Belt power rankings · week 2026-W42
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 12, 2026, from 20,000 simulated seasons. Notre Dame held the belt (6 defenses), with BYU up next on October 17, 2026. Notre Dame led the board at 55%.
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1
Notre Dame Holds it
55%
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2
Miami
20%
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3
Utah
5%
- 4 SMU 4%
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5
Arizona ▲5
2%
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6
BYU ▼1
2%
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7
Memphis ▼1
2%
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8
Texas Tech ▼1
1%
- 9 Iowa State ▼1 1%
- 10 Kansas ▼1 0.9%
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11
Syracuse ▲2
0.9%
- 12 Wake Forest ▼1 0.9%
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13
Kansas State ▼1
0.7%
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14
Virginia ▲1
0.4%
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15
Army ▲2
0.4%
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16
Duke ▼2
0.4%
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17
South Carolina ▲8
0.4%
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18
Oklahoma State ▲5
0.4%
- 19 Houston ▲3 0.4%
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20
Virginia Tech
0.4%
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21
Navy ▼5
0.3%
- 22 Boston College ▼3 0.3%
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23
Baylor ▼2
0.3%
- 24 UCF ▼6 0.3%
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25
Arizona State ▲6
0.3%
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26
Colorado
0.3%
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27
Stanford
0.2%
- 28 Cincinnati ▼4 0.2%
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29
Clemson ▲1
0.2%
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30
TCU ▼2
0.2%
Moves are against the previous weekly snapshot. The live version of this list is the season outlook.