| Omni Rankings™ | 2026 College football ratings | |||||||||||
| Upset wins | ||||||||||||
| through 10/3/26 games | ||||||||||||
| Rank | Team | Opponent | Result | Differential overcome | ||||||||
| 1 | Mississippi Valley State | vs | Prairie View A&M | W 28 - 27 | 25.70 | |||||||
| 2 | Oklahoma State | vs | Oregon | W 39 - 31 | 21.95 | |||||||
| 3 | San Diego | at | Cal Poly | W 38 - 35 | 21.74 | |||||||
| 4 | Presbyterian | vs | St. Thomas | W 55 - 21 | 18.45 | |||||||
| 5 | The Citadel | at | Charlotte | W 43 - 41 3OT | 18.10 | |||||||
| 6 | The Citadel | at | South Carolina State | W 34 - 31 | 17.71 | |||||||
| 7 | Eastern Michigan | at | UMass | W 38 - 14 | 17.19 | |||||||
| 8 | Wisconsin | at | Penn State | W 24 - 20 | 16.51 | |||||||
| 9 | West Virginia | vs | Virginia | W 38 - 27 | 16.49 | |||||||
| 10 | Idaho | vs | Montana State | W 35 - 34 | 16.27 | |||||||
| 11 | North Carolina A&T | vs | Rhode Island | W 22 - 18 | 15.77 | |||||||
| 12 | Kentucky | at | Texas A&M | W 31 - 21 | 15.27 | |||||||
| 13 | Purdue | at | Illinois | W 24 - 17 | 14.58 | |||||||
| 14 | Bowling Green | at | Miami (OH) | W 24 - 20 | 12.73 | |||||||
| 15 | Stony Brook | vs | Rhode Island | W 56 - 24 | 12.43 | |||||||
| 16 | Portland State | at | Weber State | W 44 - 41 | 12.29 | |||||||
| 17 | Missouri | vs | Florida | W 45 - 17 | 11.87 | |||||||
| 18 | Merrimack | at | Maine | W 23 - 14 | 11.83 | |||||||
| 19 | Idaho State | at | Utah State | W 29 - 17 | 11.56 | |||||||
| 20 | Davidson | vs | VMI | W 27 - 24 OT | 11.33 | |||||||
| 21 | Mercer | at | Abilene Christian | W 34 - 17 | 11.04 | |||||||
| 22 | Northern Iowa | vs | Illinois State | W 28 - 21 | 10.64 | |||||||
| 23 | Cal Poly | at | Eastern Washington | W 31 - 27 | 10.49 | |||||||
| 24 | Wake Forest | at | Louisville | W 30 - 27 | 10.17 | |||||||
| 25 | Ole Miss | vs | LSU | W 32 - 24 | 9.95 | |||||||
| Rank | Team | Opponent | Result | Differential overcome | ||||||||
| 26 | East Texas A&M | vs | UTRGV | W 20 - 17 | 9.86 | |||||||
| 27 | Monmouth | at | Dartmouth | W 31 - 28 | 9.70 | |||||||
| 28 | Furman | at | Mercer | W 20 - 13 | 9.58 | |||||||
| 29 | Western Carolina | vs | Tennessee Tech | W 44 - 20 | 9.50 | |||||||
| 30 | Fordham | at | William & Mary | W 52 - 27 | 8.81 | |||||||
| 31 | Northern Arizona | at | Idaho State | W 38 - 31 | 8.53 | |||||||
| 32 | San Diego State | vs | Texas State | W 31 - 29 | 8.22 | |||||||
| 33 | New Haven | vs | Marist | W 22 - 21 | 7.97 | |||||||
| 34 | Florida State | vs | Virginia | W 38 - 7 | 7.53 | |||||||
| 35 | App State | at | East Carolina | W 27 - 24 | 7.38 | |||||||
| 36 | Oklahoma State | at | West Virginia | W 41 - 24 | 7.19 | |||||||
| 37 | Eastern Kentucky | vs | Chattanooga | W 22 - 17 | 7.18 | |||||||
| 38 | Marshall | at | Missouri State | W 30 - 24 | 7.13 | |||||||
| 39 | Tulsa | vs | Oklahoma State | W 24 - 10 | 6.90 | |||||||
| 40 | Wofford | at | Furman | W 32 - 25 | 6.81 | |||||||
| 41 | St. Thomas | vs | Southern Utah | W 28 - 26 | 6.63 | |||||||
| 42 | New Hampshire | vs | Elon | W 30 - 23 | 6.47 | |||||||
| 43 | Holy Cross | at | Lafayette | W 38 - 30 | 6.41 | |||||||
| 44 | Stanford | vs | Georgia Tech | W 34 - 27 | 6.36 | |||||||
| 45 | Middle Tennessee | vs | Nevada | W 27 - 20 | 6.31 | |||||||
| 46 | Temple | at | USF | W 17 - 13 | 6.29 | |||||||
| 47 | Texas State | vs | North Texas | W 49 - 35 | 6.26 | |||||||
| 48 | California | at | Syracuse | W 21 - 18 | 6.17 | |||||||
| 49 | Drake | vs | Dayton | W 30 - 22 | 6.15 | |||||||
| 50 | South Carolina State | at | Furman | W 20 - 17 | 6.10 | |||||||
