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A ranking of all 138 FBS programs: 80% CAR results, opponent records and performance, plus 20% previous-week CBS Sports 138. Conference strength is earned in FBS interconference games.

2026 Week 10 EditionEleventh results-based rankingUpdated November 8, 2026

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Week 10 matrix

2026 FBS rankings

138teams ranked

Week 10 complete: The approved model is unchanged: 80% CAR with current opponent FBS records and 20% previous-week CBS Sports 138. All 63 Week 10 games are final. This edition uses CAR results through November 7 and the November 2 CBS release, frozen before the first Week 10 game. Movement is compared with the published Week 9 edition. Historical frozen pregame values and earlier releases remain unchanged.

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Why each team is ranked here

Twelve CAR measures explain the ranking beyond wins and losses.

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CAR Game Value

LoadingOpponent, location, margin, and expectation value

Expectation Delta

LoadingActual margin minus expected margin

Schedule Strength Played

LoadingDifficulty of completed FBS games

Schedule Strength Remaining

LoadingDifficulty of games still to be played

Best Win / Worst Result

LoadingMost valuable win, or costliest result without a win

Opponent-Adjusted Offense

LoadingScoring compared with opponents' usual defense

Opponent-Adjusted Defense

LoadingPoints prevented versus opponents' usual offense

Road and Neutral Strength

LoadingAverage value in games away from home

Consistency Index

LoadingStability from one adjusted result to the next

Conference Contribution

LoadingEffect on the team's conference score

Quality Record

LoadingRecord by frozen opponent tier

CAR Trajectory

LoadingUnavailable across the Week 7 method change

Played metrics use completed FBS games. Remaining schedule uses the existing preseason opponent scale for all future regular-season games; FCS opponents count as zero. CAR Trajectory is unavailable when its comparison window crosses the Week 7 method change. Early measures appear only when enough games exist. Select a team here or click its name in the rankings.

