Badger Bracketology’s preseason rankings for the 2026 season are below. The full composite Markov Chain rankings are available on the NCAAF rankings tab.
- Ohio St
- Oregon
- Indiana
- Notre Dame
- Georgia
- Miami FL
- Texas
- Mississippi
- Texas Tech
- Texas A&M
- Alabama
- Oklahoma
- USC
- BYU
- Michigan
- Penn St
- Utah
- LSU
- Washington
- Iowa
- Tennessee
- SMU
- Missouri
- Louisville
- Vanderbilt
We have the Big Ten teams ranked as follows. Unfortunately, Wisconsin is starting out lower than we would like. Hopefully this improves over the course of the season.
1 Ohio St
2 Oregon
3 Indiana
13 USC
15 Michigan
16 Penn St
19 Washington
20 Iowa
26 Illinois
39 Nebraska
45 Minnesota
48 Northwestern
53 Wisconsin
64 Rutgers
66 UCLA
70 Maryland
76 Michigan St
91 Purdue
2 Oregon
3 Indiana
13 USC
15 Michigan
16 Penn St
19 Washington
20 Iowa
26 Illinois
39 Nebraska
45 Minnesota
48 Northwestern
53 Wisconsin
64 Rutgers
66 UCLA
70 Maryland
76 Michigan St
91 Purdue