2026 Slate Index Power Ratings

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Ratings are reflective of each team’s predicted performance against an average FBS team on a neutral field.

Updated March 20, 2026.

SIR (Slate Index Rating):: The predicted point margin this team would produce against an average FBS opponent on a neutral field. This is the primary power rating in The Slate Index.
SCORE (Score Rating):: How many points above or below the FBS average (28.3) this team’s offense is projected to score against an average defense on a neutral field. A positive Score means the offense scores above average; negative means below. Used directly in game score predictions.
DEFEND (Defend Rating):: How many points above or below the FBS average this team’s defense allows against an average offense on a neutral field. A negative Defend means the defense holds opponents below average — lower is better. Used directly in game score predictions.
SOS (Strength of Schedule):: The average SIR rating of this team’s FBS opponents across the full schedule, adjusted for home and away games. Higher means a tougher schedule.

Week Leaders

SIR

INDIndiana+29.3

SCORE

INDIndiana+14.9

DEFEND

WIWisconsin-15.0

SOS

ARKArkansas+13.9

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RK ⇅	TEAM ⇅	REC ⇅	SIR ▼	SCORE ⇅	DEFEND ⇅	SOS ⇅
1	Indiana	(0-0)	29.3	14.9#1	-14.4#3	7.4#32
2	Georgia	(0-0)	28.9	14.4#2	-14.4#2	11.3#11
3	Notre Dame	(0-0)	27.6	13.8#4	-13.8#4	3.3#63
4	Oregon	(0-0)	27.4	14.1#3	-13.3#5	9.4#22
5	Ohio State	(0-0)	26.2	13.1#5	-13.1#6	8.7#25
6	Texas	(0-0)	21.5	11.0#11	-10.5#9	12.6#3
7	Miami	(0-0)	21.3	10.4#13	-10.9#8	4.6#57
8	Ole Miss	(0-0)	19.2	10.9#12	-8.4#19	11.9#6
9	Alabama	(0-0)	17.2	8.7#19	-8.5#18	11.8#7
10	LSU	(0-0)	16.8	7.2#29	-9.7#12	10.8#12
11	USC	(0-0)	16.6	10.2#14	-6.4#30	8.8#24
12	Oklahoma	(0-0)	16.2	6.6#33	-9.6#13	10.7#14
13	Michigan	(0-0)	16.1	6.8#30	-9.3#14	10.0#18
14	Texas A&M	(0-0)	16.1	8.3#22	-7.8#21	10.4#16
15	Tennessee	(0-0)	15.7	11.3#9	-4.4#41	10.7#13
16	BYU	(0-0)	15.4	7.8#24	-7.6#23	6.1#45
17	Texas Tech	(0-0)	15.4	9.1#16	-6.3#31	0.6#69
18	Washington	(0-0)	14.3	7.3#27	-7.0#27	9.8#19
19	Iowa	(0-0)	14.3	2.9#49	-11.4#7	6.7#38
20	Vanderbilt	(0-0)	14.1	11.2#10	-2.9#51	10.4#15
21	Missouri	(0-0)	14.0	6.0#35	-7.9#20	11.5#9
22	Penn State	(0-0)	13.7	6.4#34	-7.3#25	2.9#65
23	Utah	(0-0)	13.6	7.9#23	-5.7#33	4.8#55
24	SMU	(0-0)	12.7	8.9#17	-3.7#48	3.7#61
25	Florida	(0-0)	12.6	3.4#48	-9.2#15	12.9#2
26	South Carolina	(0-0)	11.9	2.0#54	-10.0#11	10.2#17
27	Louisville	(0-0)	10.7	6.6#32	-4.1#45	5.8#48
28	Auburn	(0-0)	10.5	1.8#56	-8.7#17	11.4#10
29	Illinois	(0-0)	9.9	4.4#43	-5.5#35	6.9#34
30	Clemson	(0-0)	9.7	4.4#42	-5.3#36	5.7#50
