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CFB Topside Rankings

2026 season · All conferences · Topside ratings (log-damped MOV)

Match Predictor
Conference
Model
Topside
Ratings Elo
Ratings Model
Divergence

How models work

Topside Ratings (Margins & Dominance)
Focuses on scoring margins and margin of victory. It rewards teams that blow out their opponents and severely punishes heavy defeats. An average team sits at a baseline rating of 10.
Elo Ratings (Results & Difficulty)
Focuses purely on official match results and opponent difficulty. It rewards teams for securing wins against tough opponents, even if the matches were incredibly close or ugly. An average team sits at a baseline rating of 1500.
Model Divergence
Highlights the difference between winning close games vs. padding stats. Elo-favored teams are winning tight matchups against good teams. Topside-favored teams have massive scoring margins but may be losing tight matches to top-tier opponents.

Note: To maintain ranking integrity, this leaderboard tracks FBS vs. FBS matchups only. Early-season FCS crossover games are excluded.

Rank Team Topside Conf GP W L T
1
UGA AP: 1 ↑+1
14.00 SEC 9 8 1 0
2
ALA AP: 7 ↓-1
13.61 SEC 10 8 2 0
3
UTAH AP: 2 —
13.41 Big 12 9 9 0 0
4
TEX AP: 8 —
13.39 SEC 10 8 2 0
5
MIA AP: 5 —
13.31 ACC 9 8 1 0
6
TENN AP: 9 ↑+2
13.25 SEC 9 7 2 0
7
ND AP: 3 —
13.15 Independents 10 9 1 0
8
LSU AP: 24 ↓-2
12.97 SEC 9 5 4 0
9
UCLA AP: 4 —
12.85 Big Ten 10 10 0 0
10
MISS AP: 19 —
12.69 SEC 9 6 3 0
11
BYU AP: 12 ↑+5
12.64 Big 12 9 7 2 0
12
ORE AP: 18 ↓-1
12.56 Big Ten 9 6 3 0
13
IU AP: 6 ↑+2
12.56 Big Ten 9 8 1 0
14
WAKE AP: 11 ↑+6
12.35 ACC 9 8 1 0
15
OSU AP: 21 ↑+2
12.34 Big Ten 10 7 3 0
16
TTU AP: 10 ↑+3
12.31 Big 12 9 8 1 0
17
BOIS AP: 17 ↑+1
12.07 Pac-12 9 8 1 0
18
UK AP: 13 ↓-5
12.03 SEC 9 6 3 0
19
FLA ↑+5
12.02 SEC 9 5 4 0
20
LOU ↑+7
11.97 ACC 9 6 3 0
21
IOWA AP: 16 ↑+4
11.90 Big Ten 9 7 2 0
22
ARIZ AP: 22 ↑+7
11.84 Big 12 9 6 3 0
23
MIZ ↓-2
11.81 SEC 9 5 4 0
24
AUB ↑+9
11.78 SEC 10 6 4 0
25
SC AP: 20 ↓-13
11.75 SEC 9 5 4 0
26
HOU AP: 14 ↓-12
11.75 Big 12 9 6 3 0
27
BAY ↓-1
11.72 Big 12 9 5 4 0
28
USC AP: 15 ↓-5
11.62 Big Ten 10 7 3 0
29
OKST ↓-7
11.56 Big 12 9 5 4 0
30
DUKE ↑+1
11.53 ACC 9 6 3 0
31
OU ↓-3
11.49 SEC 9 5 4 0
32
NU —
11.30 Big Ten 9 5 4 0
33
NEB ↑+4
11.25 Big Ten 9 5 4 0
34
UNC ↑+2
11.25 ACC 9 4 5 0
35
ILL ↑+3
11.16 Big Ten 9 5 4 0
36
WIS ↓-6
11.10 Big Ten 9 5 4 0
37
ARK ↑+23
11.04 SEC 9 3 6 0
38
PSU ↑+7
10.96 Big Ten 10 6 4 0
39
TXST ↑+2
10.96 Pac-12 9 5 4 0
40
TA&M ↑+2
10.93 SEC 9 3 6 0
41
ISU ↑+16
10.91 Big 12 9 4 5 0
42
SMU AP: 25 ↓-3
10.89 ACC 9 6 3 0
43
MEM ↑+8
10.84 American 9 7 2 0
44
TCU ↑+6
10.81 Big 12 9 4 5 0
45
WASH ↑+7
10.80 Big Ten 9 5 4 0
46
MSST ↓-11
10.79 SEC 10 4 6 0
47
UTSA ↑+9
10.77 American 9 7 2 0
48
PITT ↓-5
10.70 ACC 9 5 4 0
49
FSU ↑+9
10.68 ACC 9 4 5 0
50
CLEM ↓-16
10.67 ACC 9 5 4 0
51
UNM AP: 23 ↓-11
10.66 Mountain West 9 7 2 0
52
ASU ↑+14
10.63 Big 12 9 5 4 0
53
NDSU ↓-5
