College Football Conference Rankings 2026

FBS conferences ordered by the average power rating of their teams with completed games.
Conference	Rated teams	Average power	Power leader
FBS Independents	2 / 2	+12.59	#3 Notre Dame
SEC	16 / 16	+12.47	#2 LSU
Big Ten	18 / 18	+9.72	#4 Ohio State
Big 12	16 / 16	+9.64	#8 Utah
ACC	17 / 17	+6.64	#1 Miami
Pac-12	8 / 8	+3.85	#17 Boise State
American Athletic	14 / 14	+2.08	#40 North Texas
Mountain West	10 / 10	−0.30	#28 New Mexico
Sun Belt	14 / 14	−0.38	#27 James Madison
Conference USA	10 / 10	−1.76	#29 Liberty
Mid-American	13 / 13	−2.57	#61 Toledo

Average power includes only teams with a completed game.

FCS conferences ordered by the average power rating of their teams with completed games.
Conference	Rated teams	Average power	Power leader
MVFC	9 / 9	+4.20	#2 Youngstown State
Ivy	8 / 8	+2.37	#3 Harvard
UAC	8 / 8	−0.18	#8 Tarleton State
Big Sky	13 / 13	−0.35	#4 Montana State
Southern	10 / 10	−0.83	#10 Tennessee Tech
Southland	10 / 10	−2.55	#1 Stephen F. Austin
SWAC	12 / 12	−3.36	#7 Alabama A&M
MEAC	6 / 6	−3.55	#24 South Carolina State
OVC	8 / 8	−4.06	#36 Southeast Missouri State
Patriot	10 / 10	−4.58	#13 Lehigh
Coastal Athletic	13 / 13	−5.19	#19 Campbell
NEC	8 / 8	−8.28	#41 Central Connecticut
Pioneer	11 / 11	−8.44	#31 Dayton
FCS Independents	2 / 2	−14.72	#103 Merrimack

Average power includes only teams with a completed game.

Division II conferences ordered by the average power rating of their teams with completed games.
Conference	Rated teams	Average power	Power leader
Independent DII	1 / 2	+5.69	#36 Northeastern State
GLIAC	8 / 8	+3.55	#2 Ferris State
Mid America	10 / 10	+2.98	#10 Northwest Missouri State
Pennsylvania State Athletic	15 / 16	+2.41	#1 Slippery Rock
Gulf South	3 / 4	+1.31	#21 Valdosta State
Northern Sun	14 / 14	+1.17	#3 Minnesota State
South Atlantic	10 / 11	+1.07	#22 Carson Newman
Great Midwest Athletic	10 / 11	+0.32	#11 Northwood
Great American	12 / 12	+0.00	#4 Harding
Rocky Mountain	10 / 10	−0.75	#6 CSU Pueblo
Lone Star	10 / 11	−3.70	#16 Central Washington
SIAC	13 / 13	−5.47	#24 Benedict
Mountain East	9 / 11	−5.77	#55 West Liberty
Great Lakes	9 / 10	−6.34	#48 Truman State
CIAA	11 / 12	−6.39	#27 Virginia Union
Carolinas	7 / 7	−6.42	#28 North Greenville
Northeast 10	8 / 8	−6.52	#44 Assumption

Average power includes only teams with a completed game.

Division III conferences ordered by the average power rating of their teams with completed games.
Conference	Rated teams	Average power	Power leader
Wisconsin	8 / 8	+11.57	#1 Wisconsin Platteville
American Southwest	5 / 6	+10.87	#3 Hardin Simmons
Ohio	10 / 10	+5.16	#2 Baldwin Wallace
Michigan	8 / 8	+4.51	#14 Calvin
CCIW	9 / 9	+3.81	#4 North Central College
NEWMAC	8 / 8	+3.15	#22 Springfield
New Jersey	8 / 8	+2.65	#19 Christopher Newport
Empire 8	9 / 9	+1.91	#6 SUNY Cortland
Centennial	7 / 7	+1.90	#33 Franklin & Marshall
Northwest	8 / 8	+0.77	#11 Linfield
Southern Athletic	8 / 9	+0.66	#24 Trinity (TX)
North Coast	9 / 9	+0.64	#20 DePauw
NESCAC	10 / 10	+0.00	#34 Trinity (CT)
American Rivers	8 / 8	−0.09	#25 Wartburg
Liberty League	7 / 7	−0.12	#36 Ithaca
USA South	9 / 9	−0.66	#56 LaGrange
Minnesota	10 / 10	−0.82	#8 Saint John's (MN)
Mid Atlantic	10 / 10	−0.97	#49 Eastern
Presidents'	13 / 13	−1.36	#15 Washington & Jefferson
Old Dominion	7 / 7	−1.70	#50 Hampden Sydney
MSCAC	9 / 9	−2.03	#48 Bridgewater State
Heartland	7 / 7	−2.13	#37 Mount St Joseph
So. Cal.	8 / 9	−2.75	#39 Chapman
Landmark Conference	7 / 7	−3.19	#38 Susquehanna
NACC	9 / 9	−3.67	#59 Benedictine (IL)
Commonwealth Coast	7 / 7	−3.76	#7 Endicott
Midwest	11 / 11	−5.49	#23 Lake Forest
Southern Collegiate Athletic	5 / 5	−10.10	#46 Texas Lutheran
Independent DIII	2 / 2	−11.04	#188 Keystone
Upper Midwest	6 / 7	−11.47	#138 Westminster (MO)

Average power includes only teams with a completed game.

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