Polls going into Week 5

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
1TexasSEC1,73762Elo 13
2GeorgiaSEC1,6466Elo 4
3Notre DameIndependent1,581Elo 5
4MiamiACC▲21,5011Elo 3
5Ohio StateBig Ten▲21,465Elo 1
6IndianaBig Ten▼11,4081Elo 2
7AlabamaSEC▲11,305Elo 12
8FloridaSEC▲131,272Elo 51
9Ole MissSEC▼51,089Elo 7
10BYUBig 12▼11,078Elo 8
11LSUSEC▼11,073Elo 20
12Texas TechBig 12▼11,053Elo 9
13UtahBig 12▲2903Elo 10
14IowaBig Ten▲3856Elo 16
15OregonBig Ten▲5725Elo 11
16Mississippi StateSEC▲8715Elo 73
17TennesseeSEC▼3663Elo 14
18USCBig Ten▼6410Elo 15
19Oklahoma StateBig 12New345Elo 92
20HoustonBig 12▲5278Elo 21
21SMUACC▲1246Elo 18
22Boise StatePac-12New221Elo 17
23UCLABig TenNew218Elo 28
24KentuckySECNew150Elo 31
25MissouriSEC▼6118Elo 24

Dropped out: Penn State (13), Louisville (16), Michigan (18), Texas A&M (23)

Bars: each team’s share of the 70 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(45)1,779
  2. 2Georgia(17)1,735
  3. 3Notre Dame(3)1,641
  4. 4Miami▲11,569
  5. 5Indiana(8)▼11,554
  6. 6Ohio State▲11,463
  7. 7Alabama▲11,399
  8. 8Florida▲141,214
  9. 9BYU1,166
  10. 10Texas Tech1,108
  11. 11LSU1,097
  12. 12Ole Miss▼61,021
  13. 13Utah▲2917
  14. 14Iowa▲3887
  15. 15Oregon▲1866
  16. 16Mississippi StateNew658
  17. 17Tennessee▼4648
  18. 18USC▼6511
  19. 19SMU▲6327
  20. 20HoustonNew301
  21. 21DukeNew230
  22. 22Penn State▼8207
  23. 23UCLANew183
  24. 24Michigan▼6166
  25. 25Missouri▼4152

Dropped out: Louisville (19), Texas A&M (20), Washington (23), Oklahoma (24)

The season in the AP poll

AP rank week by week in 2026 for this week’s top ten1510152025Wk 123451. Texas2. Georgia3. Notre Dame4. Miami5. Ohio State6. Indiana7. Alabama8. Florida9. Ole Miss10. BYU
Each line is a team’s AP rank going into each week this season; a gap is a week out of the poll.