Rankings
CFB TOP 25 RANKINGS
The AP and Coaches polls (from ESPN), the B1G+A Top 25, and the CFP committee rankings once they are released, side by side, every week.
Updated Oct 10, 10:46 PM CT
PRESEASON RANKINGS
Before any gamesAP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Preseason · released 2026-08-17 · ESPN
- 1
Ohio State0-0 · 1672 pts - 2
Oregon0-0 · 1597 pts - 3
Georgia0-0 · 1513 pts - 4
Notre Dame0-0 · 1510 pts - 5
Texas0-0 · 1483 pts - 6
Indiana0-0 · 1440 pts - 7
Miami0-0 · 1379 pts - 8
Texas A&M0-0 · 1131 pts - 9
Ole Miss0-0 · 1102 pts - 10
Oklahoma0-0 · 1047 pts - 11
LSU0-0 · 988 pts - 12
Texas Tech0-0 · 983 pts - 13
Alabama0-0 · 904 pts - 14
USC0-0 · 839 pts - 14
BYU0-0 · 839 pts - 16
Michigan0-0 · 718 pts - 17
Washington0-0 · 501 pts - 18
Penn State0-0 · 482 pts - 19
SMU0-0 · 434 pts - 20
Tennessee0-0 · 394 pts - 21
Utah0-0 · 304 pts - 22
Iowa0-0 · 260 pts - 23
Houston0-0 · 252 pts - 24
Louisville0-0 · 194 pts - 25
Missouri0-0 · 117 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Preseason · released 2026-08-04 · ESPN
- 1Ohio State0-0 · 1741 pts
- 2Oregon0-0 · 1637 pts
- 3Georgia0-0 · 1591 pts
- 4Texas0-0 · 1544 pts
- 5Notre Dame0-0 · 1524 pts
- 6Indiana0-0 · 1522 pts
- 7Miami0-0 · 1409 pts
- 8Texas A&M0-0 · 1174 pts
- 9Oklahoma0-0 · 1104 pts
- 10Ole Miss0-0 · 1096 pts
- 11Alabama0-0 · 1050 pts
- 12Texas Tech0-0 · 1034 pts
- 13LSU0-0 · 951 pts
- 14USC0-0 · 838 pts
- 15BYU0-0 · 781 pts
- 16Michigan0-0 · 719 pts
- 17Penn State0-0 · 463 pts
- 18Tennessee0-0 · 428 pts
- 19Washington0-0 · 406 pts
- 20SMU0-0 · 378 pts
- 21Utah0-0 · 313 pts
- 22Iowa0-0 · 291 pts
- 23
Clemson0-0 · 235 pts - 24Houston0-0 · 194 pts
- 25Missouri0-0 · 158 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 2 RANKINGS
Games through Week 1AP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Week 2 · released 2026-09-08 · ESPN
- 1Ohio State1-0 · 1684 pts
- 2Georgia1-0 · 1532 pts
- 3Notre Dame1-0 · 1512 pts
- 4Texas1-0 · 1462 pts
- 5Indiana1-0 · 1428 pts
- 6Oregon1-0 · 1422 pts
- 7Miami1-0 · 1405 pts
- 8LSU1-0 · 1315 pts
- 9Ole Miss1-0 · 1154 pts
- 10Texas A&M1-0 · 1079 pts
- 11Oklahoma1-0 · 1039 pts
- 12Alabama1-0 · 910 pts
- 13Texas Tech1-0 · 900 pts
- 14USC2-0 · 861 pts
- 15BYU1-0 · 840 pts
- 16Penn State1-0 · 621 pts
- 17SMU1-0 · 501 pts
- 18Tennessee1-0 · 491 pts
- 19Washington1-0 · 489 pts
- 20Utah1-0 · 381 pts
- 21Iowa1-0 · 369 pts
- 22Houston1-0 · 214 pts
- 23Missouri1-0 · 182 pts
- 24Louisville0-1 · 163 pts
- 25
Virginia1-0 · 89 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Week 2 · released 2026-09-08 · ESPN
- 1Ohio State1-0 · 1801 pts
- 2Georgia1-0 · 1672 pts
- 3Texas1-0 · 1600 pts
- 4Notre Dame1-0 · 1558 pts
- 5Indiana1-0 · 1537 pts
- 6Oregon1-0 · 1524 pts
- 7Miami1-0 · 1477 pts
- 8LSU1-0 · 1279 pts
- 9Texas A&M1-0 · 1204 pts
- 10Oklahoma1-0 · 1184 pts
- 11Ole Miss1-0 · 1141 pts
- 12Alabama1-0 · 1059 pts
- 13Texas Tech1-0 · 955 pts
- 14USC2-0 · 919 pts
- 15BYU1-0 · 838 pts
- 16Penn State1-0 · 612 pts
- 17SMU1-0 · 517 pts
- 18Tennessee1-0 · 513 pts
- 19Washington1-0 · 432 pts
- 20Utah1-0 · 415 pts
- 21Iowa1-0 · 411 pts
- 22Houston1-0 · 236 pts
- 23Missouri1-0 · 231 pts