Rank	Team	Conference	Record	Previous	CAR points	Confidence
1	UCLA	Big Ten	9–0	1	82.381	Early
2	Georgia	SEC	8–1	7	79.717	Early
3	Utah	Big 12	9–0	5	78.887	Early
4	Texas	SEC	7–2	10	76.582	Early
5	Alabama	SEC	7–2	12	76.541	Early
6	Miami	ACC	8–1	2	76.265	Early
7	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	8–1	15	75.177	Early
8	Indiana	Big Ten	8–1	6	74.457	Early
9	Tennessee	SEC	7–2	18	73.774	Early
10	Boise State	Pac-12	8–1	11	73.558	Early
11	Wake Forest	ACC	8–1	8	73.150	Early
12	Kentucky	SEC	7–2	3	72.974	Early
13	LSU	SEC	6–3	4	72.432	Early
14	Houston	Big 12	7–2	16	71.635	Early
15	Iowa	Big Ten	7–2	24	70.827	Early
16	South Carolina	SEC	6–3	22	70.698	Early
17	Ole Miss	SEC	6–3	9	70.677	Early
18	BYU	Big 12	7–2	14	70.036	Early
19	Texas Tech	Big 12	8–1	19	69.922	Early
20	Oregon	Big Ten	6–3	34	68.743	Early
21	Arizona	Big 12	7–2	20	68.265	Early
22	USC	Big Ten	7–2	25	68.239	Early
23	Wisconsin	Big Ten	6–3	23	67.376	Early
24	Ohio State	Big Ten	6–3	13	67.260	Early
25	Missouri	SEC	6–3	17	66.238	Early
26	Duke	ACC	7–2	31	66.071	Early
27	Oklahoma State	Big 12	6–3	27	65.749	Early
28	New Mexico	Mountain West	8–1	30	65.674	Early
29	Oklahoma	SEC	5–4	32	64.999	Early
30	Louisville	ACC	6–3	29	64.945	Early
31	Northwestern	Big Ten	6–3	21	63.746	Early
32	Baylor	Big 12	6–3	50	62.956	Early
33	SMU	ACC	7–2	42	62.940	Early
34	Auburn	SEC	5–4	35	62.573	Early
35	Liberty	Conference USA	8–1	38	61.655	Early
36	North Carolina	ACC	5–4	41	61.499	Early
37	Illinois	Big Ten	6–3	52	61.204	Early
38	Virginia Tech	ACC	6–3	28	61.028	Early
39	UTSA	American Athletic	7–2	26	60.336	Early
40	Minnesota	Big Ten	5–4	36	60.209	Early
41	Clemson	ACC	6–3	53	59.036	Early
42	Florida	SEC	5–4	33	58.922	Early
43	James Madison	Sun Belt	8–2	46	58.847	Early
44	Memphis	American Athletic	7–2	45	58.354	Early
45	North Texas	American Athletic	7–2	54	58.052	Early
46	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	7–2	58	58.037	Early
47	Pittsburgh	ACC	6–3	49	57.811	Early
48	Cincinnati	Big 12	5–4	37	57.669	Early
49	UCF	Big 12	5–4	55	57.483	Early
50	North Dakota State	Mountain West	7–2	51	57.229	Early
51	Air Force	Mountain West	7–2	59	56.825	Early
52	West Virginia	Big 12	5–4	48	56.744	Early
53	Nebraska	Big Ten	5–4	39	56.671	Early
54	Penn State	Big Ten	5–4	64	56.124	Early
55	Washington	Big Ten	5–4	44	55.914	Early
56	Iowa State	Big 12	4–5	56	55.571	Early
57	Michigan	Big Ten	5–4	43	55.404	Early
58	Texas State	Pac-12	5–4	71	55.397	Early
59	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	7–2	62	54.587	Early
60	Mississippi State	SEC	4–5	40	54.493	Early
61	Arizona State	Big 12	5–4	65	53.737	Early
62	Toledo	Mid-American	7–2	69	53.107	Early
63	TCU	Big 12	4–5	60	52.802	Early
64	Wyoming	Mountain West	6–3	76	52.779	Early
65	Oregon State	Pac-12	5–4	47	52.745	Early
66	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	6–3	83	52.544	Early
67	Fresno State	Pac-12	5–4	57	51.718	Early
68	Texas A&M	SEC	4–5	63	51.702	Early
69	Ohio	Mid-American	7–2	70	51.359	Early
70	Florida State	ACC	4–5	81	51.082	Early
71	Syracuse	ACC	4–5	73	50.610	Early
72	South Florida	American Athletic	6–3	61	50.383	Early
73	UNLV	Mountain West	5–4	68	50.338	Early
74	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	5–4	84	49.666	Early
75	NC State	ACC	4–5	74	49.463	Early
76	Western Michigan	Mid-American	6–3	77	49.236	Early
77	Arkansas	SEC	3–6	72	49.050	Early
78	Army	American Athletic	5–4	67	48.889	Early
79	Buffalo	Mid-American	6–3	85	48.599	Early
80	Stanford	ACC	4–5	80	47.674	Early
81	Michigan State	Big Ten	3–6	92	47.671	Early
82	Louisiana	Sun Belt	6–3	86	47.463	Early
83	Boston College	ACC	4–5	66	47.425	Early
84	Vanderbilt	SEC	4–5	95	46.913	Early
85	Kansas	Big 12	3–6	79	46.485	Early
86	Virginia	ACC	4–5	82	46.041	Early
87	Colorado	Big 12	3–6	87	45.537	Early
88	East Carolina	American Athletic	5–4	100	45.439	Early
89	Purdue	Big Ten	3–6	75	45.312	Early
90	Kansas State	Big 12	4–5	78	45.081	Early
91	UAB	American Athletic	5–4	96	43.975	Early
92	Utah State	Pac-12	4–5	102	43.613	Early
93	Tulsa	American Athletic	5–4	107	42.876	Early
94	Georgia State	Sun Belt	5–4	104	42.370	Early
95	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	5–4	88	42.021	Early
96	San Diego State	Pac-12	4–5	99	41.787	Early
97	UConn	FBS Independents	4–5	93	41.763	Early
98	Marshall	Sun Belt	5–4	90	41.613	Early
99	California	ACC	3–6	98	40.802	Early
100	App State	Sun Belt	5–4	89	40.387	Early
101	Maryland	Big Ten	3–6	110	40.227	Early
102	Tulane	American Athletic	4–5	91	39.545	Early
103	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4–5	97	39.455	Early
104	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	4–5	94	39.341	Early
105	Nevada	Mountain West	3–6	101	38.213	Early
106	San José State	Mountain West	5–5	106	37.789	Early
107	Florida International	Conference USA	4–5	111	37.592	Early
108	Georgia Tech	ACC	2–7	105	36.901	Early
109	Central Michigan	Mid-American	4–5	120	36.819	Early
110	Troy	Sun Belt	4–5	109	36.806	Early
111	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	5–4	115	36.425	Early
112	Delaware	Conference USA	4–5	103	36.211	Early
113	Massachusetts	Mid-American	5–4	119	35.859	Early
114	Navy	American Athletic	3–6	117	35.227	Early
115	Colorado State	Pac-12	3–6	113	34.714	Early
116	Rutgers	Big Ten	2–7	112	34.526	Early
117	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	3–6	108	33.952	Early
118	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	3–6	124	32.881	Early
119	New Mexico State	Conference USA	3–6	118	32.691	Early
120	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	3–6	121	31.972	Early
121	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	3–7	127	31.879	Early
122	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4–6	114	31.282	Early
123	Ball State	Mid-American	3–6	116	30.911	Early
124	Hawai'i	Mountain West	3–6	126	29.853	Early
125	Missouri State	Conference USA	3–6	123	27.925	Early
126	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	3–6	122	27.541	Early
127	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2–7	128	27.389	Early
128	Rice	American Athletic	1–8	129	26.912	Early
129	Washington State	Pac-12	1–8	131	26.857	Early
130	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	2–7	135	26.537	Early
131	Kent State	Mid-American	3–6	132	26.059	Early
132	Temple	American Athletic	2–7	125	25.753	Early
133	Charlotte	American Athletic	1–8	130	25.403	Early
134	Sacramento State	Mid-American	2–8	133	23.953	Early
135	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1–8	136	21.299	Early
136	UTEP	Mountain West	1–8	134	20.763	Early
137	Akron	Mid-American	1–8	137	18.442	Early
138	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0–9	138	17.493	Early

