College football

RankSlate rankings

Preseason: the final 2025 RankSlate football rating, regressed toward the average, until the season kicks off in late August · 138 FBS and 127 FCS teams ranked · updated 2026-08-02

FBS

Rank	Team	Conference
1	Indiana	Big Ten
2	Ohio State	Big Ten
3	Oregon	Big Ten
4	Notre Dame	FBS Indep.
5	Miami	ACC
6	Texas Tech	Big 12
7	Georgia	SEC
8	Utah	Big 12
9	Ole Miss	SEC
10	BYU	Big 12
11	USC	Big Ten
12	Texas A&M	SEC
13	Vanderbilt	SEC
14	Washington	Big Ten
15	Alabama	SEC
16	Oklahoma	SEC
17	Texas	SEC
18	Iowa	Big Ten
19	James Madison	Sun Belt
20	SMU	ACC
21	Penn State	Big Ten
22	Arizona	Big 12
23	TCU	Big 12
24	North Texas	American
25	Virginia	ACC
26	South Florida	American
27	Louisville	ACC
28	Michigan	Big Ten
29	North Dakota State	Mountain West
30	Illinois	Big Ten
31	Pittsburgh	ACC
32	Tennessee	SEC
33	Iowa State	Big 12
34	Houston	Big 12
35	Kansas State	Big 12
36	Tulane	American
37	Old Dominion	Sun Belt
38	Washington State	Pac-12
39	Missouri	SEC
40	LSU	SEC
41	Duke	ACC
42	Arizona State	Big 12
43	NC State	ACC
44	Georgia Tech	ACC
45	East Carolina	American
46	Auburn	SEC
47	San Diego State	Pac-12
48	Clemson	ACC
49	Boise State	Pac-12
50	Wake Forest	ACC
51	Navy	American
52	Toledo	MAC
53	Florida State	ACC
54	Memphis	American
55	UTSA	American
56	Northwestern	Big Ten
57	New Mexico	Mountain West
58	Kentucky	SEC
59	Army	American
60	South Carolina	SEC
61	Cincinnati	Big 12
62	Florida	SEC
63	Western Michigan	MAC
64	UNLV	Mountain West
65	Kansas	Big 12
66	Minnesota	Big Ten
67	Texas State	Pac-12
68	Hawai'i	Mountain West
69	Wisconsin	Big Ten
70	Arkansas	SEC
71	Rutgers	Big Ten
72	Nebraska	Big Ten
73	Ohio	MAC
74	Kennesaw State	CUSA
75	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt
76	Baylor	Big 12
77	Michigan State	Big Ten
78	Mississippi State	SEC
79	Western Kentucky	CUSA
80	Fresno State	Pac-12
81	UConn	FBS Indep.
82	UCLA	Big Ten
83	West Virginia	Big 12
84	California	ACC
85	Utah State	Pac-12
86	Colorado	Big 12
87	Marshall	Sun Belt
88	Maryland	Big Ten
89	Stanford	ACC
90	Purdue	Big Ten
91	UCF	Big 12
92	Troy	Sun Belt
93	Miami (OH)	MAC
94	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt
95	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt
96	Southern Miss	Sun Belt
97	Sacramento State	MAC
98	North Carolina	ACC
99	Temple	American
100	Central Michigan	MAC
101	Missouri State	CUSA
102	Jacksonville State	CUSA
103	Arkansas State	Sun Belt
104	Florida International	CUSA
105	Virginia Tech	ACC
106	Air Force	Mountain West
107	Louisiana	Sun Belt
108	Boston College	ACC
109	Delaware	CUSA
110	Syracuse	ACC
111	Florida Atlantic	American
112	Liberty	CUSA
113	App State	Sun Belt
114	South Alabama	Sun Belt
115	Tulsa	American
116	Rice	American
117	Wyoming	Mountain West
118	Nevada	Mountain West
119	Oklahoma State	Big 12
120	Oregon State	Pac-12
121	San José State	Mountain West
122	UAB	American
123	Kent State	MAC
124	Bowling Green	MAC
125	New Mexico State	CUSA
126	Colorado State	Pac-12
127	Eastern Michigan	MAC
128	Buffalo	MAC
129	Akron	MAC
130	Northern Illinois	Mountain West
131	Ball State	MAC
132	Middle Tennessee	CUSA
133	UL Monroe	Sun Belt
134	Georgia State	Sun Belt
135	UTEP	Mountain West
136	Charlotte	American
137	Sam Houston	CUSA
138	Massachusetts	MAC

