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 3

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲2	Mississippi State	SEC	3-0	1,731	+66.5
2	▲9	Miami	ACC	3-0	1,724	+95.5
3	▲4	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	3-0	1,717	+68.5
4	▼2	Alabama	SEC	3-0	1,703	+38.4
5	▼4	USC	Big Ten	4-0	1,701	+19.4
6	▼1	UCLA	Big Ten	3-0	1,693	+34.2
7	▼3	Penn State	Big Ten	3-0	1,692	+27.3
8	▲31	BYU	Big 12	3-0	1,689	+104.8
9	▲20	Virginia Tech	ACC	3-0	1,686	+94.5
10	▼4	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	1,678	+26.3
11	▼3	Duke	ACC	3-0	1,676	+34.4
12	▲3	Missouri	SEC	3-0	1,673	+53.1
13	▲12	Texas	SEC	3-0	1,670	+68.9
14	▲12	Ole Miss	SEC	3-0	1,669	+70.6
15	▲19	Florida	SEC	3-0	1,663	+77.0
16	▲30	West Virginia	Big 12	3-0	1,656	+84.2
17	–	Pittsburgh	ACC	3-0	1,655	+35.0
18	▲27	James Madison	Sun Belt	3-0	1,643	+71.0
19	▲4	Tennessee	SEC	3-0	1,642	+35.2
20	▲28	Georgia	SEC	3-0	1,641	+70.9
21	▲6	Michigan	Big Ten	3-0	1,638	+42.7
22	▼10	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-0	1,636	+8.0
23	▼10	South Florida	American Athletic	3-0	1,635	+8.1
24	▲6	Texas Tech	Big 12	3-0	1,626	+36.8
25	▲22	Kansas State	Big 12	3-0	1,622	+51.3
26	▼6	Iowa	Big Ten	3-0	1,621	+8.7
27	▼6	Massachusetts	Mid-American	3-0	1,621	+8.7
28	▲7	Indiana	Big Ten	3-0	1,618	+31.2
29	▼7	Nebraska	Big Ten	3-0	1,618	+8.9
30	▼2	Utah	Big 12	3-0	1,617	+25.6
31	▲1	Cincinnati	Big 12	3-0	1,616	+29.3
32	▲25	Fresno State	Pac-12	2-1	1,611	+89.4
33	▲9	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-0	1,611	+30.1
34	▲18	Ohio State	Big Ten	2-1	1,602	+51.7
35	▲25	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-0	1,600	+84.1
36	▼5	Washington	Big Ten	3-0	1,597	+10.0
37	▲21	Clemson	ACC	2-1	1,595	+74.0
38	▲12	App State	Sun Belt	3-0	1,589	+25.1
39	▲25	Oklahoma	SEC	2-1	1,585	+79.6
40	▲34	UCF	Big 12	2-1	1,580	+107.2
41	▲8	Boise State	Pac-12	2-1	1,575	+10.8
42	▲24	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	1,568	+75.3
43	▼34	LSU	SEC	2-1	1,567	-70.6
44	▲19	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	2-1	1,567	+60.6
45	▲32	Louisville	ACC	2-1	1,560	+92.3
46	▲65	Kentucky	SEC	2-1	1,557	+129.4
47	▲21	Baylor	Big 12	2-1	1,556	+67.4
48	▼30	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-1	1,550	-68.5
49	▲24	Marshall	Sun Belt	2-1	1,547	+73.6
50	▼9	Houston	Big 12	2-1	1,545	-36.8
51	▲33	TCU	Big 12	2-1	1,536	+77.5
52	▲7	Oklahoma State	Big 12	2-1	1,532	+14.5
53	▲25	Louisiana	Sun Belt	2-1	1,530	+62.9
54	▼40	Maryland	Big Ten	2-1	1,526	-94.5
55	▼31	Auburn	SEC	2-1	1,525	-77.0
56	▼40	Wake Forest	ACC	2-1	1,524	-95.5
57	▲65	UConn	FBS Independents	2-1	1,524	+112.0
58	▲12	Iowa State	Big 12	2-1	1,523	+43.8
59	▲42	Liberty	Conference USA	2-1	1,523	+76.0
60	▲2	Illinois	Big Ten	2-1	1,522	+15.4
61	–	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	1,521	+10.0
62	▼25	South Carolina	SEC	2-1	1,520	-66.5
63	▲25	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	1,517	+62.5
64	▲15	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-1	1,517	+50.4
65	▲25	Delaware	Conference USA	2-1	1,516	+64.6
66	▲41	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-1	1,512	+73.7
67	▲45	Minnesota	Big Ten	2-1	1,508	+81.1
68	▼49	Georgia State	Sun Belt	2-1	1,508	-107.2
69	▼59	Texas A&M	SEC	2-1	1,508	-129.4
70	▲22	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-1	1,507	+56.5
71	▼35	New Mexico	Mountain West	2-1	1,507	-79.6
72	▼21	Troy	Sun Belt	2-1	1,504	-53.1
73	▼29	UTSA	American Athletic	2-1	1,504	-68.9
74	▼36	Virginia	ACC	2-1	1,502	-84.2
75	▼32	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	1,501	-74.0
76	▲17	Arizona	Big 12	2-1	1,495	+46.8
77	▲32	Wisconsin	Big Ten	2-1	1,494	+58.6
78	▼7	Boston College	ACC	2-1	1,492	+13.4
79	▼7	California	ACC	2-1	1,492	+18.3
80	▼40	SMU	ACC	2-1	1,491	-92.3
81	▼5	Oregon	Big Ten	2-1	1,488	+18.7
82	▼49	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-1	1,482	-104.8
83	▲3	Toledo	Mid-American	2-1	1,479	+22.9
84	▲48	Texas State	Pac-12	1-2	1,478	+110.9
85	▼20	Florida State	ACC	1-2	1,465	-38.4
86	▼33	Colorado	Big 12	2-1	1,464	-84.1
87	▼31	Florida International	Conference USA	1-2	1,463	-60.6
88	▼1	Army	American Athletic	1-1	1,456	0.0
89	▲2	Air Force	Mountain West	1-1	1,451	0.0
90	▼36	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	1,451	-89.4
91	▲32	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	2-2	1,450	+43.4
92	▲33	East Carolina	American Athletic	1-2	1,447	+70.8
93	▼26	Tulane	American Athletic	1-2	1,441	-51.3
94	▼19	Purdue	Big Ten	1-2	1,438	-34.2
95	▲15	Navy	American Athletic	1-1	1,434	0.0
96	▲28	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-2	1,426	+26.6
97	▲17	UNLV	Mountain West	1-2	1,424	0.0
98	▲17	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-2	1,422	0.0
99	▼30	UAB	American Athletic	1-2	1,419	-62.9
100	▼3	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	1-2	1,418	-29.3
101	▼2	NC State	ACC	1-2	1,418	-30.1
102	▼47	North Texas	American Athletic	1-2	1,415	-110.9
103	▼1	Stanford	ACC	1-2	1,412	-34.4
104	▼24	Ohio	Mid-American	1-2	1,408	-56.5
105	▼5	UTEP	Mountain West	1-2	1,405	-42.7
106	▲7	Temple	American Athletic	1-2	1,404	-22.9
107	▲20	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-2	1,404	+30.1
108	▲21	Washington State	Pac-12	1-2	1,403	+30.3
109	▼1	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	1,403	-35.0
110	▼28	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-2	1,397	-64.6
111	▼15	Kent State	Mid-American	1-2	1,396	-51.7
112	▲4	Buffalo	Mid-American	1-2	1,394	-27.3
113	▼30	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-2	1,390	-71.0
114	▲19	Oregon State	Pac-12	1-2	1,388	+32.8
115	▼26	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	1,387	-67.4
116	▼35	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	1-2	1,387	-77.5
117	▼32	Rice	American Athletic	1-2	1,383	-75.3
118	▲1	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-2	1,381	-35.2
119	▼2	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-2	1,376	-43.4
120	▼22	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-2	1,374	-73.6
121	▼26	Ball State	Mid-American	1-2	1,372	-76.0
122	▼18	Wyoming	Mountain West	1-2	1,370	-73.7
123	▼17	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-2	1,369	-70.8
124	▼19	Arkansas	SEC	1-2	1,369	-70.9
125	▼7	Nevada	Mountain West	1-2	1,367	-50.4
126	▼32	Akron	Mid-American	1-2	1,367	-81.1
127	▲7	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-2	1,355	0.0
128	▼8	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	1-3	1,354	-58.6
129	▼8	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	1,349	-62.5
130	▼4	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-3	1,349	-26.3
131	▼3	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-3	1,348	-25.1
132	▼2	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	0-3	1,339	-31.2
133	▼30	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-2	1,332	-112.0
134	▲1	Rutgers	Big Ten	0-3	1,323	-19.4
135	▲2	Utah State	Pac-12	0-3	1,309	-25.6
136	–	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-3	1,294	-43.8
137	▼6	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-3	1,279	-88.1
138	–	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-3	1,274	-46.8

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.

Miami
UCLA
Utah
Notre Dame
Georgia
Indiana
Boise State
BYU
LSU
Wake Forest

Results from cfbfastR-data, published Sunday mornings during the season and checked again Tuesday.