2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 2 · games through Sep 12, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 2 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Early season: 60% of this ranking comes from 2025 final ratings. It drops each week (60% → 40% → 20% → 0%) and is gone after week 5. Why?

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–12
Neutral: 1–17
Away: 1–27

Quadrant 2

Home: 13–31
Neutral: 18–40
Away: 28–52

Quadrant 3

Home: 32–56
Neutral: 41–74
Away: 53–89

Quadrant 4

Home: 57+
Neutral: 75+
Away: 90+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	–	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	+2.35	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	23	9	+0.55	90
2	▲3	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	2-0	+1.81	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	11	1	+0.68	44
3	▲1	Miami	ACC	2-0	+1.65	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	19	15	+0.39	130
4	▼2	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	+1.62	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	65	12	+0.45	22
5	▲3	USC	Big Ten	3-0	+1.52	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	1	4	+0.62	42
6	▲4	Alabama	SEC	2-0	+1.47	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	12	5	+0.61	30
7	▲6	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	+1.42	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	14	6	+0.60	32
8	▼5	Oregon	Big Ten	1-1	+1.40	0-0	0-0	1-0	0-1	58	52	+0.08	34
9	▼2	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	+1.37	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	28	33	+0.27	57
10	▼1	Georgia	SEC	2-0	+1.34	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	53	17	+0.39	137
11	▼5	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	+1.31	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	40	63	+0.00	120
12	–	Utah	Big 12	2-0	+1.31	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	45	29	+0.28	123
13	▲1	Texas	SEC	2-0	+1.27	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	13	11	+0.47	11
14	▼3	BYU	Big 12	2-0	+1.24	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	36	43	+0.17	118
15	▲8	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	+1.16	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	5	8	+0.56	40
16	–	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	+1.12	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	27	27	+0.29	47
17	▲3	South Florida	American	2-0	+1.05	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	4	40	+0.18	26
18	▼1	James Madison	Sun Belt	2-0	+1.01	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	46	34	+0.27	135
19	▼4	Oklahoma	SEC	1-1	+0.98	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	64	21	+0.36	33
20	▼1	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	+0.97	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	32	50	+0.10	87
21	–	Virginia	ACC	2-0	+0.96	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	31	20	+0.38	117
22	▲9	LSU	SEC	2-0	+0.94	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	9	7	+0.57	25
23	▲2	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	+0.91	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	7	49	+0.11	10
24	▲5	Duke	ACC	2-0	+0.89	0-0	1-0	1-0	0-0	2	37	+0.19	8
25	▲2	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	+0.87	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	16	19	+0.39	38
26	▼2	SMU	ACC	2-0	+0.84	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	18	42	+0.17	73
27	▼9	Washington	Big Ten	2-0	+0.83	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	41	61	+0.02	43
28	▼2	North Texas	American	1-1	+0.77	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	66	65	+0.00	1
29	▲6	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	+0.76	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	34	26	+0.30	97
30	▲6	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	+0.76	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	8	24	+0.32	49
31	▲16	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-0	+0.70	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	21	3	+0.62	52
32	▼10	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	+0.66	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	57	46	+0.16	19
33	▲6	Missouri	SEC	2-0	+0.65	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	26	38	+0.19	127
34	▼1	Houston	Big 12	2-0	+0.63	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	50	30	+0.28	138
35	▲13	Auburn	SEC	2-0	+0.60	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	10	25	+0.31	35
36	▲9	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	+0.58	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	48	14	+0.40	102
37	▲12	Florida	SEC	2-0	+0.57	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	22	10	+0.52	116
38	▲26	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	+0.56	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	17	2	+0.63	48
39	▼2	Tulane	American	1-1	+0.53	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	56	78	−0.07	21
40	▲11	Cincinnati	Big 12	2-0	+0.46	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	25	28	+0.29	112
41	▲2	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-0	+0.41	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	37	41	+0.18	128
42	▲10	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	+0.41	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	38	13	+0.40	131
43	▲15	Boise State	Pac-12	1-1	+0.37	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-0	60	44	+0.16	3
44	▼12	Memphis	American	2-1	+0.34	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	54	55	+0.07	27
