Season

2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 6 · games through Oct 10, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 6 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–15
Neutral: 1–22
Away: 1–32

Quadrant 2

Home: 16–36
Neutral: 23–44
Away: 33–56

Quadrant 3

Home: 37–64
Neutral: 45–73
Away: 57–86

Quadrant 4

Home: 65+
Neutral: 74+
Away: 87+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	▲1	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	6-0	+2.30	0-0	2-0	1-0	3-0	3	1	+1.17	21
2	▼1	Alabama	SEC	5-1	+2.13	2-1	0-0	1-0	2-0	6	2	+1.11	1
3	▲4	Georgia	SEC	6-0	+2.03	1-0	1-0	0-0	4-0	1	6	+0.88	73
4	▼1	Miami	ACC	5-0	+2.02	1-0	1-0	0-0	3-0	2	4	+0.90	97
5	▲1	Indiana	Big Ten	6-0	+1.91	1-0	1-0	1-0	3-0	5	5	+0.89	71
6	▲3	UCLA	Big Ten	5-0	+1.74	1-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	4	8	+0.72	24
7	▲1	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1	+1.66	1-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	17	3	+0.95	34
8	▲2	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	+1.49	1-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	7	17	+0.53	69
9	▼5	Texas	SEC	4-1	+1.41	2-0	0-1	1-0	1-0	10	11	+0.63	3
10	▲10	Houston	Big 12	5-1	+1.40	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	14	9	+0.69	47
11	▼6	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-1	+1.38	0-1	0-0	2-0	3-0	22	7	+0.79	46
12	▲11	Wake Forest	ACC	5-1	+1.36	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	13	12	+0.62	18
13	▼1	James Madison	Sun Belt	6-0	+1.34	0-0	0-0	1-0	5-0	9	19	+0.52	130
14	▲1	Utah	Big 12	5-0	+1.33	0-0	0-0	1-0	4-0	16	10	+0.64	122
15	▲4	BYU	Big 12	5-0	+1.32	0-0	1-0	2-0	2-0	8	25	+0.46	110
16	▲9	Boise State	Pac-12	5-1	+1.17	0-1	2-0	1-0	2-0	15	21	+0.49	31
17	▲7	Missouri	SEC	5-1	+1.16	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	18	16	+0.54	42
18	–	USC	Big Ten	6-1	+1.12	0-0	1-1	1-0	4-0	20	15	+0.54	20
19	▼2	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	+1.11	0-1	2-0	1-0	1-0	12	32	+0.37	7
20	▲9	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-1	+1.08	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	29	13	+0.58	38
21	▲7	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	+1.07	0-1	3-0	0-0	2-0	11	36	+0.33	8
22	▼6	LSU	SEC	4-2	+1.04	0-2	0-0	2-0	2-0	33	14	+0.57	37
23	▼2	Oregon	Big Ten	3-2	+1.00	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-0	26	22	+0.48	14
24	▼11	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-1	+1.00	0-0	1-1	0-0	4-0	31	18	+0.53	107
25	▼3	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	+0.99	0-1	1-0	0-0	3-0	25	24	+0.46	45
26	–	Tennessee	SEC	5-1	+0.97	0-1	0-0	1-0	4-0	27	26	+0.46	82
27	▲7	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1	+0.96	0-1	1-0	2-0	1-0	19	31	+0.39	25
28	▲5	Arizona	Big 12	5-1	+0.96	0-1	0-0	2-0	3-0	21	30	+0.40	86
29	▲7	Memphis	American	5-1	+0.91	0-1	1-0	0-0	4-0	28	29	+0.41	115
30	▲5	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	+0.89	0-1	1-0	1-0	3-0	24	33	+0.36	67
31	▼20	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-1	+0.89	0-0	1-0	1-1	3-0	34	27	+0.45	85
32	▼18	Florida	SEC	4-2	+0.89	0-1	2-0	1-1	1-0	32	28	+0.43	13
33	▲13	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-2	+0.78	0-2	0-0	0-0	4-0	41	23	+0.47	60
34	▼4	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-1	+0.77	0-0	0-1	0-0	4-0	46	20	+0.50	135
35	▲16	Oklahoma	SEC	3-2	+0.77	1-1	1-1	0-0	1-0	30	38	+0.30	6
36	▼4	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	+0.77	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-0	37	34	+0.36	96
37	▲5	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-1	+0.66	0-0	1-0	2-1	1-0	36	39	+0.26	90
38	▲10	Liberty	CUSA	5-1	+0.61	0-1	0-0	0-0	5-0	38	42	+0.24	119
39	▲6	UTSA	American	5-1	+0.56	0-1	0-0	0-0	5-0	23	61	+0.06	75
40	▲27	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	+0.55	1-1	0-2	0-0	2-0	50	37	+0.32	30
41	▲25	North Carolina	ACC	3-2	+0.50	1-1	0-1	0-0	2-0	39	50	+0.16	15
42	▼3	Auburn	SEC	3-2	+0.49	0-1	1-1	0-0	2-0	45	43	+0.23	10
43	▼16	Duke	ACC	4-1	+0.46	0-0	0-0	1-0	3-1	44	48	+0.20	124
44	▲5	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	+0.46	0-0	1-1	1-1	1-0	48	44	+0.23	17
45	▼14	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-2	+0.43	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-0	54	41	+0.25	48
46	▼9	Penn State	Big Ten	3-3	+0.37	0-1	0-2	0-0	3-0	69	35	+0.34	16
47	▲15	Air Force	Mountain West	4-1	+0.35	0-0	0-1	0-0	4-0	57	45	+0.21	133
48	▲2	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-1	+0.34	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-0	40	65	+0.02	76
49	▼8	Texas A&M	SEC	3-3	+0.34	0-2	0-1	0-0	3-0	61	40	+0.25	12
50	▲18	UNLV	Mountain West	4-2	+0.34	0-0	1-2	0-0	3-0	43	57	+0.09	27
51	▲6	North Texas	American	4-2	+0.32	0-1	0-0	2-0	2-1	52	53	+0.13	83
52	▼12	UCF	Big 12	3-3	+0.28	0-2	0-1	1-0	2-0	62	46	+0.21	36
53	▼15	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	+0.26	0-0	0-1	0-1	4-0	60	49	+0.17	127
54	–	Florida Atlantic	American	4-1	+0.25	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	47	63	+0.03	132
55	▲9	Clemson	ACC	3-2	+0.22	0-2	0-0	2-0	1-0	35	87	−0.15	5
56	▲18	Louisville	ACC	3-3	+0.21	0-1	0-1	1-1	2-0	70	47	+0.21	41
57	▲29	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	+0.20	0-3	0-0	2-0	1-0	42	73	−0.04	9
58	▼3	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-1	+0.20	0-0	0-1	0-0	4-0	66	51	+0.16	136
59	▼6	SMU	ACC	4-1	+0.19	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-0	53	62	+0.03	118
60	▲20	Western Michigan	MAC	4-2	+0.14	0-0	0-2	0-0	4-0	56	66	+0.02	87
61	▼18	Kansas State	Big 12	3-2	+0.13	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	71	52	+0.14	92
62	▼2	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	+0.12	0-3	0-0	0-0	3-0	63	59	+0.08	35
63	▼19	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	+0.12	0-0	0-1	1-1	3-0	49	79	−0.08	77
64	▲8	Ohio	MAC	4-2	+0.12	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-0	51	77	−0.07	81
65	▼6	South Florida	American	4-2	+0.09	0-0	0-1	1-0	3-1	58	67	+0.01	99
66	▼3	Virginia	ACC	4-2	+0.06	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-1	74	54	+0.12	100
67	▲2	Army	American	3-2	+0.01	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-1	78	58	+0.08	95
68	▼12	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-2	+0.00	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-0	65	71	−0.03	101
69	▲7	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-2	−0.03	0-1	0-0	1-0	3-1	59	81	−0.10	102
70	▼18	Florida State	ACC	3-3	−0.04	0-1	0-1	0-1	3-0	83	55	+0.11	61
71	▲13	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	3-2	−0.08	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-0	55	92	−0.20	78
72	▲15	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3	−0.09	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-0	75	70	−0.02	43
73	▲8	Jacksonville State	CUSA	4-2	−0.12	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-0	64	85	−0.14	106
74	▲11	Arizona State	Big 12	3-2	−0.16	0-0	0-2	0-0	3-0	77	78	−0.08	79
75	▲18	Florida International	CUSA	3-2	−0.16	0-0	0-1	0-1	3-0	79	74	−0.05	125
76	▼29	Toledo	MAC	4-2	−0.18	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-1	86	68	+0.00	131
77	▲6	TCU	Big 12	2-3	−0.18	0-1	0-2	0-0	2-0	102	56	+0.10	58
78	▲21	California	ACC	3-3	−0.20	0-1	0-1	1-1	2-0	67	94	−0.20	63
79	▼21	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4	−0.22	0-3	0-0	0-0	2-1	84	75	−0.05	4
80	▼19	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3	−0.22	0-1	0-2	0-0	3-0	68	97	−0.21	19
81	▼2	Kansas	Big 12	2-3	−0.25	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-1	105	60	+0.08	72
82	▼17	NC State	ACC	3-3	−0.25	0-1	0-0	1-2	2-0	80	83	−0.13	52
83	▼8	West Virginia	Big 12	3-3	−0.26	0-0	0-1	1-2	2-0	81	82	−0.13	64
84	▼11	Tulsa	American	3-3	−0.32	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-2	94	80	−0.08	98
85	▲9	East Carolina	American	3-2	−0.36	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-1	82	95	−0.21	111
86	▲11	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	−0.37	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-0	73	102	−0.29	28
87	▲2	Syracuse	ACC	2-3	−0.38	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-1	106	72	−0.04	89
88	▼18	Massachusetts	MAC	4-2	−0.39	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-2	108	69	−0.01	138
89	▲17	Miami (OH)	MAC	3-3	−0.41	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-1	93	88	−0.17	84
90	▲19	Navy	American	2-3	−0.41	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-1	107	76	−0.06	117
91	▼13	Tulane	American	2-3	−0.42	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-0	90	91	−0.20	32
92	▼15	Washington	Big Ten	3-3	−0.44	0-1	0-1	0-1	3-0	95	89	−0.18	80
93	▼3	Texas State	Pac-12	2-3	−0.44	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-1	85	100	−0.25	51
