2026 · through games before October 2

Wolf Ratings

Offense is the points a team would score against an average FBS defense on a neutral field. Defense is the points it would allow against an average FBS offense (lower is better). Overall = Offense − Defense, a neutral-field margin against an average FBS team. The ratings come from a Kalman filter: each result moves a rating by how uncertain that rating was, and last season carries in at 80%.

FBS

#	Team	Overall	Offense	Defense
1	Notre Dame	+26.01	39.944	13.923
2	Ohio State	+24.97	38.917	13.944
3	Indiana	+24.18	38.039	13.852
4	Georgia	+23.62	42.661	19.0411
5	Miami	+23.39	39.086	15.697
6	Alabama	+22.50	42.102	19.6015
7	Utah	+21.80	38.848	17.059
8	Texas	+21.29	33.4024	12.111
9	Oregon	+20.02	40.663	20.6423
10	LSU	+18.11	34.1020	15.998
11	Florida	+15.75	39.115	23.3641
12	Texas Tech	+14.53	33.6322	19.1012
13	Iowa	+14.52	30.1840	15.676
14	Tennessee	+14.17	37.0011	22.8339
15	Penn State	+14.13	31.8930	17.7610
16	James Madison	+13.83	35.6615	21.8329
17	BYU	+13.43	33.5423	20.1118
18	Nebraska	+12.69	34.5017	21.8128
19	Pittsburgh	+12.23	31.6133	19.3913
20	Ole Miss	+12.20	36.7013	24.5053
21	Texas A&M	+11.93	32.5527	20.6222
22	Mississippi State	+11.66	36.9012	25.2461
23	USC	+11.08	36.3614	25.2864
24	Duke	+10.84	32.4928	21.6525
25	UCLA	+10.67	34.4518	23.7848
26	Oklahoma	+10.64	25.3279	14.685
27	Virginia	+10.55	29.9641	19.4214
28	Kansas State	+10.02	33.6921	23.6743
29	Northwestern	+9.53	29.7442	20.2019
30	Louisville	+9.37	35.3216	25.9569
31	Iowa State	+9.01	29.5345	20.5120
32	Houston	+8.91	34.1419	25.2360
33	Auburn	+8.83	28.4756	19.6316
34	Boise State	+8.55	30.8236	22.2632
35	Michigan	+8.49	28.4057	19.9117
36	SMU	+7.83	31.6034	23.7847
37	Illinois	+7.15	31.6232	24.4852
38	Arizona	+7.07	29.7243	22.6537
39	South Carolina	+6.98	30.4438	23.4642
40	Missouri	+6.87	29.3047	22.4335
41	Vanderbilt	+6.68	30.3839	23.7144
42	Kentucky	+6.45	28.9051	22.4536
43	UCF	+6.09	27.5862	21.4924
44	Wisconsin	+5.98	26.5570	20.5721
45	Washington	+5.94	27.9160	21.9730
46	NC State	+5.84	32.9826	27.1578
47	New Mexico	+5.76	29.5246	23.7746
48	TCU	+5.69	27.4363	21.7427
49	Cincinnati	+5.30	30.8435	25.5467
50	North Texas	+5.06	37.2010	32.14111
51	Toledo	+4.57	33.0525	28.4887
52	Virginia Tech	+4.55	30.8237	26.2771
53	Arizona State	+4.54	29.5644	25.0258
54	Baylor	+4.35	28.1058	23.7545
55	Wake Forest	+4.17	28.5954	24.4251
56	South Florida	+3.96	28.6852	24.7256
57	Florida State	+3.72	28.6853	24.9657
58	Minnesota	+3.16	26.9865	23.8249
59	UTSA	+2.71	31.9129	29.2091
60	Clemson	+2.69	25.3677	22.6738
61	Michigan State	+2.64	24.3284	21.6726
62	Oklahoma State	+1.88	27.1564	25.2865
63	Army	+1.77	23.9487	22.1731
64	North Dakota State	+1.66	26.2771	24.6255
65	Kansas	+0.04	27.6261	27.5882
66	Memphis	-0.20	29.0449	29.2492
67	Arkansas	-0.39	26.9267	27.3180
68	Texas State	-0.46	31.7731	32.23113
69	North Carolina	-0.74	21.62103	22.3634
70	West Virginia	-0.78	29.1948	29.9798
71	Georgia Tech	-0.83	26.0573	26.8877
72	Oregon State	-1.18	24.1586	25.3366
73	East Carolina	-1.39	23.8888	25.2762
74	Syracuse	-1.39	25.3378	26.7274
75	Tulane	-1.48	20.87109	22.3533
76	Washington State	-1.85	22.7492	24.5954
77	UConn	-1.96	26.9168	28.8790
78	Western Michigan	-2.06	21.29106	23.3540
79	Fresno State	-2.11	22.2897	24.3950
80	UNLV	-2.90	22.3896	25.2763
81	Liberty	-2.98	23.8289	26.8075
82	Louisiana Tech	-3.38	26.9366	30.31101
83	Maryland	-3.68	24.9281	28.6188
84	Navy	-4.10	24.6282	28.7289
85	Rutgers	-4.49	28.5055	33.00118
86	Temple	-4.56	25.9276	30.48102
87	Colorado	-4.59	21.88102	26.4773
88	Louisiana	-4.64	23.5690	28.2083
89	App State	-4.98	25.3180	30.29100
90	San Diego State	-5.03	20.12112	25.1559
91	Utah State	-5.35	20.54110	25.8868
92	Air Force	-5.48	26.1172	31.59104
93	Miami (OH)	-5.66	24.2885	29.9496
94	California	-5.79	22.6393	28.4386
95	Purdue	-6.22	27.9359	34.15123
96	Old Dominion	-6.47	21.89101	28.3784
97	Colorado State	-6.62	28.9350	35.56130
98	Georgia State	-6.78	25.9275	32.71115
99	Stanford	-6.97	22.8891	29.8595
100	Ohio	-7.03	24.5983	31.62106
101	Jacksonville State	-7.17	22.2498	29.4193
102	South Alabama	-7.35	26.5669	33.91121
103	Tulsa	-7.67	18.41123	26.0870
104	Georgia Southern	-8.11	22.5894	30.70103
105	Troy	-8.15	18.67122	26.8276
106	Boston College	-8.22	19.07119	27.2979
107	Florida Atlantic	-8.62	26.0474	34.65127
108	Arkansas State	-8.92	21.04108	29.9597
109	Nevada	-9.24	20.48111	29.7294
110	Kennesaw State	-9.47	18.91121	28.3885
111	Delaware	-10.28	21.51104	31.80109
112	Florida International	-10.57	15.88130	26.4472
113	UAB	-11.61	20.01113	31.61105
114	Marshall	-11.83	22.4095	34.23124
115	Hawai'i	-12.45	19.18117	31.63107
116	Southern Miss	-12.48	21.97100	34.44126
117	Missouri State	-12.56	21.40105	33.96122
118	Western Kentucky	-12.61	22.0999	34.70128
119	Sam Houston	-12.61	21.17107	33.78119
120	Coastal Carolina	-12.61	19.74115	32.34114
121	San José State	-12.87	19.99114	32.85117
122	Massachusetts	-12.97	19.23116	32.20112
123	Middle Tennessee	-13.66	18.06124	31.71108
124	Wyoming	-14.71	12.73138	27.4481
125	Central Michigan	-14.97	15.31135	30.2899
126	New Mexico State	-15.10	19.15118	34.25125
127	Rice	-15.86	17.98125	33.84120
128	Northern Illinois	-17.07	15.74132	32.81116
129	Akron	-18.23	17.56127	35.79132
130	Eastern Michigan	-18.24	16.79129	35.03129
