Matthew McGavic

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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	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	97. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	118. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	129. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1010. BYU, No. 10 in the AP poll	711. Alabama, No. 7 in the AP poll	1312. Utah, No. 13 in the AP poll	1413. Iowa, No. 14 in the AP poll	1514. Oregon, No. 15 in the AP poll	815. Florida, No. 8 in the AP poll	1616. Mississippi State, No. 16 in the AP poll	1717. Tennessee, No. 17 in the AP poll	2018. Houston, No. 20 in the AP poll	1819. USC, No. 18 in the AP poll	NR20. Penn State, unranked in the AP poll	1921. Oklahoma State, No. 19 in the AP poll	2122. SMU, No. 21 in the AP poll	2523. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll	2224. Boise State, No. 22 in the AP poll	NR25. Louisville, 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	74. Ohio State, No. 7 in the AP poll	45. Ole Miss, No. 4 in the AP poll	56. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	67. Miami, No. 6 in the AP poll	118. Texas Tech, No. 11 in the AP poll	99. BYU, No. 9 in the AP poll	1410. Tennessee, No. 14 in the AP poll	1011. LSU, No. 10 in the AP poll	812. Alabama, No. 8 in the AP poll	1513. Utah, No. 15 in the AP poll	1614. Louisville, No. 16 in the AP poll	1315. Penn State, No. 13 in the AP poll	1216. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll	1717. Iowa, No. 17 in the AP poll	1918. Missouri, No. 19 in the AP poll	2319. Texas A&M, No. 23 in the AP poll	2220. SMU, No. 22 in the AP poll	2021. Oregon, No. 20 in the AP poll	1822. Michigan, No. 18 in the AP poll	2523. Houston, No. 25 in the AP poll	2424. Mississippi State, No. 24 in the AP poll	2125. Florida, No. 21 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	64. Ohio State, No. 6 in the AP poll	55. Miami, No. 5 in the AP poll	46. Indiana, No. 4 in the AP poll	77. LSU, No. 7 in the AP poll	88. Ole Miss, No. 8 in the AP poll	119. BYU, No. 11 in the AP poll	910. Texas A&M, No. 9 in the AP poll	1311. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll	1212. USC, No. 12 in the AP poll	1013. Alabama, No. 10 in the AP poll	1514. Tennessee, No. 15 in the AP poll	2015. Missouri, No. 20 in the AP poll	1616. SMU, No. 16 in the AP poll	1717. Utah, No. 17 in the AP poll	1418. Penn State, No. 14 in the AP poll	1819. Iowa, No. 18 in the AP poll	2220. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll	2321. Louisville, No. 23 in the AP poll	2522. Virginia, No. 25 in the AP poll	1923. Michigan, No. 19 in the AP poll	2424. Oklahoma, No. 24 in the AP poll	NR25. Boise State, unranked in the AP poll
Week 2September 8	11. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	42. Texas, No. 4 in the AP poll	33. Notre Dame, No. 3 in the AP poll	24. Georgia, No. 2 in the AP poll	85. LSU, No. 8 in the AP poll	76. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	67. Oregon, No. 6 in the AP poll	98. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	59. Indiana, No. 5 in the AP poll	1110. Oklahoma, No. 11 in the AP poll	1011. Texas A&M, No. 10 in the AP poll	1512. BYU, No. 15 in the AP poll	1313. Texas Tech, No. 13 in the AP poll	1414. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll	1615. Penn State, No. 16 in the AP poll	1216. Alabama, No. 12 in the AP poll	2117. Iowa, No. 21 in the AP poll	2318. Missouri, No. 23 in the AP poll	1919. Washington, No. 19 in the AP poll	2020. Utah, No. 20 in the AP poll	1821. Tennessee, No. 18 in the AP poll	1722. SMU, No. 17 in the AP poll	NR23. South Carolina, unranked in the AP poll	NR24. Florida, unranked in the AP poll	2225. Houston, No. 22 in the AP poll
PreseasonAugust 17	11. Ohio State, No. 1 in the AP poll	22. Oregon, No. 2 in the AP poll	53. Texas, No. 5 in the AP poll	44. Notre Dame, No. 4 in the AP poll	35. Georgia, No. 3 in the AP poll	66. Indiana, No. 6 in the AP poll	77. Miami, No. 7 in the AP poll	88. Texas A&M, No. 8 in the AP poll	99. Ole Miss, No. 9 in the AP poll	1110. LSU, No. 11 in the AP poll	1211. Texas Tech, No. 12 in the AP poll	1012. Oklahoma, No. 10 in the AP poll	1413. BYU, No. 14 in the AP poll	1414. USC, No. 14 in the AP poll	1315. Alabama, No. 13 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	2519. Missouri, No. 25 in the AP poll	2220. Iowa, No. 22 in the AP poll	2121. Utah, No. 21 in the AP poll	2422. Louisville, No. 24 in the AP poll	2023. Tennessee, No. 20 in the AP poll	1924. SMU, No. 19 in the AP poll	2325. Houston, No. 23 in the AP poll