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College football conference standings

Conference records for the 2026 season after week 8, with the title game picture for each conference. Standings follow the games each conference counts (the championship game is not in the record). Ties are shown as ties (T-2nd) and never broken here, since conferences use long rules that are not in the data; inside a tie teams are listed by their ranking in The Davis Rankings, for display only. Nothing here changes a team's ranking.

Conference comparison

Every team in every conference at its place in The Davis Rankings, best on the left. A white bar marks each conference's median team; the shaded bands are the rank tiers. Pick conferences under Compare to light up their lanes and rows, and to list their teams side by side. Point at a dot to see the team (teams on the same rank are stacked and shown together); click a conference's name to select it, then step through its teams with the arrows. After week 8 of 2026. It is display only and never changes a team's ranking.

Every conference with a bar of its teams by tier (the colors are the rank tiers). Tap a conference to see its teams, or tick two or more to put them side by side. After week 8 of 2026. It is display only and never changes a team's ranking.

Point at a dot, or click a conference name, to pick a team.

Winning (ranks 1-25)WinningFeeling Good (ranks 26-50)Feeling GoodCharacter Building (ranks 51-75)Character BuildingDo We Need to Talk? (ranks 76-100)Do We Need to Talk?Sick of It (ranks 101-125)Sick of ItOh Crap (ranks 126 and below)Oh CrapteamsmedianPOWER 4SEC1650Big Ten1862Big 121648ACC1774GROUP OF 6American1477Sun Belt1487MAC1388Mountain West1087CUSA1080Pac-12879INDEPENDENTSIndependents246#1#138
Independentsmedian #46 · 0 in the Top 25 · 2 teams11
Feeling Good 1
Character Building 1
SECmedian #50 · 5 in the Top 25 · 16 teams53611
Winning 5
Feeling Good 3
Character Building 6
Do We Need to Talk? 1
Sick of It 1
Big 12median #48 · 4 in the Top 25 · 16 teams45223
Winning 4
Feeling Good 5
Character Building 2
Do We Need to Talk? 2
Sick of It 3
Big Tenmedian #62 · 5 in the Top 25 · 18 teams52434
Winning 5
Feeling Good 2
Character Building 4
Do We Need to Talk? 3
Sick of It 4
ACCmedian #74 · 4 in the Top 25 · 17 teams43334
Winning 4
Feeling Good 3
Character Building 3
Do We Need to Talk? 3
Sick of It 4
Americanmedian #77 · 2 in the Top 25 · 14 teams241232
Winning 2
Feeling Good 4
Character Building 1
Do We Need to Talk? 2
Sick of It 3
Oh Crap 2
Sun Beltmedian #87 · 0 in the Top 25 · 14 teams41432
Feeling Good 4
Character Building 1
Do We Need to Talk? 4
Sick of It 3
Oh Crap 2
Pac-12median #79 · 1 in the Top 25 · 8 teams111212
Winning 1
Feeling Good 1
Character Building 1
Do We Need to Talk? 2
Sick of It 1
Oh Crap 2
CUSAmedian #80 · 1 in the Top 25 · 10 teams112222
Winning 1
Feeling Good 1
Character Building 2
Do We Need to Talk? 2
Sick of It 2
Oh Crap 2
Mountain Westmedian #87 · 1 in the Top 25 · 10 teams112312
Winning 1
Feeling Good 1
Character Building 2
Do We Need to Talk? 3
Sick of It 1
Oh Crap 2
MACmedian #88 · 2 in the Top 25 · 13 teams211333
Winning 2
Feeling Good 1
Character Building 1
Do We Need to Talk? 3
Sick of It 3
Oh Crap 3
Numbers: average score, median, Top 25 and Top 50
ConferenceTeamsAvg scoreMedian rankTop 25Top 50Best team
Independents264.64601#35 Notre Dame
SEC1660.65058#6 Kentucky
Big 121658.04849#3 Utah
Big Ten1856.86257#1 UCLA
ACC1755.07447#2 Miami
American1449.17726#8 UTSA
Sun Belt1446.18704#28 Louisiana Tech
Pac-12845.97912#9 Boise State
CUSA1044.58012#11 Liberty
Mountain West1042.98712#14 New Mexico
MAC1342.18823#19 Ohio

