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Season 2026 • Week 9 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 8-0 0.991 +1 101.6 +58.4 +59.8 30.7 15.1 +20.1 0.365 1.000 0.0% (Decayed)
2 Miami 8-0 0.982 -1 101.1 +56.8 +57.3 39.1 19.2 +29.9 0.432 0.997 0.0% (Decayed)
3 Utah 8-0 0.981 - 100.8 +57.1 +58.1 34.3 16.7 +23.0 0.395 0.996 0.0% (Decayed)
4 Texas 6-2 0.956 +1 94.2 +65.0 +59.3 30.3 14.6 +13.6 0.910 0.957 0.0% (Decayed)
5 Boise State 7-1 0.903 +3 90.8 +57.3 +54.6 32.5 23.0 +12.2 0.685 0.937 0.0% (Decayed)
6 Notre Dame 7-1 0.896 - 88.8 +59.9 +60.4 35.1 15.5 +27.0 0.438 0.925 0.0% (Decayed)
7 Indiana 8-1 0.878 - 88.4 +55.2 +54.0 30.9 12.2 +20.0 0.567 0.923 0.0% (Decayed)
8 LSU 6-2 0.875 +2 86.3 +59.4 +57.9 36.3 16.1 +24.1 0.594 0.911 0.0% (Decayed)
9 Tennessee 6-2 0.858 +7 87.0 +52.7 +51.8 30.2 17.3 +16.0 0.542 0.915 0.0% (Decayed)
10 Alabama 6-2 0.856 +7 82.6 +62.5 +58.1 34.7 19.4 +17.0 0.819 0.889 0.0% (Decayed)
11 Liberty 7-1 0.854 +10 85.9 +54.3 +56.4 32.1 15.7 +20.2 0.315 0.908 0.0% (Decayed)
12 BYU 7-1 0.852 - 87.5 +49.7 +49.0 29.6 17.7 +13.6 0.529 0.918 0.0% (Decayed)
13 Georgia 7-1 0.851 +5 84.4 +56.8 +58.5 35.8 17.0 +26.1 0.336 0.900 0.0% (Decayed)
14 Ohio State 6-2 0.847 -10 83.2 +58.4 +56.0 33.8 16.4 +21.1 0.663 0.893 0.0% (Decayed)
15 Houston 6-2 0.846 -2 86.6 +50.1 +47.3 32.2 18.1 +15.0 0.688 0.913 0.0% (Decayed)
16 Mississippi 6-2 0.843 +9 81.9 +60.0 +55.4 33.5 22.7 +13.1 0.826 0.885 0.0% (Decayed)
17 Arizona 6-2 0.840 -3 83.9 +54.6 +54.6 32.1 18.4 +16.0 0.469 0.897 0.0% (Decayed)
18 Wake Forest 7-1 0.836 +2 82.4 +57.0 +57.5 33.4 17.2 +21.2 0.439 0.888 0.0% (Decayed)
19 Texas Tech 7-1 0.831 +3 82.1 +56.2 +55.9 33.0 20.3 +14.5 0.492 0.887 0.0% (Decayed)
20 Northwestern 6-2 0.828 -11 82.8 +53.7 +53.6 32.1 19.2 +14.9 0.484 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
21 Louisville 5-3 0.828 +3 81.7 +56.1 +54.6 34.2 25.1 +13.4 0.586 0.884 0.0% (Decayed)
22 New Mexico 7-1 0.807 +1 82.7 +47.6 +52.3 32.5 16.5 +23.1 0.112 0.890 0.0% (Decayed)
23 Kentucky 7-1 0.803 +5 79.2 +54.3 +50.2 30.8 22.4 +8.1 0.793 0.870 0.0% (Decayed)
24 UT San Antonio 7-1 0.801 +2 82.0 +47.2 +46.8 30.2 26.1 +7.5 0.504 0.886 0.0% (Decayed)
25 SMU 6-2 0.794 -6 81.5 +46.4 +47.8 30.4 22.4 +13.0 0.365 0.883 0.0% (Decayed)
26 North Dakota State 7-2 0.782 +3 79.3 +47.9 +52.3 29.6 15.3 +16.2 0.136 0.870 0.0% (Decayed)
27 James Madison 7-2 0.767 -12 76.3 +50.5 +53.3 33.6 21.3 +20.2 0.266 0.853 0.0% (Decayed)
28 Baylor 5-3 0.766 +4 75.8 +51.6 +53.1 30.2 16.2 +15.4 0.364 0.849 0.0% (Decayed)
