DAVETGC's NCAA Division I Football Rankings-October 26, 2025

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NCAA Division I Team Conference Ranking Record Conf. Loss(es)
Ohio State Big Ten 1 7W-0L 4W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 2 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Texas A&M SEC 3 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Alabama SEC 4 7W-1L 5W-0L Florida State
Georgia   SEC 5 6W-1L 4W-1L Alabama
Mississippi   SEC 6 7W-1L 4W-1L Georgia
Tennessee SEC 7 6W-2L 3W-2L Georgia/Alabama
Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 8 6W-1L 2W-1L Louisville
Notre Dame Independent 9 5W-2L n/a Miami-FL/Texas A&M
BYU Big 12 10 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 11 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 12 7W-1L 4W-1L Indiana 
Vanderbilt SEC 13 7W-1L 3W-1L Alabama
Missouri SEC 14 6W-2L 2W-2L Alabama/Vanderbilt
USC Big Ten 15 5W-2L 3W-1L Illinois/Notre Dame
Texas Tech Big 12 16 7W-1L 4W-1L Arizona State
Utah Big 12 17 6W-2L 3W-2L Texas Tech/BYU
LSU SEC 18 5W-3L 2W-3L Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M
Florida SEC 19 3W-4L 2W-2L South Florida/LSU/Miami-FL/Texas A&M
Texas SEC 20 6W-2L 3W-1L Ohio State/Florida
Mississippi State SEC 21 4W-4L 0W-4L Tennessee/Texas A&M/Florida/Texas
Oklahoma   SEC 22 6W-2L 2W-2L Texas/Mississippi
Houston Big 12 23 7W-1L 4W-1L Texas Tech  
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 24 7W-1L 4W-0L North Carolina State
Louisville Atlantic Coast 25 6W-1L 3W-1L Virginia
Tulane American Athletic 26 6W-1L 3W-0L Mississippi 
Michigan Big Ten 27 6W-2L 4W-1L Oklahoma/USC
Arizona State Big 12 28 5W-3L 3W-2L Mississippi State/Utah/Houston
Iowa Big Ten 29 6W-2L 4W-1L Iowa State/Indiana
TCU Big 12 30 6W-2L 3W-2L Arizona State/Kansas State
Auburn SEC 31 4W-4L 1W-4L Oklahoma/Texas A&M/Georgia/Missouri
South Carolina SEC 32 3W-5L 1W-5L Vanderbilt/Missouri/LSU/Oklahoma
Washington Big Ten 33 6W-2L 3W-2L Ohio State/Michigan
Nebraska Big Ten 34 6W-2L 3W-2L Michigan/Minnesota
Cincinnati Big 12 35 7W-1L 5W-0L Nebraska
Illinois Big Ten 36 5W-3L 2W-3L Indiana/Ohio State/Washington
Memphis State American Athletic 37 7W-1L 3W-1L UAB
South Florida American Athletic 38 6W-2L 3W-1L Miami-FL/Memphis State
Duke Atlantic Coast 39 4W-3L 3W-1L Illinois/Tulane/Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 40 6W-2L 4W-1L West Virginia/Louisville
Boise State Mountain West 41 6W-2L 4W-0L South Florida/Notre Dame
North Texas State American Athletic 42 7W-1L 3W-1L South Florida 
Baylor Big 12 43 4W-4L 2W-3L Auburn/Arizona State/TCU/Cincinnati
Washington State Pacific 12-North 44 4W-4L 0W-0L North Texas State/Washington/Mississippi/Virginia
San Diego State Mountain West 45 6W-1L 3W-0L Washington State
Iowa State Big 12 46 5W-3L 2W-3L Cincinnati/Colorado/BYU
Arizona   Big 12 47 4W-3L 1W-3L Iowa State/BYU/Houston
James Madison Sunbelt-East 48 6W-1L 4W-0L Louisville
Kansas State Big 12 49 4W-4L 3W-2L Iowa State/Army/Arizona/Baylor
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 50 5W-2L 1W-3L North Carolina State/Georgia Tech
Kansas   Big 12 51 4W-4L 2W-3L Missouri/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas State
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 52 5W-3L 4W-1L Baylor/TCU/Wake Forest
Clemson Atlantic Coast 53 3W-4L 2W-3L LSU/Georgia Tech/Syracuse/SMU
Navy American Athletic 54 7W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Northwestern Big Ten 55 5W-3L 3W-2L Tulane/Oregon/Nebraska
UCLA Big Ten 56 3W-5L 3W-2L Utah/UNLV/New Mexico/Northwestern/Indiana
Maryland Big Ten 57 4W-3L 1W-3L Washington/Nebraska/UCLA
UNLV Mountain West 58 6W-1L 2W-1L Boise State
Troy State Sunbelt-West 59 6W-2L 4W-0L Clemson/Memphis State
