Belt power rankings · week 2026-W41
Who ends up with the belt?
Every program’s chance of holding the belt when the 2026 season’s games run out, as it stood on October 5, 2026, from 20,000 simulated seasons. Notre Dame held the belt (5 defenses), with Stanford up next on October 10, 2026. Notre Dame led the board at 49%.
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1
Notre Dame Holds it
49%
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2
Miami
23%
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3
Utah
5%
- 4 SMU 4%
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5
BYU
2%
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6
Memphis ▲5
2%
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7
Texas Tech ▲3
2%
- 8 Iowa State ▼2 1%
- 9 Kansas ▲10 1%
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10
Arizona ▼2
1%
- 11 Wake Forest ▲3 1%
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12
Kansas State
1%
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13
Syracuse ▼4
1%
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14
Duke ▼7
0.8%
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15
Virginia ▼2
0.5%
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16
Navy ▲1
0.5%
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17
Army ▼2
0.5%
- 18 UCF 0.5%
- 19 Boston College ▲1 0.4%
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20
Virginia Tech ▲4
0.4%
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21
Baylor ▲7
0.4%
- 22 Houston ▲4 0.4%
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23
Oklahoma State ▲4
0.4%
- 24 Cincinnati ▼3 0.3%
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25
South Carolina ▼2
0.3%
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26
Colorado ▲5
0.3%
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27
Stanford ▼11
0.3%
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28
TCU ▲2
0.3%
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29
Temple ▲4
0.3%
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30
Clemson ▼5
0.2%
Moves are against the previous weekly snapshot. The live version of this list is the season outlook.