2026 polls & ratings

Rankings/Ratings

Compare the major polls with ESPN’s Football Power Index. CFP rankings appear only after the committee has officially released them.

AP Coaches FPI

FPI ratings for 2026
Rank	Team	Record	FPI	SOS rank
1	Ohio State	2-1	28.1	15
2	Texas	3-0	28.1	21
3	Georgia	3-0	27.1	120
4	Notre Dame	3-0	26.8	93
5	Indiana	3-0	24.6	135
6	Miami	3-0	23.9	92
7	Alabama	3-0	22.5	51
8	LSU	2-1	20.4	27
9	Oregon	2-1	19.2	67
10	Tennessee	3-0	18.5	104
11	Penn State	3-0	18.2	125
12	Texas A&M	2-1	18.1	90
13	Ole Miss	3-0	17.7	19
14	Oklahoma	2-1	16.7	38
15	Utah	3-0	16.5	130
16	Florida	3-0	16.4	61
17	Texas Tech	3-0	15.8	77
18	USC	4-0	15.4	108
19	BYU	3-0	15.2	102
20	Michigan	3-0	14.9	62
21	Nebraska	3-0	14.2	138
22	Mississippi State	3-0	14.1	41
23	Louisville	2-1	13.9	17
24	Auburn	2-1	12.9	48
25	Pittsburgh	3-0	12.3	99
26	SMU	2-1	12.2	25
27	South Carolina	2-1	12.1	86
28	Iowa	3-0	12.1	119
29	Virginia Tech	3-0	11.6	94
30	Kansas State	3-0	11.2	126
31	Houston	2-1	10.8	42
32	Missouri	3-0	10.5	112
33	Northwestern	2-0	9.3	117
34	Virginia	2-1	9.2	100
35	Duke	3-0	9.1	75
36	Kentucky	2-1	8.4	4
37	Boise State	2-1	8.1	31
38	Baylor	2-1	8.1	58
39	Florida State	1-2	7.8	6
40	UCLA	3-0	7.4	101
41	TCU	2-1	7.2	111
42	Clemson	2-1	6.1	16
43	Vanderbilt	3-0	6.1	116
44	Illinois	2-1	6.0	103
45	Arizona	2-1	5.9	52
46	Cincinnati	3-0	5.8	134
47	Washington	3-0	5.8	136
48	Maryland	2-1	5.5	85
49	West Virginia	3-0	5.3	76
50	Oklahoma State	2-1	5.0	50
51	North Carolina	2-1	4.9	54
52	UCF	2-1	4.9	64
53	Wisconsin	2-1	4.8	20
54	Wake Forest	2-1	4.6	29
55	Iowa State	2-1	4.4	68
56	Michigan State	2-1	4.2	14
57	New Mexico	2-1	4.0	47
58	Arizona State	2-1	3.8	26
59	James Madison	3-0	3.2	113
60	Georgia Tech	1-2	2.1	55
61	NC State	1-2	2.0	44
62	Minnesota	2-1	0.9	89
63	South Florida	3-0	0.8	121
64	Syracuse	1-2	0.6	59
65	North Dakota State	4-0	0.4	131
66	Western Michigan	2-1	-0.0	53
67	Kansas	1-2	-0.1	80
68	Tulane	1-2	-0.2	23
69	Fresno State	2-1	-0.5	57
70	Colorado	2-1	-0.7	46
71	Memphis	3-1	-0.8	81
72	Tulsa	3-0	-1.0	107
73	California	2-1	-1.5	79
74	Arkansas	1-2	-1.6	2
75	Purdue	1-2	-1.6	65
76	UTSA	2-1	-1.7	11
77	Toledo	2-1	-1.8	96
78	Oregon State	1-2	-2.2	24
79	North Texas	1-2	-2.3	13
80	Army	1-1	-2.7	122
81	San Diego State	1-2	-3.3	74
82	Delaware	2-1	-4.0	91
83	Liberty	2-1	-4.4	106
84	East Carolina	1-2	-4.6	18
85	Temple	1-2	-4.6	49
86	Texas State	1-2	-4.9	8
87	App State	3-0	-5.0	127
88	Navy	1-1	-5.3	133
89	Louisiana	2-1	-5.5	45
90	Rutgers	0-3	-5.6	73
91	Boston College	2-1	-5.8	88
92	UConn	2-1	-5.8	110
93	Air Force	1-1	-5.9	123
94	UNLV	1-2	-5.9	97
95	Troy	2-1	-6.0	69
96	Colorado State	2-1	-6.1	78
97	Washington State	1-2	-7.0	33
98	Louisiana Tech	1-2	-7.0	9
99	South Alabama	2-1	-7.3	115
100	Old Dominion	1-2	-7.4	66
101	Georgia Southern	1-2	-7.8	87
102	Stanford	1-2	-7.9	7
103	Coastal Carolina	1-2	-8.3	84
104	Miami (OH)	1-2	-8.4	34
105	Nevada	1-2	-8.5	129
106	Hawai'i	1-2	-8.5	124
107	Georgia State	2-1	-8.8	95
108	Utah State	0-3	-8.8	22
109	Jacksonville State	2-2	-8.8	109
110	Sam Houston	1-2	-8.9	118
111	Arkansas State	1-2	-10.2	71
112	Ohio	1-2	-10.2	43
113	Florida Atlantic	2-1	-10.4	40
114	Florida International	1-2	-10.8	105
115	Kennesaw State	1-2	-11.0	37
116	Massachusetts	3-0	-11.4	132
117	Marshall	2-1	-11.9	35
118	Southern Miss	1-2	-13.1	60
119	Middle Tennessee	2-1	-13.2	137
120	San José State	2-2	-13.2	63
121	Missouri State	1-2	-13.4	39
122	Rice	1-2	-13.5	12
123	New Mexico State	1-2	-13.5	70
124	Western Kentucky	0-3	-14.3	1
125	UAB	1-2	-14.9	83
126	Charlotte	0-3	-15.0	32
127	Central Michigan	2-1	-16.2	98
128	Buffalo	1-2	-16.6	36
129	Northern Illinois	0-3	-17.0	30
130	Akron	1-2	-17.9	72
131	UTEP	1-2	-18.3	5
132	Eastern Michigan	1-3	-19.3	82
133	Wyoming	1-2	-19.7	128
134	Ball State	1-2	-21.6	10
135	UL Monroe	0-3	-22.6	56
136	Bowling Green	0-3	-23.2	28
137	Kent State	1-2	-23.2	3
138	Sacramento State	1-3	-25.1	114

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