Polls going into Week 6

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
1TexasSEC1,73761Elo 13
2GeorgiaSEC1,6476Elo 4
3Notre DameIndependent1,532Elo 5
4MiamiACC1,5242Elo 3
5Ohio StateBig Ten1,490Elo 1
6AlabamaSEC▲11,460Elo 12
7IndianaBig Ten▼11,3801Elo 2
8BYUBig 12▲21,144Elo 8
9Ole MissSEC1,095Elo 7
10LSUSEC▲11,087Elo 20
11Texas TechBig 12▲11,062Elo 9
12UtahBig 12▲1996Elo 10
13OregonBig Ten▲2831Elo 11
14MissouriSEC▲11755Elo 24
15TennesseeSEC▲2746Elo 14
16FloridaSEC▼8691Elo 51
17Mississippi StateSEC▼1487Elo 73
18Oklahoma StateBig 12▲1477Elo 92
19USCBig Ten▼1439Elo 15
20IowaBig Ten▼6367Elo 16
21UCLABig Ten▲2287Elo 28
22HoustonBig 12▼2279Elo 21
23Boise StatePac-12▼1271Elo 17
24SMUACC▼3167Elo 18
25PittsburghACCNew162Elo 54

Dropped out: Kentucky (24)

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)1,806
  2. 2Georgia(20)1,760
  3. 3Notre Dame(1)1,630
  4. 4Miami1,622
  5. 5Indiana(8)1,556
  6. 6Ohio State1,514
  7. 7Alabama1,483
  8. 8BYU▲11,214
  9. 9Texas Tech▲11,169
  10. 10LSU▲11,136
  11. 11Ole Miss▲11,059
  12. 12Utah▲11,015
  13. 13Oregon▲2948
  14. 14Tennessee▲3768
  15. 15Florida▼7672
  16. 16Missouri▲9646
  17. 17USC▲1643
  18. 18Iowa▼4457
  19. 19Houston▲1391
  20. 20Mississippi State▼4355
  21. 21SMU▼2354
  22. 22UCLA▲1318
  23. 23Duke▼2274
  24. 24PittsburghNew242
  25. 25KentuckyNew210

Dropped out: Penn State (22), Michigan (24)

The season in the AP poll

AP rank week by week in 2026 for this week’s top ten151015Wk 1234561. Texas2. Georgia3. Notre Dame4. Miami5. Ohio State6. Alabama7. Indiana8. BYU9. Ole Miss10. LSU
Each line is a team’s AP rank going into each week this season; a gap is a week out of the poll.