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 September 28, 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):: Measures a team’s ability to score points. The number reflects the amount of points that a team would expect to score against an average team on a neutral field. All methods of scoring are included in this metric, including touchdowns scored by the offense, defense, or special teams, safeties, and field goals.
DEFEND (Defend Rating):: Measures a team’s ability to prevent scoring. The number reflects the points that a team would expect to allow against an average team on a neutral field. Types of scoring allowed include touchdowns scored by the opposing offense, defense, or special teams, safeties, and field goals.
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

UGAGeorgia+30.3

SCORE

ALAAlabama+43.1

DEFEND

TEXTexas11.4

SOS

ARKArkansas+15.5

AVG

ARKArkansas+0.1

Market Movers

#69ORSTOregon State↑4.9

#39BAYBaylor↑4.5

#35WAKEWake Forest↑3.9

#95GASTGeorgia State↑3.6

#113NMSUNew Mexico State↑3.5

#122CSUColorado State↓4.9

#59ASUArizona State↓4.5

#98STANStanford↓3.9

#114ODUOld Dominion↓3.6

#119WKUWestern Kentucky↓3.5

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RK ⇅	TEAM ⇅	REC ⇅	SIR ▼	SCORE ⇅	DEFEND ⇅	SOS ⇅
1	Georgia↓2.4	(5-0)	30.3	42.5#4	12.2#2	10.9#18
3	Notre Dame↓1.4	(5-0)	28.8	42.6#3	13.7#3	3.1#63
2	Ohio State↑1.5	(4-1)	28.8	42.6#2	13.8#4	8.7#26
4	Miami↑0.8	(5-0)	27.5	41.6#5	14.1#6	5.5#47
5	Indiana↑0.4	(5-0)	26.3	41.4#6	15.1#7	8.3#30
6	Alabama↑2.2	(5-0)	26.2	43.1#1	16.9#10	13.3#6
7	Texas	(4-0)	25.7	37.1#14	11.4#1	13.9#4
8	Oregon	(3-1)	23.8	41.1#7	17.3#11	11.9#16
9	LSU	(4-1)	23.1	39.0#9	15.9#9	12.4#12
10	Utah	(4-0)	19.9	35.6#16	15.7#8	4.0#59
11	Florida↓3.0	(4-1)	18.2	39.9#8	21.8#29	13.6#5
12	Oklahoma	(2-2)	17.7	31.6#41	13.9#5	12.3#13
13	Tennessee↓0.2	(4-1)	17.3	37.7#10	20.4#22	10.9#17
14	Ole Miss	(3-1)	16.1	37.3#12	21.3#25	14.3#2
15	Missouri↑3.0	(4-1)	15.5	34.0#20	18.5#16	13.0#9
16	Texas A&M↑1.1	(3-2)	14.9	33.2#28	18.2#14	12.0#15
17	USC↓0.1	(5-1)	14.9	37.3#13	22.4#34	9.1#24
18	Texas Tech↑2.2	(5-0)	13.8	35.3#17	21.6#26	1.9#68
19	Nebraska↓0.2	(5-0)	13.7	35.3#18	21.7#28	6.8#40
20	BYU↑1.4	(4-0)	13.3	33.5#26	20.2#21	7.2#39
21	Washington↑0.1	(3-2)	13.0	31.9#37	18.9#19	9.1#25
22	Northwestern↑1.7	(3-1)	12.9	31.6#43	18.7#17	7.8#34
23	Penn State↓1.7	(3-2)	12.8	32.2#35	19.5#20	2.8#64
24	UCLA	(4-0)	12.7	34.6#19	21.9#31	5.0#53
25	Auburn↑0.2	(3-2)	12.6	30.9#44	18.3#15	13.2#7
26	Arizona↑1.4	(4-1)	11.6	33.9#21	22.2#32	4.2#57
27	Michigan↓0.7	(3-2)	11.6	30.4#45	18.8#18	10.0#19
28	Wisconsin↑1.5	(4-1)	11.6	29.8#51	18.2#13	5.7#46
29	Mississippi State↓2.2	(4-1)	11.3	37.5#11	26.2#65	13.1#8
30	Iowa↓1.5	(4-1)	10.9	28.7#59	17.7#12	8.0#32
31	Boise State↓0.3	(4-1)	10.5	33.1#29	22.6#36	-1.2#75
32	Florida State↑2.5	(3-2)	10.2	32.7#32	22.5#35	9.2#23
33	Pittsburgh↑2.2	(5-0)	10.2	33.7#23	23.5#42	4.2#58
