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2026 Week 4 College Football Team Rankings

RankChangeRatingTeamConfRecordWin %PlaceNOWGame Status
120.291Texas (TEXAS)SEC3–01.0001+5Beat UTSA 30–6
2-10.332Notre Dame (NOTRE DAME)IND FBSI3–01.0001+5Beat Michigan State 27–10
3-10.338Ole Miss (MISSISSIPPI)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat LSU 32–24
400.383Alabama (ALABAMA)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat Florida State 50–36
530.432Michigan (MICHIGAN)B103–01.0001+5Beat UTEP 52–17
660.432BYUB123–01.0001+4Beat Colorado State 41–23
7-20.523Georgia (GEORGIA)SEC3–01.0001+1Beat Arkansas 45–17
830.529Penn State (PENN STATE)B103–01.0001+4Beat Buffalo 55–13
9-30.547Miami (MIAMI)ACC3–01.0001+3Beat Wake Forest 33–20
1040.571USCB104–01.0001+6Beat Rutgers 42–35
1150.588Missouri (MISSOURI)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat Troy 27–17
1210.631Duke (DUKE)ACC3–01.0001+4Beat Stanford 35–7
1370.699Tennessee (TENNESSEE)SEC3–01.0001+2Beat Kennesaw State 42–9
1480.699Texas Tech (TEXAS TECH)B123–01.0001+3Beat Houston 28–26
15-60.712Indiana (INDIANA)B103–01.0001+1Beat Western Kentucky 38–0
16-60.730LSUSEC2–10.66737+3Lost to Ole Miss 24–32
1720.745Iowa (IOWA)B103–01.0001+2BYE
1850.754Oklahoma (OKLAHOMA)SEC2–10.66737+3Beat New Mexico 14–6
19-40.763Ohio State (OHIO STATE)B102–10.66737+2Beat Kent State 59–3
20-130.777Texas A&M (TEXAS A & M)SEC2–10.66737+2Lost to Kentucky 21–31
21130.801Florida (FLORIDA)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat Auburn 44–39
2220.820Vanderbilt (VANDERBILT)SEC3–01.0001+3Beat NC State 35–31
23-50.838James Madison (JAMES MADISON)SUN3–01.0001+3Beat San Diego State 26–13
2450.859Pittsburgh (PITTSBURGH)ACC3–01.0001+4Beat Syracuse 27–13
25-40.875Oregon (OREGON)B102–10.66737+1BYE
2660.923Kansas State (KANSAS STATE)B123–01.0001+2Beat Tulane 31–20
2710.970Washington (WASHINGTON)B103–01.0001+1BYE
28-21.003Utah (UTAH)B123–01.0001+1Beat Utah State 33–0
29201.051Northwestern (NORTHWESTERN)B102–01.0001+2Beat Colorado 41–7
30131.061Cincinnati (CINCINNATI)B123–01.0001+3Beat Miami (OH) 35–31
31151.083UCLAB103–01.0001+4Beat Purdue 52–38
3211.087Nebraska (NEBRASKA)B103–01.0001+1BYE
3321.113Louisville (LOUISVILLE)ACC2–10.66737+2Beat SMU 41–31
34241.122Mississippi State (MISSISSIPPI STATE)SEC3–01.0001+4Beat South Carolina 41–34
35131.134West Virginia (WEST VIRGINIA)B123–01.0001+3Beat Virginia 38–27
3601.157Auburn (AUBURN)SEC2–10.66737+3Lost to Florida 39–44
37-121.167Illinois (ILLINOIS)B102–10.66737+1BYE
38141.215Virginia Tech (VIRGINIA TECH)ACC3–01.0001+3Beat Maryland 35–26
39-121.265South Florida (SOUTH FLORIDA)AMC3–01.0001+2BYE
4051.304Minnesota (MINNESOTA)B102–10.66737+1Beat Akron 41–7
41-111.317South Carolina (SOUTH CAROLINA)SEC2–10.66737+1Lost to Mississippi State 34–41
42-11.327TCUB122–10.667370Beat Arkansas State 31–7
43-31.329Clemson (CLEMSON)ACC2–10.66737+2Beat North Carolina 28–20
44-51.342Iowa State (IOWA STATE)B122–10.667370Beat Bowling Green 55–7
45201.378Kentucky (KENTUCKY)SEC2–10.66737+2Beat Texas A&M 31–21
46-41.417Arizona State (ARIZONA STATE)B122–10.667370Beat Kansas 24–17
47-301.451SMUACC2–10.667370Lost to Louisville 31–41
