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College Football Team Rankings 2026

Updated November 3, 2026

Through week 9, eight to nine games per team. 2025 beside it.
2026 offense by expected points added per play: how much each snap moved the team toward a score, averaged over its games so far. The grey columns are the full 2025 season's yards and touchdowns and the rank they earned.
RankTeam2026 per play2025 yards2025 TDs2025 rank
1Miami logoMiami+0.396,479607
2Wake Forest logoWake Forest+0.365,1204139
3Notre Dame logoNotre Dame+0.365,514638
4Louisville logoLouisville+0.335,0004336
5Northwestern logoNorthwestern+0.334,5093351
6Houston logoHouston+0.325,1354335
7Georgia logoGeorgia+0.305,6365613
8Indiana logoIndiana+0.287,301811
9LSU logoLSU+0.274,3463057
10SMU logoSMU+0.275,4215119
11Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State+0.263,5101767
12Ohio State logoOhio State+0.265,9225811
13Utah logoUtah+0.266,281683
14USC logoUSC+0.246,0475512
15Ole Miss logoOle Miss+0.247,351652
16Alabama logoAlabama+0.245,5165316
17Cincinnati logoCincinnati+0.245,2995021
18Duke logoDuke+0.245,9306010
19Arizona logoArizona+0.235,3034923
20Illinois logoIllinois+0.234,8614434
21BYU logoBYU+0.235,6044824
22Kentucky logoKentucky+0.224,0943452
23Florida logoFlorida+0.224,0962860
24Nebraska logoNebraska+0.214,8424337
25South Carolina logoSouth Carolina+0.214,0422762
26West Virginia logoWest Virginia+0.204,1953255
27Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech+0.204,1943058
28Florida State logoFlorida State+0.195,6675118
29Kansas State logoKansas State+0.194,4474143
30NC State logoNC State+0.185,1065317
31Missouri logoMissouri+0.175,4194628
32Texas Tech logoTexas Tech+0.176,463636
33Tennessee logoTennessee+0.176,097619
34UCLA logoUCLA+0.163,8382364
35Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh+0.155,0864729
36North Carolina logoNorth Carolina+0.143,4692465
37Purdue logoPurdue+0.144,1232663
38Kansas logoKansas+0.134,6774044
39Penn State logoPenn State+0.134,7064631
40Baylor logoBaylor+0.125,4144333
41Washington logoWashington+0.125,3465614
42Virginia logoVirginia+0.125,8674725
43Oregon logoOregon+0.116,783664
44Iowa State logoIowa State+0.114,7473945
45Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech+0.115,9824722
46Iowa logoIowa+0.104,1614046
47Mississippi State logoMississippi State+0.105,1894926
48Rutgers logoRutgers+0.104,8914140
49TCU logoTCU+0.105,4845020
50Auburn logoAuburn+0.094,4883450
51Wisconsin logoWisconsin+0.083,0571868
52Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt+0.086,022655
53UCF logoUCF+0.084,5473154
54Michigan logoMichigan+0.075,1734432
55Syracuse logoSyracuse+0.074,0842959
56Stanford logoStanford+0.073,6902266
57Texas logoTexas+0.075,0534530
58Texas A&M logoTexas A&M+0.075,7835415
59Colorado logoColorado+0.063,9533256
60Arizona State logoArizona State+0.045,4163842
61Maryland logoMaryland+0.034,3342761
62Minnesota logoMinnesota+0.023,8143453
63Arkansas logoArkansas+0.015,4614727
64Oklahoma logoOklahoma+0.004,6093548
65Boston College logoBoston College-0.014,6103647
66Michigan State logoMichigan State-0.024,1443649
67Clemson logoClemson-0.035,0994238
68California logoCalifornia-0.044,6524141
2026 defense by expected points allowed per play: fewer given up ranks higher. The grey columns are the full 2025 season and the rank from our 2026 team rating. The same 68 teams as offense.
RankTeam2026 allowed per play2025 per play2025 rankRating rank
1UCLA logoUCLA-0.22+0.226254
2Baylor logoBaylor-0.11+0.124968
3LSU logoLSU-0.10-0.031311
4TCU logoTCU-0.08+0.083744
5Michigan logoMichigan-0.08-0.011924
6Tennessee logoTennessee-0.08+0.094057
7Oklahoma logoOklahoma-0.08-0.1045
8Indiana logoIndiana-0.08-0.1053
9Ohio State logoOhio State-0.07-0.1221
10Wisconsin logoWisconsin-0.06+0.124712
11Duke logoDuke-0.06+0.165858
12Iowa logoIowa-0.06-0.0888
13Texas logoTexas-0.04+0.012514
14Alabama logoAlabama-0.04-0.031613
15Arizona logoArizona-0.04-0.09621
16Utah logoUtah-0.03-0.021717
17Oregon logoOregon-0.03-0.0799
18Nebraska logoNebraska-0.03+0.104445
19Texas Tech logoTexas Tech-0.03-0.2514
20Notre Dame logoNotre Dame-0.03-0.0877
21Washington logoWashington-0.02+0.012729
22Texas A&M logoTexas A&M-0.02+0.063519
23Minnesota logoMinnesota-0.02+0.094146
24Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh-0.02-0.031542
25Clemson logoClemson-0.01+0.002226
26Georgia logoGeorgia-0.00+0.01236
27Kansas logoKansas+0.00+0.185950
28Missouri logoMissouri+0.00-0.011816
29BYU logoBYU+0.01-0.031410
30Wake Forest logoWake Forest+0.01-0.041232
31Penn State logoPenn State+0.02+0.032922
32Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech+0.03+0.226355
33Northwestern logoNorthwestern+0.04+0.145330
34Miami logoMiami+0.04-0.1032
35Kentucky logoKentucky+0.04+0.083941
36Arizona State logoArizona State+0.04+0.053323
37Boston College logoBoston College+0.05+0.196166
38Florida logoFlorida+0.05+0.104518
39Louisville logoLouisville+0.06-0.071025
40Virginia logoVirginia+0.06+0.012620
41Colorado logoColorado+0.06+0.135153
42SMU logoSMU+0.07-0.051127
43UCF logoUCF+0.07+0.063440
44Syracuse logoSyracuse+0.08+0.236563
45North Carolina logoNorth Carolina+0.08+0.114651
46Auburn logoAuburn+0.09+0.002015
47Kansas State logoKansas State+0.09+0.043238
48Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State+0.10+0.236665
49Ole Miss logoOle Miss+0.11+0.022835
50Maryland logoMaryland+0.11+0.043052
51South Carolina logoSouth Carolina+0.11+0.043133
52USC logoUSC+0.11+0.073631
53NC State logoNC State+0.13+0.186043
54Houston logoHouston+0.13+0.002149
55Mississippi State logoMississippi State+0.14+0.124861
56Cincinnati logoCincinnati+0.14+0.145447
57Iowa State logoIowa State+0.14+0.012428
58Arkansas logoArkansas+0.15+0.236464
59Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt+0.15+0.135039
60Michigan State logoMichigan State+0.16+0.145556
61Florida State logoFlorida State+0.17+0.083836
62California logoCalifornia+0.18+0.094362
63Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech+0.19+0.145637
64Illinois logoIllinois+0.22+0.135234
65Purdue logoPurdue+0.23+0.256859
66West Virginia logoWest Virginia+0.23+0.094260
67Rutgers logoRutgers+0.24+0.256767
68Stanford logoStanford+0.33+0.155748
2026 national recruiting class rank, by class points.
RankTeamPoints
1USC logoUSC310.7
2Alabama logoAlabama303.8
3Oregon logoOregon303.2
4Ohio State logoOhio State301.2
5Notre Dame logoNotre Dame299.3
6Georgia logoGeorgia292.0
7Texas logoTexas291.2
8Tennessee logoTennessee290.7
9Miami logoMiami284.6
10Texas A&M logoTexas A&M283.1
11LSU logoLSU272.7
12Michigan logoMichigan270.1
13Washington logoWashington262.3
14South Carolina logoSouth Carolina256.4
15Oklahoma logoOklahoma252.6
16Florida State logoFlorida State251.5
17Florida logoFlorida251.0
18Texas Tech logoTexas Tech250.3
19North Carolina logoNorth Carolina247.7
20Clemson logoClemson243.3
21BYU logoBYU237.3
22Ole Miss logoOle Miss236.7
23Mississippi State logoMississippi State230.6
24Illinois logoIllinois230.2
25West Virginia logoWest Virginia229.5
26Iowa logoIowa228.6
27Utah logoUtah226.9
28Minnesota logoMinnesota226.7
29Indiana logoIndiana226.5
30Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech226.2
31Auburn logoAuburn226.0
32SMU logoSMU225.8
33Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt225.4
34Missouri logoMissouri225.1
35Syracuse logoSyracuse224.8
36Rutgers logoRutgers220.7
37Stanford logoStanford218.9
38Houston logoHouston218.8
39Wake Forest logoWake Forest217.9
40Arizona State logoArizona State217.3
41Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech216.7
42Arizona logoArizona216.7
43Maryland logoMaryland215.9
44Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh214.1
45Michigan State logoMichigan State213.7
46Arkansas logoArkansas212.7
47TCU logoTCU212.6
48Louisville logoLouisville211.7
49NC State logoNC State210.3
50Kansas State logoKansas State207.8
51Boise State logoBoise State205.7
52Northwestern logoNorthwestern204.9
53Boston College logoBoston College204.1
54Iowa State logoIowa State203.3
55Purdue logoPurdue203.3
56California logoCalifornia202.8
57Baylor logoBaylor200.6
58Cincinnati logoCincinnati199.9
59App State198.6
60Kentucky logoKentucky197.2
61Kansas logoKansas197.0
62UCLA logoUCLA196.6
63UNLV logoUNLV196.4
64Tulane logoTulane195.1
65Penn State logoPenn State194.4
66UCF logoUCF194.3
67Colorado logoColorado193.4
68Temple logoTemple192.2
69Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State190.3
70Fresno State logoFresno State189.4
71Duke logoDuke189.3
72Memphis logoMemphis189.2
73Colorado State logoColorado State188.8
74Texas State logoTexas State188.3
75Bowling Green logoBowling Green188.0
76Troy logoTroy187.2
77South Alabama logoSouth Alabama187.2
78Wisconsin logoWisconsin186.8
79UTSA logoUTSA185.8
80James Madison logoJames Madison185.6
81Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky185.2
82Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois184.9
83San Diego State logoSan Diego State184.2
84Georgia State logoGeorgia State184.0
85Arkansas State logoArkansas State183.8
86Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State183.4
87New Mexico logoNew Mexico182.6
88Nebraska logoNebraska182.3
89Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern181.8
90South Florida logoSouth Florida180.1
91Louisiana logoLouisiana179.8
92UTEP logoUTEP179.6
93Tulsa logoTulsa179.4
94East Carolina logoEast Carolina179.0
95Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan178.9
96Old Dominion logoOld Dominion178.6
97Utah State logoUtah State177.6
98Nevada logoNevada177.1
99Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech177.0
100Oregon State logoOregon State176.8
101Buffalo logoBuffalo176.6
102Florida International logoFlorida International176.6
103Charlotte logoCharlotte176.5
104Rice176.0
105Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)175.9
106Eastern Michigan175.4
107Ohio175.4
108Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss175.3
109Liberty logoLiberty172.6
110UConn logoUConn172.5
111Virginia logoVirginia171.8
112Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan171.4
113Ball State170.0
114Wyoming logoWyoming169.7
115Delaware logoDelaware167.0
116Massachusetts167.0
117North Dakota State logoNorth Dakota State166.6
118Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina165.0
119Middle Tennessee164.9
120Kennesaw State163.4
121Toledo logoToledo162.5
122Kent State162.2
123Marshall logoMarshall162.1
124Hawai'i161.5
125Sacramento State logoSacramento State161.2
126Sam Houston161.2
127UL Monroe160.3
128Washington State logoWashington State159.2
129San José State158.7
130Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic157.5
131Missouri State151.6
132Idaho150.0
133Akron logoAkron147.4
134Montana State logoMontana State142.3
135UAB logoUAB135.3
136New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State129.1
137North Texas logoNorth Texas128.0
138Northern Arizona127.9
139Cal Poly logoCal Poly120.6
140UC Davis logoUC Davis117.4
141Air Force logoAir Force116.5
142Harvard106.8
143Eastern Washington logoEastern Washington106.4
144Navy logoNavy99.4
145Illinois State logoIllinois State97.5
146West Georgia95.9
147Utah Tech94.8
148Portland State92.2
149Stephen F. Austin logoStephen F. Austin90.8
150McNeese86.1
151Weber State85.3
152Montana logoMontana80.7
153Southern77.8
154Murray State74.4
155North Dakota logoNorth Dakota74.2
156Gardner-Webb74.2
157South Dakota State logoSouth Dakota State71.9
158Jackson State logoJackson State70.7
159Villanova logoVillanova65.8
160Wofford60.5
161Nicholls logoNicholls57.5
162Rhode Island logoRhode Island56.4
163Furman55.9
164Howard logoHoward53.5
165Pennsylvania53.1
166Columbia52.0
167Albany51.5
168Alabama State51.0
169UT Martin logoUT Martin49.5
170Mercer49.5
171Idaho State48.6
172South Dakota48.0
173Prairie View A&M47.7
174Western Carolina45.4
175Towson logoTowson44.8
176Chattanooga44.6
177Samford43.6
178Central Arkansas logoCentral Arkansas43.6
180Lamar40.6
181Army logoArmy39.9
182Abilene Christian logoAbilene Christian39.6
183Lehigh39.6
184Brown39.6
185Southeastern Louisiana39.4
186Lafayette38.6
187Princeton35.7
188Northern Colorado31.2
189Savannah St30.9
191Colgate30.2
192Lindenwood logoLindenwood29.9
193Eastern Kentucky logoEastern Kentucky27.9
194West Florida26.9
195East Tennessee State logoEast Tennessee State26.2
197Florida A&M logoFlorida A&M25.9
198Austin Peay24.9
199Cornell23.9
200North Alabama23.9
201Northwestern State23.4
202North Carolina A&T logoNorth Carolina A&T18.0
203Texas Southern16.9
206Alabama A&M logoAlabama A&M16.1
207Youngstown State logoYoungstown State16.0
209Richmond15.8
210Mississippi Valley State15.7
211Tarleton State logoTarleton State15.5
212Delaware State logoDelaware State15.0
213Bryant14.8
214Dartmouth logoDartmouth14.0
214Western Illinois logoWestern Illinois14.0
214William & Mary logoWilliam & Mary14.0
214Bethune-Cookman14.0
214Hampton14.0
220UTRGV13.5
220Grand Valley State University13.5
220Fordham13.5
223Grambling13.0
223Yale13.0
227Tennessee State12.5
228Presbyterian10.0
228Merrimack10.0
228San Diego10.0
Net transfer-portal value: model dollars in minus out. A raided team adds bodies but its net value sinks.
