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 5

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲4	Alabama	SEC	5-0	1,803	+75.4
2	–	Miami	ACC	5-0	1,797	+52.1
3	–	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	5-0	1,770	+27.5
4	–	UCLA	Big Ten	4-0	1,734	0.0
5	▲4	BYU	Big 12	4-0	1,719	+30.0
6	▲4	Georgia	SEC	5-0	1,714	+32.0
7	▲19	Ohio State	Big Ten	4-1	1,710	+70.2
8	–	Texas	SEC	4-0	1,708	0.0
9	▲16	Missouri	SEC	4-1	1,704	+63.3
10	▲4	James Madison	Sun Belt	5-0	1,701	+32.2
11	▲2	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-0	1,699	+23.4
12	▲5	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-0	1,698	+39.0
13	▼1	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-0	1,696	+17.8
14	▼13	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	1,688	-75.4
15	▲1	Indiana	Big Ten	5-0	1,685	+22.1
16	▲4	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	1,683	+34.0
17	▼6	Duke	ACC	4-0	1,680	0.0
18	▼12	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-1	1,677	-39.0
19	▼4	Utah	Big 12	4-0	1,668	0.0
20	▲4	Boise State	Pac-12	4-1	1,660	+16.8
21	▲6	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-1	1,656	+26.6
22	▼15	Florida	SEC	4-1	1,652	-63.3
23	▲15	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	1,645	+57.3
24	▲11	Tennessee	SEC	4-1	1,644	+40.0
25	▲9	USC	Big Ten	5-1	1,634	+27.1
26	▲14	Houston	Big 12	4-1	1,633	+48.9
27	▲16	Liberty	Conference USA	4-1	1,621	+50.2
28	▲1	Oklahoma State	Big 12	3-1	1,621	0.0
29	▲22	Northwestern	Big Ten	3-1	1,618	+63.1
30	–	Ole Miss	SEC	3-1	1,618	0.0
31	▲5	Kentucky	SEC	4-1	1,616	+17.2
32	▲1	LSU	SEC	4-1	1,614	+6.0
33	▲25	Arizona	Big 12	4-1	1,611	+69.6
34	▲15	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-1	1,603	+45.5
35	▲10	Wake Forest	ACC	4-1	1,601	+32.3
36	▲1	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	4-1	1,598	+6.5
37	▲11	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	1,598	+39.9
38	▼15	Clemson	ACC	3-2	1,592	-52.1
39	▲5	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-1	1,586	+16.5
40	▼1	Kansas State	Big 12	3-1	1,585	0.0
41	▼23	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-1	1,583	-69.6
42	▼1	Oregon	Big Ten	3-1	1,583	0.0
43	▼24	South Florida	American Athletic	4-1	1,581	-69.9
44	▼22	Iowa	Big Ten	4-1	1,575	-70.2
45	▲7	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-1	1,571	+20.7
46	▼14	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	1,569	-45.5
47	▲7	UTSA	American Athletic	4-1	1,568	+19.1
48	▼17	UCF	Big 12	3-2	1,566	-48.9
49	▼21	Penn State	Big Ten	3-2	1,565	-63.1
50	▲10	Memphis	American Athletic	4-1	1,556	+34.6
51	▲10	SMU	ACC	4-1	1,555	+35.2
52	▲13	Toledo	Mid-American	4-1	1,552	+37.1
53	▲6	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-1	1,551	+24.1
54	▲2	Oklahoma	SEC	2-2	1,544	0.0
55	▼34	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-1	1,543	-104.1
56	▲25	Florida State	ACC	3-2	1,542	+63.9
57	▼15	Auburn	SEC	3-2	1,535	-40.0
58	▲11	Western Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	1,531	+31.4
59	▼12	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-2	1,529	-32.0
60	▼14	West Virginia	Big 12	3-2	1,528	-39.6
61	▲32	Oregon State	Pac-12	3-2	1,526	+65.4
62	▼7	Washington	Big Ten	3-2	1,521	-27.1
63	▲13	NC State	ACC	3-2	1,520	+32.8
64	▲16	UNLV	Mountain West	3-2	1,519	+36.1
65	▼3	App State	Sun Belt	3-1	1,519	0.0
66	▼13	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-2	1,518	-32.2
67	▲17	Texas A&M	SEC	3-2	1,517	+49.8
68	▲5	Air Force	Mountain West	3-1	1,516	+24.7
69	▲5	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-2	1,515	+24.2
70	▼13	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-2	1,515	-28.9
71	▲12	Iowa State	Big 12	3-2	1,512	+39.6
