Rankings
2026 · Week 3 · ordered by AP Top 25| AP | Team | Coaches | Conference | Follow | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 (56 first-place votes)up 3 places |  Texas2-0 | 1 (42 first-place votes) | SEC | 4 | 1 | 4 | |
| 2 (3 first-place votes) |  Georgia2-0 | 2 (15 first-place votes) | SEC | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| 3 (1 first-place votes) |  Notre Dame2-0 | 3 (4 first-place votes) | FBS Independents | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| 4 (3 first-place votes)up 1 place |  Indiana2-0 | 4 (10 first-place votes) | Big Ten | 6 | 6 | 1 | |
| 5 (4 first-place votes)up 2 places |  Miami2-0 | 5 (2 first-place votes) | ACC | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| 6down 5 places |  Ohio State1-1 | 6 | Big Ten | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| 7 (1 first-place votes)up 1 place |  LSU2-0 | 7 (1 first-place votes) | SEC | 9 | 7 | 20 | |
| 8up 1 place |  Ole Miss2-0 | 9 | SEC | 20 | 16 | 12 | |
| 9up 1 place |  Texas A&M2-0 | 8 | SEC | 7 | 10 | 10 | |
| 10up 2 places |  Alabama2-0 | 10 | SEC | 11 | 9 | 14 | |
| 11up 4 places |  BYU2-0 | 13 | Big 12 | 18 | 19 | 29 | |
| 12up 2 places |  USC3-0 | 11 | Big Ten | 17 | 13 | 13 | |
| 13 |  Texas Tech2-0 | 12 | Big 12 | 14 | 12 | 9 | |
| 14up 2 places |  Penn State2-0 | 15 | Big Ten | 13 | 14 | 6 | |
| 15up 3 places |  Tennessee2-0 | 14 | SEC | 12 | 18 | 24 | |
| 16up 1 place |  SMU2-0 | 16 | ACC | 31 | 20 | 22 | |
| 17up 3 places |  Utah2-0 | 17 | Big 12 | 21 | 24 | 15 | |
| 18up 3 places |  Iowa2-0 | 20 | Big Ten | 16 | 26 | 11 | |
| 19new to this poll |  Michigan2-0 | 19 | Big Ten | 26 | 21 | 25 | |
| 20up 3 places |  Missouri2-0 | 22 | SEC | 22 | 29 | 29 | |
| 21down 15 places |  Oregon1-1 | 18 | Big Ten | 7 | 8 | 7 | |
| 22 |  Houston2-0 | 23 | Big 12 | 46 | 41 | 64 | |
| 23up 1 place |  Louisville1-1 | Not ranked | ACC | 33 | 28 | 28 | |
| 24down 13 places |  Oklahoma1-1 | 21 | SEC | 10 | 11 | 16 | |
| 25 |  Virginia2-0 | 25 | ACC | 30 | 25 | 32 | |
| Not ranked |  Washington2-0 | 24 | Big Ten | 29 | 30 | 18 |
Numbers in parentheses are first-place votes.