Game Control Rankings — 2026 College Football
2026 Game Control Rankings

Based on 2025 season data — 2026 preseason

Game Control measures how thoroughly a team dominated possessions across a full game — combining win probability trajectory, time spent controlling the game, and time spent leading. GC Off is a team's own control score, SOS-adjusted for opponent quality. GC Allowed is how much control opponents generated against them — lower is better. GC Net is the difference: positive means the team consistently controlled games, negative means they were often on the back foot. NOTE: data not available for all games
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# Team Conference Games GC Off GC Allowed GC Net ▲
1 Charlotte American Athletic 11 5.9 76.6 -70.7
2 Massachusetts Mid-American 11 8.1 74 -65.9
3 Ball State Mid-American 12 8.3 66 -57.7
4 Oklahoma State Big 12 11 13 69.5 -56.4
5 UTEP Mountain West 9 10.4 64.6 -54.1
6 Sam Houston Conference USA 11 13.9 67.5 -53.6
7 Coastal Carolina Sun Belt 10 12.1 65.7 -53.6
8 Colorado State Pac-12 10 14.3 67.7 -53.3
9 UL Monroe Sun Belt 11 11.4 61.5 -50.1
10 Oregon State Pac-12 12 13.1 62.2 -49.1
11 Kent State Mid-American 12 10.3 55.4 -45.1
12 Purdue Big Ten 11 15.3 60.4 -45.1
13 UAB American Athletic 11 17.9 63 -45.1
14 Georgia State Sun Belt 11 14.3 59.1 -44.7
15 West Virginia Big 12 10 20 62.3 -42.4
16 Middle Tennessee Conference USA 12 16.1 57.6 -41.5
17 Stanford ACC 11 20.6 60.6 -40
18 Temple American Athletic 11 13.8 53.6 -39.8
19 Rice American Athletic 12 13.9 53.7 -39.7
20 UCLA Big Ten 12 26.5 65.6 -39.1
21 Northern Illinois Mountain West 10 13.7 52.3 -38.6
22 Syracuse ACC 10 20.5 58.4 -37.9
23 Virginia Tech ACC 10 23.3 59.5 -36.3
24 Bowling Green Mid-American 12 15.3 51.4 -36.1
25 Boston College ACC 9 19.6 55.7 -36.1
26 Wyoming Mountain West 11 17.2 53 -35.9
27 Florida Atlantic American Athletic 11 17 52.8 -35.8
28 New Mexico State Conference USA 12 14.5 50.1 -35.6
29 Akron Mid-American 11 15 50 -34.9
30 North Carolina ACC 11 18.1 52.7 -34.6
31 San José State Mountain West 10 21.8 55.1 -33.2
32 Wisconsin Big Ten 11 21.8 54.5 -32.6
33 Colorado Big 12 10 26.1 57.2 -31.1
34 Baylor Big 12 11 21.3 47.9 -26.6
35 Michigan State Big Ten 11 23.4 49.7 -26.4
36 Eastern Michigan Mid-American 11 20.6 46.9 -26.2
37 Tulsa American Athletic 11 28.4 53.9 -25.5
38 Air Force Mountain West 10 27.6 53 -25.4
39 Buffalo Mid-American 12 21 45.8 -24.8
40 Nevada Mountain West 10 28 52.6 -24.6
41 Central Michigan Mid-American 10 17.1 41.4 -24.4
42 Arkansas State Sun Belt 12 23.6 47.4 -23.8
43 UCF Big 12 10 24.1 47.2 -23.1
44 Georgia Southern Sun Belt 9 21.4 42.6 -21.1
45 Missouri State Conference USA 13 24.5 45.5 -20.9
46 Minnesota Big Ten 11 23.6 42.4 -18.8
47 Boise State Pac-12 12 21.2 39.8 -18.6
48 Marshall Sun Belt 12 20.5 38.5 -18
49 Troy Sun Belt 14 30.5 48.4 -17.9
50 Kentucky SEC 12 31 47 -16
51 Mississippi State SEC 12 30.2 46.1 -16
52 Northwestern Big Ten 13 25.5 40.7 -15.2
53 Auburn SEC 9 30.4 45.3 -14.9
54 Florida International Conference USA 10 29 42.8 -13.8
55 Memphis American Athletic 12 27.2 40.2 -12.9
56 Miami (OH) Mid-American 13 24.8 37.7 -12.9
57 LSU SEC 10 29.7 42.5 -12.7
