AP Poll						AFCA Coaches' Poll						Combo Poll
20-Sep-26						20-Sep-26						average the pct's					Last Week
Rank	Team	Points	pct	1st place		Rank	Team	Points	pct	1st place					1st place
1.	Texas	1706	98.9	58		1.	Texas	1807	97.7	46		1.	Texas	98.3	104		1.	Texas
2.	Georgia	1580	91.6	3		2.	Georgia	1742	94.2	16		2.	Georgia	92.9	19		2.	Georgia
3.	Notre Dame	1517	87.9			3.	Notre Dame	1636	88.4	2		3.	Notre Dame	88.2	2		3.	Notre Dame
4.	Mississippi	1488	86.3	3		4.	Indiana	1613	87.2	9		4.	Indiana	86.1	13		4.	Indiana
5.	Indiana	1467	85.0	4		5.	Miami (Florida)	1552	83.9	1		5.	Miami (Florida)	83.8	2		5.	Miami (Florida)
6.	Miami (Florida)	1445	83.8	1		6.	Mississippi	1501	81.1			6.	Mississippi	83.7	3		6.	Ohio State
7.	Ohio State	1415	82.0			7.	Ohio State	1473	79.6			7.	Ohio State	80.8			7.	LSU	Out of Top 10 (lost to Mississippi)
8.	Alabama	1182	68.5			8.	Alabama	1309	70.8			8.	Alabama	69.6			8.	Texas A&M	Out of Top 10 (lost to Kentucky)
9.	Brigham Young	1090	63.2			9.	Brigham Young	1089	58.9			9.	Brigham Young	61.0			9.	Mississippi
10.	LSU	1078	62.5			10.	Texas Tech	1079	58.3			10.	Texas Tech	60.1			10.	Alabama
11.	Texas Tech	1067	61.9			11.	LSU	1067	57.7			11.	LSU	60.1			11.	Southern Cal
12.	Southern Cal	907	52.6			12.	Southern Cal	1057	57.1			12.	Southern Cal	54.9			12.	Brigham Young	Joined Top 10 (beat Colorado State)
13.	Penn State	850	49.3			13.	Tennessee	833	45.0			13.	Penn State	46.6			13.	Texas Tech	Joined Top 10 (beat Houston)
14.	Tennessee	826	47.9			14.	Penn State	814	44.0			14.	Tennessee	46.5			14.	Penn State
15.	Utah	752	43.6			15.	Utah	743	40.2			15.	Utah	41.9			15.	Tennessee
16.	Louisville	692	40.1			16.	Oregon	594	32.1			16.	Louisville	34.1			16.	SMU
17.	Iowa	561	32.5			17.	Iowa	580	31.4			17.	Iowa	31.9			17.	Utah
18.	Michigan	432	25.0			18.	Michigan	545	29.5			18.	Michigan	27.3			18.	Oregon
19.	Missouri	369	21.4			19.	Louisville	519	28.1			19.	Oregon	26.6			19.	Iowa
20.	Oregon	364	21.1			20.	Texas A&M	447	24.2			20.	Missouri	21.0			20.	Michigan
21.	Florida	269	15.6			21.	Missouri	382	20.6			21.	Texas A&M	17.9			21.	Missouri
22.	SMU	212	12.3			22.	Florida	370	20.0			22.	Florida	17.8			22.	Oklahoma
23.	Texas A&M	202	11.7			23.	Washington	251	13.6			23.	SMU	10.5			23.	Houston	Fell Out of Top 25 (lost to Texas Tech)
24.	Mississippi State	179	10.4			24.	Oklahoma	213	11.5			24.	Washington	9.9			24.	Washington
25.	Houston	127	7.4			25.	SMU	162	8.8			25.	Oklahoma	8.4			25.	Virginia	Fell out altogether (lost to West Virginia)
26.	Washington	107	6.2			26.	Houston	116	6.3			26.	Mississippi State	8.3			26.	Louisville	Joined Top 25 (beat SMU)
27.	Kentucky	98	5.7			27.	Mississippi State	114	6.2			27.	Houston	6.8			27.	Florida	Joined Top 25 (beat Auburn)
28.	West Virginia	93	5.4			28.	Duke	70	3.8			28.	Kentucky	4.3			28.	Boise State
29.	Oklahoma	91	5.3			29.	West Virginia	55	3.0			29.	West Virginia	4.2			29.	Oklahoma State
30.	Oklahoma State	50	2.9			30.	Kentucky	54	2.9			30.	Duke	2.5			30.	Western Michigan
31.	Boise State	48	2.8			31.	Oklahoma State	36	1.95			31.	Oklahoma State	2.4			31.	South Carolina	Fell out altogether (lost to Mississippi State)
32.	Virginia Tech	46	2.7			32.	Pittsburgh	35	1.89			32.	Boise State	2.2			32.	Mississippi State
33.	Western Michigan	27	1.6			33.	Virginia Tech	30	1.62			33.	Virginia Tech	2.1			33.	Tulsa
34.	Duke	20	1.2			34.	Boise State	29	1.57			34.	Western Michigan	1.2			34.	Kansas State
35.	Tulsa	18	1.0			35.	Vanderbilt	29	1.57			35.	Pittsburgh	1.2			35.	Virginia Tech
36.	Arizona	12	0.70			36.	Tulsa	20	1.08			36.	Tulsa	1.1			36.	Duke
37.	UCLA	10	0.58			37.	Kansas State	18	0.97			37.	Vanderbilt	0.8			37.	Vanderbilt
38.	Pittsburgh	10	0.58			38.	UCLA	18	0.97			38.	UCLA	0.8			38.	Nebraska
39.	James Madison	7	0.41			39.	Western Michigan	17	0.92			39.	Kansas State	0.6			39.	UCLA
40.	North Dakota St.	6	0.35			40.	Nebraska	11	0.59			40.	North Dakota St.	0.4			40.	Pittsburgh
41.	Kansas State	3	0.17			41.	North Dakota St.	8	0.43			41.	Arizona	0.4			41.	Auburn	Fell out altogether (lost to Florida)
42.	Nebraska	2	0.12			42.	Northwestern	4	0.22			42.	Nebraska	0.4			42.	North Dakota St.
						43.	Clemson	3	0.16			43.	James Madison	0.3			43.	James Madison
						44.	James Madison	2	0.11			44.	Northwestern	0.1			44.	Arizona
						45.	Massachusetts	2	0.11			45.	Clemson	0.1			45.	New Mexico	Fell out altogether (lost to Oklahoma)
						46.	Arizona	1	0.05			46.	Massachusetts	0.1			46.	Clemson
FCS Coaches Poll																	47.	Wake Forest	Fell out altogether (lost to Miami)
													Joining the Poll This Week:
													Kentucky	Beat Texas A&M
													West Virginia	Beat Virginia
													Northwestern	Beat Colorado
													Massachusetts	(has started 3-0)