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 60 3W-5L 2W-2L South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Old Dominion/Wake Forest/Georgia Tech
Kentucky SEC 61 2W-5L 0W-5L Mississippi/South Carolina/Georgia/Texas/Tennessee
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 62 3W-5L 1W-4L Tennessee/Duke/SMU/Pittsburgh/Georgia Tech
California Atlantic Coast 63 5W-3L 2W-2L San Diego State/Duke/Virginia Tech
Arkansas SEC 64 2W-6L 0W-4L Mississippi/Memphis State/Notre Dame/Tennessee/Texas A&M/Auburn
Central Florida Big 12 65 4W-3L 1W-3L Kansas State/Kansas/Cincinnati
Penn State Big Ten 66 3W-4L 0W-4L Oregon/UCLA/Northwestern/Iowa
Minnesota Big Ten 67 5W-3L 3W-2L California/Ohio State/Iowa
Colorado Big 12 68 3W-5L 1W-4L Georgia Tech/Houston/BYU/TCU/Utah
Kennesaw State Conference USA 69 5W-2L 3W-0L Wake Forest/Indiana
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 70 4W-4L 1W-3L Duke/Virginia Tech/Notre Dame/Pittsburgh
Hawaii Mountain West 71 6W-2L 3W-1L Arizona/Fresno State
Stanford Atlantic Coast 72 3W-5L 2W-3L Hawaii/BYU/Virginia/SMU/Miami-FL
Old Dominion Sunbelt-East 73 5W-3L 2W-2L Indiana/Marshall/James Madison
Florida State Atlantic Coast 74 3W-4L 0W-4L Virginia/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/Stanford
Rutgers Big Ten 75 4W-4L 1W-4L Iowa/Minnesota/Washington/Oregon
East Carolina American Athletic 76 4W-3L 2W-1L North Carolina State/BYU/Tulane
Michigan State Big Ten 77 3W-5L 0W-5L USC/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Michigan
Wisconsin Big Ten 78 2W-6L 0W-5L Alabama/Maryland/Michigan/Iowa/Ohio State/Oregon
Connecticut Independent 79 5W-3L n/a Syracuse/Delaware/Rice
Army American Athletic 80 3W-4L 2W-3L Tarleton State/North Texas State/East Carolina/Tulane
Delaware Conference USA 81 4W-3L 2W-2L Colorado/Western Kentucky/Jacksonville State
Fresno State Mountain West 82 5W-3L 2W-2L Kansas/Colorado State/San Diego State
Miami-OH Mid-American 83 5W-3L 4W-0L Wisconsin/Rutgers/UNLV
New Mexico Mountain West 84 5W-3L 2W-2L Michigan/San Jose State/Boise State
Coastal Carolina Sunbelt-West 85 4W-3L 3W-1L Virginia/East Carolina/Old Dominion
Western Michigan Mid-American 86 4W-4L 3W-1L Michigan State/North Texas State/Illinois
Boston College Atlantic Coast 87 1W-7L 0W-5L Michigan State/Stanford/California/Pittsburgh/Clemson/Connecticut/Louisville
Toledo Mid-American 88 4W-4L 2W-2L Kentucky/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Washington State
Florida International Conference USA 89 3W-4L 1W-2L Penn State/Delaware/Connecticut/Kennesaw State
Utah State Mountain West 90 4W-4L 2W-2L Texas A&M/Vanderbilt/Hawaii/New Mexico
Western Kentucky Conference USA 91 6W-2L 4W-1L Toledo/Florida International
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 92 2W-5L 0W-3L TCU/Central Florida/Clemson/California/Virginia
Purdue Big Ten 93 2W-6L 0W-5L USC/Notre Dame/Illinois/Minnesota/Northwestern/Rutgers
Ohio University Mid-American 94 5W-3L 3W-1L Rutgers/Ohio State/Ball State
West Virginia Big 12 95 2W-6L 0W-5L Ohio University/Kansas/Utah/BYU/Central Florida/TCU
Southern Mississippi Sunbelt-West 96 6W-2L 4W-0L Mississippi State/Louisiana Tech
Temple American Athletic 97 5W-3L 3W-1L Oklahoma/Georgia Tech/Navy
Rice American Athletic 98 4W-4L 2W-2L Houston/Navy/Florida Atlantic/Texas-San Antonio
Texas State Sunbelt-West 99 3W-4L 0W-3L Arizona State/Arkansas State/Troy State/Marshall
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 100 3W-4L 1W-2L Texas A&M/Texas State/Temple/North Texas St.
Wyoming Mountain West 101 4W-4L 2W-2L Utah/Colorado/UNLV/Air Force
Kent State Mid-American 102 3W-5L 2W-2L Texas Tech/Buffalo/Florida State/Oklahoma/Toledo
Air Force Mountain West 103 2W-5L 1W-4L Utah State/Boise State/Hawaii/Navy/UNLV
Colorado State Mountain West 104 2W-6L 1W-3L Washington/Texas-San Antonio/Washington State/San Diego State/Hawaii/Wyoming
