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All College Football 26 Unofficial Team Ratings: Pre-Release ranks

Connor Knudsen

Publish Date: June 26, 2025

With the release of College Football 26 right around the corner, fans are eager to see where their team stacks up when it comes to their overall, offensive, and defensive ratings. So, to give you a look at what’s to come, here are all of the team’s unofficial pre-release ratings, which should give you a good idea of where your team will stack up when CFB 26 releases on July 10.

July 7, 2025 Update: Official rankings are now live for all teams! Check out the College Football 26 team overall rankings for Dynasty mode and Play Now.

All College Football 26 Team Ratings

Below is an unofficial list of pre-release team ratings sourced from TeamCrafters. As such, keep in mind that these ratings will likely not reflect the final build of the game, but should be a close reflection of what we can expect to see. We will publish a new, updated list once the overall ratings for all CFB 26 teams are made official.

School	Conference	Offense	Defense	Special Teams	Overall
Air Force	Mountain West	69	70	77	72
Akron	MAC	67	60	70	66
Alabama	SEC	89	96	78	88
Appalachian State	Sun Belt	69	68	77	71
Arizona	Big 12	83	76	76	78
Arizona State	Big 12	91	84	86	87
Arkansas	SEC	83	82	78	81
Arkansas State	Sun Belt	75	70	85	77
Army	American	69	76	68	71
Auburn	SEC	85	84	85	85
Ball State	MAC	67	60	75	67
Baylor	Big 12	87	84	76	82
Boise State	Mountain West	85	80	81	82
Boston College	ACC	78	80	77	78
Bowling Green	MAC	71	64	72	69
Buffalo	MAC	75	78	77	77
BYU	Big 12	87	84	82	84
California	ACC	75	82	80	79
Central Michigan	MAC	66	76	73	72
Charlotte	American	69	68	73	70
Cincinnati	Big 12	82	80	82	81
Clemson	ACC	89	90	83	87
Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	71	64	68	68
Colorado	Big 12	83	82	77	81
Colorado State	Mountain West	75	68	71	71
Delaware	CUSA	67	64	77	69
Duke	ACC	83	88	78	83
East Carolina	American	75	70	81	75
Eastern Michigan	MAC	71	64	70	68
FIU	CUSA	73	68	73	71
Florida	SEC	89	84	86	86
Florida Atlantic	American	73	66	76	72
Florida State	ACC	82	82	77	80
Fresno State	Mountain West	73	74	76	74
Georgia	SEC	87	92	87	89
Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	76	70	73	73
Georgia State	Sun Belt	71	68	75	71
Georgia Tech	ACC	85	76	83	81
Hawaii	Mountain West	69	78	80	76
Houston	Big 12	82	82	77	80
Illinois	Big Ten	85	86	83	85
Indiana	Big Ten	89	88	83	87
Iowa	Big Ten	80	84	82	82
Iowa State	Big 12	85	82	80	82
Jacksonville State	CUSA	69	66	81	72
James Madison	Sun Belt	75	72	78	75
Kansas	Big 12	82	78	81	80
Kansas State	Big 12	85	86	75	82
Kennesaw State	CUSA	67	70	71	69
Kent State	MAC	62	64	76	67
Kentucky	SEC	80	78	78	79
Liberty	CUSA	73	74	76	74
Louisiana	Sun Belt	73	74	71	73
Louisiana-Monroe	Sun Belt	64	70	82	71
Louisiana Tech	CUSA	69	68	76	72
Louisville	ACC	83	82	77	81
LSU	SEC	89	92	81	87
Marshall	Sun Belt	69	64	72	68
Maryland	Big Ten	76	70	72	73
Memphis	American	76	80	81	79
Miami (FL)	ACC	89	88	87	88
Miami (OH)	MAC	71	70	78	73
Michigan	Big Ten	82	92	85	86
Michigan State	Big Ten	82	80	77	80
Middle Tennessee	CUSA	69	68	71	69
Minnesota	Big Ten	75	78	81	78
Mississippi State	SEC	78	82	80	80
Missouri	SEC	83	84	82	83
Missouri State	CUSA	66	64	80	70
Navy	American	80	70	78	76
NC State	ACC	78	82	81	80
Nebraska	Big Ten	85	82	81	83
Nevada	Mountain West	67	70	76	71
New Mexico	Mountain West	69	64	75	69
New Mexico State	CUSA	67	74	73	71
North Carolina	ACC	80	82	80	81
Northern Illinois	MAC	64	68	82	75
North Texas	American	71	76	77	71
Northwestern	Big Ten	76	78	82	79
Notre Dame	Independent	89	90	88	89
Ohio	MAC	73	64	72	70
Ohio State	Big Ten	91	92	78	87
Oklahoma	SEC	87	88	77	84
Oklahoma State	Big 12	69	76	75	73
Old Dominion	Sun Belt	71	74	81	85
Ole Miss	SEC	85	86	78	83
Oregon	Big Ten	85	92	82	86
Oregon State	Pac-12	82	76	76	78
Penn State	Big Ten	91	94	80	88
Pittsburgh	ACC	80	86	68	78
Purdue	Big Ten	71	72	77	73
Rice	American	64	72	81	72
Rutgers	Big Ten	82	82	85	83
Sam Houston	CUSA	73	66	80	73
San Diego State	Mountain West	71	78	85	78
San Jose State	Mountain West	71	76	80	76
SMU	ACC	87	82	86	85
South Alabama	Sun Belt	71	70	68	70
South Carolina	SEC	85	84	83	84
Southern Miss	Sun Belt	75	68	75	77
South Florida	American	76	80	75	73
Stanford	ACC	71	80	86	79
Syracuse	ACC	76	78	80	78
TCU	Big 12	82	82	77	80
Temple	American	67	70	77	71
Tennessee	SEC	83	88	78	83
Texas	SEC	91	94	90	92
Texas A&M	SEC	89	90	86	88
Texas State	Sun Belt	71	70	71	71
Texas Tech	Big 12	87	92	86	88
Toledo	MAC	76	78	71	75
Troy	Sun Belt	73	72	82	76
Tulane	American	78	78	73	76
Tulsa	American	67	68	78	71
UAB	American	69	68	85	74
UCF	Big 12	73	80	81	78
UCLA	Big Ten	82	76	87	82
UConn	Independent	78	70	80	76
UMass	Independent	66	64	76	69
UNLV	Mountain West	75	74	76	75
USC	Big Ten	85	84	82	84
Utah	Big 12	85	82	76	81
Utah State	Mountain West	67	70	77	71
UTEP	CUSA	71	64	76	70
UTSA	American	78	70	71	73
Vanderbilt	SEC	85	82	83	83
Virginia	ACC	80	78	82	80
Virginia Tech	ACC	82	80	82	81
Wake Forest	ACC	76	78	83	79
Washington	Big Ten	82	80	81	81
Washington State	Pac-12	75	74	73	74
West Virginia	Big 12	78	82	81	80
Western Kentucky	CUSA	71	70	78	73
Western Michigan	MAC	69	68	76	71
Wisconsin	Big Ten	80	84	80	81
Wyoming	Mountain West	73	68	72	71

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