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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	22. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	33. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	44. Miami, No. 4 in the AP poll	65. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll	56. Ohio State, No. 5 in the AP poll	87. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll	78. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll	109. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll	910. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1111. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1212. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1313. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll	1414. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll	1515. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll	1616. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll	1717. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll	1818. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll	2319. UCLA, No. 23 in the AP poll	2120. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll	NR21. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll	NR22. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll	2023. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll	2524. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll	NR25. Virginia Tech, unranked in the AP poll
Week 4September 20	11. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll	22. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	33. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	54. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	45. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll	66. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll	77. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll	88. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll	99. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll	1110. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll	1011. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll	1312. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll	1213. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll	1414. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll	1515. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll	1616. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll	1717. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll	1818. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll	1919. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll	NR20. Kentucky, unranked in the AP poll	2221. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll	2022. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll	2323. Texas A&M, No. 23 in the AP poll	NR24. West Virginia, unranked in the AP poll	2425. Mississippi State, No. 24 in the AP poll
Week 3September 13	11. Texas, No. 1 in the AP poll	22. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	33. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	44. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll	65. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll	56. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll	77. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll	88. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll	99. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll	1010. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll	1211. USC, No. 12 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	1615. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll	1516. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll	1717. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll	1918. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll	1819. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll	2220. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll	2021. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll	2422. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll	NR23. Washington, unranked in the AP poll	2324. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll	2525. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll
Week 2September 8	11. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	22. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	43. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll	34. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	75. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	86. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll	67. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll	58. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	109. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll	910. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1111. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll	1312. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll	1213. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll	1414. USC, No. 14 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	1719. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll	2020. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll	2121. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll	2322. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll	2523. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll	2424. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll	NR25. Michigan, unranked in the AP poll
PreseasonAugust 17	11. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	22. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll	33. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll	44. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll	55. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll	76. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	67. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll	98. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	89. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll	1110. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1211. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1312. Alabama, No. 13 in the AP poll	1013. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll	1414. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll	1415. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll	1616. Michigan, No. 16 in the AP poll	1817. Penn State, No. 18 in the AP poll	1718. Washington, No. 17 in the AP poll	1919. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll	2120. Utah, No. 21 in the AP poll	2221. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll	2022. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll	2423. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll	2324. Houston, No. 23 in the AP poll	2525. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll