Season

2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 7 · games through Oct 17, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 7 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–16
Neutral: 1–23
Away: 1–30

Quadrant 2

Home: 17–33
Neutral: 24–44
Away: 31–60

Quadrant 3

Home: 34–64
Neutral: 45–78
Away: 61–86

Quadrant 4

Home: 65+
Neutral: 79+
Away: 87+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	▲3	Miami	ACC	6-0	+2.01	1-0	1-0	0-0	4-0	1	4	+0.89	85
2	▼1	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	6-1	+1.97	0-1	2-0	1-0	3-0	6	1	+1.07	16
3	▲4	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	+1.84	2-1	0-0	0-0	4-0	7	2	+0.97	19
4	▲2	UCLA	Big Ten	6-0	+1.77	1-0	1-0	0-0	4-0	3	10	+0.73	23
5	▼3	Alabama	SEC	5-2	+1.67	1-2	1-0	1-0	2-0	16	3	+0.94	2
6	▲2	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-0	+1.64	2-0	0-0	0-0	4-0	4	12	+0.63	73
7	▲8	BYU	Big 12	6-0	+1.62	1-0	2-0	1-0	2-0	2	19	+0.55	62
8	▼3	Indiana	Big Ten	6-1	+1.59	1-1	1-0	1-0	3-0	13	5	+0.86	39
9	▲3	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	+1.52	0-1	1-0	2-0	3-0	12	8	+0.75	31
10	▼7	Georgia	SEC	6-1	+1.51	1-0	0-1	2-0	3-0	14	6	+0.79	60
11	▼1	Houston	Big 12	6-1	+1.49	0-1	3-0	2-0	1-0	9	11	+0.67	34
12	▲1	James Madison	Sun Belt	7-0	+1.49	0-0	0-0	2-0	5-0	5	16	+0.60	127
13	▲1	Utah	Big 12	6-0	+1.41	0-0	0-0	1-0	5-0	10	14	+0.61	108
14	▲8	LSU	SEC	5-2	+1.40	0-2	0-0	4-0	1-0	19	9	+0.75	20
15	▲12	Ole Miss	SEC	5-1	+1.32	1-1	1-0	1-0	2-0	11	17	+0.57	10
16	▲10	Tennessee	SEC	6-1	+1.32	1-0	1-1	1-0	3-0	15	13	+0.61	49
17	▼8	Texas	SEC	4-2	+1.25	2-0	0-2	1-0	1-0	20	15	+0.61	1
18	▲3	Kentucky	SEC	6-1	+1.21	1-1	3-0	0-0	2-0	8	29	+0.39	6
19	▼1	USC	Big Ten	6-1	+1.16	0-0	1-1	2-0	3-0	24	18	+0.56	17
20	▼4	Boise State	Pac-12	5-1	+1.13	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	18	24	+0.49	36
21	▲2	Oregon	Big Ten	4-2	+1.12	1-1	2-1	0-0	1-0	22	22	+0.51	8
22	▼11	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	+1.12	0-2	0-0	2-0	3-0	38	7	+0.77	45
23	▲9	Florida	SEC	5-2	+1.09	3-1	0-0	0-1	2-0	17	26	+0.45	9
24	–	North Dakota State	Mountain West	6-1	+1.02	0-0	1-0	0-1	5-0	28	20	+0.53	117
25	▼5	Northwestern	Big Ten	5-1	+1.01	0-1	0-0	2-0	3-0	30	21	+0.53	57
26	▲2	Arizona	Big 12	5-1	+0.99	0-1	0-0	2-0	3-0	23	28	+0.40	88
27	▲3	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	+0.97	0-1	1-0	2-0	2-0	21	31	+0.37	64
28	▼11	Missouri	SEC	5-2	+0.84	0-1	1-1	1-0	3-0	29	30	+0.37	41
29	▲4	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-2	+0.84	0-2	0-0	0-0	5-0	37	23	+0.49	78
30	▲12	Auburn	SEC	4-2	+0.82	1-1	1-1	0-0	2-0	27	34	+0.32	5
31	▼6	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-2	+0.76	0-2	1-0	0-0	3-0	34	27	+0.41	35
32	▲2	New Mexico	Mountain West	5-1	+0.70	0-0	0-1	0-0	5-0	45	25	+0.47	136
33	▲4	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-2	+0.70	0-1	1-0	2-1	1-0	33	35	+0.31	53
34	▼15	Mississippi State	SEC	4-2	+0.66	0-2	2-0	1-0	1-0	26	53	+0.15	7
35	▲6	North Carolina	ACC	4-2	+0.65	0-1	2-1	1-0	1-0	31	48	+0.19	13
36	▼5	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-2	+0.58	0-0	1-0	1-1	3-1	47	32	+0.36	92
37	▲10	Air Force	Mountain West	5-1	+0.58	0-0	0-1	0-0	5-0	39	41	+0.28	120
38	▲1	UTSA	American	6-1	+0.56	0-1	0-0	2-0	4-0	25	66	+0.04	87
39	▼1	Liberty	CUSA	5-1	+0.56	0-1	0-0	0-0	5-0	36	45	+0.23	130
40	▼11	Memphis	American	5-2	+0.54	0-1	0-0	1-1	4-0	43	38	+0.29	96
41	▲3	Michigan	Big Ten	4-2	+0.53	0-0	0-1	3-1	1-0	40	44	+0.23	21
42	▼7	Oklahoma	SEC	3-3	+0.50	1-1	1-2	0-0	1-0	41	47	+0.21	4
43	▼3	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	+0.49	1-1	0-1	0-1	2-0	48	40	+0.28	43
44	▼8	Baylor	Big 12	4-2	+0.45	0-0	0-1	1-1	3-0	51	42	+0.27	79
45	▲11	Louisville	ACC	4-3	+0.43	0-2	0-0	1-1	3-0	58	37	+0.30	38
46	▲3	Texas A&M	SEC	4-3	+0.43	0-2	0-1	0-0	4-0	57	39	+0.29	54
47	▲12	SMU	ACC	5-1	+0.42	0-0	0-1	1-0	4-0	35	59	+0.09	98
48	▲19	Army	American	4-2	+0.41	0-0	0-0	0-2	4-0	62	36	+0.30	80
49	▲2	North Texas	American	4-2	+0.37	0-1	0-0	1-1	3-0	50	50	+0.18	75
50	▲10	Western Michigan	MAC	5-2	+0.33	0-0	0-2	0-0	5-0	42	61	+0.08	94
51	▲4	Clemson	ACC	4-2	+0.32	0-2	0-0	1-0	3-0	32	85	−0.12	26
52	–	UCF	Big 12	3-3	+0.31	0-1	0-2	1-0	2-0	65	46	+0.23	30
53	▲24	TCU	Big 12	3-3	+0.30	0-1	1-2	0-0	2-0	66	43	+0.23	42
54	▼11	Duke	ACC	4-2	+0.30	0-0	0-0	1-1	3-1	59	49	+0.19	105
55	▲13	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-2	+0.28	0-1	0-0	0-1	5-0	55	57	+0.12	89
56	▲5	Kansas State	Big 12	4-2	+0.26	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-0	61	54	+0.15	90
57	▼11	Penn State	Big Ten	3-4	+0.25	0-1	0-3	0-0	3-0	79	33	+0.32	15
58	▲6	Ohio	MAC	5-2	+0.25	0-1	0-0	0-1	5-0	46	63	+0.06	115
59	▲6	South Florida	American	5-2	+0.25	0-0	1-1	0-0	4-1	56	56	+0.13	111
60	▼7	Virginia Tech	ACC	5-2	+0.25	0-0	0-0	0-1	5-1	64	51	+0.17	133
61	▼13	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-2	+0.20	0-1	0-0	1-1	3-0	49	68	+0.02	68
62	–	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	+0.19	0-3	0-0	0-0	3-0	60	60	+0.09	27
63	▼18	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-3	+0.16	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-1	76	52	+0.17	71
64	▲7	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	4-2	+0.15	0-1	0-1	2-0	2-0	44	75	−0.05	102
65	▲11	Toledo	MAC	5-2	+0.11	0-0	0-0	0-1	5-1	74	58	+0.11	131
66	▼16	UNLV	Mountain West	4-3	+0.10	0-0	1-2	0-1	3-0	63	70	+0.01	33
67	▲2	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-2	+0.08	0-1	0-0	1-1	3-0	54	80	−0.08	95
68	▼5	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	+0.05	0-0	0-0	2-2	2-0	52	84	−0.12	103
69	▲4	Jacksonville State	CUSA	5-2	+0.04	0-1	0-1	0-0	5-0	53	83	−0.11	99
70	▼12	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-2	+0.01	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-0	77	64	+0.05	129
71	▼1	Florida State	ACC	3-4	−0.00	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-0	85	55	+0.13	29
72	▲19	Tulane	American	3-3	−0.02	0-0	0-3	1-0	2-0	70	72	−0.03	22
