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Polls going into Week 7

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
1GeorgiaSEC▲11,74566Elo 4
2Notre DameIndependent▲11,6301Elo 5
3MiamiACC▲11,5942Elo 3
4Ohio StateBig Ten▲11,508Elo 1
5IndianaBig Ten▲21,4611Elo 2
6AlabamaSEC1,372Elo 12
7TexasSEC▼61,371Elo 13
8BYUBig 121,237Elo 8
9Ole MissSEC1,135Elo 7
10Texas TechBig 12▲11,132Elo 9
11UtahBig 12▲11,073Elo 10
12UCLABig Ten▲9951Elo 28
13MissouriSEC▲1882Elo 24
14TennesseeSEC▲1706Elo 14
15KentuckySECNew655Elo 31
16Mississippi StateSEC▲1650Elo 73
17IowaBig Ten▲3621Elo 16
18Oklahoma StateBig 12604Elo 92
19USCBig Ten505Elo 15
20HoustonBig 12▲2380Elo 21
21Wake ForestACCNew326Elo 22
22LSUSEC▼12274Elo 20
23Boise StatePac-12268Elo 17
24SMUACC142Elo 18
25NorthwesternBig TenNew112Elo 30

Dropped out: Oregon (13), Florida (16), Pittsburgh (25)

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. 1Georgia(60)▲11,832
  2. 2Notre Dame(3)▲11,713
  3. 3Miami(1)▲11,688
  4. 4Indiana(9)▲11,633
  5. 5Ohio State(1)▲11,565
  6. 6Texas▼51,369
  7. 7Alabama1,358
  8. 8BYU1,355
  9. 9Texas Tech1,240
  10. 10Ole Miss▲11,180
  11. 11Utah▲11,109
  12. 12UCLA▲10912
  13. 13Missouri▲3863
  14. 14Tennessee837
  15. 15USC▲2758
  16. 16Iowa▲2729
  17. 17Kentucky▲8667
  18. 18Houston▲1520
  19. 19Mississippi State▲1463
  20. 20Oklahoma StateNew403
  21. 21LSU▼11361
  22. 22SMU▼1330
  23. 23Wake ForestNew229
  24. 24Boise StateNew205
  25. 25Oregon▼12200

Dropped out: Florida (15), Duke (23), Pittsburgh (24)

The season in the AP poll

AP rank week by week in 2026 for this week’s top ten151015Wk 12345671. Georgia2. Notre Dame3. Miami4. Ohio State5. Indiana6. Alabama7. Texas8. BYU9. Ole Miss10. Texas Tech
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 Georgia · Composite No. 2
  2. 2 Notre Dame · Composite No. 1
  3. 3 Indiana · Composite No. 5
  4. 4 Ohio State · Composite No. 7
  5. 5 Alabama · Composite No. 3
  6. 6 Utah · Composite No. 9
  7. 7 Miami · Composite No. 4
  8. 8 Texas · Composite No. 6
  9. 9 Texas Tech · Composite No. 10
  10. 10 Ole Miss · Composite No. 15
  11. 11 Iowa · Composite No. 22
  12. 12 BYU · Composite No. 11
  13. 13 USC · Composite No. 23
  14. 14 UCLA · Composite No. 8
  15. 15 Tennessee · Composite No. 21
  16. 16 Oregon · Composite No. 18
  17. 17 Oklahoma · Composite No. 26
  18. 18 Kentucky · Composite No. 16
  19. 19 Missouri · Composite No. 12
  20. 20 LSU · Composite No. 13
  21. 21 Mississippi State · Composite No. 14
  22. 22 Houston · Composite No. 17
  23. 23 Nebraska · Composite No. 20
  24. 24 Arizona · Composite No. 29
  25. 25 Wake Forest · Composite No. 19

Kenneth Massey’s ranking of FBS teams going into week 7, as of Oct 11, with each team’s place in his composite of computer rankings. From Massey Ratings.