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Conference-first matrix

Week 10 conference standings

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Conference scores use FBS interconference results with opponent and location adjustments and a neutral anchor. Intraconference games can change team résumés but do not directly earn conference-contribution points. The CBS blend applies to team rankings, not to this conference table.

Rank	Conference	Nonconference	Games	CAR conference score	Confidence
1	SEC	28–2	30	74.803	Early
2	Big Ten	31–11	42	63.193	Early
3	Big 12	24–8	32	62.635	Early
4	ACC	19–13	32	58.186	Early
5	FBS Independents	11–6	17	56.340	Early
6	Pac-12	9–16	25	48.251	Early
7	Mountain West	12–17	29	42.005	Early
8	American Athletic	16–25	41	41.913	Early
9	Sun Belt	14–26	40	37.021	Early
10	Conference USA	6–24	30	33.430	Early
11	Mid-American	7–29	36	30.664	Early

Weekly recap · Games of November 3-7

UCLA stays No. 1; Georgia rises to No. 2

UCLA is No. 1 at 9–0. The Top 5: UCLA (No. 1, 9–0), Georgia (No. 2, 8–1), Utah (No. 3, 9–0), Texas (No. 4, 7–2), Alabama (No. 5, 7–2). UCLA won 34-20 at Minnesota. Utah beat BYU 28-20; Georgia won 42-7 at Ole Miss; Notre Dame beat Miami 31-24. Texas won 34-20 at Missouri. Alabama won 31-13 at LSU, while Tennessee beat Kentucky 34-6. Utah moves from No. 5 to No. 3. Georgia moves from No. 7 to No. 2. Notre Dame moves from No. 15 to No. 7. Alabama moves from No. 12 to No. 5. Tennessee moves from No. 18 to No. 9. Boise State is No. 10 at 8–1 after its 64-38 win at Colorado State. Oregon won 41-28 at Ohio State; Iowa won 24-10 at Northwestern.

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+18

Baylor to No. 32

Previously No. 50. Record: 6–3. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

+17

Florida Atlantic to No. 66

Previously No. 83. Record: 6–3. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

+15

Illinois to No. 37

Previously No. 52. Record: 6–3. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

-20

Mississippi State to No. 60

Previously No. 40. Record: 4–5. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

-18

Oregon State to No. 65

Previously No. 47. Record: 5–4. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

-17

Boston College to No. 83

Previously No. 66. Record: 4–5. Compared with the published Week 9 edition.

Conference update: SEC leads at 74.803, with a 28–2 FBS interconference record. Conference rank changes: Mountain West 8 to 7, American Athletic 7 to 8. ACC: 58.675 to 58.186; FBS Independents: 55.799 to 56.340; Mountain West: 40.692 to 42.005; American Athletic: 42.437 to 41.913. These are conference-strength scores, not averages of member ranking points. CBS is not blended into conference standings; intraconference games do not directly add conference-strength points.

Top 25 entrants: Oregon (No. 20). Leaving the Top 25: Northwestern (No. 31). The PDF contains all 138 rankings, all 63 Week 10 finals, conference standings and methodology notes.

The formula is unchanged, but scores can move on a bye as opponents’ current records, the field-wide résumé scale and the frozen previous-week CBS release update. Rank is relative to all 138 teams; a team can rise even when its own score falls. These rankings are not calibrated game-win forecasts. Trajectory may now use the same-method Week 7-to-Week 10 window; no cross-method trajectory is reported. Remaining Schedule Strength keeps its labeled preseason basis, counts FCS opponents as zero and remains unavailable wherever future opponents are unresolved. Wake Forest’s 77-0 FCS win over Merrimack earns no positive CAR résumé or record-denominator credit.

