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2026 season · through Week 9 · highlighting washington and michigan-state · lower is better. G counts completed games, FCS opponents included.

Definition

This week's matchups138 of 138 FBS teams

RK
1	MIA Miami	8	8-0	ACC	60.8#1
2	PITT Pittsburgh	9	6-3	ACC	69.2#2
3	IU Indiana	9	8-1	Big Ten	75.6#3
4	IOWA Iowa	8	6-2	Big Ten	79.0#4
5	UNM New Mexico	8	7-1	Mountain West	81.6#5
6	WAKE Wake Forest	8	7-1	ACC	82.9#6
7	ND Notre Dame	8	7-1	FBS Independents	85.4#7
8	LSU LSU	8	6-2	SEC	85.6#8
9	UGA Georgia	8	7-1	SEC	86.8#9
10	UCLA UCLA	8	8-0	Big Ten	87.3#10
11	NEB Nebraska	8	5-3	Big Ten	91.1#11
12	VT Virginia Tech	8	6-2	ACC	93.4#12
13	TTU Texas Tech	8	7-1	Big 12	95.0#13
14	OSU Ohio State	8	6-2	Big Ten	95.8#14
15	M-OH Miami (OH)	8	5-3	Mid-American	97.1#15
16	MIZ Missouri	8	6-2	SEC	98.6#16
T-17	BAY Baylor	8	5-3	Big 12	99.4T-17
T-17	MICH Michigan	8	5-3	Big Ten	99.4T-17
19	BOIS Boise State	8	7-1	Pac-12	99.5#19
20	BYU BYU	8	7-1	Big 12	100.0#20
21	HOU Houston	8	6-2	Big 12	100.5#21
22	UTAH Utah	8	8-0	Big 12	101.4#22
23	WIS Wisconsin	8	5-3	Big Ten	102.0#23
24	TEX Texas	8	6-2	SEC	102.4#24
25	DUKE Duke	8	6-2	ACC	103.5#25
26	LIB Liberty	8	7-1	Conference USA	105.1#26
27	ALA Alabama	8	6-2	SEC	108.0#27
28	GASO Georgia Southern	8	4-4	Sun Belt	111.3#28
29	TCU TCU	8	4-4	Big 12	113.0#29
30	UK Kentucky	8	7-1	SEC	113.3#30
T-31	SC South Carolina	8	5-3	SEC	115.1T-31
T-31	TXST Texas State	8	4-4	Pac-12	115.1T-31
33	MSST Mississippi State	8	4-4	SEC	116.5#33
34	JMU James Madison	9	7-2	Sun Belt	116.8#34
35	NAVY Navy	8	2-6	American Athletic	121.1#35
36	TENN Tennessee	8	6-2	SEC	122.9#36
37	CLEM Clemson	8	5-3	ACC	123.0#37
38	NDSU North Dakota State	9	7-2	Mountain West	124.3#38
39	FIU Florida International	8	3-5	Conference USA	124.5#39
40	USC USC	9	7-2	Big Ten	124.8#40
41	USU Utah State	8	3-5	Pac-12	125.6#41
42	SMU SMU	8	6-2	ACC	125.9#42
43	SYR Syracuse	8	4-4	ACC	126.0#43
44	MINN Minnesota	8	5-3	Big Ten	126.1#44
45	UCF UCF	8	4-4	Big 12	126.3#45
46	UL Louisiana	8	5-3	Sun Belt	127.0#46
47	APP App State	8	5-3	Sun Belt	127.6#47
48	TOL Toledo	8	6-2	Mid-American	127.8#48
49	USF South Florida	8	6-2	American Athletic	128.3#49
50	AF Air Force	8	6-2	Mountain West	129.1#50
51	OU Oklahoma	8	4-4	SEC	129.3#51
52	ILL Illinois	8	5-3	Big Ten	129.9#52
53	NCSU NC State	8	4-4	ACC	131.0#53
54	WASH Washington	8	5-3	Big Ten	131.3#54
55	FLA Florida	8	5-3	SEC	132.8#55
56	TA&M Texas A&M	8	4-4	SEC	133.1#56
57	ORE Oregon	8	5-3	Big Ten	133.8#57
58	ASU Arizona State	8	4-4	Big 12	134.0#58
59	ARIZ Arizona	8	6-2	Big 12	134.8#59
60	OHIO Ohio	8	6-2	Mid-American	135.1#60
T-61	LT Louisiana Tech	8	6-2	Sun Belt	135.4T-61
T-61	TROY Troy	8	4-4	Sun Belt	135.4T-61
63	NMSU New Mexico State	8	3-5	Conference USA	135.6#63
64	EMU Eastern Michigan	9	4-5	Mid-American	136.4#64
65	COLO Colorado	8	3-5	Big 12	137.1#65
66	DEL Delaware	8	4-4	Conference USA	139.4#66
67	ECU East Carolina	8	4-4	American Athletic	139.9#67
68	CONN UConn	8	4-4	FBS Independents	140.1#68
69	GAST Georgia State	8	4-4	Sun Belt	140.3#69
70	LOU Louisville	8	5-3	ACC	142.3#70
71	MASS Massachusetts	8	4-4	Mid-American	142.6#71
72	ODU Old Dominion	9	2-7	Sun Belt	143.8#72
73	KENT Kent State	9	3-6	Mid-American	144.2#73
74	ORST Oregon State	8	5-3	Pac-12	146.5#74