10.55 Mountain West 9 7 2 0
54
LIB ↓-5
10.53 Conference USA 9 8 1 0
55
UNT ↓-9
10.49 American 9 6 3 0
56
LT ↓-2
10.49 Sun Belt 9 7 2 0
57
CIN ↓-13
10.44 Big 12 9 4 5 0
58
MICH ↓-5
10.41 Big Ten 10 5 5 0
59
UCF ↓-12
10.34 Big 12 9 4 5 0
60
AFA ↑+8
10.27 Mountain West 9 7 2 0
61
VAN ↑+6
10.24 SEC 9 3 6 0
62
WVU ↓-3
10.14 Big 12 9 4 5 0
63
KU ↑+13
10.14 Big 12 9 3 6 0
64
TLSA ↑+8
10.12 American 9 5 4 0
65
PUR —
10.08 Big Ten 9 2 7 0
66
MSU ↓-3
10.08 Big Ten 10 3 7 0
67
UVA ↑+10
10.04 ACC 9 4 5 0
68
MINN ↓-7
10.03 Big Ten 9 4 5 0
69
STAN ↑+15
10.02 ACC 9 4 5 0
70
ORST ↓-1
10.01 Pac-12 9 4 5 0
71
JMU ↓-16
10.01 Sun Belt 10 7 3 0
72
COLO ↑+15
9.95 Big 12 9 3 6 0
73
VT ↓-11
9.92 ACC 9 5 4 0
74
FRES ↓-4
9.90 Pac-12 10 5 5 0
75
WMU ↓-4
9.88 MAC 9 6 3 0
76
SYR ↑+6
9.73 ACC 9 4 5 0
77
ARMY ↑+1
9.72 American 8 4 4 0
78
UL ↓-3
9.69 Sun Belt 9 6 3 0
79
USU ↓-15
9.69 Pac-12 9 4 5 0
80
GASO ↓-6
9.67 Sun Belt 9 5 4 0
81
MD ↑+9
9.64 Big Ten 9 3 6 0
82
KSU ↓-1
9.58 Big 12 9 3 6 0
83
UNLV ↑+5
9.57 Mountain West 10 6 4 0
84
TOL ↑+1
9.55 MAC 9 7 2 0
85
USF ↓-6
9.51 American 9 5 4 0
86
FAU ↓-13
9.49 American 9 5 4 0
87
BC ↓-4
9.49 ACC 9 3 6 0
88
NCSU ↓-2
9.46 ACC 9 3 6 0
89
CONN ↑+14
9.36 Independents 9 4 5 0
90
BUFF ↑+3
9.30 MAC 8 5 3 0
91
GT ↑+14
9.29 ACC 9 2 7 0
92
WYO ↓-1
9.20 Mountain West 9 6 3 0
93
SDSU ↑+9
9.17 Pac-12 9 4 5 0
94
UAB ↑+3
9.12 American 9 5 4 0
95
NEV ↓-1
9.11 Mountain West 9 4 5 0
96
NAVY ↓-1
9.06 American 8 2 6 0
97
JXST ↓-17
9.04 Conference USA 9 6 3 0
98
TULN —
9.01 American 10 5 5 0
99
ECU ↓-7
8.96 American 9 5 4 0
100
CMU ↓-4
8.94 MAC 9 4 5 0
101
M-OH ↑+7
8.91 MAC 9 5 4 0
102
USA ↓-3
8.87 Sun Belt 9 4 5 0
103
OHIO ↓-14
8.79 MAC 9 6 3 0
104
DEL ↑+10
8.70 Conference USA 9 4 5 0
105
CAL ↓-5
8.55 ACC 9 2 7 0
106
GAST ↓-2
8.40 Sun Belt 9 4 5 0
107
CSU ↓-6
8.40 Pac-12 9 2 7 0
108
MTSU ↑+5
8.40 Conference USA 9 4 5 0
109
SJSU ↓-3
8.36 Mountain West 10 4 6 0
110
APP ↑+5
8.35 Sun Belt 9 5 4 0
111
WSU ↑+10
8.32 Pac-12 9 1 8 0
112
RUTG ↓-3
8.29 Big Ten 9 1 8 0
113
KENN ↑+3
8.22 Conference USA 9 3 6 0
114
FIU ↓-7
8.20 Conference USA 9 3 6 0
115
MRSH ↓-3
8.12 Sun Belt 9 4 5 0
116
CCU ↑+1
8.08 Sun Belt 9 3 6 0
117
BGSU ↑+3
8.07 MAC 9 3 6 0
118
ARST ↓-8
8.05 Sun Belt 9 3 6 0
119
WKU ↑+11
8.00 Conference USA 9 3 6 0
120
HAW ↓-2
7.97 Mountain West 10 3 7 0
121
TROY ↓-10
7.90 Sun Belt 9 3 6 0
122
RICE ↓-3
7.84 American 9 0 9 0
123
MASS ↓-1
7.64 MAC 8 3 5 0
124
TEM ↓-1
7.54 American 9 1 8 0
125
CLT ↑+6
7.53 American 9 1 8 0
126
MOST ↑+7
7.48 Conference USA 9 3 6 0
127
ODU ↓-3
7.48 Sun Belt 9 2 7 0
128
EMU ↓-3
7.44 MAC 9 3 6 0
129
USM ↓-2
7.44 Sun Belt 9 2 7 0
130
BALL ↓-2
7.33 MAC 9 2 7 0
131
KENT ↓-5
7.27 MAC 9 2 7 0
132
NMSU ↓-3
7.16 Conference USA 9 2 7 0
133
ULM ↓-1
7.14 Sun Belt 9 2 7 0
134
UTEP —
6.79 Mountain West 9 0 9 0
135
NIU —
6.61 Mountain West 9 0 9 0
136
AKR —
6.39 MAC 9 0 9 0
137
SHSU —
6.24 Conference USA 9 0 9 0
138
SAC —
6.18 MAC 10 1 9 0

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