Rankings

2026 · AP poll entering week 1 · regular-season polls

Most underrated by the voters

Alabama

SBR #5 · AP #13 · ▲ +8

Most overrated by the voters

LSU

SBR #26 · AP #11 · ▼ −15

Top 25 by the numbers, unranked by the voters

Vanderbilt

SBR #13 · not in the AP Top 25

Rank	Team	SBR	AP	Bias
1	Ohio State	31.8	1	0
2	Notre Dame	29.4	4	▲ +2
3	Georgia	28.7	3	0
4	Oregon	26.5	2	▼ −2
5	Alabama	25.7	13	▲ +8
6	Texas Tech	24.7	12	▲ +6
7	Texas A&M	24.6	8	▲ +1
8	Indiana	24.5	6	▼ −2
9	Miami	24.0	7	▼ −2
10	Oklahoma	21.6	10	0
11	Texas	20.9	5	▼ −6
12	USC	19.1	14	▲ +2
13	Vanderbilt	18.4	NR	—
14	Ole Miss	18.0	9	▼ −5
15	Washington	17.1	17	▲ +2
16	Iowa	17.1	22	▲ +6
17	Tennessee	17.0	20	▲ +3
18	Utah	17.0	21	▲ +3
19	Michigan	16.6	16	▼ −3
20	SMU	15.5	19	▼ −1
21	Clemson	15.1	NR	—
22	BYU	14.9	14	▼ −8
23	Missouri	14.3	25	▲ +2
24	Florida	14.0	NR	—
25	South Carolina	14.0	NR	—
26	LSU	13.9	11	▼ −15
27	Penn State	13.9	18	▼ −9
28	Arizona	12.9	NR	—
29	Auburn	12.4	NR	—
30	TCU	11.5	NR	—
31	Florida State	11.4	NR	—
32	Kansas State	11.3	NR	—
33	Louisville	10.4	24	▼ −9
34	NC State	9.8	NR	—
35	Boise State	9.8	NR	—
36	Pittsburgh	9.4	NR	—
37	Arizona State	9.4	NR	—
38	Houston	9.4	23	▼ −15
39	Mississippi State	8.8	NR	—
40	South Florida	8.4	NR	—
41	Illinois	8.4	NR	—
42	Nebraska	8.3	NR	—
43	Georgia Tech	8.1	NR	—
44	Arkansas	8.1	NR	—
45	Baylor	7.7	NR	—
46	Northwestern	7.6	NR	—
47	Iowa State	7.2	NR	—
48	Minnesota	6.9	NR	—
49	Virginia	6.8	NR	—
50	Duke	6.8	NR	—
51	Toledo	6.8	NR	—
52	Kansas	6.7	NR	—
53	Kentucky	6.5	NR	—
54	Washington State	6.5	NR	—
55	San Diego State	6.1	NR	—
56	James Madison	6.0	NR	—
57	Wisconsin	5.8	NR	—
58	Rutgers	5.5	NR	—
59	Cincinnati	5.3	NR	—
60	Wake Forest	4.8	NR	—
61	Maryland	4.7	NR	—
62	Tulane	4.5	NR	—
63	Virginia Tech	3.8	NR	—
64	Michigan State	3.6	NR	—
65	Texas State	3.4	NR	—
66	Memphis	3.3	NR	—
67	UCF	3.2	NR	—
68	North Texas	3.0	NR	—
69	East Carolina	3.0	NR	—
70	California	2.8	NR	—
71	UCLA	2.7	NR	—
72	UTSA	2.7	NR	—
73	Western Michigan	2.5	NR	—
74	Old Dominion	2.2	NR	—
75	UNLV	2.0	NR	—
76	Utah State	1.3	NR	—
77	Colorado	1.3	NR	—
78	Marshall	1.3	NR	—
79	North Carolina	1.2	NR	—
80	Ohio	1.2	NR	—
81	West Virginia	1.1	NR	—
82	Stanford	1.1	NR	—
83	Purdue	0.2	NR	—
84	Louisiana Tech	-0.0	NR	—
85	Western Kentucky	-0.1	NR	—
86	Boston College	-0.1	NR	—
87	Fresno State	-0.7	NR	—
88	Southern Miss	-0.9	NR	—
89	Syracuse	-1.2	NR	—
90	Louisiana	-1.5	NR	—
91	Sacramento State	-1.6	NR	—
92	Troy	-1.7	NR	—
93	Hawai'i	-1.8	NR	—
94	North Dakota State	-2.1	NR	—
95	South Alabama	-2.3	NR	—
96	Miami (OH)	-2.4	NR	—
97	Liberty	-2.6	NR	—
98	Oregon State	-2.7	NR	—
99	New Mexico	-3.0	NR	—
100	UConn	-3.0	NR	—
101	Army	-3.5	NR	—
102	Jacksonville State	-3.7	NR	—
103	Arkansas State	-4.0	NR	—
104	Navy	-4.3	NR	—
105	Colorado State	-4.6	NR	—
106	Florida International	-4.6	NR	—
107	Central Michigan	-4.8	NR	—
108	Eastern Michigan	-5.0	NR	—
109	Northern Illinois	-5.3	NR	—
110	Wyoming	-5.3	NR	—
111	Oklahoma State	-5.3	NR	—
112	Temple	-5.5	NR	—
113	Georgia Southern	-5.9	NR	—
114	Florida Atlantic	-6.0	NR	—
115	App State	-6.2	NR	—
116	UAB	-6.2	NR	—
117	Air Force	-6.4	NR	—
118	Delaware	-6.9	NR	—
119	Coastal Carolina	-7.2	NR	—
120	Missouri State	-7.3	NR	—
121	Bowling Green	-7.4	NR	—
122	Nevada	-7.7	NR	—
123	Kennesaw State	-7.7	NR	—
124	Tulsa	-7.9	NR	—
125	San José State	-8.7	NR	—
126	Buffalo	-8.8	NR	—
127	Georgia State	-8.9	NR	—
128	Kent State	-8.9	NR	—
129	UTEP	-9.3	NR	—
130	Middle Tennessee	-9.6	NR	—
131	Rice	-9.9	NR	—
132	Akron	-10.8	NR	—
133	UL Monroe	-12.3	NR	—
134	New Mexico State	-12.6	NR	—
135	Sam Houston	-12.7	NR	—
136	Ball State	-14.8	NR	—
137	Charlotte	-15.7	NR	—
138	Massachusetts	-24.0	NR	—

Seasons 2005–2026 on file.