Top 25
AP Top 25
Preseason · 2026
- 2
Big Ten
1,597pts
14 first-place votes
- 3
SEC
1,513pts
- 4
FBS Independents
1,510pts
6 first-place votes
- 5
SEC
1,483pts
- 6
Big Ten
1,440pts
8 first-place votes
- 7
ACC
1,379pts
1 first-place vote
- 8
SEC
1,131pts
- 9
SEC
1,102pts
- 10
SEC
1,047pts
- 11
SEC
988pts
- 12
Big 12
983pts
- 13
SEC
904pts
- 14
Big Ten
839pts
- 14
Big 12
839pts
- 16
Big Ten
718pts
- 17
Big Ten
501pts
- 18
Big Ten
482pts
- 19
ACC
434pts
- 20
SEC
394pts
- 21
Big 12
304pts
- 22
Big Ten
260pts
- 23
Big 12
252pts
- 24
ACC
194pts
- 25
SEC
117pts
Others Receiving Votes
Clemson112
Florida51
Boise State43
Arizona32
TCU11
Navy10
South Carolina10
Illinois9
Oklahoma State8
Vanderbilt8
Pittsburgh7
Virginia Tech6
Minnesota5
Georgia Tech4
Louisiana4
New Mexico4
UNLV4
Auburn3
James Madison3
California2
Memphis2
Liberty1
Tulane1
Virginia1
Western Michigan1
Coaches Poll
Preseason · 2026
- 2
Big Ten
1,637pts
6 first-place votes
- 3
SEC
1,591pts
7 first-place votes
- 4
SEC
1,544pts
2 first-place votes
- 5
FBS Independents
1,524pts
5 first-place votes
- 6
Big Ten
1,522pts
14 first-place votes
- 7
ACC
1,409pts
- 8
SEC
1,174pts
- 9
SEC
1,104pts
- 10
SEC
1,096pts
- 11
SEC
1,050pts
- 12
Big 12
1,034pts
- 13
SEC
951pts
- 14
Big Ten
838pts
- 15
Big 12
781pts
- 16
Big Ten
719pts
- 17
Big Ten
463pts
- 18
SEC
428pts
- 19
Big Ten
406pts
- 20
ACC
378pts
- 21
Big 12
313pts
- 22
Big Ten
291pts
- 23
ACC
235pts
- 24
Big 12
194pts
- 25
SEC
158pts
Others Receiving Votes
Louisville153- Florida147
- TCU63
- Illinois62
- Arizona50
- South Carolina50
- Virginia40
- Vanderbilt37
- Auburn29
- Georgia Tech26
- Boise State24
- Oklahoma State22
- UNLV17
Florida State13- North Carolina State13
Nebraska12- Virginia Tech12
- Memphis9
Arizona State8
Duke6- James Madison6
- New Mexico4
- Pittsburgh4
- Navy3
- Western Michigan3
San Diego State2- California1
- Hawaii1
Jacksonville State1
Kansas State1
AP Voter Ballots
| Voter | 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 |
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Adam Lichtenstein South Florida Sun-Sentinel | |  | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Alex Taylor Wyoming Tribune Eagle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |
Andy Kendeigh KETV-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Andy Yamashita The Seattle Times | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
BJ Rains 247Sports.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
Bob Asmussen Champaign News-Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Bob Ballou CBS Austin | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |
Brenna Greene KOIN TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Brett McMurphy Action Network | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | |
Brian Fonseca NJ Advance Media / Star-Ledger | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Brian Howell On3 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Cameron Cox KPNX-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chelsie Brown KCRG-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Chris Carter Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Chris Murray Nevada Sports Net | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Creg Stephenson Alabama Media Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |  |  |
Dave Preston WTOP Radio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
David Briggs Toledo Blade | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
David Jablonski Dayton Daily News | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |
David Paschall Chattanooga Times Free Press | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Dylan Sinn The Journal Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |  | |
Eric Hansen The South Bend Tribune | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Eric Johnson WSLS-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Garland Gillen WVUE-TV FOX 8 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Greg Luca San Antonio Express-News | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | |
Haley Sawyer Southern California News Group | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Henry Greenstein Lawrence Journal-World | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ian Kress WLNS-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Jamal St. Cyr WJXT-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Javon Edmonds Syracuse Post-Standard | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | | | | |
Jerry Humphrey AL.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Joe Arruda The Hartford Courant | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
John Johnson WXII-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Jon Wilner San Jose Mercury News | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  | | | |
Josh Furlong KSL | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Julian Mininsohn WKRN-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kate Rogerson WTVD | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Keara Bruno WCAV-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kevin Carter CBS Sports | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Kirk Bohls Houston Chronicle | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Kirk Kenney San Diego Union-Tribune | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Koki Riley The (Baton Rouge) Advocate | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |  |
Lee K. Howard WKYT-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Lia Assimakopoulos Dallas Morning News | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Louie Vaccher WildcatReport.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Madison Hricik The (Cedar Rapids) Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Matt McGavic WHAS-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Matt Murschel Orlando Sentinel | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Michael Katz Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mike Griffith AJC.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mike Hill Fox Sports | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Mike Jacques WMTV-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Murray Evans Lawton Constitution | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nick Jacobs KSHB-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Nicole Auerbach NBC Sports | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pat Welter WRAL-TV | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Pete Yanity WSPA | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ralph Russo The Athletic | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Randy Johnson Minneapolis Star Tribune | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Rece Davis ESPN | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ryan Zuke MLive.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Scott Hamilton WNKT | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Sean Reider Albuquerque Journal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Spencer Ripchik The Dominion Post | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Stephen Means Cleveland.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Tom Murphy Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Trevor Hass Boston.com | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Ty Hildenbrandt The Solid Verbal | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Zach Klein WSB | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |