2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 1 · games through Sep 7, 2026

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

2026 games only: no carryover from last season, like the NCAA formula. With only a few games played, expect big week-to-week swings.

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–11
Neutral: 1–24
Away: 1–30

Quadrant 2

Home: 12–37
Neutral: 25–49
Away: 31–62

Quadrant 3

Home: 38–68
Neutral: 50–83
Away: 63–88

Quadrant 4

Home: 69+
Neutral: 84+
Away: 89+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	—	USC	Big Ten	2-0	+2.03	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2	2	+0.48	50
2	—	Memphis	American	2-0	+1.68	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	1	21	+0.29	47
3	—	Miami	ACC	1-0	+1.63	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	4	6	+0.41	65
4	—	Texas	SEC	1-0	+1.53	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	30	1	+0.49	90
5	—	South Carolina	SEC	1-0	+1.46	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	32	3	+0.46	89
6	—	Oklahoma	SEC	1-0	+1.44	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	20	4	+0.45	88
7	—	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-0	+1.40	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	19	5	+0.43	87
8	—	Florida	SEC	1-0	+1.34	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	41	7	+0.40	86
9	—	North Dakota State	Mountain West	2-0	+1.31	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	12	10	+0.37	96
10	—	Mississippi State	SEC	1-0	+1.28	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	38	8	+0.38	85
11	—	Texas A&M	SEC	1-0	+1.27	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	27	9	+0.37	84
12	—	Indiana	Big Ten	1-0	+1.27	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	43	11	+0.37	83
13	—	Penn State	Big Ten	1-0	+1.26	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	22	12	+0.36	81
14	—	Pittsburgh	ACC	1-0	+1.26	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	24	13	+0.36	82
15	—	LSU	SEC	1-0	+1.25	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	44	14	+0.36	80
16	—	Iowa	Big Ten	1-0	+1.25	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	25	15	+0.36	79
17	—	Alabama	SEC	1-0	+1.24	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	37	16	+0.36	78
18	—	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	1-0	+1.20	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	11	17	+0.31	77
19	—	UCLA	Big Ten	1-0	+1.19	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	6	22	+0.27	76
20	—	Nevada	Mountain West	1-0	+1.13	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	26	18	+0.30	75
21	—	New Mexico	Mountain West	1-0	+1.12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	18	19	+0.30	74
22	—	Nebraska	Big Ten	1-0	+1.12	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	17	20	+0.30	73
23	—	SMU	ACC	1-0	+1.09	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	3	41	+0.12	43
24	—	Massachusetts	MAC	1-0	+1.09	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	5	29	+0.22	72
25	—	Virginia	ACC	1-0	+1.02	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	33	23	+0.25	71
26	—	Wake Forest	ACC	1-0	+0.99	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	16	25	+0.23	69
27	—	Colorado State	Pac-12	1-0	+0.99	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	40	26	+0.23	70
28	—	Illinois	Big Ten	1-0	+0.98	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	39	27	+0.23	68
29	—	Cincinnati	Big 12	1-0	+0.86	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	23	32	+0.17	67
30	—	Houston	Big 12	1-0	+0.83	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	28	35	+0.16	66
31	—	Tulsa	American	1-0	+0.79	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	21	37	+0.14	64
32	—	South Florida	American	1-0	+0.77	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	42	39	+0.13	63
33	—	Colorado	Big 12	1-0	+0.76	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	7	54	+0.06	62
34	—	Washington	Big Ten	1-0	+0.74	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	34	44	+0.12	61
35	—	Duke	ACC	1-0	+0.74	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	15	45	+0.11	60
36	—	Ole Miss	SEC	1-0	+0.70	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	8	55	+0.06	59
37	—	North Carolina	ACC	1-0	+0.70	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	9	56	+0.06	58
38	—	Oregon	Big Ten	1-0	+0.67	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	29	49	+0.08	57
39	—	Kansas State	Big 12	1-0	+0.65	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	58	24	+0.25	111
40	—	Michigan State	Big Ten	1-0	+0.65	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	13	51	+0.07	56
41	—	James Madison	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.64	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	31	52	+0.07	55
42	—	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-0	+0.62	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	48	28	+0.22	109
43	—	Auburn	SEC	1-0	+0.59	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	10	67	+0.01	54
44	—	West Virginia	Big 12	1-0	+0.55	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	36	64	+0.02	53
45	—	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	+0.53	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	14	68	+0.01	52