Missouri State Conference USA 105 4W-3L 2W-1L USC/SMU/Western Kentucky
Buffalo Mid-American 106 4W-4L 3W-2L Minnesota/Troy State/Connecticut/Akron
New Mexico State Conference USA 107 3W-4L 1W-3L Louisiana Tech/New Mexico/Liberty/Missouri State
Appalachian State Sunbelt-East 108 4W-4L 1W-3L Southern Mississippi/Boise State/Coastal Carolina/Old Dominion
Louisiana-Monroe Sunbelt-West 109 3W-5L 1W-3L Alabama/Northwestern/Coastal Carolina/Troy State/Southern Mississippi
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 110 4W-3L 2W-2L LSU/Kennesaw State/Western Kentucky
Tulsa American Athletic 111 2W-6L 0W-5L New Mexico State/Navy/Tulane/Memphis State/East Carolina/Temple
Oklahoma State Big 12 112 1W-7L 0W-5L Oregon/Tulsa/Baylor/Arizona/Houston/Cincinnati/Texas Tech
Georgia Southern Sunbelt-East 113 3W-5L 1W-3L Fresno State/USC/James Madison/Southern Mississippi
Northern Illinois Mid-American 114 2W-6L 1W-3L Maryland/Mississippi State/San Diego State/Miami-OH/Eastern Michigan/Ohio University
Central Michigan Mid-American 115 5W-3L 3W-1L Pittsburgh/Michigan/Akron
Marshall Sunbelt-East 116 4W-3L 2W-1L Georgia/Missouri State/Louisiana-Lafayette
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 117 3W-4L 1W-3L Navy/Tennessee/Army/Florida Atlantic
Arkansas State Sunbelt-West 118 4W-4L 3W-1L Arkansas/Iowa State/Kennesaw State/Louisiana-Monroe
San Jose State Mountain West 119 2W-5L 1W-2L Central Michigan/Texas/Stanford/Wyoming/Utah State
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 120 3W-5L 2W-3L Maryland/Florida International/Memphis State/South Florida/Navy
Akron Mid-American 121 3W-6L 2W-3L Wyoming/Nebraska/UAB/Toledo/Miami-OH/Ball State
South Alabama Sunbelt-West 122 2W-6L 1W-3L Tulane/Auburn/Coastal Carolina/North Texas Sate/Troy State/Arkansas State
Bowling Green Mid-American 123 3W-5L 1W-3L Cincinnati/Louisville/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Kent State
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 124 2W-7L 1W-4L Texas State/Long Island/Kentucky/Central Michigan/Buffalo/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ.
Georgia State Sunbelt-East 125 1W-7L 0W-4L Mississippi/Memphis State/Vanderbilt/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern/South Alabama
Ball State Mid-American 126 3W-5L 2W-2L Purdue/Auburn/Connecticut/Western Michigan/Northern Illinois
Louisiana-Lafayette Sunbelt-East 127 2W-6L 1W-3L Rice/Missouri/Eastern Michigan/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Troy State
Jacksonville State Conference USA 128 4W-3L 3W-0L Central Florida/Georgia Southern/Southern Mississippi
Liberty Conference USA 129 3W-4L 2W-1L Jacksonville State/Bowling Green/James Madison/Old Dominion
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 130 1W-7L 0W-0L California/Fresno State/Texas Tech/Oregon/Houston/Appalachian State/Wake Forest
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 131 1W-7L 0W-5L Appalachian State/North Carolina/Rice/South Florida/Army/Temple/North Texas St.
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 132 2W-5L 1W-2L Utah State/Texas/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana Tech/Liberty
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 133 1W-6L 0W-3L Austin Peay/Wisconsin/Marshall/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Delaware
Nevada Mountain West 134 1W-7L 0W-4L Penn State/Middle Tennessee State/Western Kentucky/Fresno State/San Diego State/New Mexico/Boise State
Sam Houston State Conference USA 135 0W-7L 0W-4L Western Kentucky/UNLV/Hawaii/Texas/New Mexico State/Jacksonville State/Texas-El Paso
Massachusetts Mid-American 136 0W-8L 0W-4L Temple/Bryant/Iowa/Missouri/Western Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Central Michigan

