BJ Rains

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Each pick shows where AP’s poll ranked the team that week.

2026

Week	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25
Week 5September 27	11. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll	32. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	23. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	54. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll	65. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll	46. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll	77. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll	88. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll	99. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1110. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1411. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll	1712. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll	1013. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll	1214. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1315. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll	1516. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll	1617. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll	1818. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll	2219. Boise State, No. 22 in the AP poll	2020. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll	NR21. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll	NR22. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll	1923. Oklahoma State, No. 19 in the AP poll	2124. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll	2525. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll
Week 4September 20	11. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll	32. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	23. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	44. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll	75. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll	56. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	67. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll	88. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll	109. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll	1210. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll	1111. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll	912. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll	1313. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll	1414. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll	1715. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll	1516. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll	1817. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll	1618. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll	1919. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll	2020. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll	2221. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll	2322. Texas A&M, No. 23 in the AP poll	NR23. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll	2124. Florida, No. 21 in the AP poll	NR25. West Virginia, unranked in the AP poll
Week 3September 13	11. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll	32. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	23. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	64. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll	45. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll	56. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll	77. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll	108. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll	129. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll	910. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll	811. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll	1312. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll	1113. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1414. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll	1515. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll	1816. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll	1917. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll	2418. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll	NR19. Washington, unranked in the AP poll	2120. Oregon, No. 21 in the AP poll	1621. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll	2022. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll	NR23. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll	NR24. Florida, unranked in the AP poll	1725. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll
Week 2September 8	31. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	12. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	23. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	54. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	75. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	46. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll	87. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll	68. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll	129. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll	1410. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll	1011. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll	1112. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll	913. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1314. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll	1515. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll	1616. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll	1817. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll	1918. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll	2119. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll	NR20. Florida, unranked in the AP poll	1721. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll	2322. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll	NR23. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll	2024. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll	NR25. Memphis, unranked in the AP poll
PreseasonAugust 17	21. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll	42. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll	13. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	34. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll	65. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll	76. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	57. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll	148. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll	139. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll	1610. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll	811. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll	1012. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll	913. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1214. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1715. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll	1116. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1417. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll	1818. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll	2019. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll	1920. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll	2221. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll	NR22. Clemson, unranked in the AP poll	NR23. Florida, unranked in the AP poll	2524. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll	NR25. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll