2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 3 · games through Sep 19, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 3 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

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

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–11
Neutral: 1–20
Away: 1–29

Quadrant 2

Home: 12–30
Neutral: 21–42
Away: 30–56

Quadrant 3

Home: 31–64
Neutral: 43–74
Away: 57–88

Quadrant 4

Home: 65+
Neutral: 75+
Away: 89+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	–	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0	+1.98	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	32	4	+0.66	118
2	–	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	3-0	+1.89	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	9	1	+0.81	26
3	–	Miami	ACC	3-0	+1.65	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	8	16	+0.47	117
4	▲2	Alabama	SEC	3-0	+1.62	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	3	3	+0.69	15
5	–	USC	Big Ten	4-0	+1.56	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	1	5	+0.65	33
6	▼2	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	+1.54	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	48	6	+0.64	34
7	▲2	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0	+1.49	0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	6	23	+0.39	27
8	▲5	Texas	SEC	3-0	+1.48	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	5	8	+0.61	5
9	▲1	Georgia	SEC	3-0	+1.38	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	29	12	+0.54	136
10	▲4	BYU	Big 12	3-0	+1.35	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	13	26	+0.35	123
11	▲4	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	+1.33	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	11	2	+0.69	42
12	–	Utah	Big 12	3-0	+1.19	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	39	21	+0.41	135
13	▼2	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	+1.17	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	20	63	+0.04	100
14	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	3-0	+1.14	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	19	24	+0.38	127
15	▲8	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	+1.14	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	4	28	+0.33	16
16	▼8	Oregon	Big Ten	2-1	+1.13	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	55	35	+0.24	121
17	▲8	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-0	+1.06	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	15	14	+0.50	30
18	▼2	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	+1.06	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	28	25	+0.36	124
19	–	Oklahoma	SEC	2-1	+1.04	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	34	22	+0.40	14
20	▲17	Florida	SEC	3-0	+1.04	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	2	9	+0.61	73
21	▲3	Duke	ACC	3-0	+1.02	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	7	30	+0.32	12
22	▼2	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0	+1.00	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	22	43	+0.18	56
23	▲6	Tennessee	SEC	3-0	+0.94	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	30	13	+0.51	113
24	▲14	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	+0.94	0-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	10	7	+0.63	38
25	▼18	Texas A&M	SEC	2-1	+0.93	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	59	19	+0.43	24
26	▼9	South Florida	American	3-0	+0.92	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	18	47	+0.16	94
27	▼5	LSU	SEC	2-1	+0.82	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	33	15	+0.48	8
28	▲8	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	+0.82	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	24	18	+0.43	85
29	▲2	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-0	+0.80	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	31	10	+0.59	108
30	▲3	Missouri	SEC	3-0	+0.74	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	23	39	+0.21	126
31	▼4	Washington	Big Ten	3-0	+0.66	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	36	72	+0.01	125
32	▼11	Virginia	ACC	2-1	+0.59	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-0	69	33	+0.25	99
33	▲21	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	+0.58	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	27	37	+0.23	104
34	▲18	UCLA	Big Ten	3-0	+0.54	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	12	17	+0.43	31
35	▲5	Cincinnati	Big 12	3-0	+0.52	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	25	48	+0.16	111
36	▼4	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	+0.51	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	68	46	+0.17	66
37	▲28	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	+0.51	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	17	11	+0.54	120
38	▼4	Houston	Big 12	2-1	+0.48	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	66	31	+0.27	112
39	▼13	SMU	ACC	2-1	+0.47	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	56	55	+0.10	51
40	▲10	Louisville	ACC	2-1	+0.47	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	45	56	+0.08	40
41	▲26	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-0	+0.47	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	14	20	+0.42	130
42	▼12	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	+0.45	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	49	45	+0.17	21
43	▼8	Auburn	SEC	2-1	+0.45	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	44	32	+0.25	13
44	▲7	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	+0.41	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	82	34	+0.24	106
45	▲1	Arizona	Big 12	2-1	+0.38	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	71	64	+0.03	76
46	▲17	Fresno State	Pac-12	2-1	+0.33	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	35	51	+0.15	35
47	–	TCU	Big 12	2-1	+0.33	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-1	90	42	+0.19	116
48	▲21	West Virginia	Big 12	3-0	+0.33	0-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	21	41	+0.19	91
49	▼10	Tulane	American	1-2	+0.32	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-0	64	79	−0.07	4
50	▲11	Western Michigan	MAC	2-1	+0.30	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	50	61	+0.05	63
51	▼8	Boise State	Pac-12	2-1	+0.28	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	57	57	+0.07	37
52	▼11	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	+0.27	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	58	49	+0.15	96
53	▼11	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	+0.25	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	73	27	+0.33	114
54	▼10	Memphis	American	3-1	+0.25	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	54	62	+0.05	80
55	▲25	UCF	Big 12	2-1	+0.24	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	51	29	+0.32	81
56	▼28	North Texas	American	1-2	+0.22	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	93	87	−0.14	7
57	▲14	Tulsa	American	3-0	+0.21	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	16	36	+0.23	131
58	▼10	UTSA	American	2-1	+0.20	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	43	77	−0.05	53
59	▼6	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	+0.19	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	40	40	+0.20	11
60	▲10	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1	+0.17	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	72	53	+0.13	107
61	▼5	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	+0.14	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	79	69	+0.02	82
62	▲23	Kentucky	SEC	2-1	+0.13	1-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	42	74	−0.02	25
63	▼6	Toledo	MAC	2-1	+0.13	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-0	76	71	+0.01	105
64	▲23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	+0.12	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	70	50	+0.15	71
65	▼16	Navy	American	1-1	+0.10	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	95	82	−0.09	137
66	▼2	Clemson	ACC	2-1	+0.10	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	47	92	−0.15	19
67	▼8	Maryland	Big Ten	2-1	+0.06	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	52	44	+0.18	115
68	▼6	Army	American	1-1	+0.03	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	91	52	+0.13	98
69	▲3	Baylor	Big 12	2-1	+0.02	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-0	84	38	+0.21	86
70	▼25	NC State	ACC	1-2	−0.00	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	100	75	−0.03	46
71	▼3	East Carolina	American	1-2	−0.02	0-1	0-0	1-0	0-1	83	105	−0.24	6
72	▲16	App State	Sun Belt	3-0	−0.02	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	26	58	+0.07	134
73	▲11	UConn	FBS Indep.	2-1	−0.06	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-1	87	65	+0.03	109
74	▼19	Florida State	ACC	1-2	−0.07	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	99	67	+0.02	9
75	▲3	California	ACC	2-1	−0.14	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-0	65	85	−0.10	119
76	▲3	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	−0.19	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-0	60	59	+0.06	77
77	▲15	Marshall	Sun Belt	2-1	−0.21	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	37	108	−0.27	17
78	▼4	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	−0.22	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	61	94	−0.18	70
79	▼13	Ohio	MAC	1-2	−0.24	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	92	99	−0.20	18
80	▼20	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-2	−0.27	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-0	101	109	−0.28	69
81	▲18	Delaware	CUSA	2-1	−0.28	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	63	83	−0.10	88
82	▲24	Florida Atlantic	American	2-1	−0.28	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	38	102	−0.21	10
83	▼10	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	−0.31	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	62	101	−0.21	78
84	▲16	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	−0.32	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	53	88	−0.14	54
85	▼27	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.34	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	119	116	−0.37	90
86	▼11	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2	−0.34	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	122	107	−0.26	57
87	▼4	Washington State	Pac-12	1-2	−0.35	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	102	106	−0.26	61
88	▼6	Florida International	CUSA	1-2	−0.37	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	88	89	−0.15	23
89	▼12	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	−0.37	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	103	110	−0.28	22
90	▲28	Liberty	CUSA	2-1	−0.38	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	67	90	−0.15	84
91	▲6	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	−0.41	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	94	70	+0.02	133
92	▲12	Texas State	Pac-12	1-2	−0.42	0-1	0-0	1-1	0-0	89	118	−0.39	3
