Season

2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 5 · games through Oct 3, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 5 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–14
Neutral: 1–24
Away: 1–29

Quadrant 2

Home: 15–33
Neutral: 25–47
Away: 30–56

Quadrant 3

Home: 34–62
Neutral: 48–75
Away: 57–88

Quadrant 4

Home: 63+
Neutral: 76+
Away: 89+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	▲1	Alabama	SEC	5-0	+2.44	2-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	1	1	+1.16	4
2	▼1	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	5-0	+2.19	1-0	0-0	3-0	1-0	4	2	+1.08	15
3	–	Miami	ACC	5-0	+2.01	1-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	3	4	+0.89	102
4	▲1	Texas	SEC	4-0	+1.83	2-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2	8	+0.71	2
5	▲6	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-0	+1.69	0-0	0-0	1-0	4-0	7	7	+0.82	80
6	▼2	Indiana	Big Ten	5-0	+1.65	0-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	12	5	+0.82	110
7	▼1	Georgia	SEC	5-0	+1.65	0-0	0-0	2-0	3-0	11	6	+0.82	116
8	–	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	+1.65	0-1	1-0	0-0	3-0	18	3	+0.91	18
9	▲10	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	+1.49	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	13	9	+0.69	44
10	▲3	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	+1.45	0-0	2-0	0-0	3-0	5	18	+0.50	69
11	▲4	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-0	+1.42	0-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	6	15	+0.54	93
12	▲2	James Madison	Sun Belt	5-0	+1.40	0-0	0-0	1-0	4-0	8	14	+0.57	132
13	▲11	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-0	+1.38	0-0	0-0	1-0	4-0	14	10	+0.61	125
14	▼7	Florida	SEC	4-1	+1.33	0-1	1-0	2-0	1-0	15	12	+0.59	17
15	▼6	Utah	Big 12	4-0	+1.26	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	17	13	+0.57	126
16	▲4	LSU	SEC	4-1	+1.16	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-0	27	11	+0.60	64
17	▼5	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	+1.15	0-1	2-0	1-0	1-0	9	31	+0.36	7
18	–	USC	Big Ten	5-1	+1.15	0-0	1-1	1-0	3-0	21	19	+0.49	9
19	▼2	BYU	Big 12	4-0	+1.14	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	10	29	+0.37	127
20	▲7	Houston	Big 12	4-1	+1.14	0-1	0-0	2-0	2-0	24	16	+0.52	66
21	▼11	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	+1.13	1-0	1-1	0-0	1-0	22	20	+0.48	38
22	▲12	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	+1.12	0-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	20	23	+0.47	29
23	▲14	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1	+1.07	0-1	0-0	2-0	2-0	25	22	+0.47	23
24	▲16	Missouri	SEC	4-1	+1.05	1-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	23	25	+0.43	42
25	▲6	Boise State	Pac-12	4-1	+0.98	0-1	0-0	2-0	2-0	26	26	+0.43	45
26	▲7	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	+0.95	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	33	21	+0.48	70
27	▼6	Duke	ACC	4-0	+0.92	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-0	16	40	+0.26	131
28	▲14	Kentucky	SEC	4-1	+0.91	0-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	19	38	+0.28	10
29	▲15	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-1	+0.91	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	34	24	+0.45	20
30	▲16	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-1	+0.76	0-0	0-1	0-0	4-0	49	17	+0.51	135
31	▲17	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-1	+0.76	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	30	33	+0.30	52
32	▲19	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	+0.76	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-0	38	28	+0.38	84
33	▲17	Arizona	Big 12	4-1	+0.70	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	31	41	+0.26	85
34	▼12	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	+0.68	0-1	1-0	1-0	1-0	29	48	+0.19	14
35	▼19	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	+0.66	0-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	35	43	+0.24	65
36	▲13	Memphis	American	4-1	+0.64	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	40	35	+0.28	117
37	▼14	Penn State	Big Ten	3-2	+0.62	0-1	0-1	1-0	2-0	52	27	+0.39	22
38	▼8	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	+0.62	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	37	42	+0.24	128
39	▼13	Auburn	SEC	3-2	+0.61	0-2	1-0	1-0	1-0	41	36	+0.28	5
40	▼2	UCF	Big 12	3-2	+0.58	0-2	0-0	1-0	2-0	48	32	+0.34	28
41	–	Texas A&M	SEC	3-2	+0.57	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	55	30	+0.37	12
42	▲12	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	+0.51	0-0	1-0	1-1	1-0	36	50	+0.14	105
43	▼7	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	+0.51	0-0	0-1	0-0	3-0	53	34	+0.29	120
44	▲1	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	+0.50	0-0	0-1	2-0	2-0	32	57	+0.08	91
45	▼2	UTSA	American	4-1	+0.49	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	28	67	+0.02	81