- 24Michigan1-0 · 164 pts
- 25
Florida1-0 · 157 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 3 RANKINGS
Games through Week 2AP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Week 3 · released 2026-09-13 · ESPN
- 1Texas2-0 · 1678 pts
- 2Georgia2-0 · 1551 pts
- 3Notre Dame2-0 · 1531 pts
- 4Indiana2-0 · 1466 pts
- 5Miami2-0 · 1452 pts
- 6Ohio State1-1 · 1407 pts
- 7LSU2-0 · 1334 pts
- 8Ole Miss2-0 · 1216 pts
- 9Texas A&M2-0 · 1165 pts
- 10Alabama2-0 · 1068 pts
- 11BYU2-0 · 966 pts
- 12USC3-0 · 944 pts
- 13Texas Tech2-0 · 910 pts
- 14Penn State2-0 · 692 pts
- 15Tennessee2-0 · 676 pts
- 16SMU2-0 · 636 pts
- 17Utah2-0 · 558 pts
- 18Iowa2-0 · 391 pts
- 19Michigan2-0 · 382 pts
- 20Missouri2-0 · 344 pts
- 21Oregon1-1 · 324 pts
- 22Houston2-0 · 292 pts
- 23Louisville1-1 · 244 pts
- 24Oklahoma1-1 · 222 pts
- 25Virginia2-0 · 182 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Week 3 · released 2026-09-13 · ESPN
- 1Texas2-0 · 1804 pts
- 2Georgia2-0 · 1732 pts
- 3Notre Dame2-0 · 1639 pts
- 4Indiana2-0 · 1611 pts
- 5Miami2-0 · 1549 pts
- 6Ohio State1-1 · 1480 pts
- 7LSU2-0 · 1405 pts
- 8Texas A&M2-0 · 1311 pts
- 9Ole Miss2-0 · 1228 pts
- 10Alabama2-0 · 1206 pts
- 11USC3-0 · 1023 pts
- 12Texas Tech2-0 · 977 pts
- 13BYU2-0 · 975 pts
- 14Tennessee2-0 · 679 pts
- 15Penn State2-0 · 676 pts
- 16SMU2-0 · 605 pts
- 17Utah2-0 · 590 pts
- 18Oregon1-1 · 564 pts
- 19Michigan2-0 · 426 pts
- 20Iowa2-0 · 423 pts
- 21Oklahoma1-1 · 395 pts
- 22Missouri2-0 · 340 pts
- 23Houston2-0 · 290 pts
- 24Washington2-0 · 268 pts
- 25Virginia2-0 · 249 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 4 RANKINGS
Games through Week 3AP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Week 4 · released 2026-09-20 · ESPN
- 1Texas3-0 · 1706 pts
- 2Georgia3-0 · 1580 pts
- 3Notre Dame3-0 · 1517 pts
- 4Ole Miss3-0 · 1488 pts
- 5Indiana3-0 · 1467 pts
- 6Miami3-0 · 1445 pts
- 7Ohio State2-1 · 1415 pts
- 8Alabama3-0 · 1182 pts
- 9BYU3-0 · 1090 pts
- 10LSU2-1 · 1078 pts
- 11Texas Tech3-0 · 1067 pts
- 12USC4-0 · 907 pts
- 13Penn State3-0 · 850 pts
- 14Tennessee3-0 · 826 pts
- 15Utah3-0 · 752 pts
- 16Louisville2-1 · 692 pts
- 17Iowa3-0 · 561 pts
- 18Michigan3-0 · 432 pts
- 19Missouri3-0 · 369 pts
- 20Oregon2-1 · 364 pts
- 21Florida3-0 · 269 pts
- 22SMU2-1 · 212 pts
- 23Texas A&M2-1 · 202 pts
- 24
Mississippi St3-0 · 179 pts - 25Houston2-1 · 127 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Week 4 · released 2026-09-20 · ESPN
- 1Texas3-0 · 1807 pts
- 2Georgia3-0 · 1742 pts
- 3Notre Dame3-0 · 1636 pts
- 4Indiana3-0 · 1613 pts
- 5Miami3-0 · 1552 pts
- 6Ole Miss3-0 · 1501 pts
- 7Ohio State2-1 · 1473 pts
- 8Alabama3-0 · 1309 pts
- 9BYU3-0 · 1089 pts
- 10Texas Tech3-0 · 1079 pts
- 11LSU2-1 · 1067 pts
- 12USC4-0 · 1057 pts
- 13Tennessee3-0 · 833 pts
- 14Penn State3-0 · 814 pts
- 15Utah3-0 · 743 pts
- 16Oregon2-1 · 594 pts
- 17Iowa3-0 · 580 pts
- 18Michigan3-0 · 545 pts
- 19Louisville2-1 · 519 pts
- 20Texas A&M2-1 · 447 pts
- 21Missouri3-0 · 382 pts
- 22Florida3-0 · 370 pts
- 23Washington3-0 · 251 pts
- 24Oklahoma2-1 · 213 pts
- 25SMU2-1 · 162 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 5 RANKINGS
