2026 Conference Strength

Through Week 10 · games through Nov 7, 2026 · updated 3 days ago · 10 conferences

Conferences are ordered by their members' average GRID rank. Non-conference records count games against FBS teams from other conferences; quad records add up every member's games, conference games included.

#	Conference	Teams	Avg	Median	Best	Top 25	Top 50	Adj PPD	Non-conf	vs FCS	Q1	Q2
1	SEC	16	33.5	27.5	4	8	12	+0.39	28-2	10-0	17-30	17-17
2	Big Ten	18	47.3	41.5	3	7	11	+0.29	31-11	12-0	8-31	17-15
3	Big 12	16	49.3	57.5	5	5	7	+0.22	24-8	16-0	3-24	11-15
4	ACC	17	62.4	63	2	2	8	+0.08	19-13	17-0	2-21	9-14
5	Pac-12	8	80.0	84.5	13	1	1	−0.08	9-16	6-1	0-11	2-8
6	American	14	81.4	77.5	34	0	3	−0.14	16-25	12-1	0-8	2-16
7	Mountain West	10	84.8	91.5	19	1	3	−0.24	12-17	6-2	0-11	3-7
8	Sun Belt	14	92.6	99	32	0	2	−0.26	14-26	13-1	0-4	3-16
9	MAC	13	101.2	107	52	0	0	−0.44	7-29	14-1	0-10	1-11
10	CUSA	10	102.2	112.5	27	0	2	−0.32	6-24	10-0	0-7	0-11

Where each conference's teams rank

Every team placed at its GRID rank, from #1 on the left to #138 on the right. The vertical mark is the conference average, and the line is colored by the quadrant a game against that rank would fall in.

SEC

Big Ten

Big 12

ACC

Pac-12

American

Mountain West

Sun Belt

MAC

CUSA

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Independents aren't compared: Notre Dame (#1), UConn (#92).