73	▲20	Texas State	Pac-12	3-3	−0.04	0-1	0-0	1-1	2-1	71	74	−0.03	52
74	▼8	Virginia	ACC	4-3	−0.07	0-0	0-1	0-2	4-0	86	62	+0.07	97
75	▲17	Washington	Big Ten	4-3	−0.09	0-1	0-1	1-0	3-1	72	77	−0.07	81
76	▲7	West Virginia	Big 12	4-3	−0.09	0-0	0-2	2-1	2-0	68	82	−0.11	55
77	▲7	Tulsa	American	4-3	−0.09	0-0	1-0	0-2	3-1	87	65	+0.05	109
78	▼24	Florida Atlantic	American	4-2	−0.13	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-0	67	91	−0.16	124
79	▼7	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3	−0.16	0-1	0-0	1-1	2-1	84	73	−0.03	59
80	▼23	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	−0.17	0-3	0-0	1-0	2-1	69	92	−0.17	11
81	▲1	NC State	ACC	3-3	−0.24	0-1	0-0	1-1	2-1	80	88	−0.12	58
82	▲21	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	−0.26	0-3	0-1	0-0	3-0	73	95	−0.23	14
83	▲13	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-4	−0.27	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-0	81	90	−0.15	51
84	▼9	Florida International	CUSA	3-3	−0.27	0-0	0-1	0-2	3-0	93	79	−0.08	113
85	▼6	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-5	−0.30	0-1	0-3	0-0	2-1	99	71	−0.02	3
86	▲3	Miami (OH)	MAC	4-3	−0.37	0-0	0-1	0-1	4-1	100	78	−0.07	122
87	▼6	Kansas	Big 12	2-4	−0.37	0-1	0-2	0-0	2-1	107	67	+0.02	69
88	▼14	Arizona State	Big 12	3-3	−0.39	0-1	0-1	0-1	3-0	90	94	−0.21	65
89	▲1	Navy	American	2-4	−0.40	0-0	0-2	0-1	2-1	102	76	−0.05	93
90	▲9	App State	Sun Belt	4-2	−0.42	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-1	94	93	−0.20	137
91	▼5	Colorado	Big 12	2-4	−0.42	0-3	0-1	0-0	2-0	89	97	−0.25	12
92	▼14	California	ACC	3-4	−0.45	0-2	0-0	1-2	2-0	78	106	−0.35	46
93	▼13	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-4	−0.49	0-3	0-0	0-0	3-1	88	103	−0.32	25
94	▲11	UAB	American	4-3	−0.50	0-0	0-2	0-1	4-0	92	101	−0.30	118
95	▲16	San Diego State	Pac-12	3-4	−0.51	0-3	0-0	1-1	2-0	75	114	−0.46	18
96	▲20	Boston College	ACC	3-3	−0.51	0-0	0-1	1-2	2-0	82	107	−0.36	86
97	▲3	San José State	Mountain West	4-3	−0.53	0-1	0-0	0-1	4-1	97	100	−0.29	121
98	▲9	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	3-4	−0.55	0-0	0-3	0-0	3-1	109	87	−0.12	112
99	▼11	Massachusetts	MAC	4-3	−0.57	0-0	0-0	0-0	4-3	112	81	−0.09	138
100	▼6	UConn	FBS Indep.	3-3	−0.59	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-2	122	69	+0.01	135
101	▼3	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-4	−0.62	0-1	0-1	1-0	1-2	104	96	−0.25	50
102	▼15	Syracuse	ACC	2-4	−0.63	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-1	115	86	−0.12	91
103	▼18	East Carolina	American	3-3	−0.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	3-2	101	104	−0.34	123
104	▲2	Nevada	Mountain West	2-4	−0.70	0-1	0-0	0-1	2-2	119	89	−0.14	84
105	▲8	Buffalo	MAC	4-3	−0.70	0-0	0-1	1-2	3-0	91	119	−0.50	114
106	▼9	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-4	−0.74	0-1	0-2	0-1	2-0	98	112	−0.44	37
107	▲3	Wyoming	Mountain West	4-3	−0.74	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-2	96	117	−0.49	132
