42 South Florida 5-2 0.714 +4 72.1 +44.5 +47.1 26.5 17.7 +11.4 0.281 0.826 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Oklahoma 4-3 0.707 +9 69.0 +49.8 +45.0 24.6 16.9 +3.9 0.801 0.808 0.0% (Decayed)
44 UCF 4-3 0.706 +14 70.2 +46.6 +44.1 30.3 20.6 +9.7 0.640 0.815 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Toledo 6-2 0.687 +10 68.2 +45.7 +48.6 31.5 27.6 +12.0 0.265 0.803 0.0% (Decayed)
46 North Carolina 4-3 0.679 -17 66.9 +46.4 +43.3 26.7 19.8 +3.6 0.675 0.796 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Virginia Tech 6-2 0.673 +12 68.5 +40.7 +46.3 29.8 24.2 +14.5 0.070 0.805 0.0% (Decayed)
48 South Carolina 4-3 0.671 +18 64.9 +48.7 +46.8 31.9 24.4 +10.9 0.599 0.784 0.0% (Decayed)
49 Fresno State 4-3 0.669 +5 66.0 +45.2 +47.8 26.6 23.5 +6.7 0.288 0.791 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Ohio 6-2 0.668 +14 66.8 +43.0 +46.7 29.0 25.2 +7.8 0.207 0.795 0.0% (Decayed)
51 Texas State 4-3 0.663 +14 63.7 +49.1 +48.4 31.3 28.0 +7.1 0.514 0.777 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Iowa 5-2 0.663 -4 64.3 +47.5 +47.3 28.1 16.0 +13.7 0.480 0.781 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Louisiana 5-3 0.660 -14 62.9 +50.0 +50.7 28.9 22.2 +8.9 0.416 0.773 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Illinois 4-3 0.660 +14 64.8 +45.6 +44.0 28.8 25.3 +5.0 0.575 0.783 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Penn State 3-4 0.659 +8 61.8 +52.1 +48.3 28.1 20.2 +9.9 0.735 0.766 0.0% (Decayed)
56 Florida State 3-4 0.655 +18 63.6 +46.8 +43.3 30.0 24.4 +3.7 0.712 0.776 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Air Force 5-2 0.654 -21 65.9 +41.0 +43.9 27.9 23.9 +7.6 0.258 0.790 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Louisiana Tech 5-2 0.651 +11 63.5 +45.8 +47.3 30.7 21.8 +11.3 0.360 0.776 0.0% (Decayed)
59 UNLV 4-3 0.647 +8 63.8 +44.0 +43.7 24.9 23.8 +0.4 0.492 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Pittsburgh 5-3 0.643 -13 62.7 +45.3 +45.1 30.1 20.5 +10.8 0.479 0.771 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Jacksonville State 5-2 0.643 - 67.0 +35.2 +36.3 27.4 25.8 +4.6 0.385 0.796 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Auburn 4-3 0.632 -35 59.4 +49.9 +45.2 25.8 21.4 +1.3 0.791 0.752 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Western Michigan 5-3 0.630 -7 60.8 +45.9 +45.9 27.1 22.5 +6.2 0.462 0.760 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Florida International 3-4 0.625 -11 62.2 +41.2 +43.4 22.3 18.3 +3.9 0.307 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
65 App State 5-2 0.622 +10 63.9 +36.2 +40.6 26.9 25.5 +7.0 0.161 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
66 TCU 3-4 0.612 -9 57.5 +48.1 +47.5 25.0 12.1 +9.6 0.508 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
67 Virginia 4-4 0.607 +4 57.5 +46.9 +46.8 27.7 17.4 +8.6 0.471 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Georgia State 4-3 0.605 -19 59.4 +41.7 +45.5 31.7 28.3 +9.9 0.197 0.752 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Florida 5-2 0.601 +4 54.6 +51.7 +47.2 34.6 25.7 +11.3 0.781 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
70 South Alabama 4-3 0.595 -20 57.4 +43.3 +44.6 30.4 34.0 +2.7 0.378 0.741 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Mississippi State 4-3 0.583 -9 52.8 +50.6 +45.7 28.9 26.5 +2.3 0.806 0.714 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Iowa State 3-4 0.581 -21 55.8 +42.9 +39.9 26.9 23.0 +1.7 0.678 0.731 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Texas A&M 4-4 0.577 -3 54.6 +44.7 +43.6 28.6 18.2 +9.4 0.541 0.724 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Boston College 4-3 0.566 +13 55.0 +40.5 +42.3 24.0 22.9 +0.9 0.338 0.727 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Middle Tennessee 4-3 0.551 +16 53.9 +38.3 +42.3 24.4 30.2 -4.3 0.184 0.720 0.0% (Decayed)