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Power Average=Average Conference Rankings (The lower the better)

NCAA Football Bowl Record History

TopDan Collge Football Inter-Conference Records

Sports Reference College Football Conference History

Best Bowl Records

2025: American 6-2, Independents 4-1, Big Ten 11-6, MAC 5-2

2024: Big Ten 6-4

2023: MAC 4-2, Independents 3-2, American 4-3, Big Ten 5-4, ACC 5-4, SEC 7-5

2022: Mountain West 5-1

2021: Big Twelve 5-0

2020: SEC 8-2

2019: Conference USA 4-2

2018: Big Ten 7-1

2017: ACC 9-3, Sunbelt 4-2

2016: SEC 9-2

2015: Conference USA 5-1

2014: SEC 7-3

2013: WAC 2-0, Conference USA 4-1

2012: Big Twelve 6-2, MAC 4-1

2011: Mountain West 4-1

2010: Mountain West 4-1

2009: PAC 10 5-0

2008: SEC 7-2

2007: Big East 5-0

2006: ACC, Big Twelve 5-3

2005: Mountain West 2-1

2004: ACC 5-1

2003: Big Ten 5-2

NCAA FB Team Bowl Wins Bowl Games Conference
Alabama 45 76 SEC
USC 36 56 PAC-12
Georgia 38 62 SEC
Oklahoma 31 57 Big 12
Penn State 32 53 Big Ten
Texas 32 59 Big 12
Tennessee 31 55 SEC
Florida State 29 47 ACC
Nebraska 27 54 Big Ten
LSU 31 55 SEC
Georgia Tech 25 46 ACC
Mississippi   26 40 SEC
Ohio State 27 55 Big Ten
Auburn 24 46 SEC
Florida 26 50 SEC
Clemson 27 49 ACC
Michigan 24 51 Big Ten
Miami-FL 19 43 ACC
Notre Dame 20 41 Independent
Oklahoma State 21 33 Big 12
Texas A&M 20 43 Big 12
Washington 19 41 PAC-12
TCU 19 36 Big 12
North Carolina St. 17 35 ACC
Utah 17 25 PAC-12
UCLA 16 37 PAC-12
Arkansas 18 45 SEC
BYU 18 41 Big 12
West Virginia 16 40 Big 12
Missouri 16 36 SEC
Iowa 18 36 Big Ten
Wisconsin 19 34 Big Ten
Syracuse 17 28 ACC
Texas Tech 16 40 Big 12
North Carolina 15 38 ACC
Arizona State 15 34 PAC-12
Stanford 15 30 PAC-12
Boston College 14 28 ACC
Pittsburgh 15 38 ACC
Oregon 16 37 PAC-12
Virginia Tech 13 35 ACC
Mississippi St. 15 26 SEC
Colorado 12 30 PAC-12
Michigan State 14 30 Big Ten
Air Force 15 29 MWC
Baylor 12 24 Big 12
Boise State 12 19 MWC
Fresno State 12 16 MWC
Maryland 11 27 Big Ten
Houston 11 28 American
California 12 24 PAC-12
Navy 13 24 American
So.Mississippi 11 21 CUSA
Louisville 12 23 ACC
Purdue 11 21 Big Ten
Toledo 12 21 MAC
South Carolina 9 23 SEC
Kansas State 10 22 Big 12
Arizona   9 20 PAC-12
Oregon State 9 15 PAC-12
Minnesota 11 24 Big Ten
Illinois 9 21 Big Ten
Kentucky 10 18 SEC
Virginia    7 19 ACC
Washington St. 7 15 PAC-12
Rutgers 6 10 Big Ten
Army  6 9 Independent
Northwestern 5 15 Big Ten
Vanderbilt 5 9 SEC
Indiana 3 13 Big Ten

2010 Conference Re-Alignment

1-SEC-Southeastern 

Texas A&M SEC 3 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Alabama SEC 4 7W-1L 5W-0L Florida State
Georgia   SEC 5 6W-1L 4W-1L Alabama
Mississippi   SEC 6 7W-1L 4W-1L Georgia
Tennessee SEC 7 6W-2L 3W-2L Georgia/Alabama
Vanderbilt SEC 13 7W-1L 3W-1L Alabama
Missouri SEC 14 6W-2L 2W-2L Alabama/Vanderbilt
LSU SEC 18 5W-3L 2W-3L Mississippi/Vanderbilt/Texas A&M
Florida SEC 19 3W-4L 2W-2L South Florida/LSU/Miami-FL/Texas A&M
Texas SEC 20 6W-2L 3W-1L Ohio State/Florida
Mississippi State SEC 21 4W-4L 0W-4L Tennessee/Texas A&M/Florida/Texas
Oklahoma   SEC 22 6W-2L 2W-2L Texas/Mississippi
Auburn SEC 31 4W-4L 1W-4L Oklahoma/Texas A&M/Georgia/Missouri
South Carolina SEC 32 3W-5L 1W-5L Vanderbilt/Missouri/LSU/Oklahoma
Kentucky SEC 61 2W-5L 0W-5L Mississippi/South Carolina/Georgia/Texas/Tennessee
Arkansas SEC 64 2W-6L 0W-4L Mississippi/Memphis State/Notre Dame/Tennessee/Texas A&M/Auburn

SEC over ACC (4-2): South Carolina over Virginia Tech, Tennessee over Syracuse, Florida State over Alabama, LSU over Clemson, Vanderbilt over Virginia Tech, Miami-FL over Florida

SEC over Big 12 (3-0): Auburn over Baylor, Mississippi State over Arizona State, Missouri over Kansas

SEC over PAC-12 (1-0): Mississippi over Washington State

SEC over American Athletic (3-2): Texas A&M over Texas-San Antonio, South Florida over Florida, Mississippi over Tulane, Tennessee over UAB, Memphis State over Arkansas

SEC over Mountain West (3-0): Texas over San Jose State, Texas A&M over Utah State, Vanderbilt over Utah State

SEC over Sunbelt (7-0): Mississippi over Georgia State, Georgia over Marshall, Mississippi State over Southern Mississippi, Mississippi over Georgia State, Alabama over Louisiana-Monroe, Arkansas over Arkansas State, Vanderbilt over Georgia State

SEC over MAC (5-0): Kentucky over Toledo, Auburn over Ball State, Mississippi State over Northern Illinois, Missouri over Massachusetts, Oklahoma over Kent State

