2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 4 · games through Sep 26, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 4 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: 1–15
Neutral: 1–23
Away: 1–31

Quadrant 2

Home: 16–37
Neutral: 24–47
Away: 32–62

Quadrant 3

Home: 38–63
Neutral: 48–77
Away: 63–89

Quadrant 4

Home: 64+
Neutral: 78+
Away: 90+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	–	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	4-0	+2.11	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	6	1	+1.03	19
2	▲2	Florida	SEC	4-0	+2.03	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	1	4	+0.80	20
3	▼1	Alabama	SEC	4-0	+1.95	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	5	2	+0.88	12
4	▲2	Texas	SEC	4-0	+1.84	1-0	1-0	1-0	1-0	2	7	+0.70	2
5	▲3	Miami	ACC	4-0	+1.72	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	4	9	+0.68	118
6	▲13	Georgia	SEC	4-0	+1.65	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	10	5	+0.75	116
7	–	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	+1.64	0-0	2-0	1-0	1-0	3	12	+0.58	21
8	▲9	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-0	+1.60	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	14	6	+0.73	95
9	▲4	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	+1.59	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	8	8	+0.70	40
10	▲2	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	+1.43	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	21	11	+0.66	109
11	▲12	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	+1.41	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	31	3	+0.80	17
12	▲16	Utah	Big 12	4-0	+1.38	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	18	13	+0.58	123
13	▼2	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-0	+1.33	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	15	14	+0.53	106
14	▲10	LSU	SEC	3-1	+1.31	0-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	27	10	+0.68	5
15	▼6	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	+1.29	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	17	16	+0.51	119
16	▲5	James Madison	Sun Belt	4-0	+1.26	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	20	17	+0.51	131
17	▲28	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	+1.18	1-0	1-1	0-0	1-0	22	19	+0.47	36
18	▲8	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	+1.18	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	7	24	+0.36	105
19	▼16	USC	Big Ten	4-1	+1.13	0-0	0-1	2-0	2-0	26	18	+0.51	9
20	▼4	Duke	ACC	4-0	+1.12	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	9	29	+0.32	103
21	▼6	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-0	+1.10	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	13	27	+0.33	137
22	▲14	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	+1.08	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	12	30	+0.30	101
23	▼5	BYU	Big 12	3-0	+1.05	0-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	19	25	+0.34	136
24	▲10	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-0	+0.95	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	11	43	+0.19	79
25	▲14	Auburn	SEC	3-1	+0.94	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	24	28	+0.33	3
26	▼21	Penn State	Big Ten	3-1	+0.90	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	47	15	+0.52	29
27	▼17	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	+0.86	1-1	0-0	1-0	1-0	23	38	+0.23	6
28	▲18	Houston	Big 12	3-1	+0.85	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	43	21	+0.45	102
29	▲2	South Florida	American	4-0	+0.82	0-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	16	51	+0.13	121
30	▲27	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	+0.80	1-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	30	31	+0.29	41
31	▲29	Boise State	Pac-12	3-1	+0.80	0-1	0-0	2-0	1-0	29	33	+0.29	34
32	▲5	UCF	Big 12	3-1	+0.78	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	39	23	+0.37	54
33	▲9	Massachusetts	MAC	4-0	+0.75	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	34	32	+0.29	138
34	▲21	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	+0.70	0-0	2-1	0-0	1-0	25	48	+0.15	67
35	▼13	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	+0.70	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	52	20	+0.45	92
36	▲12	Virginia	ACC	3-1	+0.70	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	51	22	+0.43	75
37	▼17	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	+0.70	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	44	26	+0.33	94
38	▼24	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1	+0.66	0-0	0-1	1-0	2-0	36	36	+0.25	16
39	▲4	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1	+0.64	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	32	44	+0.19	18
40	▲13	Kentucky	SEC	3-1	+0.63	0-1	1-0	0-0	2-0	35	42	+0.19	22
41	▲18	UTSA	American	3-1	+0.55	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	28	60	+0.07	51
42	▼13	Missouri	SEC	3-1	+0.50	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	46	41	+0.20	93
43	▼2	Fresno State	Pac-12	3-1	+0.49	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	41	46	+0.15	37
44	▼12	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-1	+0.47	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	40	50	+0.14	35
45	▼12	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	+0.47	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	53	35	+0.27	39
