Early Modern Era. Early Modern Era; calculated independently but excluded from default cross-season statistics.

1926 Season

FBS Football Rankings

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FBS standings

114 ranked teams

Rank	Team	Champion	Record	Rating	Raw points	Opponent rating	Move
1	Michigan FBS · Western	—	7–1	260.61	318.09	137.84	—
2	Navy FBS · FBS Independents	★	9–0–1	246.98	303.08	127.92	—
3	Alabama FBS · Southern	★	9–0–1	243.54	315.42	92.38	—
4	SMU FBS · Southwest	—	8–0–1	222.15	282.66	98.94	—
5	Utah FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	7–0	217.88	283.79	100.09	—
6	Notre Dame FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–1	216.69	244.27	129.38	—
7	USC FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	188.09	225.46	112.14	—
8	Ohio State FBS · Western	—	7–1	187.89	234.80	110.58	—
9	Lafayette FBS · FBS Independents	★	2–0	186.62	196.02	149.64	—
10	Oregon State FBS · Pacific	—	7–1	184.48	233.27	93.07	—
11	Vanderbilt FBS · Southern	—	8–1	180.63	206.99	102.17	—
12	Army FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	180.55	219.76	113.84	—
13	Northwestern FBS · Western	—	7–1	178.88	224.80	98.79	—
14	Stanford FBS · Pacific	★	10–0–1	177.98	208.65	91.69	▲ 3
15	Washington & Jefferson FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	173.88	207.74	114.39	▼ 1
16	Missouri FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–1–2	170.44	200.53	102.60	▼ 1
17	Tennessee FBS · Southern	—	8–1	169.73	218.03	72.13	▼ 1
18	Furman FBS · SIAA	—	8–1–1	169.20	205.97	80.89	—
19	Nebraska FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–2	163.32	194.19	99.53	—
20	Carnegie Mellon FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2	161.81	195.31	107.04	—
21	Brown FBS · FBS Independents	—	9–0–1	159.88	204.02	73.18	—
22	Colorado State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	6–2–1	158.18	178.84	102.90	—
23	Utah State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–1–2	157.47	186.41	93.77	—
24	Washington State FBS · Pacific	—	6–1	153.87	170.40	102.22	—
25	Pennsylvania FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–1–1	151.15	189.43	81.47	—
26	Minnesota FBS · Western	—	5–3	148.86	159.97	129.66	—
27	Illinois FBS · Western	—	6–2	147.06	163.49	109.94	—
28	Washington FBS · Pacific	—	8–2	141.72	165.95	85.82	—
29	TCU FBS · Southwest	—	6–1–2	140.30	162.92	95.11	—
30	Arizona FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0–1	135.08	120.00	158.18	—
31	Syracuse FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	132.16	153.36	84.25	—
32	CColorado College FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	5–2	129.53	152.82	76.45	—
33	North Texas FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	129.12	51.28	222.15	—
34	Princeton FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–1–1	126.88	142.90	95.30	—
35	Georgetown FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2–1	126.62	121.30	145.58	—
36	Fordham FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	125.83	91.09	173.88	—
37	Pittsburgh FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	125.40	130.78	111.87	—
38	Rutgers FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	124.37	88.62	173.88	—
39	Georgia FBS · Southern	—	5–4	124.21	119.04	122.70	—
40	LSU FBS · Southern	—	6–3	123.89	136.61	90.64	—
41	Wisconsin FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	114.54	114.61	104.89	—
42	Texas FBS · Southwest	—	5–4	114.45	131.04	94.41	—
43	Oklahoma FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–2–1	113.26	132.08	80.70	—
44	Georgia Tech FBS · Southern	—	4–5	112.77	108.02	126.65	—
45	Purdue FBS · Western	—	5–2–1	112.26	113.79	102.18	—
46	The Citadel FBS · SIAA	—	7–3	111.76	120.10	82.48	—
47	Virginia FBS · Southern	—	6–2–2	111.68	128.21	72.64	—
48	South Carolina FBS · Southern	—	6–4	110.07	130.24	69.64	—
49	DDenver FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–4	110.00	116.07	95.25	—
50	Grinnell FBS · Missouri Valley	—	6–1–1	109.56	129.73	67.63	—
51	Colgate FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–2–2	108.52	112.47	94.32	—
52	Cornell FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–1–1	108.38	120.23	72.75	—
53	Columbia FBS · FBS Independents	—	6–3	105.99	104.73	89.48	—