48-41.516Houston (HOUSTON)B122–10.66737+1Lost to Texas Tech 26–28
49111.535Maryland (MARYLAND)B102–10.66737+2Lost to Virginia Tech 26–35
50-191.536Virginia (VIRGINIA)ACC2–10.66737+1Lost to West Virginia 27–38
51301.552UCF (CENTRAL FLORIDA)B122–10.66737+2Beat Georgia State 44–30
5241.555Michigan State (MICHIGAN STATE)B102–10.66737+3Lost to Notre Dame 10–27
53-161.595Wake Forest (WAKE FOREST)ACC2–10.66737+2Lost to Miami 20–33
54101.677Arizona (ARIZONA)B122–10.667370Beat Northern Illinois 42–17
5501.678UConn (CONNECTICUT)IND FBSI2–10.667370Beat Southern Miss 48–20
56121.686Baylor (BAYLOR)B122–10.667370Beat Louisiana Tech 36–19
5741.707Boise State (BOISE STATE)PAC2–10.66737+2BYE
58111.724Marshall (MARSHALL)SUN2–10.66737+3Beat Missouri State 30–24
59-61.739Colorado (COLORADO)B122–10.66737+1Lost to Northwestern 7–41
60101.746App State (APPALACHIAN STATE)SUN3–01.0001+1Beat Charlotte 26–21
61-21.752California (CALIFORNIA)ACC2–10.66737+1BYE
62-121.772Memphis (MEMPHIS)AMC3–10.75036+1BYE
63121.799Wisconsin (WISCONSIN)B102–10.66737+1Beat Eastern Michigan 54–10
64-71.830North Carolina (NORTH CAROLINA)ACC2–10.66737+1Lost to Clemson 20–28
65251.862Tulsa (TULSA)AMC3–01.0001+3BYE
66291.884Oklahoma State (OKLAHOMA STATE)B122–10.66737+2BYE
67111.891North Dakota State (NORTH DAKOTA STATE)MWC4–01.0001+4Beat Sacramento State 31–10
68-212.018UTSA (TEXAS-SAN ANTONIO)AMC2–10.66737+1Lost to Texas 6–30
6982.074Louisiana (LOUISIANA LAFAYETTE)SUN2–10.66737+1Beat UAB 21–14
70-162.104New Mexico (NEW MEXICO)MWC2–10.66737+1Lost to Oklahoma 6–14
71212.116Fresno State (FRESNO STATE)PAC2–10.66737+3Beat San José State 26–10
72-342.140Tulane (TULANE)AMC1–20.33390+2Lost to Kansas State 20–31
73-112.222Troy (TROY)SUN2–10.66737+1Lost to Missouri 17–27
74172.265Boston College (BOSTON COLLEGE)ACC2–10.667370BYE
7512.267Arkansas (ARKANSAS)SEC1–20.333900Lost to Georgia 17–45
7682.322Western Michigan (WESTERN MICHIGAN)MAC2–10.66737+1Beat Rice 28–21
77-262.348NC State (NORTH CAROLINA STATE)ACC1–20.33390-1Lost to Vanderbilt 31–35
78-42.348Toledo (TOLEDO)MAC2–10.667370Beat Temple 49–48
79272.350Florida Atlantic (FLORIDA ATLANTIC)AMC2–10.66737+2Beat Florida International 16–10
8022.361Georgia Tech (GEORGIA TECH)ACC1–20.33390-1BYE
81-182.369Army (ARMY)AMC1–10.500850BYE
82152.381Delaware (DELAWARE)USA2–10.66737+1Beat Coastal Carolina 22–14
83-112.411Kansas (KANSAS)B121–20.33390-1Lost to Arizona State 17–24
84182.433Liberty (LIBERTY)USA2–10.66737+1Beat Ball State 51–15
85-62.551Syracuse (SYRACUSE)ACC1–20.33390-1Lost to Pittsburgh 13–27
86-62.554Colorado State (COLORADO STATE)PAC2–10.66737+1Lost to BYU 23–41
87302.571Massachusetts (MASSACHUSETTS)MAC3–01.00010BYE
88-212.615Navy (NAVY)AMC1–10.50085-1BYE
89162.624East Carolina (EAST CAROLINA)AMC1–20.33390+1Beat Old Dominion 20–17
90-52.637Florida State (FLORIDA STATE)ACC1–20.333900Lost to Alabama 36–50
91102.647South Alabama (SOUTH ALABAMA)SUN2–10.66737-1Beat Ohio 41–36
9242.734Stanford (STANFORD)ACC1–20.33390+1Lost to Duke 7–35
9312.871Georgia State (GEORGIA STATE)SUN2–10.667370Lost to UCF 30–44
94-12.880Rutgers (RUTGERS)B100–30.000132-1Lost to USC 35–42
95142.939Purdue (PURDUE)B101–20.33390-1Lost to UCLA 38–52
