CFB MATCH LAB · LIVE DATA

2026 College Football Team Strength Rankings

2026 season · current through completed games in Week 4. CFB Match Lab Team Strength is a 50/50 combination of Offensive Strength and Defensive Strength. Each unit is built from game-level performance versus expectation using PPA, success rate, explosiveness, points per drive and scoring, with opponent-unit strength adjusting how much credit or penalty each performance receives.

AP Rank is displayed only as an independent reference and never affects the formula. Historical matchup snapshots remain pregame-safe; this live board updates as completed games enter the current dataset.

Strength of Schedule Rankings
See which teams have faced the strongest opponents.Offensive Strength Rankings
Compare opponent-adjusted offensive performance.

Rank	Team	Team Strength	Offensive Strength	Defensive Strength	SOS Score	AP Rank	Games
1	Notre Dame	100	93	99	38	#3	3
2	Iowa	99	98	93	25	#17	3
3	Pittsburgh	99	95	95	12	—	4
4	Mississippi State	98	97	92	73	#24	3
5	Penn State	97	90	90	13	#13	3
6	Oregon	96	89	90	11	#20	3
7	Miami	96	92	81	19	#6	3
8	Vanderbilt	95	81	87	50	—	3
9	Auburn	94	83	84	79	—	3
10	West Virginia	94	96	71	29	—	3
11	BYU	92	100	65	45	#9	3
12	Oregon State	92	93	72	78	—	3
13	Utah	92	96	69	21	#15	3
14	Michigan	90	67	97	81	#18	3
15	Clemson	90	63	99	64	—	4
16	Oklahoma State	89	77	84	39	—	3
17	Miami (OH)	88	82	78	65	—	3
18	Texas Tech	87	86	69	5	#11	4
19	Kentucky	85	85	66	98	—	3
20	LSU	85	55	96	68	#10	3
21	Maryland	85	91	60	47	—	3
22	Northwestern	85	73	78	85	—	3
23	South Florida	85	99	52	28	—	3
24	Ohio State	83	84	66	59	#7	4
25	Massachusetts	82	51	98	6	—	3
26	North Dakota State	81	66	82	30	—	4
27	TCU	81	61	87	8	—	3
28	Iowa State	79	70	75	44	—	3
29	Louisville	79	69	76	53	#16	4
30	Missouri	78	56	88	33	#19	3
31	Wisconsin	78	72	72	50	—	3
32	Wake Forest	77	54	89	77	—	4
33	Old Dominion	76	48	93	33	—	3
34	Kansas	75	45	94	84	—	3
35	Nebraska	75	87	51	2	—	3
36	James Madison	74	57	80	72	—	3
37	Florida	73	90	46	23	#21	3
38	Air Force	72	87	48	27	—	2
39	Duke	72	54	81	79	—	3
40	Fresno State	71	47	85	88	—	3
41	Minnesota	71	46	86	10	—	3
42	Washington	69	58	73	31	—	3
43	Houston	68	81	49	36	#25	3
44	Temple	68	76	54	93	—	4
45	Oklahoma	67	38	91	71	—	3
46	Alabama	66	66	62	87	#8	3
47	East Carolina	66	30	96	55	—	3
48	Georgia Tech	64	78	47	60	—	3
49	Tennessee	64	50	75	73	#14	4
50	Texas	64	25	100	96	#1	4
51	Arizona	62	99	25	32	—	3
52	UCLA	62	71	53	43	—	3
53	Georgia	61	72	51	16	#2	3
54	Tulsa	60	43	77	1	—	3
55	UCF	60	37	83	41	—	3
56	Liberty	59	64	54	19	—	4
57	USC	58	88	28	49	#12	4
58	SMU	57	65	49	74	#22	3
59	Georgia State	57	80	33	22	—	3
60	Baylor	56	37	74	51	—	4
61	Cincinnati	55	75	35	7	—	3
62	Virginia	55	60	50	37	—	3
63	Kansas State	54	63	43	67	—	3
64	Michigan State	53	46	59	94	—	3
65	Toledo	53	75	30	16	—	4
66	Purdue	51	94	10	34	—	3
67	Illinois	50	84	19	87	—	4
68	NC State	50	79	24	86	—	3
69	Indiana	49	32	70	61	#5	4
70	New Mexico	49	23	79	42	—	3
71	Florida Atlantic	48	33	67	81	—	3
72	South Carolina	47	42	57	10	—	3
73	Texas State	47	74	25	92	—	3
74	Boise State	45	62	34	84	—	3
75	Louisiana	45	28	68	62	—	3
76	Arizona State	44	34	60	83	—	3
77	Tulane	43	68	22	93	—	3
78	Colorado	43	24	64	76	—	4
79	Jacksonville State	41	49	38	13	—	4
80	Troy	41	26	61	24	—	3
81	Washington State	41	41	46	90	—	3
82	California	39	28	58	20	—	4
83	Florida State	39	78	8	95	—	3
84	Arkansas	38	21	63	99	—	3
85	Virginia Tech	37	57	21	15	—	4
86	Delaware	37	40	37	48	—	3
87	Central Michigan	36	35	40	9	—	3
88	Missouri State	35	52	22	61	—	3
89	Texas A&M	35	31	43	70	#23	3
90	Rutgers	34	60	12	21	—	4
91	Colorado State	33	69	2	24	—	4
92	Florida International	32	13	57	39	—	3
93	Marshall	31	49	20	63	—	3
94	San Diego State	31	13	56	80	—	4
95	Western Michigan	30	40	28	27	—	3
96	Boston College	29	2	63	35	—	4
97	Louisiana Tech	28	29	34	82	—	3
98	Coastal Carolina	27	44	18	46	—	4
99	Kent State	27	17	45	70	—	4
100	North Texas	27	53	9	99	—	3
101	Ohio	25	51	10	69	—	3
102	South Alabama	24	59	1	17	—	3
103	UAB	24	5	55	41	—	4
104	Hawai'i	23	19	39	44	—	3
105	San José State	23	18	40	59	—	4
106	Middle Tennessee	21	15	42	7	—	3
107	New Mexico State	21	31	26	36	—	3
108	Sam Houston	20	27	27	30	—	4
109	Utah State	20	10	44	96	—	3
110	North Carolina	18	39	14	76	—	3
111	UNLV	18	16	37	54	—	4
112	Kennesaw State	17	20	31	52	—	3
113	UTEP	16	34	16	89	—	3
114	Memphis	16	36	13	56	—	4
115	Nevada	15	7	41	4	—	3
116	Army	14	43	4	47	—	3
117	Syracuse	13	7	36	40	—	3
118	Western Kentucky	13	11	32	100	—	3
119	Wyoming	12	25	17	1	—	3
120	App State	11	9	31	4	—	3
121	Arkansas State	10	14	19	67	—	3
122	Charlotte	10	1	29	3	—	3
123	Rice	9	16	13	90	—	3
124	UL Monroe	9	6	23	18	—	3
125	Ball State	7	22	5	64	—	4
126	Northern Illinois	7	19	7	91	—	3
127	Navy	6	10	15	1	—	3
128	Stanford	5	22	1	97	—	3
129	Akron	4	1	16	57	—	4
130	Buffalo	3	12	3	66	—	3
131	Sacramento State	3	4	11	26	—	4
132	Georgia Southern	2	8	4	53	—	3
133	Eastern Michigan	1	3	7	58	—	4
134	Southern Miss	1	1	6	56	—	3
135	Bowling Green	1	4	1	75	—	3

Last generated: 2026-09-26T19:51:52.795937+00:00