CollegeOctober 26, 2026

Week 8: Every FBS Team Ranked

All 138 teams through Week 8. Opponent-adjusted efficiency does the heavy lifting, with per-play production and the betting market as seasoning. No polls.

An Ohio State player in a scarlet No. 4 jersey and silver helmet shouts in celebration, a scarlet-clad crowd blurred behind him.

Every team that plays FBS football, ranked one through 138, through the Week 8 games of Oct. 20–25.

What the number means

The rating is roughly how many points per game a team projects to beat an average FBS opponent by. Ohio State at +28.3 would be about a four-touchdown favorite against that average team; Sacramento State at −26.4 would lose by nearly the same. The gap between any two teams is a rough spread: Ohio State (+28.3) against Clemson (+2.0) comes out around twenty-six.

Three ingredients go into one number. An opponent-adjusted efficiency rating does nearly all of the work, because it is the only one of the three that accounts for who a team has actually played. Raw per-play production and the betting market are in there to catch what the adjusted rating misses, but they are seasoning, not the meal.

No poll touches any of this. Not the AP, not the coaches. How the three ingredients are weighted against each other is a judgment call, and it is ours — we are not publishing the dial settings.

Off and Def are national ranks, one to 138, not ratings. Off 1 is the best offense in the country, Def 1 the best defense. They come from the on-field blend only, with no market component, because odds do not split by side of the ball. They show where a rating comes from — Oklahoma is 31st overall behind the No. 6 defense despite the 94th offense, while Ole Miss has the eighth-best offense in the country and sits 17th because the defense ranks 51st.

Season Eff is each team's plain national rank in points per play, offense minus defense, over the whole season through Week 8. It does not feed the rating; it sits beside it so you can see where the two disagree. Four of our top five are in the top four in season efficiency, and LSU is seventh. The middle is where they split: Texas is 8th in the rating and 70th in season efficiency, Ole Miss 17th and 60th, USC 22nd and 60th, Oregon 16th and 33rd.

All 138


1	Ohio State	+28.3	4	1	3
2	Georgia	+27.1	2	5	4
3	Notre Dame	+25.8	3	7	1
4	Miami	+25.1	1	19	2
5	LSU	+24.9	5	4	7
6	Indiana	+24.3	14	2	4
7	Alabama	+21.0	7	15	14
8	Texas	+18.9	27	8	70
9	Utah	+18.0	11	21	8
10	Texas Tech	+17.1	13	23	25
11	Tennessee	+16.9	21	16	21
12	BYU	+16.0	19	22	20
13	Arizona	+15.2	15	24	12
14	UCLA	+14.8	41	11	4
15	Nebraska	+14.6	34	18	15
16	Oregon	+14.4	31	14	33
17	Ole Miss	+14.3	8	51	60
18	Northwestern	+13.6	26	26	9
19	Missouri	+12.9	43	20	49
20	Wake Forest	+12.6	22	35	10
21	SMU	+12.6	17	32	28
22	USC	+12.3	10	44	60
23	Houston	+11.8	9	50	33
24	Oklahoma State	+11.2	12	53	43
25	Iowa	+10.9	66	10	53
26	Florida	+10.9	23	49	31
27	Boise State	+10.8	16	47	12
28	Kentucky	+10.4	29	39	36
29	Louisville	+10.2	6	63	23
30	Liberty	+10.0	54	31	21
31	Oklahoma	+9.5	94	6	53
32	James Madison	+9.4	30	36	15
33	Washington	+9.1	50	29	36
34	Michigan	+9.0	89	3	39
35	South Carolina	+8.8	28	48	65
36	Penn State	+8.3	56	30	72
37	New Mexico	+8.2	68	17	10
38	Wisconsin	+8.1	91	9	26
39	Texas A&M	+7.4	51	33	67
40	North Dakota State	+7.0	82	13	26
41	Virginia Tech	+7.0	39	40	39
42	TCU	+6.9	83	12	29
43	Baylor	+6.8	60	27	31
44	Kansas State	+6.6	39	45	57
45	Pittsburgh	+6.1	48	38	42
46	Oregon State	+5.7	35	57	18
47	Duke	+5.6	47	42	24
48	Florida State	+5.5	33	80	80
49	Virginia	+5.2	67	37	53
50	Memphis	+5.2	25	71	49
51	UTSA	+5.2	37	84	49
52	Auburn	+5.0	73	34	77
53	Cincinnati	+5.0	18	81	47
54	Toledo	+4.9	55	60	17
55	Illinois	+4.7	36	72	94
56	Mississippi State	+3.6	38	73	82
57	Fresno State	+3.2	80	46	68
58	UCF	+3.0	61	43	59
59	Louisiana	+3.0	65	66	36
60	Minnesota	+2.1	97	28	73
61	North Carolina	+2.1	75	41	68
62	Kansas	+2.1	59	56	43
63	Clemson	+2.0	100	25	104
64	Air Force	+1.9	62	77	39
65	UConn	+1.6	49	86	33
66	South Florida	+1.3	71	52	49
67	North Texas	+1.1	20	114	18
68	Texas State	+0.8	23	110	46
69	Arizona State	+0.4	74	54	93
70	Army	+0.3	42	101	48
71	Ohio	+0.1	88	65	62
72	Jacksonville State	0.0	78	83	64
73	UNLV	−0.2	84	79	86
74	Western Michigan	−0.4	99	67	73
75	Louisiana Tech	−1.0	85	69	30
76	Tulsa	−1.1	63	90	57
77	Purdue	−1.5	46	107	100
78	West Virginia	−1.7	32	121	103
79	Miami (OH)	−1.7	96	78	76
80	NC State	−1.8	45	109	82
81	Navy	−2.1	52	102	75
82	Arkansas	−2.3	64	91	116
83	Maryland	−2.3	77	92	108
84	Vanderbilt	−2.5	72	94	113
85	Florida Atlantic	−2.5	44	125	104
86	Iowa State	−2.5	95	62	95
87	Boston College	−2.6	92	55	71
88	Georgia Tech	−2.9	58	100	109
89	Syracuse	−3.2	81	82	86
90	App State	−3.5	87	95	62
91	Nevada	−3.7	107	58	95
92	Georgia Southern	−4.2	86	88	65
93	East Carolina	−4.4	105	68	84
94	Michigan State	−4.6	101	74	127
95	Arkansas State	−4.8	79	113	77
96	Colorado	−5.0	103	70	98
97	Rutgers	−6.0	57	126	123
98	Wyoming	−6.1	118	61	89
99	Temple	−6.3	76	119	88
100	Hawai'i	−7.1	112	96	118
101	Florida International	−7.4	120	59	81
102	Georgia State	−7.4	69	124	43
103	Troy	−7.4	112	89	92
104	Tulane	−8.1	110	85	99
105	Marshall	−8.2	90	127	121
106	Colorado State	−8.2	53	132	104
107	Delaware	−8.9	98	123	91
108	Utah State	−9.0	124	64	111
109	California	−9.1	104	105	130
110	Coastal Carolina	−9.3	93	118	89
111	San Diego State	−9.4	106	111	127
112	South Alabama	−9.9	70	133	104
113	San José State	−9.9	125	75	77
114	UAB	−10.1	109	99	85
115	Buffalo	−10.2	126	87	102
116	Massachusetts	−10.8	115	93	53
117	Kennesaw State	−11.0	121	104	109
118	Western Kentucky	−11.5	117	103	113
119	Old Dominion	−11.8	136	76	132
120	Stanford	−11.8	102	116	130
121	New Mexico State	−12.0	123	98	95
122	Eastern Michigan	−12.9	122	112	119
123	Washington State	−13.4	128	97	123
124	Central Michigan	−13.5	129	108	112
125	Rice	−14.0	114	115	117
126	Middle Tennessee	−14.4	116	122	100
127	Southern Miss	−15.6	108	128	119
128	Missouri State	−15.9	111	129	127
129	Sam Houston	−17.1	133	106	113
130	Bowling Green	−17.9	127	117	121
131	Ball State	−19.2	119	131	126
132	Kent State	−20.4	135	120	133
133	Akron	−22.4	131	135	125
134	UL Monroe	−23.3	132	134	135
135	UTEP	−24.1	137	130	138
136	Northern Illinois	−24.4	134	136	137
137	Charlotte	−25.1	130	138	136
138	Sacramento State	−26.4	138	137	134

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