45	▲5	NC State	ACC	1-1	+0.30	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	79	59	+0.04	67
46	▼16	Arizona	Big 12	1-1	+0.30	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	85	95	−0.17	63
47	▼6	TCU	Big 12	1-1	+0.28	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	105	68	−0.01	111
48	▲15	UTSA	American	2-0	+0.28	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	35	62	+0.01	108
49	▼21	Navy	American	1-1	+0.27	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	119	83	−0.09	121
50	▼8	Louisville	ACC	1-1	+0.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	101	69	−0.02	55
51	▼13	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	+0.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	91	74	−0.05	77
52	▲28	UCLA	Big Ten	2-0	+0.21	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	3	16	+0.39	24
53	▲20	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	+0.21	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	20	23	+0.32	41
54	▲3	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	+0.17	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	61	70	−0.03	132
55	▼2	Florida State	ACC	1-1	+0.16	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	76	53	+0.08	31
56	▼16	Arizona State	Big 12	1-1	+0.14	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	82	72	−0.05	78
57	▲4	Toledo	MAC	1-1	+0.11	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	93	66	+0.00	101
58	▼24	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-1	+0.10	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	97	122	−0.36	126
59	▲27	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	+0.09	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	24	32	+0.28	136
60	▼16	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-1	+0.08	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	83	98	−0.18	119
61	▼1	Western Michigan	MAC	1-1	+0.08	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	80	75	−0.05	66
62	▼3	Army	American	1-1	+0.05	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	81	47	+0.13	76
63	▲14	Fresno State	Pac-12	1-1	+0.03	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	67	56	+0.06	36
64	▲6	Clemson	ACC	1-1	+0.03	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	63	101	−0.20	15
65	▲24	North Dakota State	Mountain West	3-0	+0.01	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	15	18	+0.39	100
66	▲5	Ohio	MAC	1-1	−0.03	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	69	93	−0.16	18
67	▲29	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	−0.06	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	43	22	+0.33	134
68	▼13	East Carolina	American	0-2	−0.07	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	125	116	−0.29	9
69	▲10	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	−0.09	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	42	57	+0.05	113
70	▼16	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	−0.09	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	106	73	−0.05	99
71	▲31	Tulsa	American	2-0	−0.12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	6	35	+0.22	62
72	▲10	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	−0.13	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	90	45	+0.16	74
73	▲2	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	−0.13	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	44	71	−0.03	103
74	▼2	Troy	Sun Belt	2-0	−0.13	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	49	92	−0.16	109
75	▼29	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-2	−0.14	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	130	118	−0.31	13
76	▼11	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.16	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	89	76	−0.06	114
77	▼21	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	−0.17	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	107	108	−0.26	14
78	▲12	California	ACC	1-1	−0.17	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	62	88	−0.12	37
79	▲12	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	−0.18	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	30	51	+0.10	96
80	▼6	UCF	Big 12	1-1	−0.19	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	84	39	+0.19	83
81	▼19	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-1	−0.22	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	118	106	−0.23	122
82	▲13	Florida International	CUSA	1-1	−0.23	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	55	77	−0.07	20
83	▼17	Washington State	Pac-12	0-2	−0.28	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	122	117	−0.29	5
84	▼17	UConn	FBS Indep.	1-1	−0.29	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	110	100	−0.20	88
85	▼17	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	−0.30	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	95	99	−0.20	51
86	▼17	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	−0.32	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	117	85	−0.11	95
87	▼4	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	−0.34	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	96	110	−0.26	70
88	▲20	App State	Sun Belt	2-0	−0.34	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	33	48	+0.12	105
89	▼11	Temple	American	1-1	−0.37	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	77	86	−0.12	53
90	▼2	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	−0.45	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	129	113	−0.28	45
91	▼10	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.46	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	78	103	−0.22	92