75	NU Northwestern	8	6-2	Big Ten	146.8#75
76	MISS Ole Miss	8	6-2	SEC	148.9#76
77	WMU Western Michigan	9	6-3	Mid-American	149.2#77
78	VAN Vanderbilt	8	3-5	SEC	149.6#78
79	BUF Buffalo	8	5-3	Mid-American	149.8#79
80	BC Boston College	8	4-4	ACC	150.9#80
81	ARMY Army	8	5-3	American Athletic	152.4#81
T-82	ARK Arkansas	8	3-5	SEC	153.1T-82
T-82	MD Maryland	8	2-6	Big Ten	153.1T-82
T-82	UNC North Carolina	8	4-4	ACC	153.1T-82
85	SJSU San José State	9	4-5	Mountain West	153.7#85
86	MSU Michigan State	8	2-6	Big Ten	153.8#86
87	OKST Oklahoma State	8	5-3	Big 12	154.4#87
88	PSU Penn State	8	4-4	Big Ten	154.9#88
89	AUB Auburn	8	4-4	SEC	155.9#89
90	USA South Alabama	8	4-4	Sun Belt	156.6#90
91	KENN Kennesaw State	8	2-6	Conference USA	158.8#91
92	FRES Fresno State	8	5-3	Pac-12	159.0#92
93	ISU Iowa State	8	4-4	Big 12	159.3#93
94	CIN Cincinnati	8	5-3	Big 12	160.4#94
95	JXST Jacksonville State	8	6-2	Conference USA	160.9#95
96	UVA Virginia	9	4-5	ACC	161.0#96
97	UNT North Texas	8	6-2	American Athletic	161.3#97
98	NEV Nevada	8	3-5	Mountain West	162.0#98
99	KU Kansas	8	3-5	Big 12	164.1#99
100	MOST Missouri State	8	3-5	Conference USA	164.6#100
101	SDSU San Diego State	9	4-5	Pac-12	165.7#101
102	WVU West Virginia	8	5-3	Big 12	166.0#102
103	KSU Kansas State	8	4-4	Big 12	166.1#103
104	SAC Sacramento State	9	2-7	Mid-American	167.7#104
105	WKU Western Kentucky	8	3-5	Conference USA	171.3#105
106	HAW Hawai'i	8	2-6	Mountain West	171.9#106
107	TEM Temple	8	2-6	American Athletic	172.9#107
108	WSU Washington State	9	1-8	Pac-12	174.2#108
109	PUR Purdue	8	3-5	Big Ten	175.0#109
110	RICE Rice	8	1-7	American Athletic	175.8#110
111	FSU Florida State	8	3-5	ACC	176.5#111
112	MRSH Marshall	8	5-3	Sun Belt	177.6#112
113	CMU Central Michigan	8	3-5	Mid-American	178.9#113
114	MTSU Middle Tennessee	8	4-4	Conference USA	182.3#114
115	BALL Ball State	8	3-5	Mid-American	183.1#115
116	UTSA UTSA	8	7-1	American Athletic	183.3#116
117	CAL California	9	3-6	ACC	184.3#117
118	AKR Akron	8	1-7	Mid-American	185.6#118
119	CLT Charlotte	8	1-7	American Athletic	186.6#119
120	UTEP UTEP	8	1-7	Mountain West	186.9#120
121	MEM Memphis	9	7-2	American Athletic	187.9#121
122	WYO Wyoming	8	5-3	Mountain West	188.6#122
123	UNLV UNLV	8	5-3	Mountain West	189.8#123
124	UAB UAB	8	4-4	American Athletic	190.9#124
125	SHSU Sam Houston	8	1-7	Conference USA	191.8#125
126	CCU Coastal Carolina	8	3-5	Sun Belt	193.9#126
127	RUTG Rutgers	8	2-6	Big Ten	194.4#127
128	ARST Arkansas State	8	4-4	Sun Belt	194.9#128
129	STAN Stanford	9	4-5	ACC	199.7#129
130	TLSA Tulsa	8	4-4	American Athletic	202.0#130
131	BGSU Bowling Green	9	2-7	Mid-American	212.0#131
132	TULN Tulane	8	4-4	American Athletic	214.3#132
133	NIU Northern Illinois	8	0-8	Mountain West	218.8#133
134	GT Georgia Tech	8	2-6	ACC	219.3#134
135	ULM UL Monroe	8	1-7	Sun Belt	222.5#135
136	USM Southern Miss	8	3-5	Sun Belt	223.4#136
137	FAU Florida Atlantic	8	5-3	American Athletic	256.0#137
138	CSU Colorado State	8	3-5	Pac-12	257.6#138

Ranks among 138 FBS teams with a value. Equal values share a rank (T-5). — means not available from source and is left out of ranking.

Data: CollegeFootballData.com · Stats through Week 9. Ranks among FBS teams; games against FCS opponents count toward totals. Values not available from source show as —, never as zero.