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 4

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	–	Mississippi State	SEC	4-0	1,764	+32.6
2	–	Miami	ACC	4-0	1,745	+21.2
3	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	4-0	1,742	+25.9
4	▲2	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1,734	+41.2
5	▼1	Alabama	SEC	4-0	1,727	+24.3
6	▲3	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-0	1,716	+29.4
7	▲8	Florida	SEC	4-0	1,715	+51.5
8	▲5	Texas	SEC	4-0	1,708	+38.3
9	▼1	BYU	Big 12	3-0	1,689	0.0
10	▲10	Georgia	SEC	4-0	1,682	+41.5
11	–	Duke	ACC	4-0	1,680	+4.1
12	▼2	North Dakota State	Mountain West	4-0	1,678	0.0
13	▲16	Nebraska	Big Ten	4-0	1,675	+57.8
14	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	4-0	1,669	+26.6
15	▲15	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1,668	+50.9
16	▲12	Indiana	Big Ten	4-0	1,663	+44.9
17	–	Pittsburgh	ACC	4-0	1,659	+4.6
18	▲13	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-0	1,653	+36.8
19	▲4	South Florida	American Athletic	4-0	1,651	+16.0
20	▲4	Texas Tech	Big 12	4-0	1,648	+22.4
21	▲6	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-0	1,647	+26.8
22	▲4	Iowa	Big Ten	4-0	1,645	+24.1
23	▲14	Clemson	ACC	3-1	1,644	+49.5
24	▲17	Boise State	Pac-12	3-1	1,644	+68.2
25	▼13	Missouri	SEC	3-1	1,641	-32.6
26	▲8	Ohio State	Big Ten	3-1	1,640	+37.8
27	▲5	Fresno State	Pac-12	3-1	1,629	+18.8
28	▼21	Penn State	Big Ten	3-1	1,628	-64.2
29	▲23	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	1,621	+88.4
30	▼16	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	1,618	-51.5
31	▲9	UCF	Big 12	3-1	1,615	+35.7
32	▼11	Michigan	Big Ten	3-1	1,614	-24.1
33	▲10	LSU	SEC	3-1	1,608	+41.0
34	▼29	USC	Big Ten	4-1	1,607	-94.3
35	▼16	Tennessee	SEC	3-1	1,604	-38.3
36	▲10	Kentucky	SEC	3-1	1,599	+42.5
37	▲7	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	3-1	1,591	+24.9
38	▲9	Baylor	Big 12	3-1	1,588	+31.5
39	▼14	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	1,585	-36.8
40	▲10	Houston	Big 12	3-1	1,584	+39.1
41	▲40	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	1,583	+94.3
42	▲13	Auburn	SEC	3-1	1,575	+49.2
43	▲16	Liberty	Conference USA	3-1	1,571	+47.9
44	▲9	Louisiana	Sun Belt	3-1	1,569	+39.0
45	▲11	Wake Forest	ACC	3-1	1,569	+44.6
46	▼30	West Virginia	Big 12	3-1	1,567	-88.4
47	▼14	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-1	1,561	-49.2
48	▲29	Wisconsin	Big Ten	3-1	1,558	+64.2
49	▲18	Minnesota	Big Ten	3-1	1,558	+49.4
50	▲24	Virginia	ACC	3-1	1,555	+52.9
51	▼16	Northwestern	Big Ten	2-1	1,555	-44.9
52	▲19	New Mexico	Mountain West	3-1	1,551	+43.6
53	▼4	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-1	1,550	+2.8
54	▲19	UTSA	American Athletic	3-1	1,549	+44.7
55	▼19	Washington	Big Ten	3-1	1,548	-49.4
56	▼17	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	1,544	-41.5
57	▼35	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-1	1,544	-92.7
58	▲18	Arizona	Big 12	3-1	1,542	+47.0
59	▲9	Georgia State	Sun Belt	3-1	1,527	+19.1
60	▲1	Memphis	American Athletic	3-1	1,521	0.0
61	▲19	SMU	ACC	3-1	1,519	+28.5
62	▼24	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	1,519	-69.4
63	–	Arizona State	Big 12	2-1	1,517	0.0
64	▼19	Louisville	ACC	2-2	1,516	-44.6
65	▲18	Toledo	Mid-American	3-1	1,515	+36.5
66	▲22	Army	American Athletic	2-1	1,506	+50.0
67	▲24	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	3-2	1,505	+54.3
68	▲7	North Carolina	ACC	2-1	1,501	0.0
69	▼27	Western Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	1,500	-68.2
70	▼19	TCU	Big 12	2-2	1,500	-35.7
71	▼9	South Carolina	SEC	2-2	1,496	-24.3
72	▼24	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-2	1,492	-57.8
73	▲16	Air Force	Mountain West	2-1	1,492	+40.7
