2026 Rankingsthrough Week 3

SeasonWhen

The FanBoardHQ CFP ranking switches on as soon as every Week 3 game is actually played. Until then, rank by Efficiency or Strength of Record instead.

The Associated Press Top 25, as voted by the media panel.

Conference

#	Team	Conf	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Overall record	Eff	SOR	SOS	AP	Efficiency vs. AP
1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+25.2	1.14	100	—	—
2	Ohio State	Big Ten	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+25.1	0.86	7	—	—
3	Texas	SEC	1-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+24.2	1.73	8	—	—
4	Texas A&M	SEC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+23.1	1.24	71	—	—
5	Indiana	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+23.0	1.17	88	—	—
6	Alabama	SEC	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+22.6	1.31	57	—	—
7	Miami-FL	ACC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+22.5	1.07	123	—	—
8	USC	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	+22.1	1.13	103	—	—
9	Georgia	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+19.0	1.01	138	—	—
10	Utah	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+18.7	1.06	125	—	—
11	Kansas State	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+18.3	1.12	104	—	—
12	Florida	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+17.8	1.06	124	—	—
13	LSU	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+17.8	1.21	78	—	—
14	Tennessee	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+17.4	1.11	111	—	—
15	Oklahoma	SEC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+16.9	0.74	30	—	—
16	Penn State	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+16.7	1.16	90	—	—
17	Michigan	Big Ten	1-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	+15.3	1.77	5	—	—
18	Mississippi State	SEC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+15.2	1.14	96	—	—
19	BYU	Big 12	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+14.5	1.21	76	—	—
20	SMU	ACC	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+14.3	1.27	67	—	—
21	Missouri	SEC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+13.3	1.13	101	—	—
22	Virginia	ACC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+13.2	1.17	87	—	—
23	Auburn	SEC	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+13.0	1.35	50	—	—
24	Oregon	Big Ten	0-0	1-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	+13.0	0.70	38	—	—
25	Ole Miss	SEC	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+12.2	1.22	73	—	—
26	Houston	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+11.6	1.08	118	—	—
27	Pittsburgh	ACC	0-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	+11.5	1.23	72	—	—
28	Iowa	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+10.7	1.15	92	—	—
29	Texas Tech	Big 12	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+10.7	1.13	102	—	—
30	Nebraska	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+10.3	1.05	126	—	—
31	UCLA	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+9.7	1.29	61	—	—
32	Boise State	Pac-12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+9.3	0.79	19	—	—
33	Washington	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+8.6	1.19	84	—	—
34	Vanderbilt	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+8.5	1.11	107	—	—
35	Arizona	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+8.3	0.73	33	—	—
36	Virginia Tech	ACC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+7.7	1.04	129	—	—
37	Baylor	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+7.7	0.68	48	—	—
38	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+7.1	0.73	32	—	—
39	South Carolina	SEC	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+7.1	1.02	135	—	—
40	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0-0	0-0	0-0	3-0	3-0	+6.9	1.12	105	—	—
41	Wake Forest	ACC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+6.6	1.22	74	—	—
42	UTSA	American Athletic	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+6.2	1.12	106	—	—
43	South Florida	American Athletic	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+6.1	1.31	55	—	—
44	Duke	ACC	0-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	2-0	+5.9	1.40	37	—	—
45	Illinois	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	+5.9	0.60	77	—	—
46	Maryland	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+5.9	1.07	122	—	—
47	Arizona State	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.8	0.83	12	—	—
48	Louisville	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.8	0.67	53	—	—
49	Florida State	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.8	0.68	47	—	—
50	UCF	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.8	0.69	42	—	—
51	Northwestern	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	+5.7	1.08	119	—	—
52	North Texas	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.3	0.88	6	—	—
53	NC State	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+5.3	0.71	34	—	—
54	Michigan State	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+5.0	1.17	89	—	—
55	Kentucky	SEC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+4.7	0.78	23	—	—
56	Army	American Athletic	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	+4.5	0.59	83	—	—
57	Cincinnati	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+3.9	1.03	132	—	—
58	Toledo	Mid-American	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	+3.8	0.62	69	—	—
59	TCU	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	+3.7	0.58	91	—	—
60	Iowa State	Big 12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	+3.0	0.68	45	—	—
61	New Mexico	Mountain West	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	+2.6	1.01	136	—	—
62	North Carolina	ACC	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	2-0	+1.5	1.19	82	—	—
63	Washington State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-2	+0.8	0.00	1	—	—
64	San Diego State	Pac-12	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	+0.8	0.67	51	—	—
65	Purdue	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-0.2	0.60	80	—	—
66	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-1.1	0.76	26	—	—
67	Syracuse	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-2	-1.1	0.44	56	—	—
68	Clemson	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-1.4	0.80	18	—	—
69	West Virginia	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-1.9	1.04	131	—	—
70	California	ACC	0-0	0-1	1-0	0-0	1-1	-1.9	0.74	31	—	—
71	Memphis	American Athletic	0-0	0-1	0-0	2-0	2-1	-2.1	0.87	58	—	—
72	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-2.1	0.82	15	—	—