46	—	Arizona State	Big 12	1-0	+0.53	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	53	30	+0.18	110
47	—	App State	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.52	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	49	31	+0.17	112
48	—	Army	American	1-0	+0.51	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	46	36	+0.14	99
49	—	Troy	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.46	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	35	77	−0.02	51
50	—	UCF	Big 12	1-0	+0.44	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	64	33	+0.17	122
51	—	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.43	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	65	34	+0.17	121
52	—	Maryland	Big Ten	1-0	+0.33	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	61	43	+0.12	120
53	—	Georgia	SEC	1-0	+0.32	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	78	38	+0.13	133
54	—	Virginia Tech	ACC	1-0	+0.31	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	71	42	+0.12	129
55	—	Syracuse	ACC	1-0	+0.31	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	76	40	+0.13	132
56	—	Kansas	Big 12	1-0	+0.28	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	72	46	+0.11	131
57	—	San José State	Mountain West	1-1	+0.27	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-0	45	85	−0.05	26
58	—	Temple	American	1-0	+0.26	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	50	58	+0.05	100
59	—	BYU	Big 12	1-0	+0.25	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	75	47	+0.10	138
60	—	Air Force	Mountain West	1-0	+0.24	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	63	50	+0.07	119
61	—	Vanderbilt	SEC	1-0	+0.22	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	59	61	+0.04	106
62	—	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.22	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	66	53	+0.07	118
63	—	Tennessee	SEC	1-0	+0.17	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	67	62	+0.04	117
64	—	Rice	American	1-0	+0.17	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	51	70	+0.01	105
65	—	Utah	Big 12	1-0	+0.16	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	74	59	+0.05	126
66	—	Kentucky	SEC	1-0	+0.15	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	57	69	+0.01	101
67	—	Georgia State	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.14	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	79	60	+0.05	135
68	—	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	1-0	+0.11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	80	63	+0.03	137
69	—	Missouri	SEC	1-0	+0.09	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	62	71	+0.00	116
70	—	Navy	American	1-0	+0.09	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	81	65	+0.02	130
71	—	UConn	FBS Indep.	1-0	+0.09	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	70	72	+0.00	115
72	—	Florida State	ACC	1-1	+0.08	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	88	48	+0.08	44
73	—	UNLV	Mountain West	1-1	+0.07	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	87	57	+0.06	45
74	—	Iowa State	Big 12	1-0	+0.07	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	52	82	−0.04	108
75	—	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-0	+0.06	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	56	81	−0.04	107
76	—	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	+0.04	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	54	84	−0.05	97
77	—	UTSA	American	1-0	+0.02	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	68	80	−0.03	114
78	—	Purdue	Big Ten	1-0	+0.02	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	82	76	−0.01	125
79	—	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-0	−0.03	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	86	79	−0.03	136
80	—	Arizona	Big 12	1-0	−0.03	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	47	94	−0.09	103
81	—	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-0	−0.04	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	73	83	−0.04	124
82	—	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-0	−0.11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	84	92	−0.07	128
83	—	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-0	−0.11	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	85	91	−0.07	127
84	—	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-0	−0.14	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	69	95	−0.11	113
85	—	Arkansas	SEC	1-0	−0.18	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	60	102	−0.15	104
86	—	Texas Tech	Big 12	1-0	−0.19	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	77	98	−0.12	123
87	—	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1-1	−0.27	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	89	73	−0.01	48
88	—	Delaware	CUSA	1-0	−0.28	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	83	105	−0.16	134
89	—	Sam Houston	CUSA	0-1	−0.46	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	112	66	+0.02	42
90	—	Western Michigan	MAC	0-1	−0.53	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	118	74	−0.01	41
91	—	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0-1	−0.55	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	121	78	−0.02	40