108	▼13	Troy	Sun Belt	3-3	−0.74	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-1	110	99	−0.29	128
109	▼1	Stanford	ACC	3-4	−0.78	0-3	0-1	0-0	3-0	83	128	−0.62	24
110	▼9	Central Michigan	MAC	3-4	−0.80	0-1	0-2	0-1	3-0	95	123	−0.55	48
111	▲14	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-4	−0.83	0-1	0-1	0-0	2-2	113	102	−0.31	74
112	▲5	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	3-3	−0.85	0-0	0-0	0-1	3-2	108	110	−0.42	134
113	▼11	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4-4	−0.90	0-0	0-1	0-1	4-2	106	115	−0.48	119
114	▼10	Maryland	Big Ten	2-5	−0.96	0-3	0-0	0-1	2-1	118	108	−0.40	44
115	▼3	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-5	−1.01	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-3	123	105	−0.35	110
116	▲11	Western Kentucky	CUSA	3-4	−1.03	0-2	0-0	0-0	3-2	114	118	−0.49	104
117	▼8	Temple	American	2-5	−1.04	0-0	1-0	0-3	1-2	126	98	−0.28	82
118	▲3	New Mexico State	CUSA	2-4	−1.09	0-0	0-1	0-2	2-1	124	109	−0.41	126
119	▲1	Utah State	Pac-12	2-4	−1.10	0-2	0-0	0-1	2-1	117	120	−0.53	61
120	▼6	Delaware	CUSA	2-4	−1.11	0-0	0-0	0-2	2-2	121	116	−0.49	116
121	▼6	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-5	−1.11	0-1	0-1	0-1	2-2	116	121	−0.55	70
122	▲2	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-3	−1.15	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-1	103	130	−0.75	100
123	▼5	Bowling Green	MAC	2-5	−1.18	0-1	0-0	1-2	1-2	120	125	−0.57	76
124	▼2	Kent State	MAC	2-5	−1.22	0-1	0-3	0-1	2-0	105	131	−0.78	40
125	▲7	Missouri State	CUSA	2-4	−1.28	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-2	125	124	−0.57	125
126	▲2	Washington State	Pac-12	1-6	−1.31	0-1	0-2	0-2	1-1	129	113	−0.45	66
127	▲6	Ball State	MAC	2-5	−1.34	0-2	0-1	0-0	2-2	111	132	−0.83	47
128	▼9	Rice	American	1-6	−1.38	0-1	0-0	0-3	1-2	127	126	−0.59	32
129	▼3	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-5	−1.38	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-4	133	111	−0.42	106
130	▼1	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-6	−1.40	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-5	128	127	−0.61	56
131	▼8	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-5	−1.48	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-3	131	122	−0.55	83
132	▼2	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-5	−1.67	0-1	0-0	0-1	1-3	136	129	−0.62	107
133	▼2	Akron	MAC	1-6	−1.83	0-1	0-0	0-2	1-3	132	133	−0.87	77
134	▲4	Charlotte	American	1-6	−1.87	0-1	0-1	0-2	1-2	130	134	−0.94	63
135	▲1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-6	−2.11	0-2	0-0	0-2	0-2	137	135	−0.97	28
136	▼1	UTEP	Mountain West	1-6	−2.12	0-0	0-4	0-0	1-2	134	136	−1.10	72
137	▼3	Sacramento State	MAC	1-6	−2.20	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-3	135	137	−1.12	101
138	▼1	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-6	−2.35	0-0	0-1	0-2	0-3	138	138	−1.15	67