RankTeamNet valueInOut
1LSU logoLSU+$15M4141
2Texas Tech logoTexas Tech+$13M2221
3Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State+$12M5565
4Miami logoMiami+$11M1319
5Kentucky logoKentucky+$8.2M2927
6UCLA logoUCLA+$7.9M4129
7Kansas logoKansas+$7.9M3126
8Virginia logoVirginia+$7.8M3022
9Auburn logoAuburn+$7.5M3839
10Penn State logoPenn State+$7.2M3848
11Arkansas logoArkansas+$7.0M4143
12Texas logoTexas+$6.5M2228
13Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech+$6.5M1920
14Indiana logoIndiana+$6.2M1716
15Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech+$5.6M2727
16California logoCalifornia+$5.6M3236
17Baylor logoBaylor+$5.5M3132
18Texas A&M logoTexas A&M+$5.3M1921
19Wisconsin logoWisconsin+$4.9M3325
20Syracuse logoSyracuse+$4.3M1929
21Louisville logoLouisville+$4.2M3339
22Nebraska logoNebraska+$4.2M1619
23Oklahoma logoOklahoma+$4.1M1629
24Northwestern logoNorthwestern+$4.1M178
25Purdue logoPurdue+$4.0M2924
26Arizona logoArizona+$4.0M2220
27UCF logoUCF+$3.8M3235
28West Virginia logoWest Virginia+$3.8M3450
29Ohio State logoOhio State+$3.4M1737
30Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt+$3.4M1819
31South Carolina logoSouth Carolina+$3.3M2524
32Houston logoHouston+$2.9M1816
33Illinois logoIllinois+$2.7M1927
34SMU logoSMU+$2.4M1425
35Mississippi State logoMississippi State+$2.3M2740
36Wake Forest logoWake Forest+$2.0M2423
37BYU logoBYU+$1.9M913
38Colorado logoColorado+$1.9M4238
39Arizona State logoArizona State+$1.8M2421
40Iowa logoIowa+$1.4M158
41Florida State logoFlorida State+$1.4M2243
42Minnesota logoMinnesota+$1.3M1920
43Stanford logoStanford+$1.1M612
44Missouri logoMissouri+$1.1M3027
45NC State logoNC State+$0.9M2022
46Washington logoWashington+$0.9M1423
47Ole Miss logoOle Miss+$0.8M2825
48Western Michigan logoWestern Michigan+$0.7M1413
49Tennessee logoTennessee+$0.6M2129
50Clemson logoClemson+$0.6M1115
51Oregon logoOregon+$0.6M1330
52TCU logoTCU+$0.6M1214
53Maryland logoMaryland+$0.4M1516
54Rutgers logoRutgers+$0.1M1515
55Utah logoUtah+$0.1M1720
56Fresno State logoFresno State+$0.0M1310
57Army logoArmy+$0.0M02
58Air Force logoAir Force+$0.0M04
59Delaware logoDelaware+$0.0M138
60Kansas State logoKansas State-$0.0M2633
61UL Monroe-$0.2M2017
62Sam Houston-$0.2M2015
63Missouri State-$0.3M1911
64Boston College logoBoston College-$0.3M2630
65Navy logoNavy-$0.3M03
66Cincinnati logoCincinnati-$0.4M2223
67Georgia logoGeorgia-$0.6M916
68Nevada logoNevada-$0.6M1421
69New Mexico logoNew Mexico-$0.7M1514
70Temple logoTemple-$0.8M2325
71Central Michigan logoCentral Michigan-$0.9M1217
72Ball State-$1.0M2418
73Florida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic-$1.1M2230