29 Nebraska 5-3 0.763 -18 74.0 +54.7 +53.7 31.3 16.2 +16.8 0.551 0.839 0.0% (Decayed)
30 USC 7-2 0.762 +8 73.8 +54.9 +51.0 30.7 24.3 +8.2 0.778 0.838 0.0% (Decayed)
31 Oregon 5-3 0.760 +6 75.3 +50.7 +45.6 30.5 19.1 +11.9 0.868 0.847 0.0% (Decayed)
32 Duke 6-2 0.752 +2 75.7 +47.5 +50.9 29.0 17.2 +17.8 0.216 0.849 0.0% (Decayed)
33 Oklahoma State 5-3 0.743 +2 74.5 +47.4 +49.6 33.3 27.0 +14.0 0.304 0.842 0.0% (Decayed)
34 Missouri 6-2 0.743 +2 72.2 +52.7 +52.8 30.9 17.8 +13.1 0.469 0.829 0.0% (Decayed)
35 Memphis 7-2 0.739 +6 72.4 +51.4 +52.5 32.6 25.0 +14.0 0.388 0.830 0.0% (Decayed)
36 North Texas 6-2 0.735 +4 73.3 +47.9 +48.2 35.1 31.2 +11.9 0.454 0.835 0.0% (Decayed)
37 Fresno State 5-3 0.722 +12 71.3 +49.0 +49.6 27.7 22.2 +7.9 0.427 0.823 0.0% (Decayed)
38 South Florida 6-2 0.717 +4 71.8 +46.2 +49.3 26.8 17.6 +12.5 0.231 0.826 0.0% (Decayed)
39 Michigan 5-3 0.716 - 70.9 +48.0 +47.5 24.4 18.1 +4.9 0.516 0.821 0.0% (Decayed)
40 South Carolina 5-3 0.714 +8 69.7 +50.2 +48.8 32.7 25.3 +11.6 0.584 0.814 0.0% (Decayed)
41 Virginia Tech 6-2 0.704 +6 72.5 +40.6 +46.3 29.9 24.5 +14.5 0.033 0.830 0.0% (Decayed)
42 Toledo 6-2 0.690 +3 68.4 +46.0 +48.6 31.9 27.6 +12.0 0.281 0.806 0.0% (Decayed)
43 Army 5-3 0.687 -13 67.9 +46.3 +45.1 31.2 25.3 +8.1 0.562 0.804 0.0% (Decayed)
44 Ohio 6-2 0.682 +6 68.7 +43.1 +46.7 29.3 25.3 +7.8 0.193 0.808 0.0% (Decayed)
45 Iowa 6-2 0.682 +7 65.2 +51.0 +50.1 28.9 14.2 +15.8 0.545 0.788 0.0% (Decayed)
46 Oregon State 5-3 0.679 -13 65.4 +49.6 +51.1 33.9 24.6 +15.1 0.361 0.789 0.0% (Decayed)
47 Louisiana Tech 6-2 0.678 +11 66.0 +48.3 +49.3 30.6 21.2 +11.8 0.395 0.792 0.0% (Decayed)
48 Air Force 6-2 0.678 +9 68.1 +43.2 +44.7 28.3 23.7 +7.8 0.361 0.805 0.0% (Decayed)
49 Texas State 4-4 0.674 +2 64.4 +50.7 +48.2 32.2 29.5 +6.1 0.664 0.783 0.0% (Decayed)
50 Louisiana 5-3 0.671 +3 64.0 +50.5 +50.7 29.1 21.9 +8.9 0.456 0.781 0.0% (Decayed)
51 North Carolina 4-4 0.664 -5 64.1 +48.4 +43.6 27.4 20.5 +2.8 0.840 0.781 0.0% (Decayed)
52 Wisconsin 5-3 0.664 -25 62.9 +50.9 +47.0 27.5 16.2 +6.5 0.770 0.775 0.0% (Decayed)
53 Jacksonville State 6-2 0.662 +8 68.1 +38.2 +39.5 27.5 22.9 +7.0 0.371 0.805 0.0% (Decayed)
54 Penn State 4-4 0.660 +1 62.0 +52.1 +49.5 28.0 20.0 +10.4 0.676 0.769 0.0% (Decayed)
55 Pittsburgh 6-3 0.653 +5 63.3 +46.9 +47.7 30.0 19.9 +12.1 0.413 0.777 0.0% (Decayed)
56 UNLV 5-3 0.645 +3 63.5 +44.1 +44.7 24.9 24.6 +1.2 0.424 0.778 0.0% (Decayed)
57 Western Michigan 6-3 0.634 +6 61.3 +45.8 +46.9 26.7 21.7 +7.0 0.388 0.765 0.0% (Decayed)
58 Illinois 5-3 0.633 -4 61.7 +44.7 +44.3 27.8 24.7 +4.8 0.506 0.768 0.0% (Decayed)