31	Virginia	(0-0)	9.6	1.9#55	-7.7#22	2.3#67
32	TCU	(0-0)	9.5	7.4#26	-2.1#58	6.2#43
33	Houston	(0-0)	9.3	1.7#57	-7.5#24	2.7#66
34	Florida State	(0-0)	9.1	3.6#45	-5.5#34	8.0#30
35	Wisconsin	(0-0)	8.8	-6.2#108	-15.0#1	6.8#35
36	Kansas State	(0-0)	8.6	6.6#31	-1.9#59	3.5#62
37	Pittsburgh	(0-0)	7.9	7.3#28	-0.7#66	4.0#59
38	Arkansas	(0-0)	7.9	12.1#8	4.2#95	13.9#1
39	Arizona	(0-0)	7.6	2.7#50	-4.9#38	4.7#56
40	Baylor	(0-0)	7.4	13.1#6	5.7#99	6.1#44
41	Georgia Tech	(0-0)	7.3	5.9#37	-1.5#61	7.5#31
42	Nebraska	(0-0)	6.6	-0.4#71	-7.0#26	9.8#21
43	Arizona State	(0-0)	6.1	1.3#61	-4.8#40	6.7#37
44	Kansas	(0-0)	5.9	6.0#36	0.1#71	5.3#51
45	NC State	(0-0)	5.8	5.2#41	-0.6#67	3.0#64
46	James Madison	(0-0)	5.6	5.4#39	-0.2#69	-10.1#121
47	Boise State	(0-0)	5.0	2.4#53	-2.7#55	-0.4#73
48	Duke	(0-0)	4.8	8.6#20	3.8#92	6.1#46
49	Northwestern	(0-0)	4.5	-5.7#107	-10.2#10	9.8#20
50	Navy	(0-0)	4.4	3.4#47	-1.0#63	-4.2#83
51	Minnesota	(0-0)	4.2	-4.5#97	-8.7#16	8.3#28
52	Kentucky	(0-0)	4.2	-0.8#73	-5.0#37	12.1#4
53	Mississippi State	(0-0)	4.1	7.7#25	3.6#90	11.8#8
54	Wake Forest	(0-0)	3.8	1.1#62	-2.7#52	4.8#54
55	Virginia Tech	(0-0)	3.7	-0.1#67	-3.8#46	6.4#40
56	UCLA	(0-0)	3.6	-3.0#86	-6.6#29	6.4#39
57	Rutgers	(0-0)	3.3	5.4#40	2.1#80	6.2#41
58	UCF	(0-0)	3.2	-1.0#74	-4.2#42	3.9#60
59	South Florida	(0-0)	3.0	9.6#15	6.6#106	-7.6#103
60	Tulane	(0-0)	2.9	-1.3#77	-4.2#43	-5.3#91
61	Maryland	(0-0)	2.7	0.2#65	-2.4#57	7.0#33
62	Michigan State	(0-0)	2.4	-1.2#76	-3.5#50	9.1#23
63	Old Dominion	(0-0)	2.3	0.7#64	-1.5#60	-8.7#111
64	UTSA	(0-0)	1.6	8.9#18	7.3#112	-3.3#78
65	West Virginia	(0-0)	0.6	3.5#46	2.8#83	4.9#53
66	Cincinnati	(0-0)	0.6	0.9#63	0.2#72	5.7#49
67	San Diego State	(0-0)	0.5	-5.7#104	-6.2#32	-1.5#76
68	Colorado	(0-0)	0.4	1.7#58	1.3#77	6.7#36
69	Fresno State	(0-0)	0.4	-3.3#88	-3.6#49	-5.8#92
69	Texas State	(0-0)	0.4	8.5#21	8.1#115	-0.3#72
71	Army	(0-0)	0.2	-6.8#115	-7.0#28	-4.9#86
72	North Dakota State	(0-0)	0.2	-3.6#90	-3.7#47	-12.1#132
73	California	(0-0)	0.1	-0.4#70	-0.5#68	4.6#58
74	Iowa State	(0-0)	-0.3	-2.8#84	-2.5#56	4.9#52
74	North Carolina	(0-0)	-0.3	-1.7#78	-1.4#62	8.1#29
76	Purdue	(0-0)	-0.3	-1.1#75	-0.8#65	12.0#5
77	Toledo	(0-0)	-0.5	-5.3#102	-4.9#39	-12.6#134
78	Western Michigan	(0-0)	-0.9	-3.6#91	-2.7#53	-8.9#114
79	New Mexico	(0-0)	-1.0	1.5#59	2.6#82	-8.3#106
80	UNLV	(0-0)	-1.1	5.8#38	6.9#108	-7.9#104
81	Washington State	(0-0)	-1.2	-5.3#101	-4.1#44	0.9#68
82	Boston College	(0-0)	-1.3	2.7#51	4.0#94	8.6#26
83	East Carolina	(0-0)	-1.5	0.1#66	1.6#78	-5.9#94
84	Oklahoma State	(0-0)	-1.8	-1.9#80	-0.0#70	6.0#47
85	Memphis	(0-0)	-2.0	4.3#44	6.4#104	-4.0#82
86	Stanford	(0-0)	-2.1	-1.7#79	0.3#73	8.5#27
87	North Texas	(0-0)	-2.8	12.5#7	15.3#137	-3.0#77
88	Syracuse	(0-0)	-3.4	-0.3#69	3.1#86	6.2#42