74Toledo logoToledo-$1.1M3338
75UTEP logoUTEP-$1.1M2120
76Kennesaw State-$1.1M2919
77Eastern Michigan-$1.2M1126
78Liberty logoLiberty-$1.3M2619
79Middle Tennessee-$1.3M1918
80Duke logoDuke-$1.3M1917
81Texas State logoTexas State-$1.4M1721
82Louisiana logoLouisiana-$1.5M57
83Utah State logoUtah State-$1.6M2919
84Louisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech-$1.6M1124
85Michigan logoMichigan-$1.6M1733
86Troy logoTroy-$1.7M1427
87Coastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina-$1.7M3343
88Alabama logoAlabama-$1.7M1724
89Marshall logoMarshall-$1.7M2722
90Boise State logoBoise State-$1.8M1119
91Massachusetts-$1.9M2219
92Wyoming logoWyoming-$1.9M1916
93Florida logoFlorida-$1.9M2736
94Southern Miss logoSouthern Miss-$2.1M3728
95Hawai'i-$2.1M169
96Bowling Green logoBowling Green-$2.3M1527
97Kent State-$2.3M1115
98Northern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois-$2.4M622
99USC logoUSC-$2.4M922
100Miami (OH) logoMiami (OH)-$2.5M1614
101Georgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern-$2.6M1718
102Notre Dame logoNotre Dame-$2.7M715
103Georgia State logoGeorgia State-$2.7M3339
104Ohio-$2.7M1816
105Tulsa logoTulsa-$2.8M2122
106Michigan State logoMichigan State-$3.0M2846
107Charlotte logoCharlotte-$3.0M1927
108UAB logoUAB-$3.1M3833
109Rice-$3.2M2022
110UConn logoUConn-$3.3M5345
111North Carolina logoNorth Carolina-$3.4M2031
112San Diego State logoSan Diego State-$3.5M2626
113App State-$3.7M3841
114Akron logoAkron-$3.8M1518
115New Mexico State logoNew Mexico State-$3.8M2524
116Colorado State logoColorado State-$3.9M3138
117Washington State logoWashington State-$3.9M2841
118Florida International logoFlorida International-$3.9M1621
119Arkansas State logoArkansas State-$4.0M2437
120Jacksonville State logoJacksonville State-$4.0M2013
121Old Dominion logoOld Dominion-$4.1M1522
122Iowa State logoIowa State-$4.1M4855
123UTSA logoUTSA-$4.1M2123
124South Alabama logoSouth Alabama-$4.2M1230
125Western Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky-$4.4M1922
126Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh-$4.5M1621
127Buffalo logoBuffalo-$4.9M1616
128UNLV logoUNLV-$5.0M1515
129San José State-$5.1M1716
130Oregon State logoOregon State-$5.1M2035
131Tulane logoTulane-$5.3M2027
132Memphis logoMemphis-$5.6M5147
133East Carolina logoEast Carolina-$5.7M2326
134James Madison logoJames Madison-$9.5M3730
135South Florida logoSouth Florida-$14M4434
136North Texas logoNorth Texas-$15M4938
Estimated 2026 roster spend: a revenue-share layer plus third-party NIL. Model dollars, not verified payroll.