59 TCU 4-4 0.620 +7 58.5 +48.3 +48.0 24.9 12.7 +9.1 0.497 0.749 0.0% (Decayed)
60 Iowa State 4-4 0.619 +12 60.3 +43.6 +40.6 28.1 25.5 +1.8 0.705 0.759 0.0% (Decayed)
61 Florida State 3-5 0.592 -5 56.6 +44.2 +41.6 29.1 26.8 +1.8 0.671 0.738 0.0% (Decayed)
62 Cincinnati 5-3 0.585 -31 55.3 +45.3 +42.4 30.2 27.2 +4.9 0.696 0.730 0.0% (Decayed)
63 Syracuse 4-4 0.584 +22 57.5 +39.9 +39.9 28.1 25.9 +5.0 0.478 0.743 0.0% (Decayed)
64 Texas A&M 4-4 0.580 +9 54.8 +44.9 +43.6 28.9 18.4 +9.4 0.575 0.727 0.0% (Decayed)
65 UCF 4-4 0.561 -21 52.9 +43.6 +40.9 28.7 23.1 +4.5 0.681 0.716 0.0% (Decayed)
66 Clemson 5-3 0.558 +11 51.8 +45.5 +44.2 25.6 20.0 +1.6 0.575 0.710 0.0% (Decayed)
67 App State 5-3 0.551 -2 54.4 +37.3 +40.3 25.7 25.0 +4.1 0.249 0.725 0.0% (Decayed)
68 Washington 5-3 0.550 +14 50.0 +47.1 +46.4 26.8 22.4 +5.4 0.527 0.699 0.0% (Decayed)
69 Marshall 5-3 0.545 +11 52.8 +39.2 +40.3 24.6 30.8 -6.2 0.395 0.715 0.0% (Decayed)
70 Florida 5-3 0.541 -1 46.1 +53.6 +48.0 32.9 24.8 +7.5 0.905 0.676 0.0% (Decayed)
71 Auburn 4-4 0.533 -9 47.6 +47.8 +41.8 25.2 23.9 -2.6 0.929 0.685 0.0% (Decayed)
72 Georgia Southern 4-4 0.532 +12 49.9 +41.9 +42.8 25.2 21.1 +3.2 0.405 0.699 0.0% (Decayed)
73 Buffalo 5-3 0.531 +6 51.5 +38.1 +39.4 23.8 26.9 -2.8 0.379 0.708 0.0% (Decayed)
74 Florida International 3-5 0.526 -10 49.6 +41.0 +41.9 22.3 21.9 -1.5 0.405 0.697 0.0% (Decayed)
75 Miami (OH) 5-3 0.523 +6 49.8 +39.6 +42.0 26.0 27.5 +1.2 0.288 0.698 0.0% (Decayed)
76 East Carolina 4-4 0.522 +2 49.4 +40.4 +41.6 24.6 25.5 -0.1 0.382 0.696 0.0% (Decayed)
77 Georgia State 4-4 0.522 -9 49.6 +39.9 +43.2 30.3 28.8 +7.2 0.219 0.697 0.0% (Decayed)
78 Troy 4-4 0.521 +15 49.7 +39.0 +39.5 24.3 25.8 -1.4 0.436 0.698 0.0% (Decayed)
79 Oklahoma 4-4 0.511 -36 44.9 +47.6 +43.6 24.6 20.0 +1.2 0.780 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
80 Delaware 4-4 0.503 +11 46.9 +40.5 +42.8 28.1 29.9 +1.6 0.293 0.681 0.0% (Decayed)
81 Florida Atlantic 5-3 0.500 -5 47.3 +38.6 +40.5 30.9 35.9 +2.0 0.324 0.684 0.0% (Decayed)
82 Arkansas State 4-4 0.499 +6 46.3 +40.6 +41.3 27.0 27.7 +1.5 0.422 0.678 0.0% (Decayed)
83 South Alabama 4-4 0.495 -13 44.9 +42.6 +42.8 29.6 33.7 +0.5 0.459 0.669 0.0% (Decayed)
84 Tulsa 4-4 0.486 +5 43.8 +42.8 +45.2 27.4 24.8 +5.4 0.291 0.663 0.0% (Decayed)
85 Mississippi State 4-4 0.483 -14 41.1 +47.8 +42.0 27.2 26.9 -1.5 0.924 0.647 0.0% (Decayed)
86 Virginia 4-5 0.482 -19 42.5 +44.5 +42.9 26.5 20.4 +2.8 0.599 0.655 0.0% (Decayed)
87 Kansas State 4-4 0.467 - 42.6 +39.6 +43.0 28.6 23.5 +9.9 0.218 0.656 0.0% (Decayed)