76 Florida Atlantic 5-2 0.550 +4 53.4 +39.3 +42.3 31.1 34.8 +3.3 0.256 0.717 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Clemson 4-3 0.548 -5 51.0 +44.3 +42.5 25.0 19.6 +0.1 0.591 0.703 0.0% (Decayed)
78 East Carolina 3-4 0.536 +3 52.0 +38.5 +39.9 25.0 27.3 -1.3 0.364 0.709 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Buffalo 5-3 0.533 - 51.6 +38.3 +39.4 23.9 26.8 -2.8 0.393 0.707 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Marshall 4-3 0.530 +10 51.7 +37.4 +37.6 23.3 30.8 -9.0 0.446 0.708 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Miami (OH) 5-3 0.530 +4 50.7 +39.6 +42.0 25.9 27.4 +1.2 0.295 0.702 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Washington 4-3 0.523 +4 47.4 +45.2 +45.9 26.9 24.5 +5.1 0.412 0.683 0.0% (Decayed)
83 UAB 4-3 0.520 +1 49.2 +40.3 +41.1 24.2 25.5 -1.3 0.410 0.693 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Georgia Southern 3-4 0.520 +4 49.6 +39.3 +40.6 25.3 23.8 +1.4 0.375 0.695 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Syracuse 3-4 0.517 +4 49.8 +37.9 +38.2 28.3 26.2 +5.3 0.442 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Navy 2-5 0.505 -4 47.3 +40.1 +40.3 26.4 27.6 +0.6 0.452 0.682 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Kansas State 4-3 0.500 -11 46.2 +41.4 +44.0 29.4 22.1 +11.7 0.283 0.675 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Arkansas State 4-4 0.498 +4 46.2 +40.5 +41.3 26.9 27.7 +1.5 0.408 0.676 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Tulsa 4-4 0.498 -6 45.1 +43.1 +45.2 27.5 24.4 +5.4 0.320 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
90 Minnesota 5-2 0.485 +7 43.8 +42.1 +43.5 26.9 22.4 +6.4 0.366 0.662 0.0% (Decayed)
91 Delaware 3-4 0.476 +5 44.3 +38.4 +40.5 27.6 30.6 -0.1 0.318 0.665 0.0% (Decayed)
92 San Jose State 4-4 0.476 -14 44.6 +37.7 +39.9 21.6 25.3 -2.1 0.308 0.666 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Troy 3-4 0.465 -16 43.7 +36.7 +39.0 23.8 27.6 -2.0 0.301 0.661 0.0% (Decayed)
94 West Virginia 5-3 0.462 +6 40.0 +44.2 +42.2 30.8 31.5 +3.6 0.599 0.640 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Wyoming 5-3 0.457 +10 43.0 +35.9 +38.1 21.7 22.9 -0.5 0.312 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Nevada 3-4 0.447 +10 41.1 +37.3 +38.6 25.5 24.1 +4.3 0.376 0.646 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Purdue 3-4 0.446 +4 37.8 +44.8 +41.0 29.9 30.3 -1.0 0.732 0.626 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Arizona State 4-3 0.432 +12 38.6 +38.8 +37.6 29.3 29.4 +1.0 0.550 0.631 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Tulane 3-4 0.424 -39 35.6 +43.2 +40.6 21.9 22.1 -4.3 0.646 0.614 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Kansas 3-4 0.417 +12 34.7 +43.3 +41.9 29.4 24.1 +7.0 0.566 0.609 0.0% (Decayed)
101 North Carolina State 3-4 0.410 -8 35.6 +39.1 +38.4 28.9 28.3 +4.1 0.511 0.614 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Arkansas 3-4 0.410 +2 35.5 +39.2 +36.2 24.3 25.2 -5.7 0.675 0.613 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Utah State 2-5 0.387 +5 31.5 +41.9 +39.1 20.2 22.0 -8.1 0.656 0.590 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Stanford 4-4 0.387 +7 34.5 +35.0 +32.3 23.6 33.1 -15.6 0.652 0.607 0.0% (Decayed)
105 San Diego State 3-5 0.384 -10 32.9 +37.6 +33.7 25.3 32.2 -9.6 0.735 0.598 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Central Michigan 3-5 0.374 -7 30.1 +41.3 +39.9 23.1 26.0 -8.0 0.556 0.582 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Colorado 2-5 0.371 -13 31.3 +37.7 +31.9 23.0 26.7 -10.0 0.868 0.589 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Coastal Carolina 2-5 0.367 +10 30.7 +37.7 +38.9 24.9 26.9 +0.3 0.380 0.586 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Connecticut 4-3 0.357 +6 26.8 +43.8 +47.7 30.4 24.8 +11.7 0.189 0.563 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Ball State 3-5 0.343 +12 30.5 +31.0 +30.9 23.7 35.5 -13.2 0.477 0.584 0.0% (Decayed)