96192.941Central Michigan (CENTRAL MICHIGAN)MAC2–10.667370Beat Wyoming 24–10
97-262.956Ohio (OHIO)MAC1–20.33390+1Lost to South Alabama 36–41
98-323.005North Texas (NORTH TEXAS)AMC1–20.33390-1Lost to Texas State 35–49
99223.024Washington State (WASHINGTON STATE)PAC1–20.333900BYE
10033.026Jacksonville State (JACKSONVILLE STATE)USA2–20.50085-1Beat Georgia Southern 31–27
101213.084Texas State (TEXAS STATE)PAC1–20.333900Beat North Texas 49–35
102-163.126Coastal Carolina (COASTAL CAROLINA)SUN1–20.33390-1Lost to Delaware 14–22
10313.168Air Force (AIR FORCE)MWC1–10.500850BYE
104-153.185Miami (OH) (MIAMI (OH))MAC1–20.333900Lost to Cincinnati 31–35
105-183.236Arkansas State (ARKANSAS STATE)SUN1–20.33390-2Lost to TCU 7–31
106273.237Middle Tennessee (MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE)USA2–10.667370Beat Nevada 27–20
107-343.269Old Dominion (OLD DOMINION)SUN1–20.33390-2Lost to East Carolina 17–20
10843.302San Diego State (SAN DIEGO STATE)PAC1–20.333900Lost to James Madison 13–26
109-213.328UNLVMWC1–20.33390-2BYE
110-273.393Georgia Southern (GEORGIA SOUTHERN)SUN1–20.33390-3Lost to Jacksonville State 27–31
111-133.446San José State (SAN JOSE STATE)MWC2–20.500850Lost to Fresno State 10–26
112-53.451Rice (RICE)AMC1–20.33390-1Lost to Western Michigan 21–28
113-143.459Florida International (FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL)USA1–20.333900Lost to Florida Atlantic 10–16
114-13.477Temple (TEMPLE)AMC1–20.33390-1Lost to Toledo 48–49
115133.548Sam Houston (SAM HOUSTON)USA1–20.33390-1BYE
116-63.653Kennesaw State (KENNESAW STATE)USA1–20.33390-1Lost to Tennessee 9–42
117-173.688Missouri State (MISSOURI STATE)USA1–20.33390-2Lost to Marshall 24–30
118173.697Oregon State (OREGON STATE)PAC1–20.33390-1BYE
11903.766UABAMC1–20.33390-2Lost to Louisiana 14–21
120-63.792Southern Miss (SOUTHERN MISS)SUN1–20.33390-2Lost to UConn 20–48
121-133.807Louisiana Tech (LOUISIANA TECH)USA1–20.33390-2Lost to Baylor 19–36
122-63.845Hawai'i (HAWAII)MWC1–20.33390-3BYE
123-123.962Buffalo (BUFFALO)MAC1–20.33390-2Lost to Penn State 13–55
124-64.038Wyoming (WYOMING)MWC1–20.33390-2Lost to Central Michigan 10–24
125-54.198Akron (AKRON)MAC1–20.33390-2Lost to Minnesota 7–41
12654.206UTEPMWC1–20.33390-1Lost to Michigan 17–52
127-14.333Ball State (BALL STATE)MAC1–20.33390-2Lost to Liberty 15–51
128-54.453Western Kentucky (WESTERN KENTUCKY)USA0–30.000132-2Lost to Indiana 0–38
129-24.506Nevada (NEVADA)MWC1–20.33390-1Lost to Middle Tennessee 20–27
130-54.518Sacramento State (SACRAMENTO STATE)MAC1–30.250130-4Lost to North Dakota State 10–31
13154.522New Mexico State (NEW MEXICO STATE)USA1–20.33390-4BYE
132-84.559Eastern Michigan (EASTERN MICHIGAN)MAC1–30.250130-3Lost to Wisconsin 10–54
133-34.608Kent State (KENT STATE)MAC1–20.33390-2Lost to Ohio State 3–59
13434.764Charlotte (CHARLOTTE)AMC0–30.0001320Lost to App State 21–26
13534.806Utah State (UTAH STATE)PAC0–30.0001320Lost to Utah 0–33
136-74.913Northern Illinois (NORTHERN ILLINOIS)MWC0–30.000132-1Lost to Arizona 17–42
137-54.953UL Monroe (LOUISIANA MONROE)SUN0–30.000132-2BYE
138-45.030Bowling Green (BOWLING GREEN)MAC0–30.000132-1Lost to Iowa State 7–55

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