46	▲15	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	+0.46	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	38	55	+0.11	98
47	▲15	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	+0.45	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	49	39	+0.23	80
48	▲3	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-1	+0.43	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	61	34	+0.27	129
49	▲19	Clemson	ACC	3-1	+0.43	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	33	67	+0.02	11
50	▲13	Memphis	American	3-1	+0.37	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	45	57	+0.09	99
51	▼24	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	+0.36	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-0	59	40	+0.20	4
52	▲15	Florida Atlantic	American	3-1	+0.35	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	37	71	+0.01	23
53	▼13	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	+0.29	0-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	54	54	+0.12	1
54	▼19	Texas A&M	SEC	2-2	+0.28	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	74	37	+0.25	7
55	▼30	Tulsa	American	3-1	+0.25	0-0	1-0	0-1	2-0	42	76	−0.03	110
56	▼26	West Virginia	Big 12	3-1	+0.24	0-0	1-1	0-0	2-0	48	69	+0.01	86
57	▲7	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	+0.23	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	60	56	+0.10	97
58	▲23	Liberty	CUSA	3-1	+0.22	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	50	65	+0.04	96
59	▼15	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	+0.22	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	65	47	+0.15	45
60	▲11	Army	American	2-1	+0.21	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	64	49	+0.14	84
61	▲4	Arizona	Big 12	3-1	+0.21	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	55	62	+0.06	112
62	▲10	Toledo	MAC	3-1	+0.21	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	67	45	+0.17	122
63	▲14	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	+0.17	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	56	66	+0.03	100
64	▲6	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-1	+0.10	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	68	58	+0.08	134
65	▼7	SMU	ACC	3-1	+0.09	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-0	62	68	+0.01	107
66	▲22	NC State	ACC	2-2	+0.06	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	76	59	+0.08	42
67	▲18	Air Force	Mountain West	2-1	+0.05	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	71	64	+0.05	125
68	▼14	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	+0.01	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	78	63	+0.05	25
69	▲36	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-2	−0.00	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	80	61	+0.06	43
70	▼14	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	−0.02	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	93	52	+0.13	62
71	▼21	Louisville	ACC	2-2	−0.04	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	77	70	+0.01	50
72	▼34	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	−0.04	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	66	79	−0.06	135
73	▼24	Washington	Big Ten	3-1	−0.06	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	73	75	−0.03	120
74	▼8	TCU	Big 12	2-2	−0.07	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	96	53	+0.12	88
75	▲17	Miami (OH)	MAC	2-2	−0.10	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	70	80	−0.07	56
76	–	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	−0.12	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	85	73	−0.00	115
77	▲14	North Texas	American	2-2	−0.13	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	83	74	−0.01	58
78	▼3	Tulane	American	2-2	−0.16	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	63	89	−0.16	10
79	▲44	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	−0.16	0-2	0-0	1-0	1-0	57	101	−0.23	15
80	▲29	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	−0.21	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-0	92	78	−0.04	38
81	▼34	Maryland	Big Ten	2-2	−0.25	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	75	92	−0.18	60
82	▲14	Jacksonville State	CUSA	3-2	−0.26	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	81	84	−0.13	76
83	▼1	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-2	−0.29	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	86	86	−0.15	63
84	▲2	Florida State	ACC	2-2	−0.31	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	100	72	+0.00	81
85	▲9	Ohio	MAC	2-2	−0.32	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	88	87	−0.16	66
86	▲18	Texas State	Pac-12	2-2	−0.33	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	69	102	−0.26	32
87	▼35	Western Michigan	MAC	2-2	−0.33	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	89	88	−0.16	61
88	▼15	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-2	−0.35	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	82	95	−0.20	57
89	▼2	Florida International	CUSA	2-2	−0.35	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	84	94	−0.19	114
90	▼10	UConn	FBS Indep.	2-2	−0.41	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	102	77	−0.04	126
91	▼12	California	ACC	2-2	−0.42	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	91	100	−0.23	73
92	▲8	Stanford	ACC	2-2	−0.43	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-0	72	111	−0.33	8