34	Houston↑0.1	(4-1)	10.1	32.5#33	22.3#33	4.2#55
35	Wake Forest↑3.9	(4-1)	10.0	33.9#22	23.9#46	2.5#66
36	Vanderbilt↑2.4	(3-2)	9.7	31.6#42	21.9#30	12.4#11
37	Kansas State	(3-1)	9.7	33.6#25	23.9#47	2.7#65
38	Kentucky↑1.4	(4-1)	9.1	32.1#36	23.0#38	13.9#3
39	Baylor↑4.5	(4-1)	8.9	33.6#24	24.7#54	5.3#49
40	Virginia↓2.5	(3-2)	8.7	30.4#46	21.7#27	4.2#56
41	Louisville↓1.8	(2-3)	8.6	33.2#27	24.6#53	5.5#48
42	South Carolina↓1.4	(2-3)	8.5	32.8#31	24.3#50	12.1#14
43	Duke	(4-0)	8.3	32.3#34	24.0#48	3.7#62
44	Virginia Tech↓2.2	(4-1)	8.1	31.7#39	23.6#43	2.3#67
45	SMU↓0.3	(4-1)	7.4	33.1#30	25.7#63	4.0#60
46	Minnesota↑0.7	(4-1)	7.0	28.3#63	21.2#24	9.2#22
47	James Madison↑0.6	(5-0)	6.2	29.9#50	23.6#44	-9.8#120
48	New Mexico↑2.6	(4-1)	5.6	30.1#47	24.5#52	-7.8#103
49	TCU↓1.4	(2-3)	5.4	26.3#76	20.8#23	8.1#31
50	North Carolina↑1.4	(2-2)	5.0	27.9#66	22.9#37	8.4#29
51	NC State↑1.8	(3-2)	4.5	31.6#40	27.1#70	3.8#61
52	Clemson↓0.8	(3-2)	4.5	28.0#65	23.5#41	7.5#37
53	Kansas↑2.9	(2-2)	4.5	29.8#52	25.3#58	6.1#43
54	Illinois↓1.5	(2-3)	4.1	28.8#57	24.7#55	9.3#21
55	Oklahoma State	(3-1)	4.0	29.9#48	25.9#64	5.0#52
56	North Dakota State↑0.5	(5-0)	4.0	27.3#70	23.3#40	-12.4#134
57	UCF↓0.1	(3-2)	3.8	27.0#73	23.2#39	5.0#54
58	Iowa State↓1.2	(3-2)	3.3	28.9#55	25.6#62	6.3#42
59	Arizona State↓4.5	(2-2)	2.8	27.0#72	24.3#49	6.0#44
60	Cincinnati↓1.4	(4-1)	2.0	28.3#62	26.3#66	5.8#45
61	Memphis↑3.4	(4-1)	1.8	29.9#49	28.1#77	-6.2#90
62	Michigan State↓1.5	(2-3)	1.4	25.2#82	23.8#45	9.8#20
63	Liberty↑1.8	(4-1)	0.5	26.1#77	25.6#60	-13.9#137
64	North Texas↓0.6	(3-2)	0.3	36.5#15	36.1#124	-5.0#83
65	Georgia Tech	(1-3)	0.3	27.5#68	27.2#71	7.6#36
66	Arkansas↓1.1	(2-3)	0.1	28.7#60	28.6#81	15.5#1
67	West Virginia↑1.2	(3-2)	-0.4	31.9#38	32.3#105	6.5#41
68	Fresno State↑2.7	(4-1)	-0.5	23.9#88	24.4#51	-6.0#88
69	Oregon State↑4.9	(3-2)	-0.6	28.4#61	29.0#82	-2.4#76
70	UTSA↓1.3	(4-1)	-1.0	28.2#64	29.2#83	-4.0#80
71	Purdue↑1.5	(2-3)	-1.4	28.8#56	30.2#90	12.6#10
72	Syracuse↓0.2	(2-2)	-1.6	26.5#75	28.1#76	5.2#50
73	Toledo↓0.4	(4-1)	-1.6	28.7#58	30.3#91	-13.2#135
74	Texas State↓0.2	(2-3)	-1.6	29.4#54	31.0#95	0.9#70
75	Maryland↑0.2	(2-3)	-1.9	27.3#69	29.2#84	8.5#28
76	California↑1.0	(2-3)	-2.4	27.3#71	29.7#87	5.2#51
77	UNLV↓1.0	(3-2)	-2.9	25.6#78	28.5#80	-7.0#99
78	Florida Atlantic	(4-1)	-2.9	29.7#53	32.6#106	-5.0#81
79	South Florida↓2.9	(4-1)	-2.9	22.7#93	25.6#61	-7.0#98
80	Army↓2.0	(2-2)	-3.3	23.0#90	26.4#67	-5.0#82
81	Colorado↓2.2	(2-3)	-3.6	21.9#97	25.5#59	7.7#35
82	Western Michigan↑0.7	(3-2)	-3.6	21.3#102	24.9#56	-10.4#124
83	Air Force↑1.6	(3-1)	-3.9	24.2#86	28.0#75	-7.9#106
84	Navy↓1.6	(1-3)	-4.2	20.9#108	25.0#57	-3.0#77
85	San Diego State↑0.2	(2-3)	-4.3	23.0#91	27.3#72	-0.2#72
86	East Carolina	(2-2)	-4.4	22.5#95	27.0#69	-5.5#86
87	Louisiana Tech↑2.0	(2-2)	-4.7	25.6#79	30.3#92	-6.3#93
88	Rutgers↓0.4	(1-4)	-4.8	26.6#74	31.4#100	7.4#38
89	Temple↑2.9	(2-3)	-5.4	24.4#85	29.7#88	-5.3#84
