2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 4 · games through Sep 26, 2026 · 138 FBS teams

Early season: 20% of this ranking comes from 2025 final ratings. It drops each week (20% → 0%) and is gone after week 5. Why?

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–10
Neutral: 1–20
Away: 1–30

Quadrant 2

Home: 11–25
Neutral: 21–40
Away: 31–50

Quadrant 3

Home: 26–60
Neutral: 41–75
Away: 51–90

Quadrant 4

Home: 61+
Neutral: 76+
Away: 91+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	▲1	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	4-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	6	1	+1.03	21
2	▲2	Alabama	SEC	4-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	5	2	+0.88	10
3	–	Miami	ACC	4-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	4	9	+0.68	121
4	▼3	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	21	11	+0.66	105
5	▲3	Texas	SEC	4-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	2	7	+0.70	1
6	▲3	Georgia	SEC	4-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	10	5	+0.75	117
7	▲13	Florida	SEC	4-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	1	4	+0.80	24
8	▼2	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	31	3	+0.80	17
9	▲3	Utah	Big 12	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	18	12	+0.58	119
10	▲6	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	22	19	+0.47	47
11	▲18	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	14	6	+0.73	93
12	▲12	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	1-0	3	13	+0.58	20
13	–	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	12	30	+0.30	107
14	–	James Madison	Sun Belt	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	20	17	+0.51	128
15	▲2	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	15	14	+0.53	111
16	▲2	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	7	24	+0.36	101
17	▼7	BYU	Big 12	3-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	19	25	+0.34	136
18	▼13	USC	Big Ten	4-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	26	18	+0.51	9
19	▲15	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	8	8	+0.70	36
20	▲7	LSU	SEC	3-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	27	10	+0.68	4
21	–	Duke	ACC	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	9	29	+0.32	91
22	▼15	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	23	38	+0.23	8
23	▼12	Penn State	Big Ten	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	47	15	+0.52	32
24	▲13	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	17	16	+0.51	129
25	▲1	South Florida	American	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	16	51	+0.13	122
26	▲17	Auburn	SEC	3-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	24	28	+0.33	3
27	▲8	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	11	41	+0.20	85
28	▲10	Houston	Big 12	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	43	21	+0.45	106
29	▲3	Virginia	ACC	3-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	51	22	+0.43	90
30	▲11	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	13	27	+0.33	137
31	▲20	Boise State	Pac-12	3-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	29	33	+0.29	27
32	▼17	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	36	36	+0.25	13
33	▼10	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	52	20	+0.45	77
34	▲30	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	1-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	30	31	+0.29	44
35	▼13	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	40	50	+0.14	35
36	▼8	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	44	26	+0.33	84
37	▲5	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	32	44	+0.19	15
38	▲17	UCF	Big 12	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	39	23	+0.37	60
39	▼20	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	59	40	+0.20	5
40	▼10	Missouri	SEC	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	46	43	+0.19	100
41	▼16	Texas A&M	SEC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	74	37	+0.25	7
42	▲20	Kentucky	SEC	3-1	0-1	1-0	0-0	2-0	35	42	+0.19	19
43	▲15	UTSA	American	3-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	28	60	+0.07	53
44	▼11	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	53	35	+0.27	31
45	▲15	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	38	55	+0.11	98
46	▲6	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	61	34	+0.27	126
47	▲19	Clemson	ACC	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	33	67	+0.02	12
48	▼2	Fresno State	Pac-12	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	41	46	+0.15	46
49	▲5	Memphis	American	3-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	45	57	+0.09	94
50	▼5	Arizona	Big 12	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	55	62	+0.06	108
51	▲18	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	49	39	+0.23	80
52	▲11	Toledo	MAC	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	67	45	+0.17	118
53	▼14	SMU	ACC	3-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	62	68	+0.01	95
54	▲42	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	1-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	25	48	+0.15	68
55	▲13	Army	American	2-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	64	49	+0.14	89
56	▼20	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	78	63	+0.05	23
57	▼26	Washington	Big Ten	3-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	73	76	−0.03	116
58	▼5	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	65	47	+0.15	49
59	▲11	NC State	ACC	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	76	59	+0.08	43
60	▼4	North Texas	American	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	83	74	−0.01	52
61	▼2	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	54	54	+0.12	2
62	▲20	Florida Atlantic	American	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	37	71	+0.01	22
63	▼19	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	93	52	+0.13	58
64	▼24	Louisville	ACC	2-2	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	77	70	+0.01	37
65	▼17	West Virginia	Big 12	3-1	0-0	1-0	0-1	2-0	48	69	+0.01	92
66	▼19	TCU	Big 12	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	96	53	+0.12	97
67	▼18	Tulane	American	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	63	89	−0.16	11
68	▲8	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	60	56	+0.10	88
69	▲21	Liberty	CUSA	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	50	65	+0.04	96