SEC over Conference USA (1-0): LSU over Louisiana Tech

2-Big Ten

Ohio State Big Ten 1 7W-0L 4W-0L n/a
Indiana Big Ten 2 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Oregon   Big Ten 12 7W-1L 4W-1L Indiana 
USC Big Ten 15 5W-2L 3W-1L Illinois/Notre Dame
Michigan Big Ten 27 6W-2L 4W-1L Oklahoma/USC
Iowa Big Ten 29 6W-2L 4W-1L Iowa State/Indiana
Washington Big Ten 33 6W-2L 3W-2L Ohio State/Michigan
Nebraska Big Ten 34 6W-2L 3W-2L Michigan/Minnesota
Illinois Big Ten 36 5W-3L 2W-3L Indiana/Ohio State/Washington
Northwestern Big Ten 55 5W-3L 3W-2L Tulane/Oregon/Nebraska
UCLA Big Ten 56 3W-5L 3W-2L Utah/UNLV/New Mexico/Northwestern/Indiana
Maryland Big Ten 57 4W-3L 1W-3L Washington/Nebraska/UCLA
Penn State Big Ten 66 3W-4L 0W-4L Oregon/UCLA/Northwestern/Iowa
Minnesota Big Ten 67 5W-3L 3W-2L California/Ohio State/Iowa
Rutgers Big Ten 75 4W-4L 1W-4L Iowa/Minnesota/Washington/Oregon
Michigan State Big Ten 77 3W-5L 0W-5L USC/Nebraska/UCLA/Indiana/Michigan
Wisconsin Big Ten 78 2W-6L 0W-5L Alabama/Maryland/Michigan/Iowa/Ohio State/Oregon
Purdue Big Ten 93 2W-6L 0W-5L USC/Notre Dame/Illinois/Minnesota/Northwestern/Rutgers

Big Ten over SEC (1-0): Ohio State over Texas

Big Ten over ACC (2-0): Illinois over Duke, Michigan State over Boston College

Big Ten over PAC-12 (2-0): Oregon over Oregon State, Washington over Washington State

Big Ten even with American (1-1): Tulane over Northwestern, Maryland over Florida Atlantic

Big Ten over Mountain West (3-1): Michigan over New Mexico, Penn State over Nevada, Washington over Colorado State, UNLV over UCLA

Big Ten over MAC (8-0): Purdue over Ball State, Minnesota over Buffalo, Rutgers over Ohio Univ., Michigan State over Western Michigan, Wisconsin over Miami-OH, Maryland over Northern Illinois, Rutgers over Miami-OH, Nebraska over Akron

Big Ten over Sunbelt (3-0): Indiana over Old Dominion, USC over Georgia Southern, Northwestern over Louisiana-Monroe

Big Ten over Conference USA (4-0): USC over Missouri State, Penn State over Florida International, Indiana over Kennesaw State, Wisconsin over Middle Tennessee State

3-ACC-Atlantic Coast 

Miami-Florida Atlantic Coast 8 6W-1L 2W-1L Louisville
Georgia Tech Atlantic Coast 11 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Virginia   Atlantic Coast 24 7W-1L 4W-0L North Carolina State
Louisville Atlantic Coast 25 6W-1L 3W-1L Virginia
Duke Atlantic Coast 39 4W-3L 3W-1L Illinois/Tulane/Georgia Tech
Pittsburgh Atlantic Coast 40 6W-2L 4W-1L West Virginia/Louisville
Wake Forest Atlantic Coast 50 5W-2L 1W-3L North Carolina State/Georgia Tech
Southern Methodist Atlantic Coast 52 5W-3L 4W-1L Baylor/TCU/Wake Forest
Clemson Atlantic Coast 53 3W-4L 2W-3L LSU/Georgia Tech/Syracuse/SMU
Virginia Tech Atlantic Coast 60 3W-5L 2W-2L South Carolina/Vanderbilt/Old Dominion/Wake Forest/Georgia Tech
Syracuse Atlantic Coast 62 3W-5L 1W-4L Tennessee/Duke/SMU/Pittsburgh/Georgia Tech
California Atlantic Coast 63 5W-3L 2W-2L San Diego State/Duke/Virginia Tech
North Carolina State Atlantic Coast 70 4W-4L 1W-3L Duke/Virginia Tech/Notre Dame/Pittsburgh
Stanford Atlantic Coast 72 3W-5L 2W-3L Hawaii/BYU/Virginia/SMU/Miami-FL
Florida State Atlantic Coast 74 3W-4L 0W-4L Virginia/Miami-FL/Pittsburgh/Stanford
Boston College Atlantic Coast 87 1W-7L 0W-5L Michigan State/Stanford/California/Pittsburgh/Clemson/Connecticut/Louisville
North Carolina Atlantic Coast 92 2W-5L 0W-3L TCU/Central Florida/Clemson/California/Virginia

ACC over PAC-12 (2-0): California over Oregon State, Wake Forest over Oregon State

ACC over American (3-0): North Carolina State over East Carolina, North Carolina over North Carolina-Charlotte, Georgia Tech over Temple

ACC over MAC (3-0): Pittsburgh over Central Michigan, Florida State over Kent State, Louisville over Bowling Green

ACC over Conference USA (1-0): Wake Forest over Kennesaw State

ACC over Independents (2-1): Miami-FL over Notre Dame, Syracuse over Connecticut, Notre Dame over North Carolina State

ACC over Sunbelt (3-0): Virginia over Coastal Carolina, Louisville over James Madison, Clemson over Troy State