93	▼24	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	2-2	−0.46	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	101	81	−0.08	130
94	▼10	Colorado	Big 12	2-2	−0.52	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	97	98	−0.22	90
95	▲13	UAB	American	2-2	−0.52	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-0	99	96	−0.20	44
96	▼7	East Carolina	American	2-2	−0.54	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	94	103	−0.27	83
97	▼23	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-1	−0.57	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	58	126	−0.55	82
98	–	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	−0.58	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	90	113	−0.36	64
99	▼21	Delaware	CUSA	2-2	−0.61	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	98	108	−0.30	85
100	▼3	Boston College	ACC	2-2	−0.62	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	87	117	−0.41	65
101	▲9	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	−0.62	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-0	106	90	−0.18	113
102	▲12	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-2	−0.65	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	103	97	−0.22	124
103	▼13	Navy	American	1-2	−0.68	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	113	82	−0.10	132
104	▼2	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	−0.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	114	83	−0.10	111
105	▼22	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	−0.75	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-1	105	106	−0.29	104
106	▼5	Central Michigan	MAC	2-2	−0.80	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	79	129	−0.59	26
107	▼8	Temple	American	1-3	−0.83	0-0	0-2	0-1	1-0	127	85	−0.13	46
108	▼5	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	−0.84	0-2	0-0	0-1	1-0	107	112	−0.34	13
109	▲4	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	−0.84	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-0	120	93	−0.19	128
110	▲11	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-3	−0.86	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	116	99	−0.23	53
111	▲1	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-3	−0.94	0-0	0-2	0-1	1-0	117	105	−0.29	59
112	▲18	Kent State	MAC	2-2	−0.95	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	95	127	−0.59	70
113	▼6	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-3	−0.96	0-1	0-2	0-0	1-0	110	114	−0.38	27
114	▼3	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	−0.96	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	130	91	−0.18	68
115	▲16	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	−0.97	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-1	104	122	−0.47	127
116	▼21	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-3	−1.00	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	125	104	−0.28	89
117	▼11	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	−1.01	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-0	122	109	−0.30	78
118	▲15	Utah State	Pac-12	1-3	−1.03	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	111	115	−0.41	28
119	▼26	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-3	−1.03	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	121	110	−0.33	71
120	▼5	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	−1.11	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	132	107	−0.29	77
121	▼4	Rice	American	1-3	−1.14	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	115	121	−0.46	30
122	▲7	Eastern Michigan	MAC	2-3	−1.15	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	109	125	−0.55	87
123	▼3	Missouri State	CUSA	1-3	−1.15	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	123	116	−0.41	91
124	▼5	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-3	−1.20	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	118	123	−0.49	33
125	▼7	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	−1.22	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-3	126	120	−0.45	52
126	▲1	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	−1.23	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	128	118	−0.42	74
127	▼1	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-3	−1.32	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	133	119	−0.45	108
128	▼12	Akron	MAC	1-3	−1.34	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	119	128	−0.59	48
129	▼5	Buffalo	MAC	2-2	−1.38	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	108	132	−0.76	133
130	▼2	Ball State	MAC	1-3	−1.39	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-1	112	131	−0.68	47
131	▼6	New Mexico State	CUSA	1-3	−1.49	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-1	134	124	−0.49	117
132	▲2	Western Kentucky	CUSA	1-3	−1.50	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-1	129	130	−0.63	49
133	▼11	UTEP	Mountain West	1-3	−1.65	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	124	136	−0.80	72
134	▼2	Sacramento State	MAC	1-4	−1.69	0-1	0-2	0-0	1-1	131	133	−0.76	55
135	▲3	Bowling Green	MAC	0-4	−2.05	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	135	137	−0.91	14
136	▼1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	−2.06	0-1	0-1	0-1	0-1	136	134	−0.78	24
137	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-4	−2.28	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-2	137	138	−0.91	31
138	▼2	Charlotte	American	0-4	−2.37	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-1	138	135	−0.79	69