70	▼13	Tulsa	American	3-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	42	75	−0.03	124
71	▲47	Massachusetts	MAC	4-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	34	32	+0.29	138
72	▲12	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	56	66	+0.03	103
73	▼12	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	85	73	−0.00	114
74	▲17	Air Force	Mountain West	2-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	71	64	+0.05	127
75	▲14	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-0	92	77	−0.04	29
76	▲19	Miami (OH)	MAC	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	70	78	−0.05	56
77	▼3	Florida State	ACC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	100	72	+0.00	79
78	▼28	Western Michigan	MAC	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	89	88	−0.16	55
79	–	Ohio	MAC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	88	87	−0.16	78
80	▲37	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	57	101	−0.23	18
81	▼9	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	66	80	−0.06	131
82	▲12	Jacksonville State	CUSA	3-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	81	84	−0.13	83
83	▲9	Texas State	Pac-12	2-2	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-0	69	102	−0.26	28
84	▲38	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	80	61	+0.06	38
85	▼18	Maryland	Big Ten	2-2	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-0	75	92	−0.18	75
86	▲25	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	68	58	+0.08	134
87	▼16	East Carolina	American	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	94	103	−0.27	72
88	▼15	UConn	FBS Indep.	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	102	79	−0.06	123
89	▼1	Florida International	CUSA	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	84	94	−0.19	113
90	▼25	Navy	American	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	113	82	−0.10	133
91	▼16	California	ACC	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	91	100	−0.23	87
92	▲8	Stanford	ACC	2-2	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	72	111	−0.33	6
93	–	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	82	95	−0.20	50
94	▲11	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-2	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	86	86	−0.15	59
95	▼12	Colorado	Big 12	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	97	98	−0.22	82
96	▲1	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	106	90	−0.18	120
97	▼20	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	58	126	−0.55	86
98	▼17	Delaware	CUSA	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	98	108	−0.30	76
99	▲16	UAB	American	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-0	99	96	−0.20	39
100	▲10	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	103	97	−0.22	112
101	▼2	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	101	81	−0.08	132
102	▼24	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-1	105	107	−0.29	102
103	▼23	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-3	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-0	110	114	−0.38	34
104	▼3	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	120	93	−0.19	125
105	▲7	Boston College	ACC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	87	117	−0.41	66
106	▲2	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	116	99	−0.23	73
107	▲9	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	90	113	−0.36	61
108	▼10	Temple	American	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-0	127	85	−0.13	40
109	▲4	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	114	83	−0.10	109
110	▼8	Central Michigan	MAC	2-2	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	79	129	−0.59	30
111	▼24	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-0	122	109	−0.30	63
112	▼26	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-2	132	106	−0.29	70
113	▼28	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-3	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	118	123	−0.49	45
114	▼7	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	0-2	0-0	0-1	1-0	107	112	−0.34	16
115	▼6	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-0	117	105	−0.29	57
116	▲9	Utah State	Pac-12	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	111	115	−0.41	25
117	▼14	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-2	125	104	−0.28	104
118	▼14	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	126	120	−0.45	51
119	▲11	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-2	104	122	−0.47	130
120	▲13	Kent State	MAC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	95	127	−0.59	62
121	–	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	130	91	−0.18	64
122	▼8	Missouri State	CUSA	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	123	116	−0.41	74
123	▼17	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-3	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	133	119	−0.45	110
124	▼5	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	128	118	−0.42	69
125	▼5	Rice	American	1-3	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	115	121	−0.46	33
126	▲3	Eastern Michigan	MAC	2-3	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-1	109	125	−0.55	99
127	▼4	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-2	121	110	−0.33	65
128	▼2	Western Kentucky	CUSA	1-3	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-1	129	130	−0.63	42
129	▼2	Buffalo	MAC	2-2	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	108	132	−0.76	135
130	▼6	Akron	MAC	1-3	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	119	128	−0.59	54
131	▲1	Ball State	MAC	1-3	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	112	131	−0.68	48
132	▼4	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-3	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-1	134	124	−0.49	115
133	▼2	UTEP	Mountain West	1-3	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	124	136	−0.80	67
134	▲2	Sacramento State	MAC	1-4	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-2	131	133	−0.76	81
135	–	Bowling Green	MAC	0-4	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	135	137	−0.91	14
136	▼2	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	136	134	−0.78	26
137	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-4	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-3	137	138	−0.91	41
138	–	Charlotte	American	0-4	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-2	138	135	−0.79	71