Rankings

Every week of the season as it was published, from the games played up to then. Every team started the season at 1500.

2026 Week 2

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲1	USC	Big Ten	3-0	1,681	+48.8
2	▲6	Alabama	SEC	2-0	1,665	+88.7
3	▲13	Mississippi State	SEC	2-0	1,665	+88.7
4	▲18	Penn State	Big Ten	2-0	1,665	+88.7
5	▼1	UCLA	Big Ten	2-0	1,659	+54.9
6	▲1	North Dakota State	Mountain West	3-0	1,651	+64.9
7	▼1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	2-0	1,648	+58.0
8	▲22	Duke	ACC	2-0	1,642	+69.3
9	▲6	LSU	SEC	2-0	1,637	+61.3
10	▲16	Texas A&M	SEC	2-0	1,637	+61.3
11	▼8	Miami	ACC	2-0	1,629	+8.3
12	▲19	Tulsa	American Athletic	2-0	1,628	+55.9
13	▲22	South Florida	American Athletic	2-0	1,627	+60.1
14	▲51	Maryland	Big Ten	2-0	1,620	+104.1
15	▲53	Missouri	SEC	2-0	1,620	+104.1
16	▲12	Wake Forest	ACC	2-0	1,620	+44.0
17	▲6	Pittsburgh	ACC	2-0	1,619	+43.6
18	▲16	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-0	1,618	+52.1
19	▲38	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-0	1,615	+99.4
20	▼6	Iowa	Big Ten	2-0	1,612	+36.3
21	▼16	Massachusetts	Mid-American	2-0	1,612	+9.2
22	▼5	Nebraska	Big Ten	2-0	1,609	+32.8
23	▲55	Tennessee	SEC	2-0	1,607	+91.1
24	▲19	Auburn	SEC	2-0	1,602	+72.3
25	–	Texas	SEC	2-0	1,601	+25.3
26	▲14	Ole Miss	SEC	2-0	1,598	+45.2
27	▲19	Michigan	Big Ten	2-0	1,596	+70.3
28	▲54	Utah	Big 12	2-0	1,592	+75.9
29	▲56	Virginia Tech	ACC	2-0	1,592	+75.9
30	▲49	Texas Tech	Big 12	2-0	1,589	+73.4
31	▲1	Washington	Big Ten	2-0	1,587	+15.0
32	▼23	Cincinnati	Big 12	2-0	1,587	+10.6
33	▼23	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-0	1,587	+10.6
34	▼23	Florida	SEC	2-0	1,587	+10.6
35	▼22	Indiana	Big Ten	2-0	1,587	+10.6
36	▼17	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-0	1,587	+10.6
37	▼13	South Carolina	SEC	2-0	1,587	+10.6
38	▼11	Virginia	ACC	2-0	1,587	+10.6
39	▲14	BYU	Big 12	2-0	1,584	+68.1
40	▼11	SMU	ACC	2-0	1,583	+10.8
41	▼8	Houston	Big 12	2-0	1,582	+10.9
42	▲42	Vanderbilt	SEC	2-0	1,580	+64.5
43	▼7	North Carolina	ACC	2-0	1,575	+11.3
44	▲39	UTSA	American Athletic	2-0	1,573	+57.3
45	▼8	James Madison	Sun Belt	2-0	1,572	+11.6
46	▼7	West Virginia	Big 12	2-0	1,572	+11.6
47	▲13	Kansas State	Big 12	2-0	1,571	+54.8
48	▲7	Georgia	SEC	2-0	1,570	+54.1
49	▲52	Boise State	Pac-12	1-1	1,565	+124.6
50	▼2	App State	Sun Belt	2-0	1,564	+47.6
51	▼10	Troy	Sun Belt	2-0	1,557	+12.6
52	▼32	Ohio State	Big Ten	1-1	1,551	-25.3
53	▼11	Colorado	Big 12	2-0	1,548	+13.3
54	▼10	San José State	Mountain West	2-1	1,540	+12.0
55	▲68	North Texas	American Athletic	1-1	1,526	+101.9
56	▲49	Florida International	Conference USA	1-1	1,523	+89.6
57	▲43	Fresno State	Pac-12	1-1	1,521	+79.0
58	▲57	Clemson	ACC	1-1	1,521	+96.6
59	▲49	Oklahoma State	Big 12	1-1	1,518	+90.3
60	▲26	Northwestern	Big Ten	1-0	1,516	0.0
61	▼60	Memphis	American Athletic	2-1	1,511	-124.6
62	▼50	Illinois	Big Ten	1-1	1,507	-69.3
63	▲54	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	1-1	1,506	+81.9
64	▼43	Oklahoma	SEC	1-1	1,506	-70.3
65	▲23	Florida State	ACC	1-1	1,503	0.0
66	▲23	Western Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	1,493	+18.2
67	▲42	Tulane	American Athletic	1-1	1,493	+65.0
68	▲22	Baylor	Big 12	1-1	1,489	+18.6
69	▲58	UAB	American Athletic	1-1	1,481	+57.3
70	▼12	Iowa State	Big 12	1-1	1,480	-36.3
71	▲42	Boston College	ACC	1-1	1,479	+54.8
72	▲63	California	ACC	1-1	1,474	+78.0
73	▲46	Marshall	Sun Belt	1-1	1,474	+49.4
74	▲6	UCF	Big 12	1-1	1,472	-43.6
75	▼4	Purdue	Big Ten	1-1	1,472	-44.0
76	▼38	Oregon	Big Ten	1-1	1,470	-90.3
77	▲20	Louisville	ACC	1-1	1,468	+21.0
78	▼15	Louisiana	Sun Belt	1-1	1,467	-48.8
79	▼13	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	1-1	1,467	-49.4
80	▲45	Ohio	Mid-American	1-1	1,465	+40.6
