2026 FBS Preseason Rankings

Rank  FBS Team ................  Conf  RRWP
                                     
   1  Indiana .................  B10   .807
   2  Oregon ..................  B10   .797
   3  Ohio State ..............  B10   .785
   4  Texas Tech ..............  B12   .784
   5  Miami Florida ...........  ACC   .777
   6  Notre Dame ..............  FBSI  .776
   7  Georgia .................  SEC   .747
   8  Mississippi .............  SEC   .740
   9  Utah ....................  B12   .732
  10  Brigham Young ...........  B12   .728
  11  Texas A&M ...............  SEC   .725
  12  Alabama .................  SEC   .720
  13  Iowa ....................  B10   .715
  14  Oklahoma ................  SEC   .708
  15  Vanderbilt ..............  SEC   .701
  16  USC .....................  B10   .695
  17  Texas ...................  SEC   .692
  18  Washington ..............  B10   .690
  19  James Madison ...........  SBC   .681
  20  Penn State ..............  B10   .680
  21  Arizona .................  B12   .676
  22  SMU .....................  ACC   .675
  23  Illinois ................  B10   .670
  24  Virginia ................  ACC   .667
  25  Michigan ................  B10   .667
  26  North Texas .............  AAC   .664
  27  Louisville ..............  ACC   .662
  28  TCU .....................  B12   .661
  29  Tennessee ...............  SEC   .660
  30  Missouri ................  SEC   .656
  31  Houston .................  B12   .655
  32  Tulane ..................  AAC   .654
  33  South Florida ...........  AAC   .649
  34  Iowa State ..............  B12   .649
  35  Pittsburgh ..............  ACC   .649
  36  LSU .....................  SEC   .648
  37  NC State ................  ACC   .646
  38  Georgia Tech ............  ACC   .644
  39  Old Dominion ............  SBC   .639
  40  North Dakota St .........  MWC   .638
  41  Duke ....................  ACC   .637
  42  Arizona State ...........  B12   .631
  43  East Carolina ...........  AAC   .629
  44  Kansas State ............  B12   .628
  45  Navy ....................  AAC   .619
  46  Wake Forest .............  ACC   .619
  47  Clemson .................  ACC   .613
  48  Washington State ........  P12   .610
  49  San Diego State .........  P12   .610
  50  Auburn ..................  SEC   .607
  51  Minnesota ...............  B10   .607
  52  Northwestern ............  B10   .607
  53  Cincinnati ..............  B12   .606
  54  Boise State .............  P12   .605
  55  Nebraska ................  B10   .603
  56  Toledo ..................  MAC   .600
  57  Florida State ...........  ACC   .600
  58  New Mexico ..............  MWC   .599
  59  Memphis .................  AAC   .599
  60  Kentucky ................  SEC   .598
  61  Western Michigan ........  MAC   .597
  62  UNLV ....................  MWC   .595
  63  Kansas ..................  B12   .594
  64  Hawai`i .................  MWC   .589
  65  Florida .................  SEC   .588
  66  Texas-San Antonio .......  AAC   .588
  67  Rutgers .................  B10   .588
  68  South Carolina ..........  SEC   .588
  69  Baylor ..................  B12   .585
  70  Army ....................  AAC   .584
  71  Mississippi State .......  SEC   .581
  72  Fresno State ............  P12   .581
  73  Wisconsin ...............  B10   .581
  74  Ohio ....................  MAC   .580
  75  Kennesaw ................  CUSA  .580
  76  California ..............  ACC   .579
  77  Texas State .............  P12   .579
  78  Western Kentucky ........  CUSA  .579
  79  Louisiana Tech ..........  SBC   .576
  80  Michigan State ..........  B10   .576
  81  Connecticut .............  FBSI  .575
  82  Central Florida .........  B12   .574
  83  Arkansas ................  SEC   .574
  84  Utah State ..............  P12   .571
  85  Maryland ................  B10   .570
  86  West Virginia ...........  B12   .568
  87  UCLA ....................  B10   .565
  88  Stanford ................  ACC   .564
  89  Colorado ................  B12   .564
  90  Miami Ohio ..............  MAC   .559
  91  Troy ....................  SBC   .556
  92  Jacksonville State ......  CUSA  .555
  93  Georgia Southern ........  SBC   .552
  94  Marshall ................  SBC   .551
  95  Southern Mississippi ....  SBC   .540
  96  North Carolina ..........  ACC   .538
  97  Purdue ..................  B10   .537
  98  Temple ..................  AAC   .537
  99  Missouri State ..........  CUSA  .537
 100  Central Michigan ........  MAC   .534
 101  Arkansas State ..........  SBC   .530
 102  Coastal Carolina ........  SBC   .528
 103  Virginia Tech ...........  ACC   .526
 104  Florida Intl ............  CUSA  .525
 105  Delaware ................  CUSA  .518
 106  Air Force ...............  MWC   .518
 107  Louisiana-Lafayette .....  SBC   .510
 108  Syracuse ................  ACC   .504
 109  Boston College ..........  ACC   .503
 110  Florida Atlantic ........  AAC   .503
 111  Tulsa ...................  AAC   .496
 112  Appalachian State .......  SBC   .496
 113  Sacramento St ...........  MAC   .496
 114  Rice ....................  AAC   .492
 115  Liberty .................  CUSA  .492
 116  Wyoming .................  MWC   .489
 117  South Alabama ...........  SBC   .486
 118  Nevada ..................  MWC   .481
 119  UAB .....................  AAC   .480
 120  San Jose State ..........  MWC   .477
 121  Buffalo .................  MAC   .475
 122  New Mexico State ........  CUSA  .465
 123  Oregon State ............  P12   .464
 124  Eastern Michigan ........  MAC   .464
 125  Bowling Green ...........  MAC   .462
 126  Oklahoma State ..........  B12   .461
 127  Kent ....................  MAC   .459
 128  Akron ...................  MAC   .457
 129  Colorado State ..........  P12   .456
 130  Middle Tennessee St .....  CUSA  .454
 131  Ball State ..............  MAC   .451
 132  Northern Illinois .......  MWC   .451
 133  Louisiana-Monroe ........  SBC   .438
 134  UTEP ....................  MWC   .432
 135  Georgia State ...........  SBC   .411
 136  Sam Houston State .......  CUSA  .387
 137  Charlotte ...............  AAC   .379
 138  Massachusetts ...........  MAC   .222