| Rank | Team | Opponent | Result | Differential overcome | ||||||||
| 51 | Weber State | at | Northern Colorado | W 30 - 29 | 5.88 | |||||||
| 52 | Monmouth | at | UAlbany | W 28 - 20 | 5.75 | |||||||
| 53 | Oregon | at | USC | W 41 - 27 | 5.61 | |||||||
| 54 | Houston Christian | at | Southeastern Louisiana | W 34 - 28 | 5.55 | |||||||
| 55 | Dayton | at | Eastern Kentucky | W 17 - 14 | 5.53 | |||||||
| 56 | Weber State | at | Cal Poly | W 42 - 34 2OT | 5.50 | |||||||
| 57 | Holy Cross | at | William & Mary | W 41 - 14 | 5.47 | |||||||
| 58 | Southeastern Louisiana | at | ULM | W 38 - 35 | 5.45 | |||||||
| 59 | William & Mary | at | Villanova | W 35 - 32 | 5.11 | |||||||
| 60 | USF | at | Army | W 28 - 24 | 4.83 | |||||||
| 61 | Georgia State | at | Kennesaw State | W 31 - 17 | 4.80 | |||||||
| 62 | Youngstown State | vs | South Dakota | W 47 - 28 | 4.79 | |||||||
| 63 | Cornell | vs | Yale | W 38 - 25 | 4.58 | |||||||
| 64 | Minnesota | at | Washington | W 27 - 24 | 4.53 | |||||||
| 65 | Montana | at | UC Davis | W 62 - 22 | 4.09 | |||||||
| 66 | Louisiana Tech | vs | Army | W 31 - 29 | 3.83 | |||||||
| 67 | Alcorn State | vs | Arkansas Pine Bluff | W 53 - 51 2OT | 3.78 | |||||||
| 68 | Cincinnati | vs | Kansas State | W 31 - 26 | 3.66 | |||||||
| 69 | East Tennessee State | vs | Western Carolina | W 58 - 31 | 3.62 | |||||||
| 70 | Morgan State | at | Towson | W 41 - 26 | 3.46 | |||||||
| 71 | Central Arkansas | at | UT Martin | W 36 - 24 | 3.29 | |||||||
| 72 | Duke | at | Illinois | W 31 - 27 | 3.19 | |||||||
| 73 | Eastern Washington | vs | Northern Iowa | W 34 - 24 | 2.96 | |||||||
| 74 | Southeastern Louisiana | vs | North Alabama | W 30 - 25 | 2.76 | |||||||
| 75 | Minnesota | vs | Michigan | W 20 - 14 | 2.72 | |||||||
| Rank | Team | Opponent | Result | Differential overcome | ||||||||
| 76 | Michigan | vs | Oklahoma | W 17 - 10 | 2.54 | |||||||
| 77 | Maryland | at | UConn | W 38 - 14 | 2.43 | |||||||
| 78 | NC State | vs | Louisville | W 31 - 28 | 2.38 | |||||||
| 79 | Wyoming | vs | Hawai'i | W 27 - 10 | 2.36 | |||||||
| 80 | Colorado | at | Georgia Tech | W 14 - 13 | 2.34 | |||||||
| 81 | Bethune-Cookman | vs | Alabama State | W 16 - 10 | 1.97 | |||||||
| 82 | UMass | at | Rutgers | W 37 - 21 | 1.91 | |||||||
| 83 | Texas Southern | vs | North Carolina Central | W 42 - 30 | 1.83 | |||||||
| 84 | Howard | vs | Alabama A&M | W 31 - 24 | 1.80 | |||||||
| 85 | Virginia Tech | at | Maryland | W 35 - 26 | 1.78 | |||||||
| 86 | UAB | vs | Navy | W 24 - 20 | 1.78 | |||||||
| 87 | Georgia Southern | at | Coastal Carolina | W 31 - 24 | 1.66 | |||||||
| 88 | Lindenwood | vs | Charleston Southern | W 20 - 17 | 1.57 | |||||||
| 89 | Delaware State | vs | Stony Brook | W 41 - 34 | 1.56 | |||||||
| 90 | Syracuse | at | UConn | W 42 - 41 OT | 1.52 | |||||||
| 91 | Columbia | at | Georgetown | W 20 - 17 OT | 1.49 | |||||||
| 92 | Jackson State | vs | Alabama A&M | W 31 - 28 | 1.27 | |||||||
| 93 | Abilene Christian | vs | West Florida | W 35 - 7 | 1.24 | |||||||
| 94 | Richmond | vs | Furman | W 13 - 9 | 1.04 | |||||||
| 95 | West Florida | at | Central Arkansas | W 42 - 14 | 0.90 | |||||||
| 96 | Charleston Southern | at | The Citadel | W 26 - 20 2OT | 0.88 | |||||||
| 97 | Morgan State | at | Villanova | W 38 - 35 | 0.87 | |||||||
| 98 | Bryant | vs | Princeton | W 21 - 14 | 0.86 | |||||||
| 99 | Indiana State | at | Eastern Illinois | W 42 - 35 | 0.77 | |||||||
| 100 | Army | at | Temple | W 21 - 17 | 0.73 | |||||||
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