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RankTeamConferenceOur ratingSP+FPIvs SP+vs FPIQA
1Notre DameFBS Indep.23.225.825.9-2.6-2.7OK
2Texas TechBig 1221.123.120.0-2.0+1.1OK
3Ohio StateBig Ten21.031.828.7-10.8-7.7OK
4GeorgiaSEC20.525.524.8-5.0-4.3OK
5OregonBig Ten20.228.325.3-8.1-5.1OK
6IndianaBig Ten20.124.523.1-4.4-3.0OK
7Texas A&MSEC19.020.320.0-1.3-1.0OK
8TexasSEC17.823.726.9-5.9-9.1OK
9Ole MissSEC17.215.916.0+1.3+1.2OK
10OklahomaSEC16.417.217.8-0.8-1.4OK
11USCBig Ten14.316.817.0-2.5-2.7OK
12BYUBig 1213.715.513.1-1.8+0.6OK
13TennesseeSEC13.616.015.1-2.4-1.5OK
14MiamiACC13.321.021.8-7.7-8.5OK
15WashingtonBig Ten12.914.59.9-1.6+3.0OK
16LSUSEC11.820.220.0-8.4-8.2OK
17SMUACC11.310.911.1+0.4+0.2OK
18MichiganBig Ten10.616.115.9-5.5-5.3OK
19UtahBig 1210.511.98.5-1.4+2.0OK
20NebraskaBig Ten10.57.78.8+2.8+1.7OK
21HoustonBig 1210.08.27.1+1.8+2.9OK
22South CarolinaSEC10.012.111.7-2.1-1.7OK
23VanderbiltSEC10.010.09.0-0.0+1.0OK
24AlabamaSEC9.818.220.1-8.4-10.3OK
25FloridaSEC9.614.913.6-5.3-4.0OK
26Penn StateBig Ten9.415.713.7-6.3-4.3OK
27ArizonaBig 129.210.27.2-1.0+2.0OK
28LouisvilleACC8.811.09.5-2.2-0.7OK
29ClemsonACC8.812.813.4-4.0-4.6OK
30VirginiaACC8.16.67.9+1.5+0.2OK
31AuburnSEC8.111.212.0-3.1-3.9OK
32IowaBig Ten7.713.610.6-5.9-2.9OK
33MarylandBig Ten7.53.81.0+3.7+6.5OK
34MissouriSEC7.514.812.2-7.3-4.7OK
35IllinoisBig Ten6.29.36.3-3.1-0.1OK
36Florida StateACC5.88.89.3-3.0-3.5OK
37San Diego StatePac-125.8-1.31.4+7.1+4.4OK
38PittsburghACC5.56.56.6-1.0-1.1OK
39MinnesotaBig Ten5.55.20.6+0.3+4.9OK
40ArkansasSEC5.45.04.4+0.4+1.0OK
41TCUBig 125.49.16.4-3.7-1.0OK
42NorthwesternBig Ten5.14.61.4+0.5+3.7OK
43Kansas StateBig 124.410.45.1-6.0-0.7OK
44NavyAmerican4.11.1-0.7+3.0+4.8OK
45Boise StatePac-124.06.84.0-2.8+0.0OK
46Virginia TechACC3.79.47.4-5.7-3.7OK
47Georgia TechACC3.66.04.2-2.4-0.6OK
48Mississippi StateSEC3.53.94.1-0.4-0.6OK
49KansasBig 123.53.72.8-0.2+0.7OK
50UTSAAmerican3.5-1.5-5.3+5.0+8.8OK
51NC StateACC2.94.93.7-2.0-0.8OK
52Texas StatePac-122.7-5.9-4.3+8.6+7.0OK
53New MexicoMountain West2.4-0.5-3.5+2.9+5.9OK
54Wake ForestACC2.43.63.4-1.2-1.0OK
55Air ForceMountain West2.4-2.4-6.8+4.8+9.2OK
56South FloridaAmerican2.3-2.8-0.9+5.1+3.2OK
57UCLABig Ten2.35.10.5-2.8+1.8OK
58UCFBig 122.32.32.1-0.0+0.2OK
59Arizona StateBig 122.26.44.8-4.2-2.6OK
60CaliforniaACC2.03.70.9-1.7+1.1OK
61Fresno StatePac-121.9-2.3-2.5+4.2+4.4OK
62CincinnatiBig 121.94.54.4-2.6-2.5OK
63WisconsinBig Ten1.51.84.8-0.3-3.3OK
64DukeACC1.15.73.5-4.6-2.4OK
65North Dakota StateMountain West0.7-1.4-8.3+2.1+9.0OK
66East CarolinaAmerican0.4-2.0-0.6+2.4+1.0OK
67TulaneAmerican0.2-5.52.3+5.7-2.1OK
68BaylorBig 120.14.56.5-4.4-6.4OK
69KentuckySEC-0.33.85.4-4.1-5.7OK
70UNLVMountain West-0.42.81.8-3.2-2.2OK
71PurdueBig Ten-0.5-2.9-0.9+2.4+0.4OK
72Louisiana TechSun Belt-0.5-8.3-9.6+7.8+9.1OK
73Florida AtlanticAmerican-0.5-7.1-11.3+6.6+10.8OK
74MemphisAmerican-0.6-1.1-1.9+0.5+1.3OK
75North TexasAmerican-1.2-11.8-6.4+10.6+5.2OK
76RutgersBig Ten-1.21.8-0.2-3.0-1.0OK