94	▲13	UConn	FBS Indep.	3-3	−0.45	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-3	115	64	+0.02	129
95	▲9	Troy	Sun Belt	3-2	−0.48	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-1	104	86	−0.15	128
96	▲7	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-4	−0.49	0-2	0-1	0-1	2-0	99	93	−0.20	39
97	▲4	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-3	−0.49	0-1	0-2	0-0	2-0	87	101	−0.29	44
98	▲13	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3	−0.53	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-2	96	99	−0.25	65
99	▼28	App State	Sun Belt	3-2	−0.54	0-0	0-0	1-1	2-1	103	98	−0.23	137
100	▼18	San José State	Mountain West	3-3	−0.57	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-1	89	105	−0.34	88
101	▼10	Central Michigan	MAC	3-3	−0.57	0-1	0-1	0-1	3-0	72	118	−0.48	40
102	▼10	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4-3	−0.60	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-1	92	106	−0.35	120
103	▼7	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	−0.62	0-2	0-2	0-0	2-0	91	107	−0.37	11
104	▼6	Maryland	Big Ten	2-4	−0.62	0-3	0-0	0-1	2-0	98	104	−0.33	26
105	▼5	UAB	American	3-3	−0.70	0-1	0-0	0-2	3-0	101	109	−0.39	114
106	▲15	Nevada	Mountain West	2-3	−0.75	0-0	0-0	0-1	2-2	121	84	−0.13	123
107	▼5	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-4	−0.77	0-1	0-0	0-2	2-1	120	90	−0.18	104
108	▼3	Stanford	ACC	2-4	−0.78	0-3	0-1	0-0	2-0	76	129	−0.65	2
109	▼21	Temple	American	2-4	−0.78	0-0	0-0	1-2	1-2	119	96	−0.21	70
110	▲9	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-3	−0.80	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-2	88	121	−0.55	113
111	▼16	San Diego State	Pac-12	2-4	−0.87	0-2	0-1	0-1	2-0	97	122	−0.56	29
112	▲14	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-4	−0.87	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-2	116	103	−0.31	109
113	▲19	Buffalo	MAC	3-3	−0.90	0-0	0-1	1-2	2-0	100	123	−0.56	116
114	–	Delaware	CUSA	2-3	−0.91	0-0	0-0	0-3	2-0	112	116	−0.47	103
115	▲13	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-4	−0.91	0-1	0-1	0-1	2-1	109	119	−0.49	56
116	▼6	Boston College	ACC	2-3	−0.95	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-0	114	117	−0.48	112
117	▼2	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	2-3	−0.98	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-1	118	110	−0.40	134
118	▲12	Bowling Green	MAC	2-4	−1.00	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	111	124	−0.57	50
119	▼6	Rice	American	1-5	−1.11	0-1	0-1	0-3	1-0	122	115	−0.44	23
120	▲4	Utah State	Pac-12	2-4	−1.11	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-2	117	120	−0.52	54
121	▼9	New Mexico State	CUSA	2-4	−1.12	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-1	123	111	−0.41	121
122	▼5	Kent State	MAC	2-4	−1.15	0-1	0-1	0-2	2-0	113	130	−0.69	49
123	▼7	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-4	−1.18	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	127	113	−0.43	68
124	▼16	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-3	−1.20	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-1	110	132	−0.75	94
125	▼3	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	−1.21	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-2	129	108	−0.39	57
126	▼3	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-4	−1.28	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-2	130	112	−0.41	105
127	▲8	Western Kentucky	CUSA	2-4	−1.31	0-2	0-0	0-0	2-2	125	125	−0.58	74
128	▼8	Washington State	Pac-12	1-5	−1.35	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-2	133	114	−0.44	91
129	▼4	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-5	−1.35	0-0	0-0	0-2	1-3	124	127	−0.61	62
130	▼3	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-4	−1.48	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-3	131	126	−0.58	108
131	▼2	Akron	MAC	1-5	−1.51	0-1	0-0	0-2	1-2	128	131	−0.72	55
132	▼14	Missouri State	CUSA	1-4	−1.56	0-0	0-1	0-1	1-2	135	128	−0.61	126
133	▼2	Ball State	MAC	1-5	−1.60	0-2	0-1	0-0	1-2	126	133	−0.82	33
134	▼1	Sacramento State	MAC	1-5	−1.91	0-0	0-2	0-0	1-3	134	135	−0.94	93
135	▼1	UTEP	Mountain West	1-5	−1.98	0-0	0-4	0-0	1-1	132	137	−1.02	59
136	–	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-5	−2.03	0-2	0-0	0-2	0-1	136	134	−0.90	22
137	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-5	−2.27	0-1	0-0	0-2	0-2	137	136	−1.01	66
138	–	Charlotte	American	0-6	−2.47	0-1	0-2	0-0	0-3	138	138	−1.08	53