89	Hawai'i	(0-0)	-4.1	-3.0#85	1.1#75	-10.4#125
90	Utah State	(0-0)	-4.7	2.5#52	7.1#111	-0.0#70
91	Air Force	(0-0)	-5.5	-2.5#81	3.0#84	-8.6#110
92	Ohio	(0-0)	-6.4	-5.6#103	0.9#74	-12.0#131
93	Miami (OH)	(0-0)	-6.5	-9.2#123	-2.7#54	-11.4#130
94	Western Kentucky	(0-0)	-7.0	-3.8#92	3.2#87	-6.4#97
95	Florida Atlantic	(0-0)	-7.4	1.4#60	8.8#123	-3.5#79
96	Louisiana Tech	(0-0)	-7.8	-6.7#113	1.2#76	-5.2#89
97	Marshall	(0-0)	-7.8	-0.2#68	7.6#114	-8.9#113
98	Liberty	(0-0)	-8.0	-4.4#96	3.6#89	-13.8#138
99	Georgia Southern	(0-0)	-8.9	-0.4#72	8.4#120	-5.0#87
100	Louisiana	(0-0)	-8.9	-2.7#83	6.2#102	-11.3#129
101	Oregon State	(0-0)	-9.7	-6.6#112	3.1#85	-0.8#75
101	Troy	(0-0)	-9.7	-7.6#117	2.1#81	-8.2#105
103	Arkansas State	(0-0)	-9.8	-5.0#99	4.7#97	-9.8#119
104	Jacksonville State	(0-0)	-9.8	-4.1#94	5.7#100	-13.4#137
105	Kennesaw State	(0-0)	-10.0	-5.7#105	4.3#96	-10.8#128
106	Tulsa	(0-0)	-10.3	-3.4#89	7.0#109	-5.0#88
107	Delaware	(0-0)	-11.2	-2.6#82	8.6#122	-8.5#108
108	Nevada	(0-0)	-11.3	-9.4#125	1.9#79	-8.5#109
109	Wyoming	(0-0)	-11.6	-12.6#136	-0.9#64	-10.4#124
110	South Alabama	(0-0)	-11.8	-4.7#98	7.1#110	-8.4#107
111	Florida International	(0-0)	-12.1	-4.0#93	8.1#116	-12.4#133
112	Temple	(0-0)	-12.3	-4.1#95	8.2#118	-4.5#85
113	Central Michigan	(0-0)	-12.6	-9.3#124	3.3#88	-8.8#112
114	Eastern Michigan	(0-0)	-12.7	-6.7#114	5.9#101	-10.6#127
115	Colorado State	(0-0)	-13.9	-8.7#120	5.1#98	-0.4#74
116	App State	(0-0)	-13.9	-5.7#106	8.2#117	-7.6#102
117	UConn	(0-0)	-14.4	-5.0#100	9.4#126	-7.1#99
118	San José State	(0-0)	-15.1	-6.6#110	8.5#121	-6.1#95
119	Buffalo	(0-0)	-15.4	-9.1#122	6.3#103	-10.5#126
120	Coastal Carolina	(0-0)	-15.7	-6.3#109	9.4#125	-6.9#98
121	Bowling Green	(0-0)	-15.8	-11.9#135	3.9#93	-10.2#122
122	UAB	(0-0)	-15.9	-3.1#87	12.8#135	-3.9#81
123	UL Monroe	(0-0)	-16.0	-9.5#127	6.5#105	-9.8#119
124	Georgia State	(0-0)	-16.6	-6.6#111	9.9#127	-7.3#101
125	Northern Illinois	(0-0)	-16.8	-13.1#137	3.7#91	-6.3#96
126	Akron	(0-0)	-17.1	-10.4#131	6.8#107	-9.0#115
127	Missouri State	(0-0)	-17.5	-6.8#116	10.7#131	-7.2#100
128	Rice	(0-0)	-17.7	-10.1#129	7.6#113	-0.2#71
129	New Mexico State	(0-0)	-18.2	-9.8#128	8.4#119	-9.4#117
130	Southern Miss	(0-0)	-18.7	-8.4#118	10.3#128	-5.2#90
131	Charlotte	(0-0)	-18.7	-9.5#126	9.2#124	-3.7#80
132	Middle Tennessee	(0-0)	-18.7	-8.4#119	10.3#129	-10.3#123
133	UTEP	(0-0)	-19.5	-8.8#121	10.7#132	-4.3#84
134	Kent State	(0-0)	-20.9	-10.3#130	10.6#130	-5.9#93
135	Ball State	(0-0)	-23.0	-11.8#134	11.2#133	-9.4#116
136	Sam Houston	(0-0)	-23.7	-11.7#133	12.0#134	-9.6#118
137	Sacramento State	(0-0)	-23.8	-10.4#132	13.4#136	-12.6#136
138	Massachusetts	(0-0)	-30.6	-15.2#138	15.5#138	-12.6#135

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