Ranking all 138 college football FBS teams heading into 2026 season
50 – Pittsburgh
58 – Miami (not of Florida)
59 – UConn
68 – Toledo
70 – Western Michigan
77 – Cincinnati
85 – Ohio U
90 – Buffalo
92 – Central Michigan
109 – Eastern Michigan
110 – Akron
116 – Bowling Green
123 – Kent State
130 – Ball State
133 – Sacramento
138 – UMass
NYT/The Athletic ranks all 138 FBS football teams
38 - Pitt
56 - Western Michigan
70 - Cincinnati
84 - Miami
92 - Central Michigan
93 - Toledo
96 - Ohio
102 - UConn
108 - Eastern Michigan
109 - Buffalo
121 - Ball St
122 - Bowling Green
123 - Akron
124 - Kent St
137 - Sac St
138 - UMass
I can’t speak for everyone, but I prefer those fellas at the USA Today, personally.
Huge difference in those 2 rankings
I don’t give two shits what the NYT has to say about anything.
Lindy’s has us at 104. So basically no one knows if we’ll be good or not?
Neither do we! We’re hoping our “big time” Power 4— 3 star redshirt freshman transfer portal QB who’s never thrown a pass in a college game can take us to the promised land.
No wonder our ratings are all over the place.
This is Brett territory. He’s a complete unknown…an NIL, transfer portal, QB from Kansas rolling stone.
I’m willing to bet none of those publications know much about our QB situation.
Lets hope our OL line and play calling gives him a chance to succeed. Emphasis on the run game with short route passing game would be helpful.I am fearful we will see a typical CM " no game plan " similar to the game plan in the MAC Championship game last December where were knew WMU was going to come after our QB with max pressure ( as I am sure Pitt will ) and CM kept calling long low percentage pass routes.
