My CFB Baseline · 2026 Preseason

Public baseline rankings using persisted real data and the same point-in-time rules documented in the methodology.

Rank	Team	Explanation
1	Texas A&M	Why here?
2	Texas	Why here?
3	Georgia	Why here?
4	South Carolina	Why here?
5	Oregon	Why here?
6	Ohio State	Why here?
7	LSU	Why here?
8	Notre Dame	Why here?
9	Florida	Why here?
10	Michigan	Why here?
11	Ole Miss	Why here?
12	Clemson	Why here?
13	Miami	Why here?
14	Alabama	Why here?
15	Tennessee	Why here?
16	USC	Why here?
17	Oklahoma	Why here?
18	Texas Tech	Why here?
19	Missouri	Why here?
20	Auburn	Why here?
21	Northwestern	Why here?
22	UCLA	Why here?
23	Nebraska	Why here?
24	Minnesota	Why here?
25	Houston	Why here?
26	Wisconsin	Why here?
27	Baylor	Why here?
28	Southern Miss	Why here?
29	Utah	Why here?
30	Florida State	Why here?
31	NC State	Why here?
32	BYU	Why here?
33	Virginia Tech	Why here?
34	Iowa	Why here?
35	SMU	Why here?
36	Purdue	Why here?
37	Arizona	Why here?
38	Kentucky	Why here?
39	Arkansas	Why here?
40	California	Why here?
41	Maryland	Why here?
42	Washington	Why here?
43	Kansas State	Why here?
44	Penn State	Why here?
45	Colorado	Why here?
46	Mississippi State	Why here?
47	Rutgers	Why here?
48	Arizona State	Why here?
49	San Diego State	Why here?
50	TCU	Why here?