CollegeNovember 3, 2026

Week 9: Every FBS Team Ranked

All 138 teams through Week 9. Opponent-adjusted efficiency does the heavy lifting, with per-play production and the betting market as seasoning. No polls.

USC players in cardinal and gold celebrate in the end zone, No. 19 holding the ball and pointing a finger skyward.

Every team that plays FBS football, ranked one through 138, through the Week 9 games of Oct. 27–Nov. 1.

What the number means

The rating is roughly how many points per game a team projects to beat an average FBS opponent by. Georgia at +27.8 would be about a four-touchdown favorite against that average team; Charlotte at −25.7 would lose by nearly the same. The gap between any two teams is a rough spread: Georgia (+27.8) against Clemson (+1.3) comes out around twenty-six and a half.

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 — Michigan is 33rd overall behind the No. 4 defense despite the 90th offense, while Louisville has the third-best offense in the country and sits 24th because the defense ranks 58th.

Season Eff is each team's plain national rank in points per play, offense minus defense, over the whole season through Week 9. Teams that tie share a rank. It does not feed the rating; it sits beside it so you can see where the two disagree. All of our top five are in the top eight in season efficiency. The middle is where they split: Texas is 8th in the rating and 54th in season efficiency, Ole Miss 13th and 49th, USC 21st and 57th, Oregon 16th and 45th. UCLA goes the other way, 10th in the rating and first in season efficiency.