90	Boston College↑0.3	(2-3)	-5.6	21.0#106	26.6#68	8.5#27
91	Utah State↑0.3	(1-4)	-5.9	23.5#89	29.4#85	0.2#71
92	Washington State↓2.7	(1-4)	-6.7	21.1#104	27.7#74	1.1#69
93	Tulane	(2-2)	-7.3	20.3#113	27.6#73	-5.4#85
94	Louisiana↓1.3	(4-1)	-7.4	22.1#96	29.5#86	-10.7#126
96	Troy	(2-2)	-7.5	20.7#109	28.2#78	-8.1#107
95	Georgia State↑3.6	(4-1)	-7.5	25.3#80	32.8#110	-9.1#109
97	Georgia Southern↑2.1	(2-3)	-7.9	25.2#81	33.1#115	-5.6#87
98	Stanford↓3.9	(2-3)	-7.9	22.9#92	30.8#94	7.9#33
99	Florida International	(2-2)	-9.5	18.8#123	28.3#79	-12.0#131
100	Arkansas State↑1.3	(2-3)	-9.6	21.5#101	31.1#96	-9.2#112
101	Tulsa↑0.6	(3-2)	-9.7	21.6#100	31.2#98	-7.1#100
102	App State	(3-1)	-9.7	24.5#84	34.2#119	-9.7#119
103	South Alabama↓1.0	(3-2)	-9.7	27.6#67	37.3#129	-9.5#116
104	UConn↑0.2	(2-3)	-9.9	24.1#87	34.0#117	-6.7#96
105	UAB	(3-2)	-10.4	21.0#107	31.4#99	-6.2#92
106	Nevada	(1-3)	-10.6	21.0#105	31.6#101	-7.9#105
107	Miami (OH)↓1.6	(2-3)	-10.9	20.2#115	31.1#97	-11.7#130
108	San José State↑0.8	(3-2)	-11.0	21.8#99	32.7#108	-6.4#94
109	Jacksonville State	(3-2)	-11.1	20.6#111	31.6#102	-12.4#133
110	Hawai'i↓0.8	(1-4)	-11.5	19.3#119	30.8#93	-10.1#121
111	Delaware↓1.8	(2-3)	-11.8	21.3#103	33.1#114	-8.5#108
112	Marshall↓0.6	(3-2)	-12.0	22.6#94	34.6#121	-9.3#115
113	New Mexico State↑3.5	(2-3)	-12.2	20.7#110	33.0#113	-9.2#113
114	Old Dominion↓3.6	(1-4)	-12.3	19.6#118	32.0#103	-7.2#101
115	Ohio↓3.3	(3-2)	-12.4	20.4#112	32.8#111	-13.5#136
116	Kennesaw State	(1-3)	-13.2	18.9#122	32.1#104	-9.6#117
117	Wyoming↓0.5	(2-3)	-13.2	16.8#129	30.0#89	-9.6#118
118	Central Michigan↑1.7	(3-2)	-13.8	18.9#121	32.7#107	-10.9#127
119	Western Kentucky↓3.5	(1-4)	-13.8	21.8#98	35.7#123	-6.1#89
120	Rice↑1.3	(1-4)	-14.0	18.7#124	32.7#109	-1.1#74
121	Eastern Michigan↑2.0	(3-3)	-14.4	20.2#116	34.6#120	-11.4#128
122	Colorado State↓4.9	(2-3)	-14.4	25.1#83	39.5#134	-1.0#73
123	Coastal Carolina↓2.1	(1-4)	-14.8	19.0#120	33.8#116	-6.8#97
124	Missouri State	(1-3)	-16.4	20.2#117	36.6#127	-7.8#104
125	Bowling Green↑1.6	(1-4)	-17.4	15.6#134	32.9#112	-10.6#125
126	Buffalo↓0.7	(2-3)	-18.4	18.5#125	36.9#128	-11.7#129
127	Middle Tennessee↓2.9	(2-3)	-18.5	17.1#126	35.6#122	-10.4#123
128	Southern Miss	(1-3)	-19.4	20.3#114	39.7#135	-6.7#95
129	Massachusetts↓2.0	(4-1)	-19.6	16.5#132	36.1#125	-16.1#138
130	Kent State↑3.3	(2-3)	-19.7	14.4#136	34.2#118	-10.1#122
131	Northern Illinois	(0-4)	-19.9	16.4#133	36.3#126	-6.2#91
132	UL Monroe↑1.0	(0-5)	-21.0	17.0#127	38.0#130	-7.7#102
133	Sam Houston	(1-3)	-21.9	16.9#128	38.8#132	-9.2#111
134	Akron↓1.7	(1-4)	-23.4	16.6#130	40.0#136	-9.3#114
135	Ball State↑0.4	(1-4)	-23.9	14.5#135	38.4#131	-9.1#110
136	Charlotte↓3.4	(0-5)	-24.9	14.3#137	39.1#133	-3.9#79
137	UTEP↓2.6	(1-4)	-24.9	16.5#131	41.5#138	-3.2#78
138	Sacramento State	(1-4)	-30.3	10.9#138	41.3#137	-12.2#132

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