Opponent-adjusted

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Success Rate Allowed, 2026

Texas ranks first in FBS in adjusted success rate allowed at 33.0%, ahead of Oklahoma (33.3%) and Indiana (33.5%). The middle of FBS is about 41.8%, and Colorado State is last of 138 (51.7%). 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 success rate allowed

Rank	Team	Conference	Success rate allowed (adjusted)
1	Texas	SEC	33.0%
2	Oklahoma	SEC	33.3%
3	Indiana	Big Ten	33.5%
4	Oregon	Big Ten	33.6%
5	LSU	SEC	34.2%
6	Alabama	SEC	35.1%
7	UCLA	Big Ten	35.6%
8	Wisconsin	Big Ten	35.9%
9	Missouri	SEC	36.0%
10	Notre Dame	Independents	36.1%
11	TCU	Big 12	36.1%
12	Ohio State	Big Ten	36.2%
13	Utah	Big 12	36.2%
14	Iowa	Big Ten	36.3%
15	Pittsburgh	ACC	36.6%
16	New Mexico	Mountain West	36.7%
17	Nebraska	Big Ten	36.9%
17	Texas A&M	SEC	36.9%
19	Colorado	Big 12	37.1%
20	Michigan	Big Ten	37.8%
21	Liberty	Conference USA	37.8%
22	Toledo	Mid-American	38.0%
23	Georgia	SEC	38.1%
24	Miami	ACC	38.2%
25	North Dakota State	Mountain West	38.3%
26	Kansas State	Big 12	38.5%
27	Tennessee	SEC	38.7%
28	Arizona	Big 12	38.7%
29	Penn State	Big Ten	38.9%
30	Texas Tech	Big 12	39.0%
31	BYU	Big 12	39.1%
32	Baylor	Big 12	39.2%
33	East Carolina	American Athletic	39.4%
33	Nevada	Mountain West	39.4%
35	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	39.6%
36	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	39.7%
37	Clemson	ACC	39.7%
38	Navy	American Athletic	39.7%
39	UCF	Big 12	39.8%
40	Tulsa	American Athletic	39.8%
41	Utah State	Pac-12	39.8%
42	Kansas	Big 12	39.8%
43	Virginia	ACC	39.9%
44	Florida International	Conference USA	40.1%
45	UNLV	Mountain West	40.1%
46	SMU	ACC	40.3%
47	Boise State	Pac-12	40.4%
48	Auburn	SEC	40.4%
49	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	40.4%
50	Boston College	ACC	40.6%
50	Memphis	American Athletic	40.6%
52	Louisville	ACC	40.7%
53	UTSA	American Athletic	40.8%
54	Duke	ACC	40.9%
55	New Mexico State	Conference USA	41.0%
56	California	ACC	41.1%
57	Arizona State	Big 12	41.1%
58	South Carolina	SEC	41.1%
59	Washington	Big Ten	41.2%
60	Louisiana	Sun Belt	41.2%
61	Oregon State	Pac-12	41.3%
62	Minnesota	Big Ten	41.3%
63	Ole Miss	SEC	41.3%
64	Florida State	ACC	41.3%
65	Georgia State	Sun Belt	41.3%
66	Michigan State	Big Ten	41.4%
67	Washington State	Pac-12	41.4%
68	Houston	Big 12	41.6%
69	Kentucky	SEC	41.8%
70	James Madison	Sun Belt	41.9%
71	Oklahoma State	Big 12	41.9%
71	Wake Forest	ACC	41.9%
73	Tulane	American Athletic	41.9%
74	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	42.0%
75	Virginia Tech	ACC	42.1%
76	Iowa State	Big 12	42.1%
77	South Florida	American Athletic	42.3%
78	Florida	SEC	42.4%
79	North Carolina	ACC	42.5%
80	Northwestern	Big Ten	42.5%
81	Sam Houston	Conference USA	42.6%
82	Mississippi State	SEC	42.6%
83	Maryland	Big Ten	42.6%
84	Air Force	Mountain West	42.6%
85	USC	Big Ten	42.7%
86	Ball State	Mid-American	42.8%
87	Arkansas	SEC	42.9%
88	Ohio	Mid-American	43.0%
88	San José State	Mountain West	43.0%
90	Syracuse	ACC	43.0%
91	Cincinnati	Big 12	43.0%
92	North Texas	American Athletic	43.1%
93	Fresno State	Pac-12	43.1%
94	Rice	American Athletic	43.3%
95	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	43.4%
96	Vanderbilt	SEC	43.5%
97	Buffalo	Mid-American	43.7%
98	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	43.8%
99	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	43.9%
100	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	44.0%
101	Sacramento State	Mid-American	44.1%
102	Texas State	Pac-12	44.4%
103	UAB	American Athletic	44.4%
104	Massachusetts	Mid-American	44.5%
105	UConn	Independents	44.5%
106	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	44.6%
107	Georgia Tech	ACC	44.8%
108	NC State	ACC	44.9%
109	Marshall	Sun Belt	45.2%
110	Western Michigan	Mid-American	45.2%
111	Delaware	Conference USA	45.3%
112	Purdue	Big Ten	45.4%
113	Charlotte	American Athletic	45.6%
114	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	45.6%
115	Troy	Sun Belt	45.8%
116	Army	American Athletic	45.9%
117	Rutgers	Big Ten	46.0%
118	App State	Sun Belt	46.1%
119	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	46.2%
120	Kent State	Mid-American	46.4%
121	Hawai'i	Mountain West	46.4%
122	Wyoming	Mountain West	46.5%
123	Illinois	Big Ten	46.6%
124	San Diego State	Pac-12	46.6%
125	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	46.7%
126	Central Michigan	Mid-American	46.8%
127	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	46.8%
128	Akron	Mid-American	47.1%
129	Temple	American Athletic	47.2%
130	West Virginia	Big 12	47.3%
131	Stanford	ACC	47.4%
132	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	47.6%
133	Bowling Green	Mid-American	48.1%
134	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	48.7%
135	UTEP	Mountain West	48.8%
136	South Alabama	Sun Belt	49.9%
137	Missouri State	Conference USA	50.3%
138	Colorado State	Pac-12	51.7%

The best team in each conference

SEC: Texas (33.0%, 1st); Big Ten: Indiana (33.5%, 3rd); Independents: Notre Dame (36.1%, 10th); Big 12: TCU (36.1%, 11th); ACC: Pittsburgh (36.6%, 15th); Mountain West: New Mexico (36.7%, 16th); Conference USA: Liberty (37.8%, 21st); Mid-American: Toledo (38.0%, 22nd); American Athletic: East Carolina (39.4%, 33rd); Sun Belt: Louisiana Tech (39.6%, 35th); Pac-12: Utah State (39.8%, 41st).

College Football Rankings by Adjusted Success Rate Allowed, 2026

Every FBS team by adjusted success rate allowed

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