How conferences did against everyone else

Ranked by each conference's combined non-conference win/loss record through the week you pick (FCS opponents are excluded and tracked separately in their own FCS Record column). A team does not control who is in its own conference, only who it schedules outside of it, so this ranks conferences by how their members do against everyone else. It is a different measure from the standings below, which only look inside each conference. Independents and any group smaller than four teams get a note under the table instead of a row.

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Standings by conference

ACC @theACC

Tied Miami holds a spot; Wake Forest and SMU are tied for the last title game spot: the conference's tiebreakers decide.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stMiami #2 title spot5-07-04
T-2ndWake Forest #5 tied for a spot4-16-14
T-2ndSMU #11 tied for a spot4-16-14
T-4thVirginia Tech #183-26-24
T-4thLouisville #483-24-34
T-6thDuke #282-25-25
T-6thBoston College #502-24-34
T-6thNorth Carolina #872-24-34
T-6thClemson #882-24-34
T-10thStanford #652-34-44
T-10thPittsburgh #752-35-34
T-10thVirginia #962-34-44
T-10thCalifornia #1142-33-54
T-14thFlorida State #1061-33-44
T-14thNC State #1071-33-45
T-14thGeorgia Tech #1221-32-54
17thSyracuse #741-43-44

American Athletic @American_Conf

Set Top two by conference record: UTSA and North Texas. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
T-1stUTSA #8 title spot4-07-14
T-1stNorth Texas #30 title spot3-05-24
3rdArmy #264-15-24
4thMemphis #203-16-24
T-5thFlorida Atlantic #342-15-24
T-5thUAB #562-14-35
T-7thSouth Florida #301-25-25
T-7thTulane #981-23-45
T-7thEast Carolina #1091-23-45
T-7thTemple #1241-22-55
T-7thCharlotte #1271-21-65
12thTulsa #1001-34-44
13thNavy #1201-42-54
14thRice #1320-41-74

Big 12 @Big12Conference

Tied Utah holds a spot; Arizona, Oklahoma State, BYU and Texas Tech are tied for the last title game spot: the conference's tiebreakers decide.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stUtah #3 title spot4-07-05
T-2ndArizona #10 tied for a spot3-16-15
T-2ndOklahoma State #24 tied for a spot3-15-25
T-2ndBYU #38 tied for a spot3-16-15
T-2ndTexas Tech #39 tied for a spot3-16-15
6thHouston #573-26-24
T-7thCincinnati #232-25-25
T-7thUCF #462-24-35
T-7thArizona State #502-24-35
T-7thBaylor #922-24-35
11thWest Virginia #422-35-34
T-12thKansas #701-33-45
T-12thKansas State #931-34-35
T-12thIowa State #1041-33-45
T-12thTCU #1091-33-45
16thColorado #1180-42-55

Big Ten @bigten

Set Top two by conference record: UCLA and Ohio State. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
T-1stUCLA #1 title spot5-07-04
T-1stOhio State #4 title spot4-06-15
3rdIndiana #74-17-14
T-4thNorthwestern #113-16-15
T-4thWisconsin #243-15-25
T-4thMinnesota #273-15-25
7thUSC #453-26-24
T-8thIllinois #532-24-35
T-8thIowa #642-25-25
T-8thNebraska #672-25-25
T-8thOregon #862-24-35
T-8thPurdue #1052-23-45
T-13thWashington #601-34-35
T-13thMichigan #811-34-35
T-13thRutgers #1211-32-55
T-16thPenn State #990-43-45
T-16thMichigan State #1170-52-64
T-16thMaryland #1190-42-55

