Season

2026 GRID Rankings

Through Week 8 · games through Oct 24, 2026

Past week: rankings as they stood after week 8 games. See the latest 2026 rankings

Quadrant 1

Home: 1–14
Neutral: 1–24
Away: 1–32

Quadrant 2

Home: 15–37
Neutral: 25–46
Away: 33–58

Quadrant 3

Home: 38–62
Neutral: 47–76
Away: 59–91

Quadrant 4

Home: 63+
Neutral: 77+
Away: 92+

GRID	+/−	Team	Conf	Rec	Score	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Res	Eff	Adj PPD	SOS
1	–	Miami	ACC	7-0	+2.17	1-0	0-0	2-0	4-0	1	2	+1.00	75
2	–	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	6-1	+1.92	1-1	1-0	1-0	3-0	7	1	+1.08	21
3	–	Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	+1.91	1-1	1-0	1-0	3-0	5	3	+1.00	14
4	–	UCLA	Big Ten	7-0	+1.80	1-0	1-0	0-0	5-0	2	10	+0.74	33
5	▲3	Indiana	Big Ten	7-1	+1.74	1-1	2-0	1-0	3-0	6	5	+0.89	30
6	▼1	Alabama	SEC	6-2	+1.73	1-2	2-0	1-0	2-0	11	4	+0.97	3
7	▲7	LSU	SEC	6-2	+1.58	0-2	1-0	3-0	2-0	13	6	+0.86	22
8	▲5	Utah	Big 12	7-0	+1.58	1-0	0-0	1-0	5-0	3	14	+0.62	89
9	–	Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	+1.55	0-1	1-0	2-0	3-0	8	9	+0.75	35
10	–	Georgia	SEC	6-1	+1.51	1-0	1-0	1-1	3-0	12	7	+0.78	72
11	▲6	Texas	SEC	5-2	+1.43	2-0	2-2	0-0	1-0	10	11	+0.65	1
12	▲6	Kentucky	SEC	7-1	+1.37	2-1	2-0	0-0	3-0	4	26	+0.46	8
13	▼2	Houston	Big 12	6-2	+1.32	0-2	2-0	3-0	1-0	17	12	+0.64	26
14	▼7	BYU	Big 12	6-1	+1.28	1-0	1-1	1-0	3-0	9	23	+0.50	45
15	▼9	Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	+1.25	1-0	1-1	0-0	4-0	14	17	+0.55	66
16	▲10	Arizona	Big 12	6-1	+1.23	0-1	0-0	2-0	4-0	16	19	+0.54	87
17	▼2	Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	+1.21	1-2	2-0	0-0	2-0	18	18	+0.55	7
18	▲7	Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	+1.17	0-1	0-0	2-0	4-0	22	13	+0.62	62
19	▲1	Boise State	Pac-12	6-1	+1.15	0-1	1-0	2-0	3-0	20	16	+0.56	67
20	▼4	Tennessee	SEC	6-2	+1.10	1-1	0-1	2-0	3-0	23	15	+0.57	53
21	▲2	Florida	SEC	5-2	+1.10	1-1	2-1	0-0	2-0	19	27	+0.45	9
22	–	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	+1.10	0-2	0-0	2-0	3-0	40	8	+0.76	52
23	▼11	James Madison	Sun Belt	7-1	+1.06	0-0	1-0	1-1	5-0	21	22	+0.51	126
24	▲7	Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	+1.04	0-2	2-0	0-0	3-0	25	20	+0.53	27
25	▲7	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-1	+0.99	0-1	1-0	0-0	5-0	28	21	+0.52	132
26	▲7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	+0.84	0-1	1-0	2-1	2-0	32	29	+0.43	65
27	▲11	UTSA	American	7-1	+0.84	0-1	0-0	3-0	4-0	15	50	+0.16	79
28	▼4	North Dakota State	Mountain West	6-2	+0.83	0-1	0-0	1-1	5-0	38	24	+0.49	104
29	▼10	USC	Big Ten	6-2	+0.82	0-1	1-1	0-0	5-0	33	28	+0.43	20
30	▼2	Missouri	SEC	5-2	+0.81	0-1	1-1	2-0	2-0	26	32	+0.35	48
31	▼10	Oregon	Big Ten	4-3	+0.81	1-2	2-0	0-1	1-0	34	30	+0.41	11