4-Big Twelve 

BYU Big 12 10 8W-0L 5W-0L n/a
Texas Tech Big 12 16 7W-1L 4W-1L Arizona State
Utah Big 12 17 6W-2L 3W-2L Texas Tech/BYU
Houston Big 12 23 7W-1L 4W-1L Texas Tech  
Arizona State Big 12 28 5W-3L 3W-2L Mississippi State/Utah/Houston
TCU Big 12 30 6W-2L 3W-2L Arizona State/Kansas State
Cincinnati Big 12 35 7W-1L 5W-0L Nebraska
Baylor Big 12 43 4W-4L 2W-3L Auburn/Arizona State/TCU/Cincinnati
Iowa State Big 12 46 5W-3L 2W-3L Cincinnati/Colorado/BYU
Arizona   Big 12 47 4W-3L 1W-3L Iowa State/BYU/Houston
Kansas State Big 12 49 4W-4L 3W-2L Iowa State/Army/Arizona/Baylor
Kansas   Big 12 51 4W-4L 2W-3L Missouri/Cincinnati/Texas Tech/Kansas State
Central Florida Big 12 65 4W-3L 1W-3L Kansas State/Kansas/Cincinnati
Colorado Big 12 68 3W-5L 1W-4L Georgia Tech/Houston/BYU/TCU/Utah
West Virginia Big 12 95 2W-6L 0W-5L Ohio University/Kansas/Utah/BYU/Central Florida/TCU
Oklahoma State Big 12 112 1W-7L 0W-5L Oregon/Tulsa/Baylor/Arizona/Houston/Cincinnati/Texas Tech

Big 12 over Big 10 (3-2): Nebraska over Cincinnati, Utah over UCLA, Oklahoma over Michigan, Iowa State over Iowa, Oregon over Oklahoma State

Big 12 over ACC (3-2): Georgia Tech over Colorado, Baylor over SMU, BYU over Stanford, TCU over SMU, Central Florida over North Carolina

Big 12 over PAC-12 (2-0): Texas Tech over Oregon State, Houston over Oregon State

Big 12 over Mountain West (3-0): Kansas over Fresno State, Arizona over Hawaii, Colorado over Wyoming

Big 12 over MAC (2-1): Texas Tech over Kent State, Cincinnati over Bowling Green, Ohio University over West Virginia

Big 12 over Conference USA (2-0): Central Florida over Jacksonville State, Colorado over Delaware

5-PAC 12-Pacific Athletic Conference

Washington State Pacific 12-North 44 4W-4L 0W-0L North Texas State/Washington/Mississippi/Virginia
Oregon State Pacific 12-North 130 1W-7L 0W-0L California/Fresno State/Texas Tech/Oregon/Houston/Appalachian State/Wake Forest

PAC-12 over Mountain West (2-1): Fresno State over Oregon State, Washington State over San Diego State, Washington State over Colorado State

PAC-12 over MAC (1-0): Washington State over Toledo

Boise State, San Diego State, Colorado State and Fresno State will move to PAC-12 in 2026

6-American Athletic

Tulane American Athletic 26 6W-1L 3W-0L Mississippi 
Memphis State American Athletic 37 7W-1L 3W-1L UAB
South Florida American Athletic 38 6W-2L 3W-1L Miami-FL/Memphis State
North Texas State American Athletic 42 7W-1L 3W-1L South Florida 
Navy American Athletic 54 7W-0L 5W-0L n/a
East Carolina American Athletic 76 4W-3L 2W-1L North Carolina State/BYU/Tulane
Army American Athletic 80 3W-4L 2W-3L Tarleton State/North Texas State/East Carolina/Tulane
Temple American Athletic 97 5W-3L 3W-1L Oklahoma/Georgia Tech/Navy
Rice American Athletic 98 4W-4L 2W-2L Houston/Navy/Florida Atlantic/Texas-San Antonio
Texas-San Antonio American Athletic 100 3W-4L 1W-2L Texas A&M/Texas State/Temple/North Texas St.
Tulsa American Athletic 111 2W-6L 0W-5L New Mexico State/Navy/Tulane/Memphis State/East Carolina/Temple
Alabama-Birmingham American Athletic 117 3W-4L 1W-3L Navy/Tennessee/Army/Florida Atlantic
Florida Atlantic American Athletic 120 3W-5L 2W-3L Maryland/Florida International/Memphis State/South Florida/Navy
North Carolina-Charlotte American Athletic 131 1W-7L 0W-5L Appalachian State/North Carolina/Rice/South Florida/Army/Temple/North Texas St.

American Athletic even with Big 12 (2-2): Houston over Rice, Army over Kansas State, Tulsa over Oklahoma State, BYU over East Carolina

American Athletic over Mountain West (3-0): South Florida over Boise State, Texas-San Antonio over Colorado State, Navy over Air Force

American Athletic over Sunbelt (4-2): Rice over Louisiana-Lafayette, Appalachian State over North Carolina-Charlotte, Texas State over Texas-San Antonio, Memphis State over Georgia State, Tulane over South Alabama, North Texas State over South Alabama

American Athletic over MAC (2-0): Temple over Massachusetts, North Texas State over Western Michigan

American over Independents (1-0): Rice over Connecticut

7-Mountain West

Boise State Mountain West 41 6W-2L 4W-0L South Florida/Notre Dame
San Diego State Mountain West 45 6W-1L 3W-0L Washington State
UNLV Mountain West 58 6W-1L 2W-1L Boise State
Hawaii Mountain West 71 6W-2L 3W-1L Arizona/Fresno State
Fresno State Mountain West 82 5W-3L 2W-2L Kansas/Colorado State/San Diego State
New Mexico Mountain West 84 5W-3L 2W-2L Michigan/San Jose State/Boise State
Utah State Mountain West 90 4W-4L 2W-2L Texas A&M/Vanderbilt/Hawaii/New Mexico
Wyoming Mountain West 101 4W-4L 2W-2L Utah/Colorado/UNLV/Air Force
Air Force Mountain West 103 2W-5L 1W-4L Utah State/Boise State/Hawaii/Navy/UNLV
Colorado State Mountain West 104 2W-6L 1W-3L Washington/Texas-San Antonio/Washington State/San Diego State/Hawaii/Wyoming
San Jose State Mountain West 119 2W-5L 1W-2L Central Michigan/Texas/Stanford/Wyoming/Utah State
Nevada Mountain West 134 1W-7L 0W-4L Penn State/Middle Tennessee State/Western Kentucky/Fresno State/San Diego State/New Mexico/Boise State