58 Utah State Pac-12 11 29.2 41.9 -12.7
59 Louisiana Sun Belt 12 27.9 40.2 -12.3
60 Rutgers Big Ten 11 27.8 40 -12.2
61 Florida State ACC 11 32.7 44.8 -12.1
62 Maryland Big Ten 11 29.2 40.5 -11.3
63 South Alabama Sun Belt 7 36.1 45.6 -9.6
64 UTSA American Athletic 11 28.1 37.5 -9.4
65 Delaware Conference USA 11 31.1 40.1 -8.9
66 Toledo Mid-American 12 22.7 31.4 -8.7
67 Louisiana Tech Conference USA 10 27.2 35 -7.7
68 App State Sun Belt 9 33 39.6 -6.7
69 East Carolina American Athletic 10 25.2 31.6 -6.4
70 Arizona State Big 12 11 34.6 40.6 -6
71 Ohio Mid-American 13 24.1 28.6 -4.5
72 Penn State Big Ten 10 33.3 37.4 -4.1
73 Kennesaw State Conference USA 11 27.6 30.5 -2.9
74 Western Kentucky Conference USA 12 29.4 32.3 -2.8
75 California ACC 12 36.3 38.7 -2.4
76 Army American Athletic 9 30.1 32.5 -2.3
77 Southern Miss Sun Belt 11 35.9 37.9 -2
78 Georgia Tech ACC 12 33.8 35.4 -1.6
79 Liberty Conference USA 12 38.7 40.2 -1.5
80 Houston Big 12 10 38.8 39.9 -1.2
81 Kansas Big 12 11 35.5 36.3 -0.7
82 South Carolina SEC 11 36.3 36.4 -0.1
83 Missouri SEC 12 32.4 31.9 +0.5
84 Western Michigan Mid-American 13 31.6 30.7 +0.9
85 Fresno State Pac-12 12 35.7 34.7 +1
86 Florida SEC 9 42.2 40.9 +1.3
87 Jacksonville State Conference USA 12 37.8 35.6 +2.2
88 Duke ACC 13 41.1 38.7 +2.3
89 UNLV Mountain West 11 41.8 39.2 +2.5
90 New Mexico Mountain West 11 36 33.2 +2.8
91 Hawai'i Mountain West 13 37.3 33.8 +3.5
92 Cincinnati Big 12 11 40.7 37 +3.6
93 NC State ACC 13 39.8 35.5 +4.3
94 Iowa Big Ten 11 35.2 30.3 +4.9
95 James Madison Sun Belt 12 30 24.8 +5.2
96 Nebraska Big Ten 10 40.4 33.8 +6.6
97 Navy American Athletic 11 40.9 34.1 +6.8
98 South Florida American Athletic 11 35.6 27.4 +8.2
99 Washington Big Ten 13 38.9 30.1 +8.8
100 USC Big Ten 12 41.1 32.4 +8.8
101 Arizona Big 12 12 41.6 32.4 +9.2
102 Tulane American Athletic 12 40.8 29.4 +11.4
103 Illinois Big Ten 10 44.5 32.9 +11.6
104 Clemson ACC 12 46.4 34.2 +12.2
105 Michigan Big Ten 13 42.4 29.4 +13
106 Arkansas SEC 8 44.4 30.1 +14.2
107 Vanderbilt SEC 11 44.8 29.7 +15.1
108 Washington State Pac-12 12 44.9 29.4 +15.5
109 Tennessee SEC 8 44.8 28.9 +15.9
110 Louisville ACC 12 48.7 31.8 +16.9
111 Texas SEC 11 48 30.6 +17.4
112 Iowa State Big 12 12 47.5 28.8 +18.6
113 BYU Big 12 10 51.3 31.8 +19.4
114 Kansas State Big 12 12 47.3 26.9 +20.4
115 Texas A&M SEC 10 48.2 26.5 +21.7
116 Pittsburgh ACC 10 48.1 25.3 +22.8
117 Wake Forest ACC 12 51.1 27.4 +23.7
118 Oklahoma SEC 12 48.6 24.4 +24.3
119 SMU ACC 12 53.3 28 +25.3
120 UConn FBS Independents 10 46 20.1 +25.9
121 TCU Big 12 10 54.5 28 +26.5
122 Texas State Pac-12 12 51.7 23.2 +28.5
123 Virginia ACC 13 51.9 22.7 +29.2
124 Alabama SEC 13 56.5 27.1 +29.4
125 San Diego State Pac-12 10 57.9 24.9 +33
126 North Texas American Athletic 10 58.1 20.8 +37.3
127 Ole Miss SEC 13 57.6 18.1 +39.4
128 Utah Big 12 11 62.6 19.6 +43
129 Old Dominion Sun Belt 10 61.8 17.4 +44.4
130 Miami ACC 14 63.4 17.2 +46.1
131 Notre Dame FBS Independents 11 61.3 14.6 +46.7
132 Indiana Big Ten 11 65.6 13.4 +52.3
133 Georgia SEC 10 69.4 14.1 +55.3
134 Texas Tech Big 12 12 72 12.4 +59.6
135 Ohio State Big Ten 10 73.2 13.2 +60
136 Oregon Big Ten 10 72.1 9.5 +62.7