2026 season Preseason
Conferences Big Ten SEC ACC Big 12 Independents
Week 2 Ohio State at Texas Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Oklahoma at Michigan Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Florida A&M at Miami Thu, Sep 10 Week 2 Oregon at Oklahoma State Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Arizona State at Texas A&M Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Iowa State at Iowa Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Alabama at Kentucky Sat, Sep 12 Week 2 Rice at Notre Dame Sat, Sep 12
2026 rankings

Polls

Three top 25s side by side, including our own, refreshed the moment each ballot drops.

TD Strike Poll AP Top 25 Coaches Poll

TD Strike Poll

TD Strike desk

  1. 1 Texas2-0 1
  2. 2 Indiana2-0 2
  3. 3 Ohio State1-1 2
  4. 4 Georgia2-0 1
  5. 5 LSU2-0 2
  6. 6 Miami2-0 hold
  7. 7 Notre Dame2-0 2
  8. 8 Alabama2-0 2
  9. 9 USC3-0 hold
  10. 10 Ole Miss2-0 4
  11. 11 Penn State2-0 1
  12. 12 Texas A&M2-0 1
  13. 13 Texas Tech2-0 2
  14. 14 BYU2-0 5
  15. 15 Iowa2-0 3
  16. 16 Tennessee2-0 4
  17. 17 SMU2-0 hold
  18. 18 Utah2-0 5
  19. 19 Michigan2-0 3
  20. 20 Oregon1-1 12
  21. 21 Virginia2-0 hold
  22. 22 Washington2-0 6
  23. 23 Florida new
  24. 24 UCLA new
  25. 25 Oklahoma1-1 14

Our own ballot, week 3.

AP Top 25

Associated Press / 68 ballots

  1. 1 Texas2-0 56 first place 3 1,678
  2. 2 Georgia2-0 3 first place hold 1,551
  3. 3 Notre Dame2-0 1 first place hold 1,531
  4. 4 Indiana2-0 3 first place 1 1,466
  5. 5 Miami2-0 4 first place 2 1,452
  6. 6 Ohio State1-1 5 1,407
  7. 7 LSU2-0 1 first place 1 1,334
  8. 8 Ole Miss2-0 1 1,216
  9. 9 Texas A&M2-0 1 1,165
  10. 10 Alabama2-0 2 1,068
  11. 11 BYU2-0 4 966
  12. 12 USC3-0 2 944
  13. 13 Texas Tech2-0 hold 910
  14. 14 Penn State2-0 2 692
  15. 15 Tennessee2-0 3 676
  16. 16 SMU2-0 1 636
  17. 17 Utah2-0 3 558
  18. 18 Iowa2-0 3 391
  19. 19 Michigan2-0 new 382
  20. 20 Missouri2-0 3 344
  21. 21 Oregon1-1 15 324
  22. 22 Houston2-0 hold 292
  23. 23 Louisville1-1 1 244
  24. 24 Oklahoma1-1 13 222
  25. 25 Virginia2-0 hold 182

Week 3 release.

Coaches Poll

AFCA Coaches / 74 ballots

  1. 1 Texas2-0 42 first place 2 1,804
  2. 2 Georgia2-0 15 first place hold 1,732
  3. 3 Notre Dame2-0 4 first place 1 1,639
  4. 4 Indiana2-0 10 first place 1 1,611
  5. 5 Miami2-0 2 first place 2 1,549
  6. 6 Ohio State1-1 5 1,480
  7. 7 LSU2-0 1 first place 1 1,405
  8. 8 Texas A&M2-0 1 1,311
  9. 9 Ole Miss2-0 2 1,228
  10. 10 Alabama2-0 2 1,206
  11. 11 USC3-0 3 1,023
  12. 12 Texas Tech2-0 1 977
  13. 13 BYU2-0 2 975
  14. 14 Tennessee2-0 4 679
  15. 15 Penn State2-0 1 676
  16. 16 SMU2-0 1 605
  17. 17 Utah2-0 3 590
  18. 18 Oregon1-1 12 564
  19. 19 Michigan2-0 5 426
  20. 20 Iowa2-0 1 423
  21. 21 Oklahoma1-1 11 395
  22. 22 Missouri2-0 1 340
  23. 23 Houston2-0 1 290
  24. 24 Washington2-0 5 268
  25. 25 Virginia2-0 hold 249

Week 3 release.

Each poll states its own source above. Movement reads NR while no previous release exists to compare against.