Excel H Sports College Football BEYOND THE POWER 4 November 1 2026

This year will be the same as always; we start the year off with the Top 25 and then after each week add teams to our BELOW THE 25 and remove teams.

Our rankings throughout the year will be based on strength of schedule.

We have our own in-house method of determining strength of schedule.

Steven Stremming is a member of the Football Writers Association of America

Rank	Name	Record	Last Week	Schedule
1	Boise State	7,1	1	N 7 @ Colorado State
2	New Mexico	7,1	2	N 6 @ Nevada
3	Texas San Antonio	7,1	3	N 5 @ Florida Atlantic
4	South Florida	6,2	4	N 6 @ East Carolina
5	Toledo	6,2	6	N 4 @ Sacramento State
6	Miami of Ohio	5,3	7	N 3 Buffalo
7	Western Michigan	6,3	8	OFF
8	North Dakota State	7,2	9	OFF
9	Air Force	6,2	12	N 7 @ Army
10	Memphis	7,2	13	OFF
11	Liberty	7,1	10	N7 @ New Mexico State
12	North Texas	6,2	11	N 7 Rice
13	Wyoming	5,3	14	N 7 @ UNLV
14	Fresno State	5,3	21	N 7 @ Utah State
15	Oregon State	5,3	5	N 7 Texas State
16	Nevada Las Vegas	5,3	16	N 7 Wyoming
17	Louisiana Tech	6,2	18	N 7 @ Troy
18	Tulsa	5,4	19	N 7 @ Tulane
19	Ohio University	6,2	20	N 3 @ Akron
20	James Madison	7,2	15	N 5 @ Southern Mississippi
21	Troy	4,4	NR	N 7 Louisiana Tech
22	Jacksonville State	6,2	NR	N 7 Sam Houston State
23	Buffalo	5,3	24	N 3 @ Miami of Ohio
24	Texas State	4,4	NR	N7 @ Oregon State
25	Army	5,3	17	N 7 Air Force

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER):

Alabama Birmingham 5-3, Appalachian State 5-3, Louisiana 5-3, Marshall 5-3, Connecticut 4-4, East Carolina 4-4, Georgia Southern 4-4, Delaware 4-4, Florida Atlantic 5-3