88 Boston College 4-4 0.466 -14 42.8 +39.0 +40.0 23.0 26.0 -4.9 0.401 0.657 0.0% (Decayed)
89 Wyoming 5-3 0.459 +6 43.1 +36.1 +38.1 22.0 22.9 -0.5 0.320 0.659 0.0% (Decayed)
90 UAB 4-4 0.457 -7 41.6 +39.1 +38.7 23.9 26.4 -3.6 0.506 0.650 0.0% (Decayed)
91 West Virginia 5-3 0.448 +3 38.8 +42.9 +42.2 30.3 31.5 +3.6 0.524 0.634 0.0% (Decayed)
92 North Carolina State 4-4 0.445 +9 39.3 +40.9 +41.8 28.9 26.7 +6.2 0.404 0.637 0.0% (Decayed)
93 Tulane 4-4 0.436 +6 37.1 +43.6 +41.9 22.6 23.8 -2.9 0.603 0.624 0.0% (Decayed)
94 San Jose State 4-5 0.434 -2 39.0 +38.3 +40.1 21.8 24.7 -2.4 0.336 0.635 0.0% (Decayed)
95 Utah State 3-5 0.430 +8 36.1 +43.7 +41.8 20.7 20.2 -5.0 0.625 0.618 0.0% (Decayed)
96 Minnesota 5-3 0.426 -6 36.6 +41.4 +41.5 26.7 22.3 +4.8 0.470 0.621 0.0% (Decayed)
97 Arizona State 4-4 0.416 +1 36.4 +39.2 +37.7 28.7 29.0 0.0 0.589 0.620 0.0% (Decayed)
98 Navy 2-6 0.413 -12 34.5 +42.5 +41.0 25.9 27.4 -2.2 0.585 0.609 0.0% (Decayed)
99 Middle Tennessee 4-4 0.399 -24 35.3 +36.6 +40.0 24.4 32.6 -5.8 0.210 0.613 0.0% (Decayed)
100 Colorado 3-5 0.392 +7 33.4 +39.0 +33.8 23.5 26.0 -8.4 0.873 0.602 0.0% (Decayed)
101 Coastal Carolina 3-5 0.386 +7 31.9 +40.5 +40.6 25.6 25.5 +1.6 0.462 0.594 0.0% (Decayed)
102 Connecticut 4-4 0.384 +7 30.6 +42.9 +45.8 30.0 26.2 +9.1 0.251 0.586 0.0% (Decayed)
103 Kansas 3-5 0.373 -3 29.1 +43.1 +41.0 28.6 24.1 +5.4 0.634 0.577 0.0% (Decayed)
104 Purdue 3-5 0.371 -7 28.8 +43.3 +39.1 29.1 30.6 -2.6 0.795 0.576 0.0% (Decayed)
105 San Diego State 4-5 0.368 - 30.7 +38.0 +35.9 25.4 31.9 -7.9 0.641 0.587 0.0% (Decayed)
106 Nevada 3-5 0.361 -10 29.7 +38.3 +38.2 24.5 23.8 +0.4 0.484 0.580 0.0% (Decayed)
107 Central Michigan 3-5 0.360 -1 28.3 +41.2 +39.9 23.2 26.1 -8.0 0.569 0.572 0.0% (Decayed)
108 Ball State 3-5 0.334 +2 29.4 +30.8 +30.9 23.8 35.6 -13.2 0.465 0.579 0.0% (Decayed)
109 Vanderbilt 3-5 0.301 +3 22.1 +37.9 +34.7 23.8 28.6 -7.5 0.720 0.537 0.0% (Decayed)
110 Stanford 4-5 0.292 -6 23.1 +33.2 +29.5 23.7 34.5 -17.0 0.752 0.542 0.0% (Decayed)
111 Michigan State 2-6 0.291 +2 17.4 +46.1 +39.3 23.7 24.0 -5.9 1.000 0.509 0.0% (Decayed)
112 Kennesaw State 2-6 0.261 +12 17.5 +37.0 +37.9 23.8 26.1 -2.4 0.408 0.509 0.0% (Decayed)
113 Massachusetts 4-4 0.232 +7 14.6 +35.2 +41.4 26.5 23.9 +5.4 0.000 0.492 0.0% (Decayed)
114 Temple 2-6 0.228 +1 12.1 +39.6 +39.0 24.1 26.5 -3.0 0.526 0.478 0.0% (Decayed)
115 Rutgers 2-6 0.227 +3 14.1 +34.6 +33.6 26.9 33.8 -4.9 0.550 0.490 0.0% (Decayed)
116 California 3-6 0.219 -5 14.1 +32.3 +30.8 23.9 30.8 -9.7 0.587 0.490 0.0% (Decayed)