32	▲10	Oklahoma	SEC	4-3	+0.80	1-2	2-1	0-0	1-0	24	37	+0.29	4
33	▼4	Oregon State	Pac-12	5-2	+0.76	0-1	0-1	0-0	5-0	45	25	+0.48	95
34	▼7	Iowa	Big Ten	5-2	+0.72	0-1	1-0	1-1	3-0	31	35	+0.31	70
35	▲12	SMU	ACC	6-1	+0.71	0-0	0-1	1-0	5-0	27	44	+0.26	96
36	▲7	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	+0.69	1-2	1-0	0-1	2-0	35	36	+0.31	28
37	▲2	Liberty	CUSA	6-1	+0.69	0-1	0-0	0-0	6-0	37	31	+0.35	135
38	▲23	Cincinnati	Big 12	5-2	+0.55	0-1	1-0	0-1	4-0	29	61	+0.10	37
39	▼3	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-3	+0.55	0-1	1-0	1-2	3-0	43	41	+0.27	50
40	▼6	Mississippi State	SEC	4-3	+0.55	0-2	2-1	1-0	1-0	30	56	+0.12	5
41	▲11	UCF	Big 12	4-3	+0.53	1-2	0-1	0-0	3-0	46	39	+0.28	24
42	▲7	North Texas	American	5-2	+0.53	0-1	0-0	1-1	4-0	44	43	+0.26	81
43	▼3	Memphis	American	6-2	+0.53	0-1	0-0	1-1	5-0	42	45	+0.25	102
44	▼14	Auburn	SEC	4-3	+0.52	1-2	0-1	1-0	2-0	36	48	+0.19	6
45	–	Louisville	ACC	4-3	+0.50	0-2	1-0	1-1	2-0	55	34	+0.32	36
46	▲2	Army	American	5-2	+0.48	0-0	0-1	1-1	4-0	52	40	+0.27	85
47	▼6	Michigan	Big Ten	4-3	+0.44	0-1	1-1	2-1	1-0	48	46	+0.21	10
48	▲6	Duke	ACC	5-2	+0.42	0-0	0-0	2-1	3-1	49	47	+0.20	101
49	▲11	Virginia Tech	ACC	6-2	+0.42	0-0	0-0	2-1	4-1	41	54	+0.14	130
50	▼4	Texas A&M	SEC	4-4	+0.39	0-4	0-0	0-0	4-0	60	38	+0.28	32
51	▼16	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	+0.35	0-1	2-0	1-1	1-1	53	52	+0.16	23
52	▲5	Penn State	Big Ten	3-4	+0.30	0-1	0-3	0-0	3-0	78	33	+0.34	13
53	▲11	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	5-2	+0.29	0-1	0-1	1-0	4-0	50	63	+0.08	113
54	▲4	Ohio	MAC	6-2	+0.27	0-1	0-0	0-1	6-0	51	66	+0.07	122
55	▲4	South Florida	American	5-2	+0.27	0-1	1-0	0-0	4-1	57	59	+0.12	117
56	▼12	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	+0.26	0-0	0-1	2-1	2-1	73	42	+0.27	77
57	▲8	Toledo	MAC	6-2	+0.23	0-0	0-0	1-1	5-1	58	55	+0.12	121
58	▼8	Western Michigan	MAC	5-3	+0.22	0-0	0-3	0-0	5-0	59	58	+0.12	80
59	▲20	Illinois	Big Ten	4-3	+0.20	0-1	1-0	1-1	2-1	61	62	+0.10	39
60	▲8	Minnesota	Big Ten	5-2	+0.20	0-0	1-0	2-2	2-0	39	78	−0.10	92
61	▼24	Air Force	Mountain West	5-2	+0.18	0-0	0-1	0-0	5-1	66	60	+0.11	124
62	▲14	West Virginia	Big 12	5-3	+0.12	0-0	0-2	3-1	2-0	54	75	−0.06	51
63	▼12	Clemson	ACC	4-3	+0.10	0-2	0-0	1-1	3-0	47	81	−0.11	25
64	▲9	Texas State	Pac-12	4-3	+0.07	0-1	0-1	1-0	3-1	64	70	+0.00	58
65	▼9	Kansas State	Big 12	4-3	+0.07	0-1	0-1	0-1	4-0	72	64	+0.07	86
66	▲5	Florida State	ACC	3-4	+0.06	0-2	0-2	0-0	3-0	82	51	+0.16	31
67	▼14	TCU	Big 12	3-4	+0.05	0-1	1-1	0-2	2-0	86	49	+0.18	46
68	▼2	UNLV	Mountain West	4-3	+0.05	0-0	1-1	0-2	3-0	67	71	−0.01	42
69	▼6	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-3	+0.04	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-1	84	53	+0.14	90
70	▼1	Jacksonville State	CUSA	5-2	+0.01	0-1	0-1	0-0	5-0	56	82	−0.13	107
