Excel H Sports College Football BEYOND THE POWER 4 rankings November 8 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	8,1	1	N 14 Oregon State
2	New Mexico	8,1	2	N 14 Nevada Las Vegas
3	Air Force	7,2	9	N 14 San Jose State
4	Memphis	7,2	10	N 12 @ South Florida
5	North Dakota State	7,2	8	N 14 @ Hawai’i
6	Toledo	7,2	5	N 11 Massachusetts
7	Western Michigan	7,3	7	N 10 @ Akron
8	Wyoming	6,3	13	N 14 @ Texas El Paso
9	Louisiana Tech	7,2	17	N 14 Southern Mississippi
10	Liberty	8,1	11	N 14 Middle Tennessee State
11	North Texas	7,2	12	N 14 @ Texas San Antonio
12	Texas San Antonio	7,2	3	N 14 North Texas
13	South Florida	6,3	4	N 12 Memphis
14	Ohio University	7,2	10	N 10 @ Miami of Ohio
15	Tulsa	5,4	18	N 14 Florida Atlantic
16	Buffalo	6,3	23	N 11 @ Ball State
17	Florida Atlantic	6,3	NR	N 14 @ Tulsa
18	Miami of Ohio	5,4	6	N 10 Ohio University
19	Texas State	5,4	24	N 14 Fresno State
20	James Madison	8,2	20	N 14 @ Connecticut
21	Nevada Las Vegas	5,4	16	N 14 @ New Mexico
22	Jacksonville State	7,2	22	N 14 @ Western Kentucky
23	Louisiana	6,3	NR	N 12 @ U L Monroe
24	Oregon State	5,4	15	N 14 @ Boise State
25	Army	5,4	25	OFF

BELOW THE 25 (IN NO PARTICULAR ORDER): Fresno State 5-4, Troy 4-5, East Carolina 5-4, Middle Tennessee State 5-4, San Jose State 5-5, Georgia Southern 5-4, Alabama-Birmingham 5-4, Georgia State 5-4