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Polls going into Week 8

The AP Top 25 and Coaches Poll, plus the College Football Playoff committee’s rankings once they start in November, with each team’s record and next game. Updated 4 hr ago.

AP Top 25

#TeamRecordMovePointsFirst-place votesElo rankNext
1MiamiACC6–⁠0▲21,69740Elo 3vs. Pittsburgh, Sat 12:00 PM
2BYUBig 126–⁠0▲61,67520Elo 8at UCF, Oct 24
3Ohio StateBig Ten6–⁠1▲11,6499Elo 1at 16USC, Oct 31
4Notre DameIndependent6–⁠1▼21,395Elo 5vs. Navy, Oct 31
5GeorgiaSEC6–⁠1▼41,382Elo 4vs. 20Florida, Oct 31
6IndianaBig Ten6–⁠1▼11,370Elo 2at Michigan, Sat 12:00 PM
7Ole MissSEC5–⁠1▲21,360Elo 7at 19Texas, Sat 7:30 PM
8Texas TechBig 126–⁠0▲21,3361Elo 9at Cincinnati, Oct 24
9UCLABig Ten6–⁠0▲31,159Elo 28vs. Michigan State, Oct 24
10UtahBig 126–⁠0▲11,153Elo 10vs. 14Houston, Oct 24
11TennesseeSEC6–⁠1▲31,151Elo 14at South Carolina, Sat 3:30 PM
12KentuckySEC6–⁠1▲3932Elo 31vs. Vanderbilt, Sat 7:30 PM
13AlabamaSEC5–⁠2▼7870Elo 12vs. Texas A&M, Sat 3:30 PM
14HoustonBig 126–⁠1▲6785Elo 21at 10Utah, Oct 24
15IowaBig Ten5–⁠1▲2747Elo 16at Minnesota, Oct 24
16USCBig Ten6–⁠1▲3592Elo 15at Wisconsin, Sat 7:30 PM
17Wake ForestACC6–⁠1▲4574Elo 22vs. Virginia, Oct 31
18LSUSEC5–⁠2▲4529Elo 20at Auburn, Sat 12:00 PM
19TexasSEC4–⁠2▼12440Elo 13vs. 7Ole Miss, Sat 7:30 PM
20FloridaSEC5–⁠2New355Elo 51vs. 5Georgia, Oct 31
21Boise StatePac-125–⁠1▲2295Elo 17at Washington State, Sat 6:00 PM
22MissouriSEC5–⁠2▼9290Elo 24at Arkansas, Oct 31
23SMUACC5–⁠1▲1265Elo 18vs. California, Sat 12:00 PM
24NorthwesternBig Ten5–⁠1▲1254Elo 30vs. Rutgers, Sat 12:00 PM
25ArizonaBig 125–⁠1New136Elo 19vs. Iowa State, Oct 24

Dropped out: Mississippi State (16), Oklahoma State (18)

Bars: each team’s share of the 70 first-place votes. Records are the games on file, updated nightly. Elo rank: the team’s place among 138 FBS teams by our Elo rating today, not when the poll came out.

Coaches Poll

  1. 1Miami(50)▲21,791
  2. 2Ohio State(13)▲31,725
  3. 3BYU(10)▲51,698
  4. 4Georgia▼31,469
  5. 5Texas Tech▲41,414
  6. 6Indiana▼21,378
  7. 7Ole Miss▲31,371
  8. 8Notre Dame▼61,332
  9. 9Utah▲21,222
  10. 10UCLA▲21,206
  11. 11Tennessee▲31,193
  12. 12Kentucky▲5979
  13. 13Alabama▼6813
  14. 14Iowa▲2807
  15. 15USC796
  16. 16Houston▲2730
  17. 17LSU▲4569
  18. 18Texas▼12520
  19. 19Wake Forest▲4514
  20. 20SMU▲2458
  21. 21Missouri▼8274
  22. 22Boise State▲2266
  23. 23NorthwesternNew256
  24. 24FloridaNew250
  25. 25Oregon189

Dropped out: Mississippi State (19), Oklahoma State (20)

Ranked against ranked this week

All Top 25 games

The season in the AP poll

AP rank week by week in 2026 for this week’s top ten1510152025Wk 123456781. Miami2. BYU3. Ohio State4. Notre Dame5. Georgia6. Indiana7. Ole Miss8. Texas Tech9. UCLA10. Utah
Each line is a team’s AP rank going into each week this season; a gap is a week out of the poll.

Massey Ratings top 25

  1. 1 Ohio State · Composite No. 7
  2. 2 Georgia · Composite No. 2
  3. 3 Indiana · Composite No. 5
  4. 4 Miami · Composite No. 4
  5. 5 Utah · Composite No. 10
  6. 6 Notre Dame · Composite No. 1
  7. 7 BYU · Composite No. 11
  8. 8 Ole Miss · Composite No. 15
  9. 9 Texas Tech · Composite No. 9
  10. 10 Alabama · Composite No. 3
  11. 11 Tennessee · Composite No. 21
  12. 12 Iowa · Composite No. 22
  13. 13 Texas · Composite No. 6
  14. 14 UCLA · Composite No. 8
  15. 15 Kentucky · Composite No. 16
  16. 16 USC · Composite No. 23
  17. 17 Oregon · Composite No. 18
  18. 18 LSU · Composite No. 13
  19. 19 Houston · Composite No. 17
  20. 20 Florida · Composite No. 28
  21. 21 Wake Forest · Composite No. 19
  22. 22 Auburn · Composite No. 35
  23. 23 Missouri · Composite No. 12
  24. 24 Nebraska · Composite No. 20
  25. 25 Arizona · Composite No. 29

Kenneth Massey’s ranking of FBS teams going into week 8, as of Oct 17, with each team’s place in his composite of computer rankings. From Massey Ratings.