92	▲13	Marshall	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.47	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	59	120	−0.34	17
93	▲7	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.48	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	113	67	−0.00	94
94	▲7	Miami (OH)	MAC	1-1	−0.49	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	92	107	−0.24	91
95	▲3	Stanford	ACC	1-1	−0.51	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	72	109	−0.26	7
96	▼9	Jacksonville State	CUSA	1-2	−0.52	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	121	104	−0.22	68
97	▼3	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	−0.53	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	109	64	+0.00	107
98	▼13	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-2	−0.53	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	131	105	−0.23	59
99	▼2	Delaware	CUSA	1-1	−0.56	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	94	90	−0.14	84
100	▼1	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.57	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	71	94	−0.17	58
101	▲2	Missouri State	CUSA	1-1	−0.57	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	86	119	−0.32	65
102	▲13	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-0	−0.57	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	39	54	+0.07	110
103	▼10	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.60	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	112	97	−0.18	98
104	▼20	Texas State	Pac-12	0-2	−0.60	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	126	134	−0.55	4
105	▲6	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.63	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	102	80	−0.07	124
106	▲10	Florida Atlantic	American	1-1	−0.64	0-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	68	111	−0.27	12
107	▼3	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	−0.67	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	99	82	−0.09	86
108	▼16	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	−0.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	100	127	−0.40	81
109	▲13	Boston College	ACC	1-1	−0.75	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	70	89	−0.14	23
110	▼34	Western Kentucky	CUSA	0-2	−0.77	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	133	136	−0.66	16
111	▲9	UAB	American	1-1	−0.77	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	73	96	−0.17	39
112	▼5	Central Michigan	MAC	1-1	−0.77	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	88	133	−0.53	79
113	▲6	San José State	Mountain West	2-1	−0.80	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	51	102	−0.21	61
114	▼1	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	−0.81	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	120	60	+0.02	93
115	▼9	Utah State	Pac-12	0-2	−0.83	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	137	121	−0.35	56
116	▼2	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-1	−0.84	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	111	84	−0.10	72
117	▲17	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-0	−0.84	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	29	36	+0.20	133
118	▼8	Liberty	CUSA	1-1	−0.85	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	103	129	−0.44	71
119	▼10	Rice	American	1-1	−0.86	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	74	123	−0.37	69
120	▲5	Akron	MAC	1-1	−0.88	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	75	91	−0.16	89
121	▲2	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	1-1	−0.92	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	116	58	+0.05	129
122	▲9	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	−0.94	1-0	0-0	0-1	0-0	52	81	−0.08	6
123	▼6	Buffalo	MAC	1-1	−0.97	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	98	124	−0.39	106
124	▼6	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1-2	−0.98	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	108	114	−0.28	54
125	▼13	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	−1.01	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	123	87	−0.12	60
126	▼5	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	−1.05	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	104	132	−0.48	125
127	▼1	Kent State	MAC	1-1	−1.09	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	87	128	−0.42	80
128	–	Ball State	MAC	1-1	−1.24	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	115	131	−0.48	64
129	▼5	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-2	−1.25	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	134	115	−0.28	82
130	▼3	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-2	−1.29	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	127	112	−0.28	2
131	▲2	Sam Houston	CUSA	0-2	−1.33	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-1	124	79	−0.07	29
132	▲3	UTEP	Mountain West	1-1	−1.40	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	114	126	−0.40	85
133	▼1	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	−1.44	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	128	125	−0.39	28
134	▲3	Massachusetts	MAC	2-0	−1.45	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	47	31	+0.28	115
135	▼6	Bowling Green	MAC	0-2	−1.56	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	135	138	−0.69	50
136	▼6	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-2	−1.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	136	135	−0.61	46
137	▲1	Sacramento State	MAC	1-2	−2.12	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	132	130	−0.46	104
138	▼2	Charlotte	American	0-2	−2.22	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	138	137	−0.69	75