All 138


1	Georgia	+27.8	4	2	8
2	Notre Dame	+25.7	2	9	2
3	Ohio State	+25.6	8	3	7
4	LSU	+24.6	5	5	3
5	Miami	+24.5	1	25	3
6	Indiana	+22.6	26	1	3
7	Alabama	+20.9	10	17	10
8	Texas	+20.7	27	6	54
9	Utah	+19.6	7	22	11
10	UCLA	+17.2	36	7	1
11	Tennessee	+17.0	23	18	21
12	Texas Tech	+16.9	12	23	27
13	Ole Miss	+16.5	6	39	49
14	BYU	+15.8	25	20	25
15	Wake Forest	+15.7	16	29	6
16	Oregon	+14.3	28	19	45
17	Nebraska	+14.3	44	11	20
18	Missouri	+14.0	39	14	36
19	Arizona	+13.9	18	30	16
20	Liberty	+13.8	42	24	11
21	USC	+13.5	11	40	57
22	Iowa	+12.9	59	8	43
23	Northwestern	+12.6	24	32	13
24	Louisville	+12.4	3	58	13
25	SMU	+12.1	21	37	27
26	Houston	+11.1	13	48	31
27	Oklahoma State	+10.7	9	71	51
28	Boise State	+10.7	14	56	18
29	South Carolina	+10.4	20	43	57
30	Kentucky	+10.3	29	38	32
31	Baylor	+9.3	51	21	23
32	New Mexico	+9.2	65	10	13
33	Michigan	+9.1	90	4	32
34	Penn State	+9.1	53	27	54
35	James Madison	+8.9	34	33	18
36	Washington	+8.7	58	26	41
37	Florida	+8.7	33	46	32
38	North Dakota State	+8.2	76	12	23
39	Duke	+8.1	38	36	9
40	Texas A&M	+7.5	49	34	64
41	Pittsburgh	+7.2	48	35	41
42	Memphis	+6.9	17	70	40
43	TCU	+6.7	86	13	27
44	Virginia Tech	+6.6	37	41	36
45	Oklahoma	+6.5	98	15	66
46	Wisconsin	+5.6	99	16	36
47	Kansas State	+5.3	41	49	64
48	Fresno State	+5.1	61	45	63
49	UTSA	+4.8	35	85	45
50	Toledo	+4.7	55	60	16
51	Florida State	+4.7	30	84	80
52	Illinois	+4.5	42	64	81
53	Oregon State	+4.2	32	67	26
54	Cincinnati	+2.8	22	100	60
55	Jacksonville State	+2.8	66	65	43
56	Louisiana	+2.6	63	66	32
57	Air Force	+2.3	57	83	45
58	North Carolina	+2.3	56	52	66
59	North Texas	+2.2	15	119	21
60	South Florida	+2.1	69	42	51
61	Auburn	+2.0	83	44	81
62	Minnesota	+1.3	101	28	84
63	Kansas	+1.3	68	50	60
64	Clemson	+1.2	97	31	101
65	Mississippi State	+1.2	50	74	94
66	Western Michigan	+1.2	94	51	70
67	Virginia	+1.1	81	47	74
68	Texas State	+0.9	19	110	57
69	UConn	+0.8	47	97	39
70	Louisiana Tech	+0.4	77	61	27
71	UNLV	0.0	79	80	78
72	Ohio	0.0	89	63	60
73	UCF	−0.2	78	57	74
74	NC State	−0.2	46	98	69
75	Arizona State	−0.3	73	54	89
76	Tulsa	−1.7	64	88	51
77	Miami (OH)	−1.8	93	78	72
78	Army	−1.9	40	114	66
79	Vanderbilt	−2.3	67	90	114
80	West Virginia	−2.5	31	124	102
81	Iowa State	−2.7	75	82	96
82	Georgia Southern	−2.8	91	69	54
83	Maryland	−3.2	84	87	111
84	Purdue	−3.3	52	107	108
85	Florida Atlantic	−3.4	45	129	107
86	Syracuse	−3.4	71	89	89
87	East Carolina	−3.7	105	55	74
88	App State	−3.9	95	81	70
89	Navy	−4.3	54	113	81
90	Arkansas	−4.6	82	92	124
91	Colorado	−4.8	96	73	94
92	Michigan State	−4.8	100	75	129
93	Arkansas State	−5.0	80	111	74
94	Nevada	−5.4	111	59	106
95	Georgia Tech	−5.7	70	103	104
96	Boston College	−6.1	104	72	97
97	Wyoming	−6.4	119	62	86
98	Utah State	−7.0	120	53	97
99	Marshall	−7.1	92	121	115
100	Temple	−7.1	88	115	88
101	Delaware	−7.2	85	120	78
102	Hawai'i	−7.2	112	95	118
103	Troy	−7.4	115	79	92
104	Rutgers	−7.5	62	127	126
105	Coastal Carolina	−7.7	87	112	86
106	Tulane	−7.8	106	91	89
107	Georgia State	−7.8	72	123	45
108	Kennesaw State	−8.3	110	99	93
109	San Diego State	−9.1	103	105	120
110	San José State	−9.9	126	68	73
111	Buffalo	−10.3	124	86	99
112	Colorado State	−10.4	60	136	104
113	Florida International	−10.5	123	76	99
114	South Alabama	−10.8	74	133	108
115	UAB	−10.9	118	93	84
116	Massachusetts	−11.3	114	93	49
117	California	−11.7	108	106	132
118	Old Dominion	−12.2	135	77	129
119	Eastern Michigan	−12.8	122	108	120
120	Western Kentucky	−13.3	116	109	118
121	Missouri State	−13.4	109	122	122
122	Central Michigan	−13.4	129	104	111
123	Washington State	−13.8	128	96	126
124	New Mexico State	−13.9	127	101	103
125	Southern Miss	−14.0	107	125	108
126	Stanford	−14.1	102	128	134
127	Rice	−14.3	113	118	117
128	Middle Tennessee	−15.9	117	126	113
129	Bowling Green	−18.0	130	117	122
130	Sam Houston	−18.1	134	102	115
131	Ball State	−19.2	121	131	126
132	Kent State	−20.7	136	116	133
133	Akron	−22.4	131	135	125
134	Sacramento State	−22.9	137	130	129
135	UL Monroe	−23.8	132	134	135
136	Northern Illinois	−25.2	133	137	137
137	UTEP	−25.5	138	132	138
138	Charlotte	−25.7	125	138	135

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