81	▲18	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-1	1,464	+21.4
82	▲20	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-1	1,462	+21.7
83	▼10	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-1	1,461	-54.9
84	▲20	TCU	Big 12	1-1	1,458	+22.2
85	▼13	Rice	American Athletic	1-1	1,458	-58.0
86	▲20	Toledo	Mid-American	1-1	1,456	+22.4
87	▼35	Army	American Athletic	1-1	1,456	-60.1
88	▼38	Arizona State	Big 12	1-1	1,455	-61.3
89	▼25	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-1	1,455	-61.3
90	▼36	Delaware	Conference USA	1-1	1,451	-64.5
91	▼44	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	1,451	-64.9
92	▼18	South Alabama	Sun Belt	1-1	1,451	-65.0
93	▼44	Arizona	Big 12	1-1	1,448	-68.1
94	▲17	Akron	Mid-American	1-1	1,448	+23.5
95	▲17	Ball State	Mid-American	1-1	1,448	+23.5
96	▲22	Kent State	Mid-American	1-1	1,448	+23.5
97	▲23	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-1	1,448	+23.5
98	▲23	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-1	1,448	+23.5
99	▲23	NC State	ACC	1-1	1,448	+23.5
100	▲29	UTEP	Mountain West	1-1	1,448	+23.5
101	▲2	Liberty	Conference USA	1-1	1,447	+7.2
102	▼4	Stanford	ACC	1-1	1,446	0.0
103	▼28	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-1	1,444	-72.3
104	▲27	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-1	1,443	+19.4
105	▼54	Arkansas	SEC	1-1	1,440	-75.9
106	▼36	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-1	1,440	-75.9
107	▲7	Central Michigan	Mid-American	1-1	1,438	+13.9
108	▼32	Syracuse	ACC	1-1	1,438	-78.0
109	▲24	Wisconsin	Big Ten	1-1	1,435	+25.2
110	▼41	Navy	American Athletic	1-1	1,434	-81.9
111	▼49	Kentucky	SEC	1-1	1,427	-88.7
112	▼45	Minnesota	Big Ten	1-1	1,427	-88.7
113	▼36	Temple	American Athletic	1-1	1,427	-88.7
114	▼69	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	1,424	-101.9
115	▲23	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	1,422	+92.9
116	▼29	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-1	1,421	-89.6
117	▼61	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-1	1,419	-96.6
118	▼100	Nevada	Mountain West	1-1	1,417	-158.7
119	▼58	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-1	1,417	-99.4
120	▼28	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-2	1,413	-52.1
121	▼62	Kansas	Big 12	1-1	1,412	-104.1
122	▼41	UConn	FBS Independents	1-1	1,412	-104.1
123	▼28	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	1-2	1,407	-40.6
124	▼31	Sam Houston	Conference USA	0-2	1,399	-55.9
125	▼9	East Carolina	American Athletic	0-2	1,376	-47.6
126	▼32	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-2	1,376	-79.0
127	▼36	Georgia Tech	ACC	0-2	1,374	-91.1
128	▲4	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-2	1,373	-45.2
129	▼19	Washington State	Pac-12	0-2	1,373	-54.8
130	–	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-2	1,370	-54.1
131	▼3	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-2	1,367	-57.3
132	▼6	Texas State	Pac-12	0-2	1,367	-57.3
133	▼26	Oregon State	Pac-12	0-2	1,356	-73.4
134	▼38	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-2	1,355	-92.9
135	▼1	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-2	1,343	-54.8
136	–	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-2	1,337	-32.8
137	–	Utah State	Pac-12	0-2	1,334	-15.0
138	▼14	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-2	1,321	-103.2

2026 season

Points by week. Each week is computed from the games played up to then, so it shows what the rankings said at the time.

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Notre Dame
Georgia
Indiana
Boise State
BYU
LSU
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Results from cfbfastR-data, published Sunday mornings during the season and checked again Tuesday.