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 6

#	Move	Team	Conference	Record	Points	Week
1	▲1	Miami	ACC	5-0	1,797	0.0
2	▲1	Notre Dame	FBS Independents	6-0	1,781	+10.5
3	▲3	Georgia	SEC	6-0	1,764	+49.4
4	–	UCLA	Big Ten	5-0	1,756	+21.7
5	▼4	Alabama	SEC	5-1	1,753	-49.4
6	▼1	BYU	Big 12	5-0	1,740	+20.8
7	–	Ohio State	Big Ten	5-1	1,728	+17.7
8	▲1	Missouri	SEC	5-1	1,728	+23.8
9	▲6	Indiana	Big Ten	6-0	1,727	+42.5
10	–	James Madison	Sun Belt	6-0	1,715	+13.4
11	▲9	Boise State	Pac-12	5-1	1,715	+54.3
12	▲14	Houston	Big 12	5-1	1,694	+61.2
13	▲1	Mississippi State	SEC	4-1	1,688	0.0
14	▲5	Utah	Big 12	5-0	1,686	+17.8
15	▲1	Texas Tech	Big 12	5-0	1,683	0.0
16	▲9	USC	Big Ten	6-1	1,681	+47.4
17	▲13	Ole Miss	SEC	4-1	1,672	+54.3
18	▲6	Tennessee	SEC	5-1	1,669	+25.2
19	▲14	Arizona	Big 12	5-1	1,666	+55.1
20	▲8	Oklahoma State	Big 12	4-1	1,661	+39.8
21	▼13	Texas	SEC	4-1	1,657	-51.2
22	▲13	Wake Forest	ACC	5-1	1,657	+55.4
23	▼12	Nebraska	Big Ten	5-1	1,656	-42.5
24	▼1	Baylor	Big 12	4-1	1,645	0.0
25	▲2	Liberty	Conference USA	5-1	1,642	+20.6
26	▼13	North Dakota State	Mountain West	5-1	1,635	-60.5
27	▲17	Iowa	Big Ten	5-1	1,635	+60.2
28	▲3	Kentucky	SEC	5-1	1,633	+16.7
29	▼17	Pittsburgh	ACC	5-1	1,632	-65.9
30	▼1	Northwestern	Big Ten	4-1	1,630	+12.0
31	▼14	Duke	ACC	4-1	1,622	-58.0
32	▼14	Virginia Tech	ACC	4-2	1,610	-66.2
33	▲14	UTSA	American Athletic	5-1	1,610	+41.7
34	▼13	Fresno State	Pac-12	4-2	1,602	-54.3
35	▲1	Florida Atlantic	American Athletic	4-1	1,598	0.0
36	▲1	Wisconsin	Big Ten	4-1	1,598	0.0
37	▼5	LSU	SEC	4-2	1,597	-16.7
38	▲16	Oklahoma	SEC	3-2	1,595	+51.2
39	▲11	Memphis	American Athletic	5-1	1,593	+37.7
40	▼2	Clemson	ACC	3-2	1,592	0.0
41	–	Cincinnati	Big 12	4-1	1,583	0.0
42	▲22	UNLV	Mountain West	4-2	1,580	+60.5
43	▲35	South Carolina	SEC	3-3	1,573	+94.6
44	▲1	New Mexico	Mountain West	4-1	1,571	0.0
45	▲1	Michigan	Big Ten	3-2	1,569	0.0
46	▲12	Western Michigan	Mid-American	4-2	1,562	+30.2
47	▼5	Oregon	Big Ten	3-2	1,561	-21.7
48	▼9	Louisiana	Sun Belt	4-2	1,560	-26.0
49	▼27	Florida	SEC	4-2	1,557	-94.6
50	▲11	Oregon State	Pac-12	4-2	1,556	+30.0
51	–	SMU	ACC	4-1	1,555	0.0
52	▲1	Georgia State	Sun Belt	4-1	1,551	0.0
53	▲26	Purdue	Big Ten	3-3	1,548	+72.3
54	▲14	Air Force	Mountain West	4-1	1,544	+28.0
55	▲21	Louisville	ACC	3-3	1,543	+60.7
56	▲26	North Carolina	ACC	3-2	1,540	+65.9
57	▼14	South Florida	American Athletic	4-2	1,539	-41.7
58	▼1	Auburn	SEC	3-2	1,535	0.0
59	▼25	Minnesota	Big Ten	4-2	1,531	-72.3
60	▲15	South Alabama	Sun Belt	4-2	1,529	+43.2
61	▼13	UCF	Big 12	3-3	1,527	-39.8
62	▲23	Ohio	Mid-American	4-2	1,526	+58.6
63	▼23	Kansas State	Big 12	3-2	1,524	-61.2
64	▲8	Jacksonville State	Conference USA	4-2	1,519	+14.5
65	▼16	Penn State	Big Ten	3-3	1,517	-47.4
66	▲25	UConn	FBS Independents	3-3	1,517	+61.1
67	▲6	Virginia	ACC	4-2	1,515	+24.1
68	▼13	Massachusetts	Mid-American	4-2	1,513	-30.5
69	▲11	Florida International	Conference USA	3-2	1,510	+34.2
70	▲13	Army	American Athletic	3-2	1,500	+29.0
71	▲6	Eastern Michigan	Mid-American	4-3	1,499	+18.2
72	▲14	East Carolina	American Athletic	3-2	1,493	+32.1