Mountain West even with ACC (1-1): San Diego State over California, Stanford over San Jose State

Mountain West over MAC (3-1): Central Michigan over San Jose State, Wyoming over Akron, UNLV over Miami-OH, San Diego State over Northern Illinois

Mountain West over Conference USA (3-1): UNLV over Sam Houston State, Utah State over Texas-El Paso, Hawaii over Sam Houston State, Western Kentucky over Nevada, New Mexico over New Mexico State

Mountain West over Sunbelt (2-0): Fresno State over Georgia Southern, Boise State over Appalachian State

8-Sun Belt Conference 

James Madison Sunbelt-East 48 6W-1L 4W-0L Louisville
Old Dominion Sunbelt-East 73 5W-3L 2W-2L Indiana/Marshall/James Madison
Appalachian State Sunbelt-East 108 4W-4L 1W-3L Southern Mississippi/Boise State/Coastal Carolina/Old Dominion
Georgia Southern Sunbelt-East 113 3W-5L 1W-3L Fresno State/USC/James Madison/Southern Mississippi
Marshall Sunbelt-East 116 4W-3L 2W-1L Georgia/Missouri State/Louisiana-Lafayette
Georgia State Sunbelt-East 125 1W-7L 0W-4L Mississippi/Memphis State/Vanderbilt/James Madison/Appalachian State/Georgia Southern/South Alabama
Louisiana-Lafayette Sunbelt-East 127 2W-6L 1W-3L Rice/Missouri/Eastern Michigan/James Madison/Southern Mississippi/Troy State
Troy State Sunbelt-West 59 6W-2L 4W-0L Clemson/Memphis State
Coastal Carolina Sunbelt-West 85 4W-3L 3W-1L Virginia/East Carolina/Old Dominion
Southern Mississippi Sunbelt-West 96 6W-2L 4W-0L Mississippi State/Louisiana Tech
Texas State Sunbelt-West 99 3W-4L 0W-3L Arizona State/Arkansas State/Troy State/Marshall
Louisiana-Monroe Sunbelt-West 109 3W-5L 1W-3L Alabama/Northwestern/Coastal Carolina/Troy State/Southern Mississippi
Arkansas State Sunbelt-West 118 4W-4L 3W-1L Arkansas/Iowa State/Kennesaw State/Louisiana-Monroe
South Alabama Sunbelt-West 122 2W-6L 1W-3L Tulane/Auburn/Coastal Carolina/North Texas Sate/Troy State/Arkansas State

Sunbelt over PAC-12 (1-0): Appalachian State over Oregon State

Sunbelt over MAC (2-1): Texas State over Eastern Michigan, Eastern Michigan over Louisiana-Lafayette, Troy State over Buffalo

Sunbelt over Conference USA (5-3): Missouri State over Marshall, James Madison over Liberty, Kennesaw State over Arkansas State, Marshall over Middle Tennessee, Louisiana Tech over Southern Mississippi, Louisiana-Monroe over Texas-El Paso, Old Dominion over Liberty, Southern Mississippi over Jacksonville State

9-MAC-Mid-American

Miami-OH Mid-American 83 5W-3L 4W-0L Wisconsin/Rutgers/UNLV
Western Michigan Mid-American 86 4W-4L 3W-1L Michigan State/North Texas State/Illinois
Toledo Mid-American 88 4W-4L 2W-2L Kentucky/Western Michigan/Bowling Green/Washington State
Ohio University Mid-American 94 5W-3L 3W-1L Rutgers/Ohio State/Ball State
Kent State Mid-American 102 3W-5L 2W-2L Texas Tech/Buffalo/Florida State/Oklahoma/Toledo
Buffalo Mid-American 106 4W-4L 3W-2L Minnesota/Troy State/Connecticut/Akron
Northern Illinois Mid-American 114 2W-6L 1W-3L Maryland/Mississippi State/San Diego State/Miami-OH/Eastern Michigan/Ohio University
Central Michigan Mid-American 115 5W-3L 3W-1L Pittsburgh/Michigan/Akron
Akron Mid-American 121 3W-6L 2W-3L Wyoming/Nebraska/UAB/Toledo/Miami-OH/Ball State
Bowling Green Mid-American 123 3W-5L 1W-3L Cincinnati/Louisville/Ohio Univ./Central Michigan/Kent State
Eastern Michigan Mid-American 124 2W-7L 1W-4L Texas State/Long Island/Kentucky/Central Michigan/Buffalo/Miami-OH/Ohio Univ.
Ball State Mid-American 126 3W-5L 2W-2L Purdue/Auburn/Connecticut/Western Michigan/Northern Illinois
Massachusetts Mid-American 136 0W-8L 0W-4L Temple/Bryant/Iowa/Missouri/Western Michigan/Kent State/Buffalo/Central Michigan