72	▼5	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	3-2	1,505	0.0
73	▼23	Virginia	ACC	3-2	1,491	-63.9
74	▲22	San José State	Mountain West	3-2	1,487	+35.8
75	▲10	South Alabama	Sun Belt	3-2	1,486	+21.3
76	▼12	Louisville	ACC	2-3	1,483	-32.8
77	▲36	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	1,481	+104.1
78	▼7	South Carolina	SEC	2-3	1,478	-17.2
79	▲27	Purdue	Big Ten	2-3	1,476	+64.1
80	▲2	Florida International	Conference USA	2-2	1,476	0.0
81	▲8	UAB	American Athletic	3-2	1,475	+12.9
82	▼14	North Carolina	ACC	2-2	1,474	-27.5
83	▼17	Army	American Athletic	2-2	1,471	-35.2
84	▼14	TCU	Big 12	2-3	1,470	-30.0
85	▲19	Ohio	Mid-American	3-2	1,468	+42.5
86	▲5	East Carolina	American Athletic	2-2	1,461	0.0
87	▲5	Tulane	American Athletic	2-2	1,461	0.0
88	▼11	Maryland	Big Ten	2-3	1,461	-23.4
89	▲12	North Texas	American Athletic	3-2	1,460	+28.9
90	▼27	Arizona State	Big 12	2-2	1,460	-57.3
91	▼12	UConn	FBS Independents	2-3	1,456	-27.4
92	▼17	Texas State	Pac-12	2-3	1,453	-36.6
93	▼21	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-3	1,452	-39.9
94	▲15	Syracuse	ACC	2-2	1,430	+27.4
95	▲7	Troy	Sun Belt	2-2	1,430	0.0
96	▼9	Boston College	ACC	2-3	1,428	-35.2
97	▲22	Temple	American Athletic	2-3	1,424	+69.9
98	▲13	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	2-2	1,422	+35.2
99	▼21	Illinois	Big Ten	2-3	1,420	-64.1
100	▲22	Kansas	Big 12	2-2	1,419	+70.0
101	▼6	Stanford	ACC	2-3	1,418	-32.3
102	▼16	Delaware	Conference USA	2-3	1,413	-50.2
103	▼13	Arkansas	SEC	2-3	1,412	-49.8
104	▼1	Wyoming	Mountain West	2-3	1,412	-17.8
105	▼8	California	ACC	2-3	1,407	-36.1
106	▲2	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-3	1,403	0.0
107	▼2	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-3	1,400	-16.5
108	▼8	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	1,398	-34.0
109	▼11	Kent State	Mid-American	2-3	1,397	-42.5
110	▼16	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	2-3	1,396	-63.0
111	▲16	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-3	1,393	+56.6
112	▼24	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-3	1,393	-70.0
113	▲7	San Diego State	Pac-12	2-3	1,390	+36.6
114	▼7	Buffalo	Mid-American	2-3	1,373	-31.4
115	▼16	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-3	1,372	-65.4
116	▲17	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2-3	1,370	+59.4
117	▼5	Utah State	Pac-12	1-4	1,367	-16.8
118	▼8	Navy	American Athletic	1-3	1,366	-24.7
119	▼5	Georgia Tech	ACC	1-3	1,365	0.0
120	▲1	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-3	1,352	0.0
121	▲4	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-3	1,346	0.0
122	▼7	Rice	American Athletic	1-4	1,345	-19.1
123	▲13	Bowling Green	Mid-American	1-4	1,341	+63.0
124	▼6	Washington State	Pac-12	1-4	1,329	-26.6
125	▼9	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-4	1,327	-35.8
126	▼2	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	1,327	-22.1
127	▲3	Nevada	Mountain West	1-3	1,326	0.0
128	▲3	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-4	1,322	0.0
129	▼3	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	1-4	1,319	-24.1
130	▼2	UTEP	Mountain West	1-4	1,312	-20.7
131	▲1	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-3	1,312	0.0
132	▼15	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	1-4	1,303	-59.4
133	▼10	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	1-4	1,293	-56.6
134	▼5	Ball State	Mid-American	1-4	1,291	-37.1
135	–	Akron	Mid-American	1-4	1,283	-24.2
136	▼2	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-5	1,275	-34.6
137	–	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-4	1,255	0.0
138	–	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-5	1,233	-21.3

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.