HX Rating · Week 0

Power rankings

Every FBS program, ranked by HX. Talent and prior-year SP+/Elo/SRS carry the real signal. Playoff odds are a logistic on rank; projected wins are Elo vs the 2026 slate. AP is the Aug 17 preseason ballot.

18 of 136 · Big Ten

TeamOff / Def
2Ohio StateBig Ten · 1227.85
1
1 vs AP
37.6 / 32.39.697.7%93.5
4OregonBig Ten · 1326.97
2
2 vs AP
38.7 / 26.59.795.4%93.1
11IndianaBig Ten · 1605.00
6
5 vs AP
40.8 / 30.18.563.1%86.6
12MichiganBig Ten · 944.89
16
4 vs AP
30.9 / 23.08.054.5%91.4
13Penn StateBig Ten · 764.39
18
5 vs AP
35.1 / 21.28.945.5%88.6
22USCBig Ten · 943.88
14
8 vs AP
38.9 / 19.07.43.3%89.9
23IowaBig Ten · 943.76
22
1 vs AP
32.1 / 25.87.82.3%85.3
25WashingtonBig Ten · 943.35
17
8 vs AP
34.5 / 24.77.31.1%88.4
34NebraskaBig Ten · 761.99
NR
AP NR
28.8 / 17.36.40.0%88.1
35MinnesotaBig Ten · 851.93
NR
AP NR
23.8 / 19.26.50.0%87.1
36NorthwesternBig Ten · 761.76
NR
AP NR
24.4 / 20.06.20.0%85.5
38IllinoisBig Ten · 941.68
NR
AP NR
33.3 / 18.36.50.0%85.1
48UCLABig Ten · 391.27
NR
AP NR
21.7 / 9.66.30.0%87.3
51WisconsinBig Ten · 481.05
NR
AP NR
17.4 / 19.16.10.0%87.7
70RutgersBig Ten · 57-0.04
NR
AP NR
31.6 / 9.35.50.0%85.7
72MarylandBig Ten · 48-0.27
NR
AP NR
24.4 / 15.35.10.0%85.9
94PurdueBig Ten · 210-1.52
NR
AP NR
21.9 / 10.13.60.0%86.6
95Michigan StateBig Ten · 48-1.85
NR
AP NR
26.6 / 11.33.00.0%85.3