MAC over Conference USA (1-0): Toledo over Western Kentucky

10-Conference USA 

Kennesaw State Conference USA 69 5W-2L 3W-0L Wake Forest/Indiana
Delaware Conference USA 81 4W-3L 2W-2L Colorado/Western Kentucky/Jacksonville State
Florida International Conference USA 89 3W-4L 1W-2L Penn State/Delaware/Connecticut/Kennesaw State
Western Kentucky Conference USA 91 6W-2L 4W-1L Toledo/Florida International
Missouri State Conference USA 105 4W-3L 2W-1L USC/SMU/Western Kentucky
New Mexico State Conference USA 107 3W-4L 1W-3L Louisiana Tech/New Mexico/Liberty/Missouri State
Louisiana Tech Conference USA 110 4W-3L 2W-2L LSU/Kennesaw State/Western Kentucky
Jacksonville State Conference USA 128 4W-3L 3W-0L Central Florida/Georgia Southern/Southern Mississippi
Liberty Conference USA 129 3W-4L 2W-1L Jacksonville State/Bowling Green/James Madison/Old Dominion
Texas-El Paso Conference USA 132 2W-5L 1W-2L Utah State/Texas/Louisiana-Monroe/Louisiana Tech/Liberty
Middle Tennessee State Conference USA 133 1W-6L 0W-3L Austin Peay/Wisconsin/Marshall/Kennesaw State/Missouri State/Delaware
Sam Houston State Conference USA 135 0W-7L 0W-4L Western Kentucky/UNLV/Hawaii/Texas/New Mexico State/Jacksonville State/Texas-El Paso

Conference USA over American Athletic (1-0): New Mexico State over Tulsa

Independents 

Notre Dame Independent 9 5W-2L n/a Miami-FL/Texas A&M
Connecticut Independent 79 5W-3L n/a Syracuse/Delaware/Rice

Independents over SEC (1-0): Notre Dame over Arkansas

Independents over Big Ten (1-0): Notre Dame over Purdue

Independents over Mountain West (1-0): Notre Dame over Boise State

Independents over MAC (2-0): Connecticut over Ball State, Connecticut over Buffalo

Independents over Conference USA (1-0): Connecticut over Florida International

Future Notre Dame Schedules 

Bowl Bids, Agreements, Commitments, etc.

BCS Future Bowl Schedule

Jerry Palm Bowl Predictions

Most Division I Football Programs by State

Texas (14)
Texas
Texas A&M
Texas Christian
Texas Tech
Houston
Rice
North Texas State
Baylor
SMU

Texas El-Paso

Texas State

Texas-San Antonio

Texas-Arlington

Sam Houston State

Ohio (8)
Ohio State
Bowling Green
Toledo
Miami-OH
Cincinnati
Kent State
Ohio Univ.
Akron
Florida (8)
Miami-Florida
Florida State
Florida
Central Florida
South Florida
Florida Atlantic

Florida International

Jacksonville State

California (7)
USC
Stanford
UCLA
Fresno State
California
San Jose State
San Diego State
North Carolina (7)
Wake Forest
No.Carolina State
Duke
North Carolina

East Carolina

North Carolina-Charlotte

Appalachian State

Michigan (5)
Michigan
Michigan State
Western Michigan
Central Michigan
Eastern Michigan
Louisiana (5)
LSU
Tulane
Louisiana Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette
Louisiana-Monroe
Alabama (4)
Alabama
Auburn
Troy State

South Alabama

Tennessee (4)
Middle Tennessee State
Vanderbilt
Tennessee
Memphis State
New York(4)/New Jersey (1)
Syracuse
Rutgers
Army

Buffalo

Wagner

Virginia(5)/West Virginia (2)
Virginia Tech

Virginia

Old Dominion

Liberty

James Madison

Marshall
West Virginia
Indiana (4)
Purdue
Notre Dame
Ball State
Indiana
Pennsylvania (3)
Penn State
Pittsburgh
Temple
Mississippi (3)
Southern Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi State
Illinois (3)
Northern Illinois
Illinois
Northwestern
Oklahoma (3)
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State
Tulsa
Colorado (4)
Colorado
Colorado State

Air Force

Denver

Utah (3)
Utah
BYU
Utah State
Idaho (2)
Boise State
Idaho
Arkansas (2)
Arkansas
Arkansas State
Georgia (5)
Georgia

Georgia Tech

Georgia State

Georgia Southern

Kennesaw State

Kentucky (3)
Louisville

Kentucky

Western Kentucky

Nevada (2)
UNLV
Nevada
New Mexico (2)
New Mexico
New Mexico State
Washington (3)
Washington State

Washington

Seattle

Arizona (2)
Arizona State
Arizona
Oregon (2)
Oregon
Oregon State
Maryland/District of Columbia (2)
Maryland
Navy
South Carolina (3)
South Carolina

Clemson

Coastal Carolina

Iowa (2)
Iowa
Iowa State
Kansas (2)
Kansas State

Kansas

Missouri (2)

Missouri

Missouri State

Delaware (2)

Delaware

Delaware State

1 each from:
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Massachusetts (Boston College), Connecticut, Wyoming and Hawaii
None from Maine, Rhode Island, Vermont, North Dakota, South Dakota, Alaska or Montana