Conference USA @ConferenceUSA

Set Top two by conference record: Liberty and Jacksonville State. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
T-1stLiberty #11 title spot3-06-15
T-1stJacksonville State #32 title spot3-05-24
T-3rdMiddle Tennessee #532-14-34
T-3rdWestern Kentucky #702-13-44
T-3rdNew Mexico State #812-13-44
T-6thDelaware #791-23-44
T-6thFlorida International #1111-23-45
T-6thMissouri State #1241-22-54
T-9thKennesaw State #1290-31-64
T-9thSam Houston #1300-31-64

Mid-American @MACSports

Tied Ohio holds a spot; Toledo, Miami (OH), Buffalo and Western Michigan are tied for the last title game spot: the conference's tiebreakers decide.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stOhio #19 title spot4-06-24
T-2ndToledo #21 tied for a spot3-16-24
T-2ndMiami (OH) #44 tied for a spot3-15-34
T-2ndBuffalo #52 tied for a spot3-15-34
T-2ndWestern Michigan #77 tied for a spot3-15-34
6thEastern Michigan #1033-24-53
T-7thBall State #852-23-54
T-7thKent State #882-23-54
T-7thBowling Green #1372-22-64
T-10thMassachusetts #1071-34-44
T-10thCentral Michigan #1161-33-54
T-12thAkron #1340-41-74
T-12thSacramento State #1360-51-73

Mountain West @MountainWest

Set Top two by conference record: New Mexico and Wyoming. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stNew Mexico #14 title spot3-06-15
2ndWyoming #43 title spot4-15-33
3rdUNLV #802-14-35
T-4thNorth Dakota State #613-26-24
T-4thAir Force #663-25-23
T-6thSan José State #962-24-45
T-6thNevada #1022-23-44
8thHawai'i #941-42-63
T-9thUTEP #1310-31-65
T-9thNorthern Illinois #1380-30-75

Pac-12 @pac12

Set Top two by conference record: Boise State and Oregon State. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
T-1stBoise State #9 title spot3-06-14
T-1stOregon State #32 title spot3-05-24
3rdTexas State #572-14-34
4thSan Diego State #1132-23-53
T-5thColorado State #771-23-44
T-5thFresno State #811-24-34
T-5thUtah State #1351-22-54
8thWashington State #1330-41-73

SEC @SEC

Set Top two by conference record: Kentucky and Georgia. If it ended today they would play for the title.

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stKentucky #6 title spot5-17-13
2ndGeorgia #40 title spot4-16-14
3rdAlabama #154-26-23
T-4thLSU #173-26-24
T-4thFlorida #223-25-24
T-4thOle Miss #533-25-24
T-4thTennessee #623-26-24
T-8thTexas #162-25-25
T-8thOklahoma #412-24-35
T-8thMissouri #632-25-25
T-11thSouth Carolina #472-34-34
T-11thAuburn #702-34-34
T-11thMississippi State #732-34-34
14thArkansas #691-33-45
15thTexas A&M #951-44-44
16thVanderbilt #1150-53-54

Sun Belt @SunBelt

Divisions This conference plays in divisions: the leader of each division meets in the title game.

East Division

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stJames Madison #37 title spot4-17-12
T-2ndApp State #362-15-25
T-2ndGeorgia Southern #762-13-45
T-4thMarshall #481-24-35
T-4thGeorgia State #901-24-35
T-4thCoastal Carolina #1231-22-55
7thOld Dominion #1261-42-63

West Division

StandingPosTeamConfOverallAllLeft
1stLouisiana Tech #28 title spot3-05-25
2ndSouth Alabama #912-14-35
T-3rdArkansas State #672-24-44
T-3rdLouisiana #842-25-34
T-5thSouthern Miss #1011-22-55
T-5thTroy #1121-23-44
T-5thUL Monroe #1281-21-65

See the full rankings, every team by tier, or the X accounts of every team and conference.