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FSN Rankings Lab

Football Rankings: NFL Power Ratings & College Top 25

Start with FSN’s original computer models, then compare the college Top 25 with the AP ballot. The dedicated NFL and college pages carry the full rankings so each search intent has one clear authority URL.

FSN NFLNFL power ratings

All 32 teams ranked by opponent-adjusted strength, EPA efficiency, résumé, schedule context and recent form.

FSN CollegeComputer Top 25

An original college football computer ranking built from team power, opponent quality, résumé and schedule strength.

AP PollExternal reference

The AP Top 25 stays visible for comparison, but it never feeds the FSN computer score.

NFL

NFL Power Ratings Preview

2026 · through Week 8

TOP 10
1
Jacksonville JaguarsStrength 83 • EPA 85 • Résumé 67 • SOS 57 • High confidence • Best win: New England Patriots
5-2 94.0 —
2
Buffalo BillsStrength 75 • EPA 67 • Résumé 79 • SOS 65 • High confidence • Best win: Los Angeles Rams
6-1 89.4 ↑2
3
San Francisco 49ersStrength 73 • EPA 82 • Résumé 75 • SOS 46 • High confidence • Best win: Los Angeles Rams
6-1 89.0 ↓1
4
Chicago BearsStrength 69 • EPA 62 • Résumé 72 • SOS 57 • High confidence • Best win: New England Patriots
6-2 86.1 ↑7
5
Los Angeles RamsStrength 72 • EPA 74 • Résumé 48 • SOS 41 • High confidence • Best win: New York Giants
4-4 84.5 —
6
New England PatriotsStrength 72 • EPA 56 • Résumé 65 • SOS 72 • High confidence • Best win: Buffalo Bills
5-3 79.3 —
7
Denver BroncosStrength 64 • EPA 54 • Résumé 78 • SOS 93 • High confidence • Best win: Jacksonville Jaguars
6-2 77.1 ↑3
8
Minnesota VikingsStrength 64 • EPA 60 • Résumé 77 • SOS 45 • High confidence • Best win: Chicago Bears
6-1 77.1 ↓1
9
Seattle SeahawksStrength 77 • EPA 40 • Résumé 52 • SOS 66 • High confidence • Best win: New England Patriots
4-4 76.5 ↓6
10
Kansas City ChiefsStrength 62 • EPA 66 • Résumé 65 • SOS 44 • High confidence • Best win: Denver Broncos
5-2 75.3 ↓2
College Football

College Computer Top 25 Preview

2026 · through Week 9

TOP 10
1
LSU TigersPower 92 • Résumé 66 • SOS 72 • High confidence • Best win: Texas A&M Aggies
6-2 92.9 ↑10
2
Miami HurricanesPower 88 • Résumé 74 • SOS 53 • High confidence • Best win: Wake Forest Demon Deacons
8-0 92.2 ↑3
3
Utah UtesPower 84 • Résumé 73 • SOS 48 • High confidence • Best win: Houston Cougars
8-0 91.6 —
4
Ole Miss RebelsPower 80 • Résumé 68 • SOS 77 • High confidence • Best win: LSU Tigers
6-2 90.8 ↑13
5
Georgia BulldogsPower 84 • Résumé 68 • SOS 64 • High confidence • Best win: Alabama Crimson Tide
7-1 89.4 ↓1
6
Texas LonghornsPower 81 • Résumé 68 • SOS 81 • High confidence • Best win: Ohio State Buckeyes
6-2 89.5 ↑1
7
Notre Dame Fighting IrishPower 84 • Résumé 68 • SOS 46 • High confidence • Best win: Wisconsin Badgers
7-1 89.0 ↓5
8
Wake Forest Demon DeaconsPower 76 • Résumé 67 • SOS 40 • High confidence • Best win: Louisville Cardinals
7-1 88.7 NEW
9
Alabama Crimson TidePower 86 • Résumé 68 • SOS 83 • High confidence • Best win: Kentucky Wildcats
6-2 87.1 ↓1
10
Kentucky WildcatsPower 73 • Résumé 72 • SOS 77 • High confidence • Best win: LSU Tigers
7-1 86.8 NEW
External Reference Poll

AP Top 25

Week 10 · CollegeFootballData AP Top 25

AP

Top 10 shown here for comparison. The AP poll is not the formula behind the FSN College Football Computer Top 25.

1Miami8-0
3Utah8-0
7BYU7-1
10Texas6-2
Transparent Models

How FSN Rankings Work

NFL

Power, efficiency and résumé

FSN combines opponent-adjusted neutral-field team strength, current EPA efficiency when available, strength-of-record, recent opponent-adjusted form, schedule context, and an early-season prior that fades as current results accumulate. Head-to-head breaks near-ties.

NFL methodology + all 32 →

College

Opponent-aware Top 25

FSN College Top 25 combines current opponent-adjusted power (50%), strength-of-record/résumé (40%), and recent performance versus expectation (10%). Opponent strength is recursive and embedded in power, résumé and form. A prior-season FSN baseline controls tiny September samples and fades completely after five FBS games. Weak/FCS wins provide no résumé bonus, FCS losses are heavily penalized, blowout value has diminishing returns, and head-to-head/common opponents/SOS resolve genuine near-ties. AP ranking never enters the formula.

College methodology + Top 25 →

What it is not

Not standings, not a copied ballot

Raw record is never enough. FSN asks who a team played, how it performed, how difficult that schedule was and how much evidence the current-season sample actually provides.

Movement + Analysis

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