71	▼9	Iowa State	Big 12	3-4	−0.01	0-3	0-1	1-0	2-0	68	74	−0.05	19
72	▼17	Louisiana	Sun Belt	5-3	−0.07	0-1	0-1	0-0	5-1	81	68	+0.04	108
73	▲7	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	−0.10	0-3	0-0	2-0	1-1	65	90	−0.16	12
74	–	Virginia	ACC	4-4	−0.10	0-0	0-1	0-3	4-0	92	67	+0.06	74
75	▲3	Florida Atlantic	American	5-2	−0.11	0-1	0-1	0-0	5-0	62	93	−0.18	127
76	▲14	App State	Sun Belt	5-2	−0.13	0-0	1-0	0-1	4-1	70	87	−0.14	136
77	▲10	Kansas	Big 12	3-4	−0.14	0-1	0-1	1-1	2-1	91	69	+0.02	56
78	▲18	Boston College	ACC	4-3	−0.14	0-0	0-2	1-1	3-0	63	95	−0.20	88
79	▼4	Washington	Big Ten	4-3	−0.14	0-1	0-1	1-1	3-0	76	76	−0.09	97
80	▼13	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-3	−0.16	0-1	0-0	1-1	3-1	71	89	−0.15	93
81	▲7	Arizona State	Big 12	4-3	−0.18	0-1	0-1	0-1	4-0	74	86	−0.14	63
82	▼5	Tulsa	American	4-4	−0.21	0-0	1-0	0-3	3-1	101	65	+0.07	106
83	▼11	Tulane	American	3-4	−0.21	0-0	0-3	1-1	2-0	75	92	−0.16	16
84	▲2	Miami (OH)	MAC	5-3	−0.22	0-0	0-2	0-0	5-1	83	79	−0.10	120
85	▲15	UConn	FBS Indep.	4-3	−0.26	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-2	108	57	+0.12	133
86	▼1	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-6	−0.27	0-3	0-2	1-1	1-0	98	73	−0.04	2
87	▼17	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-3	−0.29	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-1	99	72	−0.01	134
88	▼6	Arkansas	SEC	3-4	−0.31	0-2	0-2	0-0	3-0	77	96	−0.24	18
89	▲13	Syracuse	ACC	3-4	−0.33	0-0	1-1	1-2	1-1	97	77	−0.10	76
90	▼9	NC State	ACC	3-4	−0.33	0-1	0-0	1-1	2-2	90	91	−0.16	57
91	▼8	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	3-4	−0.35	0-1	0-1	0-2	3-0	95	88	−0.15	68
92	▼8	Florida International	CUSA	3-4	−0.47	0-0	0-1	0-2	3-1	102	83	−0.14	111
93	▲5	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4-4	−0.47	0-0	0-1	0-2	4-1	103	84	−0.14	116
94	▲13	Wyoming	Mountain West	5-3	−0.48	0-1	0-0	1-0	4-2	80	103	−0.36	128
95	▼1	UAB	American	4-3	−0.49	0-0	0-1	0-2	4-0	94	99	−0.29	115
96	▲16	Middle Tennessee	CUSA	4-3	−0.50	0-0	0-0	0-2	4-1	88	101	−0.34	129
97	▲7	Nevada	Mountain West	3-4	−0.51	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-2	110	80	−0.10	94
98	▲8	Colorado State	Pac-12	3-4	−0.52	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-0	85	108	−0.39	43
99	▲10	Stanford	ACC	4-4	−0.58	0-3	0-1	0-0	4-0	69	124	−0.57	29
100	▼7	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-5	−0.59	0-2	0-2	0-0	3-1	96	106	−0.38	17
101	▼9	California	ACC	3-5	−0.60	0-2	0-1	2-1	1-1	79	115	−0.49	40
102	▼13	Navy	American	2-5	−0.62	0-1	0-0	0-3	2-1	114	85	−0.14	82
103	▲2	Buffalo	MAC	5-3	−0.64	0-0	1-1	0-1	4-1	89	114	−0.46	125
104	▼1	East Carolina	American	3-4	−0.67	0-1	0-1	0-0	3-2	107	98	−0.29	100
105	▼14	Colorado	Big 12	2-5	−0.68	0-3	0-2	0-0	2-0	100	105	−0.38	15