73	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-2.3	0.82	16	—	—
74	Tulane	American Athletic	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-2.3	0.68	46	—	—
75	James Madison	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-2.8	1.03	133	—	—
76	Minnesota	Big Ten	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-2.8	0.67	52	—	—
77	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-2.9	1.04	130	—	—
78	Kansas	Big 12	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-2.9	0.65	60	—	—
79	Fresno State	Pac-12	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-3.1	0.82	14	—	—
80	Tulsa	American Athletic	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-3.3	1.11	108	—	—
81	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	-3.4	0.42	70	—	—
82	Colorado	Big 12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-3.4	1.10	112	—	—
83	Delaware	Conference USA	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-3.5	0.66	54	—	—
84	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-1	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-2	-3.6	0.00	3	—	—
85	Appalachian State	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-3.9	1.08	117	—	—
86	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-4.4	0.71	35	—	—
87	Temple	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-4.6	0.70	40	—	—
88	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0-0	1-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	-5.1	0.76	27	—	—
89	Texas State	Pac-12	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-2	-5.3	0.00	2	—	—
90	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-5.6	0.57	99	—	—
91	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-5.6	0.82	17	—	—
92	Utah State	Pac-12	0-0	0-1	0-0	0-1	0-2	-6.0	0.00	49	—	—
93	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-6.1	0.00	25	—	—
94	Arkansas	SEC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-6.2	0.78	24	—	—
95	Air Force	Mountain West	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-6.4	0.60	81	—	—
96	Miami-OH	Mid-American	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-6.6	0.69	43	—	—
97	Colorado State	Pac-12	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-6.7	1.01	137	—	—
98	Missouri State	Conference USA	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-7.6	0.83	13	—	—
99	Ohio	Mid-American	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-8.0	0.75	29	—	—
100	FIU	Conference USA	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-8.0	0.64	63	—	—
101	Navy	American Athletic	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-8.5	0.55	109	—	—
102	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-8.8	0.00	4	—	—
103	Marshall	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-9.2	0.79	20	—	—
104	UNLV	Mountain West	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	-9.3	0.43	65	—	—
105	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-9.5	0.65	59	—	—
106	UConn	FBS Independents	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-9.5	0.59	86	—	—
107	Akron	Mid-American	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-9.6	0.64	64	—	—
108	Stanford	ACC	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-10.0	0.78	21	—	—
109	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-10.0	0.57	97	—	—
110	Troy	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-10.2	1.02	134	—	—
111	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-10.5	0.54	121	—	—
112	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-10.7	0.57	95	—	—
113	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-10.8	0.58	94	—	—
114	Nevada	Mountain West	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-11.3	0.52	127	—	—
115	Boston College	ACC	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-12.7	0.63	68	—	—
116	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-2	1-2	-13.2	0.36	115	—	—
117	Liberty	Conference USA	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-13.5	0.57	98	—	—
118	Rice	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-13.6	0.85	9	—	—
119	UAB	American Athletic	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-13.8	0.64	66	—	—
120	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	-14.6	0.40	79	—	—
121	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0-0	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-0	-14.6	1.04	128	—	—
122	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0-2	-14.8	0.00	120	—	—
123	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0-0	0-0	0-0	0-2	0-2	-14.9	0.00	93	—	—
124	San José State	Mountain West	0-1	0-0	0-0	2-0	2-1	-15.2	0.92	41	—	—
125	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-15.5	0.54	116	—	—
126	Ball State	Mid-American	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-15.9	0.85	11	—	—
127	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-1	1-2	-17.2	0.39	85	—	—
128	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-0	1-1	-17.4	0.61	75	—	—
129	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-17.9	0.00	36	—	—
130	Buffalo	Mid-American	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-18.3	0.54	114	—	—
131	Kent State	Mid-American	0-0	0-1	0-0	1-0	1-1	-18.5	0.65	62	—	—
132	Wyoming	Mountain West	0-0	0-0	0-0	1-1	1-1	-19.2	0.55	113	—	—
133	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-20.2	0.00	10	—	—
134	ULM	Sun Belt	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-21.0	0.00	22	—	—
135	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0-0	0-0	0-1	1-1	1-2	-21.9	0.37	110	—	—
136	UTEP	Mountain West	0-1	0-0	0-0	1-0	1-1	-22.6	0.75	28	—	—
137	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-25.3	0.00	39	—	—
138	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-1	0-0	0-0	0-1	0-2	-26.7	0.00	44	—	—

138 FBS teams · Q1–Q4 = record vs. opponents in each quadrant (by opponent rank + game location) · Eff = expected margin vs. an average FBS team · SOR > 1.0 = outperforming a top-25 team’s expected results · over/under compared to the AP Top 25

Conference rankings — 2026

Each conference scored by its members' average Efficiency rank (the CFP ranking switches on once Week 3 is fully played). Avg O/U is the mean over/under across the conference’s ranked teams. Tap a column to re-sort.

	Conference	Teams
1	SEC	16	24.1	16.5	12	—
2	Big Ten	18	40.3	32.0	6	—
3	Big 12	16	47.3	48.5	3	—
4	ACC	17	54.7	49.0	3	—
5	FBS Independents	2	53.5	53.5	1	—
6	Pac-12	8	75.0	81.5	0	—
7	American Athletic	14	83.8	83.5	0	—
8	Sun Belt	14	95.6	96.5	0	—
9	Conference USA	10	109.1	114.0	0	—
9	Mountain West	10	105.1	115.0	0	—
11	Mid-American	13	110.3	126.0	0	—