111 California 3-5 0.342 -13 29.4 +33.3 +32.3 24.6 31.3 -8.2 0.539 0.578 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Vanderbilt 3-5 0.324 -10 25.1 +37.8 +34.7 23.6 28.4 -7.5 0.679 0.553 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Michigan State 2-6 0.318 -6 20.5 +46.9 +39.3 23.6 23.3 -5.9 1.000 0.527 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Kent State 3-5 0.314 +3 25.0 +35.1 +34.7 20.7 30.7 -15.6 0.491 0.552 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Temple 2-5 0.309 +9 22.1 +40.5 +39.9 25.2 27.4 -2.3 0.504 0.535 0.0% (Decayed)
116 Colorado State 3-4 0.291 +7 20.8 +37.9 +36.2 31.8 41.9 -5.4 0.590 0.528 0.0% (Decayed)
117 New Mexico State 3-4 0.282 +8 21.6 +33.8 +36.4 25.1 27.9 -0.9 0.280 0.533 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Rutgers 2-5 0.281 -5 21.6 +33.4 +32.2 27.3 33.2 -4.6 0.552 0.533 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Western Kentucky 3-4 0.275 +8 21.7 +31.2 +33.4 24.0 31.2 -9.3 0.315 0.533 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Massachusetts 4-4 0.271 -6 19.7 +34.7 +41.4 26.4 24.2 +5.4 0.000 0.522 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Maryland 2-5 0.270 -1 19.6 +34.7 +33.2 27.9 31.1 -5.0 0.573 0.521 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Eastern Michigan 4-5 0.227 -6 13.9 +35.0 +37.7 24.2 28.3 -4.3 0.275 0.488 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Bowling Green 2-6 0.225 -4 15.6 +30.7 +31.8 21.4 30.6 -11.0 0.388 0.498 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Kennesaw State 1-6 0.224 -21 14.2 +33.7 +35.0 21.9 25.3 -5.0 0.375 0.490 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Southern Mississippi 2-5 0.206 +6 12.9 +31.3 +31.6 25.4 32.0 -6.7 0.440 0.482 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Sam Houston 1-6 0.205 - 11.9 +33.3 +34.0 22.3 26.8 -5.1 0.422 0.476 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Missouri State 2-5 0.174 -6 9.6 +29.4 +31.9 24.3 36.7 -10.4 0.291 0.463 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Hawaii 2-6 0.151 +4 3.2 +37.6 +39.3 21.9 27.3 -3.8 0.348 0.426 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Georgia Tech 2-5 0.114 -20 -0.9 +36.2 +36.2 25.8 31.0 -3.6 0.468 0.402 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Old Dominion 2-6 0.109 -2 0.9 +30.4 +29.1 19.7 24.7 -11.2 0.561 0.413 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Rice 1-7 0.105 -1 -1.6 +35.0 +32.9 22.9 30.2 -10.8 0.617 0.398 0.0% (Decayed)
132 Washington State 1-7 0.074 -3 -5.1 +33.9 +30.3 22.8 26.9 -8.8 0.713 0.377 0.0% (Decayed)
133 Charlotte 1-6 0.029 - -9.0 +29.9 +28.6 20.0 38.9 -21.4 0.551 0.355 0.0% (Decayed)
134 UL Monroe 1-6 -0.071 +2 -22.7 +31.7 +31.7 20.6 36.5 -17.1 0.461 0.276 0.0% (Decayed)
135 Akron 1-7 -0.174 - -32.9 +24.9 +25.4 22.2 35.3 -13.8 0.429 0.216 0.0% (Decayed)
136 UTEP 1-6 -0.206 +1 -35.8 +22.0 +21.2 20.1 37.9 -22.1 0.525 0.199 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Northern Illinois 0-7 -0.359 -3 -57.1 +26.1 +23.8 20.0 38.2 -23.4 0.627 0.076 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Sacramento State 1-7 -0.503 - -70.1 +13.6 +16.7 19.6 35.7 -17.6 0.249 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 Houston, #14 Arizona, #15 James Madison, #16 Tennessee

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 5
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- 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 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0