Effective Week 7

How the 80/20 CAR ranking works

Who you play and how you perform against them remain the foundation. A previous-week, full-field human ranking now supplies 20% of the final score.

28%

Matrix résumé

Cumulative game values reflect frozen opponent strength, pregame expectations, venue and capped margin. The cumulative résumé is min-max scaled across the current field of 138 teams, using the scaling method adopted in Week 6.

24%

Outcome-surprise performance

Measures results against frozen pregame win expectations, with margin capped at 28 points. This is not a calibrated win-probability forecast.

10%

Own record

FBS wins divided by FBS games plus FCS losses. FCS wins add no credit.

10%

Opponent record

Current pooled FBS win percentage of opponents played, excluding their games against this team. The contribution is reduced when the team has an FCS loss.

Conference strength

Opponent- and location-adjusted FBS interconference results. Intraconference games do not directly earn league-contribution points.

20%

Previous-week CBS

A full-field human component from CBS Sports 138, frozen before this edition’s games and converted linearly to a 0–100 scale.

FCS rule

FBS wins over FCS opponents earn no positive résumé, record or conference credit. FBS losses to FCS opponents receive the existing substantial deduction.

Ranking and explanatory measures

All twelve CAR measures remain available subject to their evidence requirements. Quality Record is a separate frozen-opponent diagnostic, not the new dynamic opponent-record input. CAR Trajectory remains unavailable when its comparison window crosses the Week 7 method change.

Transparent human input

This edition uses CBS Sports 138 published November 2, reflecting results through October 31. AP, ESPN rankings, CFP rankings and betting odds remain external benchmarks, not inputs. ESPN supplies game results.

Current implementation, effective Week 7: Final = 0.80 × dynamic CAR + 0.20 × CBS conversion. Dynamic CAR = 35% résumé + 30% outcome-surprise performance + 25% record quality + 10% conference strength. Record quality = 100 × (0.5 × FBS wins + 0.5 × FBS games × opponent FBS win percentage) / (FBS games + FCS losses). FCS wins add no credit and are excluded from this denominator. FCS losses receive zero record credit, remain in the denominator, and retain the existing substantial résumé/performance deduction. The effective final weights are 28% résumé, 24% performance, 10% own record, 10% opponent record, 8% conference and 20% CBS. CBS conversion = 100 × (138 − CBS rank) / 137. That linear conversion is CAR’s modeling assumption, not CBS rating points or a calibrated strength estimate. Résumé uses the min-max scaling method adopted in Week 6, recomputed across all 138 cumulative raw game values each edition. The performance component remains outcome surprise plus margin capped at 28, not play-level efficiency or a validated win forecast. Lower pregame expectations can produce more surprise credit for the same result. Head-to-head results do not impose a mandatory ordering. Field extremes and changing opponent records can move scores on a bye. Original preseason points remain the exact-score tie-break. Historical games are not replayed. Week 10 games use published Week 9 frozen pregame inputs; published Week 10 becomes the normal input for subsequent games. Opponent record is pooled FBS wins divided by FBS games across the FBS opponents already played, using their current completed results and excluding every game against the evaluated team. Each opponent appearance counts once. It updates weekly, rather than being frozen at the date the opponent was played. The original methodology PDF remains historical reference; this section and the current recap describe the active method.

Direct preseason transition: Preseason 100%; after Week 0 80%; Week 1 65%; Week 2 50%; Week 3 35%; Week 4 20%; Week 5 10%; Week 6 onward 0%. Starting Week 7, final points combine 80% current CAR with 20% previous-week CBS. Frozen historical game expectations and prior releases are not rewritten.

What comes next

Next ranking: after the full Week 11 slate

Published Week 10 values become the normal frozen game inputs for subsequent games. Opponents’ FBS records update weekly. The next human input will be the verified, dated full-field CBS release available before that edition’s first game. Earlier releases stay archived as issued.

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CAR college football ranking questions

What are the CAR rankings?

CAR is an independent ranking of every FBS football team. It combines 80% CAR results, performance and opponent records with 20% previous-week CBS Sports 138. Conference strength comes from FBS interconference results.

How often are the rankings updated?

During the season, a new edition is planned each week after the completed games are processed. The page keeps the prior rank so readers can see movement over time.

Does CAR include human rankings?

Yes. From Week 7, previous-week CBS Sports 138 ranks supply 20% of the final score. The other 80% is CAR with dynamic opponent records. AP, ESPN rankings, CFP rankings and betting odds are not inputs.

Why rank all 138 FBS teams?

Ranking the full division gives every opponent a matrix value. That lets a win over a strong team count more than a win over a weak team and helps quantify schedule quality consistently.