RankTeamEst. spendRev share3rd-party NIL
1Texas logoTexas$41M–$55M$15M$32M
2Ohio State logoOhio State$39M–$53M$15M$31M
3Miami logoMiami$35M–$47M$15M$26M
4Notre Dame logoNotre Dame$30M–$49M$15M$24M
5Tennessee logoTennessee$29M–$48M$15M$23M
6Texas Tech logoTexas Tech$31M–$42M$15M$21M
7Penn State logoPenn State$27M–$43M$15M$20M
8Alabama logoAlabama$27M–$42M$15M$19M
9Michigan logoMichigan$26M–$41M$15M$18M
10Texas A&M logoTexas A&M$26M–$41M$15M$18M
11Oklahoma logoOklahoma$26M–$41M$15M$18M
12USC logoUSC$26M–$41M$15M$18M
13Georgia logoGeorgia$26M–$40M$15M$18M
14LSU logoLSU$28M–$38M$15M$18M
15Nebraska logoNebraska$24M–$37M$15M$15M
16Auburn logoAuburn$24M–$37M$15M$15M
17South Carolina logoSouth Carolina$24M–$36M$15M$15M
18Florida logoFlorida$24M–$36M$15M$15M
19Ole Miss logoOle Miss$25M–$34M$15M$15M
20Arkansas logoArkansas$24M–$35M$15M$14M
21Stanford logoStanford$24M–$35M$15M$14M
22Florida State logoFlorida State$24M–$35M$15M$14M
23Wisconsin logoWisconsin$24M–$35M$15M$14M
24Virginia logoVirginia$25M–$33M$15M$14M
25Kentucky logoKentucky$23M–$34M$15M$13M
26Clemson logoClemson$23M–$34M$15M$13M
27Indiana logoIndiana$23M–$34M$15M$13M
28Duke logoDuke$23M–$33M$15M$13M
29Missouri logoMissouri$23M–$33M$15M$13M
30Iowa logoIowa$23M–$33M$15M$13M
31Washington logoWashington$23M–$33M$15M$13M
32Kansas logoKansas$23M–$32M$15M$12M
33UCLA logoUCLA$23M–$32M$15M$12M
34California logoCalifornia$23M–$32M$15M$12M
35Rutgers logoRutgers$23M–$32M$15M$12M
36Oregon logoOregon$22M–$32M$15M$12M
37Colorado logoColorado$22M–$31M$15M$11M
38Michigan State logoMichigan State$22M–$31M$15M$11M
39Mississippi State logoMississippi State$22M–$30M$15M$11M
40Minnesota logoMinnesota$22M–$30M$15M$11M
41TCU logoTCU$22M–$30M$15M$11M
42Louisville logoLouisville$22M–$30M$15M$11M
43Oklahoma State logoOklahoma State$22M–$30M$15M$10M
44BYU logoBYU$22M–$30M$15M$10M
45Virginia Tech logoVirginia Tech$21M–$30M$15M$10M
46Pittsburgh logoPittsburgh$21M–$30M$15M$10M
47Purdue logoPurdue$21M–$30M$15M$10M
48SMU logoSMU$21M–$29M$15M$10M
49Arizona State logoArizona State$21M–$29M$15M$10M
50Vanderbilt logoVanderbilt$21M–$29M$15M$9.8M
51Boston College logoBoston College$21M–$29M$15M$9.4M
52Georgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech$21M–$28M$15M$9.3M
53North Carolina logoNorth Carolina$21M–$28M$15M$9.2M
54Baylor logoBaylor$21M–$28M$15M$9.1M
55NC State logoNC State$21M–$28M$15M$8.9M
56Arizona logoArizona$20M–$27M$15M$8.6M
57Northwestern logoNorthwestern$20M–$27M$15M$8.5M
58Maryland logoMaryland$20M–$27M$15M$8.3M
59Utah logoUtah$20M–$27M$15M$8.0M
60Syracuse logoSyracuse$20M–$26M$15M$7.6M
61Cincinnati logoCincinnati$20M–$26M$15M$7.5M
62West Virginia logoWest Virginia$20M–$26M$15M$7.3M
63Wake Forest logoWake Forest$20M–$25M$15M$7.1M
64UCF logoUCF$19M–$25M$15M$6.7M
65Iowa State logoIowa State$19M–$24M$15M$6.3M
66Kansas State logoKansas State$19M–$24M$15M$6.2M
67Houston logoHouston$19M–$24M$15M$6.0M
68Illinois logoIllinois$14M–$19M$15M$1.5M
Active head coaches ranked on a 50/50 blend of career win % and cover % (against the spread), rewarding coaches who beat expectations, not just weak schedules. Cover % from 2015-2023 lines.
