2026RankingsWeek 9

Top 25RECCONFPTS
1Miami–7-0ACC1,735(59)
2Ohio State▲16-1B1G1,681(10)
3Georgia▲26-1SEC1,511
4Indiana▲27-1B1G1,459
5Notre Dame▼16-1IND1,458
6Utah▲47-0B121,413(1)
7UCLA▲27-0B1G1,398
8BYU▼66-1B121,325
9Kentucky▲37-1SEC1,185
10Alabama▲36-2SEC1,063
11Texas▲85-2SEC966
12Ole Miss▼55-2SEC871
13Texas Tech▼56-1B12861
14Wake Forest▲36-1ACC822
15LSU▲36-2SEC813
16Tennessee▼56-2SEC662
17Florida▲35-2SEC556
18Houston▼46-2B12491
19SMU▲46-1ACC440
20Boise State▲16-1PAC422
20Northwestern▲46-1B1G422
22Arizona▲36-1B12400
23Missouri▼15-2SEC329
24Oklahoma StateNEW5-2B12180
25WisconsinNEW5-2B1G125
Receiving votesRECCONFPTS
Iowa▼5-2B1G76
New Mexico6-1MW41
Cincinnati5-2B1211
Oregon State5-2PAC10
South Carolina4-3SEC8
Minnesota5-2B1G7
USC▼6-2B1G7
UTSA7-1AAC1
Virginia Tech6-2ACC1

Key

▲ ▼
Places up or down from last week's rankings
NEW
Not ranked last week
REC
Record this season
CONF
Conference
PTS
Poll points: 25 for a first-place vote down to 1 for 25th; first-place votes in ( )

Receiving Votes: teams outside the 25 that still got points, most first. ▼ = ranked last week.

Top 25RECCONFPTS
1Miami–7-0ACC1,839(67)
2Ohio State–6-1B1G1,767(6)
3Georgia▲16-1SEC1,646
4Indiana▲27-1B1G1,578
5Utah▲47-0B121,459
6Notre Dame▲26-1IND1,452
7UCLA▲37-0B1G1,446(1)
8Kentucky▲47-1SEC1,318
9BYU▼66-1B121,244
10Alabama▲36-2SEC1,092
11Texas▲75-2SEC1,002
12Ole Miss▼55-2SEC941
13LSU▲46-2SEC895
14Texas Tech▼96-1B12864
15Wake Forest▲46-1ACC749
16SMU▲46-1ACC690
17Tennessee▼66-2SEC650
18Northwestern▲56-1B1G545
19Houston▼36-2B12435
20Florida▲45-2SEC417
21ArizonaNEW6-1B12399
22Boise State–6-1PAC396
23Missouri▼25-2SEC376
24Iowa▼105-2B1G225
25USC▼106-2B1G132
Receiving votesRECCONFPTS
Oklahoma State5-2B12120
Wisconsin5-2B1G114
Cincinnati5-2B1249
New Mexico6-1MW43
Minnesota5-2B1G35
UTSA7-1AAC34
Nebraska5-2B1G27
Virginia Tech6-2ACC16
Oregon State5-2PAC15
South Carolina4-3SEC12
Duke5-2ACC12
Oregon▼4-3B1G5
Auburn4-3SEC4
North Texas5-2AAC2
Michigan4-3B1G2
UCF4-3B121
James Madison7-1SBC1
Oklahoma4-3SEC1

Key

▲ ▼
Places up or down from last week's rankings
NEW
Not ranked last week
REC
Record this season
CONF
Conference
PTS
Poll points: 25 for a first-place vote down to 1 for 25th; first-place votes in ( )

Receiving Votes: teams outside the 25 that still got points, most first. ▼ = ranked last week.

College Football Playoff

The selection committee's first Top 25 comes out

Tuesday, Nov 3

on ESPN · the 12-team field is set Sunday, Dec 6

  1. UpdateTue, Nov 10
  2. UpdateTue, Nov 17
  3. UpdateTue, Nov 24
  4. UpdateTue, Dec 1
  5. Selection DaySun, Dec 6