54	Chattanooga FBS · SIAA	—	1–1	105.97	119.49	90.64	—
55	Texas Tech FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	105.70	84.21	140.30	—
56	Holy Cross FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–0	104.86	133.80	63.39	—
57	Texas A&M FBS · Southwest	—	5–3–1	103.50	113.13	83.75	—
58	Washington and Lee FBS · Southern	—	4–3–2	97.99	116.04	77.10	—
59	Davidson FBS · FBS Independents	—	7–2–1	97.20	116.06	42.53	—
60	Yale FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	96.57	88.88	107.33	—
61	Kansas State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	5–3	96.07	84.68	98.23	—
62	Arkansas FBS · Southwest	—	5–5	94.13	108.89	85.62	—
63	Iowa State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	4–3–1	92.18	94.36	92.84	—
64	Maryland FBS · Southern	—	5–4–1	89.99	107.24	72.85	—
65	Indiana FBS · Western	—	3–5	85.86	80.18	112.09	—
66	Bucknell FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–2	82.63	62.78	127.81	—
67	Baylor FBS · Southwest	—	6–3–1	81.75	66.16	86.57	—
68	Penn State FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4	81.74	74.08	91.36	—
69	Mercer FBS · SIAA	—	1–2–1	81.38	66.97	111.04	—
70	Richmond FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–2	80.80	62.88	107.29	—
71	Montana FBS · Pacific	—	3–5	79.19	75.83	103.26	—
72	Oklahoma State FBS · Missouri Valley	—	3–4–1	76.52	47.21	120.39	—
73	Dartmouth FBS · FBS Independents	—	4–4	74.07	81.40	77.65	—
74	Idaho FBS · Pacific	—	3–4–1	73.74	53.03	108.78	—
75	Arizona State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
76	Boston College FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
77	New Mexico State FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
78	Temple FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
79	Texas State FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
80	UTEP FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–0	71.00	120.00	—	—
81	Drake FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–6	69.59	41.54	131.87	—
82	Auburn FBS · Southern	—	5–4	69.53	62.82	80.93	—
83	Virginia Tech FBS · Southern	—	5–3–1	68.96	55.70	74.15	—
84	William & Mary FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–3	68.21	73.18	84.23	—
85	Chicago FBS · Western	—	2–6	68.13	40.38	127.59	—
86	Kansas FBS · Missouri Valley	—	2–6	68.10	61.88	107.13	—
87	Oregon FBS · Pacific	—	2–4–1	64.30	46.54	106.62	—
88	Harvard FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–5	63.39	50.79	91.57	—
89	Tulane FBS · Southern	—	3–5–1	58.68	58.21	84.27	—
90	Iowa FBS · Western	—	3–5	56.18	30.89	104.63	—
91	North Carolina FBS · Southern	—	4–5	55.22	38.71	81.07	—
92	Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	3–5–1	54.44	44.50	81.73	—
93	Rice FBS · Southwest	—	4–4–1	53.70	38.15	78.07	—
94	Sam Houston FBS · Texas Intercollegiate Athletic	—	0–1	45.00	57.17	53.70	—
95	Ole Miss FBS · Southern	—	5–4	44.89	40.94	54.67	—
96	Duke FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–6	44.45	59.72	50.36	—
97	Sewanee FBS · Southern	—	2–6	44.00	15.23	112.05	—
98	Mississippi State FBS · Southern	—	5–4	41.18	3.32	86.43	—
99	NC State FBS · Southern	—	4–6	40.71	39.12	58.30	—
100	Florida FBS · Southern	—	2–6–2	38.99	35.04	78.25	—
101	New Mexico FBS · FBS Independents	—	1–1	37.70	24.94	53.84	—
102	California FBS · Pacific	—	3–6	37.36	7.70	103.68	—
103	Wake Forest FBS · FBS Independents	—	5–4–1	35.39	11.04	62.80	—
104	Montana State FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	4–2–1	34.20	19.90	51.75	—
105	BYU FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–5–1	34.09	8.80	92.22	—
106	Michigan State FBS · FBS Independents	—	3–4–1	32.03	1.00	79.60	—
107	Wyoming FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	2–4–2	31.45	18.01	64.04	—
108	VMI FBS · Southern	—	5–5	30.43	9.21	66.60	—
109	Kentucky FBS · Southern	—	2–6–1	27.48	1.00	92.89	—
110	Washington St. Louis FBS · Missouri Valley	—	1–7	25.32	1.00	96.92	—
111	Villanova FBS · FBS Independents	—	0–1	21.20	18.27	40.33	—
112	Colorado School of Mines FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	1–6	19.44	3.07	77.90	—
113	Clemson FBS · Southern	—	2–7	18.09	1.00	76.24	—
114	Western Colorado FBS · Rocky Mountain	—	0–8	4.18	1.00	67.57	—