77StanfordACC-1.4-1.9-3.3+0.5+1.9OK
78Western MichiganMAC-1.5-7.2-4.0+5.7+2.5OK
79Miami (OH)MAC-2.0-2.9-7.0+0.9+5.0OK
80TulsaAmerican-2.2-7.6-9.0+5.4+6.8OK
81Washington StatePac-12-2.2-5.3-4.1+3.1+1.9OK
82Old DominionSun Belt-2.3-5.8-4.4+3.5+2.1OK
83HawaiiMountain West-2.4-3.9-2.4+1.5+0.0OK
84TempleAmerican-2.7-8.7-8.6+6.0+5.9OK
85James MadisonSun Belt-2.7-2.1-2.0-0.6-0.7OK
86Iowa StateBig 12-2.81.0-0.9-3.8-1.9OK
87Jacksonville StateCUSA-2.9-7.7-8.5+4.8+5.6OK
88SyracuseACC-3.0-0.7-0.8-2.3-2.2OK
89ColoradoBig 12-3.00.94.5-3.9-7.5OK
90LibertyCUSA-3.2-6.4-7.7+3.2+4.5OK
91MarshallSun Belt-3.4-6.4-8.8+3.0+5.4OK
92Utah StatePac-12-3.5-7.7-6.7+4.2+3.2OK
93ToledoMAC-3.8-11.5-3.0+7.7-0.8OK
94West VirginiaBig 12-3.80.80.2-4.6-4.0OK
95Michigan StateBig Ten-4.50.40.3-4.9-4.8OK
96Eastern MichiganMAC-4.5-15.0-16.3+10.5+11.8OK
97Arkansas StateSun Belt-4.9-8.5-9.2+3.6+4.3OK
98ArmyAmerican-5.3-3.0-5.6-2.3+0.3OK
99Boston CollegeACC-5.7-1.5-2.7-4.2-3.0OK
100DelawareCUSA-5.8-13.0-6.6+7.2+0.8OK
101LouisianaSun Belt-5.8-9.1-8.3+3.3+2.5OK
102ConnecticutFBS Indep.-6.2-11.2-11.2+5.0+5.0OK
103North CarolinaACC-6.43.84.9-10.2-11.3OK
104Western KentuckyCUSA-6.5-5.3-4.9-1.2-1.6OK
105Oklahoma StateBig 12-6.97.13.3-14.0-10.2OK
106Kennesaw StateCUSA-7.2-9.3-9.0+2.1+1.8OK
107TroySun Belt-7.3-6.0-7.4-1.3+0.1OK
108Central MichiganMAC-7.7-12.4-12.8+4.7+5.1OK
109FIUCUSA-7.8-13.7-12.6+5.9+4.8OK
110Georgia SouthernSun Belt-8.3-8.9-8.7+0.6+0.4OK
111Oregon StatePac-12-9.6-6.3-8.1-3.3-1.5OK
112OhioMAC-9.7-13.6-8.0+3.9-1.7OK
113South AlabamaSun Belt-9.9-13.3-10.5+3.4+0.6OK
114NevadaMountain West-10.2-12.2-11.9+2.0+1.7OK
115New Mexico StateCUSA-11.1-16.4-15.7+5.3+4.6OK
116WyomingMountain West-11.3-9.6-13.1-1.7+1.8OK
117AkronMAC-11.4-19.5-16.9+8.1+5.5OK
118Colorado StatePac-12-11.6-8.3-12.4-3.3+0.8OK
119Coastal CarolinaSun Belt-11.9-13.8-12.1+1.9+0.2OK
120BuffaloMAC-12.1-11.9-10.8-0.2-1.3OK
121Appalachian StateSun Belt-12.2-12.1-9.8-0.1-2.4OK
122Northern IllinoisMountain West-12.8-18.2-14.5+5.4+1.7OK
123RiceAmerican-12.8-14.7-13.4+1.9+0.6OK
124Missouri StateCUSA-13.1-18.7-10.3+5.6-2.8OK
125Bowling GreenMAC-13.1-13.3-13.7+0.2+0.6OK
126Kent StateMAC-13.2-20.1-17.9+6.9+4.7OK
127UL MonroeSun Belt-13.4-24.3-19.3+10.9+5.9OK
128Southern MissSun Belt-14.5-23.3-5.1+8.8-9.4OK
129Middle TennesseeCUSA-14.7-26.0-16.1+11.3+1.4OK
130UABAmerican-15.6-18.1-15.5+2.5-0.1OK
131UTEPMountain West-15.9-20.5-16.6+4.6+0.7OK
132Georgia StateSun Belt-17.5-25.1-15.2+7.6-2.3OK
133Sam HoustonCUSA-17.6-26.3-18.4+8.7+0.8OK
134San Jose StateMountain West-17.8-15.5-14.3-2.3-3.5OK
135CharlotteAmerican-18.7-32.4-14.6+13.7-4.1OK
136Ball StateMAC-19.0-25.2-17.3+6.2-1.7OK
137Sacramento StateMAC-21.1-22.7-10.4+1.6-10.7OK
138MassachusettsMAC-23.5-30.9-18.8+7.4-4.7OK

Source: The August Angle 2026 CFB Power Rankings workbook · Data snapshot July 29, 2026 · One rating point represents approximately one point on a neutral-field projected spread.

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