RankCoachTeamWin %Cover %RecordSeasons
1Dan LanningOregon logoOregon85.4%69.2%35–64
2Curt CignettiIndiana logoIndiana84.6%65.2%11–22
3Jon SumrallTulane logoTulane78.0%70.4%32–94
4Ryan DayOhio State logoOhio State87.5%57.6%70–108
5Marcus FreemanNotre Dame logoNotre Dame76.7%64.0%33–105
6Kirby SmartGeorgia logoGeorgia84.7%55.6%105–1910
7Dabo SwinneyClemson logoClemson79.3%54.5%180–4718
8Kalen DeBoerAlabama logoAlabama78.0%55.6%46–136
9Spencer DanielsonBoise State logoBoise State83.3%–15–33
10Brian KellyLSU logoLSU72.8%58.4%195–7322
11Josh HeupelTennessee logoTennessee73.9%53.4%65–238
12Chris KliemanKansas State logoKansas State63.2%63.9%48–287
13Fran BrownSyracuse logoSyracuse76.9%–10–32
14James FranklinPenn State logoPenn State68.7%57.1%125–5715
15Lincoln RileyUSC logoUSC77.1%48.4%81–249
16Jeff TraylorUTSA logoUTSA69.7%55.8%46–206
17Jamey ChadwellLiberty logoLiberty69.0%54.7%60–278
18Mike ElkoTexas A&M logoTexas A&M63.2%60.0%24–144
19Lane KiffinOle Miss logoOle Miss67.1%54.0%106–5214
20Kyle WhittinghamUtah logoUtah66.0%55.0%167–8622
21Rhett LashleeSMU logoSMU70.7%50.0%29–124
22Mike GundyOklahoma State logoOklahoma State65.8%54.8%169–8821
23Eli DrinkwitzMissouri logoMissouri66.7%53.2%50–257
24Bob ChesneyJames Madison logoJames Madison69.2%–9–42
25Bronco MendenhallNew Mexico logoNew Mexico61.4%57.0%140–8819
26Mack BrownNorth Carolina logoNorth Carolina71.6%46.8%184–7320
27Tim AlbinOhio64.1%54.0%34–195
28Billy NapierFlorida logoFlorida65.6%52.6%59–318
29Matt CampbellIowa State logoIowa State60.0%58.0%99–6615
30Jeff BrohmLouisville logoLouisville62.0%55.9%85–5212
31Kirk FerentzIowa logoIowa64.0%53.6%203–11426
32Hugh FreezeAuburn logoAuburn62.3%55.3%94–5713
33Willie FritzHouston logoHouston55.1%61.4%76–6212
34Steve SarkisianTexas logoTexas61.8%52.6%81–5011
35Ken NiumataloloSan José State56.6%57.7%116–8918
36Kalani SitakeBYU logoBYU62.6%51.5%72–4310
37Tyson HeltonWestern Kentucky logoWestern Kentucky60.0%53.8%48–327
38Mike NorvellFlorida State logoFlorida State62.3%51.5%71–4310
39Luke FickellWisconsin logoWisconsin66.7%47.1%76–3810
40Tom HermanFlorida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic61.2%52.3%60–388
41Chad LunsfordFlorida Atlantic logoFlorida Atlantic56.9%56.4%29–226
42Neal BrownWest Virginia logoWest Virginia58.5%54.2%72–5110
43Troy CalhounAir Force logoAir Force60.3%52.4%135–8919
44P.J. FleckMinnesota logoMinnesota59.1%53.2%88–6113
45G.J. KinneTexas State logoTexas State61.5%–16–103
46Sherrone MooreMichigan logoMichigan61.5%–8–52
47Joey McGuireTexas Tech logoTexas Tech59.0%52.0%23–164
48Jason CandleToledo logoToledo64.6%45.9%73–4011
49Jeff MonkenArmy59.0%51.4%82–5712
50Gus MalzahnUCF logoUCF62.9%47.4%105–6213
51Scott SatterfieldCincinnati logoCincinnati58.8%51.3%80–5612
52Barry OdomUNLV logoUNLV57.7%52.4%45–337
53Brian NewberryNavy logoNavy60.0%–15–103
54Dave DoerenNC State logoNC State61.5%48.2%110–6915
55Shane BeamerSouth Carolina logoSouth Carolina56.9%52.6%29–225
56Jake DickertWashington State logoWashington State53.5%56.0%23–205
57Bill O'BrienBoston College logoBoston College59.5%–22–154
58Matt RhuleNebraska logoNebraska51.3%57.7%59–5610
59Manny DiazDuke logoDuke61.2%47.2%30–195
60Brent VenablesOklahoma logoOklahoma56.4%52.0%22–174
61Bret BielemaIllinois logoIllinois61.0%47.3%125–8017
62Pat NarduzziPittsburgh logoPittsburgh56.2%51.7%72–5611
63Sonny DykesTCU logoTCU56.6%51.0%98–7515
64Jonathan SmithMichigan State logoMichigan State48.1%59.4%39–428
65Ryan SilverfieldMemphis logoMemphis67.7%39.6%42–206
66Brent KeyGeorgia Tech logoGeorgia Tech52.9%54.2%18–164
67Pete LemboBuffalo logoBuffalo56.8%–42–337
68Sam PittmanArkansas logoArkansas49.2%57.5%30–316
