Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Explosiveness Allowed, 2026

South Florida ranks first in FBS in adjusted explosiveness allowed at 0.87, ahead of Iowa (0.87) and Georgia Southern (0.88). The middle of FBS is about 0.94, and Florida Atlantic is last of 138 (1.03). Lower is better.

The same efficiency numbers, adjusted for the offenses and defenses each team has faced (CollegeFootballData.com). A good number against a soft schedule shrinks; one against a hard schedule grows.

Games through Oct 31, 2026. Ranks are among the 138 FBS teams with the number.

Every FBS team by adjusted explosiveness allowed

Rank	Team	Conference	Explosiveness allowed (adjusted)
1	South Florida	American Athletic	0.87
2	Iowa	Big Ten	0.87
3	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	0.88
4	Louisville	ACC	0.89
4	San Diego State	Pac-12	0.89
6	Mississippi State	SEC	0.89
7	UCLA	Big Ten	0.89
8	James Madison	Sun Belt	0.89
9	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	0.89
10	UCF	Big 12	0.89
11	Michigan State	Big Ten	0.90
12	Western Michigan	Mid-American	0.90
13	Michigan	Big Ten	0.90
14	Colorado	Big 12	0.90
15	TCU	Big 12	0.90
16	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	0.90
17	UConn	Independents	0.90
18	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	0.90
19	Wake Forest	ACC	0.91
20	Wisconsin	Big Ten	0.91
21	Massachusetts	Mid-American	0.91
22	South Carolina	SEC	0.91
23	Texas	SEC	0.91
24	Vanderbilt	SEC	0.91
25	Oklahoma State	Big 12	0.91
26	San José State	Mountain West	0.91
27	Troy	Sun Belt	0.92
28	Fresno State	Pac-12	0.92
29	Missouri State	Conference USA	0.92
30	Ohio State	Big Ten	0.92
31	North Dakota State	Mountain West	0.92
32	Duke	ACC	0.92
33	Buffalo	Mid-American	0.92
34	North Texas	American Athletic	0.92
35	Georgia	SEC	0.92
36	Virginia	ACC	0.92
37	Clemson	ACC	0.92
37	Miami	ACC	0.92
39	BYU	Big 12	0.92
40	Florida International	Conference USA	0.92
41	Oregon State	Pac-12	0.92
42	Texas A&M	SEC	0.92
43	Houston	Big 12	0.92
44	Marshall	Sun Belt	0.92
45	App State	Sun Belt	0.92
46	Notre Dame	Independents	0.92
47	North Carolina	ACC	0.92
48	Baylor	Big 12	0.93
49	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	0.93
50	Wyoming	Mountain West	0.93
51	USC	Big Ten	0.93
52	Boston College	ACC	0.93
53	Kent State	Mid-American	0.93
54	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	0.93
55	Temple	American Athletic	0.93
56	Louisiana	Sun Belt	0.93
57	Utah	Big 12	0.93
58	Texas Tech	Big 12	0.93
59	Auburn	SEC	0.93
59	New Mexico State	Conference USA	0.93
61	Alabama	SEC	0.93
62	UNLV	Mountain West	0.93
63	UAB	American Athletic	0.93
64	Texas State	Pac-12	0.93
65	LSU	SEC	0.93
66	Nevada	Mountain West	0.93
67	Cincinnati	Big 12	0.94
68	Washington	Big Ten	0.94
69	Kentucky	SEC	0.94
70	Arkansas	SEC	0.94
71	Navy	American Athletic	0.94
72	Georgia State	Sun Belt	0.94
73	Air Force	Mountain West	0.94
73	Central Michigan	Mid-American	0.94
75	Missouri	SEC	0.94
76	Arizona State	Big 12	0.94
77	Pittsburgh	ACC	0.94
78	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	0.94
79	Tennessee	SEC	0.94
80	Ole Miss	SEC	0.94
81	East Carolina	American Athletic	0.94
82	Maryland	Big Ten	0.94
83	Hawai'i	Mountain West	0.94
84	Florida	SEC	0.94
85	Nebraska	Big Ten	0.94
86	Delaware	Conference USA	0.94
87	Liberty	Conference USA	0.94
88	Georgia Tech	ACC	0.94
89	Minnesota	Big Ten	0.95
90	West Virginia	Big 12	0.95
91	Tulane	American Athletic	0.95
92	Indiana	Big Ten	0.95
93	Oklahoma	SEC	0.95
94	Purdue	Big Ten	0.95
95	UTSA	American Athletic	0.95
96	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0.95
97	Northwestern	Big Ten	0.95
98	Utah State	Pac-12	0.95
99	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	0.95
100	Iowa State	Big 12	0.95
101	UTEP	Mountain West	0.95
102	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	0.95
103	Tulsa	American Athletic	0.95
104	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	0.96
105	Ohio	Mid-American	0.96
106	Oregon	Big Ten	0.96
107	Illinois	Big Ten	0.96
108	Arizona	Big 12	0.96
109	SMU	ACC	0.96
110	New Mexico	Mountain West	0.96
111	Charlotte	American Athletic	0.96
112	Washington State	Pac-12	0.96
113	NC State	ACC	0.96
114	Florida State	ACC	0.96
115	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0.96
116	Boise State	Pac-12	0.97
117	Memphis	American Athletic	0.97
117	Toledo	Mid-American	0.97
119	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0.97
120	Kansas	Big 12	0.97
121	Akron	Mid-American	0.97
122	Rutgers	Big Ten	0.97
123	Colorado State	Pac-12	0.97
124	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	0.97
125	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0.97
126	Syracuse	ACC	0.97
127	Ball State	Mid-American	0.98
128	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0.98
129	South Alabama	Sun Belt	0.98
130	Sacramento State	Mid-American	0.98
131	Rice	American Athletic	0.99
132	Army	American Athletic	0.99
133	Virginia Tech	ACC	0.99
134	California	ACC	0.99
135	Penn State	Big Ten	0.99
136	Stanford	ACC	0.99
137	Kansas State	Big 12	1.00
138	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1.03

The best team in each conference

American Athletic: South Florida (0.87, 1st); Big Ten: Iowa (0.87, 2nd); Sun Belt: Georgia Southern (0.88, 3rd); ACC: Louisville (0.89, 4th); Pac-12: San Diego State (0.89, 4th); SEC: Mississippi State (0.89, 6th); Big 12: UCF (0.89, 10th); Mid-American: Western Michigan (0.90, 12th); Independents: UConn (0.90, 17th); Conference USA: Jacksonville State (0.90, 18th); Mountain West: San José State (0.91, 26th).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Explosiveness Allowed, 2026

Every FBS team by adjusted explosiveness allowed

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