106	▼11	San Diego State	Pac-12	3-5	−0.69	0-1	0-3	0-0	3-1	93	117	−0.49	34
107	▼10	San José State	Mountain West	4-4	−0.71	0-1	0-0	0-0	4-3	105	102	−0.34	123
108	▼9	Massachusetts	MAC	4-4	−0.77	0-0	0-0	0-1	4-3	119	94	−0.19	138
109	▲13	Marshall	Sun Belt	4-3	−0.85	0-1	0-1	0-0	4-1	87	130	−0.66	98
110	▲10	Delaware	CUSA	3-4	−0.87	0-0	0-1	0-1	3-2	113	107	−0.39	118
111	▼1	Central Michigan	MAC	3-5	−0.89	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-1	106	120	−0.51	47
112	▲2	Maryland	Big Ten	2-5	−0.90	0-3	0-0	1-1	1-1	115	110	−0.40	41
113	▼12	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-5	−0.90	0-0	0-2	1-0	1-3	111	111	−0.43	54
114	▲1	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-5	−0.92	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-3	120	100	−0.32	105
115	▼4	Rutgers	Big Ten	2-5	−0.93	0-2	0-1	0-1	2-1	117	109	−0.40	44
116	▲2	New Mexico State	CUSA	3-4	−0.94	0-0	0-1	0-1	3-2	118	104	−0.37	131
117	▼4	Eastern Michigan	MAC	4-5	−0.98	0-1	0-1	0-2	4-1	112	118	−0.50	112
118	▼1	Temple	American	2-5	−1.00	0-0	1-1	0-2	1-2	125	97	−0.28	84
119	▼3	Western Kentucky	CUSA	3-4	−1.02	0-2	0-0	0-0	3-2	116	116	−0.49	110
120	▲4	Kent State	MAC	3-5	−1.08	0-1	0-3	0-1	3-0	104	131	−0.70	59
121	▲9	Hawai'i	Mountain West	2-6	−1.12	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-4	123	112	−0.45	73
122	▲5	Ball State	MAC	3-5	−1.17	0-2	0-1	0-1	3-1	109	132	−0.74	71
123	▼15	Troy	Sun Belt	3-4	−1.20	0-1	0-0	0-1	3-2	126	113	−0.45	137
124	▼5	Utah State	Pac-12	2-5	−1.25	0-2	0-0	0-2	2-1	124	121	−0.54	60
125	▼2	Bowling Green	MAC	2-6	−1.27	0-1	0-0	1-2	1-3	122	127	−0.62	78
126	▼5	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-6	−1.30	0-0	0-3	1-1	1-2	121	129	−0.66	69
127	▲5	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	2-5	−1.33	0-0	0-1	0-1	2-3	127	125	−0.57	109
128	▼3	Missouri State	CUSA	2-5	−1.43	0-0	0-2	0-0	2-3	128	128	−0.63	119
129	▼1	Rice	American	1-7	−1.45	0-1	0-1	0-3	1-2	130	122	−0.56	38
130	▼4	Washington State	Pac-12	1-7	−1.46	0-0	0-3	0-2	1-2	132	119	−0.51	49
131	▼2	Kennesaw State	CUSA	1-6	−1.62	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-4	135	123	−0.56	99
132	▼1	Sam Houston	CUSA	1-6	−1.72	0-1	0-1	0-0	1-4	136	126	−0.59	103
133	▲1	Charlotte	American	1-6	−1.88	0-1	0-1	0-2	1-2	131	134	−0.94	64
134	▲4	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	1-6	−1.90	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-3	129	135	−0.99	83
135	▼2	Akron	MAC	1-7	−1.98	0-1	0-0	0-2	1-4	134	133	−0.93	91
136	–	UTEP	Mountain West	1-6	−2.09	0-2	0-2	0-0	1-2	133	136	−1.09	61
137	–	Sacramento State	MAC	1-7	−2.38	0-0	0-1	0-2	1-4	137	138	−1.20	114
138	▼3	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-7	−2.46	0-1	0-1	0-2	0-3	138	137	−1.13	55