117 Arkansas 3-5 0.212 -15 11.0 +37.4 +33.5 23.6 26.2 -8.0 0.775 0.471 0.0% (Decayed)
118 Maryland 2-6 0.211 +3 11.7 +35.6 +34.7 27.0 30.3 -4.8 0.547 0.476 0.0% (Decayed)
119 Eastern Michigan 4-5 0.195 +3 9.8 +35.2 +37.7 24.4 28.3 -4.3 0.279 0.465 0.0% (Decayed)
120 Missouri State 3-5 0.191 +7 10.1 +33.5 +35.7 24.9 32.8 -6.5 0.306 0.466 0.0% (Decayed)
121 Bowling Green 2-7 0.188 +2 10.4 +31.8 +32.1 21.1 29.9 -11.2 0.454 0.468 0.0% (Decayed)
122 Southern Mississippi 3-5 0.185 +3 9.1 +33.7 +35.0 25.8 31.1 -4.1 0.380 0.461 0.0% (Decayed)
123 Hawaii 2-6 0.141 +5 2.1 +37.1 +39.3 22.0 27.6 -3.8 0.308 0.420 0.0% (Decayed)
124 Western Kentucky 3-5 0.126 -5 2.6 +31.4 +33.3 24.0 32.4 -9.9 0.330 0.423 0.0% (Decayed)
125 Colorado State 3-5 0.123 -9 0.3 +35.9 +34.5 30.2 41.6 -6.9 0.581 0.409 0.0% (Decayed)
126 Kent State 3-6 0.123 -12 3.0 +29.5 +30.7 20.3 31.8 -16.2 0.386 0.425 0.0% (Decayed)
127 Rice 1-7 0.119 +4 0.2 +35.0 +32.9 23.1 30.3 -10.8 0.638 0.408 0.0% (Decayed)
128 Sam Houston 1-7 0.040 -2 -8.2 +31.0 +32.3 21.1 26.9 -7.1 0.378 0.359 0.0% (Decayed)
129 Washington State 1-8 0.007 +3 -13.8 +34.1 +31.6 22.5 26.8 -8.4 0.671 0.327 0.0% (Decayed)
130 Georgia Tech 2-6 -0.028 -1 -18.2 +34.2 +33.7 24.8 31.0 -6.0 0.510 0.301 0.0% (Decayed)
131 Old Dominion 2-7 -0.031 -1 -17.1 +30.9 +29.8 20.1 26.8 -11.4 0.554 0.307 0.0% (Decayed)
132 Charlotte 1-7 -0.034 +1 -17.8 +31.4 +29.9 21.0 39.4 -19.6 0.589 0.303 0.0% (Decayed)
133 New Mexico State 3-5 -0.043 -16 -18.5 +30.3 +33.5 23.4 27.9 -3.8 0.231 0.299 0.0% (Decayed)
134 Akron 1-7 -0.200 +1 -35.9 +24.1 +25.4 22.3 35.3 -13.8 0.379 0.198 0.0% (Decayed)
135 UL Monroe 1-7 -0.208 -1 -39.6 +30.5 +31.9 20.7 37.1 -16.8 0.366 0.176 0.0% (Decayed)
136 UTEP 1-7 -0.364 - -52.9 +15.0 +13.8 20.2 37.5 -22.4 0.566 0.098 0.0% (Decayed)
137 Northern Illinois 0-8 -0.397 - -62.8 +28.4 +26.1 20.4 37.7 -21.4 0.649 0.041 0.0% (Decayed)
138 Sacramento State 2-7 -0.482 - -69.8 +19.3 +22.8 20.8 33.7 -13.3 0.207 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 Georgia, #14 Ohio State, #15 Houston, #16 Mississippi

Conference Power & Depth Rankings

Conf Rank Conference Members Avg Index Depth Score Top 25 Teams Leading Team
- SEC 0 0.000 0.000 7
- FBS Independents 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Big Ten 0 0.000 0.000 4
- Big 12 0 0.000 0.000 5
- Pac-12 0 0.000 0.000 1
- ACC 0 0.000 0.000 4
- American Athletic 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Sun Belt 0 0.000 0.000 0
- Mountain West 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Conference USA 0 0.000 0.000 1
- Mid-American 0 0.000 0.000 0