69Charles HuffMarshall logoMarshall61.5%44.7%32–205
70Rich RodriguezJacksonville State logoJacksonville State59.7%46.0%136–9219
71Butch JonesArkansas State logoArkansas State54.8%50.7%103–8516
72Jedd FischWashington logoWashington44.2%61.1%23–296
73Chuck MartinMiami (OH) logoMiami (OH)49.2%55.8%65–6712
74Clay HeltonGeorgia Southern logoGeorgia Southern60.6%44.3%66–4312
75Shawn ClarkApp State62.5%42.0%40–246
76Major ApplewhiteSouth Alabama logoSouth Alabama56.4%48.0%22–175
77Michael DesormeauxLouisiana logoLouisiana56.1%48.0%23–185
78Lance LeipoldKansas logoKansas49.2%54.8%59–6111
79Tim BeckCoastal Carolina logoCoastal Carolina53.8%–14–123
80Kenny DillinghamArizona State logoArizona State53.8%–14–123
81Alex GoleshSouth Florida logoSouth Florida53.8%–14–123
82Jay NorvellColorado State logoColorado State51.0%52.4%49–479
83Jim McElwainCentral Michigan logoCentral Michigan54.6%48.4%77–6412
84Jim MoraUConn logoUConn56.1%46.0%64–5010
85Deion SandersColorado logoColorado52.0%–13–123
86Justin WilcoxCalifornia logoCalifornia45.6%55.8%42–509
87Dave ClawsonWake Forest logoWake Forest49.5%51.8%99–10116
88K.C. KeelerSam Houston50.0%–12–123
89Dave ArandaBaylor logoBaylor50.8%48.9%31–306
90Mark StoopsKentucky logoKentucky51.3%48.2%77–7313
91Ricky RahneOld Dominion logoOld Dominion40.0%58.3%20–306
92David BraunNorthwestern logoNorthwestern48.0%–12–133
93Bryant VincentUL Monroe48.0%–12–133
94Greg SchianoRutgers logoRutgers48.2%48.9%94–10117
95Brent BrennanArizona logoArizona40.4%56.4%38–569
96Chris CreightonEastern Michigan43.2%53.3%57–7512
97Tim SkipperFresno State logoFresno State46.2%–6–71
98Mike HoustonEast Carolina logoEast Carolina41.5%53.4%27–386
99Sean LewisSan Diego State logoSan Diego State40.3%53.7%27–407
100Eric MorrisNorth Texas logoNorth Texas44.0%–11–143
101Thomas HammockNorthern Illinois logoNorthern Illinois45.7%48.2%32–387
102Mario CristobalMiami logoMiami52.8%40.3%84–7514
103Trent BrayOregon State logoOregon State41.7%–5–72
104Deshaun FosterUCLA logoUCLA41.7%–5–72
105Brent PryVirginia Tech logoVirginia Tech43.2%47.8%16–214
106Lance TaylorWestern Michigan logoWestern Michigan40.0%–10–153
107Joe MoorheadAkron logoAkron35.5%53.1%22–406
108Mike NeuBall State38.8%48.9%40–639
109Tony ElliottVirginia logoVirginia32.4%54.5%11–234
110Timmy ChangHawai'i34.2%52.0%13–254
111Tim BrewsterCharlotte logoCharlotte36.2%–17–305
112Mike MacIntyreFlorida International logoFlorida International39.5%46.7%58–8912
113Scot LoefflerBowling Green logoBowling Green39.7%45.3%27–416
114Shane MontgomeryMassachusetts34.0%–17–335
115Nate DreilingUtah State logoUtah State33.3%–4–81
116Mike BloomgrenRice31.6%51.5%24–527
117Kevin WilsonTulsa logoTulsa34.4%48.6%33–638
118Tony SanchezNew Mexico State logoNew Mexico State31.9%50.0%23–497
119Mike LocksleyMaryland logoMaryland35.4%45.5%34–6210
120Will HallSouthern Miss logoSouthern Miss31.8%48.6%14–304
121Trent DilferUAB logoUAB29.2%–7–173
122Derek MasonMiddle Tennessee31.9%47.1%30–649
123Biff PoggiCharlotte logoCharlotte27.3%–6–162
124Troy TaylorStanford logoStanford25.0%–6–182
125Scotty WaldenUTEP25.0%–4–123
126Dell McGeeGeorgia State logoGeorgia State25.0%–3–92
127Jay SawvelWyoming logoWyoming25.0%–3–92
128Jeff ChoateNevada logoNevada23.1%–3–102
129Everett WithersTemple logoTemple28.0%44.4%14–365
130Stan DraytonTemple logoTemple26.5%45.8%9–253
131Gerad ParkerTroy logoTroy22.2%–4–143
132Ryan WaltersPurdue logoPurdue20.8%–5–192
133Clark LeaVanderbilt logoVanderbilt32.6%36.1%16–335
134Sonny CumbieLouisiana Tech logoLouisiana Tech30.9%37.5%13–295
135Jeff LebbyMississippi State logoMississippi State16.7%–2–102
136Don BrownMassachusetts17.6%41.7%6–283
137Kenni BurnsKent State4.2%–1–232