74	▼8	Central Michigan	Mid-American	2-2	1,491	-21.2
75	▲9	Texas State	Pac-12	2-2	1,490	+11.9
76	▲25	NC State	ACC	2-2	1,487	+69.4
77	▼23	Maryland	Big Ten	2-2	1,484	-41.2
78	▼18	Illinois	Big Ten	2-2	1,484	-37.8
79	▼22	UConn	FBS Independents	2-2	1,483	-40.6
80	▲17	UNLV	Mountain West	2-2	1,483	+59.7
81	▲4	Florida State	ACC	2-2	1,478	+12.7
82	▲5	Florida International	Conference USA	2-2	1,476	+12.9
83	▼25	Iowa State	Big 12	2-2	1,473	-50.9
84	▼15	Texas A&M	SEC	2-2	1,467	-41.0
85	▼15	South Alabama	Sun Belt	2-2	1,465	-42.5
86	▼21	Delaware	Conference USA	2-2	1,463	-52.9
87	▼9	Boston College	ACC	2-2	1,463	-29.4
88	▼24	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-2	1,463	-54.3
89	▲10	UAB	American Athletic	2-2	1,462	+43.9
90	▲34	Arkansas	SEC	2-2	1,462	+92.7
91	▲1	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	1,461	+14.0
92	▲1	Tulane	American Athletic	2-2	1,461	+19.8
93	▲21	Oregon State	Pac-12	2-2	1,461	+72.2
94	▲6	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-2	1,459	+40.6
95	▲8	Stanford	ACC	2-2	1,451	+39.0
96	▼6	San José State	Mountain West	2-2	1,451	0.0
97	▼18	California	ACC	2-2	1,443	-49.5
98	▲13	Kent State	Mid-American	2-2	1,440	+43.6
99	▼17	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-2	1,437	-44.7
100	▼14	Colorado	Big 12	2-2	1,432	-31.5
101	▲1	North Texas	American Athletic	2-2	1,432	+16.4
102	▼30	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	1,430	-74.5
103	▲19	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-2	1,429	+59.6
104	–	Ohio	Mid-American	2-2	1,425	+17.0
105	▲11	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-2	1,416	+29.4
106	▼12	Purdue	Big Ten	1-3	1,412	-25.9
107	▲5	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-2	1,404	+10.8
108	▼12	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-3	1,403	-22.4
109	–	Syracuse	ACC	1-2	1,403	0.0
110	▼15	Navy	American Athletic	1-2	1,390	-43.9
111	▲4	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	1-2	1,387	0.0
112	▲23	Utah State	Pac-12	1-3	1,383	+74.5
113	▲15	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	2-3	1,376	+22.0
114	▼7	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	1,365	-39.0
115	▲2	Rice	American Athletic	1-3	1,364	-18.8
116	▼18	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-3	1,363	-59.6
117	▲15	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-3	1,363	+23.7
118	▼10	Washington State	Pac-12	1-3	1,356	-47.0
119	▼13	Temple	American Athletic	1-3	1,354	-50.0
120	▼7	San Diego State	Pac-12	1-3	1,354	-36.5
121	▼3	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-3	1,352	-29.4
122	▲7	Kansas	Big 12	1-2	1,349	0.0
123	▼13	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-3	1,349	-47.9
124	▲10	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-3	1,349	+25.4
125	▼5	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-3	1,346	-28.5
126	▼3	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-3	1,343	-26.6
127	▼8	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	1-3	1,337	-39.1
128	▼23	UTEP	Mountain West	1-3	1,333	-72.2
129	▼8	Ball State	Mid-American	1-3	1,328	-43.6
130	▼5	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	1,326	-40.7
131	▼1	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-4	1,322	-26.8
132	▲1	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	1,312	-19.8
133	▼6	New Mexico State	Conference USA	1-3	1,311	-43.6
134	▼3	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-4	1,309	-39.0
135	▼9	Akron	Mid-American	1-3	1,307	-59.7
136	–	Bowling Green	Mid-American	0-4	1,278	-16.0
137	▲1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	1,255	-19.1
138	▼1	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-4	1,254	-24.9

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.