2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 1 · games through Sep 7, 2026 · 138 FBS teams

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 1 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Early season: 80% of this ranking comes from 2025 final ratings. It drops each week (80% → 60% → 40% → 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	—	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	43	11	+0.37	20
2	—	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	19	5	+0.43	83
3	—	Oregon	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	29	49	+0.08	41
4	—	Miami	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	4	6	+0.41	65
5	—	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	11	17	+0.31	59
6	—	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	77	98	−0.12	100
7	—	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	8	55	+0.06	29
8	—	USC	Big Ten	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2	2	+0.48	68
9	—	Georgia	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	78	38	+0.13	133
10	—	Alabama	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	37	16	+0.36	40
11	—	BYU	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	75	47	+0.10	132
12	—	Utah	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	74	59	+0.05	112
13	—	Texas A&M	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	27	9	+0.37	69
14	—	Texas	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	30	1	+0.49	60
15	—	Oklahoma	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	20	4	+0.45	88
16	—	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	25	15	+0.36	84
17	—	James Madison	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	31	52	+0.07	72
18	—	Washington	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	34	44	+0.12	46
19	—	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	59	61	+0.04	99
20	—	South Florida	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	42	39	+0.13	64
21	—	Virginia	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	33	23	+0.25	35
22	—	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	39	27	+0.23	77
23	—	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	22	12	+0.36	70
24	—	SMU	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3	41	+0.12	38
25	—	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	14	68	+0.01	42
26	—	North Texas	American	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	111	129	−0.37	1
27	—	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	24	13	+0.36	66
28	—	Navy	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	81	65	+0.02	113
29	—	Duke	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	15	45	+0.11	27
30	—	Arizona	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	47	94	−0.09	104
31	—	LSU	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	44	14	+0.36	47
32	—	Memphis	American	2-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1	21	+0.29	52
33	—	Houston	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	28	35	+0.16	82
34	—	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	69	95	−0.11	135
35	—	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	67	62	+0.04	118
36	—	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	16	25	+0.23	80
37	—	Tulane	American	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	117	96	−0.11	22
38	—	Iowa State	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	52	82	−0.04	115
39	—	Missouri	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	62	71	+0.00	129
40	—	Arizona State	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	53	30	+0.18	127
41	—	TCU	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	127	86	−0.06	63
42	—	Louisville	ACC	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	129	87	−0.06	5
43	—	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	18	19	+0.30	71
44	—	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	73	83	−0.04	130
45	—	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	58	24	+0.25	111
46	—	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	132	88	−0.06	54
47	—	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	17	20	+0.30	48
48	—	Auburn	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	10	67	+0.01	58
49	—	Florida	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	41	7	+0.40	76
50	—	NC State	ACC	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	96	113	−0.25	15
51	—	Cincinnati	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	23	32	+0.17	79
52	—	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	32	3	+0.46	81
53	—	Florida State	ACC	1-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	88	48	+0.08	50
54	—	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	48	28	+0.22	121
55	—	East Carolina	American	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	95	122	−0.36	7
56	—	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	0-0	87	57	+0.06	45
57	—	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	54	84	−0.05	94
58	—	Boise State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	124	93	−0.08	3
59	—	Army	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	46	36	+0.14	120
60	—	Western Michigan	MAC	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	118	74	−0.01	18
61	—	Toledo	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	115	90	−0.07	53
62	—	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	86	79	−0.03	107
63	—	UTSA	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	68	80	−0.03	105
64	—	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	38	8	+0.38	86
65	—	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	65	34	+0.17	136
66	—	Washington State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	116	99	−0.12	13
67	—	UConn	FBS Indep.	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	70	72	+0.00	106
68	—	Kentucky	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	57	69	+0.01	98
69	—	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	72	46	+0.11	116
70	—	Clemson	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	106	126	−0.36	23
71	—	Ohio	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	98	116	−0.30	32
72	—	Troy	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	35	77	−0.02	87
73	—	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	13	51	+0.07	43
74	—	UCF	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	64	33	+0.17	119
75	—	Colorado	Big 12	1-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	7	54	+0.06	31
76	—	Western Kentucky	CUSA	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	125	118	−0.30	74
77	—	Fresno State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	92	121	−0.33	6
78	—	Temple	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	50	58	+0.05	97
79	—	West Virginia	Big 12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	36	64	+0.02	73
80	—	UCLA	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	6	22	+0.27	62
81	—	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	66	53	+0.07	125
82	—	Baylor	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	126	75	−0.01	33
83	—	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	128	119	−0.31	4
84	—	Texas State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	122	138	−0.49	9
85	—	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	130	109	−0.22	91
86	—	Maryland	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	61	43	+0.12	137
87	—	Jacksonville State	CUSA	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	93	103	−0.15	93
88	—	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-1	135	120	−0.33	51
89	—	North Dakota State	Mountain West	2-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	12	10	+0.37	95
90	—	California	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	131	115	−0.27	57
91	—	North Carolina	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	9	56	+0.06	28
92	—	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	60	102	−0.15	122
93	—	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	85	91	−0.07	117
94	—	Air Force	Mountain West	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	63	50	+0.07	110
95	—	Florida International	CUSA	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	105	100	−0.13	14
96	—	Virginia Tech	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	71	42	+0.12	138
97	—	Delaware	CUSA	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	83	105	−0.16	126
98	—	Stanford	ACC	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	90	114	−0.27	19
99	—	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	56	81	−0.04	103
100	—	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	91	106	−0.17	24
101	—	Miami (OH)	MAC	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	97	127	−0.36	21
102	—	Tulsa	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	21	37	+0.14	85
103	—	Missouri State	CUSA	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	113	130	−0.37	8
104	—	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	82	76	−0.01	123
105	—	Marshall	Sun Belt	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	120	128	−0.36	17
106	—	Utah State	Pac-12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	137	134	−0.45	96
107	—	Central Michigan	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	103	117	−0.30	30
108	—	App State	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	49	31	+0.17	109
109	—	Rice	American	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	51	70	+0.01	128
110	—	Liberty	CUSA	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	108	89	−0.07	12
111	—	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	121	78	−0.02	56
112	—	Nevada	Mountain West	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	26	18	+0.30	55
113	—	Syracuse	ACC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	76	40	+0.13	108
114	—	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	84	92	−0.07	101
115	—	Colorado State	Pac-12	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	40	26	+0.23	78
116	—	Florida Atlantic	American	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	104	132	−0.40	34
117	—	Buffalo	MAC	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	55	123	−0.36	124
118	—	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	89	73	−0.01	89
119	—	San José State	Mountain West	1-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	45	85	−0.05	39
120	—	UAB	American	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	123	110	−0.23	16
121	—	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	119	112	−0.23	75
122	—	Boston College	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	94	107	−0.17	36
123	—	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	80	63	+0.03	131
124	—	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	133	108	−0.20	92
125	—	Akron	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	100	111	−0.23	26
126	—	Kent State	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	107	137	−0.46	37
127	—	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	101	104	−0.16	25
128	—	Ball State	MAC	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	102	133	−0.43	2
129	—	Bowling Green	MAC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	136	125	−0.36	90
130	—	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	110	124	−0.36	11
131	—	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	99	101	−0.14	67
132	—	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	109	131	−0.38	44
133	—	Sam Houston	CUSA	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	112	66	+0.02	49
134	—	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-0	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	79	60	+0.05	134
135	—	UTEP	Mountain West	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	114	135	−0.45	10
136	—	Charlotte	American	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	138	136	−0.46	114
137	—	Massachusetts	MAC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	5	29	+0.22	61
138	—	Sacramento State	MAC	1-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	134	97	−0.12	102