46	▲38	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-2	+0.48	0-2	0-0	0-0	3-0	51	39	+0.27	40
47	▲5	Toledo	MAC	4-1	+0.48	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-0	45	44	+0.22	114
48	▲21	Liberty	CUSA	4-1	+0.43	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	43	52	+0.14	106
49	▼17	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	+0.39	0-0	0-1	1-1	2-0	54	46	+0.21	21
50	▼22	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-1	+0.33	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-0	39	69	+0.01	73
51	▼12	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	+0.33	0-1	1-1	0-0	1-0	61	45	+0.21	8
52	▲25	Florida State	ACC	3-2	+0.32	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	71	37	+0.28	55
53	–	SMU	ACC	4-1	+0.26	0-0	1-0	0-1	3-0	47	59	+0.05	95
54	▲8	Florida Atlantic	American	4-1	+0.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	46	63	+0.03	124
55	▲31	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-1	+0.24	0-0	0-1	0-0	4-0	63	49	+0.17	136
56	▲16	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	+0.21	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	44	73	−0.01	100
57	▲3	North Texas	American	3-2	+0.17	0-1	0-0	1-0	2-1	56	66	+0.02	50
58	▲3	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3	+0.17	0-3	0-0	1-0	1-0	50	72	−0.01	1
59	▼34	South Florida	American	4-1	+0.17	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-1	57	64	+0.03	118
60	▲3	Iowa State	Big 12	3-2	+0.16	0-0	0-2	0-0	3-0	65	55	+0.11	67
61	▼26	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2	+0.14	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	58	68	+0.01	25
62	▲12	Air Force	Mountain West	3-1	+0.13	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-0	62	58	+0.06	119
63	▼34	Virginia	ACC	3-2	+0.10	0-0	0-1	0-1	3-0	86	47	+0.19	86
64	▼17	Clemson	ACC	3-2	+0.08	0-2	0-0	0-0	3-0	42	90	−0.18	3
65	▼6	NC State	ACC	3-2	+0.04	0-0	0-0	0-2	3-0	69	65	+0.03	62
66	▲2	North Carolina	ACC	2-2	+0.04	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	73	60	+0.05	30
67	▼9	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	+0.02	0-1	0-2	0-0	2-0	88	51	+0.14	32
68	▲7	UNLV	Mountain West	3-2	+0.00	0-0	0-0	0-2	3-0	68	71	−0.01	43
69	▼14	Army	American	2-2	−0.03	0-0	0-0	1-2	1-0	91	54	+0.13	77
70	▲1	Massachusetts	MAC	4-1	−0.04	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-1	80	62	+0.04	138
71	▲10	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	−0.06	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-0	64	80	−0.09	137
72	▲7	Ohio	MAC	3-2	−0.09	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	60	86	−0.16	75
73	▼3	Tulsa	American	3-2	−0.10	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	76	76	−0.05	103
74	▼10	Louisville	ACC	2-3	−0.10	0-0	0-2	1-1	1-0	90	61	+0.05	46
75	▼10	West Virginia	Big 12	3-2	−0.11	0-0	0-0	1-2	2-0	82	70	−0.01	97
76	▲17	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-2	−0.14	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	70	82	−0.13	88
77	▼20	Washington	Big Ten	3-2	−0.15	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	81	75	−0.04	99
78	▼11	Tulane	American	2-2	−0.17	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	67	87	−0.17	16
79	▲25	Kansas	Big 12	2-2	−0.18	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-1	103	53	+0.13	115
80	▼2	Western Michigan	MAC	3-2	−0.19	0-0	0-2	0-0	3-0	74	85	−0.15	79
81	▲1	Jacksonville State	CUSA	3-2	−0.20	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-0	75	84	−0.14	94
82	▲25	San José State	Mountain West	3-2	−0.21	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	59	99	−0.27	74
83	▼17	TCU	Big 12	2-3	−0.23	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	102	56	+0.09	60
84	▲12	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2-2	−0.26	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	78	88	−0.17	87
85	▼12	Arizona State	Big 12	2-2	−0.30	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-0	89	83	−0.14	54
86	▲28	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	−0.32	0-2	0-1	1-0	1-0	77	94	−0.23	11
87	▼31	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	−0.34	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	99	74	−0.04	36
88	▲20	Temple	American	2-3	−0.35	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-1	98	77	−0.06	51
89	▲20	Syracuse	ACC	2-2	−0.39	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	100	78	−0.08	101
90	▼7	Texas State	Pac-12	2-3	−0.41	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-1	87	95	−0.25	34
91	▲19	Central Michigan	MAC	3-2	−0.43	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	66	113	−0.40	48
92	▲34	Eastern Michigan	MAC	3-3	−0.47	0-1	0-0	1-1	2-1	85	106	−0.31	72
93	▼4	Florida International	CUSA	2-2	−0.47	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-0	96	91	−0.20	129
94	▼7	East Carolina	American	2-2	−0.49	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	93	96	−0.25	83
95	▲8	San Diego State	Pac-12	2-3	−0.52	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-0	84	110	−0.36	27
96	▼16	Arkansas	SEC	2-3	−0.54	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-0	83	111	−0.38	13
97	▼2	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	−0.54	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-0	92	107	−0.31	31
98	▼13	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	−0.54	0-2	0-0	0-1	2-0	94	100	−0.28	47
99	▼8	California	ACC	2-3	−0.56	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-1	95	101	−0.28	76
100	▼1	UAB	American	3-2	−0.62	0-0	0-1	0-1	3-0	101	98	−0.27	134
101	▼7	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-3	−0.64	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	97	108	−0.32	56
102	▼2	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-3	−0.64	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	109	89	−0.17	107
103	▲12	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-3	−0.65	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-0	104	97	−0.26	78
104	▼2	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	−0.74	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-1	107	102	−0.28	113
105	▼13	Stanford	ACC	2-3	−0.74	0-3	0-0	0-0	2-0	79	126	−0.58	6
106	▼30	Miami (OH)	MAC	2-3	−0.74	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	111	92	−0.22	90
107	▼19	UConn	FBS Indep.	2-3	−0.77	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-3	128	79	−0.09	133
108	▼11	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-2	−0.78	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	72	128	−0.69	63
109	▼19	Navy	American	1-3	−0.79	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	125	81	−0.11	121
110	▼5	Boston College	ACC	2-3	−0.89	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-0	105	121	−0.46	92
111	▲1	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	−0.99	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-2	124	103	−0.29	82
112	▲20	New Mexico State	CUSA	2-3	−0.99	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-1	121	105	−0.31	122
113	▲12	Rice	American	1-4	−1.00	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-1	112	115	−0.40	19
114	▼16	Delaware	CUSA	2-3	−1.00	0-0	0-0	0-3	2-0	110	120	−0.46	96
115	▼14	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	2-3	−1.00	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-1	114	114	−0.40	130
116	▲11	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-3	−1.02	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-2	126	104	−0.30	89
117	▲3	Kent State	MAC	2-3	−1.05	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-1	106	124	−0.56	68
118	▲4	Missouri State	CUSA	1-3	−1.05	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-1	117	116	−0.40	98
119	–	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-3	−1.09	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-2	108	127	−0.59	104
120	▼9	Washington State	Pac-12	1-4	−1.11	0-0	0-3	0-1	1-0	119	117	−0.41	58
121	–	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	−1.13	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-2	133	93	−0.23	112
122	▼16	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	−1.15	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	130	112	−0.39	37
123	–	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-3	−1.21	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-1	131	118	−0.43	108
124	▼8	Utah State	Pac-12	1-4	−1.23	0-2	0-0	0-1	1-1	118	123	−0.53	26
125	▼7	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-4	−1.25	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-4	123	122	−0.52	59
126	▼9	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-4	−1.27	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-2	134	109	−0.34	109
127	▼3	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	−1.30	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-1	132	119	−0.44	111
128	▼15	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-4	−1.33	0-1	0-2	0-0	1-1	127	125	−0.58	39
129	▲1	Akron	MAC	1-4	−1.41	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	115	130	−0.72	41
130	▲5	Bowling Green	MAC	1-4	−1.43	0-1	0-0	0-2	1-1	113	134	−0.78	24
131	–	Ball State	MAC	1-4	−1.43	0-1	0-1	0-1	1-1	120	129	−0.70	35
132	▼3	Buffalo	MAC	2-3	−1.44	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-2	116	133	−0.75	123
133	▲1	Sacramento State	MAC	1-4	−1.52	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	129	131	−0.73	61
134	▼1	UTEP	Mountain West	1-4	−1.77	0-0	0-3	0-1	1-0	122	137	−0.99	57
135	▼7	Western Kentucky	CUSA	1-4	−1.78	0-2	0-0	0-0	1-2	135	132	−0.74	71
136	–	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	−1.97	0-0	0-3	0-0	0-1	136	135	−0.79	33
137	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-5	−2.27	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-2	137	138	−1.00	49
138	–	Charlotte	American	0-5	−2.36	0-0	0-1	0-3	0-1	138	136	−0.97	53