93	▲23	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-1	−0.43	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	74	73	−0.01	59
94	▲2	Jacksonville State	CUSA	2-2	−0.44	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	96	97	−0.19	72
95	▼1	Miami (OH)	MAC	1-2	−0.44	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	98	84	−0.10	68
96	▲26	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	−0.50	0-0	1-0	0-1	1-0	46	66	+0.02	75
97	▼21	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.50	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	118	96	−0.19	110
98	▼9	Temple	American	1-2	−0.52	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	109	86	−0.12	43
99	▲22	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	2-1	−0.52	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-0	80	60	+0.05	132
100	▼5	Stanford	ACC	1-2	−0.57	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-0	86	115	−0.37	2
101	▼15	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	−0.57	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	123	95	−0.18	87
102	▲10	Central Michigan	MAC	2-1	−0.60	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	81	120	−0.40	93
103	▲2	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.60	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	104	78	−0.07	97
104	▼14	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	−0.61	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	124	112	−0.30	45
105	▼3	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-1	−0.62	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	78	81	−0.09	79
106	▼25	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-2	−0.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	125	123	−0.47	103
107	–	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2	−0.72	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	110	93	−0.15	58
108	▼10	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-3	−0.72	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-2	130	113	−0.32	20
109	▼6	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.73	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	121	98	−0.19	101
110	▼17	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.76	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-0	126	103	−0.21	89
111	▲6	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-1	−0.78	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	77	68	+0.02	129
112	▼3	Boston College	ACC	2-1	−0.78	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	75	122	−0.42	102
113	▲1	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	−0.80	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	117	80	−0.08	67
114	▼13	Missouri State	CUSA	1-2	−0.83	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	116	119	−0.40	65
115	▼4	UAB	American	1-2	−0.86	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	111	104	−0.23	41
116	▼3	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	−0.89	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	85	114	−0.36	52
117	▼9	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	−0.91	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-0	108	126	−0.53	39
118	▲16	Massachusetts	MAC	3-0	−0.91	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	41	54	+0.11	138
119	▼28	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.95	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	128	124	−0.49	92
120	▼1	Rice	American	1-2	−0.97	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	107	121	−0.41	48
121	▲4	Nevada	Mountain West	1-2	−0.99	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	129	91	−0.15	64
122	▲8	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	−0.99	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-0	106	100	−0.21	36
123	▲8	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-2	−0.99	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	105	76	−0.04	83
124	▼4	Akron	MAC	1-2	−1.07	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-0	114	117	−0.37	74
125	▼10	Utah State	Pac-12	0-3	−1.10	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	135	125	−0.50	29
126	▼16	Western Kentucky	CUSA	0-3	−1.11	0-2	0-0	0-0	0-1	132	137	−0.75	1
127	▼4	Buffalo	MAC	1-2	−1.13	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-0	113	127	−0.54	62
128	▲1	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-2	−1.21	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	133	111	−0.29	122
129	▼5	Eastern Michigan	MAC	1-3	−1.29	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-1	120	131	−0.62	44
130	▼4	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	−1.30	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	127	132	−0.63	128
131	▲1	UTEP	Mountain West	1-2	−1.34	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-0	97	129	−0.59	49
132	▼4	Ball State	MAC	1-2	−1.34	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	112	133	−0.66	50
133	▼6	Kent State	MAC	1-2	−1.35	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	115	134	−0.68	47
134	▲2	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-3	−1.76	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	134	136	−0.73	28
135	–	Bowling Green	MAC	0-3	−1.84	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-1	136	138	−0.94	32
136	▲1	Sacramento State	MAC	1-3	−1.96	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	131	130	−0.60	95
137	▼4	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-3	−1.98	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-2	137	135	−0.72	60
138	–	Charlotte	American	0-3	−2.07	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-1	138	128	−0.59	55