131	Bowling Green	-18.54	13.34136	31.89110
132	Charlotte	-20.31	15.44134	35.76131
133	UTEP	-20.51	18.91120	39.42137
134	Buffalo	-21.31	17.81126	39.12136
135	Kent State	-21.48	17.07128	38.56134
136	Ball State	-22.00	15.54133	37.54133
137	UL Monroe	-24.19	15.75131	39.93138
138	Sacramento State	-25.48	13.13137	38.61135

FCS

#	Team	Overall	Offense	Defense
1	Montana State	-1.38	23.852	25.231
2	Tarleton State	-8.40	22.963	31.363
3	North Dakota	-10.78	18.4220	29.192
4	South Dakota State	-10.82	20.559	31.374
5	Illinois State	-12.12	21.486	33.607
6	Idaho State	-12.25	20.987	33.246
7	South Dakota	-12.46	21.625	34.089
8	Abilene Christian	-14.47	19.4416	33.918
9	Stephen F. Austin	-14.75	19.9912	34.7411
10	Montana	-15.28	24.701	39.9851
11	Lehigh	-15.38	16.3029	31.685
12	Yale	-16.18	18.0021	34.1910
13	Austin Peay	-16.55	18.6919	35.2412
14	Harvard	-17.57	20.5410	38.1028
15	Southern Illinois	-17.94	20.1511	38.0927
16	Gardner-Webb	-18.00	19.5715	37.5725
17	Youngstown State	-18.34	22.894	41.2360
18	Tennessee Tech	-18.40	17.6422	36.0416
19	Villanova	-19.29	16.4127	35.7013
20	Northern Arizona	-20.20	16.9725	37.1723
21	SE Louisiana	-20.63	16.2830	36.9022
22	UC Davis	-21.00	19.5814	40.5758
23	Rhode Island	-21.06	15.6234	36.6818
24	Mercer	-21.53	18.7018	40.2355
25	Alabama State	-22.49	17.3924	39.8848
26	Dartmouth	-22.60	14.1842	36.7819
27	UT Rio Grande Valley	-23.05	15.6333	38.6834
28	Idaho	-23.24	16.8626	40.1153
29	Cal Poly	-23.52	15.0037	38.5232
30	Southern Utah	-23.99	18.7317	42.7276
31	Monmouth	-24.09	20.908	44.9995
32	South Carolina State	-24.33	17.4223	41.7567
33	Elon	-24.51	13.2552	37.7626
34	Eastern Washington	-24.76	16.1831	40.9459
35	East Tennessee State	-24.83	14.9539	39.7844
36	Jackson State	-25.17	13.4647	38.6333
37	Pennsylvania	-25.46	15.0836	40.5457
38	Colgate	-25.72	12.5355	38.2529
39	Towson	-25.80	13.3851	39.1938
40	Southeast Missouri State	-25.81	13.4449	39.2541
41	St. Thomas (MN)	-26.05	13.8745	39.9249
42	The Citadel	-26.12	15.1435	41.2761
43	Central Arkansas	-26.39	13.4648	39.8547
44	Drake	-26.75	9.6577	36.4017
45	North Carolina Central	-27.18	14.1643	41.3562
46	Lamar	-27.21	9.6676	36.8721
47	Brown	-27.22	14.4340	41.6464
48	Princeton	-27.33	9.4980	36.8120
49	UT Martin	-27.65	11.9759	39.6343
50	Western Carolina	-27.75	19.8813	47.63105
51	Prairie View A&M	-27.80	11.4164	39.2240
52	Wofford	-27.96	7.9795	35.9315
53	Northern Colorado	-28.10	10.4170	38.5131
54	San Diego	-28.25	12.0558	40.3056
55	North Alabama	-28.27	13.7146	41.9869
56	Chattanooga	-28.81	14.2241	43.0379
57	William & Mary	-28.84	14.9838	43.8188
58	Northern Iowa	-28.84	11.1565	39.9852
59	Presbyterian	-28.94	10.1274	39.0637