73	▼6	Texas A&M	SEC	3-3	1,493	-23.8
74	▼3	Iowa State	Big 12	3-3	1,491	-20.8
75	▲15	Arizona State	Big 12	3-2	1,490	+30.4
76	▲13	North Texas	American Athletic	4-2	1,484	+24.0
77	▼21	Florida State	ACC	3-3	1,481	-60.7
78	▼19	Vanderbilt	SEC	3-3	1,475	-54.3
79	▲26	California	ACC	3-3	1,473	+66.2
80	▼20	West Virginia	Big 12	3-3	1,473	-55.1
81	▲3	TCU	Big 12	2-3	1,470	0.0
82	▲32	Buffalo	Mid-American	3-3	1,465	+92.5
83	▼20	NC State	ACC	3-3	1,464	-55.4
84	▲11	Troy	Sun Belt	3-2	1,462	+32.4
85	▼23	Washington	Big Ten	3-3	1,461	-60.2
86	▼34	Toledo	Mid-American	4-2	1,460	-92.5
87	▲17	Wyoming	Mountain West	3-3	1,460	+48.2
88	▼19	Central Michigan	Mid-American	3-3	1,456	-58.6
89	▲3	Texas State	Pac-12	2-3	1,453	0.0
90	▼20	Tulsa	American Athletic	3-3	1,452	-62.4
91	▲7	Louisiana Tech	Sun Belt	3-2	1,448	+26.0
92	▲7	Illinois	Big Ten	3-3	1,445	+24.9
93	▼5	Maryland	Big Ten	2-4	1,443	-17.7
94	▼28	Marshall	Sun Belt	3-3	1,442	-75.5
95	▼30	App State	Sun Belt	3-2	1,442	-77.2
96	▼22	San José State	Mountain West	3-3	1,438	-48.2
97	▼16	UAB	American Athletic	3-3	1,438	-37.7
98	▼11	Tulane	American Athletic	2-3	1,432	-29.0
99	▲19	Navy	American Athletic	2-3	1,428	+62.4
100	▼4	Boston College	ACC	2-3	1,428	0.0
101	▼8	Michigan State	Big Ten	2-4	1,427	-24.9
102	▲8	Miami (OH)	Mid-American	3-3	1,426	+30.5
103	▲16	Georgia Tech	ACC	2-3	1,423	+58.0
104	▼2	Delaware	Conference USA	2-3	1,413	0.0
105	▼4	Stanford	ACC	2-4	1,408	-10.5
106	▼12	Syracuse	ACC	2-3	1,406	-24.1
107	▼7	Kansas	Big 12	2-3	1,402	-17.8
108	–	Colorado	Big 12	2-3	1,398	0.0
109	▲20	Old Dominion	Sun Belt	2-4	1,396	+77.2
110	▲17	Nevada	Mountain West	2-3	1,393	+67.1
111	▲1	Middle Tennessee	Conference USA	2-3	1,393	0.0
112	▲11	Bowling Green	Mid-American	2-4	1,388	+47.5
113	▼10	Arkansas	SEC	2-4	1,387	-25.2
114	▼8	Sam Houston	Conference USA	1-4	1,383	-20.6
115	▲2	Utah State	Pac-12	2-4	1,381	+14.8
116	▼5	Georgia Southern	Sun Belt	2-4	1,380	-13.4
117	▼2	Colorado State	Pac-12	2-3	1,372	0.0
118	▲15	Coastal Carolina	Sun Belt	2-4	1,368	+75.5
119	▼10	Kent State	Mid-American	2-4	1,367	-30.2
120	▼23	Temple	American Athletic	2-4	1,363	-61.1
121	▲11	Western Kentucky	Conference USA	2-4	1,361	+57.8
122	▼9	San Diego State	Pac-12	2-4	1,360	-30.0
123	▼16	Arkansas State	Sun Belt	2-4	1,357	-43.2
124	▼4	Kennesaw State	Conference USA	1-4	1,337	-14.5
125	▼9	New Mexico State	Conference USA	2-4	1,336	-34.2
126	–	Rutgers	Big Ten	1-4	1,327	0.0
127	▼3	Washington State	Pac-12	1-5	1,315	-14.8
128	▼6	Rice	American Athletic	1-5	1,313	-32.1
129	▼4	Hawai'i	Mountain West	1-5	1,297	-30.4
130	▼9	Missouri State	Conference USA	1-4	1,288	-57.8
131	–	Southern Miss	Sun Belt	1-4	1,279	-32.4
132	▲2	Ball State	Mid-American	1-5	1,279	-12.0
133	▼5	Sacramento State	Mid-American	1-5	1,275	-47.5
134	▲1	Akron	Mid-American	1-5	1,264	-18.2
135	▲1	Charlotte	American Athletic	0-6	1,251	-24.0
136	▼6	UTEP	Mountain West	1-5	1,245	-67.1
137	▲1	UL Monroe	Sun Belt	0-5	1,233	0.0
138	▼1	Northern Illinois	Mountain West	0-5	1,227	-28.0

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.