With Sunday’s Cracker Barrel 400 at Nashville Superspeedway in the books, there are only 12 races left in the 2026 NASCAR Cup Series regular season. Here’s what the standings look like through 14 races. 

1. Tyler Reddick (+353)

2. Denny Hamlin (+256)

3. Ryan Blaney (+179)

4. Chase Elliott (+156)

5. Ty Gibbs (+145)

6. Kyle Larson (+105)

7. Christopher Bell (+95)

8. Chris Buescher (+89)

9. Carson Hocevar (+79)

10. Daniel Suarez (+74)

11. William Byron (+48)

12. Shane van Gisbergen (+44)

13. Brad Keselowski (+43)

Keselowski lost two spots and 12 points to the bubble this week after crashing and finishing 34th at Nashville. The No. 6 team has been solid this year, but it needs to find more speed to get out of the danger zone. 

14. Chase Briscoe (+39)

Briscoe’s sluggish start to 2026 has kept him around the bubble in recent weeks, but he gained a spot and 23 points on it with a strong third-place run at Nashville. It likely won’t be too long before he’s comfortably in the Chase field. 

15. Bubba Wallace (+34)

On the other hand, Bubba Wallace continued to go the wrong way after another crash not of his own doing at Nashville. The No. 23 team was once second in the standings but are fighting for their postseason lives once again. 

16. Austin Cindric (+2)

Cindric only finished 26th on Sunday, but he gained 17 points on the cut line thanks to the misfortunes of a fellow bubble driver in Ryan Preece. Regardless, the No. 2 team has a long way to go if it wants to make the Chase. 

17. Ryan Preece (-2)

Preece and the No. 60 team have been Chase caliber for much of the year but, like Keselowski, need to take a big step forward. Getting caught up in wrecks two weeks in a row at Charlotte and Nashville isn’t at all indicative of what Preece is capable of. 

18. Joey Logano (-9)

Logano finished 14th at Nashville, which is right about where the No. 22 has been on speed all year. There may not be a driver whose current position in the standings is more surprising than that of Logano, who very well could miss the postseason after winning his third championship just two seasons ago. 

19. Michael McDowell (-31)

McDowell finished a solid 15th on Sunday and snagged a few valuable stage points. He’s been the black sheep at Spire Motorsports so far this season but is very much in the thick of the hunt for a Chase berth. 

20. Zane Smith (-34)

Smith finished 11th at Nashville, gaining a spot and 25 points to the cut line. A few more similar performance could put the No. 38 even closer to the bubble in a year where it’s easily been the best of the Front Row Motorsports contingent. 

21. Erik Jones (-36)

22. AJ Allmendinger (-40)

23. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (-43)

24. Austin Dillon (-62)

25. Todd Gilliland (-66)