60	Maine	-29.10	10.7369	39.8346
61	Western Illinois	-29.29	14.0044	43.2983
62	Weber State	-29.34	16.4128	45.7499
63	Stony Brook	-29.50	12.9953	42.4971
64	Cornell	-29.70	10.2572	39.9550
65	Eastern Kentucky	-29.85	9.0286	38.8836
66	Indiana State	-29.86	12.6654	42.5273
67	McNeese	-29.86	9.3582	39.2139
68	Holy Cross	-29.90	9.6379	39.5242
69	Lafayette	-29.99	15.9832	45.97100
70	Incarnate Word	-30.68	11.8561	42.5274
71	Furman	-31.33	11.8062	43.1482
72	Long Island University	-31.34	5.98109	37.3224
73	UAlbany	-31.49	7.2398	38.7235
74	Columbia	-31.56	6.85102	38.4130
75	Charleston Southern	-31.61	4.15119	35.7614
76	Dayton	-31.85	7.9894	39.8345
77	Delaware State	-31.89	13.4450	45.3398
78	New Hampshire	-31.93	11.1266	43.0581
79	Sacred Heart	-32.11	10.3871	42.5072
80	Duquesne	-32.31	9.6578	41.9668
81	Campbell	-32.40	10.9067	43.3084
82	Central Connecticut	-32.44	12.0757	44.5191
83	Lindenwood	-32.83	8.9087	41.7366
84	West Georgia	-34.28	8.3891	42.6775
85	Utah Tech	-34.42	9.0585	43.4786
86	Merrimack	-34.49	7.04100	41.5363
87	Butler	-34.53	8.7990	43.3185
88	Stonehill	-35.12	5.08114	40.2054
89	Robert Morris	-36.14	6.64104	42.7877
90	Tennessee State	-36.28	5.38112	41.6665
91	Georgetown	-36.37	6.09107	42.4670
92	Eastern Illinois	-36.49	8.8089	45.2997
93	Richmond	-36.63	8.0193	44.6592
94	Samford	-37.17	6.89101	44.0690
95	Marist	-37.34	5.68110	43.0278
96	Howard	-37.41	6.51106	43.9289
97	Bucknell	-37.54	11.4563	48.98111
98	Norfolk State	-37.57	8.8888	46.45101
99	East Texas A&M	-37.58	10.7668	48.34108
100	Murray State	-37.68	9.3681	47.04103
101	Fordham	-38.44	4.61117	43.0580
102	New Haven	-38.80	9.6875	48.47109
103	Bryant	-38.87	9.2683	48.13107
104	Morgan State	-39.54	9.2484	48.78110
105	Grambling	-39.61	7.4896	47.09104
106	Portland State	-40.45	12.4556	52.90120
107	Houston Christian	-40.51	4.35118	44.8693
108	Bethune-Cookman	-40.88	11.9160	52.79119
109	Alcorn State	-41.36	3.79120	45.1596
110	Florida A&M	-41.65	10.2173	51.86118
111	Arkansas-Pine Bluff	-41.67	8.3192	49.98114
112	Morehead State	-41.77	3.12124	44.8994
113	Texas Southern	-41.90	4.80115	46.70102
114	Nicholls	-41.91	5.98108	47.89106
115	Alabama A&M	-42.49	6.74103	49.23112
116	Mercyhurst	-42.68	7.3097	49.97113
117	St. Francis (PA)	-42.92	0.72126	43.6587
118	Wagner	-43.96	6.52105	50.47115
119	North Carolina A&T	-46.19	7.1899	53.37122
120	Hampton	-46.87	4.73116	51.61117
121	Valparaiso	-47.62	3.75121	51.37116
122	Southern	-48.13	5.61111	53.74123
123	VMI	-49.46	3.56122	53.02121
124	Davidson	-49.53	5.22113	54.75124
125	Stetson	-53.56	1.39125	54.96125
126	Northwestern State	-54.56	3.21123	57.77127
127	Mississippi Valley State	-56.12	-0.52127	55.60126