FCS

Rank	Team	Conference
1	Montana State	Big Sky
2	Montana	Big Sky
3	Tarleton State	UAC
4	North Dakota	MVFC
5	Illinois State	MVFC
6	Lehigh	Patriot
7	Stephen F. Austin	Southland
8	UC Davis	Big Sky
9	Yale	Ivy
10	Abilene Christian	UAC
11	South Dakota State	MVFC
12	Harvard	Ivy
13	Southern Illinois	MVFC
14	South Dakota	MVFC
15	Villanova	Patriot
16	Southern Utah	Big Sky
17	Idaho State	Big Sky
18	Youngstown State	MVFC
19	SE Louisiana	Southland
20	UT Rio Grande Valley	Southland
21	Rhode Island	CAA
22	Tennessee Tech	Southern
23	Austin Peay	UAC
24	Mercer	Southern
25	West Georgia	UAC
26	Alabama State	SWAC
27	Northern Arizona	Big Sky
28	New Hampshire	CAA
29	Lamar	Southland
30	Cal Poly	Big Sky
31	Monmouth	CAA
32	East Tennessee State	Southern
33	Eastern Washington	Big Sky
34	Dartmouth	Ivy
35	South Carolina State	MEAC
36	Pennsylvania	Ivy
37	Idaho	Big Sky
38	Eastern Kentucky	UAC
39	Weber State	Big Sky
40	Incarnate Word	Southland
41	Wofford	Southern
42	Jackson State	SWAC
43	Lafayette	Patriot
44	San Diego	Pioneer
45	Western Carolina	Southern
46	St. Thomas-Minnesota	Pioneer
47	Prairie View A&M	SWAC
48	Gardner-Webb	OVC
49	Stony Brook	CAA
50	Presbyterian	Pioneer
51	William & Mary	Patriot
52	Central Arkansas	UAC
53	Northern Colorado	Big Sky
54	North Carolina Central	MEAC
55	Indiana State	MVFC
56	Elon	CAA
57	Drake	Pioneer
58	Princeton	Ivy
59	Lindenwood	OVC
60	Central Connecticut	NEC
61	Holy Cross	Patriot
62	Brown	Ivy
63	Maine	CAA
64	The Citadel	Southern
65	Northern Iowa	MVFC
66	Nicholls	Southland
67	Richmond	Patriot
68	Colgate	Patriot
69	Sacred Heart	CAA
70	UT Martin	OVC
71	North Alabama	UAC
72	McNeese	Southland
73	Long Island University	NEC
74	Duquesne	NEC
75	Towson	CAA
76	Furman	Southern
77	Delaware State	MEAC
78	Chattanooga	Southern
79	Charleston Southern	OVC
80	Dayton	Pioneer
81	East Texas A&M	Southland
82	Mercyhurst	NEC
83	Southeast Missouri State	OVC
84	Alcorn State	SWAC
85	Cornell	Ivy
86	Bethune-Cookman	SWAC
87	Western Illinois	OVC
88	Portland State	Big Sky
89	Grambling	SWAC
90	Utah Tech	Big Sky
91	Columbia	Ivy
92	Georgetown	Patriot
93	Eastern Illinois	OVC
94	Campbell	CAA
95	Marist	Pioneer
96	Merrimack	FCS Indep.
97	Butler	Pioneer
98	Texas Southern	SWAC
99	Stonehill	NEC
100	Murray State	MVFC
101	Bucknell	Patriot
102	Morgan State	MEAC
103	Wagner	NEC
104	Northwestern State	Southland
105	UAlbany	CAA
106	Alabama A&M	SWAC
107	Howard	MEAC
108	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	SWAC
109	Houston Christian	Southland
110	Morehead State	Pioneer
111	Florida A&M	SWAC
112	Robert Morris	NEC
113	Bryant	CAA
114	Samford	Southern
115	North Carolina A&T	CAA
116	Tennessee State	OVC
117	Fordham	Patriot
118	New Haven	NEC
119	VMI	Southern
120	Norfolk State	MEAC
121	Mississippi Valley State	SWAC
122	Valparaiso	Pioneer
123	Southern	SWAC
124	Stetson	Pioneer
125	Davidson	Pioneer
126	Hampton	CAA
127	Saint Francis	NEC

Every team is rated in one pool, so games between divisions count. The tables split by division for easy reading. How the number is computed: methodology.