Games through Week 4AP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Week 5 · released 2026-09-27 · ESPN
- 1Texas4-0 · 1737 pts
- 2Georgia4-0 · 1646 pts
- 3Notre Dame4-0 · 1581 pts
- 4Miami4-0 · 1501 pts
- 5Ohio State3-1 · 1465 pts
- 6Indiana4-0 · 1408 pts
- 7Alabama4-0 · 1305 pts
- 8Florida4-0 · 1272 pts
- 9Ole Miss3-1 · 1089 pts
- 10BYU3-0 · 1078 pts
- 11LSU3-1 · 1073 pts
- 12Texas Tech4-0 · 1053 pts
- 13Utah4-0 · 903 pts
- 14Iowa4-0 · 856 pts
- 15Oregon3-1 · 725 pts
- 16Mississippi St4-0 · 715 pts
- 17Tennessee3-1 · 663 pts
- 18USC4-1 · 410 pts
- 19
Oklahoma St3-1 · 345 pts - 20Houston3-1 · 278 pts
- 21SMU3-1 · 246 pts
- 22
Boise St3-1 · 221 pts - 23
UCLA4-0 · 218 pts - 24
Kentucky3-1 · 150 pts - 25Missouri3-1 · 118 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Week 5 · released 2026-09-27 · ESPN
- 1Texas4-0 · 1779 pts
- 2Georgia4-0 · 1735 pts
- 3Notre Dame4-0 · 1641 pts
- 4Miami4-0 · 1569 pts
- 5Indiana4-0 · 1554 pts
- 6Ohio State3-1 · 1463 pts
- 7Alabama4-0 · 1399 pts
- 8Florida4-0 · 1214 pts
- 9BYU3-0 · 1166 pts
- 10Texas Tech4-0 · 1108 pts
- 11LSU3-1 · 1097 pts
- 12Ole Miss3-1 · 1021 pts
- 13Utah4-0 · 917 pts
- 14Iowa4-0 · 887 pts
- 15Oregon3-1 · 866 pts
- 16Mississippi St4-0 · 658 pts
- 17Tennessee3-1 · 648 pts
- 18USC4-1 · 511 pts
- 19SMU3-1 · 327 pts
- 20Houston3-1 · 301 pts
- 21
Duke4-0 · 230 pts - 22Penn State3-1 · 207 pts
- 23UCLA4-0 · 183 pts
- 24Michigan3-1 · 166 pts
- 25Missouri3-1 · 152 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 6 RANKINGS
Games through Week 5These polls reflect games through week 5. They do not include this weekend's games (still being played).
AP Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AP Poll Week 6 · released 2026-10-04 · ESPN
- 1Texas4-0 · 1737 pts
- 2Georgia5-0 · 1647 pts
- 3Notre Dame5-0 · 1532 pts
- 4Miami5-0 · 1524 pts
- 5Ohio State4-1 · 1490 pts
- 6Alabama5-0 · 1460 pts
- 7Indiana5-0 · 1380 pts
- 8BYU4-0 · 1144 pts
- 9Ole Miss3-1 · 1095 pts
- 10LSU4-1 · 1087 pts
- 11Texas Tech5-0 · 1062 pts
- 12Utah4-0 · 996 pts
- 13Oregon3-1 · 831 pts
- 14Missouri4-1 · 755 pts
- 15Tennessee4-1 · 746 pts
- 16Florida4-1 · 691 pts
- 17Mississippi St4-1 · 487 pts
- 18Oklahoma St3-1 · 477 pts
- 19USC5-1 · 439 pts
- 20Iowa4-1 · 367 pts
- 21UCLA4-0 · 287 pts
- 22Houston4-1 · 279 pts
- 23Boise St4-1 · 271 pts
- 24SMU4-1 · 167 pts
- 25
Pitt5-0 · 162 pts
Coaches Poll
2026 NCAA Football Rankings - AFCA Coaches Poll Week 6 · released 2026-10-04 · ESPN
- 1Texas4-0 · 1806 pts
- 2Georgia5-0 · 1760 pts
- 3Notre Dame5-0 · 1630 pts
- 4Miami5-0 · 1622 pts
- 5Indiana5-0 · 1556 pts
- 6Ohio State4-1 · 1514 pts
- 7Alabama5-0 · 1483 pts
- 8BYU4-0 · 1214 pts
- 9Texas Tech5-0 · 1169 pts
- 10LSU4-1 · 1136 pts
- 11Ole Miss3-1 · 1059 pts
- 12Utah4-0 · 1015 pts
- 13Oregon3-1 · 948 pts
- 14Tennessee4-1 · 768 pts
- 15Florida4-1 · 672 pts
- 16Missouri4-1 · 646 pts
- 17USC5-1 · 643 pts
- 18Iowa4-1 · 457 pts
- 19Houston4-1 · 391 pts
- 20Mississippi St4-1 · 355 pts
- 21SMU4-1 · 354 pts
- 22UCLA4-0 · 318 pts
- 23Duke4-0 · 274 pts
- 24Pitt5-0 · 242 pts
- 25Kentucky4-1 · 210 pts
B1G+A Top 25
Not available
B1G+A Top 25 launched with the Week 7 poll; no archived ESPN FPI/SOR inputs exist for earlier weeks.
