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Polls going into Week 4

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.

AP Top 25

#TeamMovePointsFirst-place votesElo rank
1TexasSEC1,70658Elo 13
2GeorgiaSEC1,5803Elo 4
3Notre DameIndependent1,517Elo 5
4Ole MissSEC▲41,4883Elo 7
5IndianaBig Ten▼11,4674Elo 2
6MiamiACC▼11,4451Elo 3
7Ohio StateBig Ten▼11,415Elo 1
8AlabamaSEC▲21,182Elo 12
9BYUBig 12▲21,090Elo 8
10LSUSEC▼31,078Elo 20
11Texas TechBig 12▲21,067Elo 9
12USCBig Ten907Elo 15
13Penn StateBig Ten▲1850Elo 46
14TennesseeSEC▲1826Elo 14
15UtahBig 12▲2752Elo 10
16LouisvilleACC▲7692Elo 23
17IowaBig Ten▲1561Elo 16
18MichiganBig Ten▲1432Elo 25
19MissouriSEC▲1369Elo 24
20OregonBig Ten▲1364Elo 11
21FloridaSECNew269Elo 51
22SMUACC▼6212Elo 18
23Texas A&MSEC▼14202Elo 38
24Mississippi StateSECNew179Elo 73
25HoustonBig 12▼3127Elo 21

Dropped out: Oklahoma (24), Virginia (25)

Bars: each team’s share of the 69 first-place votes. Elo rank: the team’s place among 138 FBS teams by our Elo rating today, not when the poll came out.

Coaches Poll

  1. 1Texas(46)1,807
  2. 2Georgia(16)1,742
  3. 3Notre Dame(2)1,636
  4. 4Indiana(9)1,613
  5. 5Miami(1)1,552
  6. 6Ole Miss▲31,501
  7. 7Ohio State▼11,473
  8. 8Alabama▲21,309
  9. 9BYU▲41,089
  10. 10Texas Tech▲21,079
  11. 11LSU▼41,067
  12. 12USC▼11,057
  13. 13Tennessee▲1833
  14. 14Penn State▲1814
  15. 15Utah▲2743
  16. 16Oregon▲2594
  17. 17Iowa▲3580
  18. 18Michigan▲1545
  19. 19LouisvilleNew519
  20. 20Texas A&M▼12447
  21. 21Missouri▲1382
  22. 22FloridaNew370
  23. 23Washington▲1251
  24. 24Oklahoma▼3213
  25. 25SMU▼9162

Dropped out: Houston (23), Virginia (25)

The season in the AP poll

AP rank week by week in 2026 for this week’s top ten151015Wk 12341. Texas2. Georgia3. Notre Dame4. Ole Miss5. Indiana6. Miami7. Ohio State8. Alabama9. BYU10. LSU
Each line is a team’s AP rank going into each week this season; a gap is a week out of the poll.