92	—	Baylor	Big 12	0-1	−0.59	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	126	75	−0.01	39
93	—	Buffalo	MAC	1-0	−0.61	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	55	123	−0.36	98
94	—	Liberty	CUSA	0-1	−0.64	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	108	89	−0.07	38
95	—	Toledo	MAC	0-1	−0.65	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	115	90	−0.07	37
96	—	Boise State	Pac-12	0-1	−0.67	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	124	93	−0.08	36
97	—	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-1	−0.68	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	91	106	−0.17	2
98	—	TCU	Big 12	0-1	−0.70	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	127	86	−0.06	35
99	—	Louisville	ACC	0-1	−0.70	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	129	87	−0.06	34
100	—	Tulane	American	0-1	−0.74	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	117	96	−0.11	33
101	—	Washington State	Pac-12	0-1	−0.74	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	116	99	−0.12	32
102	—	Jacksonville State	CUSA	1-1	−0.75	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	93	103	−0.15	91
103	—	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	−0.76	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	132	88	−0.06	31
104	—	Florida International	CUSA	0-1	−0.77	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	105	100	−0.13	30
105	—	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0-1	−0.79	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	99	101	−0.14	29
106	—	Stanford	ACC	1-1	−0.81	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	90	114	−0.27	46
107	—	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-1	−0.83	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	101	104	−0.16	28
108	—	Boston College	ACC	0-1	−0.86	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	94	107	−0.17	27
109	—	Sacramento State	MAC	1-1	−0.95	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	134	97	−0.12	93
110	—	UAB	American	0-1	−0.98	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	123	110	−0.23	25
111	—	Akron	MAC	0-1	−0.99	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	100	111	−0.23	23
112	—	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-1	−0.99	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	119	112	−0.23	24
113	—	NC State	ACC	0-1	−1.02	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	96	113	−0.25	22
114	—	Fresno State	Pac-12	0-1	−1.03	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	92	121	−0.33	1
115	—	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-1	−1.07	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	133	108	−0.20	92
116	—	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-1	−1.09	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	130	109	−0.22	21
117	—	Ohio	MAC	0-1	−1.12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	98	116	−0.30	20
118	—	Central Michigan	MAC	0-1	−1.12	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	103	117	−0.30	19
119	—	Western Kentucky	CUSA	0-1	−1.13	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	125	118	−0.30	18
120	—	California	ACC	0-1	−1.19	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-0	131	115	−0.27	17
121	—	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1	−1.20	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	128	119	−0.31	16
122	—	East Carolina	American	0-1	−1.24	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	95	122	−0.36	15
123	—	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-1	−1.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	110	124	−0.36	14
124	—	Clemson	ACC	0-1	−1.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	106	126	−0.36	13
125	—	Miami (OH)	MAC	0-1	−1.26	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	97	127	−0.36	11
126	—	Marshall	Sun Belt	0-1	−1.26	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	120	128	−0.36	12
127	—	North Texas	American	0-1	−1.27	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	111	129	−0.37	10
128	—	Missouri State	CUSA	0-1	−1.27	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	113	130	−0.37	9
129	—	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-1	−1.28	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	109	131	−0.38	8
130	—	Florida Atlantic	American	0-1	−1.34	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	104	132	−0.40	7
131	—	Ball State	MAC	0-1	−1.40	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	102	133	−0.43	6
132	—	UTEP	Mountain West	0-1	−1.44	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	114	135	−0.45	5
133	—	Kent State	MAC	0-1	−1.46	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	107	137	−0.46	4
134	—	Texas State	Pac-12	0-1	−1.53	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-0	122	138	−0.49	3
135	—	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0-2	−1.89	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	135	120	−0.33	49
136	—	Bowling Green	MAC	0-1	−1.99	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	136	125	−0.36	94
137	—	Utah State	Pac-12	0-1	−2.23	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	137	134	−0.45	95
138	—	Charlotte	American	0-1	−2.60	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-1	138	136	−0.46	102