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
WEEK 7 RANKINGS
Games through Week 6Upcoming poll week: AP and Coaches fill in from ESPN after release (usually Sunday afternoon). The B1G+A column is a live preview until it publishes Sunday at noon CT.
AP Poll
Pending
Fills in automatically from ESPN when released.
Coaches Poll
Pending
Fills in automatically from ESPN when released.
B1G+A Top 25
Live preview Sat Oct 10, 10:38 PM CT · B1G+A Power Rating + ESPN SOR (updated 2026-10-10T08:00Z) · method
Live preview computed Sat Oct 10, 10:38 PM CT while Week 6 games are still being played; ESPN FPI/SOR may not yet reflect today's games. The official B1G+A Top 25 publishes Sunday at noon CT.
- 1Texas4-1 · 0.6 pts · B1G+A #7
- 2Alabama5-1 · 1.3 pts · B1G+A #1
- 3Notre Dame6-0 · 2.3 pts · B1G+A #2
- 4Miami5-0 · 3.4 pts · B1G+A #4
- 5Georgia6-0 · 3.7 pts · B1G+A #5
- 6Texas Tech5-0 · 5.9 pts · B1G+A #14
- 7Ohio State5-1 · 6.9 pts · B1G+A #3
- 8BYU5-0 · 7.7 pts · B1G+A #10
- 9Indiana6-0 · 9.0 pts · B1G+A #6
- 10Mississippi St4-1 · 10.8 pts · B1G+A #26
- 11Ole Miss4-1 · 11.0 pts · B1G+A #15
- 12Kentucky5-1 · 11.2 pts · B1G+A #29
- 13UCLA5-0 · 11.5 pts · B1G+A #11
- 14Utah4-0 · 11.6 pts · B1G+A #8
- 15Iowa5-1 · 14.4 pts · B1G+A #23
- 16
Wake Forest5-1 · 14.8 pts · B1G+A #16 - 17Missouri5-1 · 16.1 pts · B1G+A #12
- 18Pitt5-1 · 16.6 pts · B1G+A #32
- 19
Wisconsin4-1 · 17.9 pts · B1G+A #28 - 20
Northwestern4-1 · 18.7 pts · B1G+A #24 - 21Tennessee5-1 · 19.0 pts · B1G+A #20
- 22
James Madison5-0 · 19.4 pts · B1G+A #19 - 23Oregon3-2 · 19.8 pts · B1G+A #13
- 24
Nebraska5-1 · 21.6 pts · B1G+A #22 - 25Houston5-1 · 21.9 pts · B1G+A #18
CFP Rankings
Released later this season
B1G+A Top 25 (a B1G+A ranking, not an official poll). Points = 0.50 × ESPN Strength of Record rank (résumé) + 0.30 × B1G+A Power Rating rank (our own opponent-adjusted team-strength model, see Power Rankings) + 0.20 × loss rank (FBS teams ordered by fewest losses, ties share a rank) − 2 × wins over teams in that week's AP Top 25 (final games only). Lowest points ranks first; ties go to the better SOR rank. SOR is copied from ESPN at publish time; the B1G+A Power Rating is refit from all FBS results before publishing. ESPN FPI rank is shown for comparison only and is not an input. Published Sundays at noon CT, before the AP and Coaches polls come out. AP, Coaches and CFP rankings are copied from ESPN's rankings API. A column that ESPN has not published for a week shows Pending and fills in on the next refresh.