College Football

NCAA Division I FBSWeek 9

2026 rankings

Ballots through Sun, Oct 25

BenchScout's rating is a team's average scoring margin plus the average rating of the teams it has played, solved together over the whole season. Margins are capped and home advantage is removed, so it reads as points better than an average team on a neutral floor. It is computed only from final scores in our own archive, and it is our opinion — not a poll.

#	Team	Conf	W-L	Margin	Schedule	Rating
1	15LSU	SEC	6-2	+17.4	+16	+33.5
2	10Alabama	SEC	6-2	+12.1	+18.3	+30.4
3	1Miami	ACC	7-0	+20.1	+9.8	+29.9
4	5Notre Dame	FBS Indep.	6-1	+17.5	+11.6	+29.1
5	3Georgia	SEC	6-1	+16.8	+11.5	+28.3
6	2Ohio State	Big Ten	6-1	+17.1	+10	+27.2
7	11Texas	SEC	6-1	+6.9	+18.9	+25.8
8	6Utah	Big 12	7-0	+16.3	+9	+25.3
9	7UCLA	Big Ten	7-0	+14.6	+10.3	+24.8
10	4Indiana	Big Ten	7-1	+13.5	+10.9	+24.4
11	12Ole Miss	SEC	5-2	+7.4	+16.9	+24.3
12	16Tennessee	SEC	6-2	+12	+11.9	+23.9
13	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-2	+15.6	+8.3	+23.9
14	20Northwestern	Big Ten	6-1	+15.1	+8.7	+23.9
15	18CougarsHouston	Big 12	6-2	+9.4	+14.3	+23.7
16	8BYU	Big 12	6-1	+10	+13.3	+23.3
17	9Kentucky	SEC	7-1	+7.6	+15.4	+23.1
18	22Arizona	Big 12	6-1	+17.4	+5.6	+23
19	20Boise StBoise State	Pac-12	6-1	+13.7	+8.3	+22
20	13Texas Tech	Big 12	6-1	+13.6	+8.1	+21.6
21	25Wisconsin	Big Ten	5-2	+8.8	+12.3	+21.1
22	23Missouri	SEC	5-2	+9.3	+11.3	+20.6
23	14Wake Forest	ACC	6-1	+12.3	+8.2	+20.5
24	24Oklahoma StOklahoma State	Big 12	5-2	+10.4	+9.9	+20.3
25	Louisville	ACC	4-3	+8.1	+11.6	+19.8
26	17Florida	SEC	5-2	+5.3	+14.4	+19.7
27	Oregon	Big Ten	4-3	+3.9	+14.9	+18.8
28	South Carolina	SEC	4-3	+4.7	+13.9	+18.6
29	Texas A&M	SEC	4-4	+4.1	+13.7	+17.8
30	Mississippi StMississippi State	SEC	4-3	+0.5	+16.3	+16.8
31	UCF	Big 12	4-3	+3.6	+13.1	+16.7
32	Oregon StOregon State	Pac-12	5-2	+12.5	+3.8	+16.3
33	Liberty	CUSA	6-1	+14.9	+1.5	+16.3
34	James Madison	Sun Belt	7-1	+15.1	+1.1	+16.2
35	Florida StFlorida State	ACC	3-4	+2.6	+13.4	+16.1
36	Auburn	SEC	4-3	-1	+16.6	+15.6
37	Oklahoma	SEC	3-4	+0.1	+15.4	+15.5
38	Baylor	Big 12	4-3	+8.5	+6.6	+15.1
39	USC	Big Ten	6-2	+5.6	+9.4	+15
40	19SMU	ACC	6-1	+9.6	+5.2	+14.8
41	North Carolina	ACC	4-3	+3.1	+11.3	+14.5
42	Penn State	Big Ten	3-4	+4.6	+9.6	+14.2
43	TCU	Big 12	3-4	+4.3	+9.7	+14
44	New Mexico	Mountain West	6-1	+15.2	-1.5	+13.8
45	PittPittsburgh	ACC	5-3	+4.1	+9.6	+13.7
46	Purdue	Big Ten	3-4	+0.2	+13	+13.3
47	N Dakota StNorth Dakota State	Mountain West	6-2	+13.6	-0.6	+13
48	Cincinnati	Big 12	5-2	+4.4	+8.5	+12.9
49	Duke	ACC	4-2	+9.8	+2.9	+12.7
50	Clemson	ACC	4-3	+0.6	+11.9	+12.5